Program Overview

Master of Education - School Counseling

The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in School Counseling is a 60 credit program that prepares professional counselors to meet the academic, career, personal, and social needs of culturally and linguistically diverse K-12 student populations.

About

Classes meet once a week and are offered in the late afternoon and evenings to accommodate students' work and internship schedules. While classes are taught primarily in-person and on-campus, some classes may be offered fully online or through a hybrid format.

Mission Statement

The mission of the program in Counselor Education is to provide all master's level students with the latest methods, theories, and techniques of the discipline and to provide a field experience that will allow for a theory-to-practice developmental training approach. The program seeks to enhance the requisite clinical skills needed to function as a professional counselor and to train students to be critical thinkers, scientifically minded, culturally sensitive, promoters of social justice, and highly ethical and competent in their particular area of specialization.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate value for human dignity and advocacy for clients/students and the profession while holding strong identities as professional counselors who are theory-informed and ethically-driven.
• Be competent leaders, advocates, and counselors who implement multicultural and social justice counseling competencies by working with and on behalf of clients/students within a diverse society at the individual, school/community, and public arena levels.
• Apply developmental knowledge and the related nature
  eeds of clients/students in counseling approaches and interventions.
• Integrate career development knowledge and best practices in a holistic manner to effectively facilitate meaningful life planning of clients/students.
• Competently apply counseling theories, skills, and conceptual models to guide their professional practice.
• Understand and implement counseling group facilitation skills, theoretical foundations of group counseling/group work, and approaches towards group development, and dynamics for different types of groups.
• Demonstrate an understanding and application of best practices in assessment, testing, and evaluation in counseling practice.
• Employ scientifically-driven approaches in understanding, critiquing, and/or conducting program evaluation/research in counseling to guide professional practice.
• Learn to assess, diagnose, treat, and advocate for clients in a multicultural society while emphasizing wellness, development, and evidenced-based practices.
• Design and deliver developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive school counseling interventions that are based on analyzing data and delivered within the context of a comprehensive school counseling program.

Career Possibilities

• School counselor

Requirements

Plan Description

The Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology & Human Services offers a 60 credit Master of Education (M.Ed.) – School Counseling. Graduates of the M.Ed. programs are eligible to sit for the National Counselor Examination in order to qualify for the National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential.

Plan Admission Requirements

• An application for admission must be submitted to the Graduate College and the Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology & Human Services.
• Official transcripts of all college-level work, with a minimum grade point average of 2.75 for all undergraduate work and a 3.00 for the last two years of undergraduate work.
• A resume.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• A writing sample (personal statement) with the application.
• Final applicants undergo an extensive/structured personal interview.

Plan Requirements

• Total Credits Required: 60
• Course Requirements:
  • Counseling Core - Credits: 30
    • CED 701 - Foundations of Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Counseling
    • CED 711 - Counseling Appraisal and Inquiry
    • CED 715 - Counseling and Consultation Theories
    • CED 721 - Career Theories and Practices
    • CED 727 - Counseling Process and Procedures
    • CED 731 - Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling
    • CED 733 - Introduction to Group Counseling
    • CED 735 - Addictions Counseling
    • EPY 702 - Research Methods
    • EPY 711 - Human Growth and Development
  • School Counseling Specialty Courses - Credits: 12
    • CED 703 - Counseling with Expressive Arts and Activities
    • CED 713 - Introduction to School Counseling
    • CED 750 - Advanced Seminars in School Counseling
    • EPP 777 - Family-School Partnerships in School Psychology
  • School Counseling Elective Courses - Credits: 9
  • Clinical/Field Experience Courses - Credits: 9
    • CED 741 - Practicum
    • CED 751 - Internship in Counseling I

Degree Requirements

• All full and part-time students entering into the M.Ed. program must enroll in the following courses during their first fall semester: CED 701 and CED 727.
• A grade of B or better is required in both CED 701 and CED 727 to continue taking coursework in the M.Ed. program.
• Students must make a grade of B or better in CED 741 to enroll in CED 751.
• A student receiving a grade of F in any required course in the degree program will be officially separated from the graduate program.
• Students must repeat any course in which they make a grade of C- or lower.
• In order to earn the degree, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.

Plan Graduation Requirements

The student must successfully complete and pass the final comprehensive exam. Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.