Required Courses
Counselor Education requires courses in the history of counseling, modalities and skills of counseling, career development, human development, assessment, research, and multicultural competence. The curriculum consists of course work and practicum experiences for counseling in educational settings. The practicum experience occurs in the second year for full time students or after the completion of specified core courses. Workshops and informal seminars are provided along with the more structured curriculum for student and faculty professional growth. Students join the faculty in planning and arranging for these special enrichment activities. Importantly, students complete a master’s report or master’s thesis in which they address current issues related to counseling in academic settings.
Total Program Hours:
51 Hours with Master’s Report
54 Hours with Master’s Thesis
Note: An additional 6 hours are added to the program if prerequisite courses are taken.
Prerequisites
Both courses below are taken near the beginning of the students’ program of work. Students do not need to take these courses if the M.Ed. advisor determines the student has already completed equivalent coursework.
| Hours | Course |
|---|---|
| 3 | EDP 371 Introduction to Statistics |
| 3 | EDP 380P Measurement and Evaluation |
I: Core Counseling Coursework
Total hours required: 33 hours for Community College & Higher Education Counseling, 33 hours for School Counseling
| Hours | Course |
|---|---|
| For Both Concentrations | |
| 3 | EDP 381 Approaches to Intervention |
| 3 | EDP 381 Career Development |
| 3 | EDP 381 Counseling Skills and Procedures |
| 3 | EDP 381 Group Counseling |
| 3 | EDP 381 Multicultural Counseling |
| 6 | EDP 381 Practicum (2 semesters, 1 semester is typically taken in school/higher education settings) |
| 3 | EDP 381 Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling |
| 3 | EDP 381 Theories of Counseling |
| Community College & Higher Education Counseling Concentration | |
| 3 | EDP 381 Adult Assessment in Counseling |
| 3 | EDP 381 Leadership in Higher Education |
| School Counseling Concentration | |
| 3 | EDP 380P Advanced Psychoeducational Assessment |
| 3 | EDP 381 Leadership in School Counseling |
II: Research in Counseling Coursework
Total hours required: 6 - 9 hours
| Hours | Course |
|---|---|
| 3 | EDP 381 Research in Counselor Education |
| 3-6 | EDP 398R: Master's Report or EDP 698A and 698B: Thesis |
III: Supporting Coursework in Counseling
Total hours required: 15 hours
| Hours | Course |
|---|---|
| A: Human Development Hours required: 3 hours from part A |
|
| 3 | EDP 385 Child and Adolescent Cognitive Development |
| 3 | EDP 385 Individual through Life Cycle |
| B: Elective Coursework in Counseling Hours required: 12 hours from part B |
|
| Recommended For Both Concentrations | |
| 3 | EDP 380P Evaluation Models and Techniques |
| 3 | EDP 381 Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy |
| 3 | EDP 381 Family Therapy |
| 3 | EDP 381 Short-term Psychotherapy |
| 3 | EDP 381 Substance Abuse Counseling |
| 3 | EDP 381M The Individual in Society |
| 3 | EDP 382L Instructional Psychology |
| 3 | EDP 386N Object Relations Theory |
| 3 | EDP 397 Crisis Intervention in Schools |
| Recommended for Community College & Higher Education Counseling Concentration |
|
| 3 | EDA 380G Structure & Org. Of Pub. Ed |
| 3 | EDA 391E The College Student |
| 3 | EDA 391K Problems of College Teaching |
| 3 | EDA 391P College Student Personnel Administration |
| 3 | EDA 391R Organization and Administration of Higher Education |
| 3 | EDP 397 Psychopathology |
| 3 | SED f393 Law and Disabilities |
| Recommended for School Counseling Concentration | |
| 3 | EDA 395 Class, Gender, and Race in Schools |
| 3 | EDP 389H/393 Solution-oriented Approaches to Working with Families and Schools |
| 3 | EDP 397 Child Psychopathology |
| 3 | SW 360 K – Varying Topics (e.g., Chemical Dependence, Service to Abused/Neglected Child) |
| 3 | SED f393 Law and Disabilities |