Master of Education in SCHOOL COUNSELING (MED)

Summary of Requirements

The Master of Education in School Counseling degree consists of forty-eight credits and a non-credit Orientation Seminar. The curriculum is designed as follows:   

PROFESSIONAL CORE COURSES (18 credits) 

• ORI 500  Orientation Seminar (0 credit)
• CPS 502 Research Statistics for the Social Sciences
• CPS 510 Human Growth and Development across the Lifespan (3)
• CPS 525  Counseling and Psychological Assessment Techniques I
• CPS 530  Professional Ethics in Counseling and Psychology Casework
• PSC 501  Formational Orientation to CNS and Psychology
• PSC 504  Research Design and Methods for the School Counselor

PROGRAM COURSES (24 credits)

Students select either program:

Elementary School Counseling (24 Credits)

• CPS 575  Counseling Youth in Ed Contexts
• PSC 530  Exceptional Students: Populations, Policies, and Procedures
• PSC 540  Elementary School Guidance Systems
• PSC 545  Elementary School Guidance Techniques
• PSC 550  Career Stewardship Development
• PSC 555  Elementary Group Guidance and Counseling
• PSC 601  Counseling Practicum
• PSC 604  Elementary Counseling Internship

Secondary School Counseling (24 Credits)

• CPS 575  Counseling Youth in Ed Contexts
• PSC 530  Exceptional Students: Populations,Policies, and Procedures
• PSC 541  Secondary School Guidance Systems
• PSC 546  Secondary School Guidance Techniques
• PSC 550  Career Stewardship Development
• PSC 555  Secondary Group Guidance and Counseling
• PSC 601  Counseling Practicum
• PSC 605  Secondary Counseling Internship

School Counseling Elective (3 credits)

Students select one course from the options below:

• CPS 514  Pharmacopsychology
• CPS 517  Biopsychology
• CPS 531  Abnormal Psychology
• CPS 577  Human Sexuality
• CPS 583  Cross-Cultural Counseling
• CPS 590  Independent Study
• MFC 550  Family Counseling and Psychology
• MHC 546 Theories of Personality
• MHC 551 Counseling and Psychology Assessment Techniques II
• CPS 572  Counseling Addictions
• MHC 553 Counseling and Psychotherapy for the Individual

Capstone (3 credits)

• PSC 697        Action Research