Psychology Department

Counseling Graduate Program

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Counseling Graduate Program > M.S. in School Counseling

Degree Requirements (60 credits)

All classes are three credits except where indicated.

School Counseling Requirement (39 credits)

  • COU510 Counseling Theories
  • COU515 Counseling Skills
  • COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment
  • COU525 Multicultural Counseling
  • COU535 Foundations of School Counseling (4 credits)
  • COU540 Psychopathology
  • COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling
  • COU555 Assessment
  • COU781 Ethics and Professional Orientation: SC Internship 1 (4 credits)
  • COU782 Ethics and Professional Orientation: SC Internship 2 (4 credits)
  • SPE565 Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms
  • One of these:
    • EDS546 Conflict Resolution in Education
    • EDS741 Affective Education

Methodology Requirement (6 credits)

  • PSY501 ANOVA or PSY503 Correlation and Multiple Regression
  • PSY507 Research Methods

Human Growth and Development Requirement (3 credits)

  • PSY527 Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development Electives (6 credits)
Choose two:

  • PSY516 Organizational Psychology
  • PSY528 Infancy and Childhood
  • PSY529 Adulthood
  • PSY531 Middle Childhood and Adolesence
  • PSY556 Contemporary Social Psychology
  • PSY560 Cognitive Processes
  • PSY570 Cognitive Neuroscience

Electives (6 credits)
Two courses to be chosen from the following:

  • ANY other three-credit courses from the lists above which have NOT been used to fulfill one of the above requirements
  • ANY other three-credit Counseling (COU) or Psychology (PSY) graduate courses not listed above
  • Thesis of three or six credits
  • ANY of these courses from Education:
    • EDS581 Issues of Racism and Sexism in Education
    • EDS735 Experiential Workshop Design
    • SPE732 Learning Environments for Childhood Learners with Disabilities
    • SPE742 Learning Environments for Adolescent Learners with Disabilities
    • SPE750 Collaboration Strategies for Educators
    • SPE761 Working with Families of Children with Disabilities

Two-Year Plan of Study (60 credits)

Fall 1 (12 credits)

  • PSY501 ANOVA (3) or PSY503 Correlation & Multiple Regression (3)
  • COU510 Counseling Theories (3)
  • COU515 Counseling Skills (3)
  • COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment (3)

Spring 1 (13 credits)

  • PSY507 Research Methods (3)
  • COU525 Multicultural Counseling (3)
  • COU535 Foundations of School Counseling (4)
  • COU540 Psychopathology (3)

Summer 1 (6 credits)

  • One of these:
    • EDS546 Conflict Resolution in Education (3)
    • EDS741 Affective Education (3)
  • Elective (3)

Fall 2 (13 credits)

  • COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling (3)
  • COU781 Ethics & Professional Orientation: SC Internship 1 (4)
  • PSY527 Human Growth & Development (3)
  • Human Growth & Development Elective (3)

Spring 2 (13 credits)

  • COU555 Assessment (3)
  • COU782 Ethics & Professional Orientation: SC Internship 2 (4)
  • SPE565 Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms (3)
  • Human Growth & Development Elective (3)

Summer 2 (3 credits)

  • Elective (3)


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