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Counseling Ed.S. (Licensed Professional Counseling Associate)

Admission Requirements

  1. A bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, education or related area from an accredited college or university (minimum 66-hour program) or a master's degree in counseling, counselor education, counseling psychology or related area from an accredited college or university acceptable to the faculty (minimum 30-hour program).
  2. Evidence of superior scholastic performance as indicated by a GPA of 3.5 on all graduate work completed (3.0 GPA for bachelor's degree applicants).
  3. A GRE score of 286 on the verbal and quantitative sections with a minimum verbal score of 143 or a 33 raw score (385-390 Scaled Score) on the Miller Analogies Test is required.
  4. Applicant's background in the area of his or her proposed specialization.
  5. Recommendations from selected references.
  6. Completion of the requirements below:

Requirements for the Degree

  1. Unconditional admission to the program.
  2. Successful completion of 60 semester hours of coursework (including master's degree) approved by the candidate's supervisory committee.
  3. Successful completion of an applied project (six semester hours).
  4. Successful completion of an oral examination and oral defense of applied project report.

This program must be planned with the student's advisor. Students must complete a written examination and a sample videotape no less than 30 minutes in length that successfully demonstrates counseling skill development and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0.

Program Requirements

Required:

EDF 600Research Methods in Education

3
EDF 610Advanced Human Growth and Development

3
EDGC 619Career Counseling

3
EDGC 620Psycho-Social and Multicultural Factors in Counseling

3
EDGC 656Introduction to Counseling

3
EDGC 661Measurement Principles and Techniques

3
EDGC 662Assessment in Counseling

3
EDGC 664Theories of Counseling

3
EDGC 667Group Counseling

3
EDGC 668Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling

3
EDGC 669Practicum in Counseling

3
EDGC 678Internship

1-6
EDGC 679Advanced Practicum in Counseling

3
EDGC 683Advanced Counseling Theory

3
EDGC 699AApplied Project

1-6
 
PSY 650Abnormal Psychology

3
or
PSY 661Psychopathology

3
 
PSY 611Computer Packages for the Life Sciences

3

Nine hours from:

EDGC 671Practices and Techniques in Counseling

3
EDGC 674Seminar in Guidance and Counseling

1-3
EDGC 676Directed Study

1-3
EDGC 680Family Counseling

3
EDGC 682Counseling Issue in Sexuality

3

Total Credit Hours: 66