master of arts in counseling
> option 2: school counseling / pupil personnel services credential
Major Core Requirements
COUN 501 - Seminar: Theory and Practice of the Professional
Counselor(4)
COUN 510A - Seminar: Counseling Pre-Practicum (4)
COUN 510B - Seminar: Counseling Practicum (4)
COUN 513 - Seminar: Research & Evaluation in Counseling (4)
COUN 514A - Supervised Internship (4)
COUN 514B - Supervised Internship (4)
COUN 525 - Psychological & Educational Assessment (3)
COUN 570 - Seminar: Cross-Cultural Awareness (3)
Total units in the MA core (29)
Major Electives
To earn the Pupil Personnel Services Credential Master's degree, students
must also complete Option II
Option II--School Counseling/Pupil Personnel Services
Credential
Candidates for the PPS Credential are urged to be mindful of the following:
While it is possible to complete all
the courses required for the Credential in a two-year period, such a program
requires extremely careful planning.
The Department intends to offer each PPS course at least once a year,
but students need to plan the sequence with
their advisor to insure it matches the availability of courses.
COUN 511 - Counseling for Career Development (4)
COUN 520 - Introduction to School Counseling
(4)
COUN 521 - Seminar: Pupil Personnel Services: Concepts and Organization
(4)
COUN 523 - Working with Families in a School Setting (4)
COUN 524 - Counseling Children & Adolescents (4)
COUN 526 - Group Counseling in the Schools (4)
COUN 527A - Legal Issues in Sepcial Education (1)
COUN 527B - Law & Ethics For School Counselors (2)
COUN 528A - Consultation (3)
COUN 528B - Crisis Intervention (1)
Total units in MA option II (31)
Total units for the MA (60)
All Master's candidates are required to complete a project
representing a comprehensive and integrative
understanding of the field of Counseling. Projects are to include a case
analysis and a proposal for developing
a mental health or school guidance program.
Six hundred hours of supervised field experience are required
for other PPS options. For the PPS Credential
at least 450 of these hours are to be completed in two out of the following
sites: elementary school, junior
high or high school.
Community College Counseling Credential
Completion of the MA degree satisfies all current requirements to apply
for the Community College Counseling
Credential.
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