Master of Education in Counseling

Community and School Counseling

     
Degree Requirements:
12 semester hours from the core courses; 36 semester hours from the major.
Core:
CED 6311 Multicultural Counseling
CED 6318 Assessment in Counseling
FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
FED 6331 Human Growth and Development
     
Major  
CED 6303 Practicum in Counseling
CED 6317 Couples and Family Counseling
CED 6321 Professional Orientation to Counseling
CED 6322 Abnormal Human Behavior
CED 6325 Career Education: The Counselor's Role
CED 6327 Theories of Counseling
CED 6329 Group Counseling: Theories and Techniques
CED 6333 Counseling Techniques
CED 6348 Internship I
CED 6348 Internship II
Major for Community Counseling - LPC
CED 6350 Community Agency Counseling
Major for School Counseling
CED 6310 Counseling in the Schools
     
Electives:  

3 semester hours approved by faculty advisor
  TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED: 48

Practicum

All students enrolling in a practicum must have successfully completed 24 hours in the counseling program to include CED 6310, CED 6311, CED 6321,CED 6322, CED 6327, CED 6329, CED 6333, and CED 6350.
Counselors seeking school certification will have completed CED 6310.

Licensed Professional Counselor

Counselors seeking Texas LPC must have completed CED 6322.

Additional Requirements for the School Counselor certificate

  • Hold a valid Texas teaching certificate.
  • Masters degree in counseling or a related educational field.
  • A minimum of two years of teaching experience in an accredited school.
  • Admission to graduate study within the School of Education and Human Development and to the Counseling program must precede the completion of coursework.
  • Completion of 39 semester hours of approved courses related to the program for counseling.
  • Pass the TEXES #152.

Comprehensive Examinations for Counselors

Students must pass a comprehensive examination on the content of one education core course and the content of two counseling core courses. From the counseling core, at least one question must come from a theory course. One question must come from the faculty advisor and one question must come from faculty outside of the CED teaching core.

Students are eligible to take the comprehensive exam either the semester before or during the semester they intend to graduate. Students who fail one part of the exam may re-take the exam within the same semester in which it was first attempted. Students who fail more than one part of the comprehensive examination must wait until the next semester before they may re-take the examination. A subsequent failure will result in required remedial work and may delay graduation. After three failures, students will be withdrawn from the program and, therefore, be deemed ineligible for graduation.

Admission Requirements

The Counseling program is designed to provide knowledge and skills for the following: School Counselor certification, K-12; Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) license; and pupil personnel services at the university or community college level. Successful candidates for these programs will have satisfied the general graduate admission requirements (see Graduate Admission Requirements); however for admission to the counseling program, students must successfully complete CED 6333, Counseling Techniques, by earning a grade of B or higher, within the first 12 hours of their graduate course work.

CED 6333 is non-transferable, and credit will only be given for the course if it is taught by a UHV counseling faculty member. This course may be repeated only once. Two failures to meet the minimum requirement of grade B or higher means that the student has not successfully demonstrated sufficient potential for admission to the counseling program. Upon request, a student who has been denied admission to the program may appeal. Information for appeal procedures may be obtained from any member of the counseling faculty.