Master of Education in 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 | 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.
Victoria