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Counselor Education

Degree Requirements

Core (12 semester hours)
CED 6311 Multicultural Counseling
CED 6318 Assessment in Counseling
FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
CED 6335 Counseling Across the Life Span
   
Major (36 semester hours)
CED 6303 Practicum in Counseling
CED 6317 Couple 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
CED 6350 Community Counseling (Major: Community Counseling - LPC)
CED 6310 Counseling in the Schools (Major: School Counseling)
   
Electives (3 semester hours approved by faculty advisor)
   

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.


Additional Requirements for the School Counselor certificate

  • Masters degree in counseling or a related educational field
  • A minimum of two years of teaching experience in an accredited school
  • Participation in a practicum or internship in a school setting
  • 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.

Master Comprehensive Exam Information

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