Core Courses (9 semester hours required)

• EDF 5481 Introduction to Educational Research (3)
• MHS 5005 Introduction To Guidance Systems (3)
• MHS 5480 Counseling Clients With Special Needs (3) Theories in Counseling (3)

Specialization Courses (27-30 semester hrs required)

• MHS 5340 Career Development Systems (3)
• MHS 5400 Theories And Techniques Of Counseling (3)
• MHS 5500 Group Theory and Practice (3)
• MHS 5700 Legal And Ethical Issues In Counseling (3)
• MHS 6050 Personality Theories And Counseling (3)
• MHS 6220 Individual Psycho-Educational Testing (3)
• MHS 6420 Counseling Minority Population
• MHS 6430 Family Counseling (3)
• MHS 6600 Consultation Skills (3)
• MHS 6800 Practicum In Counseling (3)

K-12 Counseling Track (6 semester hours required)

• TSL 5700 Esol Issues & Strategies
• RED 5336 Teaching Reading In The Conten

Professional Clinical Experience (3-6 semester hours of school counseling)

• SDS 6820 Supervised Internship: School Guidance (3)
• SDS 6830 Supervised Internship: School Guidance (3)

Thesis Track (optional) or Electives (1-6 semester hours)

• SDS 6970 Thesis (1-6)

• OR

  2 Electives

Professional Clinical Experiences

Practicum and Internship are independent learning activities that take place in authentic settings in which candidates must apply, reflect on, and refine knowledge and skills acquired in the program. The internship experience gives candidates full control of the operational setting where they are placed (e.g., student interns being observed and monitored by the site supervisor and the university supervisor).

Students entering the counselor education program without an undergraduate degree in Education must complete the following in addition to the required courses:

• 6 credit hours of general methods
• 6 credit hours of education foundations
• 6 credit hours of internship