Master of Arts in School Guidance and Counseling

This program provides competencies and proficiencies for entry-level positions as school counselors in elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, and adult education settings. Students participate in activities such as developing comprehensive guidance plans, practicing assessment and counseling techniques, demonstrating ethical behavior, creating both individual and group counseling activities, and demonstrating understanding of career counseling resources and programs. Students will complete a practicum in a public or private school. The practicum experience in this online program does not require matriculation agreements between school districts of other educational entities, but is a collaborative effort between the educational administrator, the graduate student, and the practicum professor through phone and online conferences.

Program Objectives:

Create a personal theory of and approach to counseling. This is assessed with students completing assignments in SC 601 Introduction to Counseling.
Develop and evaluate strategies for the Psychoanalytical, Psychodynamic and Adlerian approaches. This is assessed with students completing assignments in SC 603 Counseling Theories and Applications.
Design interventions in the educational setting by applying counseling theories. This is assessed with students completing SC 605 Counseling Children

Students must complete 48 credits as follows: