Track 2 - School Counseling
M.S.Ed. + Certification (16 course units, equivalent to 48 credits)
This program involves an additional six courses (two semesters) after the Counseling and Mental Health Services M.S.Ed. program year (Track 1), in which students work in a full-time internship supervised by a certified school counselor, complete the additional academic courses, take the State of Pennsylvania Praxis examinations, and become certified as elementary or secondary school counselors for the State of Pennsylvania.
Program of Study: Track 2: M.S.Ed. and School Counseling Certification (pdf)
Courses:
- EDUC 517 Classroom Discourse & Interaction
- EDUC 522 Psychology of the African American: Implications for Counseling and Human Development
- EDUC 534 School-Community Counseling and Mental Health Partnerships
- EDUC 544 School & Society
- EDUC 553 Foundations of Special Education
- EDUC 557 Developmental Theories and Applications with Adolescents
- EDUC 560 Human Development
- EDUC 561 Adolescent Development
- EDUC 574 Race/Ethnicity in Human Development
- EDUC 580 Developmental Theories and Applications with Children
- EDUC 581 Advanced Psychology of Women: Counseling Issues for Women
- EDUC-583 Content-Based Instruction
- EDUC 585 Advanced Group and Family Counseling
- EDUC 612 Counseling and Development with LGBT Individuals
- EDUC 613 Group Counseling
- EDUC 635 Assessing Language & Learning Differences
- EDUC 663 Sociocultural Foundations in Counseling
- EDUC 667 Introduction Statistics for Education
- EDUC 677 Information & Communications Technology for Education & Development in Global Perspectives
- EDUC 685 Career Counseling and Development
- EDUC 686 Counseling Interventions
- EDUC 687 Counseling Ethics and Professional Principles
- EDUC 688.303 Counseling Practicum I
- EDUC 688.303 Counseling Practicum II
- EDUC 688.304-10 Introduction to Counseling Field Placement I
- EDUC 688.304-10 Introduction to Counseling Field Placement II
- EDUC 697 Program Development and Consultation in School Counseling
- EDUC 725 Advanced Ethics and Professional Development in Counseling
- EDUC 782 Assessment for Counselors I
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