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Master of Science in Education/School Counseling

The Master of Science in Education/School Counseling consists of 60 credit hours of graduate study. This program leads to licensure as a professional school counselor in the state of Indiana and prepares candidates to work in the school setting with P-12 students, parents, administrators, and other stakeholders. Students fulfill requirements in both the common counseling core of the curriculum as well as courses specific to school counseling. The program follows a cohort model wherein students are admitted and take courses with an identified group of their peers. The program can be completed in a minimum of three years of full-time study, which includes summer classes.

Admission Procedures

For further information regarding admission procedures, please see the School of Education Graduate Degrees page.

Degree Requirements (60 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

First Year Courses (18 cr.)

• EDUC-G 500 Orientation to Counseling
• EDUC-G 506 Personality Development: Growth of Normal and Deviant Styles
• EDUC-G 515 Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders
• EDUC-G 517 Crisis and Trauma Counseling
• EDUC-G 522 Counseling Techniques
• EDUC-G 523 Laboratory Counseling and Guidance
• EDUC-G 575 Multicultural Counseling

Second Year Courses (18 cr.)

• EDUC-G 524 Practicum in Counseling
• EDUC-G 532 Introduction to Group Counseling
• EDUC-G 542 Organization and Development of Counseling Programs
• EDUC-G 562 School Counseling
• EDUC-G 592 Seminar in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
• EDUC-P 514 Life Span Development: Birth-Death

Third Year Courses (18 cr.)

• EDUC-G 504 Counseling Theories and Techniques II: Behavior and Family Systems
• EDUC-G 505 Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures
• EDUC-G 516 Understanding Child and Adolescent Behavioral Disorders
• EDUC-G 550 Internship in Counseling (fall and spring semesters)
• EDUC-G 590 Research in Counseling and Guidance

Final Summer (6 cr.)

• EDUC-G 507 Lifestyle and Career Development
• EDUC-G 570 Human Sexuality

Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate Licensure (LMHCA)

Students wanting to add the LMCHA will enroll in EDUC-G 525 Advanced Counseling Praticum