Professional Counseling Curriculum
(Course Requirements)

Last Updated: 06/02/2008

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1. Core Requirements (18 Hours):

Statistics & Research Design (3 Hours Required)

EDPS 6010 (3) Introduction to Statistics and Research Design

Advanced courses that can substitute for EDPS 6010:

EDPS 7010 (3) Quantitative Methods I: Foundations of Inferential Statistics

EDPS 7020 (5) Quantitative Methods II: ANOVA and Multiple Regression

Assessment and Measurement (6 Hours Required)

EDPS 6300 (3) Introduction to Measurement

EDPS 7180 (3) Personality Assessment

Advanced course that can substitute for EDPS 6300:

EPDS 7300 (3) Psychometric Theory

Developmental Theory (6 Hours Required)

EDPS 6330 (3) Career Development & Assessment

(Choose one of the following two)
EDPS 6050 (3) Lifespan Development: Childhood & Adolescence

EDPS 6051 (3) Lifespan Development: Early to Late Adulthood

Human Diversity (3 Hours Required)

EDPS 6360 (3) Multicultural Counseling

Program faculty recommend additional course work in diversity, and the following courses are offered as possible selections for further study.

EDPS 6370 (3) Psychology of Women

EDPS 6550 (3) Social Psychology of Human Diversity

2. Counseling Theory & Practice (25 Hours):

EDPS 6200 (3) Counseling Theories & Procedures

EDPS 6210 (3) Counseling Skills

EDPS 6250 (3) Family Counseling for School Based Problems

EDPS 6350 (3) Group Counseling Procedures & Interventions

EDPS 6340 (3) Substance Abuse Counseling

EDPS 6710 (3) Practicum in Counseling

EDPS 6708 (3) Mental Health Supervision

EDPS 6910 (6) Internship in Counseling

3. Specialization Requirements (9 Hours):

EDPS 6820 (3) Professional Issues in Mental Health Counseling

EDPS 6960 (3) Masters LPC Ethics & Standards

(Choose on of the following two)
EDPS 7600 (3) Diagnostic Adult Psychopathology

EDPS 6450 (3) Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

Degree Requirements

The M.Ed. Degree requires that the student complete: (1) Core Requirements (18 Hours); (2) Counseling Theory & Practice Requirements (25 Hours); (3) Specialization Requirements (9 Hours); (4) Electives (8 Hours) for a total of 60 hours of graduate work; and (5) successfully complete the Master's Comprehensive Exam.

Important prerequisite sequences: 6010 is a prerequisite for 6300; 6200 & 6210 are required for 6710; 6200 & 6210 are preferred prerequisites for 6360 and 6350; 6300 is required for 7180; and 6010, 6200, 6210, 6300, 6350, 6360, 6710, 7180, 6960 (master's LPC ethics) or 7220 (ethics in psychology), and 7600 are required for 6910.

Note: the above schedule is based on full-time enrollment. Part-time enrollment and summer course offerings will result in schedule variations. To view the course sequence of coursework recommended by program faculty, visit the Professional Counseling Course Sequencing page.