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School Counseling (MS) Curriculum
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The School Counseling Program is made up of the following list of courses, which may be pursued on a full or part-time basis. The typical length of the program is two years, full-time, and includes the following courses:
First Year Fall Semester
CAEP 6200: Introduction to Counseling Theory and Practice in an Ecological Context
CAEP 6201: Introduction to Assessment
CAEP 6218: Infant, Child, and Adolescent Development
CAEP 6287: Group Counseling
First Year Spring Semester
CAEP 6235: Vocational, Educational, and Career Development
CAEP 6275: Counseling Strategies for Children and Adolescents
CAEP 6340: Issues in School Counseling
CAEP 6345: Learning Problems: Educational, Biological, and Ecological Perspectives
Second Year Fall Semester
CAEP 6203: Understanding Culture and Diversity
CAEP 8410: Practicum in School Counseling I (Includes 75 hours pre-practicum)
Second Year Spring Semester
CAEP 6202: Research, Evaluation, and Data Analysis
CAEP 8411: Practicum in School Counseling II
Experiential Learning
Your practicum placement in a school setting is a critical part of your master's training. The year-long practicum of 525 hours, for approximately 20 hours per week in a school setting, focuses either on grades K-9 or 5-12 under the supervision of a certified school counselor and a University faculty member. The first seventy-five hours (five weeks of the second year fall semester) is a "pre-practicum" during which you will observe a school counselor at work. With additional experience in your practicum setting, you will take on increasing responsibilities and, subsequently, see clients on your own under supervision. The pace of your development in the field depends upon your own rate of learning, comfort level, and the assessment of your practicum supervisors.
Practicum is done in the Boston area, beginning in September of your second year of study and continuing to June of that year. Most of our students choose to do their fieldwork in a regular public or private school. Practicum work, however, is possible in special schools such as those catering to the needs of handicapped or special needs students, or students of a particular ethnic group. This may give you the opportunity to utilize unique personal skills like a foreign language, or artistic capabilities. You may request placement in virtually any type of school, as long as the school has a qualified supervisor.
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