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Sep 18, 2024
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Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025
School Counseling, M.A.
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The Master of Arts degree in School Counseling is a professional degree designed to meet the educational requirements for licensure as a school counselor. Accordingly, this degree is awarded to the candidate who has demonstrated a capacity for professional performance by satisfactorily completing the course of study. Students will learn the theory and practice of counseling in the school setting and be able to apply counseling skills in a knowledgeable and skilled manner to areas such as appraisal, lifestyle and career development, counseling theory, group process, and professional issues.
The program is designed to meet specifications of State of Ohio course requirements for school counselor in grades K-12 as well as the requirements for school counselor in the States of Kentucky and Indiana. Further, the M.A. in School Counseling is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. (CACREP).
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Requirements for the M.A. in School Counseling
60 total credit hours are required.
The Master of Arts in School Counseling program offerings are divided into four groupings that will lead the student through a general sequence of academic experiences. Introductory courses are presented in Group I, with intermediate offerings available in Group II. Students should complete most of each group before proceeding to the next group. Groups III & IV requirements should be attempted only after Group I courses are completed.
Group I (17 credit hours):
Group II (11 credit hours):
Group III (10 credit hours):
Group IV (13 credit hours):
Electives (9 credit hours)
Can be taken anytime.
Students can meet requirement for 9 elective credit hours by choose from the following:
Counseling Course Electives
Counseling Workshop Electives
School of Education Electives open to School Counseling Students
Other Possible Electives
- NURS 779 - Applied Interprofessional Collaboration (Spring)
- New Summer Workshops developed each year.
- Additional graduate courses and workshops may count toward elective requirements with advisor and chair approval.
Notes:
All students must complete COUN 670 (4 sem. hrs.). COUN 670 requires that a minimum of 600 clock hours of on-site school counseling activities be completed under the direct supervision of a school counselor. Of these 600 hours, a minimum of 240 clock hours must be conducted in direct service activities with clientele. On-campus class meetings are also scheduled as part of this experience.
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