Master of Science in Education
Counseling Foundations
(Non-Licensing Master’s Degree Program)
Online
36 credits
*
2 years
Program Highlights & Benefits
Flexible, online format
Easy, efficient admissions steps
Up to 15 graduate transfer credits considered
Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success
For
Designed for those who desire to develop an understanding and a skill set in the area of human relations but do not want to be a practicing school or professional counselor.
What You Learn
Throughout this program, students will learn:
- Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the basic skill areas of counseling.
- Demonstrate knowledge of when counseling services are needed in a school or community setting.
- Demonstrate knowledge of resources available to the church and community.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to integrate faith within their work or life setting.
How You Learn
Class sizes are small to provide individualized attention during 8-week course sessions.
- Online courses are the primary format. You take at a time that works for you.
- Select courses will be taken in real-time via zoom on a scheduled night of the week with the professor and other students.
Career Outcomes
Students completing this program will acquire the educational background and training in enhanced human relations skills that can be applied in their daily interactions and in a work setting.
Degree Requirements
| Course | Title | Hours |
| Human Growth and Development: | 3 | |
| COUN 5020 | Human Development (Required) | |
| Social and Cultural Foundations: | 3 | |
| COUN 5040 | Social/Cultural Foundations in Counseling (Required) | |
| Helping Relationships: | 9 | |
| COUN 5200 | Individual Counseling (Required) | |
| COUN 5000 | Counseling: Theories and Issues (Required) | |
| *Select One Elective* | ||
| COUN 6040 | Psychopharmacology (Elective) | |
| COUN 5105 | Consultations Strategies (Elective) | |
| COUN 5130 | Trauma Counseling (Elective) | |
| Group Work: | 3 | |
| COUN 5210 | Group Counseling (Required) | |
| Career and Lifestyle Development: | 3 | |
| COUN 5120 | Career Counseling Foundations (Required) | |
| Appraisal: | 6 | |
| COUN 5110 | Tests and Measurements for Counselors (Required) | |
| COUN 6200 | Psychopathology (Elective) | |
| Research and Program Evaluation: | 3 | |
| COUN 5300 | Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Counseling Programs (Required) | |
| Professional Orientation: | 6 | |
| COUN 5010 | Professional Ethics in the Helping Profession (Required) | |
| COUN 6050 | Theories of Personality (Elective) | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Note:
Upon graduation with a MS in Counseling Foundations, you will no longer be degree seeking and as such will not be eligible to receive Federal financial assistance as a part of the counseling program.
