Masters Degree in Counseling

Masters Degree in School Counseling

The School Counseling Master’s degree program is designed to prepare students to deliver and manage contemporary school counseling programs, and act as a school leader who can advocate for the personal, educational, and social needs of students. People who choose this specialization are often interested in pursuing licensure as school counselors. Upon completion of the program students will be able to understand and apply knowledge related to the physical, cognitive, social, spiritual, and emotionally development of adolescents and how to use this with individual counseling skills, group facilitation, and classroom guidance. Also the curriculum of the program helps students to understand the various issues surrounding standardized tests.

Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling

The Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling program is offered statewide and throughout the nation via asynchronous web instruction for all courses except fieldwork, which are delivered live via webcam. The program trains students to understand the physical, psychological, social, economic, and vocational needs of persons with disabilities in terms of personal and vocational adjustment. Rehabilitation counseling combines a humanitarian concern for the individual with a business and management philosophy of effective utilization of human resources. Rehabilitation counseling is a challenging and expanding profession. The rehabilitation counselor must demonstrate competencies in establishing counseling relationships, vocational assessment procedures, program planning, vocational placement, cultural diversity, and have an awareness of professional and community resources.

Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling

The overall mission of the master's program in Rehabilitation Counseling is to prepare master's degree students for clinical, leadership, and administrative positions in the field of rehabilitation counseling. Specifically, the master's program in Rehabilitation Counseling prepares master's-level graduate students to enter the field of rehabilitation counseling. The curriculum of this program is designed to provide service to local, state, and national rehabilitation agencies and associations. Moreover, this program provides opportunities for master's students to network with and provide service to local, state, and national rehabilitation agencies, and professional associations.