Master of Arts in Education with a Concentration in School Guidance Counseling - Arizona

The concentration in school guidance counseling emphasizes the complex demands of the school counselor by providing in-depth, realistic information to deal with students in a dynamic school and community environment including early intervention and team consultation. Program completion is designed to meet the school guidance counseling requirements for certification in Arizona. In Arizona, neither teaching experience nor teacher certification is required to be a school guidance counselor.

Note: EDC 8014 must be taken prior to the practicum, which must be taken last.

Degree Requirements

Foundation Courses

EDC 7133COUNSELING AND THE HELPING PROFESSIONS (3)

EDF 7163RESEARCH: ASSESSMENT AND EVAUATION (3)

EDC 7303THEORIES OF TRAUMA, GRIEF, AND LOSS (3)

EDF 7403SCHOOL COUNSELING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (3)

EDF 8503MASTER'S RESEARCH PROJECT (3)

Concentration Courses

EDC 7433SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONCERNS IN COUNSELING (3)

EDC 7824LIFE PLAN AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL COUNSELING (3)

EDC 7933GROUP COUNSELING AND DYNAMICS (3)

EDC 8014PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS (3)

EDC 8023DESIGNING AND LEADING CCBP (3)

EDC 8463PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL COUNSELING (3)

EDC 8493PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL COUNSELING II (3)