Counseling - MS with emphasis in Clinical Mental Health or School Overview
Type: Graduate
The M.S. degree with an emphasis in School Counseling prepares candidates for professional careers as school counselors in Pre K-12 settings. Candidates should have completed, as a minimum prerequisite, an undergraduate degree in education. Two years of teaching experience are required for candidates planning to secure employment as school counselors in the state of Kansas. In addition to completing the following 45 hour program of study in School Counseling, candidates are also required to complete two additional post-graduate Internships in the field during their first year of employment as school counselors in Kansas. The post-graduate internships are required for Kansas licensure only.
The Clinical Mental Health emphasis is designed to train skilled practitioners to provide direct counseling services in mental health and other community agency settings. Completion of the program (and post-degree supervised experience requirements) qualifies graduates to apply for Licensure as Professional Counselors in Kansas, Missouri, and over 40 other states. Advanced students are also eligible to sit for the National Board for Certified Counselors Examination.
Career Opportunities
- Pre K-12 school counselor
- Clinical Mental Health
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eMail: dhurford@pittstate.edu
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Graduate Admission Requirements
Psychology & Counseling (MS):
Admission to a Master's program in the department of Psychology and Counseling requires an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and GRE scores of at least 800 for the verbal and quantitative sections combined and a 3.5 or above on the analytical writing area. However, students who do not meet these requirements are still encouraged to apply. These students can be conditionally admitted to the program with other requirements added.
Admission also requires submission of the following:
- A departmental application (in addition to the application for the Graduate School) and non-refundable application fee
($40 for domestic students, $10 plus the cost of the criminal background check in the student's country for international students)
- A consent for release of criminal background check
- A personal statement of career goals
- 3 completed professional recommendation forms
- All official degree statement transcripts
Please submit these to the department Chair, Dr. David Hurford, 620-235-4521, dhurford@pittstate.edu.
One can matriculate into the programs at three different times: Fall, Spring or Summer. Application deadlines are: Summer or Fall Admission, March 1st; Spring Admission, October 1st. Applications for M. S. in Clinical Psychology are normally accepted for Fall admission. Applications will be considered for Spring admission, but please note that this will extend the student's program of study by one semester. Normally applications that remain inactive for more than 30 days or that are incomplete after the next application deadline are considered no longer active and will be denied.
For International students, a TOEFL score of 550/79 or an IELTS score of 6.5 overall and in all bands is required. Applicants cannot substitute the Intensive English Program for the TOEFL for admission to this department.