Program Overview
The M.S in School Counseling is a 60-semester-hour degree that will academically prepare students to become certified Guidance Counselors in the state of Florida. The program is designed to provide students with an intellectual and biblical foundation for understanding the spiritual, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and mental facets of human nature. In an educational environment that promotes active learning through the use of role-plays, case studies, demonstrations, and discussions students will:
- Integrate Christian belief and practice with the scholarship and professional standards of the school counseling profession
- Develop the skills necessary to provide competent, balanced, and professional counseling and consultation services
- Develop critical thinking and analysis skills and the knowledge needed to make ethical decisions.
Throughout this program students will:
- Integrate the principles of counseling with biblically informed values.
- Demonstrate collaborative and effective problem-solving skills using multiple theoretical approaches.
- Develop counseling skills that require the application of theory to a variety of counseling situations.
- Apply acquired skills and techniques to actual counseling situations.
Research contemporary issues in school counseling to provide practical solutions, and communicate results through clear, concise and appropriate media
Prerequisite Courses
Four prerequisite courses (or those equivalent in content as determined by the faculty) are required for enrollment in the counseling degree programs. All prerequisite courses must be completed prior to entering the program or at latest before the beginning of the corresponding graduate courses.
- PSYC 1133 Introduction to Psychology
- PSYC 2133 Theories of Personality
- PSYC 2343 Child and Adolescent Development or PSYC 2353 Adult Development and Aging.
- PSYC 3003 Abnormal Psychology
Degree Audit
School Counseling, Master of Science
