Policy for Student Program/Major Changes
Students who desire to switch graduate counseling programs in the initial admissions process or while taking courses towards another graduate counseling program must complete each of the following steps. Delays may occur in the student’s program of study and degree progress.
- Application officially switched with new criminal background check
- Review of IWU transcripts for CACREP-tracked courses by Registrar or Program Coordinator with approval needed to move forward
- Example: Student in Community Care courses that are named non-CACREP may not be able to count those non-CACREP courses towards their proposed CACREP program resulting in repeated courses, costs, and time.
- New Writing Sample geared towards the proposed program
- Interview with the proposed program
- Final Approval from Division Chair
- Rationale: Division Chair has knowledge of individual program ratios and faculty advising loads.
