MA - School Counseling
Mission Statement
Indiana Wesleyan University Graduate School Counseling Program prepares future professional school counselors in knowledge, skills, and best practices of school counseling, with Christ-like servant leadership to effectively work with culturally diverse students, faculty, and families.
Successful Program Learning Outcomes are as follows:
- Students will articulate a clear understanding of School Counseling professional identity.
- Students will deliver school counseling services with multicultural competence.
- Students will integrate an understanding of developmental concepts and processes in case conceptualizations.
- Students will conceptualize the relationship between and among work, personal well-being, and other life roles.
- Students will demonstrate essential counseling skills with competence and ethical proficiency.
- Students will facilitate a group session with competency.
- Students will display counseling appraisal skills that recognize validity and reliability.
- Students will apply research findings from professional literature to inform development of treatment plans and intervention strategies.
- Students will integrate faith or spirituality-based principles and strategies in case conceptualizations and/or interviews.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of school counseling.
- Students will evaluate comprehensive school counseling programs with the use of appropriate data.
- Students will demonstrate comprehensive school counseling by synthesizing professional skills and interactions.
- Students will integrate cultural competence and responsiveness, in the practice of school counseling, to promote education equity and social justice.
- Students will function in professional roles and relationships in ways that reflect adherence to ethical and legal standards.
Requirements (48 credits)
Core Courses
| CNS-501 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| CNS-502 | Multicultural Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-503 | Theory and Techniques in the Helping Relationship | 3 |
| CNS-504 | Theory and Techniques in Group Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-505 | Theory and Techniques in Career Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-506 | Appraisal of Individuals and Families | 3 |
| CNS-507 | Research and Evaluation of Methods and Practice | 3 |
| CNS-508 | Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues | 3 |
| CNS-509 | Integration of Christian Faith in Professional Counseling | 3 |
Clinical Experiences
| CNS-550S | Supervised Practicum - School Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-551S | Supervised Internship - School Counseling | 3 |
| CNS-552S | Supervised Internship - School Counseling | 3 |
Major Courses
| CNS-519 | Theories and Techniques of School Counseling I | 3 |
| CNS-527 | Child and Adolescent Development and Treatment | 3 |
| CNS-529 | Theories and Techniques of School Counseling II | 3 |
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| Elective | 3 |
Elective
Choose one elective from any divisional class or one of our school specific courses.
| CNS-538 | Theory and Practice of Play Therapy | 3 |
| SDC-530 | Social Justice in Action | 3 |
| CNS-555 | Academic Counseling and Classroom Management | 3 |
| CNS-556 | P-12 College, Career, and Life Preparedness | 3 |
| CNS-557 | Mental Health Issues in School Counseling P-12 | 3 |
| CNS-558 | Trauma and Grief in Counseling | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 48 |
