Graduate Programs-College Counseling & Student Development
Standards Based Graduate Education
The faculty at SCSU remains committed to standards based graduate education that complies with the following requirements:
American College Personnel Association (A.C.P.A.) Commission XII
- Program employs a minimum of one full-time faculty member.
- Program offers a minimum of four content courses involving college student services, affairs, development, and environment.
- Program has maintained a minimum of two years of academic duration (in progress).
- Program requires a minimum of one student personnel practicum/ field experience for students.
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
| Core Accreditation Requirements | Credits |
| Plan A- Thesis option | 6 |
| Plan B- Comprehensive Exam option | 0 |
Professional Identity |
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| CEEP 619—Professional Orientation and Ethics | 3 |
Social and Cultural Diversity |
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| CEEP 658—Multicultural Counseling | 3 |
Human Development |
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| CEEP 530—Adv. Human Growth and Development | 3 |
Career Development |
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| CEEP 667—Career Development | 3 |
Helping Relationship |
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| CEEP 651—Counseling Theories | 3 |
| CEEP 668—Counseling Procedures | 3 |
Group Work |
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| CEEP 666—Group Process and Dynamics | 3 |
| CEEP 681—Practice in Small Group | 3 |
| Assessment | |
| CEEP 665—Measurement Techniques | 3 |
Research and Program Evaluation |
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| CEEP 678—Graduate Statistics | 3 |
| CEEP 675—Research Methods | 3 |
CACREP Clinical Standards |
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| CEEP 669—Practicum | 4 |
| CEEP 697—Internship in Student Affairs | 5 |
Student Services Emphasis Courses |
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| CEEP 645 Foundations of Student Services | 3 |
| CEEP 673 Issues in College Counseling & Student Developmen | 3 |
| Plan A Minimum: |
54 credits |
| Plan B Minimum:
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48 credits |
Required Orientation Program
All new students (both full-time and part-time) must attend an orientation meeting held in early fall semester. Important information about the graduate program is presented at this meeting. Equally important, the meeting provides the opportunity for the students to ask questions, meet and socialize with faculty and each other.
Definitions
Full-time students: the University, including the Financial Aids Office and Graduate Office, views graduate students who have eight or more credits per semester as being "full-time". However, in the College Counseling & Student Development program, 12 to 15 credits per semester constitutes full-time status. The maximum credit load is 16 credits per semester during fall and spring semesters and nine credits during summer. The approval of the graduate dean and your adviser is necessary to take more than the maximum credit load.
Part-time students: Graduate students who have fewer than eight credits per semester are considered to be part-time by the university. In the College Counseling & Student Development program, graduate students who have less than 12 credits per semester have part-time status. It is important to note that part-time students may have more difficulty scheduling classes. To remain active, students must take at least one class per semester. Full-time students have priority in registration over part-time students. Some classes are offered only once per year or every two years. Therefore, it is imperative that part-time students work closely with their adviser in planning their class schedule.
Schedules and Registration
Class schedules are usually available a week or so before registration begins each semester and summer session. As well as listing course offerings, the schedules contain important information about when and where to register, the process of dropping and adding courses, the payment of fees, projected course offerings for upcoming semesters, other pertinent information. Schedules are available in the lobby of the Administrative Services Building . Registration is completed by phone. Information on the phone registration is found in the class schedule.
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