St. Cloud State University

Graduate Programs-Rehabilitation Counseling

Course substitution

Students with three or more years of full-time experience in rehabilitation settings may substitute some courses with the consent of their adviser. Recommendations by the rehabilitation counseling faculty will be given only for those courses in which the experienced student demonstrates the competencies in the course for which substitution is requested.

Substitution procedure

1. Discuss the proposed substitution with your adviser.
2. If your adviser agrees that a substitution is possible, you will be directed to a faculty member normally responsible for teaching the course.
3. The faculty member normally responsible for teaching the course will establish a method for evaluating your knowledge/competence in the area in question. This could be a written and/or oral evaluation, and may include documentation from employers, educators, etc.
4. If the faculty member normally responsible for teaching the course determines that comparable knowledge/competence exists, a recommendation for course substitution will be forwarded to your adviser.
5. It will then be necessary for you and your adviser to determine a course to be substituted for the waived course. This will usually be an elective course.
6. he student and adviser will submit a change of program form to the Office of Graduate Studies listing the waived course and substituted course.

Application for graduation

Students should pick up a Graduate Checklist from Graduate Studies within the first two weeks of the semester they expect to graduate. The Graduate Bulletin also contains important information concerning graduation under “Graduation or Completion.”

Adding or changing program tracks

Any changes or additions in program will occur only by an interview process which will take place during Spring Semester of each year. The request will be considered along with other new entering students.

Final comprehensive examination

All students will be required to complete a final comprehensive examination. The student will take the examination during the semester s/he expects to graduate. It is necessary to contact the department secretary, Room A-253 no later than the first week of the semester of taking the examination. The examination is given near the midpoint of the semester. (The midpoint is indicated in the University Calendar as the date the second half of the semester begins).