Education/Counselor Education Advising Worksheet

School Counseling Track

Core Requirements
30 core credit hours / Credit Hours / Notes / Term
Completed
COUN 503
Intro to Counseling / 3
COUN 505
Theories of Counseling / 3
COUN 507
Lifespan Development / 3
COUN 510
Research Methods & Design / 3
COUN 545
Techniques of Counseling / 3
COUN 555
Testing & Assessment in Counseling / 3
COUN 601
Multicultural Counseling / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503
COUN 605
Group Counseling Theories and Techniques / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 505, 545
COUN 610
Career Counseling / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 505, 545
COUN 651
Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Counseling / 3 / Prerequisite: COUN 503
COUN 699
Comprehensive Exam in Counselor Education / 0 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 505, 507, 510, 545, 555, 601, 605, 610, 612, 651,and a total of 48 graduate counseling hours.
Taken at the end of program:
Fall, the 3rd Saturday of October
Spring, the 1st Saturday of March

File an Application for Graduate Degree no later than the completion of 36 credit hours.

It must be filed in order to be able to register for the Comprehensive Exam.

(Applications are available on the Graduate Studies website under Forms,

  • Courses are offered on a rotational basis and are not guaranteed to be offered every year.
  • Please be aware that full-time enrollment at the graduate level is nine hours a semester.
  • Advisor approval required to take more than 9 hours in a semester in which you are enrolled in internship (COUN 692, 693 or 694).

School Counseling Track / Credit Hours / Notes
30 Track Credit Hours / Term
Completed
COUN 504
P-12 School Counseling Practice / 3
COUN 550
Introduction to Play Therapy / 3
COUN 593
Practicum in School Counseling / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 505, 507, 545, 605
COUN 608
Clinical Psychopathology / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 505, 545
COUN 611
Current Issues and Trends in School Counseling / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 504
COUN 613
Counseling Exceptional Students / 3 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 504, 505
COUN 622
Marriage & Family Therapy: Theories and Techniques / 3
COUN 625
Diagnosis & Treatment of Addictive Disorders / 3
COUN 693
Internship in School Counseling
For additional internship information, Visit the webpageCounselor Education/Field Experience / 6 / Prerequisites: COUN 503, 504, 505, 507, 510, 545, 555, 593, 601, 605, 610, 611and 651; Taken at the end of program. Variable credit per semester of enrollment from 2 – 4 credits. Six credit hours required.
Must be continuously enrolled until completion.
Graded Pass/Satisfactory Progress/Not Pass.

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE -60

Paperwork must be filed with the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) upon satisfactory completion of the degree.

  • For those who already hold a valid Virginia teaching license, complete only the additional endorsement paperwork.
  • Visit the ‘Add Endorsement Instructions’ webpage for additional information.
  • For those who do not hold the license, complete the full initial licensure application.
  • Visit the Virginia Department of Education website, select ‘Licensure’ from the right-hand menu and then select ‘Application for a Virginia License.’