Program Requirements
Course Requirements
The Master of Arts in Education: Educational Counseling offers students an efficient path to a school counseling career by embedding within the master’s program all requirements for the Pupil Personnel Services Credential: School Counseling.
A requirement in completing the program includes either fieldwork or an internship. Candidates applying for an internship credential may submit their application for the internship credential near the end of the program after all nine prerequisites have been met. An Internship Credential is appropriate for candidates who have secured a paid internship position at a public school in the field of school counseling.
Students take courses in the following sequence:
Please obtain academic advising prior to initial registration.
| Term 1 | |
| EDCO 533 | Basic School Counseling* |
| EDCO 557 | Child Development and Learning* |
| Term 2 | |
| EDCO 550 | Issues in School Counseling* |
| EDUC 573 | Philosophy/Ethics and History of Education* |
| Term 3 | |
| EDCO 528 | Community, Family, and School Collaboration* |
| EDUC 572 | Advanced Educational Psychology* |
| Term 4 | |
| EDCO 535 | Legal Mandates for School Counselors and School Psychologists* |
| EDCO 545 | Intervention Through Prevention* |
| Term 5 | |
| EDUC 571 | Curriculum Foundations* |
| EDCO 583 | Intervention Through Consultation* |
| Term 6 | |
| EDCO 549 | Career Development and Technology |
| EDCO 579 | Sociocultural Issues in Counseling |
| Term 7 | |
| EDCO 587 | PPS Leadership, Ethics, and Profesionalism |
| SPED 531 | Tests and Measurements |
| *Prerequisites for Fieldwork/Internship | |
| Supervised Field Experience/Fieldwork Internship | |
| EDCO 564 | School Counseling Fieldwork 1 (300 hours) |
| EDCO 568 | School Counseling Fieldwork 2 (300 hours) |
| – or – | |
| EDCO 594 | School Counseling Internship 1 (300 hours) |
| EDCO 595 | School Counseling Internship 2 (300 hours) |
| Total | 48 units |
Additional Requirements
- Students who entered the program in fall 2006 must pass a Praxis exam to demonstrate their competence in school counseling or school psychology prior to completion of the program. Students who entered prior to fall 2006 have the option of taking the current comprehensive exam or the Praxis exam.
- Students prepare a growth assessment which includes a formal research paper and a program evaluation. The growth assessment content summarizes a topic which the student chooses to study in depth. The evaluation is a reflection on professional growth during the program.
- All candidates that are admitted to the Master of Education: Educational Counseling and Master of Education: Educational Psychology programs are required to submit a copy of their California Certificate of Clearance (COC). Azusa Pacific University is required by law to keep these records on file while candidates are in attendance at APU.
