Coordinator:
Dr. Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers (732-932-7496, ext. 8312; email:
caroline.clauss-ehlers@gse.rutgers.edu
)
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A professional psychologist applies psychological principles to help individual, group, or institutional clients with the development of human potential and the prevention and remediation of human problems. A license according to the laws and regulations of the particular state or province is required for independent practice as a psychologist. Typically, an individual will have a doctorate in professional psychology (counseling, clinical, industrial/organizational, or school); and supervised experience in order to be eligible for licensure as a psychologist. Admission to doctoral programs in professional psychology is extremely competitive.
The master's program in counseling psychology meets the needs of prospective applicants to doctoral training programs in professional psychology by: 1) providing an opportunity for students from diverse cultural, educational, and personal backgrounds to demonstrate competence in graduate-level courses required by doctoral programs in professional psychology; and 2) encouraging students to explore the professional specialty of counseling psychology.
Degree Requirements
1. Counseling Psychology Core (9 credits)
To include the following two courses and one course selected from courses in the 297 course sequence. Recommended courses include: 15:297:510 Career Counseling and Development, 15:297:507 Multicultural Issues, 15:297:508 Family Systems Development.
15:297:501 Introduction to Counseling and Interview Skills (3)
15:297:505 Group Counseling: Theory and Practice (3)
2. Basic Psychology Core (9 credits)
(Educational Psychology [290] or Learning, Cognition, and Development [295]. Ideally, a course in human development, in learning or cognition should be taken.)
3. Educational Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation Core (9 credits)
15:291:531 Statistical Methods I (previously 16:960:531) (3)
15:291:532 Statistical Methods II (previously 16:960:532) (3)
15:291:515 Psychometric Theory I (3)
4. Electives (6 credits)
(Counseling psychology courses [297] or basic psychology courses [290/295] may be taken to satisfy elective requirements.)
Total: 33 Credits
Note: the Ed.M. program in counseling psychology does not include practicum training. Students should be aware that they may be less competitive for professional psychology programs without practicum experience.
