Coordinator:
Caroline Clauss-Ehlers (848-932-0819; 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 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)
Required Courses (6 credits):
15:297:501 Introduction to Counseling and Interview Skills (3)
15:297:505 Group Counseling: Theory and Practice (3)
Electives (3 credits):
15:297:510 Career Counseling and Development (3)
15:297:507 Multicultural Issues (3)
15:297:508 Family Systems Development (3)
2. Basic Psychology Core (9 credits)
(Courses from Educational Psychology [290] or Learning, Cognition, and Development [295] course listings. Ideally, a course in human development or in learning or cognition should be taken.)
3. Educational Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation Core (9 credits)
15:291:515 Psychometric Theory I (3)
15:291:531 Statistical Methods I (previously 16:960:531) (3)
15:291:532 Statistical Methods II (previously 16:960:532) (3)
4. Electives (6 credits)
(Counseling psychology courses [297] may be taken to satisfy elective requirements)
Total: 33 Credits
Note: The Ed.M. program in counseling psychology does not require fieldwork/practicum training. Students should be aware that they may be less competitive for professional psychology programs without fieldwork/practicum experience.
