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Program Description: The master's program in counseling psychology is designed to prepare individuals for admission to doctoral-level training programs in professional psychology. Since most courses are offered in the late afternoon and evening hours, both full and part-time study are possible.
The 33-credit master's program in counseling psychology meets the needs of prospective applicants to doctoral training programs in professional psychology by:
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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;
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Encouraging students to explore the professional specialty of counseling psychology.
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Learning more about the role of the professional psychologist as one that applies psychological principles to help individual, group, or institutional clients with the development of human potential and the prevention and remediation of human problems.
Note: This program does not include coursework resulting in New Jersey licensure for either mental health counseling or school counseling.
Education 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.
