Counseling

Overview

The Counseling program builds on bachelor’s degrees in a variety of areas to prepare professional counselors to help you and groups with family, mental health, career and educational issues. Our master’s degree meets the educational requirements needed to become licensed as a Professional Counselor or certified as a School Counselor. Our Education Specialist degree provides opportunities to retool your career, develop areas of professional specialization and broaden your career options.

The Counseling program offered through the University of Central Missouri is organized to reflect the professional standards and competencies designed by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs, as well as the Missouri Standards for the Preparation of Educators defined by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of human and personality development and how these domains affect individuals.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of how human diversity affects learning and development within the context of a global society and a diverse community of families.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the principles of measurement and assessment, for both individual and group approaches.

• Explains the career development planning process across the lifespan, and assists individuals in their career exploration, decision-making and planning.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of both psycho-educational and interactive group methods and techniques.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of planning and goal setting for the personal, social, educational, and career development of the individual.

Accreditation

UCM’s Counseling Program is the only one in the central region—and only one of four public institutions in Missouri—to be nationally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).