Overview

The Counselor Education, M.Sc. program places strong emphasis on students' development of professional identity as counselors, providing academic learning opportunities in core curriculum including theory, techniques and assessment and specialty training in three professional specialization areas: professional school counseling, student affairs and college counseling, and clinical mental health counseling. The program offers graduate students who come from varied undergraduate backgrounds, an opportunity to explore and develop their own personal styles and approaches to professional counseling.

Students will attend courses completely online. Students will engage in a variety of learning experiences as they seek to apply content to practice through a variety of courses, assignments, and experiential learning opportunities. In addition, students will gain leadership, collaboration, and helping skills as they become immersed in the field. In addition to a student's coursework experiences, he or she is encouraged to become an active member in the profession through professional association involvement (i.e, presentations, publications, etc.) and leadership positions.

ECU Advantage

East Carolina University's counselor education program offers students the opportunity to be trained by faculty who are active and engaged nationally in the profession. Faculty encourage students to develop counseling styles that best suit them while also best meeting the needs of clients. Students in the counselor education program are able to select and focus on one professional specialization while also learning about the other various settings in which counselors work. In addition, students enjoy the flexibility to design elective studies to best suit their career interests.Our alumni have gone on to enjoy successful careers in a variety of counseling settings, and many of them have received state and national awards for their service and expertise.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human Growth and Development
Counseling Theories and Techniques
Career Counseling
Group Counseling
Multicultural Counseling
Assessment and Diagnosis in Counseling
Addictions Counseling
Counseling Children and Adolescents
Family Counseling
Crisis and Trauma Counseling

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-05-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2025-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-01 00:00:00

More details

International Students: no set deadline but students should allow an additional one to two months prior to the deadlines for processing the required paperwork.

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Education School Counselling Counselling Psychology View 1389 other Masters in Education in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

GRE^®

151 _(verbal)

151 _{(quantitative)}

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

A minimum GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale in all undergraduate coursework.

Official transcripts from all universities attended.

GRE scores (no minimum score required, but the average scores of admitted students are 151 in the quantitative section and 151 in the verbal section).

Three letters of recommendation.

A statement of purpose describing the applicant's career goals and research interests.

A resume or CV outlining the applicant's academic and professional experiences.

Tuition Fee

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International

18361 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18361 USD per year during 24 months.
National

18361 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18361 USD per year during 24 months.
In-State

5213 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5213 USD per year during 24 months.

Funding

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