Overview

School Counseling is offered by University of Saint Joseph. The purpose of a counselor’s intervention is seen as facilitating growth towards the student’s full academic and psychosocial potential.

Key Facts

The program focuses on assisting future counselors with the wide range of issues that confront students, teachers and parents across the full span of the school years (K-12). Therefore, school counselors who graduate from the University of Saint Joseph are prepared to work with elementary, middle and high school students and to assist them with the challenges that they face as they grow and develop.

Counseling skills: This domain focuses on the skills necessary for engaging in the helping process. Students will demonstrate culturally appropriate skills and techniques necessary for successful pre-session, in-session and post-session counseling behaviors.
Conceptualization of student or programmatic need(s): This domain focuses on the skills needed to formulate a clear understanding of a student’s or school community’s need within a broader social context and the ability to construct an intervention plan that reflects respect for the individual and the larger group
Counseling process: This domain focuses on the ability to recognize any aspect of counselor-client interaction, total or in part, that can be understood to directly or indirectly affect the counselor, the client, the direction of sessions and movement toward the resulting outcome of counseling
Professional role skills: This domain focuses on an awareness of the aspects of the candidate’s character that serves to enhance working as a school counselor, as well as those aspects that serve as obstacles to success in the school counselor role

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Group Process and Dynamics

Crisis, Trauma Theory and Counseling

Psychology of Exceptional Children

Ethics and Standards of Practice

Multicultural Counseling
Counseling Children and Adolescents

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00

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More details

Admission to USJ is made on a rolling basis.

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

West Hartford, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.6

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A completed admission application along with a nonrefundable application fee
Official college transcript(s). These must be from accredited institutions and must evidence at least a baccalaureate degree with a GPA of 2.67 or higher. Transcripts are required prior to registration.
Two letters of professional reference mailed directly to the Office of Admissions recommending the candidate for graduate work in the School Counseling Program at the University of Saint Joseph. Recommendation forms are available in the Office of Admissions.
All immunization records as required by the university

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30210 USD / year

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Out-of-State

30210 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

30210 USD / year

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Living costs

West Hartford

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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