School Counseling Certificate

Program Description

The Graduate Certificate in School Counseling provides a 19-hour graduate-level experience for students in counseling, counselors, and other mental health professionals who are interested in the practice of school counseling. The program provides for acquisition of specific knowledge, skills, and supervised practice necessary for understanding and practicing school counseling, and draws on research-based based principles and findings. The certificate is designed to provide coursework necessary to pursue elementary and secondary school counseling certification in the state of Missouri and potentially other states. The certificate alone does not satisfy the requirements for MO state certification. Possession of a Masters degree in counseling or closely related degree and state assessments (typically taken concurrently to the coursework in this certificate) are also needed. Additional prerequisite coursework and/or other qualifications may be necessary in individual instances.

Admission Criteria

To be considered for the program, a student must have a 3.0 grade point average as well as apply and be admitted to or in possession of the Masters in Counseling or a closely related Graduate Degree. Students who do not meet the normal admission requirements, but who show an indication of high promise, will be considered for probationary admission. The program faculty, or their designee, will define probationary conditions. Admission to the certificate program does not constitute admission to any other Missouri State University graduate program.