Counseling Coursework

Face-to-Face: This is a cohort program. Students will take one course at a time, attending class one night a week from 5:00 to 8:00, with three (3) hours of commitment in additional work online every week. Every semester, students will complete two seven week courses. Toward the culmination of the CEP, COUN 5368 – School Counseling Practicum meets in a traditional, 15 weeks, face-to-face format. During Summer Session, students will attend two different night classes. Summer Session begins the last week in May and continues until the first week in July. Summer Session hours run from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Online: The School Counselor Program at the University of St. Thomas is excited to launch the School Counselor Online Program. Students enrolled in our online program will have the opportunity to earn a Master’s of Education degree in Counselor Education with a specialization in School Counseling. Students who qualify will be eligible for certification as a school counselor in the State of Texas. 

Counseling Practicum

COUN 5368 Counseling Practicum is the capstone course. This course is a 15-week course. Prerequisites for this course are the successful completion of all academic courses. This course requires 160 hours of counseling, supervision, observation, and preparation, 80 hours of which are in direct client contact (individual counseling, small group counseling, classroom guidance). All counseling is done under the supervision of an on-site, administrative supervisor with whom students meet once a week for one hour. The university professor functions as the clinical supervisor. Students are required to have malpractice insurance to take this course. Demonstration of Level 3 competencies (accurate reflection of content and feeling, paraphrasing, summarizing, probing with declarative sentences) are required to successfully complete this course. The successful completion of all of the requirements of the syllabus is required before a grade is submitted.