Master or Arts

School Guidance Counseling

Degree Overview

The Master of Arts in Counseling with a concentration in School Guidance is designed to equip servant leaders to address emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and spiritual needs of others. The degree teaches the professional and practical knowledge and skills needed to serve others in a variety of community and ministry roles*, including local church ministry, local community ministry, cross-cultural ministry, and mission care ministry.

*Please note that this degree does not prepare students for licensure as a professional counselor.

Degree Details

Degree Type: MA

Credit Hours: 36

Curriculum

Total hours: 36

  • Foundation (9 hours)
    • Counseling Techniques
      Spiritual Disciplines
      Human Growth and Development
  • Core (18 hours)
    • Marriage & Family Counseling
    • Multicultural Counseling Applications
    • Integration of Psychology and Theology
    • Professional Orientation and Ethics
    • Crisis Counseling
    • Group Counseling & Discipleship
  • Concentration (9 hours)
Concentration

Overview

  • The school guidance counseling concentration prepares candidates to assume school guidance counseling roles in Christian day, missionary, international, or national cross-cultural schools.

Courses

  • Career Development and Counseling
  • Assessment and Evaluation in School Counseling
  • Principles of Administration in School Counseling
Completion Plans

The MEd offers a rolling enrollment.  Students may begin an MEd degree in any session.

Standard Track

  • Fall A – Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
  • Fall B – Multicultural Counseling Applications 
  • Spring A – Counseling Techniques 
  • Spring B – Group Counseling and Discipleship 
  • Summer A – Spiritual Disciplines and Professional Orientation and Ethics 
  • Summer B – Crisis Counseling 
  • Fall A – Career Development and Counseling 
  • Fall B – Assessment and Evaluation in School Counseling 
  • Spring A – Integration of Psychology and Theology
  • Summer A – Marriage and Family Counseling 
  • Summer B – Principles of Administration in School Counseling 

Accelerated Track

  • Fall A – Growth and Development Across the Lifespan and Career Development and Counseling 
  • Fall B – Multicultural Counseling Applications and Assessment and Evaluation in School Counseling 
  • Spring A – Counseling Techniques and Integration of Psychology and Theology 
  • Spring B – Group Counseling and Discipleship
  • Summer A – Spiritual Disciplines and Marriage and Family Counseling and Professional Orientation and Ethics 
  • Summer B – Crisis Counseling and Principles of Administration in School Counseling

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