Complete the following admission requirements:

1. Application deadline: March 1 for admission to the following fall semester, Oct. 1 for admission to the following spring semester.
2. Admission requires a bachelor's degree in a human service area such as education, social work, psychology, human services, etc. Suitability of other degrees will be considered on an individual basis by counseling faculty.
3. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their undergraduate degree or take the Graduate Record Exam.
4. Statement of academic goals addressing applicant's motivations, personal characteristics, experience, education and intentions for earning the counseling degree.
5. Professional resume including education, work, volunteer or life experience relevant to the field of counseling.
6. Three letters of references from professional, academic or character sources.
7. All applicants will be required to interview with the counseling faculty as part of the admissions process. 

Additional requirements:

1. Submit a disclosure statement upon admission to the program. Resubmit annually.
2. Submit a national-level criminal background check through the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to seeing clients during COUN F634 
   (http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks).
3. Complete internship placements appropriate to the student's declared area of interest.
4. Complete background check procedure required by the school or community internship placement. The procedure varies depending on placement.
5. Pass the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam (CPCE).

Note: The FBI criminal background check process takes up to three months.

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 48-60 credits

Concentrations 

School Counseling

K-12 School counseling 

 Clinical mental health

 Clinical mental health and school counseling

 Clinical mental health and k-12 school counseling

Note: Courses assigned by the student’s graduate committee to remove deficiencies will not be allowed as part of the graduate program.