Master of Arts in School Counseling (48 credits)
Urban Cohort Program at Roxbury Community College
Eligibility for initial MA licensure in guidance counseling at either grades PreK-8 or 5-12
Lesley University invites you to join the Counseling and Psychology Urban Cohort at Roxbury Community College. This Guidance Counseling program is uniquely designed to meet the needs of working adults. It provides the required graduate training for individuals who wish to work as counselors in primary and secondary school settings. Graduates are eligilble for initial license in guidance counseling from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The program emphasizes the practice of counseling skills with children and adolescents and the importance of cultural competency within school settings. It is offered in a convenient one weekend a month model with face-to-face and web enhanced hybrid course components.
For information on Massachusetts licensure, see: http://www.lesley.edu/certification.html.
- 700 hours of field experience are required.
| REQUIRED CORE COURSES | CREDITS | |
| GPSYC 6015 | Group Dynamics for Counselors and Consultants | 3 |
| GPSYC 6026 | Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6027 | Clinical Skills and the Counseling Process* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6029 | Vocational Development and Career Counseling | 3 |
| GPSYC 6030 | Psychology of Culture and Identity: Power, Privilege, Oppression* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6101 | Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| GPSYC 6200 | Orientation to Professional Psychology* | 2 |
| GPSYC 6201 | Issues and Standards in Professional Psychology* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6202 | Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6255 | Assessments for Counseling and Psychology: Children and Adolescents | 3 |
| GPSYC 6211 | Professional Integrative Seminar | 1 |
| GPSYC 7100 | Biological Bases of Behavior | 3 |
| Required Specialization Courses | ||
| GPSYC 6260 | Issues in School Counseling for School Guidance Counselors | 3 |
| GPSYC 6102 | Child and Adolescent Psychopathology* | 3 |
| GPSYC 6252 | Counseling the Young Child (PreK-8) | 3 |
| or | ||
| GPSYC 6254 | Counseling Adolescents (5-12) | 3 |
| Field Experience Courses | ||
| GPSYC 7712 | Clinical Practice and Supervision I: School Setting** | 3 |
| GPSYC 7713 | Clinical Practice and Supervision II: School Setting** | 3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED | 48 | |
* Prerequisites for field training.
** Taken concurrently with field training.
For more information, please contact John Gearin, Assistant Director of Advising and Student Services, at jgearin@lesley.edu or 1-617-349-8339.
