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Counselor Education Program

Professional Development

Approved Course Listing for School Counselor and Agency/MFT License Renewal and Professionalization

The following is a list of courses available in the School of Education for the renewal and/or professionalization of the Standard School Counselor License. Professionalization of the Standard License may be sought if: (1) the time requirement of five years experience (at least half-time) as a school counselor post Standard License has been met; and (2) eighteen credit hours beyond the Standard License requirement have been completed. Renewal for the Standard License requires that courses must be taken within the five years preceding the application for renewal. Standard License renewals are valid for five years from the date of application. Professional License renewal is initially valid for ten years, renewable thereafter every five years.

Each course listed below is 3 semester hours. Some courses may have prerequisites and/or require approval of the coordinator. Students currently enrolled in the Counselor Education Program will be given first priority for counseling program courses. Counseling program courses should be taken before non-counseling program courses are selected.

P=Prerequisite

Counseling Program Courses

  • EDUC G563: Introduction to Community Counseling and Consultation

  • EDUC P575: Developing Human Potential

  • EDUC G567: (P: G504) Introduction to Marriage and Family Counseling

  • EDUC G590: MFT Research in Counseling and Guidance: Marriage/Family Therapy

  • EDUC G504: (P: G503) Counseling Theories and Techniques II: Behavior and Family Systems

  • EDUC G552: Career Counseling: Theory and Practice

  • EDUA T555: Problems in Human Relations and Cultural Awareness

  • EDUC P501: Statistical Method Applied to Education

  • EDUC G590: Research in Counseling and Guidance

  • EDUC G505: Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures

  • EDUC P515: Child Development

  • EDUC P516: Adolescent Development

  • EDUC G542: Organization and Development of Counseling Programs

  • EDUC G580: Topical Seminar in Counseling and Guidance

  • EDUC G570: Human Sexuality

  • EDUC G592: Seminar in Drug/Alcohol Abuse Prevention

  • EDUC G532: (P: G503, G504) Introduction to Group Counseling

  • EDUC G502: Introduction to the Field of Counseling

Non-Counseling Program Courses

  • EDUC P555: Emotional Development

  • EDUC P570: Managing Classroom Behavior

  • EDUC W551: Education and Psychology of the Gifted and Talented

  • EDUC W554: Creative Problem Solving and Metacognition

  • EDUC A510: School-Community Relations

  • EDUC K505: Introduction to Special Education for Graduate Students

  • EDUA F500: Motivation in Education

  • EDUC A608: Legal Perspectives on Education

** IPFW Counselor Education Program graduates please note that if you were admitted prior to Fall 1989 and the establishment of the forty-eight (48) hour program, you will need to take the additional eighteen (18) hours required to professionalize your license:

TITLE 511 Indiana State Board of Education/LSA Document #89-142(f)

Sec. 65.5. (d) (2): Eighteen (18) or more graduate semester hours in counselor education beyond hours required for the standard license.