Counselor Education Department
The Counselor Education Department is committed to attracting students from diverse backgrounds (including those from under-represented populations) and to providing an educational environment which is safe, inviting, and supportive to all.
The department offers a Master of Arts in Counseling degree with an emphasis in school counseling or addictions studies, a graduate certificate in addictions studies, and a graduate certificate in gerontological studies.
The goal of the school counseling program is to recruit and graduate students who possess the desire and the skills to meet the challenges of the changing role of school counselors. The Gerontological Certificate programs goal is to enable students to choose a unified, coherent group of courses in gerontological studies which improve their understanding of issues related to aging. The Addiction emphasis’ goal is to prepare students for a variety of positions in the addiction field.