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The Department of Counselor Education offers three Master of Science Degrees:

• Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• Marriage, Couple, Family Counseling
• School Counseling

These programs are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Mission of Counselor Education

The mission of the Department of Counselor Education is to educate counseling students including those from diverse academic, geographic, religious/spiritual, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, preparing them to accept and demonstrate their professional counseling responsibilities with distinction. Students’ learn to behave ethically, become aware of their personal strengths and resiliency, as well as their professional counseling responsibilities in an effort to apply these skills and self-knowledge to a culturally diverse clientele.

Objectives of Counselor Education

• Objective 1: An ethically informed professional identity

• Objective 2: An awareness of personal strengths and resiliency

• Objective 3: An appreciation of diverse cultures

• Objective 4: Critical thinking and creative expression

• Objective 5: Efficacious commitment to professional and community service

Admissions Process

The Graduate Council of Counselor Education sets the admissions standards for the Counselor Education Graduate Program based on standards from the program faculty, Florida Department of Education, Florida Department of Health, and the Graduate Council of the College of Arts & Sciences.

Admission to the Counselor Education Graduate Program requires an earned undergraduate degree from a college or university accredited by an appropriate regional association.

Completion of application packet:

• Application Fee ($25.00)
• Official Transcripts from all previous universities/colleges attended
• Three letters of recommendation (Forms provided) 
• Group Interview
• *GRE or MAT

School Counseling Applicants who are not fully certified teachers must submit passing scores on the General Knowledge Test (GK).

*Each student is required to submit scores from the Graduate Record Exam or Miller Analogies Test. (Scores in the 50^th percentile or better on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or a score of 410 or better on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT).).  However, an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 in upper-division courses may assist a student whose standardized test scores do not meet the minimum criteria.  A student with an earned Master’s degree from an accredited university is not required to submit test scores (GRE or MAT).

*A Stetson graduate who has a major in Psychology, has at least a 2.8 GPA for all work at Stetson, successfully completes the required group interview, and has satisfactory letters of recommendation will not be asked to take the GRE or the MAT and will be automatically accepted into any of the three master’s programs offered by the Department of Counselor Education.

Additionally, all international applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit a combined score of 550 or better (new scoring of 213 or better) or the Internet based test scoring of 80 or better.  Please contact the Office of Graduate Studies for additional information.

Students Seeking Certification and Licensure

Counselor Education accepts post-baccalaureate students for such purposes as satisfying certification or licensure.

Six Hour Rule

Students may enroll in six (6) hours of introductory coursework prior to admission into the graduate program.

Endorsement Only Programs

If a person holds a CACREP accredited master's degree in any area, he/she may receive an endorsement for another specialty by completing an endorsement only program

Faculty

Our faculty includes:

• Judith A. Burnett, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts - Amherst
• Brigid M. Noonan, Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park
• Leila F. Roach, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
• Page L. Thanasiu, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
• Meghan Walter, Ph.D., University of Central Florida

Special Features

Students have the opportunity to take classes at our DeLand and Celebration campuses.

Internship Opportunities

A practicum or internship setting is a public or private community agency; elementary, middle, or secondary school; community or junior college; university; or not-for-profit business; publicly or privately funded service program; or other appropriate setting that accepts a graduate student fully enrolled in a program in the Stetson University Department of Counselor Education for supervised professional experience. 

Career Opportunities

Graduates will have a variety of careers to choose from. From public to private agencies and schools; inpatient, outpatient and other treatment settings; as well as independent private settings, there is a myriad of choices that individuals can pursue.

Contact:
Donna Schick
386-822-8992
dschick@stetson.edu

Full Time Faculty: 5

Degrees Offered:

• Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• Master of Science in Marriage Couple and Family Counseling
• Master of Science in School Counseling

Some of the sites our Student Interns are placed:

• Center for Drug-Free Living
• Children's Home Society
• Florida Hospital Deland – Behavioral Health
• Halifax Behavioral Services
• House Next Door
• La Amistad Behavioral Health
• Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare
• Orlando Regional Health
• Port Orange Counseling Center
• Seminole Behavioral Healthcare
• Stewart-Marchman Act/Behavioral Healthcare
• Three Springs
• University Behavioral Center