Master of Arts Education

Concentration in Counseling

The program is structured around three components: core curriculum, research and methodology, and emphasis area.

Required core: 30-33
Coun 601 Prof Orientation (3)
Coun 603 Theory & Pract of Career Develop (3)
Coun 605 Pre-Pract in Coun Skills (3)
Coun 606 Theories & Prin of Ind Couns (3)
Coun 607 Group Tech Coun (3)
Coun 611 Multicult Coun (3)
Coun 634 Practicum (3)
Coun 698 Internship in Counseling (3-6)*
GnEd 605 Statistics for Educ (3)
GnEd 610 Educ Res Interpret (3)

* Six hours over two semesters. Three credits each semester. This can be done in one semester with approval of adviser.

Core Total: 33

Students will select an emphasis area in consultation with their education adviser and advisers for the field(s) of study selected. Emphasis area options are available in many of the university’s content fields, offering course selections to meet individual needs. Specifically, emphasis-area options may be formulated from programs which offer 500- and/or 600-level courses in many disciplines including advanced placement and outside the School of Education, including art, music, Spanish, English, philosophy, history, political science, business, human performance and sport, anthropology, sociology, psychology, computer science, mathematics, life science (in biology and environmental science), chemistry, geology, physics, and also in technology teacher education, reading, early childhood multicultural education, and bilingual education. The adviser for the area of interest should be consulted.

In formulating plans for the emphasis area, students and advisers must consider various limitations: the frequency of offering of the necessary 500- and 600-level courses, both during the fall and spring semesters and in the summer session (the selection may be especially limited for students who rely totally or principally on classes scheduled in evenings and/or summers); any requirements from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department; having the preparation to undertake advanced studies in the field; and for students whose undergraduate degrees are from Highlands, the availability of appropriate 500-level courses that were not taken already at the 400-level.

Emphasis in School Counseling

Required courses: 12
Coun 602 Coun Child & Adol (3)
Coun 608 Appraisal of Ind, Group, & Fam in Coun (3)
Coun 615 Family Coun (3)
Coun 620 Org & Admin of Sch Coun (3)

Electives: 3
Choose one course in consultation with an adviser. Emphasis Total: 15
Emphasis in Professional Counselor Licensure

Required courses: 12
Coun 608 Appraisal of Ind, Group & Fam in Coun (3)
Coun 615 Family Coun (3)
Coun 619 Mgmt of Coun Prog (3)
Coun 625 Couns Individ Across Lifespan (3)
Elective: 3

Choose one course in consultation with an adviser.Emphasis Total: 15

Emphasis in Rehabilitation Counseling

Required courses: 15
Coun 608 Appraisal of Individual/ Group/Family (3)
Coun 640 Rehab Foundations (3)
Coun 642 Case Mgmt/Job Placement (3)
SpEd 673 Medical Aspects of Disability (3)
SpEd 674 Psychocult/Psychosoc Aspects of Disabil (3)

Emphasis Total: 15
Program Total: 48

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