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Contact Information:

Division of Counseling and Psychology in Education
414 East Clark Street
Delzell School of Education Room 210
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: (605) 677-5250
fax: (605) 677-5438
cpe@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 02/11/08

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Marriage and Family Counseling

This program specialization is not CACREP accredited.

Students design their own individualized program of study along with their advisor. Students are required to complete 60 credit hours beyond the Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 32 credit hours taken beyond the Master’s core during the Specialist program enrollment at USD. This degree emphasizes practitioner specialization and the program is tailored to the students’ needs and career goals. Students are required to take at least one practicum during the program (COUN 895 or COUN 795). A written examination is required for graduation. In addition, the student may choose to complete a Thesis, Applied Clinical project or Portfolio. Based upon the student’s choice, the Counseling faculty chooses the appropriate final oral defense.

All students who are admitted to the program must successfully complete 9 credit hours of trial course work selected with the help of their advisor. These initial 9 hours must include EDER 761, if not taken previously. Having completed this initial semester of course work, the student completes a preliminary examination. After successfully passing the initial course work with a "B" average and passing the preliminary examination, the student becomes a degree candidate and is permitted to file a program of study with the help of his/her advisor.

Ed.S. in Counseling

Marriage and Family Counseling Option

Major Field Courses:

COUN 725	Family Therapy in Community Agency Settings	3 credits
COUN 730	Couples Counseling	3 credits
COUN 737	Diagnosis and Intervention in Counseling (Unless taken at M.A. level)	3 credits
COUN 755	Human Development and Psychosocial Intervention (Unless taken at M.A. level)	3 credits
COUN 790	Seminar in Advanced Family Therapy & Supervision
COUN 792	Special Topics: Clinical Experience and Technological Innovation (Must co-register with COUN 894S: Internship)	3 credits
COUN 795/895	Practicum: Family	3-6 credits
COUN 894S	Internship	1-8 credits
SPSY 768	Consultation	3 credits

The balance of course work may come from program options within the area of counseling as well as other programs at USD. Examples of other related program areas which may be included are: Educational Psychology, Psychology, Sociology, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies, Speech Communication, and Criminal Justice.

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