MASTER OF SCIENCE SCHOOL COUNSELING
A Powerful Educational Experience
NU’s school counselor preparation programs are built on a commitment to developing practitioners and leaders in the counseling profession who promote human growth, development, and emotional and spiritual well-being within a culturally diverse environment. Graduates are expected to embody qualities such as compassion, respect, commitment to equity, social justice, open-mindedness, and fairness. Furthermore, candidates are expected to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and ethical standards outlined by the American School Counselor Association.
Curriculum
This program prepares graduate students to become school counselors at the elementary, middle, or high school levels. Through rigorous coursework and handson field experience, students are equipped to design and implement comprehensive, developmental school counseling programs. The focus is on addressing the needs of all students in three key areas: academic, career, and personal/social development. The school counseling program requires 48 credit hours, with an additional option for students to pursue a 12-credit Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS).
FLEXIBILITY
Students can complete the master’s degree program in school counseling in two years, or at their own pace, with a flexible schedule that includes on-campus, online, and hybrid.
AFFORDABILITY
Graduate assistantships, scholarship opportunities, and over 60 different awards for well-qualified matriculated graduate students exist to make graduate school more affordable.
QUALITY
The NU school counseling program has a strong commitment to social justice in the school environment, ethical responsibility and to leadership in the school counseling profession.
