LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

PLAN OF STUDY

Master of Arts Counseling and Guidance

SCHOOL COUNSELING
Name

Student ID

Date of Admission

Mailing Address

Language(s) or Proficiency Tools to be

Used

Undergraduate Major

SUBJECT &
NUMBER

COURSE TITLE

WHEN
TAKEN

CREDIT
HOURS

Major Requirements

Counseling 500
Counseling 501
Counseling 505
Counseling 508
Counseling 513
Counseling 516
Counseling 517
Counseling 518
Counseling 529
Counseling 533*
Counseling 535*
Counseling 590
Psychology 510
Psychology 541
Elective
Recommended:
Psychology 512

Principles and Administration of Guidance Services

Advanced School Counseling
Analysis of the Individual
Introduction to Counseling Theories
Career Information and Career/Lifestyle Development
An Introduction to Group Processes
Counseling Children and Adolescents
Techniques of Counseling
Cross-Cultural Counseling
Advanced School Counseling Practicum (100 clock hours)
Advanced Internship (600 clock hours)
Ethics and Professional Issues
Principles of Human Development
Research and Statistical Methods in Behavioral Sciences

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
3
3
3

Advanced Abnormal Psychology

* Student must successfully complete all required coursework before enrolling in Advanced School Counseling
Practicum (Counseling 533) and Advanced Internship (Counseling 535). These courses must be completed in a
school setting.
Counseling 535, Advanced Internship is made up of 600 clock hours and requires at least two terms.
Receiving two (2) "C" grades or one (1) D grade or lower will cause expulsion from the program, irrespective
of GPA.
A Comprehensive Examination must be successfully completed before students may enroll in practicum.
No deviation can be made from this Plan of Study without the written approval of your major advisor and all
relevant administrators (Department Head, Director of Graduate Studies, Dean).
Transfer courses without all required approvals will not apply toward degree.
The Praxis II School Guidance and Counseling Examination (0420) must be successfully completed, meeting the
passing score set by the Louisiana Department of Education, prior to graduation.

School Counseling

Effective 03-01-2012

GRADE

List all transfer credit which is to be applied toward the degree.

Department and
Number

Course Title

Name of Instructor

Credit

Grade

Credit

Grade

List all courses required to remove subject matter deficiencies.

Department and
Number

Course Title

Name of Instructor

List all courses required to satisfy language and tool proficiency requirements.
Department and
Number

Course Title

Signatures

Name of Instructor

Credit

Grade

Date

Student

Approved*:
Major Advisor

Department Head

Director, Graduate Studies

Dean of the College

Received: Graduate Office

*The student must achieve and maintain unconditional status in order for this Plan of Study to remain valid.

School Counseling

Effective 03-01-2012

Masters of Arts Degree in Counseling and Guidance

Program Declaration Statement

I, ____________________________________________, the undersigned, as an incoming student in the Master of Arts

Counseling and Guidance program, attest that I have received, read, and signed the provided Plan of Study for the
program I have chosen to enter. I understand that I am required to complete a Plan of Study* for the following
option:

Clinical Mental Health Counseling (60 hours)

School Counseling (48 hours)

Human Services (33 hours)

________________________________________________
Signature

___________________________
Date

* Changing options at a later date requires an application to the Graduate School AND the approval and signatures of
the student, advisor, the Head of the Department, the Director of Graduate Studies, and Dean of the College of
Education on the new Plan of Study.

School Counseling

Effective 03-01-2012