Counseling & Applied Educational Psychology

School Counseling (MS)

Rolling Admissions.
Application due by 8/1 for Fall semester and 12/1 for Spring semester of current year.

Overview

School Guidance Counseling constitutes an excellent career for those wishing to work closely with children, parents, and fellow school personnel. It is an unusually fulfilling profession in that it offers the opportunity to positively assist students at the elementary, middle, or secondary school levels with vital personal, interpersonal, academic, and career development issues of importance, both in their current and later lives.

Northeastern University is uniquely disposed and situated to provide an intensive two-year Master of Science program in School Counseling by virtue of its commitment to academic excellence and experiential learning. Also, its urban location and immediate access to local suburban communities offer the widest range of opportunities for engaging in a year-long, supervised practicum in virtually any type of school setting. One may specialize in working with students at the kindergarten to middle school levels, or those at the middle and senior high school levels.

Those interested in studying School Counseling at Northeastern University may apply as full or part-time students at any time of the year. Upon graduation, graduates will be eligible for Massachusetts state provisional certification through its 36 credit hour curriculum or may take 12 additional credits (four graduate courses) to meet the most stringent of national standards.

As a school counselor, you will:

• Help students assess their abilities, likes, dislikes, and personal qualities
• Teach decision making
• Promote the process of career exploration and goal setting
• Educate students in social skills
• Plan educational programs
• Motivate students toward problem resolution
• Participate in crisis interventions
• Work with fellow school colleagues
• Consult with parents

As a graduate of Northeastern's program, your competencies will include:

• Individual and group counseling theory and practice
• Psychological assessment
• Career and vocational guidance
• Promoting student interests, abilities and responsibilities
• Working with diverse groups of people
• Working with special needs populations
• Parent and staff consultation
• Knowledge of professional affairs
• Promoting human development

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Contact Info

William Quill, Ph.D., Program Director
422 Int'l Village
Tel: 617.373.5157
Fax: 617.373.8892
w.quill@neu.edu