East Tennessee State University

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A. Counseling

Format: Campus

Program Description:

The counseling program is designed for the advanced preparation of personnel to serve children, adults, and families in various school and community agency settings. The counseling program offers four (4)concentrations: community agency counseling, marriage and family therapy,school counseling, and higher education. Emphasis is placed upon assisting students to develop a broad range of counseling skills that are applicable in a variety of professional settings. Students are admitted into the counseling program once a year in the fall or summer semesters. To be considered for summer or fall enrollment, the early admission application deadline is February 15th (recommended) and the regular admission deadline is April 1st. The school counseling concentration is designed to prepare individuals to work in school settings and to be eligible for licensure as a K-12 school counselor. The school counseling concentration has been approved by the state of Tennessee as a preparation program for K-12 school counselors.To satisfy state requirements, candidates without teaching experience seeking to be licensed as school counselors for grades K-12 must take EDFN 5410, Foundations of Education (EDFN 2300 can be substituted)and SPED 5500, History, Issues, and Trends in Educating Exceptional Learners (SPED 2300 can be substituted).

Accreditation:

Accredited by The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs(CACREP).

Eligibility Requirements:

In addition to submitting an application and an official transcript of all academic work previously completed, applicants must submit three letters of reference and their general aptitude scores from the GRE. After a review of the application materials, applicants whose documents indicate a potential for success will be invited for an interview with the counseling program faculty. Candidates for consideration are expected to have a minimum total of 2500 points based on the following formula: First we obtain the sum of the Verbal and Quantitative GRE general aptitude scores plus the Essay component score after it has been converted to a comparable scale. The conversion for the Essay component is to add one to the score and then multiply by 100. To this sum we add 400times the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average (UGGPA). This total should be at least 2500. Stated mathematically, the formula would be: (Verbal + Quantitative + (Essay + 1) x 100) + (UGGPA x 400) 2500.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Intensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Small City

Size & Settings: 10,000 - 19,999