PLAN OF STUDY FOR

EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEGREE IN COUNSELING

Shared Auburn University Montgomery / Alabama State University
Program Checklist –Non-Certification Option

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ECED prefix = AUM courses COU prefix = ASU course

Instructional Support DESCRIPTION SEM COMPLETION GRADE OFFERED PREREQUISITE
Area (15 semester hrs.) HRS. DATE
COU 507 or Counseling Diverse 3
Populations 3
ECED 6270 Counseling Diverse
Populations
ECED 6600 Supervision in Counseling 3
COU 530 Family Counseling 3
COU 514 DSM-IV 3
ECED 6130 Intro. To Play Therapy 3
ECED 8982 Comprehensive exam (AUM
students only). ASU students
register with graduate studies
Substitutes for required courses already taken must be approved by advisor
Internship (3-6) semester hrs
COU 615 or Adv. Internship in Counseling 3
ECED 6926 Adv. Internship in Counseling I 3
*ECED 6927 Adv. Internship in Counseling II 3

Research in Education, Problem Analysis Project (9-semester hrs required)

COU 614 Topical Seminar in Counseling 3
ECED 6560 Res. & Eval. In Counseling Prog. 3
COU 628 Res. In Sch & Agency Counseling 3

COU 696/697 Thesis I & II (Thesis I may 6

substitute for EDU 628 and Thesis
II for one elective
ECED 7992 Thesis (may substitute for EDU 628 3-6
and/or one elective)

Elective Related Course (6 semester hrs. required)

COU 612 Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale 3
COU 613 or Wechsler Intelligence Scales 3
PSY 6273 Individual Intelligence Testing 4
ECED 6230 Ethical & Legal Issues in 3
Counseling
ECED 6250 Diversity Marriage/Family 3
ECED 6320 Consultation & Prog. Plan 3
ECED 6902 Studies in Education 3
ECED 6952 Seminar in Counseling 3
ECED 6140 Advanced Play Therapy 3
ECED 6923 Internship in Group Leadership 3
FNDS 6213 Computer Based Ins. Tech 3
COU 575/576 Cur. & Emer. Inst. Tech 3
Or other approved electives

Total Hours = 33 Semester Hours minimum requirement

Comments:
*Students who graduated from a master’s program requiring fewer than 700 hours practicum/internship must
take two advanced internships.
09/2008