May 07, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Graduate Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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COU 590 - Internship in School Counseling I (300)


Pre-requisite: Students must be in their last two semesters of coursework AND have completed and PASSED the Core Comprehensive Examination.
Supervised on-the-job experiences performing the duties of a professional counselor in a school setting. Internships are viewed as the culminating activity in degree programs and ordinarily follow the completion of coursework and the full complement of supervised counseling practica. Thus, by the time students enter the internship phase of their programs of study, they are prepared to provide valuable and culturally competent services to the consumers within a school setting. COU 590  has a minimum of 300 hours of on-site internship experience in an approved public school setting under the supervision of an approved licensed school counselor. Students must have counselor liability insurance in place prior to their internships. There is a 600 hours of onsite internship graduation requirement for all counseling degree programs. The Specialty Area Capstone Project is to be completed at the end of the first 300 hours, Students who complete COU 590  must subsequently enroll in COU 591  to complete the balance of the 600 hours of internship required for graduation.

3 Credits.



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