School Counseling, Graduate Certificate

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Minimum Total Hours: 15

Program Code: G098

The curriculum for this embedded certificate includes a sequence of five (5) graduate courses that are part of the concentration in School Counseling within the Master's program in Professional Counseling. The certificate provides a transcripted credential for students who wish to pursue alternative certification as school counselors in the state of Oklahoma.

Certificate Requirements

EDPC 5113Human Development3
EDPC 5413Occupational Information--Career Development3
EDPC 5493Child and Adolescent Counseling3
EDPC 5643Foundations of School Counseling3
EIPT 5203Assessment and Evaluation in Education and Counseling3
Total Credit Hours15

A graduate certificate is not a graduate degree. A graduate degree represents a program of independent inquiry beyond the depth of coursework alone, while a graduate certificate represents a set of courses only.

  • All courses must be taken at OU. No transfer credit will apply.
  • No course substitutions are permitted for graduate certificates.
  • Coursework applied to a graduate certificate cannot be more than five years old as of the semester the graduate certificate is awarded.
  • Students must earn a grade point average of 3.00 or higher on all coursework applied to the graduate certificate.