Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 Graduate Academic Catalog
Admission Requirements - Post Master ’ s Certification Program in School Counseling 1 . A master degree in School Counseling from Gwynedd Mercy University . 2 . Current resume 3 . Submission of official transcripts from Master of Counseling Program at Gwynedd Mercy University 4 . Completion of the Gwynedd Mercy University Graduate Application .
Academic Progress Program Requirements Students in the Master Program in Counseling ( regardless of program of study ) are required to meet all of the GPS graduate academic progress requirements as indicated in this catalog including requiring all students to earn grades B or higher in all of their Core Curriculum courses . In addition to these GPS graduate academic requirements all counseling students must earn a grade of a B or better in all field courses in order to graduate .
The following courses are prerequisites for Practicum ( CNS 513 ); CNS 501 Counseling Skills , CNS 504 Human Development , CNS 505 Foundations of Counseling , CNS 520 Theories in Counseling and CNS 527 Social Justice , Multicultural & Diversity Issues in Counseling .
Field Experience The Counseling Program requires three areas of field experience ; Pre-Practicum , Practicum and Internship . Students must complete 20 hours of Pre-Practicum , 100 hours of Practicum and 600 hours of Internship . Below are the main field experience expectations by area . For specific information regarding field placement particulars ( expectations , grading , application requirements , etc .) please review the appropriate field handbook . These handbooks can be found on the student portal .
Pre-practicum Pre-practicum requirements are fulfilled in two classes ; CNS 505 Foundations of Counseling ( 6 hours ) and CNS 527 Social Justice , multicultural and Diversity Issues in Counseling ( 14 hours ). These courses and the prepracticum hours involved must be complete prior to applying to practicum . For more information about the pre-practicum experiences please review the Pre-Practicum materials found on the student portal .
Practicum Practicum requires 100 hours of field work over the course of 15 weeks ( approximately 7 hours per week ). Students must complete the full 100 hours onsite . Forty percent of these onsite hours must be in direct student services . The practicum course is a fifteen week course that requires an hour and a half ( 1.5 ) of synchronous group supervision weekly . This supervision is held during the evening hours . Students must attend this weekly class group supervision in order to pass the course . For more information about Practicum please review the Practicum Handbook found on the student portal .
Internship Internship requires three semesters of 200 hours ( totals 600 hours ) of field work over the course of 15 weeks ( each class approximately 13 hours a week ). School concentration students must complete two semesters of 210 hours each and on semester of 200 hours ( see ” Field Placement Policies ” below . Students must complete the full 200 / 210 hours onsite . Forty percent of these onsite hours must be in direct student services . Each internship course similar to the practicum course requires an hour and a half ( 1.5 ) of synchronous group supervision weekly . This supervision is held during the evening hours . Students must attend this weekly class group supervision in order to pass the course . For more information about internship please review the Internship Handbook found on the student portal .
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