School Counseling: Online Option

60 Credit Online School Counseling Option- 3 year summer program with clinical courses and some current courses in the counseling department curriculum that are offered online. Courses will rotate in a three year cycle. Students will be able to start any summer and complete a three year program of study.  

Year 1-  18 credits (21 Credits with electives)

Summer 2026

  • HDCO 502 Ethics 
  • HDCO 508 Family Theory I
  • HDCO 558 Career Counseling
  • HDCO 505 Professional Issues in SC - This course will be offered as a blended course with an in-person requirement per our CACREP accreditation.

Fall – 2026

  • AC 506 Group Counseling 
  • Elective

Spring – 2027

  • AC 501

Year 2 – 24 credits  

Summer -2027

  • HDCO 550 – Counseling Research
  • HDCO 506 School Programs -This course will be offered as a blended course with an in-person requirement per our CACREP accreditation.
  • HDCO 510 Theory II 
  • HDCO 521 Counseling Skills - This course will be offered as a blended course with an in-person requirement per our CACREP accreditation.
  • HDCO 525 Child & Adol Counseling

Fall 2027-  

  • HDCO 571 Practicum

Spring 2028-

  • HDCO 598 Internship
  • HDCO 554 Developmental Counseling Theory  

Year 3  – 15  credits  

Summer 2028  

  • HDCO 564 Psychodiagnosis 
  • HDCO 551 Appraisal
  • HDCO 563- Multicultural Counseling 
  • HDCO 524 – Crisis & Consultation 

FALL 2028

  • HDCO 598  Internship

NOTE: For the first and second summer there will be a blended component to the summer session for 1-2 courses. This requirement is per our CACREP (Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs) policy that online programs must offer two residency experiences at different points in the program. 

Also, all of these courses are currently offered in the Dept. of Counseling. We would be adding an additional section. Learning outcomes will remain the same.