Degrees Offered

• Master of Education (MEd)

Introduction

The faculty of the Counselor Education Program, a CACREP accredited program, is dedicated to educating and training counseling professionals to function in culturally diverse settings. This training utilizes an integrative practitioner training model emphasizing development, prevention, enhancement, and the diagnosis and remediation of psychological disorders. The program is designed to provide a challenging, yet supportive environment that promotes professional orientation, practice and self-awareness.

Objectives of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program are:

• to prepare counselors to effectively work with community and other agency personnel
• to qualify person to be certified, licensed, or registered
• to prepare counselors with understanding and skills related to counseling needs in the environment in which they choose to work
• to enhance a high degree of self-understanding by counselors
• to facilitate counselors in being able to effectively communicate with diverse cultural groups
• to provide counselors with knowledge about counseling across the life span
• to facilitate counselors in obtaining human evaluation and research skills
• to facilitate counselors in developing a high degree of sensitivity and acceptances of other's behavior
• to encourage awareness of responsibilities specific to a variety of community agencies to expect ethical practices of counselors in adherence to the American Counseling Association

Mission Statement

Graduate education in the counselor education program is designed to help you realize your potential as a practicing counselor and administrator, engage in professional relationships and develop a set of meaningful professional values. To this end, the program reflects current knowledge from lay and professional groups concerning current and projected counseling and human development needs of a pluralistic society. Cultural considerations are emphasized so that your experiences will be rewarding and useful in today’s ever-changing society.

The faculty, recognizing the uniqueness of human beings, seeks to identify and extend the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are required by counselor education practitioners. This emphasis on uniqueness is communicated to all students so that they will be able to communicate the same acceptance to their clientele.

The faculty is dedicated to the recruitment, retention, education and training of diverse counseling professionals. In order to prepare competent practitioners, the faculty, through a program of planned educational experiences, attempts to develop the following in each graduate:

1. Respect for the dignity and worth of the individual
2. Commitment to the fulfillment of human potential
3. An understanding of educational and counseling processes
4. Knowledge in a particular field of counseling
5. Competence in the application of professional expertise in counseling
6. Knowledge of the role and function of professionals in related fields
7. Commitment to inquiry
8. Maturity in self-development.

For additional information, please contact the program coordinator (Amy Milsom)

Applying

Applications for the M.Ed. Clinical Mental Health Counseling program are reviewed once a year for entrance in the Fall semester. The application deadline is February 1 for all application documents.

Required Documents

• Online Application
• Official GRE scores
• Official TOEFL/IELTS scores for International Students
• Unofficial Transcripts
  Official Transcripts required upon acceptance. Do not send official transcripts until you have received your letter of acceptance.
• 2 Letters of Recommendation
• Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Admission to the Clemson Graduate School
• Meet all requirements of the Graduate School.
• GPR of 3.0 overall, where 4.0 = A
• A minimum of 12 semester hours of psychology and/or sociology, graduate or undergraduate. This can be completed before starting the program or during the first two semesters in the program.
• Competitive GRE scores
• Approval from the Counselor Education Faculty
• Optional departmental interview
• The application deadline for the Fall semester is February 1.
• A minimum of 12 semester hours of psychology and/or sociology coursework (graduate or undergraduate level).This can be completed before starting the program or during the first two semesters in the program.
• Optional departmental interview.

Office of Graduate Admissions
E-209 Martin Hall
Clemson, SC 29634

For additional information, please contact the program coordinator (Amy Milsom)

To see the proposed Graduate Tuition Rates for this academic year, click here.

Facilities

Clemson’s Community Counseling Clinic (CCC) is the clinical training center for the graduate program in counselor education. Working under the supervision of faculty members, advanced graduate students provide high-quality, short-term, affordable counseling services for individuals, groups, couples and families in Clemson, SC and its surrounding communities.

In addition, graduate students have full access to the University’s library system, which contains nearly 2 million books, periodicals, microforms, government publications and electronic materials, including online access to many of the leading scholarly journals.