ences in the program, you may seek guidance certification at the elementary, secondary or elementary and secondary levels.

Community Counseling The community program is designed to provide knowledge, abilities and skills for counselors who plan to work in a variety of community agency settings, including mental health, substance abuse programs, marriage and family facilities, social service agencies, etc. This is a 51-hour program, coupling course work, practice and clinical internship placement and is designed as a generalist approach to counselor education.

Student Affairs The student affairs program educates future student affairs administrators, student development educators and college counselors who are experts in assessing and promoting student development on the higher education campus. Two tracks are available within this emphasis area: college counseling and higher education practice (administration).

The MEd in counselor education program typically takes two full calendar years to complete for full-time students, and the program must be completed in six years, minus one semester. The program is designed to be developmental in nature, and appropriate course sequencing is required to ensure proper counseling skill development.

Program Mission Statement

The faculty of the counselor education program is dedicated to educating and training counselor education professionals to function in culturally diverse settings. This training utilizes an integrative practitioner training model emphasizing development, prevention and enhancement. The programs are designed to provide a challenging yet supportive environment that promotes professional orientation, practice, commitment to inquiry and self-awareness.

 

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.

Practicum and Internship

If you are accepted into the program, you will be required to complete a practicum and an internship. The practicum currently requires 100 hours. The internship requires 600 hours of on-site counseling activities, a minimum of one hour of individual supervision per week, a formal log of all activities and regular meetings with the your supervisor.

School Counselor Certification

State Department certification in school counseling is based on the completion of current school counseling degree requirements plus a passing score on the School Counseling and Guidance Subject Assessment Test. Clemson University also

offers a school counseling certification option for those individuals with a master’s degree in community counseling or some closely related area who wish to seek state certification. Contact Dr. Kimberly Frazier for further information regarding this certification option (864-656-1653 or 656-4777).

Licensure

To become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), you must complete a master’s degree in counseling, obtain a satisfactory score on the national counseling examination, submit a plan of supervised practice to the State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors and complete an approved plan for two years (1,500 counseling hours) of supervised practice.

Research 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.

Financial Aid

The department does not offer any financial aid. Students enrolled full time can seek graduate assistantships.

Student Group

The program has 178 students; 75 percent are women; 67 percent attend on a full-time basis; 99 percent are from the United States.

Student Outcomes

Graduates of the counselor education program obtain jobs as mental health counselors, school counselors and student affairs practitioners. Community counseling graduates work in community mental health facilities, drug and alcohol facili

ties and private mental health facilities. School counseling graduates work in P-12 schools nationally and throughout the state of South Carolina. Student affairs graduates work in varying functional units at colleges and universities throughout the country.

Applying

Admission to the program is highly competitive, and the department values diversity in its student population. Program applicants are selected based on their academic success, personal qualifications and future professional goals.

Admissions decisions are based on a review of your University application, letters of recommendation (two are required), input from the program faculty members based on your application, optional interview and personal statement. In addition, successful candidates most often have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) and a 1250 GRE score.

You may apply on the web at www.grad.clemson.edu/Admission.php. Applications with a $65 nonrefundable fee ($75 for international students) should be received no later than five weeks prior to registration. Every required item in support of your application must be on file by that date. Completed applications for summer and fall admissions are due by March 1 and for spring admission by October 1.

Faculty Listing

• Larry Abernathy, Visiting Assistant Professor; MEd, Clemson.

• Tony W. Cawthon, Professor; PhD, Mississippi State.

• Cheryl B. Warner, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Georgia.

• Kimberly Frazier, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of New Orleans.

• Pamela A. Havice, Associate Professor; PhD, Clemson.

• Elaine Hiott, Clinical Coordinator; MEd, Clemson.

• Jerry Neal, Visiting Assistant Professor; PhD, Indiana.

• David Scott, Assistant Professor; PhD, North Carolina State University.

• Robert I. Urofsky, Assistant Professor; PhD, Virginia.