MSEd School Counseling

Learn how to give students access to high-quality educational and vocational experiences, guide social and emotional development, and help with career readiness with an MSEd in school counseling at Cambridge College Boston at Bay Path University.

School Counseling (MSEd) Overview

Emphasizing the role of the school counselor as a facilitator of educational reform, our MSEd in school counseling degree features a variety of career development and experiential learning opportunities, including on-site training for school guidance counselors. The School Counseling degree is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

This school counselor master’s program prepares you to meet the Pre-Master’s Degree education and experience requirements for the Initial School Counseling License (SC) application in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

While all required classes are taught remotely, the student's field experience hours must be completed in person at a Massachusetts-based school under the supervision of a School Counselor. 

MSEd in School Counseling Outcomes

Our graduates are group workers skilled in developmental guidance and practitioners who know how to help students find their academic niche and achieve their best. They are also effective brokers of educational and community resources, skilled interpreters of assessment tools and valuable consultants to students, parents and staff.

The knowledge and skills you'll develop through the Master’s in School Counseling curriculum include:

• Group counseling, leadership and consulting techniques
• School counseling research and the psychology of learning
• Curriculum frameworks and student testing
• Understanding normal and abnormal intellectual, social and emotional development
• Diagnosis and treatment of learning and behavior disorders
• Strategies for prevention and treatment of substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, the spectrum of mental illnesses and violence in PreK-12 students
• Post-secondary education and career planning
• Federal, state and municipal laws and regulations related to school counseling

Professional Licensure and Certification Information

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