Master of Education - Education and Human Resource Studies - Counseling and Career Development - Career Counseling

The mission of the School of Education is to use communication, leadership, and facilitation skills effectively in teaching, research, and engagement in order to empower and support prospective and practicing educators to become personally and professionally competent, effective, and caring community members.

The Counseling and Career Development program prepares professional counselors following the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards so that graduates are able to help people of all ages develop the self-awareness, exploration, decision making, and self-advocacy skills needed to live effective lives within a pluralistic society.

Graduates of the Counseling and Career Development program receive a world-class education through relevant, interpersonal, and technology-rich learning experiences. The CCD program currently offers two specializations: career counseling and school counseling.

Graduates of the career counseling track are uniquely educated and trained to go beyond traditional career interventions of career education and career guidance, and engage in career counseling. In partnering with individuals to live a life of meaning and mattering as defined by the individual, career counselors are able to utilize their counseling knowledge and skills to engage in reflexive dialogues to address individuals' unique cultures, contexts, needs, desires, values, concerns, and barriers that may arise during any of the three previously mentioned career interventions.