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Human Services Counseling Major

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Admission to the Major

Minimum GPA: 2.50

Admission Policies:
Students may declare HSC as a major at any time subsequent to being matriculated. Students are admitted to the program upon completion of a minimum of 60 credits of university core, including PREHSC requirements as outlined under academic policies and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.50. Applications for admission are available at the Department of Counselor Education main office, CEB 237, and at the College of Education Advising Center, CEB 1226.

Degree Requirements

English Composition - 6 Credits

English Literature - 3 Credits

Constitutions - 3-6 Credits

Mathematics - 3 Credits

Distribution Requirements

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  • Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9

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  • Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 10


  • and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
     

Multicultural and International

(see notes below)

Core Requirement - Total Credits: 39

Restrictive Electives - Total Credits: 15

Electives - Total Credits: 33

Total Credits: 124

Notes

  1. A total of 42 credits must be 300/400 level courses.
  2. Hours taken as part of a minor may count toward Human Services Counseling electives.
  3. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements if they appear on the approved lists. However, one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
  4. CED 117 fulfills the general education/social science requirement for majors other than Human Services Counseling.
  5. CED 200 fulfills the multicultural requirement.
  6. MFT 360 fulfills the general education/social science requirement for majors other than Human Services Counseling.

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