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Overview
Web: Department of Counseling
Dr. Cheryl Wu, Program Director
Fowler Hall, Room 104
**Currently not accepting new students**
The School Counseling Programs (full-time) prepares graduates to be multiculturally competent professional school counselors with the cultural self-awareness, sensitivity, knowledge, and skills essential to becoming effective and ethical practitioners, leaders, and advocates to promote social justice, equity and academic excellence for all deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students in a variety of K-12 educational settings.
The master’s degree consists of a minimum of 75 credit hours and requires two academic years to complete, including the summer between the first and second year of study.
The program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) and is part of Gallaudet’s Educator Preparation Provider Unit, which is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). In addition to the Graduate School Requirements, the school counseling program requires the successful completion of three undergraduate or graduate courses, one each in child, adolescent, or human development; abnormal psychology; and one additional course in psychology (nine hours total).
COU 740: Each student will be required to take a Gallaudet University American Sign Language Proficiency Interview (GU-ASLPI) and attain a rating of Intermediate before being allowed to enter COU 740
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Admissions Requirements
Spring 2021 – Dec 12Fall 2021 – May 15