A limited number of graduate assistantships is available for students who wish to pursue full-time study. All graduate assistants must enroll for at least nine graduate credits per semester. Applications for assistantships must be made directly to the Office of Doctoral Studies, College of Education, Rhodes Tower 1450. Each student plans a program of studies with a faculty advisor. The School Superintendency Administration in Non-School Settings accepts applicants from a broader range of master's study and prepares them for administrative roles in higher education and adult education, including human resource development and community agencies.
Counseling requires as a prerequisite a master's degree in counseling or a closely related field.
Prepares individuals for leadership positions in community agencies, school or college counseling, and student personnel settings and provides the course work for Clinical Counselor licensure if the student is a Licensed Professional Counselor. The counseling specialty is built on a master's degree in counseling. Students entering the program with degrees completed some time ago may need additional prerequisites if they plan to seek the LPCC upon degree completion. The recently revised regulations governing the licensing of clinical counselors in the State of Ohio were not available at the time this catalog was prepared. Those regulations may have changed the requirements for the specialization track in Counseling.