Beginning this fall at The University of Mississippi DeSoto Center, the Department of Educational Leadership and Educational Psychology will implement the Counselor Training Institute which will offer students an opportunity to obtain a Master of Education Degree in Educational Psychology with a professional counseling emphasis. This is a 48 hour program that includes a 600 clock hour internship. Two courses can be completed each semester, as one course will be taught during the first seven weeks, and the other course will follow the next seven weeks.
Students can complete remaining courses during summer, intersession or regular semesters.
The program courses are ordered in a specific sequence and must be followed from the start in Fall 1999 to finish in Spring 2002. Application forms and a list of classes are available through the DeSoto Center. A similar program has been successful at the Tupelo campus and will also be offered there beginning in the fall. Undergraduate work is required in three areas as a prerequisite to the program. Students must have taken one class in learning or educational psychology, abnormal psychology and developmental.