The program areas are designed to provide challenging, yet supportive environments that promote professional orientation, commitment to inquiry and self-awareness.

The faculty is dedicated to the recruitment, retention and education of diverse professionals. In order to prepare counselor education professionals, the faculty, through a program of planned educational experiences, attempts to develop in each graduate:

  • Respect for the dignity and worth of all individuals
  • Commitment to the fulfillment of human potential
  • An understanding of educational and counseling processes
  • Knowledge in the counseling program area
  • Ethical competencies
  • Commitment to inquiry
  • Self-awareness
  • Advocacy dispositions