Department of Education
Division of Social Sciences

The minor in School Counseling is designed to prepare Washington College students interested in a career working in a counseling capacity with K-12 students with the introductory skills required to help students identify challenges, integrate within a community, and plan for academic success. We anticipate that this minor can appeal to students interested in graduate school and careers in guidance and school counseling, school-based social work, and school psychology. 

Students completing the Minor will be prepared for graduate programs in K-12 school guidance counseling and will have a liberal arts foundation for the career pathway. Although some graduate programs require only a major in a general area of the social sciences, some programs and employers look for a greater depth of content preparation and field experiences, and that is what this minor is designed to provide. Classes in the minor provide a foundation in educational theory and learning sciences and the scientific study of behavior and mind; upper-level courses provide problem solving and content application and communication skills supported by the opportunity for field work in a local school. The minor will prepare students for further study in an accredited, certified graduate program and eventual employment as a school counselor or in a related field.

Students cannot minor in School Counseling and Education Studies, Psychology, or Social Welfare. Human Development majors can only double-count EDU 251 and EDU 252 for the major and this minor.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Background Knowledge		12
EDU 251	Principles of Education
EDU 252	Educational Psychology
PSY 304	Theories and Processes of Counseling
Application		8
EDU 307	Literacy in the Content Area
PSY 490	Psychology Internship
Choose 1 Elective		4
EDU 330	Diversity & Inclusion
PSY 202	Life-Span Development
PSY 209	Statistics & Research Design I with Lab
or MAT 109	Statistical Inference & Data Analysis I
PSY 234	Medical and Developmental Disorders
SOC 221	Social Inequalities
SOC 347	Juvenile Delinq & Social Welfr
Total Credits		24

Some of the required PSY or elective courses have prerequisites of PSY 111 and 112, so the “core” courses total is 7.