Program of Study

What courses does the program require?

Please view the Typical Course Schedule and Course Requirements sections of the Counseling Psychology Program Brochure.  Click here to download the brochure.

Students who wish to waive PY652 and PY653 should follow the following steps.

1. Contact Dr. Beg Clegg (Benjamin.Clegg@ColoState.EDU) prior to the fall semester each year to arrange taking PY652 waiver test. Students will be required to get a C (70%) on the test to be able to waive the course.
2. Contact Dr. Peter Chen (Peter.Chen@ColoState.EDU) prior to the spring semester each year to arrange taking PY653 waiver test. Students will be required to get a C (70%) on the test to be able to waive the course.
Things students should know before, during, and after the tests
1.  Students can only take the waiver tests once at the beginning of Fall and Spring semesters, respectively.  Pre-requisite for taking PY653 waiver test is to pass PY652 waiver test.
2.  Students receive grades lower than a B (80%) will be strongly encouraged to consider taking the class.
3.  Students will receive the result and will not receive their answers or be allowed to keep the questions. Their results will also be passed to their advisors for reference
4.  Students can bring whatever books and notes they wish, but no programmable calculators or handheld computers, to their testing sessions.

Program Statistics

Mean and median number of years to program completion for students who came in with Bachelors and Masters during the last seven years (for all graduates)

1. Bachelors
 Mean =6.56
 Median 6.0
2. Masters
Mean=5.43
Median=5.0

Percentage of incoming students with bachelor degrees completing the program in:
1. fewer than five years = 0 percent
2. five years = 43 percent
3. six years = 20 percent
4. seven years = 17 percent
5. more than seven years = 20 percent

Percentage of incoming students with masters degrees completing the program in
1. fewer than five years = 29 percent
2. five years = 29 percent
3. six years = 20 percent
4. seven years = 17 percent
5. more than seven years = 14 percent

Attrition

During the past seven years approximately six percent of students who matriculated in the Counseling Program left the program for various reasons.