Degrees for Education

The 60-unit Master of Science in Counseling prepares professional counselors for employment in a variety of settings such as public and private agencies, universities and colleges, schools and private practice. This degree meets the educational requirements for professional counselor licensure in most states. The 57-unit Pupil Personnel Services, School Counseling Credential prepares professional counselors to work within the K-12 educational system. The programs are clinically oriented, with didactic and experiential courses, a 100-hour clinical practicum, and 600 hours of field experience.

The Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department (BMED) prepares K-12 teacher candidates and practitioners to work with students to develop a democratic and pluralistic society. The Department faculty explores theoretical and pedagogical issues of bilingualism, multiculturalism, and educational equity and social justice, offering courses and experiences to assist credential candidates and professionals to work successfully in classrooms, schools, and educational agencies within our diverse state. The Department curriculum develops students’ pedagogical, analytical, and planning skills in order to prepare them to operate effectively in the development, implementation, and analysis of educational policies and programs affecting the academic lives of low income, and culturally and linguistically diverse K-12 students.

The minor in Education consists of 12 or more units in upper division education courses approved by a departmental advisor. It may be particularly useful to students with undergraduate majors or who intend graduate study in a Human Resource Area, e.g., Communications Studies, Criminal Justice, Counseling, Family and Consumer Science, Nursing, Recreation Administration, Social Welfare, Speech Pathology and Audiology, and Vocational Education. Additional information about the Minor in Education appears within the catalog copy of the following departments: Bilingual/Multicultural Education, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies, and Teacher Education.

California legislation (SB 724) authored by Senator Jack Scott and signed into law in 2005 authorized the California State University to offer the doctorate (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership. The Doctor of Education degree offered by the California State University shall be focused on preparing administrative leaders for California public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges and on the knowledge and skills needed by administrators to be effective leaders in California public schools and community colleges. The Doctor of Education degree offered by the California State University shall be offered through partnerships through which the California public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges shall participate substantively in program design, candidate recruitment and admissions, teaching, and program assessment and evaluation. This degree shall enable professionals to earn the degree while working full time.