{"id":4378,"date":"2024-03-20T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/?page_id=4378"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:17:02","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/msc-pps\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Master of Science in Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) is an on-campus, cohort-based program.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall and spring semesters, students attend two back-to-back classes one evening per week. In the summer semester (6 weeks), students take two in-person evening classes per week, attending one class each evening. Asynchronous online coursework will be required once a week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-gray curriculum-highlights p-4 p-lg-5\">\n<h2 class=\"h3 txt-blue fw-bold mb-3\">Curriculum Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-1\">\n<li>The curriculum features courses on important topics such as counseling theory and practice, persistence, resilience and cross-cultural approaches.<\/li>\n<li>The coursework is built on the cultural proficiency model, which emphasizes the importance of understanding one\u2019s own experience in order to better understand the perspectives of others. Students engage with this approach in a dedicated course and consistently throughout the program.<\/li>\n<li>On-site placements, completed at the end of the program, enable students to apply their new skills in the field under the guidance of a Pupil Personnel Services credential holder.<\/li>\n<li>Students working toward the optional Child Welfare and Attendance Specialization will complete one additional course and field study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"gray-hr\">\n<div class=\"card rounded-0 border-0 bg-neutral mb-4\">\n<div class=\"row g-0\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"card-body p-4 p-md-5\">\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote mb-0\">\n<p class=\"fst-italic\">&#8220;We work really hard in all of our courses to connect theory and practice so that students are able to not only read about a theory and talk about it in class, but really identify the practical applications and what this would look like in the field for them. It&#8217;s one of the reasons why our students are sought after and why they&#8217;re recognized for really being prepared when they get to their field work placements and are out in the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"blue-hr\">\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer txt-bold txt-blue\">Angela Rowley, Lecturer, Counselor Education<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"gray-hr\">\n<h2 class=\"fw-bold mb-2\">MS in Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services Courses<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-1\"><strong>48 credits total (51 credits for students that pursue the Child Welfare and Attendance Specialization)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"fst-italic\">All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callutheran.edu\/programs\/graduate\/msc-pps\/curriculum\/\" class=\"btn btn-purple read-more article-read-more\" aria-label=\"Read more about this article: Curriculum \">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4364,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-curriculum.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Curriculum - MS in School Counseling K-12 | Cal Lutheran<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cal Lutheran&#039;s MS in School Counseling (PPS): Cultivate resilience, cultural proficiency, and practical skills in an engaging cohort. 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