School Counseling, Post-Master’s Certificate

The online School Counseling, Post-Master’s Certificate (PMC) will prepare you to become a school counselor who can facilitate the social, emotional and academic development of students. Through the program, you will learn how to be culturally competent and understand the contextual issues that affect students through the lenses of trauma informed practice, restorative justice and college and career readiness.  Successful candidates will obtain a PMC in School Counseling, along with USC recommendation for the Pupil Personnel Services School Counseling Credential. The PMC is designed exclusively for graduates of the USC Rossier Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) or Master of Education in Educational Counseling (EC) programs; students in the final semester of their MFT/EC program may apply. Twenty units of course work, 100 clock hours in a practicum experience and 700 clock hours of supervised fieldwork are  required.