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Click on Announcements for up-to-date department information including, but not limited to, information on Open House for Prospective Students meeting dates, graduate assistantships, schedule changes, testing dates, etc.

The Department  of Counselor Education offers a Master of Arts in Counseling degree in the following program areas (click on the program to learn more): 

  • Community Counseling

  • School Counseling

  • Rehabilitation Counseling

  • Master of Arts in Family Counseling
     

    Formally Applying to the Program

    Information Sessions for Prospective Students
    Friday, October 8, 2010 (room to be announced)Friday, January 21, 2011 (room be be announced)Friday, April 29, 2011 (room to be announced)
    Friday, June 17, 2011 (room to be announced)


    ***SPRING 2011 APPLICATION DEADLINE***
    The deadline to submit application materials to the Graduate College for consideration to the spring 2011 term is 5:00 pm, Tuesday, August 31, 2010.  ALL application materials should be submitted to:

    The Graduate College, Room LWH 0006
    Northeastern Illinois University
    5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60625

    Applicants who submit completed applications by the  deadline date for the term applied will be invited to a preadmission workshop (PAW), the second phase of the application process. For spring 2011 consideration, the PAW is scheduled for September 22 and 24, 2010.  For information regarding application procedures, contact Dona M. Wisniewski at 773-442-5557 or email the department at counsedu@neiu.edu.

    To formally apply to the Department of Counselor Education, go to the Admissions link of this website to review the Admission Requirements, the first step to apply to the Counselor Education Program.  In addition, it is highly recommended that you attend the Open House for Prospective Students meeting, where you will receive specific information on each of our counseling programs, have the opportunity to ask questions of the faculty advisors, and be able to receive a full and complete application materials package.

    All of the forms needed to apply to each of the programs are located on the  Department Forms link of this website.

Mission
The mission of the Department of Counselor Education at Northeastern Illinois University is to provide a quality graduate education curriculum in Community, Family, School and Rehabilitation Counseling to passionate, responsible, effective, self-reflective, and diverse students.  The program will equip these students to provide exceptional services to enrich the lives and maximize the functioning of individuals, families, and their communities by providing exemplary professional counseling services in a changing multicultural world. 

Program Objectives
1. The Department of Counselor Education will recruit qualified applicants and will train counselors-in-training to be self reflective, effective, and competent providers of services.

2. Program faculty will endeavor to include the most current evidence-based and/or outcome-based research in their course work.

3. Syllabi will include current CACREP and CORE standards, as well as information from other sources to maintain an open, engaging curriculum that equips students to work in a variety of work settings.

4. The Department will conduct program evaluation including recommendations and feedback from advisory board meetings, program faculty, and current and former students. The information obtained will be reviewed annually and incorporated into the program as appropriate.
 

Accreditation
Accreditation is the primary means of assuring both a high quality program and a systematic evaluation leading to its improvement. 

Northeastern Illinois University and the Department of Counselor Education are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and the North Central Association for Colleges and Secondary Schools   (NCACSS).

The department's Community and School Counseling programs and the M.A. in Family Counseling program are nationally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the accrediting body for the American Counseling Association (ACA). In their last year of study, Community, School, and Family counseling students may take the examination leading to certification as a National Certified Counselor (NCC), authorized by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).  Graduates will then be able to apply for Illinois licensure as a licensed professional counselor (LPC) or a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC).  Graduates are also eligible to apply to CACREP approved doctoral programs in Counselor Education.

The department's Rehabilitation Counseling program is fully accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE). Graduate students of this sequence can sit for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) examination upon completion of 75% of their rehabilitation counseling coursework. Rehabilitation counseling students, upon successful completion of the program, are eligible to become Certified Rehabilitation Counselors
(CRC).  In addition, the CRC credential is recognized by the state of Illinois as a method of application to apply for licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

 

 

Department of Counselor Education
Northeastern Illinois University
5550 N. St. Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Email: counsedu@neiu.edu ~ Telephone: 773-442-5550 ~ Fax:773-442-5559