N.D. Admin. Code 97-02-01-02

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

Section 97-02-01-02 - Academic programs

Academic programs are programs identified specifically as counseling programs in the graduate bulletin of the accredited school or college. These programs include counseling, counselor education, counseling and guidance, counseling and development, and counseling psychology. In addition to the master's degree in counseling, the applicant's graduate transcript or transcripts must indicate a minimum of sixty semester credits or ninety quarter credits relating to counseling, including coursework in:

1. Counseling theories;

2. Counseling methods;

3. Group counseling;

4. Individual appraisal, assessment, or testing;

5. Counseling-related research methods;

6. Human growth and development;

7. Multicultural counseling;

8. Career and lifestyle development;

9. Professional orientation and ethics; and

10. Counseling practicum and internship.

The practica must consist of one hundred hours of training in supervised practica in settings relevant to the practice of counseling. The internship must consist of six hundred hours of training in supervised internship settings relevant to the practice of counseling. The practica and internship hours may be within the required graduate semester hours. The research methods coursework must include content on statistical analysis of data sets pertaining to topics in counseling. The professional orientation and ethics coursework must be at least three semester credits or five quarter credits, and include content on the profession of counseling and the American counseling association code of ethics.

N.D. Admin Code 97-02-01-02

Effective June 1, 1991; amended effective February 1, 1995; February 1, 1998.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2014-353, July 2014, effective July 1, 2014. .

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-47-06