School Counseling Program Sequence

 

Updated Fall 2025

Courses

COCO 700 – Life Stage Development

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 701 – Counseling & Interviewing Skills

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester.
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COCO 702 – Theories of Counseling

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None. Complete prior to Internship.
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 703 – Psychosocial Aspects of Disability

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 706 – Group Counseling

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COCO 701; COCO 702
  • Fall or Spring Semester
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COCO 707 – Multicultural Aspects of Counseling

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COCO 701
  • Must be taken at Hunter College
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 708 – Measurement & Appraisal

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 709 – Research Methods

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 711 – Supervision & Administration

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COUNS 718
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 713 – Career Counseling & College Readiness

  • Credits: 4
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COCO 715 – Family Systems & Counseling Issues

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COUNS 718 – Practicum in Counseling

  • Credits: 3
  • Complete prior to Internship
  • Prerequisites: COCO 701, COCO 702
  • Pre/Co-Requisites: COCO 700; COUNS 717
  • Corequisite: COUNS 719
  • Fall or Spring Semester.
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COUNS 719 – Advanced Counseling Skills and Contemporary Issues Seminar

  • Credits: 3
  • Co-Requisites: COUNS 718
  • Fall or Spring Semester
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COUNS 725 – Internship in Counseling I

  • Credits: 4
  • Prerequisites: COUNS 718; COUNS 719; COCO 706
  • Pre/Co-Requisites: COUNS 721
  • Fall or Spring Semester.
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COUNS 726 – Internship in Counseling II

  • Credits: 4
  • Prerequisites: COUNS 725
  • Fall or Spring Semester.
  • This is a clinical course. Students who do not obtain a grade of at least “B” in identified Clinical Courses have not successfully completed the course. Students need to petition the program and be approved to continue in the program. These clinical courses along with COCO 707 must be taken at Hunter College. Summer courses offered are limited and not guaranteed.

COUNS 717 – Foundations of School Counseling

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COUNS 721 – Counseling Interventions for Children and Adolescents

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COCO 700
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COUNS 722 – School Based Consultation

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COUNS 725
  • Fall or Spring Semester

COUNS 720 – Culminating Seminar in School

  • Credits: 3
  • Pre-requisites: COCO 709
  • Pre-/Co-Requisites: COUNS 726
  • Fall or Spring Semester

Additional Requirements

EDUC 7200 – Health and Safety (DASA, Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Prevention and Intervention)

  • Credits: 0
  • Pre-requisites: None
  • Fall or Spring Semester

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