| Admissions Timeline |
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| Application Opens | September |
| Final Application Deadline | January 6, 2025 |
| Interview Date | March 6, 2025 |
| Prerequisite Deadline | By spring term of first year |
| Program Start | Fall 2025 |
Prerequisite Coursework
Qualified applications must be a graduate of an accredited college or university (BA, BS or BSW degree).
Prerequisite courses include:
- One upper division undergraduate or graduate level psychopathology course, such as COUN 430/530: Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnoses, or PSY 434: Introduction to Psychopathology
- One upper-division or graduate-level introduction to counseling course, such as COUN 441/541: Introduction to Counseling
Prerequisite course details:
- Prerequisite Courses must be completed within 7 years of applying to the program and you must have received a C or better in the course.
- We recommend that students complete the prerequisite courses before the program starts in the fall term.
- We do not require that an applicant has completed these courses before an application; however, many applicants find these courses useful in their preparation. If you would like to get started with a course, you can apply to PSU as a non-degree-seeking student if you have never been a student here before.
- Admitted students who have not completed the prerequisites before admission notification will be required to complete both prerequisites at the graduate (500) level. COUN 541: Introduction to Counseling must be completed by the end of the fall quarter of their first year. COUN 530: Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnoses must be completed by the end of the winter quarter of their first year.
- COUN 541 is offered fall, winter, spring, and summer terms
- COUN 530 is offered winter and summer terms
- PSY 434 is offered at the discretion of the Psychology Department but is typically offered every term.
- If you have taken a similar course at another university, we will review it to determine if it can be substituted after you are offered admission to the program. For questions, please contact Erica Soule at askcoe@pdx.edu.
- Additionally, all students will be required to undergo a criminal background check prior to beginning the program. More detailed information will be furnished after admission.
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