School psychology is an expanding, essential and exciting profession with diverse attracting our students, teachers and school systems. With a growing and diverse student body in the school systems and legislations that require school psychologists in every district, the demand - and reward - is greater than ever.

School psychologists often counsel personnel, teachers, students, and other stakeholders, conduct parenting workshops, assess students for special education or gifted programs and write individualized education plans. They are also prepared to help individuals cope with a variety of emotional and social challenges, including language and cultural barriers, substance abuse, violence, victimization and/or substance abuse and learning or behavioral disorders.

With a masteral degree in guidance and psychology, you can help further the professional practice, academic excellence and cutting edge research surrounding school psychology. This program is right for you if you want to:

• Conduct groundbreaking research
• Make advances in the ever-evolving field of school psychology
• Be a leader in areas of assessment, education, consultation, organization psychology and program evaluation
• Teach at the college or university level
• Broaden career opportunities in education
• Pursue advanced positions in government, private businesses or non-profit organizations at the local, state or national level
• Enjoy intellectual satisfaction
• Improve your earning capacity
   

This course exposes students to group dynamics as a field of research and technique. They are made to undergo the humanizing experiences that happen in the field of work which involve the self, others and the organization. More importantly they are made to experience how to design, facilitate and manage human dynamics session.

This course includes methods, techniques and procedures in the selection, training, supervision and utilization of personnel. This includes job classification, employee evaluation, personnel development, employee benefits including promotions and rewards. It identifies job stress factors and how the manager and employees cope with varied stress-related factors for them to improve performance.

This course discusses the different guidance and counseling resources and tools that professional guidance counselors utilize in helping clients understand themselves and their relationship with other people. This also includes inputs in Guidance program development and management in academic and non-academic settings.

This course exposes students to the different standardized psychological test and tools in human assessment. It includes in-depth discussion of the benefits and judicious use of these tools important in the counselor's array of techniques in understanding, predicting and in influencing behavior of their clients. More importantly, they will be made to undergo hands-on experience in administering, scoring and interpreting test results.

This course provides a comprehensive study of the different phases of the human life cycle from conception to old age and the effects of each phase to the individuals total life adjustments.

This course provides basic information in assisting young people make intelligent career choices and adjustments. It focuses on skills and tools useful in the academic growth as well as career planning of the individual.

This course is designed to prepare students to be well equipped with necessary knowledge, skills, and values in organization and administration of guidance services in all levels. This course includes need assessment, planning, determining appropriate approaches to program organization and development. It also includes leadership and management of activities and functions of guidance staff. Counselors need to have a knowledge base on the functions, organization, administrative principles and evaluation of guidance services.

This subject is an overview of the field of guidance and counseling. Knowledge of the philosophical, psychological and sociological foundations of guidance and counseling and their implications for professional practice are discussed. Professional activities and ethical practices of counselors and other helping educational and non-educational settings are stressed in this subject. Explorations of how personal values interact and impact upon counseling are likewise delved into.

This course provides exposure of students to guidance work in school and in the community. This practicum stresses counseling skills and classroom guidance activities.

The course is designed to equip students with a functional knowledge of the Niponggo language designed for day-to-day conversation.

The course is designed to equip students with a functional knowledge of the Mandarin language designed for day-to-day conversation

This course course is designed to equip students with a functional knowledge of the Spanish language designed for day-to-day conversation.

This course is designed to provide students knowledge and skills in word processing and in generating information technology. It also includes giving students opportunity to be exposed to latest state-of-the-art information technology available in big organizations and companies.

The course is designed to help and guide students to prepare their research proposal which they have to defend before a panel of evaluators at the end of the semester.

The course is designed to help and guide students to conduct their approved proposed study, analyze and interpret the data they have gathered, write the report and defend it before a panel of evaluators.