Rehabilitation Counseling MS

Rehabilitation counseling is an exciting, rapidly growing profession, and UB’s program is one of the oldest and best of its kind in the United States. We are hands-on; the counseling skills and rehabilitation techniques learned in the classroom are practiced and evaluated in the field at rehabilitation agencies. Rehabilitation counseling graduates hold leadership positions around the country and work with the psychological, social, vocational, and educational problems of people disabled by physical, mental, emotional, or social conditions. In addition, this program is offered in an online format to those living outside the Buffalo, New York, area.

Required Core (45 credits)

CEP 503LEC - Tests and Measurements Credits: 3
CEP 532LEC - Understanding Statistical Research Credits: 3
CEP 541LEC - Human Growth & Development Credits: 3
CEP 596TUT - Field Work Credits: 1 - 6
CEP 597SEM - Counseling Practicum Credits: 3-6
CEP 615LEC - Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling Credits: 3
CEP 634LEC - Multicultural Counseling Credits: 3
CEP 649LEC - Rehabilitation Foundations Credits: 3
CEP 653LEC - Foundat of Counsel Theory Credits: 3
CEP 655LEC - Case Management and Rehab Credits: 4
CEP 658LLB - Introduction to Group Work Credits: 4
CEP 661LEC - Medical & Psychosocial Aspects of Disability Credits: 3
CEP 680LEC - Career Development Credits: 3
CEP 683LEC - Vocational Placement Process Credits: 3

Elective (3 credits)

Select any graduate level elective with advisor approval from Counseling, School and Educational Psychology (CEP) or from an outside department to meet your educational and professional goals.

Internship (12 credits)

CEP 600TUT - Internship Credits: 0-12

Total Credit Hours: 60

3.0 Degree GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Ethical standards of professional counseling organizations and credentialing bodies and applications of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling.

2) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Multicultural counseling competencies.

3) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Strategies for identifying and eliminating barriers, prejudices, and processes of oppression or discrimination.

4) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Understanding factors that affect development, functioning, and behavior.

5) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Theories and application of career development and counseling.

6) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Establishing and maintaining effective therapeutic relationships.

7) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Dynamics associated with group process, development, and effectiveness.

8) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: The use of assessments relevant to educational, career, personal, and social development.

9) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: The use of evidence to inform practice.

10) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Principles and processes of societal inclusion, participation, access, and universal design, with respect for individual differences.

11) Students demonstrate growth and appropriate competence in: Medical and psychosocial aspects of disability, including attention to coexisting conditions.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).