Columbia Southern University

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My choices are two questions??? How can I give an opinion on a question?

Of course they are real and accredited.

 

Are they an African or a European swallow?

 

CSU is accredited by DETC not RA. They work with Uni North Alabama to offer MBA which is fully accredited.

 

...and with University of West Alabama to offer two master's in counseling.

Btw, the poll makes no sense.




Tom Nixon,
a current student in their M.Ed. in School Counseling

 

Are you going through Columbia Southern, or dealing with West Alabama directly?

 

I think the answer is, "yes." The only way to do the online version is to go through Columbia Southern. However, I've had very minimal contact with them. When I talk with the registrar's office, ask professors questions, email the dean, all of that is through UWA.

I've used CSU's website to sign up for classes and to pay. They provide the online framework, but their name is nowhere present. And they're not involved in instruction at all.

For me, the UWA program works well because, to my knowledge, there is not another only school counseling program that provides immediate state licensure (without jumping through hoops). It's also cheaper than some of the other options.

I would be curious to discover how much of the $750 per course goes to CSU and how much goes to UWA.



Tom Nixon

 

Tom Nixon wrote:

> For me, the UWA program works well because, to my
> knowledge, there is not another only school counseling
> program that provides immediate state licensure (without
> jumping through hoops).

There's no reciprocity with California, so how does Alabama licensure benefit you?

 

Should read "online".




Tom Nixon

 

I've specifically asked that question to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing who manages such things for the State of California.

As long as I'm licensed in one state (in this case, Alabama), the master's program is at least 30 units, and the internship was done with children, they will accept that in complete fulfillment for the Pupil Personnel Services Credential: School Counseling. California will accept people from any state that meets these qualifications.

Interestingly, were I to do it in California, the new rules would require me to do a 48 unit master's (versus the 33 unit M.Ed. that I'm doing at UWA) and require a longer internship. One more benefit of online education.

I will, however, have to set up my own internship (at a place and with a person or persons acceptable to UWA).



Tom Nixon

 

Thanks! I'm glad I asked.

 

University of West Alabama MSCE (in conjunction with CSU)

Does anyone know if UWA's online MSCE in counseling/psychology can be cutomized to serve as the beginning of an LPC licensure track? And whether the school offers additional courses online that could make up the difference between the 33-credit Masters and the 60 credits required by the LPC? I live in Virginia.

I'm not sure how much of this program's course offerings are school-related, and how much are counseling psychology. But it looks interesting, the school is RA and reputable, it's very affordable, and has no on-campus residency requirements that I can see.

I have someone on this end who has offered to take me on for supervision when I get to that point.

Thanks,
anne