Dear Prospective Students,
Thank you for your interest in applying to the Post-Masters Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) Program in School Counseling. This program is designed to accommodate those individuals who currently hold a Master's Degree in Counseling and who wish to acquire a credential enabling them to work in California as a school counselor in a PK-12 school setting. Eligibility will only be determined once an application has been submitted. Transcript evaluations will not be conducted prior to the admissions process. You can conduct your own informal transcript evaluation by going to the Department of Counseling website under School Counseling and comparing your master’s courses with ours for potential equivalency.
Your application must be submitted via Cal State Apply no later than January 15th to be considered for acceptance to the PPSC Only Program.
Upon departmental review of your application and acceptance to the credential program, you will be invited for advising and orientation. The Department of Counseling admits students for the fall semester only of each year.
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Students are notified by May 1st.
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The selection process is highly competitive. Due to space limitations, we are only able to select a small number of students.
Please note: There will be a separate $25 application processing fee applied to all applicants
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Nonrefundable fee of $25.00 for transcript evaluation and application processing
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Online payment only through CashNet (the Bursar’s Office has provided the link)
https://commerce.cashnet.com/COUN
The Department of Counseling is subject to confidentiality rules and regulations and is not permitted to share these data with any outside agency, person, or institution. For this reason, we ask that you retain copies of all application materials for your records.
Sincerely,
Julie Chronister, Ph.D.
Chair