Master of Education [M.Ed] [Professional Counseling - College Student Affairs] From University of West Georgia

The Professional Counseling - College Student Affairs program at the University of West Georgia is unique due to the benefits we provide to students as well as the relationships you're able to gain attending our program.?

The University of West Georgia College Student Affairs program guarantees an assistantship upon full admission. Therefore, there is no additional application process and when you interview with faculty for admission, prospective students are also interviewing with prospective employers. Along with an assistantship, the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management provides $300 in travel funds that is matched by the graduate students' home department within the Division. This means students receive $600 in travel funds to attend professional conferences.

Students are also encouraged to visit with other professionals on our campus to help expand their network. We are a mid-size institution with a small school feel. We encourage students to meet the Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, or have coffee with the Associate Vice President and Dean of Students. The layers are minimal here at UWG. Our partnership with Student Affairs and Enrollment Management has become seamless in order to provide our students with the best experience possible.

Finally, from a curricular standpoint, our program is a counseling program with an emphasis in College Student Affairs. Our students graduate our program with the skills they need to not only be successful administrators, but also have the skills to work with troubled students. Today, troubled students are becoming more and more prominent on our college campuses and it is becoming vital for student affairs professionals to have some counseling skills. Our program will provide our graduates with the skills they need to help distressed students and be able to appropriately refer them to other professionals.