Michael D. Eisner College of Education

Educational Psychology & Counseling

– Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling – Advising & Resources – Prerequisite Course Information

In Advising & Resources

Prerequisite Course Information

Required prerequisite courses by program

Course #	Course Name	COUN	ECE	MFT	SP
EPC 314	Psychological Foundations, K-12 (3 units)				√
EPC 430	Development and Learning in Early Childhood Education (3 units)		√		√
EPC 451	Fundamentals of Counseling and Guidance (3 units)	√		√	√
EPC 600	Educational Statistics for Research and Measurement (3 units)		√		√
PSY 310	Abnormal Psychology (3 units)	√		√
COUN = M.S. in Counseling and includes specializations in College Counseling/Student Services & School Counseling ECE= M.A. in Early Childhood Educational Psychology MFT = M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy SP = M.S. in School Psychology
To be eligible for use as prerequisite course, classes must have been completed no more than 7 prior to the time of admission with a grade of 'B-' or higher. All courses must be successfully completed before entry.

Course Substitution Information

Acceptable equivalent courses from other University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community College Campuses can be found on our Pre-approved Course Substitution list.

If there are any prerequisites for the program that you have not fulfilled with CSUN courses, and you wish to petition to have course equivalencies approved, you must submit:

Prerequisite Course Substitution Form (PDF), (one form for each substitution).
Please submit this form only to epcadmin@csun.edu, along with any additional supporting documents (i.e., transcripts, course descriptions, syllabi if required).

For application process & prerequisite courses/equivalencies questions, please contact the Graduate Advisor, Esther Choi.