Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 30 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
Chapter 681 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
Subchapter C - APPLICATION AND LICENSING
Section 681.81 - General Academic Requirements

(a) The Council will accept as meeting academic requirements graduate degrees from accredited schools that meet the requirements of § 681.82 of this title and § 681.83 of this title.

(b) The applicant must provide the Council with documents and evidence to establish his or her formal education is equivalent to at least a master's degree granted by an accredited school. In order to meet this requirement the applicant must comply with Council § 882.11 of this title.

(c) Applicants must provide upon request a course description from an official school catalog or bulletin or a course syllabus to substantiate the relevance of the course to the academic requirements of § 681.83 of this title.

(d) The Council will not consider undergraduate level courses as meeting any academic requirements for licensure unless the applicant's official transcript clearly shows the course was awarded graduate credit by the school.

(e) The Council will consider courses for which an applicant's official transcript indicates a passing grade or credit was earned.

(f) In evaluating transcripts, the Council will consider a quarter hour of academic credit as two-thirds of a semester hour.