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All students enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program must pass the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination to graduate. CPCE是一种总结性评价, which serves as a standardized counseling exam for assessing students’ knowledge of the eight core curriculum areas of counselor preparation approved by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational 项目 (CACREP). 目前，CPCE是全国众多CACREP认证项目中最常用的毕业考试. We have adopted this exam as our comprehensive exam to help us not only to assess students learning in the core curriculum areas of counselor training but, 更重要的是, 帮助我们评估项目的课程优势，并寻找改进的机会.

的 CPCE考试 是经过广泛研究的测试吗, developed and distributed by the 研究 and Assessment Corporation for Counseling and the Center of Credentialing and 教育(CCE). Both 年龄ncies are affiliates of the National Board for Certified Counselor (NBCC)--the primary credentialing body for counselors. 

毕业考试成绩必须达到全国平均成绩的一个标准差, 每个考试周期都重新计算. 因此, the passing score 在 CPCE is calculated by subtracting one standard deviation from the national aver年龄 for exit exams.

考试费用-费用
考试以电脑为基础，每学期在校园内进行. 考试费用为每位学生75美元，可通过汇票或保证支票支付.

允许尝试次数

学生们有三次机会通过考试, after which they would be given one attempt to pass a written comprehensive exam designed by the program’s faculty. 如果学生没有通过笔试，他或她将被开除.

考试的格式
CPCE是一种基于知识的考试，大约有160个题目，每个CACREP领域有20个题目. 考生将有四(4)个小时的时间来完成考试. 该考试涵盖以下CACREP的八个核心课程领域的辅导员准备:

准备资源
然而，CCE并没有推荐的辅导员准备综合考试(CPCE)学习指南。, 以下是cacrep认证的辅导员准备课程中经常使用的教科书资源列表. 资源列表可在CPCE教科书指南中找到. 更多的资源可以在网上找到 CPCE@ETBU / Lib /资源.

考试日期和截止日期
考试在每学年举行三次，每学期一次. 下表概述了日期. 学生们密切关注这些日期是非常重要的. 实际的考试数据可能会有所不同，但测试窗口不会改变. 考试日期将取决于监考人. It is the students’ responsibility to inform the program director and the Exam Proctor by the application due date their intention to take the exam.

的 Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) is an exit exam that is designed to help test takers synthesize their learning about counseling and to ensure that test takers have a thorough understanding of professional attitudes, 技能, 以及与CACREP编制标准定义的八(8)个共同核心领域相关的知识.

大学必须批准你参加CPCE考试. 请与您学校的CPCE项目协调员联系以获取有关测试的详细信息. 有关您作为学生将看到的项目的更多信息，请查看 MACMHC手册 在 当前的学生 页面.

下载 通过CBT考试的学生注册信息.pdF并按照指示报名参加考试. 

注册步骤
1. 向 Program Director and or Exam Proctor at the 学术事务 Office before the Registration Deadline.
  a. 完成CPCE豁免
2. 向 资格认证中心 & 教育(CCE). 在考试前25个工作日完成注册，以便有足够的时间处理考试.
  a. 一旦你完成注册, 您将在七个工作日内收到培生发出的“考试授权”电子邮件. 的 email will contain your candidate ID number (*in case you do not find this email in your inbox after the seven days, 检查你的垃圾邮件和垃圾文件夹).
  b. **如果您没有收到来自PEARSON VUE的电子邮件，请联系CCE cpce@cce应承担全球.org. 在邮件中注明您的姓名和完成注册的日期.
3. 在您收到Pearson VUE发送的“测试授权”电子邮件后， 创建帐户.
  a. 如果没有你的Pearson VUE考生ID号，不要尝试创建你的帐户. 等到您获得Pearson VUE考生ID号后，再创建您的帐户.

结果
Students usually have access to their raw score immediately or approximately 1-hour after the exam is completed. 然而, the actual passing score for the exam cycle is sent to you via their Tigermail account five weeks after the exams. 长时间等待的原因是有五个版本的考试, 每个版本都有不同的平均分和标准偏差，用于确定及格分数. 此外，它需要认证中心 & 教育(CCE), CPCE的管理委员会, 大约五周后公布全国结果, 包括平均分吗, 标准偏差, 在考试周期中使用的版本. 在收到CCE报告后的两个工作日内, 课程主任将通知学生通过考试的成绩. 或者，根据以前的报告，以下是版本和他们的及格分数. 的se passing scores calculated based 在 exit exam information are one standard deviation below the national mean score.

合格分数
 CPCE考试的通过分数随考试版本的不同而变化.

•  版本100115的及格分数为70或更高
•  版本100116的及格分数是69或更高
•  版本100215的及格分数为70或更高.
•  版本100618的通过分数为73或更高
•  版本100819的及格分数为67分或更高

Note: Because neither the Exam Coordinator nor the Program Director usually know the version administered during each exam cycle, 对于学生来说，谨慎的做法是力求答对136道题中的75道.

临床心理健康项目是一门60学分的课程, 旨在严格准备合格的辅导员. 进入这个项目需要完成一份申请, 参加面试并完成背景调查. 申请人必须持有2.75 GPA during the last 60 hours of their undergraduate studies to be eligible for full admission into the program. Applicants without adequate background for counseling will be required to take Abnormal Psychology and General Psychology or complete up to 15 additional hours of preparatory courses in counseling related to undergraduate courses as a condition for admission.

申请清单及程序

•  提交正式成绩单

申请人必须提交一份官方成绩单，表明成功完成学士学位, 或个别课程, 来自认可机构. An “official” transcript is one that is received directly from the educational institutions that the applicant attended, 或(由任何一方)寄给我们的原件, 密封, 大学的信封. 正式成绩单应发送到研究生招生办公室. 前ETBU学生必须亲自向大学注册处索取成绩单.

• 提交两封与申请人有专业联系的个人的推荐信, 比如教员或主管.
• 提交一篇文章，详细说明你的专业经历和与咨询相关的目标, 以及你对多元文化在咨询中的重要性的理解.
• 面试结束后完成背景调查
• 参加该项目教师的面试. Applicants will be scheduled for an interview only after all documents have been submitted and received by the Office of Graduate Admission.

录取的决定
在收到所有文件并由教师评估之前，不会做出录取决定. 的 office of Graduate 招生 and the CMHC faculty reserve the right to use professional judgment when conducting admission reviews and may request additional documentation to evaluate a candidate’s record. 除了, 如果某些文件不符合入学标准, CMHC教师保留对录取通知书进行专业判断的权利.

并发招生
完成90学时毕业的ETBU学生, 累积平均绩点为3分.00或更高, 并且满足了他们特定的课程先决条件, 可以注册最多9个研究生学时吗. Students may not register for more than six graduate hours per semester and may not enroll in more than a total of 16 credit hours for any semester in which a graduate course is taken.

学分转让
Evaluation and awarding of transfer credit for graduate course work will be based on official transcripts from prior institutions after students have made application for admission to the University. 大学接受高等教育目录中列出的机构的学术作品. 被录取的学生可以要求接受以下转学时间:

1. 该学生已获得大学和项目的全部录取.
2. 的 hours are graduate hours in the desired graduate major or related discipline as determined by the Program Director or Dean and deemed equivalent to courses in the selected graduate program.
3. 获得的成绩至少为B或更高.
4. 学生向项目主管提供完整的课程信息，包括课程目标, 需求, 和评估.
学生最多可以获得十二(12)小时的等效转学工作. 研究生入学后转学时间不得超过3小时. No graduate student may receive transfer credit for hours that have previously been applied to an awarded degree.

通常, 在收到所有学生的文件后48小时内做出录取决定, 包括背景调查. 研究生招生办公室通过邮寄方式向申请人发送录取通知书.

有关您作为学生将看到的项目的更多信息，请查看 MACMHC手册 在 当前的学生 页面.

转学课程
如果你对转学有任何疑问, 你可以向学生发展专家咨询. 转学分也须经学术顾问和研究生办公室批准. 学生最多可以转学6个学分的课程. 如果你是从德克萨斯大学系统的另一个机构转学课程, 你最多可以转学已修课程的50%.

学位申请期限
CMHC学位的所有要求必须在五年内完成. Students will be required to reapply into the program if they are unable to meet all degree 需求 of the program within the five-year period. Students reapplying after the five-year period will be able to transfer only courses in which they scored a “B” or better.

项目定位
所有临床心理健康咨询课程的学生都必须参加培训. 研究生院安排了这个培训. 新生应计划参加在第一学期学习前举行的项目介绍会. 在方向, 咨询项目主任主持介绍性会议，提供咨询项目的概述. 除了提供咨询方案的具体信息, the orientation provides students with an introduction to general campus services relevant to all graduate students as well as training on how to use online course software and library resources. 如果新生不能参加迎新活动, 其他安排应与学生的指导老师协商. 一个额外的, supplemental program orientation is also conducted during COUN 5304 Professional Orientation in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.