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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 30TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
CHAPTER 681PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
SUBCHAPTER CAPPLICATION AND LICENSING
RULE §681.81General 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 (relating to Academic Requirements) and §681.83 of this title (relating to Academic Course Content).

(b) Degrees and course work received at foreign universities will be acceptable only if such course work would be counted as transfer credit by an accredited school. 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 (relating to Applicants with Foreign Degrees).

(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.


Source Note: The provisions of this §681.81 adopted to be effective November 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 8143

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