Pre-Requisites
Most SOLES Graduate Programs do not require any specific pre-requisite coursework. Those that do have pre-requisite requirements are listed below.
Please note that students who are unable to complete these pre-requisites prior to beginning their program may do so in their first semester of enrollment at SOLES.
Teaching Credential Programs
These programs include the Masters Credential Cohort Program and any stand-alone teaching credentials. These programs require the following prerequisite course:
Please note that this course is built into the curriculum of the Master's Credential Cohort program, so those who have not taken it in advance do not need to plan to do so prior to beginning the program.
Master of Arts in Counseling, specialization in School Counseling with Pupil Personnel Services Credential
This program requires a pre-requisite course in Educational Psychology focused on K-12 Learning. Students who are unsure of whether a course they have selected will satisfy the requirement should email the course syllabus to solesadmissions@sandiego.edu for evaluation.
Master of Arts in Marital and Family Therapy
This program requires three pre-requisite courses:
- Human or Life Span Development
- Counseling or Personality Theories
- Research Methods
The following list is provided as a resource to help prospective students locate one or more of the prerequisite courses. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and students may take these courses at other universities, provided the course covers the necessary material. Students who are unsure of whether a course they have selected will satisfy the requirement should email the course syllabus to solesadmissions@sandiego.edu for evaluation.
1. Human Development (Across Lifespan)
Approved Online Courses
- Columbia College: Psyc 330 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
- Bellevue Community College: Psych 204 - Developmental Psychology
- Barstow Community College Online: Psych 20705 – Developmental Psychology
- Waubonsee Community College: Psy 205.920 - Lifespan Psychology
- Southwestern Community College Online: Psyc-230-501 – Developmental Psychology
Approved Traditional (In-Classroom) Courses
- San Diego Community College District (City, Mesa, Miramar): Psyc 230 – Psychology of Lifespan Development
- Grossmont Community College: Psy 150 – Developmental Psychology
- Cuyamaca Community College: Psy 165 – Developmental Psychology
- Southwestern College: Psyc 230 – Developmental Psychology
- San Diego State University, Open University Program: Psy 230 – Developmental Psychology
2. Counseling Theories/Personality Theories
Approved Online Courses
- Columbia College: Psyc 304 - Personality Theory
- Brigham Young University: Psych 341 - Personality
- Eastern Oregon University, Division of Distance Learning: Psy 370 – Theories of Personality
- Canyon College: Py535 – Theories of Personality
Approved Traditional (In-Classroom) Courses
- San Diego Community College District (City, Mesa, Miramar): Psyc 155 – Introduction to Personality
- San Diego State University, Open University Program: Psy 351 – Psychology of Personality
3. Research Methods
Approved Online Courses
- Argosy University Online: PSY 302 - Research Methods
- Ashford University Online: PSY 326 - Research Methods
- Columbia College: PSYC 320DEA - Psychological Testing/Mesurements
- Bellevue Community College: PSYC 209 - Fundamentals of Psychological Research
- National University: HUB 441 - Research Design and Analysis
- UC Berkeley Extension Online: Research Methods in Psychology
- The University of North Dakota Online and Distance Education: PSYC 303 - Research Methods in Psychology
- Drexel University Online: PSY 260 - Psychological Research I
- University of Missouri Online: PSYCH 3010 - Research Methods
Approved Traditional (In-Classroom) Courses
- Cuyamaca College: PSY 205 - Research Methods for Psychology
- Grossmont College: PSY 205 - Research Methods for Psychology
- MiraCosta College: PSYC 205 - Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences
- MiraCosta College: SOC 205 - Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences
- Palomar College: PSYC 230 - Research Methods in Psychology
- San Diego Mesa College: PSYC 255 - Introduction to Psychological Research
- San Diego Miramar College: PSYC 255 - Introduction to Psychological Research
