This sixty (60) credit hour counseling program prepares individuals for a career in professional mental health counseling. The curriculum provides students with the necessary theory and skills for working with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of mental health settings. Currently students have the option of an emphasis in professional mental health counseling although courses for an emphasis in marriage and family therapy and school guidance and counseling may be offered in the future.

Program Curriculum

Counseling (M.A.) with an Emphasis in Professional Mental Health Counseling

The degree emphasis requires satisfactory completion of 60 credit hours of coursework

Required Core Subject Area Courses:
COUN 5000 Theories of Personality
COUN 5020 Foundations of Counseling: The Helping Relationship (Requisite Course)
COUN 5050 Human Growth and Development
COUN 5100 Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling
COUN 5140 Psychopharmacology
COUN 5150 Psychopathology
COUN 5200 Theories of Counseling
COUN 5220 Assessment
COUN 5230 Psychodiagnostics
COUN 5600 Techniques of Group Counseling
COUN 5610 Techniques of Counseling
COUN 5630 Substance Abuse Counseling
COUN 5700 Lifestyle and Career Development
COUN 5800 Professional Orientation and Ethics
COUN 5850 Research and Evaluation
COUN 6000 Counseling Learning Practicum (a minimum of 3 credit hours)
COUN 6500 Internship (minimum of 9 credit hours)

In addition to the required 17 core subject area courses listed above, students select electives from the counseling program curriculum to support the specific area of emphasis and fulfill the 20 courses needed for the degree.