Psychology Department

Counseling Graduate Program

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Counseling Graduate Program > M.S. in Mental Health Counseling

Degree Requirements (60 credits)

Mental Health Counseling Requirement (36 credits)

  • COU510 Counseling Theories
  • COU515 Counseling Skills
  • COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment
  • COU525 Multicultural Counseling
  • COU530 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (4 credits)
  • COU540 Psychopathology
  • COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling
  • COU550 Couple and Family Counseling
  • COU555 Assessment
  • COU771 Ethics and Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 1 (4 credits)
  • COU772 Ethics and Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 2 (4 credits)

Methodology Requirement (6 credits)

  • PSY501 ANOVA or PSY503 Correlation and Multiple Regression
  • PSY507 Research Methods

Human Growth and Development Requirement (3 credits)

  • PSY527 Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development Electives (6 credits)
Choose two:

  • PSY516 Organizational Psychology
  • PSY528 Infancy and Childhood
  • PSY529 Adulthood
  • PSY531 Middle Childhood and Adolesence
  • PSY556 Contemporary Social Psychology
  • PSY560 Cognitive Processes
  • PSY570 Cognitive Neuroscience

Electives (9 credits)
Three courses to be chosen from the following:

  • ANY other three-credit courses from the lists above which have NOT been used to fulfill one of the above requirements.
  • ANY other three-credit Counseling (COU) or Psychology (PSY) graduate courses not listed above, including: COU565 Disaster Mental Health or PSY576 Families in Transition
  • Thesis of three or six credits

Two-Year Plan of Study (60 credits)

Fall 1 (12 credits)

  • PSY501 ANOVA (3) or PSY503 Correlation & Multiple Regression (3)
  • COU510 Counseling Theories (3)
  • COU515 Counseling Skills (3)
  • COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment (3)

Spring 1 (13 credits)

  • PSY503 Research Methods (3)
  • COU525 Multicultural Counseling (3)
  • COU530 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (4)
  • COU540 Psychopathology (3)

Summer 1 (6 credits)

  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (3)

Fall 2 (13 credits)

  • COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling (3)
  • COU771 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 1 (4)
  • PSY527 Human Growth & Development (3)
  • Human Growth & Development Elective (3)

Spring 2 (13 credits)

  • COU550 Couple and Family Counseling (3)
  • COU555 Assessment (3)
  • COU772 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 2 (4)
  • Human Growth & Development Elective (3)

Summer 2 (3 credits)

  • Elective (3)

Degree Requirements (48 credits)
These requirements discontinued after December 2009

Foundation Courses (6 credits)

  • PSY501 - Analysis of Variance
  • PSY554 - Research Methods in Psychology

Core Courses (9 credits)

  • PSY506 - Multicultural Counseling
  • PSY552 - Psychopathology
  • And one of the following three courses (to be chosen under advisement):
  • PSY528 - Infancy and Early Childhood
  • PSY560 - Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY556 - Contemporary issues in Social Psychology

Specialization Courses (27 credits)

  • PSY553 - Counseling Skills
  • PSY508 - Career Counseling
  • PSY550 - Couple and Family Counseling
  • PSY555 - Assessment
  • PSY557 - Group Dynamics and Counseling
  • PSY580 - Counseling Practicum (4 credits)
  • PSY581 - Ethics and Practice I: Internship (4 credits)
  • PSY582 - Ethics and Practice II: Internship (4 credits)

Capstone Course and Electives (3-6 credits)

  • PSY590 - Thesis in Psychology (3 or 6 credits)

ANY graduate psychology class taken that is NOT applied towards the foundation, core, specialization, or capstone requirements can be counted as an elective.

Students in the 48-credit program may opt to complete the 60-credit requirements.