Degree Requirements (60 credits) Degree Plan of Study Form
All classes are three credits except where indicated.
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 (four credits)
- COU540 Psychopathology
- COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling (NOTE: Special Course Fee)
- COU550 Couple and Family Counseling
- COU555 Assessment
- COU771 Ethics and Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 1 (four credits)
- COU772 Ethics and Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 2 (four credits)
Methodology Requirement (six credits)
- PSY501 ANOVA or PSY503 Correlation and Multiple Regression
- PSY507 Research Methods
Human Growth and Development Requirement (three credits)
- PSY527 Human Growth and Development
Human Growth and Development Electives (six 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 (nine 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
Child Abuse Identification Workshop
- Must be taken on or off campus and documentation submitted to SUNY New Paltz so that proof of having completed this training can appear on the student’s transcript.
- For the on-campus workshop, pick up a registration form at SCB 105. For more information, contact Deb Gould in SCB 105 at 845-257-2874. She will assist students in making sure that proof of workshop completion is documented on their transcripts once the workshop is completed.
- Otherwise, take the workshop online at www.childabuseworkshop.com and enter the registration code NewPaltz9 for the same rate as on-campus. This code only works for SUNY New Paltz students.
- Students who take the workshop online or off-campus from an approved provider should have proof of workshop completion put on their transcript by sending copies of their workshop certificates of completion to Records & Registration in HAB 19 or faxing them to the attention of Elizabeth Shuipis at 845-257-3103.
Two-Year Plan of Study (60 credits)
Fall 1 (12 credits)
- PSY501 ANOVA (3) or PSY503 Correlation & Multiple Regression (three credits)
- COU510 Counseling Theories (three credits)
- COU515 Counseling Skills (three credits)
- COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment (three credits)
- Complete Child Abuse Identification Workshop [must be completed before taking COU530]
Spring 1 (13 credits)
- PSY503 Research Methods (three credits)
- COU525 Multicultural Counseling (three credits)
- COU530 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (four credits)
- COU540 Psychopathology (three credits)
Summer 1 (six credits)
- Elective (three credits)
- Elective (three credits)
Fall 2 (13 credits)
- COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling (three credits)
- COU771 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 1 (four credits)
- PSY527 Human Growth & Development (three credits)
- Human Growth & Development Elective (three credits)
Spring 2 (13 credits)
- COU550 Couple and Family Counseling (three credits)
- COU555 Assessment (three credits)
- COU772 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 2 (four credits)
- Human Growth & Development Elective (three credits)
Summer 2 (three credits)
- Elective (three credits)
Three-Year Plan of Study (60 credits)
Fall 1 (nine credits)
- COU510 Counseling Theories (three credits)
- COU515 Counseling Skills (three credits)
- COU520 Career Development, Counseling, and Assessment (three credits)
- Complete Child Abuse Identification Workshop [must be completed before taking COU530]
Spring 1 (10 credits)
- COU525 Multicultural Counseling (three credits)
- COU530 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling (four credits)
- COU540 Psychopathology (three credits)
Summer 1 (three credits)
- Elective (three credits)*
Fall 2 (nine credits)
- COU545 Group Dynamics and Counseling (three credits)
- PSY501 ANOVA (3) or PSY503 Correlation & Multiple Regression (three credits)
- PSY527 Human Growth & Development (three credits)
Spring 2 (nine credits)
- COU550 Couple and Family Counseling (three credits)
- COU555 Assessment (three credits)
- PSY507 Research Methods (three credits)
Summer 2 (three credits)
- Elective (three credits)*
Fall 3 (seven credits)
- COU771 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 1 (four credits)
- Human Growth & Development Elective (three credits)
Spring 3 (seven credits)
- COU772 Ethics & Professional Orientation: MHC Internship 2 (four credits)
- Human Growth & Development Elective (three credits)
Summer 3 (three credits)
- Elective (three credits)*
* Electives can also be completed during fall or spring semesters if the student does not wish to take summer courses or simply prefers the courses offered during those semesters.
