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Degree Requirements

The Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling curriculum includes a 48-hour emphasis to prepare students to enter careers in human service delivery systems or to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.

Graduate courses cover topics such as:

  • Basic facilitative skills
  • Abnormal psychology
  • Personality psychology
  • Analysis of the individual
  • Psychometrics
  • Group counseling
  • Psychology of child and adolescent development
  • Professional ethics
  • Career and lifestyle development
  • Statistical analysis and research methods

An externship worth five credits must be completed with 600 clock hours in an approved field placement. In addition, a written master’s comprehensive examination is required upon completion of the program.

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