Program Requirements
Students admitted to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling specialty have completed at least a bachelor's degree and have relevant experience and/or education in psychology. Please consult Information for Applicants for specific details on requirements for applying to the program. Please also consult the Program Handbook, which is revised annually for our incoming students, providing details regarding the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program's objectives, curriculum, and internship requirements.
Course Requirements
Core Requirements
Statistics and Research Design (3 Hours Required)
Introduction to Statistics and Research Design
Assessment and Measurement (6 Hours Required)
Developmental Theory (6 Hours Required)
Career Development and Assessment
Life Span: Early to Late Adulthood
Human Diversity (3 Hours Required)
Counseling Theory and Practice (23 Hours)
Counseling Theories
Counseling Skill
Group Counseling
Substance Abuse Counseling
Practicum in Counseling
Internship in Counseling
PC Specialization Requirements (7 Hours)
Professional Issues in Mental Health
Counseling
Master's LPC Ethics and Standards
DSM: Adult Psychopathology
Counseling Approaches
Course Sequencing
Year 1 Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6820 | Professional Issues | M (first 8 weeks) | 2 |
| EDPS 6822 | Master’s Ethics | M (second 8 weeks) | 2 |
| EDPS 6010 | Statistics | T | 3 |
| EDPS 6200 | Counseling Theories | W | 3 |
| EDPS 6210 | Counseling Skills | R | 3 |
Year 1 Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6360/61 | Multicultural Counseling/ Ad MC Lab | T | 2/1 |
| EDPS 7600 | Diagnostic Adult Psychotherapy | W | 3 |
| EDPS 6300 | Measurement | R | 3 |
Year 2 Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6340 | Substance Abuse | M | 3 |
| EDPS 6050 | Lifespan Development | T | 3 |
| EDPS 6710 | Counseling Practicum 1 | TBD (daytime) | 3 |
| EDPS 6068 | Meditation and Stress** | Online | 3 |
Year 2 Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6330 | Career Counseling | T | 3 |
| EDPS 6710 | Counseling Practicum 2 | TBD (daytime) | 3 |
| EDPS 6350 | Group Counseling | W | 3 |
Year 2 Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6960 | Trauma Focused Therapy*** | TBD | 3 |
| EDPS 6910 | Internship Summer (optional)* | M | 1-4 |
Year 3 Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 6250 | Family and Couple Counseling*** | TBD (daytime) | 3 |
| EDPS 6910 | Internship 1* | M | 1-4 |
Year 3 Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Day | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDPS 7180 | Personality Assessment*** | R | 3 |
| EDPS 6910 | Internship 2* | T | 1-4 |
Take CPCE Exam in final academic year of the program, year 3
Total credits = 60
| Remaining To Do Items |
|---|
| Completed 60 hours for the program in three years |
| Completed 800 hours Practicum & Internship (350 hours must be direct service) |
| Passed CPCE |
*To graduate, students are required a total of 8 credit hours of Internship over the course of at least two semesters and it must include Internship 1 and Internship 2; a summer internship is optional, but the fall and spring internship experience is required. If you begin your internship in the summer, you sign up for internship credit hours in the summer and then take fewer internship credit hours in the fall and spring semesters. If you do not begin internship in the summer, you will need to take the 8 credit hours over the course of the fall and spring semesters.
**These courses can be taken at any point after the first semester of the program. You can consult with the Program Director to establish the best schedule for you.
***These courses can be taken in year 2 or 3 of the program. You can consult with the Program Director to establish the best schedule for you.
Comprehensive Exam
Successful completion of the program also requires that students pass a comprehensive exam, typically conducted at the culmination of the student's program of study. This is a multiple choice examination that mirrors the National Counselor Examination (NCE). The specific exam is the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE), a 160 item exam used by over 220 colleges and universities that train professional counselors. Information about CPCE exam.
All Admitted applicants in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling track will register and take the CPCE examination that is required for M.Ed. degree completion. Pass rates are established by national normative data and by the CCP faculty. Three faculty members from the CCP program are selected to serve as the student's Comprehensive Examination Supervisory Committee. These three committee members also serve as the student's supervisory committee and oversee the year-end evaluation of the student's program of study.
*Students who do not pass the CPCE in 3 attempts will be offered an alternate exam.
M.Ed. Degree Requirements
The M.Ed. Degree requires that the student complete: (1) Core Requirements (18 Hours); (2) Counseling Theory and Practice Requirements (23 Hours); (3) PC Specialization Requirements (7 Hours); (4) Counseling Approaches (12 hours) for a total of 60hours of graduate work; and (5) complete the Master's Comprehensive Exam.
*Positive Psychology online series (EDPS 6960)
- Forgiveness and anger reduction
- Positive psychology & well-being
- Coping with difficult people
- Enhancing happiness and life satisfaction
- Achieving peace after divorce
- Quality of Intimate relationship
- Positive psychology for addictive thinking
- Growing from traumatic life experiences
*At least two of the Positive Psychology online courses are offered each semester.