M.S.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling and Counselor Education – Mental Health Track
Degree Requirements (60 cr.)
Major Requirements (42 cr.)
- EDUC-G 502 Professional Orientation and Ethics (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 505 Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 510 Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 522 Counseling Theories (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 523 Laboratory in Counseling and Guidance (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 532 Introduction to Group Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 552 Career Counseling: Theory and Practice (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 563 Mental Health Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 567 Marriage and Family Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 575 Multicultural Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 615 Psychopathology and Advanced Diagnosis (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 624 Advanced Practicum in Counseling (3 cr.)
- EDUC-G 647 Advance Internship in Counseling (6 cr.)
Inquiry Requirement (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3 cr.)
Human Growth and Development Requirement (3 cr.)
- EDUC-P 514 Life Span Development: Birth to Death (3 cr.)
Biological Basis of Behavior Requirement (3 cr.)
- EDUC-P 624 The Biology of Behavior: Implications for Educational & Clinical Practice (3 cr.)
Elective Requirements (9 cr.)
All students are required to take 9 elective credits. Six graduate credit hours may be from the major or outside the major. Students may seek electives outside of the major. Often these non-major courses come from Public Health, Human Development, and School Psychology. For example, the following five courses from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences can be used as electives for an elective that is outside the major:
- PSY-P 530 Clinical Psychology (3 cr.)
- PSY-P 624 Principles of Psychopathology (3 cr.)
- PSY-P 631 Intervention and Evaluation (3 cr.)
- PSY-P 641 Assessment (3 cr.)
- PSY-P 667 Neuropsychopharmacology (3 cr.)
The 3rd elective (3 graduate credit hours) must be a clinically oriented course from the following:
- EDUC-G 511 Screening and Assessment of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems
- EDUC-G 512 Counseling Approaches with Addictions
- EDUC-G 513 Legal and Illegal Drugs of Abuse
- EDUC-G 542 Organization and Development of Counseling Program
- EDUC-G 562 Intervention, Consultation and Program Development in the Schools
- EDUC-G 580 Topical Seminar in Counseling and Guidance: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children & Adolescents
- EDUC-G 609 Interventions in Performance Psychology
- EDUC-G 632 Advanced Group Leadership
- EDUC-G 647 Advanced Internship in Counseling
Any other clinically oriented course approved by your advisor. Specific course selections must have the approval of your academic advisor. Students who anticipate seeking licensure outside of the State of Indiana should consult with the appropriate state licensing board to ensure the requirements for practicum/internship are met.