Counseling, Clinical Mental Health (M.S.)

Program Admission Requirements

In addition to the Graduate School Admission Requirements , applicants must submit a personal goal statement, education and work history resume, three recommendations from academic and/or employment sources, and at least one of the following:

Bachelor’s degree overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
Master’s degree
GRE scores of at least 150 on Verbal or Quantitative and 4.0 on Analytical Writing

Program Description

The program leading to the M.S. degree in clinical mental health counseling requires a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate study.

Program Requirement: Any student receiving a final grade of “C” in two courses will be dismissed from the Counseling program. This standard supersedes the WCU Graduate School standard.

Professional Core (30 hours)

COUN 500 - Comprehensive Examination Credits: 0
COUN 605 - The Helping Relationship Credits: 3
COUN 610 - Family Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 615 - Cross-cultural Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 625 - Developmental Perspectives of Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 630 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 635 - Group Methods in Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 640 - Assessment in Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 650 - Career Development Credits: 3
COUN 667 - The DSM and Effective Treatment Planning in Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 670 - Research in Counseling Credits: 3
or EDRS 602 - Methods of Research Credits: 3

Specialty Requirements (30 hours)

9 hours guided electives

COUN 602 - Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 617 - Addictions Counseling Credits: 3
or
SOCW 520 - Addictions Credits: 3
COUN 623 - Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 633 - Crisis Intervention and Trauma Therapy Credits: 3
COUN 686 - Practicum in Counseling Credits: 3
COUN 687 - Internship in Counseling Credits: 3, 6 (R6)
Student must complete a total of 6 credit hours of COUN 687.