Mental Health Counseling: Substance Abuse Counseling Concentration, M.A.

Fall 1 - Required courses

(15 credits)

• MPS (0502) 603 - Personality, Psychopathology Diagnosis Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 606 - Research Design Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 607 - Developmental Psychology Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 636 - Assessment and Evaluation of Substance Abuse Credits: 3
• PMH (0507) 501 - Mental Health Counseling One Credits: 3

Spring 1 – Required courses

(15 credits)

• MPS (0502) 618 - Trauma Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 630 - Clinical Assessment Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 638 - Theories and Practice of Substance Abuse Counseling Credits: 3
• PMH (0507) 502 - Mental Health Counseling 11 Credits: 3
• PMH (0507) 521 - Group Counseling Credits: 3

Summer 1 – Required courses

(12 credits)

• MPS (0502) 611 - Psychology of Groups, Families and Couples Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 639 - Advanced Topics in Substance Abuse Counseling Credits: 3 *
• PMH (0507) 503 - Practicum Credits: 0
• PMH (0507) 506 - Professional Development Seminar and Ethics Credits: 3
• PMH (0507) 522 - Family Counseling Credits: 3

Fall 2 – Required courses

(12 credits)

• PMH (0507) 504 - Counseling Internship Practice Credits: 6 (spans fall and spring)
• PMH (0507) 505 - Multi-Cultural Issues in Counseling Credits: 3
• PMH (0507) 507 - Vocational Counseling Credits: 3

Spring 2 – Required Courses

(9 credits)

• PMH (0507) 504 - Counseling Internship Practice Credits: 6 (do not re-register)
• MPS (0502) 615 - The Psychology of Addictions Credits: 3
• MPS (0502) 625 - Special Topics Credits: 3 Psychopharmacology
• MPS (0502) 627 - Clinical Interventions Workshop Credits: 3

Note:

*Prerequisites for Advanced Topics in Substance Abuse Counseling are Psychology of Addictions or Theory and Practice of Substance Abuse Counseling