Mental Health Counseling Sample Course Sequence

Foundations of Professional Counseling and Consultation
Clinical Instructional Counseling Process

Fall

Human Development --> only offered once a year in the fall semester
Assessment in Counseling --> only offered once a year in the fall semester
Group Counseling
Pre-Practicum in Groups
Multicultural Counseling --> offered in the fall and summer (first summer session)

Spring
Career Counseling
Practicum in Career Counseling
Theories of Family Counseling and Assessment
Research Methods in Counseling (online self-paced)

Summer
Counseling Theory and Practice 
Pre-Practicum in Applications of Counseling Theory to Practice

Fall
Ethics and Professional Issues in Counseling
Field Experience I in Mental Health Counseling (Requires 300 hours on internship)
Trauma & Interpersonal Neurobiology
General Psychopathology

Spring
Field Experience II in Mental Health Counseling (Requires 300 hours on internship - students may be supervised by doctoral students)
Advanced Assessment and Appraisal in Counseling
Counseling Program Development and Evaluation
Child Abuse Reporting Workshop
Masters Comps 

Total 20 courses = 60 credits

 *Be sure to check each course’s delivery mode.