Advising
Students have six years to complete their counseling degree. Typically, students in
the Counseling Program attend full-time and finish in two years and two semesters.
Below are the sequences of courses for the Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling
tracks for full and part-time and may use these course sequences as a guide to create
their degree plan and register for classes.
Students have the opportunity to choose from many electives within the Counseling
Program, but also within the Psychology, Gerontology, and Marriage and Family programs.
Students should consult with their advisors to choose electives that will meet their
clinical interest. See below for a list of all possible electives and focus areas.
The Advising Process
The summer before students enter the program, they are assigned a faculty advisor
who is a core faculty of the counseling program. If possible, students should communicate
with their advisors (i.e., Zoom, email, phone) over that summer to discuss what electives
they want to take and develop their Program Degree Plan (see below). Please note that
not all professors work over the summer. Students should meet with their advisors
each year to check in and report if any changes occurred on their Program Degree Plan.
The Program Degree Plans are mostly complete, they have all the required courses laid
out in the semesters they should be taken. If you are going full time, you will not
need to change the semester/year sequence. Using the list below, fill in what electives
you wish to take on the Program Degree plan, sign, scan, and send to your advisor.
If you are going part-time, you will have to change what semester/year you will take
some courses with the help of the courses sequence form below and your advisor. Students
should meet with their advisor using Zoom, by phone, or communicate with them through
email if they have any questions or concerns about their Program Degree Plan.
The first year of courses are considered the foundational content and skills courses
of the program. The second year of courses are more advanced clinical content and
skills courses that build upon the first-year courses, see the Clinical or School
Counseling Tracks below. Taking these courses out of order can impede the learning
process and/or delay graduation, so consult with your advisor if any changes to your
degree plan are needed.
Students admitted to the program must complete their Program Degree Plan during the
fall semester of their first year at the latest. Students who do not complete this
formal advisory process will not be permitted to register for courses in the spring.
Course Sequence
Clinical Mental Health Track (Full time)
Clinical Mental Health Track (Part time)
School Counseling Track (Full time)
School Counseling Track (Part time)
Addiction Counseling Track (Full time)
Addiction Counseling Track (Part time)
Combined CMHC and School Tracks
Combined CMHC and Addiction Tracks
Combined School and Addiction Tracks
Electives
Electives Schedule
Program Degree Plan
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Track
School Counseling Track
Addiction Counseling Track
Combined CMHC and School Tracks
Combined CMHC and Addiction Tracks
Combined School and Addiction Tracks
Completed Program Degree Plan Example
Counseling