Arizona State University College of Integrative Sciences and Arts 16 courses 60 total credits
In the Master of Counseling program, with its strong focus on counseling across cultures, identity and human development, you learn to promote the health of individuals, families, groups and organizations in a multicultural society. This 60 credit hour program prepares you to become a licensed professional counselor in Arizona and other states with comparable licensure requirements. This program is approved by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. https://bbhe.az.gov/applying-licensure/accredited-or-approved-programs Faculty research and clinical foci include: advocacy children and adolescents counseling process and outcome couple and family relationships crisis assessment culturally responsive treatment mental health disparities nonbinary stress and resilience play therapy The program instills in you the importance of research in advancing the counseling profession. The crucial link between science and practice is evident in the three complementary functions of the program's state-of-the-art Counselor Training Center: clinical service provision, high-quality training, and innovative process and outcome research. The MC program endorses the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics and the following American Counseling Association competencies: ALGBTIC Competencies for Counseling LGBQIQA Individuals (2012), Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population (2015), Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (2015), Competencies for Addressing Spiritual and Religious Issues in Counseling (2009) and Multicultural Career Counseling Competencies (2009).
| Required Core | 39 credits |
| Other Requirements | 9 credits |
| Total Credits | 60 credits |
Required Core
Other Requirements
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CED 680 | Practicum: Clinic | 3 |
| CED 684 | Internship: Counseling I | 3 |
| CED 684 | Internship: Counseling I | 3 |
| Total Other Requirements | 9 credits | |
Culminating Experience (0 or 6 credit hours)
written comprehensive exam (0)
Additional Curriculum Information
Students choose either a thesis or a written comprehensive exam. The thesis option, available only to on-campus students, is for those whose program is focused on research; they take six credit hours of research coursework and six credit hours of thesis. The written comprehensive exam is for both on-campus and online students in the practitioner pathway; they take 12 credit hours of elective coursework. The clinical portion of the program comprises CED 680 Practicum: Clinic and CED 684 Internship: Counseling I and CED 684 Internship: Counseling II. These are required for all students. CPY 691 Topic: Counseling in Spanish is also offered as a clinical elective option. CED 580 Practicum Clinic and CED 584 Internship may be taken by students who need to log required clinical hours after they have completed CED 680 and both topics of CED 684. CED 580 and CED 584 are not required unless additional clinical hours are needed.
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