Pictured :: Aaron Turner :: Education :: Lakewood, Ohio (hometown)

Master of Science in Education (Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling)

The Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling track is designed to prepare professionals who will offer marriage, couples, and family counseling services in our community and the surrounding areas. The chief feature of the program is a comprehensive 60-credit hour curriculum that satisfies requirements for professional licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT). This license exists in Indiana as well as many of the surrounding states. The program can be completed in a minimum of three years of full-time study, which includes summer classes.

Degree Requirements (60 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

First Year Courses (18 cr.)

• EDUC-G 500 Orientation to Counseling
• EDUC-G 515 Epidemiology of Mental Health, Psychopathology, Diagnostics, and Psychopharmacology (pending final approval)
• EDUC-G 522 Counseling Theories
• EDUC-G 523 Laboratory Counseling and Guidance
• EDUC-G 575 Multicultural Counseling
• EDUC-P 514 Life Span Development: Birth-Death

Second Year Courses (18 cr.)

• EDUC-G 505 Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures
• EDUC-G 524 Practicum in Counseling
• EDUC-G 532 Introduction to Group Counseling
• EDUC-G 563 Mental Health Counseling
• EDUC-G 567 Marriage and Family Counseling
• EDUC-G 592 Seminar in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention

Third Year Courses (24 cr.)

• EDUC-G 504 Counseling Theory/Tech 2: Bahavioral and Family Systems
• EDUC-G 507 Lifestyle and Career Development
• EDUC-G 516 Understanding Child and Adolescent Behavior
• EDUC-G 550 Internship in Counseling (taken twice; fall and spring semesters)
• EDUC-G 568 Family Counseling (pending final approval)
• EDUC-G 570 Human Sexuality
• EDUC-G 590 Research in Counseling and Guidance

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