Course variations

Course summary

This program requires 60 semester hours of graduate work at the master’s level for completion. This graduate program is designed to meet the certification requirements in clinical mental health counseling and requirements in the state of Illinois for counseling licensure as well as meeting CACREP standards. The program consists of a graduate core of six semester hours and a program core of 43 semester hours of study required of all candidates. In addition, students take an additional 11 semester hours of specialty area course work that may, in concert with the internship and practicum work required in the core program, permit them to develop a specialty area consistent with plans for future employment. Students must also pass each of the eight core areas of the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam to advance toward graduation. All students should consult with their advisor to determine specific courses that will meet their professional goals.

Program modules

The modules include Graduate Core 6 hrs: ELH 604 Research Methodology and Applications 3 hrs; ELH 606 Interpersonal Behavior and Org. Leadership 3 hrs; Program Core 43 hrs: ELH 530 Loss and Grief Counseling 1 hr; ELH 540 Human Growth and Development 3 hrs; ELH 551 Substance Abuse Counseling 2 hrs; ELH 586 Counseling Diverse Populations 3 hrs; ELH 620 Human Development Counseling 2 hrs; ELH 621 Career Dev. Across Lifespan 3 hrs; ELH 622 Counseling: Ethics and the Law 1 hr; ELH 623 Pre-Practicum in Counseling 3 hrs; ELH 624 Theories and Techniques of Counseling 3 hrs; ELH 625 Principles of Group Counseling 3 hrs; ELH 630 Psychodiagnostics, Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology 3 hrs; ELH 631 Crisis Intervention Counseling 1 hr; ELH 641 Appraisal of the Individual 3 hrs; ELH 654 Consultation in Helping Professions 3 hrs; ELH 661 Couples and Family Counseling 3 hrs; ELH 690 Practicum 1 hr; ELH 691 Internship I 2 hrs; ELH 692 Internship II 3 hrs; Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialty Area Course Work 11 hrs; Required 6 hrs: ELH 640 Clinical Supervision in Counseling 2 hrs; ELH 651 Clinical Mental Health Counseling 3 hrs; ELH 663 Counseling and Dynamics of Aging 1 hr; Electives 5 hrs.

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or the international equivalent. At the undergraduate level the student must have achieved a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework. GRE General Test of the Miller's Analogies Test (MAT) is also needed. Applicants whose native language is not English must have obtained Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 (paper-based test), 213 (computer-based test), 79 (internet-based test) or a score of 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Qualification

Masters

Awarding body

Bradley University

Department name

College of Education and Health Sciences, Department of Leadership in Education, Human Services, and Counseling