Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Hours (Non-Thesis): 60
Program Code: M205
Program Requirements
- This program is Non-Thesis Only.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| H R 5883 | Introduction to the Counseling Profession | 3 |
| H R 5533 | Counseling Theories in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5503 | Research for Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5923 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| H R 5453 | Ethical Issues in H R Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5613 | Assessment and Evaluation in Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5593 | Multicultural Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5463 | Counseling Skills in Human Relations | 3 |
| H R 5483 | Diagnosis in Human Relations Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5663 | Psychopathology | 3 |
| H R 5283 | Clinical Practicum 1 | 3 |
| H R 5633 | Advanced Counseling Skills | 3 |
| H R 5563 | Career Counseling | 3 |
| H R 5903 | Counseling Internship I 1 | 3 |
| H R 5913 | Counseling Internship II | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| 15 additional hours of counseling electives are required from the LPC course list and will be approved by the graduate liaison. | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 60 | |
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Students must complete 30 hours of core counseling courses prior to enrolling in practicum (H R 5283), and 48 hours of core counseling courses prior to enrolling in internship (H R 5903).
NOTES
- For Non-Thesis students, the comprehensive exam will be completed during the last two semesters of the program concurrently with Counseling Internship I and, if needed, Counseling Internship II.
Human Relations Transfer Credit Guidelines:
- Students may transfer no more than 9 hours of graduate counseling-based credit from other universities. These credits must be evaluated by the university. They may not be applied toward individual course requirements without prior graduate liaison approval.
- Other OU Graduate Classes: No more than 9 hours of graduate counseling-based credit taken in other OU programs may be used toward the CMHC degree. These hours must be approved by the HR graduate liaison.
- Students may not apply more than 9 combined hours of transfer credit and OU credit outside the HR program.
- A letter must accompany all transfer hours from the school-of-origin outside of the State of Oklahoma stating which LPC course requirement the course(s) fulfill(s). These transfer hours will then get departmental approval.
- At least 30 hours of a student’s coursework must be in classroom-based H R classes. Practicum and Internship is not classroom-based and therefore cannot be counted as part of the 30 hours of classroom based work. Also, other University of Oklahoma courses and transfer hours do not count as part of these 30 hours.
- Transfer courses cannot be older than 5 years old at the time of graduation.
General Requirements for all Master's Degrees
The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.
All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.
Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.
Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.
Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.
To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).
Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.