Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate & Pharmacy Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Graduate & Pharmacy Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling


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60 Credit Hours

Program Learning Outcomes


“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

Through coursework and clinical training, students majoring in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling will:

  1. Exhibit proficiency in counseling skills unique to forming and utilizing professional relationships in school and community settings.
  2. Perform competently in the foundational knowledge base, outlined by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Program (CACREP), as well as the specific subject matter (2016 CACREP Standards 5.F) required for delivery of ethical, professional care in a counseling specialization. The knowledge base required by CACREP include the following core area:
    • professional counseling orientation and ethical practice,
    • social and cultural diversity,
    • human growth and development,
    • career development,
    • counseling and helping relationships,
    • group counseling and group work,
    • assessment and testing, and
    • research and program evaluation (2016 CACREP Standards 2.F.1-8).
  3. Demonstrate ability to integrate theologically informed and spiritually sensitive interventions in counseling practice when appropriate and desired by clients.
  4. Effectively apply counseling knowledge, skills and dispositions in professional practice.

Getting Started


To meet the CACREP accreditation requirement, ALL students will participate in a mandatory online orientation prior to the start of their semester.

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