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2024-2025 Academic Catalog
Counseling, MA
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Objectives:
The Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) degree is part of MidAmerica Nazarene University’s School of Counselor Education. The Master of Arts in Counseling program incorporates a high level of scholarship with real-world application, supervision of clinical work, and a Christian worldview oriented toward integrating faith and practice. An overarching goal of our program is to first train you how to be a professional counselor and then to allow you to choose an area of emphasis. The three areas of concentration include marriage, couple and family counseling, clinical mental health counseling, and school counseling. An emphasis of spiritual formation in counseling can be added to any of the concentration areas. Students are prepared to work in a variety of settings depending on their areas of emphasis such as schools or universities, community agencies, hospitals, churches, private practices, or employee assistance programs.
The Master of Arts in Counseling program for marriage, couple, family, clinical mental health, and school counseling is professionally accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
This program has a competitive selection process with limited enrollment.
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Preferred minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher of undergraduate coursework OR GPA of 3.2 or higher in the last 30 hours of undergraduate coursework
Application Process:
- Complete online application
- Submit official transcript from an accredited college or university verifying earned bachelor’s degree
- Arrange and complete writing assessment, working with Counseling Department
- Submit 3 professional and/or academic recommendations
- Complete ½ day comprehensive interview session with graduate faculty upon successful completion of all other admission requirement(s)
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Requirements for the MAC Degree
Specialty track coursework -
Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling Specialty Credit Hours: 20
Students preparing to work as marriage, couple, and family counselors are expected to possess the knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address a wide variety of issues in the context of relationships and families.
In addition to the Master of Arts in Counseling core classes, students who select a focus in Marriage, Couple, and Family counseling will also complete the following courses:
Clinical Mental Health Specialty Credit Hours: 20
Students who are preparing to work as clinical mental health counselors will demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to address a wide variety of circumstances within the clinical mental health counseling context.
In addition to the Master of Arts in Counseling core courses that all students must take, students who select a focus in Clinical Mental Health will also complete the following courses:
School Counseling Specialty Credit Hours: 22-24
Students who are preparing to work as school counselors will demonstrate the professional knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to promote the academic, career, and personal/ social development of all P-12 students. Students are expected to meet both CACREP and Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) standards.
Students who do not have a Kansas professional teaching license are required to complete a parallel pathway design that includes two additional 1 credit hour courses (COUN 6171 - Elementary Field Experience and COUN 6181 - Secondary Field Experience ). These classes meet the requirements by the Kansas State Department of education to be licensed as a school counselor. For those students who wish to work in Missouri, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will reciprocate once all Kansas requirements are met.
In addition to the Master of Arts in Counseling core courses that all students must take, students who select a focus in School Counseling will also complete the following courses:
Spiritual Formation and Counseling Emphasis
The spiritual formation and counseling emphasis is an additional 5 credit hours and can be taken in conjunction with any of the three specialty areas listed above. This emphasis will give students the professional knowledge and skills necessary to integrate faith and counseling.
In addition to the CACREP common core curricular objectives, students will learn the following:
Total Hours: 60-69 hours (varies by track and emphasis selection)
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