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Level Five
PSYC 836 Practicum in Counseling Psychology (100
hrs)**
PSYC 861 Seminar in Counseling Psychology
PSYC 858 Internship in Counseling Psychology (600
hrs)**

**The Practicum (100 hrs) and Internship (600 hrs) require an
orientation the semester prior to enrolling in the class. Also, students
must have passed the Comprehensive Examination before they can
enroll in practicum.

1. The initial course taken by all students is PSYC 502: Principles
and Philosophy of Counseling. There are two other courses
that students may choose to take concurrently with this
introductory course. They are COUN 633: Multicultural
Counseling and EDUC 507: Human Growth and Development.

2. At Level II, students may enroll in PSYC 734: Counseling Theory
and Practice or PSYC and Other Theories: Alderian Theory and
Practice; COUN 732: Family Counseling; COUN 610: Appraisal,
Assessment and Evaluation; COUN 608: Career Counseling; or
PSYC 780: Legal and Ethical Issues.

At the completion of twelve to eighteen (12-18) hours
in the program, students are required to make
application for Advancement to Candidacy. The
Counseling faculty at this point reviews each
application. If students have a 3.25 grade point average
and are recommended by at least two members of the
full-time faculty, they are advanced to candidacy in the
degree program.

3. At Level III, students may enroll in one or more of the following
courses: EDUC 706: Introduction to Research, COUN 732:
Family Counseling, and COUN 731: Group Counseling.

After completing Levels I, II and III in the program,
students are eligible to take the Comprehensive

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