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DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING
Chair: Rosalyn V. Green

DEGREE OFFERED

Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling

Graduate Program Coordinator:
Dr. Frank Norton
Room 284, Center for Learning and Technology

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Master’s of Arts Degree in Mental Health Counseling is a 60-credit
hour program that gives students an option to complete the courses
required for initial licensure in the State of Maryland as a part of a
degree. In addition, this program has three field experiences that give
students the maximum amount of hours accepted pre-degree for
licensure, 1000 hours.

Admission Requirements

1. Completion of a B.A. or B.S. Degree with a minimum of a 3.0
Cumulative GPA and at least 12 undergraduate credit hours in
counseling, psychology or a related area.
2. Submission of three letters of recommendation. These letters
of recommendation must come from at least two (2) academic
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instructors and/or the 3 from an employer/supervisor.
3. Submission of a personal statement. The personal statement
must be a typewritten statement not to exceed three single
spaced pages in which the following points are addressed:
a. Background information: Family, education and
work.
b. Goals: What do you expect to be doing in five (5)
years? In ten (10) years?
c. Strengths: What strengths do you have that would
contribute to your being a good counselor?
d. Change: What do you believe to be the facets of your
personality, behavior, and/or outlook that, if
modified or changed, would make you a better
person/counselor? What plans, if any, do you have for
making any such change(s)?

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