MPA/MSMHC Dual Degree

The Mental Health Counseling degree requirements must be completed during the first two years of full-time program matriculation, beginning in the fall semester.

Upon completion of all MPA and MSMHC requirements, students receive two degrees.

• P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
• P.AD-712 Information Based Management
• P.AD-713 Managing Financial Resources
• P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis
• P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
• P.AD-717 Organizational Change
• P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
• P.AD-890 Strategic Management

Choose from any PAD 800- or 900-level courses

Students must complete 30 credit hours in the Institute for Public Service; PAD and COUNS electives are not interchangeable.

• COUNS-712 Life Span Development
• COUNS-715 Methods of Research
• COUNS-728 Professional Orientation: Ethical/ Legal Issues
• COUNS-733 Counseling Diverse Populations
• COUNS-735 Group Counseling

• COUNS-713 Counseling: Theory & Practice
• COUNS-716 Psychological Diagnosis
• COUNS-717 Introduction to Psychological Testing
• COUNS-737 Counseling Skills Lab
• COUNS-738 Mental Health Counseling Practicum I
• COUNS-739 Mental Health Counseling Practicum II
• COUNS-740 Counseling Internship I
• COUNS-741 Counseling Internship II

• COUNS-727 Substance Abuse & Treatment
• COUNS-729 Human Sexuality Seminar

Note: Other option may be taken as an elective.

• COUNS-725 Forensic Psychological Assessment
• COUNS-726 Family Therapy
• COUNS-732 Psychological Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
• COUNS-751 Domestic Violence, Abuse & Neglect
• COUNS-910 Independent Study

It is during the Counseling Skills Lab (COUNS-737) and the Counseling Practica (COUNS-738 and COUNS-739) that a student demonstrates the ability to translate training into professional judgments and techniques. Students are required to apply formally for the Counseling Internship and to consult with their faculty advisors regarding their field placements. The Counseling Skills Laboratory and the Practicum must be completed with a grade of “B” (3.0) or higher. After two failed attempts to satisfactorily complete the clinical practicum and/or internship, students will be subject to dismissal from the program at the discretion of faculty. Student engagement in unethical behavior as defined by the American Counseling Association (ACA) will be subject to discipline, including potential dismissal from the program, at the time the indiscretion occurs.

• P.AD-711 Foundations of Public Service and Administration
• P.AD-712 Information Based Management
• P.AD-713 Managing Financial Resources
• P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis
• P.AD-716 Public Service Human Resource Management
• P.AD-717 Organizational Change
• P.AD-718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
• P.AD-810 Public Sector Admin Law
• P.AD-811 Politics of Federal Bureaucracy
• P.AD-814 Collaborative Public Management
• P.AD-815 Nonprofit Management
• P.AD-816 Seminar in Public Policy
• P.AD-817 Administrative Strategies of State and Local Government
• P.AD-819 Grant Writing and Management
• P.AD-822 Public Management Information Systems
• P.AD-823 The U.S. Health System
• P.AD-827 Financing State & Local Government
• P.AD-828 Public Service Communication
• P.AD-831 Civic Innovation and Citizen Engagement
• P.AD-832 Health Policy
• P.AD-838 Ethics in Public Service
• P.AD-839 Leadership and Decision Making in Action
• P.AD-840 Comparative Public Policy
• P.AD-842 Workplace and Labor Law
• P.AD-847 Nonprofit Financial Management
• P.AD-848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
• P.AD-849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
• P.AD-859 Public Service Internship
• P.AD-861 Data to Policy
• P.AD-862 Leading Change: State Policy
• P.AD-890 Strategic Management
• P.AD-900 Special Topics
• P.AD-910 Individual Study in Public Service

• COUNS-712 Life Span Development
• COUNS-713 Counseling: Theory & Practice
• COUNS-715 Methods of Research
• COUNS-716 Psychological Diagnosis
• COUNS-717 Introduction to Psychological Testing
• COUNS-725 Forensic Psychological Assessment
• COUNS-726 Family Therapy
• COUNS-727 Substance Abuse & Treatment
• COUNS-728 Professional Orientation: Ethical/ Legal Issues
• COUNS-729 Human Sexuality Seminar
• COUNS-732 Psychological Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
• COUNS-733 Counseling Diverse Populations
• COUNS-735 Group Counseling
• COUNS-737 Counseling Skills Lab
• COUNS-738 Mental Health Counseling Practicum I
• COUNS-739 Mental Health Counseling Practicum II
• COUNS-740 Counseling Internship I
• COUNS-741 Counseling Internship II
• COUNS-751 Domestic Violence, Abuse & Neglect
• COUNS-910 Independent Study