Students may now earn a Masters in counseling degree online. Canyon College offers a unique opportunity for students to earn their counseling degrees online and in the comfort of their home or office!
You can now enjoy earning your online counseling degrees through our non-traditional and campus free external program. Enroll today to start your online counseling degrees and earn your Masters in counseling degree online with out stepping foot on campus!
Masters in Counseling Degree Online
"Master of Arts in Community Counseling"
Begin your online counseling degrees today!
Core Courses (33 credits):
CS520 - Ethics for Counselors
CS525 - Addiction, Intervention and Treatment
CS530 - Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy I
CS532 - Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy II
CS535 - Career Counseling
CS540 - Child Therapy
CS542 - Counseling the Adolescent
CS560 - Marriage and Family Therapy
CS573 - Group Process
CS575 - Advanced Clinical Evaluation
CS578 - Crisis Counseling and Brief Therapy
CS587 - Death and Dying
CS595 - Field Practicum (8 credits)
Electives (Minimum 6 credits):
SW511 - Systematic Interviewing in Schools (New Course October 2007!)
CS514 - The Hospice Experience: Including Death and Dying & After Death Experience
CS519 - Adlerian Theory and Techniques
PY521 - Seasonal Affective Disorder
CS522 - Ethics in School Counseling
PY523 - Human Development
PY528 - Research and Evaluation
CS529 - Birth Order: How it Impacts Lives
SW537 - School Based Interventions (New Course October 2007!)
PY538 - Learning Theories
CS541 - Cinema Therapy
CS543 - Learning and the Brain
SW544 - Evidence-Based Techniques in Childhood/Adolescent Psychological Disorders (New
Course October 2007!)
PY550 - Psychopharmacology
SW550 - Cultural and Ethnic Perspectives
SW555 - Crisis Intervention II
PY557 – Epidemiology of Deviant Behavior
CS558 – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CS561 - Promoting the Care fo the Elderly: A Family Approach
CS563 – Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Conduct Disorder
PY565 - Self Care
NOTE: Each course is 3 credits unless otherwise indicated
Prerequisites:
- Applicants should possess a Bachelors degree, preferably in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Submitted transcripts (Bachelor) should reflect an over-all GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Applicants not meeting these requirements may be accepted on an individual basis.
- The counseling program requires completion of a minimum of 39 credit hours
- A 3.0 grade point average must be maintained
- Core Courses: 33 credit hours - Listed, or approved equivalent courses
- Electives: Minimum 6 credit hours - Listed or approved equivalent courses
- If internship is elected: Satisfactory grade of "S" for performance
- Students may be required to purchase Risk and Liability insurance for internship
- Transferable credits (accredited) - courses with 3.0 or above
- Life Credits (APPLE Form - Assessment Portfolio of Previous Life Experience)
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