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The curriculum for the Master's degree is a two-year, 60-semester-hour program focusing on psychology, rehabilitation, and clinical experience working with people who have disabilities. Students earn hours of credit for their internship, and for research on the Master's thesis. Elective courses are offered, and the student may take electives from other area institutions with prior permission of the Graduate Studies Committee. Six elective hours complete the degree. Limited substitution of courses may be made with prior permission of the Graduate Studies Committee.

First Year

Semester

Course Name

Hours

Fall Semester

The Profession of Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology: Issues and Practice

3

Psychopathology

2

Introduction to Assessment

3

Counseling Techniques in Rehabilitation

Professional Development 

2

1

Spring Semester

Individual Psychotherapy

3

Occupational Information, Vocational Analysis and Placement

3

Techniques of Assessment and Evaluation

2

Human Development

2

Research Methods and Techniques in Rehabilitation

3

Summer Semester

Counseling Family Systems

2

Thesis Research
3

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy*

3

Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability

2

Second Year

Semester

Course Name

Hours

Fall Semester

Intro to Group Counseling Techniques in Rehabilitation

2

Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology

4

Thesis Research

3

Spring Semester

Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology

4

Thesis Research

3

Social and Cultural Issues in RCP

3

Summer Semester

Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology

4

Thesis Research

3

*See Clinical Psychology for course description.