Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology: Course Curriculum

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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	3
	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Introduction to Assessment	3
	Counseling Theory and Techniques	3
Spring Semester	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Counseling Theories	2
	Occupational Information, Vocational Analysis and Placement	3
	Introduction to Group Counseling Techniques in Rehabilitation	2
	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Human Development	2
	Research Methods and Techniques in Rehabilitation	3
Summer Semester	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Social and Cultural Issues in Counseling Family Systems	2
	Thesis Research	3
	Techniques of Assessment and Evaluation	2
	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Medical/Psychological Aspects of Disability	2

Second Year

Semester	Course Name	Hours
Fall Semester	Theories of Behavior Modification*	3
	Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology	4
	Thesis Research	3
Spring Semester	Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology	4
	Thesis Research	2
	Seminar in Rehabilitation: Socio-Cultural Diversity	3
Summer Semester	Internship in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology	4
Summer Semester	Thesis Research	2

*See Clinical Psychology for course description.

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