Forensic Mental Health Counseling
Develop the knowledge and skills to work within the legal and criminal justice systems. Gain the expertise to supervise trainees and provide traditional mental health services to individuals in a variety of forensic settings, including correctional institutions, juvenile justice courts, family courts, drug courts, and community-based nonprofit settings, such as group homes and agencies handling dispute resolution.
Completion Requirements
For students who are licensed professional counselors or who have graduated from a CACREP-accredited or CACREP-equivalent master’s program:*
- 98 total quarter credit hours
- Core courses (46 cr.)
- Foundation Research Sequence (16 cr.)
- Elective courses (15 cr.)
- Practicum (3 cr.)
- Internship (6 cr.)
- Dissertation (12 cr.)
- Professional Development Plan and Program of Study (included in COUN 8001)
- Minimum 11 quarters enrollment
- 20 days of residency
*Learn more about completion requirements for students who are not licensed professional counselors or who have not graduated from a CACREP-accredited or CACREP-equivalent master’s program.
Core Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8001 |
Foundations of Graduate Study in Counselor Education and Supervision |
1 |
| COUN 8110 |
Professional Orientation, Ethics, and Identity |
5 |
| COUN 8115 |
Advanced Counseling Theories |
5 |
| COUN 8120 |
Professional Consultation, Program Evaluation, and Leadership |
5 |
| COUN 8125 |
Teaching in Counselor Education |
5 |
| COUN 8660 |
Social Change, Leadership, and Advocacy for Counseling Professionals |
5 |
| COUN 8135 |
Clinical Supervision |
5 |
| COUN 8140 |
Professional Counselor as Scholar Practitioner |
5 |
| COUN 8145 |
Crisis Management |
5 |
| COUN 8550 |
Writing a Quality Prospectus |
5 |
Foundation Research Sequence
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| RSCH 8100C |
Research Theory, Design, and Methods |
4 |
| RSCH 8200C |
Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8300C |
Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
Choose one of the following 3 to complete the Foundation Research Sequence requirement:
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| RSCH 8250C |
Advanced Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8350C |
Advanced Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8450C |
Advanced Mixed Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
Specializations
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8630 |
Interviewing and Observational Strategies |
5 |
| COUN 8631 |
Treatment of Forensic Populations |
5 |
| COUN 8632 |
Mental Health Law |
5 |
Practicum
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8890 |
Doctoral Practicum |
3 |
Internship
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8995 |
Doctoral Internship A |
3 |
| COUN 8996 |
Doctoral Internship B |
3 |
Dissertation
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8560 |
Dissertation |
12 |
Course Descriptions
