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Graduate Programs:
Counseling Psychology
Degree Plan
Recommended Schedule
This degree program is offered in Victoria
only.
This 48-hour graduate psychology program leads to a Master of Arts
degree in Counseling Psychology.
The program will prepare you to assess and to provide psychotherapy
or counseling to people in need. It has a strong clinical component
and meets the academic requirements for the Texas
Licensed
Professional Counselor (LPC) credential. With this license, you can
practice as a professional counselor in your own practice, for a
mental health agency, a psychiatric hospital, a residential
treatment center, or a university counseling center, among other
sites.
As an LPC, your professional practice may involve assessment,
intervention, and/or consultation.
Assessment
Clinical interviewing
Evaluation and classification of normal and maladaptive behavior
Administration, scoring, and interpretation of standardized
intelligence and personality tests
Writing evaluations for a variety of clients
Intervention
Help individuals solve life problems and create more fulfilling
lives
Provide individual, group, family and career counseling
Provide crisis intervention and other support services
Consultation
Consult with parents, educators, clergy, medical professionals, and
others regarding client issues and welfare
Coordinate services between treatment sites, clients, and the
community
If your educational goal is to pursue a doctoral degree in
Psychology, then the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
provides a valuable foundation toward that pursuit.
For more information about UHV's Psychology program,
contact Dr. Rick Harrington at (361) 570-4205,
1-877-970-4848 or by email
harringtonr@uhv.edu.
Admissions Requirements
Admission to the counseling psychology or school psychology program
is based on an evaluation by the program's admission committee of
the following information.
- A 1-2 page essay that states the
applicant's reasons for applying to the program and the
applicant's career goals.
- One letter of recommendation from
a non-UHV, non-family source.
Recommendation Form for Graduate Psychology Programs
- Evidence of having completed
undergraduate or graduate courses in statistics, research, and
abnormal psychology. A particular course will be waived as a
requirement if the student passes a comprehensive final or its
equivalent for the designated course with a grade of C or better.
The exam may be taken no more than once for a particular course.
Note other admission requirements are that the student must
have satisfactorily completed the GRE and have an acceptable GPA
for the last 60 credit hours. GRE scores and transcripts need to
be sent directly from the original source to the Office of
Admissions and Records.
Students are considered for admission to graduate programs on the basis of an admission index, as indicated below.
The admission index results from a combination of the following:
- Grade point average (GPA) over at least the last 60 hours multiplied by 200.
Verbal score plus quantitative score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or equivalent scores on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
or Miller Analogies Test (MAT).
Admission index of 1,400 or higher: Students are admitted, so long as they meet any additional criteria specific to a particular degree program.
Admission index below the 1,400 minimum but not lower than 1,300: Students may be admitted by the dean of the school, considering scores on the
analytic portion of the GRE (or equivalent), grades in particularly relevant courses, or other relevant indicators of a students potential to succeed
in a given graduate degree program. Such admission may be conditional or probationary with initial coursework specified.
Students with baccalaureate degrees who have not obtained formal
admission to the graduate program may still take up to 12 semester
hours of graduate psychology courses. They may apply for temporary
graduate admission status. With the temporary admission status,
they may enroll in any graduate psychology courses they have met
the prerequisites for. Students with temporary admission status
may not enroll in PSY 6334 (Theories and Issues in Psychotherapy)
or PSY 6336 (Introduction to Assessment) since these courses have
the prerequisite of formal admission to the psychology graduate
program.
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