心理健康咨询文学硕士课程旨在为学生提供教育准备，使其有资格成为纽约州持牌的心理健康咨询师。该课程旨在为学生提供关键知识基础，该知识基础由纽约州教育部根据《教育法》第163条确定的11个内容领域组成，该法律于2006年在纽约州建立了精神卫生咨询为持牌职业。作为该60个学期小时学习计划的一部分，学生将完成48个学分的必修课程，并在建议的情况下，从批准的课程清单中选修12个学期的选修课，其中6个学分被视为“ A”。每个学生将在一个或多个批准的心理健康环境中完成600个小时的监督实习经验。可以选择额外的300个小
The Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling degree is designed to provide students with the educational preparation to qualify as a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York. The curriculum is designed to provide students with a critical knowledge base comprised of 11 content areas identified by the New York State Education Department in compliance with Article 163 of the Education Law, which established mental health counseling as a licensed profession in New York state in 2006. As part of this 60-semester-hour program of study, students will complete 48 credits of required coursework and, under advisement, 12 semester hours of elective coursework from an approved listing of courses, 6 credits of which are considered preferred electives. Each student will complete 600 hours of supervised internship experience in one or more approved mental health settings. An additional internship of 300 hours can be taken as a preferred elective. Graduates of this program will stand academically prepared to take the qualifying examination for mental health counselor licensure utilized in the state for license application.