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Clinical Professional Counseling
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Apply knowledge:Â Apply knowledge of psychological and medical aspects of mental health, comorbid conditions, diagnosis, and treatment planning to address the needs of diverse individuals and maximize their wellness outcomes.
- Learn best practices: Apply best practices in individual and group mental health counseling, including assessments and the counseling process.Ìý
- Use proven techniques: Apply evidence-based intervention and prevention strategies designed to alleviate suffering and promote the health and well-being of individuals, families, groups, and organizations.Ìý
- Understand needs: Exhibit both cultural competency and an understanding of the needs of individuals at all developmental levels.Ìý
- Work collaboratively: Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams, family members, community members, and decision-makers.Ìý
- Apply research skills: Apply basic research skills and methodologies to evaluate programs, critique counseling research findings, and appraise empirically supported treatments.Ìý
- Develop approaches: Develop professional counseling dispositions, apply advanced counseling skills and case management, and integrate services to enhance the wellness and adjustment outcomes of clients.Ìý
- Demonstrate ethics:Â Demonstrate ethical principles and professional standards of care while synthesizing theoretical approaches, evidence-based practice, and clinical orientations into an overall philosophy of counseling, reflecting current research, trends, and practices.Ìý
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 60 credits. You'll begin by taking an Onboarding Program Orientation before starting your coursework.
- Required foundation courses: 12 creditsÂ
- Required core courses: 39 creditsÂ
- Elective courses: 9 creditsÂ
- See the program page for course-specific details
Career Preparation
This online master's degree program is designed to help you prepare for mental health counseling-related employment as a licensed practitioner. Graduates may be prepared to work in various settings, including mental health centers, drug and alcohol treatment programs, correctional institutions, healthcare settings, social service agencies, private practice, and business and industry.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
While this is not required, previous work or volunteer experience in health or human services, social work, counseling programs, or a related educational program may help youÂ
- Understand and apply concepts you’ll encounter throughout the counseling degree curriculum.
- Gain exposure to a variety of professions in the clinical mental health counseling field.
- Build your interpersonal skills.
- Develop an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals and communities.
Total Program Credits
60
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Program-specific admission requirements
- Available to MD residents
- Next cohort: fall 2025
Tuition Per Credit
- $534 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
Please note: The application deadline for the fall 2024 term has passed. The application period for the next cohort (fall 2025) is April 1–June 1, 2025. The information below is posted for reference.
For fall 2024, this program is only available to Maryland residents.
You will need to meet the following requirements in order to be considered for admission to this program.
- Apply by July 1, 2024 for the fall 2024 term.
- Meet UMGC’s graduate admission requirements.
- Hold an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0.
- Submit official transcripts from previous colleges or universities.
- Submit the following documents:
- Two recommendation letters: These should ideally be from previous professors or someone who can comment on your academic ability and/or potential for success as a professional counselor. You will need to ask your recommenders to complete and submit the UMGC MSCPC Recommender's Form.
- Essay/statement of purpose: Describe your relevant professional experience and education, your interests, and your goals in pursuing this counseling degree. The essay should be a maximum of two typed pages, single-spaced.
- Resume or CV: Please attach this to your essay/statement of purpose.
- Signed attestation: Signed attestation of Maryland residence and intent to seek licensure and employment in the State of Maryland. You are expected to remain a Maryland resident throughout the duration of the program.
- Two recommendation letters: These should ideally be from previous professors or someone who can comment on your academic ability and/or potential for success as a professional counselor. You will need to ask your recommenders to complete and submit the UMGC MSCPC Recommender's Form.
After your application is complete, you may be invited to participate in an interview.
You will receive specific formatting guidance and submission instructions when you apply to the program.
As you advance through this counseling program curriculum, you’ll need to meet additional requirements before beginning the first supervised fieldwork in the practicum course. Within the first 120 days of program enrollment, you will need to complete a criminal background check. Submission of these required materials will be part of the practicum site approval process.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program is only available to Maryland residents for the fall 2024 term.Ìý
Healthcare Administration
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Gain leadership skills: Demonstrate knowledge about today’s complex healthcare environments.Ìý
- Learn management strategies: Apply organizational management skills to diverse healthcare organizations.Ìý
- Communicate effectively: Communicate effectively while exhibiting ethical and professional behavior.Ìý
- Improve an organization: Apply leadership practices that improve organizational effectiveness.Ìý
- Decide with data: Use evidence to address strategic, operational, financial, and quality performance metrics.Ìý
- Gain hands-on experience: Join your peers in real-life activities, examples, and healthcare simulations.Ìý
- Be a change agent: Advocate for change and equity within healthcare organizations.Ìý
- Influence laws and policy: Analyze regulatory constraints, provider liability, patient rights, and laws.Ìý
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 42 credits.Ìý
Initial RequirementÂ
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)Â
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.Ìý
Core Courses (Management Foundations)Â
- (3 Credits, MGMT 615)Â
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)Â
Core Courses (Healthcare Administration)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 620)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 625)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 630)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 635)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 640)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 645)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 650)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 660)Â
- (3 Credits, HCAD 665)Â
Capstone CourseÂ
- (3 Credits, HCAD 690)Â
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for an important professional role in a healthcare organization, like program director, director of operations, practice manager, administrator, assisted living community manager, compliance manager, healthcare account manager, patient advocate, and more. ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ courses are taught by experienced faculty members, and address skills and competencies that today’s employers seek.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
To be successful in this program, we recommend that you have strong writing skills and a recent background in finance, accounting, and statistics.
Total Program Credits
42
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $534 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Digital Health Leader
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The digital health leader certificate program is designed to help prepare you to serve as a leader within health institutions through the use of digital tools. In this program, you’ll learn how medical equipment and biomedical engineering are integrated into hospital systems. You’ll also map relationships between individual components of the healthcare ecosystem to advance digital health component integration into healthcare operations.
Program Highlights
- Explore healthcare tech: Evaluate digital tools and platforms to advance organizational maturity and operational sustainability.
- Study tech integration: Assess the importance of medical equipment/biomedical engineering integration in healthcare systems.
- Learn about health systems: Assess mapped relationships of individual information and technical and digital components in healthcare systems.
Required Courses
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 645)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 650)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 655)
- (3 Credits, HIMS 661)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to equip you with knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system and skills for healthcare organizational management.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $534 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.