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Essential Counseling Skills to Go Further in Your Career

Open the door to advanced education and professional counseling opportunities with the online BA in Psychology: Counseling Foundations major. This program is designed for those seeking entry-level counseling positions and those interested in pursuing a master’s degree after graduation and becoming a licensed counseling professional.

Program Benefits:

• Gain the foundational knowledge required for diverse counseling careers
• Access courses on your schedule through an online asynchronous classroom
• Gain the academic credentials for graduate study
• One-on-one instruction from expert faculty in a program that accepts up to 90 transfer credits
• Ranked #5 in online counseling bachelor’s programs by
• Accelerated 6 or 7-week courses

What'll You'll Learn

The online BA in Psychology: Counseling Foundations degree is aligned with the American Psychological Association to ensure you graduate prepared for the career you want. You’ll gain essential counseling competencies and knowledge identified by the leading researchers and practitioners in the field.

By Graduation, You’ll Have Skills to:

• Gain a deeper understanding of human motivation, cognition, and perception, as well as an appreciation for the mind-body connection
• Explore advanced mental health theories and behavioral research methods
• Analyze, design, implement and evaluate problems and solutions related to human behavior and interaction, counseling foundations, legal and ethical concerns, intervention and assessment, and human dynamics
• Understand how to recognize normal physical, social, cognitive and moral development, as well as identify the etiology of abnormal development
• Learn how to prepare manuscripts and/or research projects using the APA writing format
• Demonstrate awareness of the variety of treatments available for psychological disorders
• Apply skills learned in the classroom and fieldwork experience to communicate a personal philosophy and value system appropriate to a career in psychology

Counseling Foundations Curriculum

The online BA in Psychology: Counseling Foundations degree requires the completion of 120 total credits, including ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ's core courses and the Counseling Foundations major courses. The curriculum is founded on the American Psychological Association’s five-pillar model and is aligned with the APA’s guidelines for the undergraduate psychology major.

Course Sampling:

• Theories of Personality
• Social Psychology
• Behavioral Research Methods

To view the complete list of degree requirements and program courses, .