Master of Science in Clinical Psychology

Integrate faith with professional counseling training and research skills.

ACU’s Master of Science in clinical psychology prepares students to begin a professional career in counseling or to continue their studies in a doctoral program in psychology. The program combines professional counseling training, research skills and experience, and a distinctive Christian perspective in integrating faith, learning, and practice.

Prepare for a career in counseling.

While earning your Clinical Psychology M.A. you will receive classroom and practicum training in individual and group counseling, clinical interviewing, psychological testing, and professional issues and ethics. As preparation for a career in research or doctoral study, the degree provides training in research design and analysis.

Program Highlights:

This 60-credit hour residential graduate program in counseling psychology is designed to be completed in two years but can be completed part-time. It offers:

• Courses in Psychotherapy, Clinical Assessment, Psychopathology, Clinical Research Methods, Statistics, Thesis, and more.
• Practicum opportunities in our state-of-the-art, on-site training clinic as well as the ability to specialize your experience in outside practica behavioral health, integrated health care, in-patient settings, eating disorders, addiction, domestic violence, and more.
• Intentional professor/student ratio to enable academic and pedagogical mentoring and excellent clinical supervision.
• Competitive graduate assistantships and scholarships.
• No GRE required.

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