This program is designed to meet educational requirements for professional license or certification, which is required for employment in occupations related to this major. Please refer to this list regarding whether Heidelberg's program meets licensure requirements for specific states.
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Students will be advised by the Program Director until they are fully admitted. After full admission, students will be assigned to their permanent advisor for their program. A student must take 9 credit hours to be considered full time. Students who are full time can complete the program in approximately 2 calendar years.
Click below for a sample Plan of Study for a Fall start and a list of courses.
The MAC Program will:
- Provide students with the knowledge and skills to successfully obtain licensure and employment as counselors.
- Prepare students to use the highest ethical and legal standards in professional counseling practice.
- Provide students with the curriculum to address the knowledge and skills identified in the CACREP eight core areas.
- Emphasize diversity issues that will prepare students to be effective counselors in a global society.
- Provide students with up to date and evolving curriculum to effectively address emerging and vital issues such as trauma, crisis, emergency preparedness, technology, neurocounseling, addictions, etc.
- Most MAC courses meet in person on our Tiffin campus. Because our students balance graduate school with work and family, some courses are delivered fully online in an asynchronous format, and a few in-person courses use an alternative schedule, eight-week stacked courses or a two-day seminar, to reduce the number of evenings students are on campus. Every student takes seated courses each semester, so students stay connected to faculty, classmates, and campus resources throughout the program.
- The MAC program uses a variety of technology to support student learning, including but not limited to Canvas, Google suite, Tevera, and a counseling training lab.
- The MAC program provides many opportunities for students to become involved in national and regional counseling associations. Students are actively engaged in the Sigma Phi Beta chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International.
- The MAC program employs a diverse and distinguished faculty that is comprised of award-winning leaders in the field of counseling who have made significant contributions to the field and are active in the American Counseling Association and their affiliates both nationally and regionally.
- Heidelberg MAC Program was ranked #10 in the Midwest for Affordable Masters Degrees in 2022.
- Heidelberg MAC Program ranked #19 in the Best 20 Masters in Mental Health Counseling Programs in 2022.
Working closely with faculty members who have clinical experience and who are focused on helping each student craft a path to reach their individual career goals is a benefit that provides so many advantages. Get to know the faculty within the program.
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