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The Department of Psychology offers a Master of Education degree in Professional Counseling with concentrations in mental health counseling and school counseling. Both programs are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The mental health counseling program prepares students to work in community mental health centers, family services agencies, and private practice settings. Students who complete the mental health counseling curriculum will have met the educational requirements for licensure as a professional counselor with mental health service provider designation (LPC MHSP), the highest level of counselor licensure in the state of Tennessee. The school counseling concentration prepares students to work in elementary and secondary schools with the potential for recommendation for licensure as a school counselor, Pre K-12.

MTSU is located 30 miles south of Nashville, Tennessee's state capital. Students have access to mainframe and personal computers, a school library including relevant counseling and psychological journals, interlibrary loan, psychological databases, and a unique learning resource center. MTSU enrolls over 22,000 students with a strong, growing Psychology Department of 44 full-time faculty and seven graduate programs. A wide range of educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities are available to students.

Prospective applicants may contact Dr. Virginia Dansby, program coordinator, at (615) 898-2559 or vsdansby@mtsu.edu to make general inquiries about the Professional Counseling program and specific inquiries about the School Counseling concentration. Dr. Christopher Quarto may be contacted at (615) 898-5933 or cquarto@mtsu.edu with questions pertaining to the Mental Health Counseling concentration. In addition, detailed information regarding the program (i.e., descriptions of concentrations, admissions requirements, financial aid information) may be found in our handbook:

Professional Counseling Handbook (PDF (Adobe) format)

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Students in the Professional Counseling program gain real-world
experience working with clients in the Center for Counseling & Psychological Services.

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Program Faculty

Application Deadlines and Information
Review of applications begins on March 1st for Summer and Fall admissions and October 1st for Spring admission. Applications will be considered until all available slots are filled. Graduate Record Examination scores, official transcripts, a supplemental application and three letters of recommendation (the links for which can be found above), and a group interview ("assessment center") are required in order to be considered for program admission. Students should apply to the Professional Counseling program through the College of Graduate Studies. Click on the following link to be taken to the College application webpage:

  • College of Graduate Studies New Graduate Student Application

    NOTE: Students may take no more than 6 hours of coursework prior to admission into the program. Students who started a master's degree program at another university and are transferring to MTSU may transfer up to 12 hours of coursework from that university. The Professional Counseling faculty will use their discretion as to which courses may be applied to the program.

Advisors

Students with Last Name Beginning With Advisor
A -D (School Counseling students)
A - L (Mental Health Counseling students)		 Robin Lee
E - H Jayoung Choi
I - Q Ellen K. Slicker
R - Z (School Counseling students)
M - Z (Mental Health Counseling students)		 Chris Quarto
Non-degree seeking students Virginia Dansby



 
Clinical Psychology
Professional Counseling
Experimental Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Quantitative Psychology
School Psychology
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