This offering provides a gateway for students planning on pursuing graduate study in Bay Path’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master’s Program. Students take selected 500-level PSY courses in addition to a 300-level course in Interviewing and Counseling to build knowledge and skills for helping people with psychosocial issues in a variety of contexts. A student needs a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA to take the 500-level courses in this major.

Degree requirements for the Counseling Studies major are as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
University Core
Behavioral/Social Science Electives		6
BUS 204	Financial Wellness	1
ENG 114	Critical Reading and Response	3
ENG 134	Literary Genres	3
Humanities Electives		9
MAT 120	Statistics	3
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology I	3
Science Electives (lab required)		7
WEL 100	Empowered as Learners and Leaders	3
or WEL 220	Empowered as Learners and Leaders
WEL 350	Strategies for Career and Personal Growth	2
Major Requirements
ENG 124	Research and Writing in the Disciplines	3
HHS 100	Introduction to Human and Health Services	3
HHS 304	Communicating in the Helping Professions	3
HHS 400	Health and Human Services Capstone	3
HHS 401	Play and Leisure in Human Health and Wellness	3
HHS 410	Social Policy in Health and Human Services	3
HHS 499	Health & Human Studies Internship 1	6
INT 250	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	3
PSY 209	Growth and Development	3
PSY 380	Interviewing and Counseling	3
PSY 501	Human Lifespan Development	3
PSY 535	Professional Counseling Orientation and Ethical Practice	3
PSY 540	Individual and Family Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders	3
PSY 590	Trauma & Crisis Intervention	3
SOC 100	Principles of Sociology	3
General Electives
General Electives		32
Total Credits Required		120

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Students may also select from one of the following courses: JUS 498 Justice Studies Internship, PSY 498 Psychology Internship, HHS 498 Health & Human Studies Internship

Program code: bahcs