Forensic Services Concentration
Mental Health Counseling: Forensic Services Concentration (Available to On Campus Students Only)
Mental Health Counseling students who wish to concentrate in Forensic Services complete all basic Counseling requirements. In lieu of three Counseling electives, students complete *one* Counseling elective and the 4 non-Counseling Forensic Services courses (66 credits total).
1.) COUNSL 601 Research and Evaluation in Psychology
2.) COUNSL 605 Principles of Vocational, Educational and Psychological Assessment
3.) COUNSL 606 Ethical Standards and Professional Issues in Counseling
4.) COUNSL 608 Abnormal Psychology
5.) COUNSL 613 Vocational Development and Career Information
6.) COUNSL 614 Counseling Theory and Practice I
7.) COUNSL 615 Counseling Theory and Practice II OR COUNSL 617 Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
8.) COUNSL 616 Group Counseling and Group Dynamics OR COUNSL 650 Group Counseling for children and Adolescents
9.) COUNSL 620 Clinical Application of Human Development
10.)COUNSL 653 Perspectives in Cross-Cultural Counseling
11.) COUNSL 672 Substance abuse and the Family OR COUNSL 670 Substance Abuse and Modern Society
12.)COUNSL 674 Psychopharmacology
Forensic Service courses:
13.) PSYCH 614 Forensic Psychology
Two of the following:
SOCIOL 623: Alcohol, Drugs, Crime
SOCIOL 690: Classic and Contemporary Views of Nature of Crime
SOCIOL 691: Contemporary Issues in Responding to Crime
One of the following:
SOCIOL 618: Psychiatric Epidemiology
SOCIOL 682: Sociology of Health and Illiness
One additional Counseling elective. Select from:
COUNSL 617 (strongly recommended if you chose 615)
COUNSL 622 (strong recommended and is a prequisite for higher level Family Therapy courses which also could count as electives)
COUNSL 664 (only offered online in the summer)
Capstones:
COUNSL 688: Mental Health Counseling Practicum (100 hours)
COUNSL 698: Internship (2 semester-450 hours/semester-6 credits each)
For information about registration and the program, please contact:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts - Boston
100 William T Morrissey Boulevard
