Course Sequence

The course work for the 61 credit UVU CMHC program, for cohorts addmitted in 2022 and beyond, is designed to be completed in five sequential semesters. Clinical hour requirements may extend the length of the program beyond five semesters (see Clinical Hour Requirements section).

Students are expected to enroll full-time. 

Courses build on previous courses as students develop competence across the program. Subsequently, courses are only offered in the semester listed here. Students who do not enroll in the sequence of courses listed below will need to wait until the course is offered again to take (or retake) a course.

According to UVU policy, the maximum timeframe for completing this program is 4 years.

Face-to-face courses are held in the evenings, 5:30 pm until 9:30 pm two times per week. The courses are divided into traditional face-to-face,  hybrid, and online. This can change as the program grows. 

Students should not schedule clients during these hours unless directed to do so by their practicum/internship faculty  instructor, or the Director of Clinical Education.

 

CMHC Student Handbooks

The Student Handbook provides detailed information about the program and expectations for students. Your admission year/cohort determines your version of the Handbook. 

Clinical Hour Requirements

Per state licensure requirements, students are required to accrue 700 clinical hours through their practicum and internship placements. The hours that count towards this total are:

  • Any direct service which can entail assessment, case management, crisis intervention, as well as individual, group, family, and couples therapy (280 hours out of the 700 total hours).
  • Supervision, both in individual, small group and large group formats

Goal setting 

student graduating

Graduation Requirements

To graduate, a student must complete every course in the program with a minimum grade of "B" in each course and an overall GPA greater than 3.0

In addition, students must also successfully complete the total number of internship and practicum hours for state licensure (700).

Program Schedule of Courses

The CMHC program is a 61-credit-hour program that entails four long semesters, and one summer.

The curriculum breakdown is as follows for cohorts admitted 2023 and beyond:

Fall of First Year

 Course Number 

Course Title

Delivery

Credit Hours

CMHC 6000

ACA Ethics

Online

3

CMHC 6010

Theories of Counseling

In-person Mondays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6020

Techniques of Counseling

In-person Tuesdays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6130

Multicultural Counseling

In-person Thursdays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6040

Professional Orientation

Hybrid, Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:45 pm

3

 

Semester total:

15

Spring of First Year

Course Number 

Course Title

Delivery

Credit Hours

CMHC 6100

Crisis Management

In-person, Mondays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6060

Psychological Assessment

Hybrid, Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:45 pm

3

CMHC 6070

Group Counseling

In-person, Tuesdays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6030

DSM Diagnostics

Online 

4

       
 

Semester total:

 13

Summer of First Year

Course Number 

Course Title

Delivery

Credit Hours

CMHC 671R

Practicum 

In-person, once per week 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Days vary. 

3

 

Semester total:

3

 Fall of Second Year

 

Course Number 

Course Title

Delivery

Credit Hours

CMHC 6050

Career Counseling

Online

3

CMHC 6110

Research Methods

Hybrid, Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:45 pm

3

CMHC 6120

Addiction Counseling

Hybrid, Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:45 pm

3

CMHC 6090

Psychopharmacology

Online

3

CMHC 689R

Internship 1 

In-person, Thursdays 5:30 - 8:00 pm

3

 

Semester total:

15

Spring of Second Year

Course Number

Course Title

Delivery

Credit Hours

CMHC 6080

Eastern Counseling Approaches

Online Synchronous, Wednesdays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6140

Program Evaluation

Online

3

CMHC 6150

Cognitive Therapies

In-person, Mondays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

CMHC 6160

Human Development

Online

3

CMHC 689R

Internship 2  

In-person, Tuesdays 5:30 to 8:00 pm

3

 

Semester total:

15