Requirements for the Marriage & Family Counseling Certificate

This Post Baccalaureate certificate is a 12 hour program of study that students can attempt concurrently with their counseling degree. The curriculum for the certificate is as follows. Certificate courses are offered every semester and during the summer sessions. Course availability is subject to enrollment. The certificate is only available to students enrolled in the counselor education program at North Carolina A&T State University and is awarded at the time of graduation with the master’s degree.

Required Courses

COUN 754   Advanced Theory and Practice in Family Counseling

COUN 756   Counseling Couples

COUN 774   Counseling Poor and Ethnically Diverse Families

Optional (select one)

COUN 728    Counseling Women and Girls

COUN 753    Play Therapy

COUN 757    Contemporary Issues in Marriage and Family Counseling

COUN 769    Marriage and Family Counseling in Addictions