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Master of Arts in Christian Education and
Master of Arts in Counseling Dual Degree Program

An M.A. in Counseling student will need to meet the requirements of and be accepted by the M.A. in Christian Education Admission Committee.
An M.A. in Christian Education student will need to meet the requirements of the M.A. in Counseling Program and be accepted by the Master’s Degrees Admission Committee.

M.A. in Christian Education Prerequisites:
- Basic Old Testament
- Basic New Testament
- One upper level Religion or Theology course

M.A. in Counseling Prerequisites:
- General Psychology (or Introduction to Psychology)
- Statistics (any kind)
- 2 upper level Psychology courses (Suggestions: Psychology of
Personality, Psychology of Learning, Abnormal Psychology, Human

Growth and Development, Counseling Theories, or Group

Counseling) Grades of “C” or better are accepted.

- GRE scores of minimum 400 verbal, 400 quantitative, and 4.0

on Analytical Writing.

Master of Arts in Counseling	Master of Arts in Christian Education
Required Core Curriculum (46 hours)	Required Core Curriculum (30 hours)
COUN 5380 Intro. to Prof. Counseling	MACE 5302 Biblical Servant Leadership
COUN 5382 Counseling Theories and Tech	MACE 6301 Introduction to Christian Education
COUN 5383 Group Counseling Methods	MACE 6304 Philosophy and Principles of Christian Education
COUN 5385 Lifespan Human Dev	MACE 6307 Church and Business Administration
COUN 5386 Psychological Testing	MACE 6308 Evang., Missions, Growth - Educ. Min.
COUN 5387 Research Methods	MACE 6310 Church Staff and Member Relations Practicum (S-L)
COUN 5389 Multicultural Perspectives	MAWL 6303 Spiritual Formation and Worship
COUN 5391 Pre-Practicum in Counseling	THEO 6305 Christian History and Heritage
COUN 6100 Comprehensive Counseling Review	THEO 6306 Systematic Theology
COUN 6380 Career Counseling and Lifestyle Dev	THEO 5313 Applied Hermeneutics
COUN 6381 Addictive and Compulsive Disorders
COUN 6382 Psychopathology
COUN 6383 Marriage and Family Counseling
COUN 6384 Contemp. Approaches to Chrstn Coun
COUN 6385 Adv. Couns. Metho and Crisis Interv
COUN 6392 Counseling Practicum I (S-L)*
COUN 6393 Counseling Practicum II (S-L)
*COUN 6392 satisfies the degree requirement of MACE 6310
TOTAL HOURS:
Master of Arts in Counseling	Master of Arts in Christian Education
49 hours from MAC Core	27 hours from MACE Core
3 hours from COUN 6392*	12 hours from MAC Core to satisfy MACE Concentration requirements
27 hours from MACE Core	37 hours from MAC Core
76 hours	76 hours