The Department of Rehabilitation Counseling offers graduate degrees at the master's and doctoral levels. We also offer an advanced certificate program. Our masters of science program in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling is CACREP-accredited, and allows students to become both a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. In some cases, students have options to specialize in a certain area of interest, such as professional counseling or certified rehabilitation counseling. Please take a moment to look through the different requirements and curricula to find out which program best suits your career goals.<br><br>The goals of the program are to develop in students a well-rounded education in rehabilitation and mental health counseling, advance the basic philosophical tenets of rehabilitation, including the value and worth of all individuals, a belief in human dignity, and the right of all persons to fully participate in society, exercise skills and competencies on a high ethical level and with personal integrity, and acquire a comprehensive understanding of the personal, social, vocational and psychological needs of persons with disabilities.