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The Lakeland Master of Arts in Counseling (M.A.C.) degree is dedicated to preparing students for one of three areas of professional counseling:  Early Childhood through Adolescence School Counseling, Community Counseling, or Higher Education Counseling and Student Affairs.

The M.A.C. program with a community counseling emphasis is a 60 credit hour program designed to meet the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) requirements leading to Wisconsin licensure as a Professional Counselor (LPC). The M.A.C. program with a school counseling emphasis is a 51 credit hour program that is approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and is approved for licensure and certification as a Wisconsin School Counselor. The M.A.C program with a higher education and student affairs emphasis is a 48 credit hour program that meets all the standards currently endorsed by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), and professional competencies endorsed by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Instructors in Lakeland’s M.A.C. program assess not only the academic and performance skills of graduate students, but also the temperament and the professionalism of candidates as they work toward earning a master’s degree in counseling. An undergraduate degree in the behavioral sciences is not required.

Students who have successfully completed the M.A.C. degree from Lakeland University should be able to:

• Apply counseling roles, theories, and models of interaction, prevention, and intervention including indications and contraindications for professional practice.
• Apply relevant state and federal laws, institutional rules, regulations and standards along with the national and ethical standards of the appropriate licensing bodies and boards as they relate to the therapeutic relationship and practice of counseling.
• Illustrate the psychological and sociological foundations of human development, learning, and behavior and the impact on the counseling setting.
• Describe the role that diversity, inclusion, gender and equity have on academic, personal, social, emotional, and professional development.
• Apply ethical and culturally relevant strategies for addressing career development theories to develop age-appropriate practices and programs.
• Demonstrate individual counseling skills, including assessment of and response to social, emotional, behavioral, and physical concerns.
• Demonstrate ethical and culturally relevant group counseling skills, including group management, interaction, and programming.
• Demonstrate skills used to utilize research, data, and institutional assessments to improve programs and recommend systematic changes.
• Summarize strategies for ongoing professional development and self-evaluation.
• Demonstrate effective ethical and professional behaviors in working responsively with individuals, groups, institutional support networks, community agencies, and governing agencies.
• Apply skills to locate, collect and evaluate research and program data from a variety of sources, which include the use of electronic sources.

Programs

• Counseling, M.A.
• Counseling, Post-master’s Certificates

Courses

• CN 710 - Introduction to Counseling and Ethics
• CN 714 - Multiculturalism and the Practice of Counseling
• CN 716 - Lifespan Development and Counseling: An Integration
• CN 718 - Introduction to Psychopathology
• CN 724 - Counseling Methods and Ethics
• CN 726 - Counseling Theories
• CN 728 - Psychometrics and Assessment
• CN 733 - Foundations of School Counseling
• CN 734 - Research Methods and Program Evaluation
• CN 735 - Couples and Family Therapy
• CN 736 - Counseling Children and Adolescents
• CN 737 - Counseling and Treatment of Addictive Disorders
• CN 738 - Group Therapy
• CN 739 - Career Counseling and Development
• CN 743 - Advanced Clinical Skills
• CN 744 - Crisis and Trauma: Theory and Intervention
• CN 752 - Psychopharmacology for Counselors
• CN 760 - Contemporary Topics in Counseling
• CN 765 - Seminar: Structure and Organization of School Counseling
• CN 766 - Practicum in School Counseling
• CN 767 - Internship I: School Counseling
• CN 768 - Internship II: School Counseling
• CN 775 - Seminar: Structure and Organization of Community Counseling
• CN 776 - Practicum in Community Counseling
• CN 777 - Internship I: Community Counseling
• CN 778 - Internship II: Community Counseling
• CN 785 - Seminar: Structure and Organization of Higher Education Counseling & Student Affairs
• CN 786 - Practicum in Higher Education Counseling & Student Affairs
• CN 787 - Internship I: Higher Education Counseling & Student Affairs
• CN 788 - Internship II: Higher Education Counseling & Student Affairs

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