The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program as well as the Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling Program require the completion of 60 credit hours of coursework while the School Counseling program requires a minimum of 51 credit hours. (It should be noted that, beginning July 1, 2020, the school counseling program will also require 60 credit hours). All students, regardless of program specialty area must successfully complete the following 3 credit core courses:
Additionally, students must complete 12 credits of program specific classes including Professional Issues and Ethics as well as an additional 9-12 credit of elective courses, depending upon whether or not the statistics requirement was met upon program entry.
Finally, according to Geneva College's Graduate Education Policy, "graduate students do receive academic credit for a grade of C but should be cautioned that C level work is not considered to be acceptable graduate work that a 3.00 is required for graduation, and that students may not have more than two C's." In the MA in Counseling Programs, students must maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) to remain in good standing. Students whose GPA's fall below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation for a maximum of three semesters (fall, spring, and summer) or until the GPA is raised to a 3.0 or higher, whichever occurs first.