MEC 590 - Counseling Internship

1-3 Credit(s)

This course is intended to provide advanced clinical training for school and clinical mental health counseling students in a setting specific to their chosen counseling emphasis (i.e., school or clinical mental health). Students are required to complete 600 clock-hours of internship with 240 hours (40) of direct client/student service. Clinical/school sites must be approved by the faculty supervisor of record. Only an approved certified school counselor may provide supervision to school counseling interns. Only an approved licensed mental health professional may provide clinical supervision to clinical mental health counseling interns. Students typically take 3 credit hours of internship per semester. In extraordinary circumstances, up to 6 credit hours may be taken with approval of clinical faculty supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): MEC 580. .