Courses
Course Schedule
The course schedule below should be used as an example. Contact your admission representative to discuss your specific course schedule.
Year 1
Fall Semester
Cultural Humility in Leadership and Practice
Facilitate culturally responsive interventions in mental health leadership. Address racial disparities; design, apply, and assess diversity, equity, and inclusion programming.
Organizational Leadership: Theory and Practice
Apply organizational frameworks for mental health leadership. Introduce theory to enhance service delivery, prioritize client care, and promote societal impact.
Spring Semester
Quantitative Method and Data Analysis for Education
Develop skills to critically assess and apply quantitative research. Explore equitable approaches through systematic collection and analysis of data, utilizing standardized tools and statistical analysis.
Advanced Theories in Mental Health Practice
Apply advanced clinical, counseling and psychotherapy concepts into leadership practice. Emphasis on cultural humility, evidence-based practice, marginalized communities and self-exploration.
Summer Session
Consultation, Program Development and Evaluation
Acquire skills to design, implement and assess evaluation studies and consult with other mental health organizations. Focus on cultural humility via program design and evaluation.
Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
Develop skills to engage with qualitative and mixed-methods research. Analyze theoretical foundations, ethical considerations, and practical applications. Develop advanced skills in research design and interpretation.
Year 2
Fall Semester
Advanced Clinical Topics
Explore specialized clinical topics in mental health, emphasizing practical application and employee skill development in crisis intervention, trauma treatment, grant writing, budgeting, and professional communication.
Learning and Instruction in Professional Contexts
Develop skills to teach in diverse professional settings. Emphasize adult education philosophy, instructional design, technology integration, assessment, and personal teaching philosophy development.
Spring Semester
Advanced Clinical Assessment
Enhance skills related to analysis and application of assessment, psychometric trends, ethical diagnosis, treatment, and culturally competent leadership. Interpret and critique psychological testing.
Theory and Practice in Clinical and Administrative Supervision
Develop skills to provide effective supervision in diverse mental health settings. Emphasizes competency-based supervision, ethical client care, and assessment of supervisees’ performance.
Research
Summer Session
Equity and Social Justice in Mental Health Systems
Foster cultural responsiveness in mental health professionals, addressing power dynamics across various social identity categories. Explores social justice, multicultural psychology, and global mental health.
Dissertation in Practice
Year 3
Fall Semester
Topics in Mental Health Leadership
Develop critical administrative skills for mental health professionals, including grant writing, budgeting, strategic planning, communication strategies, and therapist burnout prevention.
Dissertation in Practice
Spring Semester
Pro-seminar in Career Development in Mental Health Leadership
Acquire leadership skills for diverse mental health settings, emphasizing values-driven leadership, critical self-reflection, and mindful communication for individual self-care and organizational well-being.