Program Requirements
Graduate students enrolled in the 48-credit Community Counseling program or 60-credit Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program may also choose to pursue a Business Management Certificate. This certificate would be particularly useful to students interested in agency administration or providing counseling-related services to organizations. CMHC students could complete the certificate by taking 6 credits beyond the 60-credits required for their CMHC, degree as 6 of the 12 credits required for the certificate (i.e. COUN 550, COUN 651, and COUN 652) may be taken as electives within the CMHC program. Students in the 48-credit Community Counseling program must take 10 additional credits to complete the certificate. Interested students must co-enroll in the certificate program by the final semester of their degree program in order to be eligible for certificate completion.

Criteria for Admission
Admission to the program is selective and requires that the applicant meet the standard admission criteria of the College of Business Administration and the Graduate School. Current degree-seeking students at VU will be considered for admission following:

• Review of a Management Certificate application;
• Review of your VU graduate transcript.

Students who are not currently graduate level degree-seeking students at VU should submit:

• Management Certificate application;
• Official transcripts of all prior undergraduate and graduate coursework.  If you have received an undergraduate or graduate degree from Valparaiso University, you are not required to submit an official transcript from Valparaiso University;
• One letter of reference submitted on their behalf;
• Application Fee: $30.

Applicants who do not meet the course prerequisites for specific MBA courses may be accepted with the condition that they complete the appropriate preparatory coursework prior to enrollment in the course.

For more information about the Management Certificate for Counseling program
Interested students should request an information packet from the Office of the Graduate School through our website or by e-mailing Graduate.School@valpo.edu.

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