APS.CCC.MA - Master of Arts - Major in Community Care

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Program Description

The mission of the Master of Arts degree with a major in Community Care is to provide a Christ-centered, academic-experience that enhances the services provided by students in diverse vocational contexts. It is a counseling-related degree that prepares people helpers to support others with non-clinical life circumstances. It specifically aims to equip students who are not seeking state professional counseling licensure with the ability to compassionately respond to mental health concerns and wholistic wellness needs with education, collaboration, and referral to appropriate behavioral health professionals when presented with concerns beyond their scope of practice and competence.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

Utilize appropriate strategies to promote health and well-being at the community level.
Explore the role of spirituality in the context of community care and its impact on holistic personal wellness.
Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication that reflects empathy, attunement and rapport building (helping skills).
Foster skills for evaluating professional literature and scientific data that pertains to mental wellness and human flourishing.
Demonstrate self-awareness about the personal impact they have on individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Effectively utilize ethical principles to guide their helping skills in maintaining an appropriate scope of care.

Program Requirements

Admissions Requirements for this Program

A baccalaureate degree from a college or university that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by both the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) verified on original transcripts sent by the institution directly to Indiana Wesleyan University.
An undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher from the baccalaureate degree-granting institution at which a minimum of 30 credit hours was completed.
Graduate Record Exam (GRE) taken within five years of application to the program. Verbal (V) score of at least 146 required. NOTE: If you have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher for your baccalaureate program and/or if you have 15 credit hours of completed graduate coursework in good standing, you are not required to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for admission to our program.
Demonstrate writing proficiency based on evaluation of submitted writing sample.
Three recommendations on provided form, with at least one from a professional (supervisor, professor, etc.)
Applicants whose application documents demonstrate potential for success in the Graduate Program in Counseling will participate in a personal interview.

Additional Requirements for this Program

All new students are required to take CNS-500 Orientation during their first term of enrollment. A grade of NC (No Credit) will require the student to take CNS-500 again the next term. Additionally, students who are inactive or withdrawn and seek readmission will be required to retake CNS-500 upon their return. CNS-500 includes a Bible Exam which must be satisfactorily passed to receive credit for the course.
Online students are expected to attend one (1) onsite intensive as part of the requirements of their program. There are no online options for intensives.

Graduation Requirements for this Program

Successful completion of the required major courses and electives with a minimum grade of "C" in each course and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
All degree requirements must be completed within six years of enrollment.
Payment of all tuition and fees is required to receive a diploma.