{"id":378,"date":"2020-04-27T13:08:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/online\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:42:15","slug":"master-of-arts-in-counseling-with-a-concentration-in-general-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/online\/master-of-arts-in-counseling-with-a-concentration-in-general-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Arts in Counseling with a Concentration in General Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"378\" class=\"elementor elementor-378\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ac465fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ac465fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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href=\"https:\/\/apply.hamptonu.edu\/apply\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Master of Arts in Counseling with a Concentration in General Counseling<\/div><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\">Apply Now<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22e5544f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22e5544f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Master of Arts in Counseling with a Concentration in General Counseling<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713fea40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"713fea40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The MA in Counseling, General Counseling concentration provides students with an overview of the counseling profession. The concentration offers only foundational curriculum and coursework, but it may be used for certification in Virginia as a Qualified Mental Health Provider. Hampton University offers the Master&#8217;s in Counseling online and on campus, providing interested students anywhere an introduction to the profession of counseling. Hampton also offers Counseling degrees with concentrations in Community Mental Health Counseling, Student Affairs and College Student Development Counseling, and School Counseling. The Master\u2019s in Counseling, in Virginia or online, consists of 30 semester hours with the requirement of a comprehensive examination. Admission requirements are the same for all programs.<\/p>\n<p>To maintain concentration integrity and provide students enrolled in the concentration in General Counseling an opportunity to seek license as a professional counselor, the following policy is established. Prior to graduation and only once, students enrolled in the MA in Main Campus Counseling program with a concentration in General Counseling may transfer all coursework completed into another concentration in the MA in Counseling program on Main Campus. Student currently enrolled or enrolled in the future in a concentration of the MA in Counseling program may transfer to the MA in Counseling with a concentration in General Counseling only once.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-013367f elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"013367f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1251\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1251\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas 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1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">COUO 604 <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lifespan Development<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1st Year &#8211; Semester 1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">COUO 616 <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1st Year &#8211; Semester 1<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">COUO 619<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Group Process in Counseling<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1st Year &#8211; Semester 2<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">COUO 612 <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Career Development<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1st Year &#8211; Semester 2<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">COUO 606 <\/td><td 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