The curriculum enables students to understand culturally and emotionally handicapped, developmentally disabled or addicted clients through a variety of models and diagnoses.

Course work includes a history of the mental health movement, current developments and future trends, and theoretical models affecting individual development and behavior in a diverse client population. Fieldwork experiences provide opportunities for application of knowledge in agency and institutional settings.

Graduates should qualify for employment in mental health treatment centers serving a diverse multicultural client population in public and private settings. Graduates will work with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities in providing therapeutic care.

Classes are offered seated, hybrid and online. Some courses are not offered in the online format, so the degree cannot be accomplished completely online.