Accelerated Counseling and Human Services BS to Applied Behavior Analysis MS

Not Accepting Students Until Fall 2025

Students interested in the Accelerated BS in Counseling and Human Services and MS in Applied Behavior Analysis degree program may apply as sophomores or juniors to reserve a seat. Applicants may apply for the program if they have a GPA of 3.5 after 64 semester hours, 3.4 after 80 semester hours, 3.3 after 96 semester hours, or 3.2 after 112 semester hours to be eligible for the accelerated program.

Admitted students may begin taking graduate classes as early as the fall semester of their junior year to maximize graduate credits during their undergraduate matriculation. Acceptance into the accelerated program is based on the student’s academic performance. Students must follow the program and GPA requirements as listed in the Graduate Studies Catalog. Once a student is admitted to this accelerated program, they will be permitted to take a maximum of 3 graduate credits per term (academic semester: fall/spring) while still classified as an undergraduate student, up to a total of twelve graduate credits. In accordance with the undergraduate catalog, accelerated undergraduate students may only register for a maximum of fifteen credit hours during any semester that they are registered for a graduate level course unless the responsible Dean gives their approval. During the junior year, first semester, students will be registered for 16 credits, due to a one credit required career seminar. The LCHS Dean is aware of this and supports approval of the additional credit. The ABA curriculum consists of 36 credits (8 required courses, 2 elective graduate courses, and 6 credits of either Thesis or Capstone; see below). Any undergraduate student pursuing the accelerated BS in Counseling and Human Services and MS in ABA degrees will be allowed to apply up to 12 graduate credits toward their undergraduate degree.

Note that some of the graduate credits are earned during two summer terms. Twenty-four (24) graduate credits will be taken subsequent to the fourth (senior) year, starting in the summer session (Summer 1). In a typical course of study for the MS in ABA, students will take 6, 6, 6, and 6 credits in the summer, fall, spring, and summer semesters, respectively. However, students will retain flexibility in course scheduling. Every effort will be made to provide students with flexibility to achieve both the BS in Counseling and Human Services and the MS in ABA degrees.

For the CHS and ABA accelerated program, six (6) credits of CHS electives will be replaced by six credits of ABA courses; and six credits of social/behavioral credits will be replaced by six credits of ABA courses. No free electives will be used for this program, and the required six credits of social/behavioral remain intact.

Curriculum

Total Program Credits 148