Online accredited single courses?

Hey everyone:

I will be applying for a master's in counseling psychology program for Fall 2023. The deadline for applications will be February 2023. The program has some prerequisite courses, which must be satisfied by the time of application:

• A general psychology course (I took Intro to Psych in my undergraduate program).
• Elementary Statistics (I haven't taken this course, only quant research at the master's and doctoral level. Hence, I would need to take this).
• Research Methods (I have taken quant, qual, and advanced research design at the graduate/doctoral level. I assume these will suffice).
• Two other psychology courses (I would like to take abnormal psychology and another course)

Are there any recommendations on where I can complete these three courses (elementary stats and two psych courses) affordably online?

Thanks!

 

You have community colleges all across the nation offering tuition waived summer courses. Likely the last semester that COVID/HERF funds will pay for them.

 

Far more fascinated to hear your goal for this program though!

 

Do they have to be courses? What about UExcels?

 

It's a 60-credit program, offered through the University where I'll be on a tenure track. It will qualify me to become a Licensed Professional Counselor. I plan to take only two courses per semester, except in summer when I'll take one. In either case, I'm limited to two free courses per semester. So, it will take me about 4 years to complete. My goal is to be a therapist part-time, maybe virtually, since this has been a growing avenue for offering therapy services. Maybe when I retire from academia or leave for any other reason, I could have a full-time career out of counseling. I've always loved the idea of being a counselor, especially when i began working with juvenile offenders in 2017. At that point, I almost dropped the master's in CJ at Lamar and enroll in the counseling program.

 

I am not sure but it seems they have to be undergraduate courses. I will email the program director.

 

University of Idaho Independent Study.

Psychology courses through Independent Study Idaho that can be taken online (uidaho.edu)

Course Fees for Independent Study in Idaho (uidaho.edu)

 

There are also TECEPs in Principles of Statistics (200-level), Psychology of Gender, and Abnormal Psychology. Transcripted as CR credit rather than a letter grade. You can take them at your location with webcam proctoring.

 

Olivet Nazarene University has Intro to Statistics for $150 through their YourWay program.

TEL Learning has Principles of Psychology that MACU transcripts as General Psychology: https://www.tellearning.org/partners/mid-american-christian-university/

 

Yes, I will get one free course and one reimbursed per semester (so a total of two). However, I won't be starting until August, so I don't know how feasible it would be to get free courses for this fall. I am planning to start using my tuition benefits in Fall 2023.

 

I would look into whether you can get elementary statistics waived. As a PhD-holder, your quant courses should more than suffice for a basic stats course. You may also be able to make the case that your criminology coursework suffices for Abnormal Psych, if you don't actually want to take the courses. If it's for personal interest (in addition to the degree requirements), then go for it, but don't assume you'll have to take those.

 

Thanks. I emailed the program director. I'll see if I can get any of them waived.

 

I took Abnormal Psych years ago, Dustin - only a very small portion of the abnormalities had significant criminal aspects. Yes, many criminals show abnormalities but far from all people showing abnormalities are criminals. The delusional Grandma who stands at the corner all day and points her flashlight up at the "Martians" (yes, we had one such) is hardly a criminal.

I'm not sure there's a whole lot of correlation here. But who am I to argue? No harm in asking, I suppose, but...

 

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I also took Ab Psych and it was mostly focused on the DSM-IV (at the time), with very little about criminology. I meant more that he may be able to substitute his Criminology courses for the Psych ones as they're similar disciplines, but you're right they are not similar content.

 

Right. Got it. My Ab Psych was even older than yours - in fact I'm pretty sure it was older than YOU. It was in DSM-III days, back in the late 80s at Niagara College. I think the DSM-IV was first published in 1994.