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Stan Weisner

Stan Weisner
Director
Behavioral Health Sciences

Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions

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The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts over a half-million job openings in the next decade in the health and helping professions—counseling, psychotherapy, social work, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, and health education. The Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions is ideal if you are a career changer who needs to complete undergraduate course prerequisites or if you want to become more competitive for graduate or professional school in counseling and psychology. Designed for career changers with bachelor's degrees, the curriculum consists of a range of upper-division psychology courses that are required or strongly recommended by graduate and professional schools in social work, counseling, and psychology. The program also offers you guidance in planning your academic program of study and in initiating the graduate school application process. Join our email list to stay informed about this program.

Courses

The table contains the required courses for the Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions, as well as the terms they are typically available for enrollment.

6 Required Courses, 12 Semester Units, 2.4 ceu (204 Hours of Instruction)

Required Courses Course Number Units/ CEU Classroom Online
Abnormal Psychology* X146 3 Fall
Spring
Summer		 Fall
Spring
Summer
Career Seminar in Counseling and Psychology   0.6 ceu Fall
Spring		  
Counseling and Psychotherapy as a Career Option   1.8 ceu Fall
Spring
Summer		  
Introduction to Developmental Psychology* X140 3 Fall
Spring
 Fall
Spring
Summer
Research Methods in Psychology* X106 3 Fall
Spring
Summer

Fall
Spring
Psychology of Personality* X176 3 Fall
Spring
 Fall
Spring
Summer

*Abnormal Psychology X146, Introduction to Developmental Psychology X140, Research Methods in Psychology X106, and Psychology of Personality X176 may be substituted with another psychology course if you have taken an equivalent course from an accredited college or university. Course substitutions must be approved by the program director in advance.

Course availability is subject to change. Courses offered in both online and classroom environments are interchangeable, and you may choose either format.

To enroll, click on a course title above and choose a section.

You may enroll in individual courses without registering for the Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions.

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Who Will Benefit

This program is ideal if you have a bachelor's degree in a field other than psychology and want to change careers or if you want to become more competitive for graduate and professional programs in psychology, mental health, or counseling. This program helps you complete some or all of your undergraduate prerequisites.

Prerequisites for Admission

A bachelor's degree is required for the Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions.

Curriculum Requirements

The curriculum comprises 6 required courses for a total of 12 semester units and 2.4 ceu (204 hours of instruction). Candidates must pay a nonrefundable program registration fee.

All coursework must be completed within three years of registering for the program. However, requirements may be updated based on new developments in the field of study; we recommend completing the curriculum in a timely fashion. For more information, please see the completion requirements and the substitutions, waivers and transfer credit policies. Please contact the program office upon completion of the program to request your certificate of completion.

How to Register for This Specialized Program of Study

To apply to the Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions, you must submit the following:

  1. The online registration form with your credit card information, or complete the mail-in registration form. The registration fee is nonrefundable.
  2. An official, sealed transcript from an accredited undergraduate institution verifying that you earned a baccalaureate degree.

Send transcript(s) to:

Stan Weisner, Ph.D., M.S.W., Program Director
Post-Baccalaureate Program for Counseling and Psychology Professions
UC Berkeley Extension
1995 University Ave., Suite 110
Berkeley, CA 94704-7000

Estimated Cost

Each course is priced individually, and you pay the course fee at the time of enrollment. The program has an estimated cost of $3,000 (not including course materials or registration fee). Course fees are subject to change.

Contact Information

To contact the department office, email counspsych@unex.berkeley.edu or call (510) 643-3883.