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Clinical Mental Health Care
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
The online certificate in clinical mental health care at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to help prepare you for mental health service jobs that do not require licensure or credentialing. It supports work in direct and indirect client care activities performed under the supervision of a licensed professional (e.g., psychologist, medical doctor, social worker, or rehabilitation therapist) across multiple clinical settings (e.g., hospitals, behavioral health agencies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations). The curriculum provides foundational theoretical and practical coverage of human behavior, mental health, ethics, and current research in the field.
Please note: This certificate is not a licensing credential. It in no way impacts professional state licensure.
Program Highlights
- Learn best practices: Study the basic principles, research concepts, and problems in psychological science.
- Gain knowledge: Gain foundational knowledge of human behavior, mental health, ethics, and current research.
- Examine mental disorders: Examine mental disorders across the lifespan and evaluate emerging issues in abnormal psychology.
- Study clinical work: Learn about diagnostic and therapeutic strategies employed by clinical psychologists.
- Apply research: Apply research methodologies to communicate effectively about the domains of psychology.
- Advance your skills: Study the anatomical structures and physiological processes that determine behavior.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, PSYC 100)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 300)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 301)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 335)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 353)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 436)
Career Preparation
This certificate program is designed to help you gain foundational knowledge of human behavior, mental health, ethics, and current research in the field.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $318 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Psychology
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
With an online bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of Maryland Global Campus, you’ll acquire a valuable knowledge base of theory, research, and practice in the psychological sciences. The curriculum, designed with input from employers, industry experts, and scholars, gives you the opportunity to analyze human behavior and hone your quantitative skills, communication proficiencies, and analytical and scientific reasoning expertise. Coursework in this program can help you gain skills and knowledge that can serve you well in business, healthcare, and education settings as well as advanced studies in social sciences.
Program Highlights
- Apply concepts: Apply relevant concepts, theories, empirical findings, and historical trends to personal, organizational, and social issues.
- Conduct research: Model scientific reasoning by designing, participating in, and evaluating psychological research.
- Think critically: Implement critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, technology-based information literacy, and the scientific approach to solve problems.
- Use ethical principles: Use ethical principles of psychology to evaluate psychological science and practice within professional and personal settings.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate ideas, concepts, arguments, and perspectives during effective interactions with diverse groups in a variety of contexts.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, PSYC 100)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 220)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 251) or any upper-level PSYC course
- (3 Credits, PSYC 300)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 301)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 310) or any upper-level PSYC course
- (3 Credits, PSYC 335)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 341) or any upper-level PSYC course
- (3 Credits, PSYC 353)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 436)
- (3 Credits, PSYC 495)
Related Required Course
The following may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for graduate study, research, or direct services work at a mental health or medical facility. It can also provide useful skills for work in related fields, such as human resources, advertising, customer relations, or program management.
State-Specific Details
Learn more about professional licensure.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $318 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
Learn more about professional licensure as it relates to this program.
Healthcare Administration
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Gain real-world knowledge and skills to advance your career in the dynamic and fast-paced healthcare field with an online master’s degree in healthcare administration from University of Maryland Global Campus. Learn from our experienced faculty members and practitioners as you prepare for leadership roles in department management, health systems analysis, and legislative work. With online courses built for the working professional, UMGC also offers scholarships, financial aid, and an interest-free monthly payment plan to help make your education as affordable as possible. Plus, this program uses textbooks from the UMGC Library supplemented with no-cost digital materials, so you can save on textbook costs.
Program Highlights
- Gain leadership skills: Demonstrate knowledge about today’s complex healthcare environments.
- Learn management strategies: Apply organizational management skills to diverse healthcare organizations.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate effectively while exhibiting ethical and professional behavior.
- Improve an organization: Apply leadership practices that improve organizational effectiveness.
- Decide with data: Use evidence to address strategic, operational, financial, and quality performance metrics.
- Gain hands-on experience: Join your peers in real-life activities, examples, and healthcare simulations.
- Be a change agent: Advocate for change and equity within healthcare organizations.
- Influence laws and policy: Analyze regulatory constraints, provider liability, patient rights, and laws.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 42 credits.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses (Management Foundations)
- (3 Credits, MGMT 615)
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)
Core Courses (Healthcare Administration)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 600)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 610)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 620)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 625)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 630)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 635)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 640)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 645)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 650)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 660)
- (3 Credits, HCAD 665)
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, HCAD 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for an important professional role in a healthcare organization, like program director, director of operations, practice manager, administrator, assisted living community manager, compliance manager, healthcare account manager, patient advocate, and more. UMGC courses are taught by experienced faculty members, and address skills and competencies that today’s employers seek.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
To be successful in this program, we recommend that you have strong writing skills and a recent background in finance, accounting, and statistics.
Total Program Credits
42
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $524 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $480 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.