Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling
Accelerated Distance-Learning Program

Introduction

The Accelerated Distance-Learning option is an innovative web-based Masters degree rehabilitation counseling program. This program was developed by the C.O.R.E. accredited rehabilitation counseling graduate program at the University of Kentucky to meet the unique learning needs of state rehabilitation counselors. It can be completed by full-time employed rehabilitation personnel in a 16-month time frame. The program is fully accessible.

The Accelerated Distance-Learning program was developed in response to three needs: (a) the U.S. Congress mandated that all rehabilitation counselors employed in the state-federal rehabilitation system have Masters degrees in order to practice; (b) currently employed counselors who did not have masters degrees found it difficult to attend campus-based classes while continuing to provide uninterrupted services to their clients; and (c) traditional on-campus graduate programs in rehabilitation counseling were unable to meet the demand for trained rehabilitation counselors.

Eligibility & Admissions

To be eligible for the Accelerated Distance Learning Option, you must be currently employed as a practicing rehabilitation counselor in the state-federal rehabilitation program, in a rehabilitation facility, or for a private rehabilitation company.

 
Students are admitted in the Fall and Spring semesters. Student must complete the admission process.

Instruction

What will I do?  Although each course may vary in activities required, most courses will require you to review and read material online and through discussion boards. Face-to-face campus meetings between faculty and students are not required for any course. Counseling skills and supervision of fieldwork placements will be by video-conferencing and will not require on-campus participation.

Methods of Instruction

• All courses are taught via Web instruction and video-conferencing (for counseling skill development and field work).
   
• Although the Distance Learning program is not taught in the conventional classroom manner, the coursework is equivalent in quality to the on-campus program.
   
• Courses are organized in a block schedule format. However, they do not need to be completed at a set time. The student has the entire week to “attend” and complete assignments for each class. Days in which the classes are “open and available” and when they “close” will be announced. Each class has “virtual” class hours and the instructors are contacted via discussion boards, emails, and, if necessary, by telephone.
  Examples of class activities include:
  • PowerPoint Lectures
  • Threaded Discussions
  • Audio and Visual Media
     

Curriculum & Program Length

Each student will take the program in pre-established blocks. Most blocks are for eight weeks, however, some courses are taken throughout the entire semester.

:: First Semester
:: Second Semester
:: Summer Session
:: Final Semester

FIRST SEMESTER

SECOND SEMESTER

SUMMER SESSION

FINAL SEMESTER

Entire Semester:

* RC 620 - Vocational Evaluation (3)
* RC 720 - Internship (9)
* RC 760 - Contemporary Practices in Rehabilitation (3)

LENGTH OF PROGRAM

The Masters Program offered through the Accelerated Distance Learning Option is 45 to 52 credit hours. The entire program is designed to be completed within sixteen months. (A total of 12 credit hours can be transferred from other institutions.)

* Each student will take the program in pre-established Blocks. Courses will be offered in blocks of eight weeks during the regular academic year.
* A student who starts the sequence of courses in the Fall can complete the program the following Fall.
* There will be one regular summer enrollment required.
* Graduates will be eligible to sit for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) examination.
 

Review the Curriculum

Tuition

Tuition for all students in the Accelerated Distance Learning Program will be at University of Kentucky in-state graduate student tuition rates, which are highly competitive.

Program Length

The Masters Program offered through the Accelerated Distance Learning Option is 45 to 52 credit hours. The entire program is designed to be completed within sixteen months. (A total of 12 credit hours can be transferred from other institutions.)

• Each student will take the program in pre-established Blocks. Courses will be offered in blocks of eight weeks during the regular academic year.
• A student who starts the sequence of courses in the Fall can complete the program the following Fall.
• There will be one regular summer enrollment required.
• Graduates will be eligible to sit for the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) examination.