Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2023 through summer 2024. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.

General Education/Foundational Skills Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Communication & Information Literacy 1
ENGL 101	Composition and Rhetoric	3
Communications Elective		3
Information Literacy Elective		3
Technological Solutions & Quantitative Reasoning 1
UNIV 104	Instructional Technology for Successful Online Learning	0-3
Math Elective	MATH 114 or higher	3
Critical Thinking 1
RLGN 104	Christian Life and Biblical Worldview 2	4
Critical Thinking Elective		3
Civic & Global Engagement 1
Cultural Studies Elective		3
Social & Scientific Inquiry 1
Natural Science Elective		3
Social Science Elective		3
Christianity & Contexts 1
BIBL 104	Survey of Old and New Testament	4
THEO 104	Introduction to Theology Survey 2	4
Total Hours		36-39

¹

Refer to the list of approved general education electives before enrolling in foundational skill requirements

²

Students transferring in 45 or more UG credit hours will have the requirement of  RLGN 104 Christian Life and Biblical Worldview (4 c.h.) waived; Students transferring in 60 or more UG credit hours will also have the requirement of THEO 104 Introduction to Theology Survey (4 c.h.) waived

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Major Foundational Courses
BIOL 102	Principles of Human Biology 1	3
Total Hours		3

¹

Course may fulfill select general education requirements.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Major Core
CCOU 201	Introduction to Christian Counseling	3
CCOU 202	Issues of Christian Counseling	3
PSYC 101	General Psychology	3
PSYC 210	Developmental Psychology	3
PSYC 255	Introduction to Research	3
PSYC 341	Psychology of Personality	3
Christian Counseling Elective 1		3
Psychology Elective 2		3
Total Hours		24

¹

Choose one course from the following: CCOU 301 Christian Counseling for Marriage and Family (3 c.h.), CCOU 302 Christian Counseling for Children (3 c.h.), CCOU 304 Christian Counseling for Women (3 c.h.), or CCOU 305 Issues in Human Sexuality (3 c.h.)

²

Choose one course from the following: PSYC 221 Psychology of Childhood (3 c.h.), PSYC 231 Psychology of Adolescence (3 c.h.), or PSYC 235 Psychology of Adulthood (3 c.h.)

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

• 60 Total hours
• 2.0 Overall grade point average
• Grade of ‘C’ Minimum required for all upper-level courses in the major
• 25% Of major taken through Liberty University
• 15 Hours must be completed through Liberty University
• Grad App Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student's anticipated graduation date

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Semester		Hours
BIBL 104	Survey of Old and New Testament	4
ENGL 101	Composition and Rhetoric	3
MATH Elective 1		3
PSYC 101	General Psychology	3
UNIV 104	Instructional Technology for Successful Online Learning	0-3
	Hours	13-16
Second Semester
RLGN 104	Christian Life and Biblical Worldview	4
Information Literacy Elective 1		3
Natural Science Elective (BIOL 102) 1		3
PSYC 210	Developmental Psychology	3
PSYC 255	Introduction to Research	3
	Hours	16
Second Year
First Semester
Communications Elective 1		3
Critical Thinking Elective 1		3
THEO 104	Introduction to Theology Survey	4
CCOU 201	Introduction to Christian Counseling	3
PSYC Elective 2		3
	Hours	16
Second Semester
Cultural Studies Elective 1		3
Social Science Elective 1		3
CCOU 202	Issues of Christian Counseling	3
Christian Counseling Elective 3		3
PSYC 341	Psychology of Personality	3
	Hours	15
	Total Hours	60-63

¹

Refer to the list of approved general education electives at www.liberty.edu/gened before enrolling foundational skills requirements.

²

Choose one of the following: PSYC 221, PSYC 231, or PSYC 235.

³

Choose from the following courses: CCOU 301, CCOU 302, CCOU 304, or CCOU 305.