The purpose of the master's degree in counseling is to prepare counselors who are able to integrate their Christian faith and values with integrity in their practice of counseling. Graduates of the program will be prepared to provide professional service to public and private schools, churches, organizations, and business and industry setting. To that end, the graduate counseling program offers the following objectives: The M.A. in Counseling strives to promote (1) highly competent counselor training that places emphasis on doing and being, striving for growth and development in all areas as an effective strategy for promoting positive change in the people we serve; (2) lifelong scholarly learning that draws from and adds to counseling literature which is both theoretical and applied; (3) learning that respects and seeks to understand diversity; (4) values of integration and integrity in counselor education guided by the beliefs and practices of the Christian faith.