The programs are designed (1) to prepare students either for certification as Psychological Associates by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists or for licensure as Licensed Professional Counselors by The State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, (2) to prepare the student for further graduate work, and/or (3) to prepare students for junior college teaching.

Minimum requirements for regular admission include (1) a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average (GPA); (2) a 1000 (verbal plus quantitative) score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or a 50 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT); and (3) three letters of recommendation. Students may not begin graduate study without a complete application, including test scores and recommendations, on file. Conditional admission is occasionally granted to applicants who do not meet all of these numerical criteria, but all applications must be complete (with test scores and letters) before any form of admission is possible.

In addition, all students take the Advanced Psychology Test of the Graduate Record Examination before continuing beyond 18 hours of graduate study. Failure to meet minimum requirements on the exam blocks the student from further graduate classes.