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Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision Requirements:
Masters Degree Coursework: Students must have completed a masters degree in counseling or a related field before entering the doctoral program. Students’ masters coursework must be equivalent to entry-level coursework earned in a CACREP-accredited masters degree. Students graduating from a CACREP-accredited masters degree automatically meet the prerequisite masters degree coursework. Candidates who did not graduate from a CACREP-accredited masters degree must have coursework equivalent to the following coursework before or during the doctoral program:
Core Coursework:
PSYC 6110 Measurements and Evaluation (3)
PSYC 7720 Social and Cultural Foundations (3)
COUN 6600 Professional Orientation and Ethical Standards for Counselors (3)
COUN 7620 Life Span Developmental Issues (3)
COUN 6630 Counseling Theories (3)
COUN 7725 Family Systems: Theory and Practice (3)
COUN 7730 Life Style and Career Development (3)
COUN 7810 Beginning Counseling and Human Relations Skills (3)
COUN 8811 Interventions with Children and Adolescents (3)
COUN 7847 Group Dynamics and Intervention (3)
COUN 7855 Assessment and Treatment Planning (3)
Must also have a 100 clock hour practicum with 40 direct client contact hours (3-9 credit hours) and a 600 clock-hour internship with at least 240 direct client contact hours (6 credit hours)
The core coursework and minimum number of practicum and internship credit hours equal 42 credit hours. Students with a masters in counseling or a masters in a related field may use 6 other credit hours of counseling-related coursework toward the prerequisites if approved by the academic advisor and faculty advisor. All doctoral students must have 48 credit hours approved entry-level work completed before or during the doctoral program.
Curriculum Plan: Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision
Prerequisite: 48 hour CACREP master’s degree or equivalent as determined through transcript review
Professional Identity, Roles and Ethics (12)
COUN 9301 Professional Identity in counselor Education and Supervision (3)
COUN 9330 Advanced Counseling Theory (3)
COUN 9365 Supervision (3)
PSYC 8501 Teaching in Psychology and Counseling
Practicum (6)
COUN 9360 Advanced Counseling Skills Practicum I (3)
COUN 9361 Advanced Counseling Skills Practicum II (3)
Human Development and Biological Bases of Behavior (3)
PSYC 6229 Advanced Human Development (3)
Multicultural (3)
COUN 9320 Advanced Issues in Diversity (3)
Research (9)
STAT 8260 Advanced Statistics (3)
PSYC 8549 Advanced Research Seminar (3)
COUN 8826 Research Literature in Counseling and Psychotherapy (3)
Internship (6)
COUN 9990 Internship I (3)
COUN 9991 Internship II (3)
Capstone/dissertation Project (9)
COUN 9999 Capstone/dissertation project
(3 credit hours—repeatable)
Total - 48 hours
