Doctoral Degree Plan

With approval of the Doctoral Admissions Review Committee, a student may apply 12 semester hours of post-masters, pre-doctoral admission course work taken at a regionally accredited graduate school. Only courses that are deemed appropriate for the student's program of study in the doctoral program may be applied in this situation. The following items make up the doctoral degree plan content.

Master's (Entry-Level) Courses: 48 semester-hours equivalent to CACREP master's degree

Doctoral Core 18 semester hours listed below:

• COUN 610 Advanced Counseling Theories & Techniques
• COUN 620 Supervision in Counseling & Development
• COUN 621 Psychoeducational Consultation and Program Evaluation
• COUN 625 Research Applications
• COUN 650 Instructional Theory and Methods in Counselor Education
• COUN 717 Ethics and Professional Development

Cognate Area 9 semester hours

Students choose one of three cognate areas: marriage and family counseling; student affairs, child and adolescent counseling, and diversity counseling. Courses in a cognate area may have specified prerequisites. If a cognate course is taken prior to admission to the doctoral program, a substitute course must be taken.

Marriage and Family Counseling Cognate

• COUN 611 Introduction to Marriage & Family Counseling/Therapy
• COUN 612 Advanced Seminar in Marriage & Family Counseling/Therapy
• COUN 615 Marital Counseling/Therapy

Student Affairs Cognate

• COUN 590 Legal Issues in College Student Affairs
• COUN 606 Student Affairs Services in Higher Education
• COUN 607 The Contemporary College Student

Child and Adolescent Counseling Cognate

• COUN 534 Counseling Children and Adolescents
• COUN 539 Introduction to Play Therapy
• COUN 614 Counseling Strategies for Parent-Child Relations

Diversity Cognate

These classes are currently being offered as Special Topics (COUN 597) courses:

• Advanced Seminar: Counseling Diverse Populations (Required)
• Gender, Race, and Social Class (Required)

One of the following:

• Spirituality in Human Services
• Sexual Minorities

Elective Cluster 9 semester hours

The elective cluster is determined by the student and advisor to build a concentration of competencies different from, or to complement, a cognate area. To illustrate, individually determined elective clusters might be focused in areas such as teaching in higher education, administration of counseling services, human resources, assessment, etc. As the above examples would suggest, the elective cluster could include courses from academic departments other than the Department of Counseling.

Research Tools Courses 12 semester hours or documented proficiency.

Level I: COUN 695 Research Methodology
Level II: PSY 612 Psychological & Educational Statistics, or KINE 617 Statistical Procedures for
Education & Research (or pass Level II exam)
Level III: COUN 613 Advanced Statistical Techniques
Level IV: HIED 696 Advanced Research Methodology, or
EDAD 698 Ethnography in Education Organizations

Doctoral Field Experience (Practicum/Internship) 9 semester hours total

COUN 660:

• Advanced Practicum                          3 semester hours
• Teaching Internship                            1 semester hour
• Supervision Internship                        2 semester hours
• Advanced Counseling Internship        3 semester hours

Dissertation 9-12 semester hours

• COUN 718 Doctoral Dissertation

NOTE: DEGREE PLANS WRITTEN BEFORE FALL 2002 REFLECT EARLIER COURSE
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