Course Information
The PhD in Counseling Education and Supervision is a 66-credit hour degree program.
The program includes:
Core Courses (45 credit hours)
- Leadership in Counselor Education and Supervision
- Theological Foundations of Counselor Education
- Advanced Counseling Theories and Methods
- Supervision of Counseling
- Advanced Cultural Foundations in Counseling
- Advanced Counseling Research Design and Assessment
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
Clinical Training Sequence – Practicum, Instructor Internship, Supervision Internship, Elective Internship (Students may choose a clinical, teaching, supervisory, research, or leadership internship).
Elective Courses (9 credit hours)
- Advanced Marriage and Family Counseling
- Advanced Psychopathology and Diagnosis
- Emerging Issues in Clinical Practice Seminar in Program Evaluation and Grant Writing
- Advanced Andragogy
- Advanced Assessment
- Seminar in Counselor Education, and/or a variety of Bible and Theology courses
Dissertation (12 credit hours)
Course Sequence Sample
FALL SEMESTER
COURSE
Leadership in Counselor Education and Supervision (3 Credits)
Theological Foundations of Counselor Education (3 Credits)
SPRING SEMESTER
COURSE
Advanced Counseling Research Design and Assessment (3 Credits)
Supervision of Counseling (3 Credits)
SUMMER SEMESTER
COURSE
Advanced Group Counseling (Residency Component) (3 Credits)
Cultural Foundations in Counseling (Residency Component) (3 Credits)
FALL SEMESTER
COURSE
Advanced Counseling Theories and Methods (3 Credits)
Quantitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
SPRING SEMESTER
COURSE
Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
Practicum (3 Credits)
SUMMER SEMESTER
COURSE
Elective 1 (3 Credits)
Internship 1 (3 Credits)
(Note: Year 2 Residency is focused on Biblical/Theological Integration – courses will not have a Residency Component)
FALL SEMESTER
COURSE
Elective 2 (3 Credits)
Internship 2 (3 Credits)
SPRING SEMESTER
COURSE
Internship 3 (3 Credits)
Proposal Development (Residency Component)(3 Credits)
SUMMER SEMESTER
COURSE
Seminar in Integration of Faith in Counselor Education
(Residency Component) (3 Credits)
Elective 3 (3 Credits)
FALL SEMESTER
COURSE
Dissertation 1 (6 Credits)
SPRING SEMESTER
COURSE
Dissertation 2 (6 credits)