Counselor Education (EDUCST-PH, WCE)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2024

Program Requirements (61 hours)

Common Core (6 hours)

Core 1 Course (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6891 Proseminar in Educational Studies (3)

Core 2 Course: Choose from one of the following courses (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6892 Educational Policy and Inequality in Social and Cultural Context: Integrating Research Traditions (3)
• EDUCST 7765 Grant Writing (3)
• ESEPOL 7100 Writing for Educational Policy Audiences (3)
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 8404 Academic Writing in Education: Reviewing the Literature (3)
• ESPHE 6403 Ethics and the Professional Context of Teaching (3)

Research Core (choose three, 9 hours)

Students select a minimum of 9 hours that include at least 3 research courses at the 7000 level or higher and additional coursework to satisfy the competencies needed to successfully complete the dissertation.  This coursework is selected by the student in consultation with the advisor to reflect the student’s research interests and is subject to the rules of the Graduate Studies Committee.

Introductory Quantitative Sequence:

• ESQREM 7648 GLM I: Introduction to Regression and ANOVA (Prerequisite: Intro to Stats) (4)
• ESQREM 7658 GLM II: Advanced Regression and ANOVA (4)

Advanced Quantitative Options:

• ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Analysis (3)
• ESQREM 8658 Applied Multilevel Data Analysis (3)

Qualitative Options:

• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)  
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)

Specialization Requirements (33 hours)

Required Courses (16 hours)

• ESCE 8100 Leadership for Social Justice in Counselor Education (3)
• ESCE 8200 Critical Pedagogy for Decolonizing Counselor Education (3)
• ESCE 8400 Critical Research Issues in Counselor Education (3)
• ESCE 8500 Advanced Social Justice Counseling Theory and Supervision (3)

Supervised Internship: (12 hours)

• ESCE 8191 Doctoral Internship (12)

Electives: Cognate Area (12 hours)

A cognate is focused study in an area outside, but related to, the student’s area of specialization. The cognate adds breadth to the specialization. Cognates must be taken at the graduate level and approved by the student’s advisor.

Recommended Electives (Optional)

• ESCE 6931 Diagnosis of Mental and Emotional Disorders (3)

Dissertation Requirement (6 hours)

Consult with faculty advisor

• ESCE 8999 Dissertation/Thesis Research: Counselor Education

Minimum hours post‐MA/MS: 61