Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Counseling Accelerated Option (ISIS code: CA9)

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I. Entry-Level Courses
(36 credits)

Entry-level/ advanced coursework in counseling that cover all of the following areas:

• Counseling theory
• Counseling practice
• Legal, ethical and professional issues in counseling
• Career counseling and development
• Group counseling, group work and group dynamics
• Multi-cultural perspectives in counseling
• Contemporary issues in school counseling (if specializing in school counseling)
• Addictions counseling and prevention (if specializing in community counseling)
• Assessment, appraisal, diagnosis
• Supervised practicum in counseling
• 600-hour supervised counseling internship

II. Research Methods Courses
(9 credits)

ED 506 Concepts and Issues in Social Science Research

Choose two of the following additional research methods courses:
ED 507 Qualitative Research Methods
ED 504 Quantitative Research Methods
ED 520 Program Evaluation

III. Program Core
(27 credits)

EDU 565 Research in Life Course Studies
EDU 552 Counselor Education
EDU 553 Counselor Supervision
EDU 554 Advanced Theory, Research and Practice in Group Work
EDU 555 Advanced Counseling Theory, Research and Practice
EDU 563 Advocacy, Consulting, and System Change as Counseling Practice
EDU 564 Contemporary Trends in Mental Health, Appraisal, Intervention and Research

Choose one course in psychological processes in human development; eligible courses include:
EDU 560 Research in Cognitive Development
EDU 549 Contemporary Learning Theories
EDU 572 Development of Selves

Choose one course in education and human development in social context; eligible courses include:
ED 573 Developmental Interventions in Community Settings
ED 577 The Biology of Human Development: Principles, Practices and Politics
ED 418 The Family and Social Dynamics
ED 481 School, Family and Community Relations
ED 412 Sociology of Education
ED 410 History of American Education
ED 411 Philosophy of Education
ED 417 Education of American Women: A Social and Cultural History
ED 425 Minority Youth Development in Urban Contexts

Students also need to register each semester of their first two years in a non-credit bearing “cohort seminar” intended to support their progress in the program (ED 561 Counseling and Human Development Cohort Seminar).

IV. Internships
(6 credits)

EDF 559 Supervised Internship in Counselor Education I or II
EDF 560 Supervised Internship in Counselor Education III

V. Dissertation Research
(18 credits)

ED 563 Counseling & Human Development Proposal Seminar
ED 564 Counseling & Human Development Dissertation Seminar I
ED 565 Counseling & Human Development Dissertation Seminar II

A total of at least 9 credits of dissertation credits, to be taken concurrently with the Proposal Seminar (3 credit), the Dissertation Seminar I (3 credits) and the Dissertation Seminar II (3 credits)

VI. Additional Requirements/Milestones

• Successful completion of a Portfolio evaluation (in fall of year 2)
• Successful completion of a Comprehensive Exam (spring of year 2)
• Successful completion and defense of a Field-based Dissertation (year 3)

NOTE: Students need to have completed their comprehensive exam in order to register for the Proposal Seminar. Students need to have successfully completed the Proposal Seminar in order to register for one of the Dissertation Seminars. Once in the Dissertation Seminar sequence, students are expected to register for both Seminars in the same academic year and to keep up with the assignments in order to complete their action research dissertation within the required year. Failure to complete the action research dissertation within the allotted year will have to be considered on a case by case basis.