Counseling and School Psychology (PhD) - Counseling Psychology Track

Program Requirements

Complete a minimum of 73 credits from the following courses. Students who enter with a master’s degree in counseling or a related field will have a reduction in required course credits (maximum 36 credits) to the extent their master’s level courses match our required courses, however, students will still be required to complete a minimum of three years of coursework.

Doctoral candidacy: Completion of a qualifying paper, a critical and synthetic review of a focused body of literature in the area in which the student plans to complete the dissertation.
Dissertation: Compose and defend a research project (quantitative or qualitative) that makes a substantive contribution to the knowledge base in counseling psychology. It is usually completed by the end of the fourth year, although students may choose to complete the dissertation during or following the internship year.
Practicum: Participate in a minimum of four semesters of practicum.
Internship: Complete one full-year of an APA-Approved Internship during the fourth or fifth year after having met all course requirements.
Teaching: Serve as a teaching assistant for a minimum of one semester.
Research Team: Participate on at least one faculty-student research team for six semesters.

Statute of limitations: Eight years.