Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology

106-112 credits

The PhD in counseling psychology includes theoretical bases, an experiential component, a research component, and a variety of training assignments. The program contains a core of psychology courses in the social, biological, cognitive, affective, and individual bases of behavior. Most students complete the degree in four to five years.

Degree requirements

Comparable courses may be substituted for some of these courses upon approval of the student’s doctoral committee.

Counseling Psychology

CPSY 610	Career Theories and Realities	3
CPSY 636	Psychopathology	3
CPSY 678	Counseling Culturally Diverse	3
CPSY 688	Group Counseling Techniques	3
CPSY 720	Advanced Theories Counseling	3
CPSY 722	Theories Counselor Supervision	2
CPSY 740	Prac Counselor Supervision	1
CPSY 746	Counseling Psych Practicum 1	3
CPSY 747	Counseling Psych Practicum 2	3
CPSY 749	Counseling Practicum	1
CPSY 753	Advanced Research	3
CPSY 797	Seminar Counseling Psychology	3
CPSY 799	Internship Counseling Psych	0

One course from

CPSY 652	Projective Appraisal	3
CPSY 657	Objective Appraisal	3

Educational Psychology

EDPS 642	Analysis of Variance	3
EDPS 650	Individual Testing WS	3
EDPS 746	Theory of Measurement	3

One course from

EDPS 741	Applied Regression Analysis	3
EDPS 742	Multivariate Stats Data Mining	3
EDPS 743	Factor Analysis	3

Psychological Science

PSYS 613	Developmental Psychology	3
PSYS 691	Systems of Psychology	3

One course from

EDPS 652	Intro Neuropsychology	3
PSYS 668	Physiological Psychology	3

One course from

EDPS 765	Theories of Learning	3
PSYS 615	Learning and Motivation	3
PSYS 616	Perception and Cognition	3

Social Psychology

SOPS 610

Social Psychology

One course from

SOPS 615	Social Cognition	3
SOPS 620	Group Dynamics	3
SOPS 640	Social Psychology of Attitudes	3
SOPS 655	Counsel Apps of Soc Psych	3
SOPS 660	Contemporary Social Psychology	3

Dissertation

DISS 799	Doctoral Dissertation	1 TO 24
Total Credit Hours:		10

Research Requirement

ID 705	Research Colloquium	1 TO 3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Cognate(s), 24 or 30 credits

The cognate requirement consists of either one 24-credit cognate in psychology or two 15-credit cognates, at least one of which must be in psychology. Some of the above courses may be applied to the cognate(s), depending on which cognates are chosen. Cognates in psychology are available in couples and family counseling, diversity in counseling psychology, health psychology, social justice in counseling psychology, and vocational psychology.

Total Credit Hours:

24-30

Total Credit Hours: 106-112

In addition to the requirements listed above, each candidate for the PhD in counseling psychology must:

have an assistantship position, which is automatically awarded upon acceptance to the program, of 20 hours a week during the first academic year of required residence. One first-year student per year may decline the assistantship during the first year, with permission of the department. Assistantships are also available during the second and third years. Responsibilities include instructional services, counselor supervision, administrative assignments, practicum clinic staffing, and research. In addition to a stipend, an assistantship includes a remission of fees for course work.
have at the end of master’s and doctoral work at least 400 hours of practicum experience, with at least 150 hours in direct service experience and 75 hours in formally scheduled supervision. Students are expected to enroll in CPSY 749 Practicum in Supervised Experience in Counseling Psychology (1) every semester in which they see clients before internship.
have proficiency in two of the following as demonstrated by meeting departmental criteria: using computers, research techniques, foreign language (proficiency will be determined by the Department of Modern Languages and Classics).
have research experience supervised by departmental faculty before and in addition to the dissertation.
complete an APA- or APPIC-approved internship (CPSY 799) for a minimum of 1,500 hours or a calendar year.

Before accepting an internship, students must satisfactorily complete the following experiences: ethics examination, written and oral preliminary examination, comprehensive practitioner skills examination, and dissertation proposal.