Program: Counselor Education and Practice, Ph.D. - Georgia State University

Apr 24, 2025

2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Return to: 4120 Department of Counseling and Psychological Services

The Counselor Education and Practice program is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Doctoral training extends beyond course content hours and field experiences. Doctoral students learn to examine critically the state of the art, to generate research inquiries, and to advance the profession of counseling through oral and written contributions. The doctoral level counselor represents a “scientist-practitioner” model and should be both consumer and producer of research. Students in this program are expected to follow the most recent version of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics.

Departmental Endorsement Policy

The Department of Counseling and Psychological Services requires that program faculty endorsement be given only for the program for which the graduate students have been prepared.

Degree Requirements

Core Area (21 Hours)

The Core Area consists of 18 semester hours of research coursework and 3 semester hours of Social Foundation of Education and Psychology of Learning coursework.

Research Core (18 Hours)

Required (6 Hours)

EPRS 8500 - Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I 3 Credit Hours

Required (12 Hours)

A two-course sequence (6 hours) in research methodology (see below for specific tracks/courses)
Two courses (6 hours) in advanced research methods as identified by the Doctoral Advisory Committee

Social Foundations of Education and Psychology of Learning Course (3 Hours)

In addition to highly specialized research in specific areas, doctoral students in the College of Education and Human Development must possess a deep understanding of comprehensive, theoretical principles and broad ideological conceptualizations.

Through historical, philosophical, sociological, and anthropological inquiry, knowledge of social foundations fosters the types of speculative investigations essential for thorough understandings of those theoretical principles and ideological conceptualizations necessary to uphold the integrity of the Ph.D. degree.

The psychology of learning component is based on the following guiding principles: (1) Educational leaders make judgments that affect learning. (2) Doctoral students should have a substantial understanding of the psychology of learning.

Select one (3):

EPSF 8270 - Philosophy of Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8280 - Anthropology of Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8310 - Sociology of Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8320 - Politics and Policy in Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8340 - History of American Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 9260 - Epistemology and Learning 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8030 - Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8050 - The Psychology of Instruction 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8070 - Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8080 - Memory and Cognition 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8180 - Learning and the School-Age Child (5 to 18 Years) 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8200 - Advanced Developmental Psychology: Cognition and Intellect 3 Credit Hours
EPY 8220 - Advanced Developmental Psychology: Personality and Socialization 3 Credit Hours

Major Area (44 Hours)

Required (44):

CPS 8370 - Advanced Career Counseling 3 Credit Hours
CPS 8450 - Advanced Group Counseling 3 Credit Hours
CPS 8530 - Professional Issues and Decisions 3 Credit Hours
CPS 8650 - Advanced Counseling Theory 3 Credit Hours
CPS 8660 - Applied Practice II: Professional and Rehabilitation Counseling 3 Credit Hours
CPS 8980 - Pedagogy and Teaching in Counselor Education 3 Credit Hours
CPS 9480 - Supervision of Counseling Services 3 Credit Hours
CPS 9661 - Supervision Internship 3 Credit Hours (Repeatable; Required Credit Hours = 6) Credits / Units: 6
CPS 9680 - Doctoral Internship 1 Credit Hours (Required Credit Hours = 9) Credits / Units: 9
CPS 9920 - Research and Publication 1 Credit Hours (Required Credit Hours = 2) Credits / Units: 2
CPS 9963 - Leadership in Counselor Education: Professional and Social Advocacy 1 Credit Hours (Required Credit Hours = 6) Credits / Units: 6

Cognate Area and Elective (12 Hours)

The cognate area provides students an opportunity to enrich their preparation as a counselor with further study in a related area of expertise. Students select one of the following cognate areas:

Wellness
Multiculturalism
Child and Family
Trauma and Crisis
Sexuality and Counseling

Students may design an individual cognate area with permission from their Doctoral Advisory Committee. The students’ Doctoral Advisory Committee may require courses in the cognate area be from outside the department, outside the College of Education and Human Development, or both.

Dissertation (15 Hours)

Required (15):

CPS 9990 - Dissertation 1 Credit Hours

Counselor Education and Practice, Ph.D.

Departmental Endorsement Policy

Degree Requirements

Core Area (21 Hours)

Research Core (18 Hours)

Required (6 Hours)

Required (12 Hours)

Quantitative Methodology

Qualitative Methodology

Single-Case Methodology

Historical/Philosophical Methodology

Measurement Methodology

Mixed Methodology

Social Foundations of Education and Psychology of Learning Course (3 Hours)

Major Area (44 Hours)

Cognate Area and Elective (12 Hours)

Dissertation (15 Hours)

Total Semester Hours for Degree: Minimum of 92