Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision

School of Human Services

General Counselor Education and Supervision specialization

Counseling is one of the country's fastest growing professions, creating an accompanying need for counseling educators and supervisors. This rigorous Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral degree program includes online course work, residencies, and field experiences designed to build your clinical, teaching, research, and supervisory skills. Capella's degree program is one of few available online, and provides opportunities for you to potentially fulfill your internship experience working with counseling students enrolled in Capella's CACREP-accredited master's degree programs. People likely to be interested in this specialization include master's-level counselors interested in pursuing supervisory, faculty, research, or advanced practitioner positions in academic and clinical settings.

This specialization requires course work and clinical experience, including a 100-hour practicum and a 600-hour internship.

Applicants to the PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision must be graduates of a CACREP-accredited master's program or a master's program with equivalent curriculum (subject to Capella review).

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Required Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)

• CES8002 - Advanced Research in Adult Human Development and Behavior
• CES8756 - Advanced Counseling Theories
• CES8760 - Advanced Clinical Practice*
• CES8764 - Contemporary Issues in Compulsive and Addictive Behavior Treatment
• CES8768 - Counselor Education Teaching and Practice*
• CES8772 - Counselor Supervision*
• CES8776 - Leadership and Advocacy in Counseling
• CES8100 - Fundamentals of Social Science Research*
• CES8106 - Epistemology of Practice Knowledge*
• CES8111 - Quantitative Research Methods in the Human Services*
• CES8112 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods*
• CES8113 - Advanced Study in Research Methods*
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• The three courses listed below are 10-week online courses. Each includes specific clinical experiences. Learners must complete prerequisites and clinical experience requirements to be eligible to complete each course in the sequence.
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• CES8780 - Counselor Education and Supervision Practicum*
• CES8784 - Counselor Education and Supervision Internship I*
• CES8785 - Counselor Education and Supervision Internship II*
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• CES9919 - Doctoral Comprehensive Examination*
• CES9920 - Dissertation Courseroom* - non-credit
• CES9921 - Dissertation Research 1* - 5 quarter credits
• CES9922 - Dissertation Research 2* - 5 quarter credits
• CES9923 - Dissertation Research 3* - 5 quarter credits
• CES9924 - Dissertation Research 4* - 5 quarter credits

Additional Required Courses

• Graduate course work totaling 60 quarter credits from a CACREP-accredited or CACREP curriculum equivalent master's degree program.

Only learners enrolled in the PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision degree program may take CES Courses.

Learn more about our related specializations:

PhD

• General Counseling Studies
• Health Care Administration

PsyD

• Clinical Psychology

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