Degree Requirements -
Doctoral Program in Counselor Education & Supervision

In the School of Psychology & Counseling, our programs integrate scholarly and rigorous academic training within a Christian worldview to produce highly trained counselors and clinical psychologists. The curriculum is established to meet national accrediting standards and state licensure. For the PhD - CES program, our degree requirements are as follows:

1. Successful completion of all practica and internships
2. Successful completion of all Competency Based Probes
3. A grade of B- or better in all courses
4. Completion of an approved dissertation and successful defense of that dissertation
5. Successful admission to the Doctoral Candidacy program after two years of coursework.
6. Pass the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
7. Satisfactory annual review by the faculty
8. Successful completion of the Library research course