PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision Student Handbook
Introduction
The faculty and staff of the Department of Counselor Education welcome your interest in pursuing an Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES). The goal of this program is to prepare graduates to become faculty members and leaders in the field of CES. The Ph.D. consists of three academic years, in addition to a terminal 60 credit masters degree in Counselor Education from a CACREP program or functionally equivalent degree. Our Ph.D. program is currently CACREP accredited. Doctoral students complete 66 credits of doctoral-level work in the 5 CACREP areas of Counseling, Supervision, Teaching, Research and Scholarship, and Leadership and Advocacy.
The Department of Counselor Education developed an innovative and unique apprentice model to train doctoral students as future CES faculty members and leaders in the field. Currently, the Department accepts one student every fall. Most of our CES courses contain both theoretical and applied areas of study. Students meet individually with a counselor education faculty member to discuss doctoral level theoretically-based readings and assignments and co-teach with that faculty member 2-5 times in the corresponding Masters level course. This apprentice model allows for intensive mentoring and provides students with multiple opportunities to work with faculty in the areas of teaching, supervision, research, and service.
In addition, doctoral students are expected to complete practicum (150 clock-hours) and internship (600 clock-hours) where they deepen their clinical skills, and have an opportunity to teach masters level counseling courses, provide supervision, and conduct research in collaboration with program faculty. The program includes a dissertation in which the student conducts a guided investigation of a significant CES issue. Typically, students complete an article-based dissertation resulting in the submission of 2-3 manuscripts for publications. The article-based dissertation allows students an opportunity to deepen their scholarly skills and to develop a research agenda.
This handbook serves as a guide for prospective, entering, and continuing Ph.D. candidates in the Department of Counselor Education. The information that follows reflects the current policies of the Department of Counselor Education, College of Education, and Boise State Graduate College and are subject to change.