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Counselor Education Doctoral Program

Goal and Objectives

Goals

The faculty will provide:

  1. Education and training that prepares doctoral students as counselor educators, supervisors in schools, agencies, and state departments of education, and private mental health counseling/consultation practice, to name a few;
  2. Research opportunities that advance knowledge of the counseling and helping professions, improve counseling practice, and improve counselor education effectiveness;
  3. Mentoring relationships to acculturate students as educators in counselor education or related fields; supervisors; counselors; or consultants;
  4. Opportunities to facilitate the development of professionals leaders who counsel, supervise, educate, and train individuals in counseling and related fields;
  5. A model for promoting social consciousness with a commitment to a pluralistic society.

Objectives

After completion of the PhD Counselor Education, graduates will:

  • Be eligible for endorsement for counseling licensure;
  • Be able to practice effectively within the limits of their education and training and within the laws and ethics governing the counseling profession;
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the areas of teaching, supervision, and counseling;
  • Complete a prescribed 97-hour program of advanced study that includes a concentration, specialization, cognate, core, and research;
  • Demonstrate mastery of the scientific-practitioner model by passing a research competency and completing an approved dissertation related to the counseling profession;
  • Be prepared to assume a leadership role in their community and in the counseling profession;
  • Be prepared to assume an academic appointment at a research one institution or various other academic institutions;
  • Participate in professional counseling organizations;
  • Use technology effectively and appropriately in counseling, teaching, supervision, and research;
  • Promote advocacy for clients, populations, and the profession;
  • Demonstrate an attitude of respect;
  • Develop an area of counseling expertise;
  • Demonstrate how diversity and multicultural issues influence counselor education.

Updated 09/13/2006

Contact EPC

525 Jane & David Bailey Education Complex
1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3452

Phone: 865-974-8145
Fax: 865-974-0135