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Counselor Education Ed.D.

Program of Study

A formal program of study is to be designed in cooperation with your advisor as early in your studies as is practical. Specific requirements for this program of study are:

  • A minimum of 96 semester credits (up to 14 allocated for the dissertation). Depending on career goals, advisors may require more credits for particular programs of study.
  • A minimum of 30 semester credits in the primary area (Counseling), exclusive of dissertation credits. The dissertation must be in the primary area.
  • A minimum of 10 semester credits in areas outside the School of Education. The student’s advisor must approve this course work.
  • A support area of at least 20 semester credits must be identified. This may be defined as a field of knowledge or a specific curriculum and may draw on all coursework.
  • A minimum of 1/3 of all coursework in the primary area must be completed at The University of Montana (usually 30 credits).
  • Three full time semesters in residence are required, two of which must be consecutive. A full time semester is considered to be 6 credits.

    There is no foreign language requirement.

    Depending on the student’s academic background, some of the above may have been completed in previous degree work.

Additional Doctoral Degree Requirements

  • Counselor Education doctoral students must complete at least 4 credits of doctoral seminar.
  • Students must pass a written comprehensive examination developed to cover the primary and support areas and research. An oral examination may also be required.
  • Students must complete and defend a dissertation. Students must register for dissertation credits every semester in which they are working on the dissertation. The minimum number of credits is two each semester.
  • Students must complete the core research curriculum in the School of Education (EDLD 620, 625).
  • All students who complete the Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision must have completed COUN 633, Supervision of Counseling, COUN 685, which provides additional clinical experience, and must engage in supervised teaching experience in higher education.

Note: The University of Montana’s Ed.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision is not CACREP-approved at the present time.