Counseling Education

University of Missouri St. Louis

United States of America, Saint Louis

University Rank:#1369

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Duration48 month(s)

Apply DateDecember 1, 2021

Next IntakeAugust 24, 2022

Counseling Education

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Overview Key FeaturesWe train Ph.D. students with the skills, attitudes, and knowledge valued in academic, research, and service-providing settings. Our program infuses social justice throughout the curriculum and prepares students to acknowledge and validate their clients’ complex and diverse cultural identities and fight against systemic issues of racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, and other forms of social injustices. The Ph.D. deepens a student's counseling knowledge and builds refined research, teaching, supervision, counseling, and leadership and advocacy skills. The University of Missouri—St. Louis (UMSL) Ph.D. program holds advanced accreditation by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP); it is the only doctoral counseling program in Missouri that holds CACREP accreditation. It is also one of the only counseling Ph.D. programs in the country that offers students the opportunity to complete a three-article dissertation format which puts students in a better position to publish multiple articles from their dissertations.The Counseling Education program from University of Missouri–St. Louis is nationally recognized and regularly graduates students who go on to make meaningful and lasting contributions to the field. Many graduates of the program are practicing counselors or counselor educators. Graduates of the doctoral program have been placed in academic positions at major universities throughout the USA. A major emphasis in all of our graduate training is our commitment to cultural diversity and social justice.

The Counseling Education program from University of Missouri–St. Louis is based on a researcher practitioner model; it is primarily designed to train researchers, scholars, academicians, and highly skilled practitioners with an emphasis on promoting social justice.

Disciplines

EducationCounselling

Requirements

Academic Requirements

Other Requirements

1Three letters of recommendation (at least two from individuals with earned doctorates, preferably prior instructors). A copy of a paper you have written on a scholarly topic, as a writing sample.A professional resume. Evidence of above-average academic records. A GPA of 3.5 or higher is preferred.GRE scores. Quantitative and verbal scores at or above the 50th percentile are preferred. An analytical writing score of 4.0 or higher is preferred.

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Counseling Education

University of Missouri St. Louis

United States of America, Saint Louis

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