Program Overview
The Doctor of Education (EdD) in Counseling Psychology degree program is designed to meet the special requirements of working professionals motivated to develop their knowledge and skills to handle the changing needs of modern organizations. The program is designed to provide working professionals with the opportunity to pursue their personal and professional goals through the completion of a graduate program.
Eligibility for Licensure
Florida
The EdD in Counseling Psychology degree program is not designed to produce licensed psychologists, but rather to help in the development of the highest level of professional counselor and leaders in the fields of human services, consultation, and education. It is the student’s responsibility to determine the requirements for professional licensure in the state they wish to practice.
Program Formats
Argosy University, Sarasota strives to provide an educational experience with the highest academic quality in a variety of flexible formats designed for the convenience of adult students from various geographical locations. In that respect, regular in-residence, blended/in-residence, tutorial, and online courses are offered from 15-week to 7.5 weeks in length. The in-residence portion of our courses is offered in a variety of formats from 3 days to 5 days at Argosy University, Sarasota.
Residency Requirements
Students must take 18 credit hours of in-residence courses, including dissertation courses.
Satisfactory Academic Progress and Degree Completion Rates
Students must complete this program within seven years after matriculation. Students who have temporarily withdrawn from Argosy University will have seven years plus the length of time they were not enrolled, not to exceed one year, to complete the program. In order to remain on track for degree completion within the maximum time frame allotted, students are expected to complete credit hours according to the suggested incremental maximum time frame table below:
Suggested Incremental Time Frame Completion Rates
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| End of Year One |
9 credit hours |
| End of Year Two |
18 credit hours |
| End of Year Three |
27 credit hours |
| End of Year Four |
36 credit hours |
| End of Year Five |
45 credit hours |
| End of Year Six |
54 credit hours |
| End of Year Seven |
60 credit hours |
Students are responsible for monitoring and maintaining an enrollment status that ensures their progress towards completion of their programs within the maximum time frame.
Additional Graduation Requirements
In addition to fulfilling the stated graduation requirements, students must successfully complete the Comprehensive Examination.
Capstone Examinations — Comprehensive Examination Requirements
Argosy University students are required to complete the Comprehensive Examination as part of their graduation requirement. Students may sit for the Comprehensive Examination upon completion of their coursework as indicated on their program of study. Enrollment in CXCOPSYEDD will occur when a student completes all coursework required to take the Comprehensive Exam as defined by their program of study and submits a Comprehensive Exam Petition to the Student Services Department. No credit hours are earned for enrollment but it allows students to maintain a less-than-half-time active enrollment status for up to one semester while taking Comprehensive Exams. It also creates a transcript record, reflecting enrollment for the Comprehensive Examination and the ultimate outcome of all attempts, with a final grade of “CR” or “NC.”
All students must successfully complete the Comprehensive Exam prior to starting the dissertation.
Dissertation Requirements
Students matriculated in the EdD in Counseling Psychology degree program are required to have a minimum GPA of 3.0, complete all coursework required for the degree, pass the Comprehensive Exam, obtain an approved Petition for Establishing Candidacy and a Dissertation Committee (PECDC), and register for dissertation in order to begin dissertation. Students who are approaching the dissertation phase of their doctoral degree programs should review the Argosy University Dissertation Guide and complete a Petition for Establishing Candidacy and a Dissertation Committee.
Program Requirements
The EdD in Counseling Psychology degree program requires the satisfactory completion of 60 semester credit hours distributed as follows: core requirements, 18 credit hours; elective requirements, 12 credit hours; theory requirement, 3 credit hours; academic writing and research requirements, 15 credit hours; and dissertation requirements, 12 credit hours.
One of the theory requirement courses will be required as a prerequisite for Advanced Individual Counseling (C 7432 ).
