The Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) in Rehabilitation Counseling is designed to prepare individuals to function in a variety of interrelated leadership roles, such as educator, researcher, supervisor, and administrator. Students entering the program are expected to have demonstrated academic ability and skill in service provision, as well as the potential to develop research and leadership skills.
The acquisition of both knowledge and skills by students is achieved through a balance of didactic and experiential coursework and supervised practice. The doctoral students learn to apply psychological principles to promote educational attainment, career development, personal adjustment, and human development, in both individual and group/organizational settings.
Graduates of this degree program are expected to assimilate current knowledge as well as to contribute new knowledge to counseling and rehabilitation, with the goal of improving the delivery and administration of services. The doctoral degree emphasizes the following academic areas:
A. Prerequisites
B. Procedures
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If you are able to pick up the catalog at the bookstore, there will be no charge. The applicant is responsible for reading carefully those sections covering all graduate programs and the special regulations for graduate majors in education. Students who have previously attended FSU as graduate students should obtain their applications for readmission at the University Center address, given above. Such applications for readmission will be considered along with other applications. Refer to the Criteria and Procedures for Readmission into the Doctoral Program, for specific details.
- Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (two official copies required).
- Official E.T.S. score reports of the Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examination. Certification of Foreign students whose native language is not English do not have to present GRE scores. The Office of International Admissions as part of the admissions procedure requires certification of their knowledge of spoken and written English.
Each applicant must supply the Admissions Committee with
three letters of recommendation regarding academic and personal qualifications,
- an autobiographical statement, including professional goals and objectives, and
- a resume.
Normally an applicant should be available for a campus interview with the Admissions Committee. In some cases, alternatives to the campus interview may be used. This decision is the responsibility of the Admissions Committee Chairperson.
The doctoral curriculum in Rehabilitation Services is based on a disciplinary core that provides the basic knowledge for the development of research, administrative, and service delivery skills. The rehabilitation counseling core and clinical core builds on the disciplinary foundation to provide the students with generic skills in counseling, teaching, administration and service delivery. The research and statistics core provides the student with the opportunity to refine skills in conducting original research. Finally, the specialization area provides the student with the opportunity to acquire unique research, administrative, and service delivery skills that are related to the student's career goals.
Rehabilitation Counseling Core
The rehabilitation counseling core is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles and practices of counseling and rehabilitation as applied in a variety of settings. This coursework provides students with the opportunity to integrate theory, research and practice into the design, provision, and evaluation of counseling and rehabilitation services. The rehabilitation counseling core represents the body of knowledge and skills that all students need to acquire as part of their doctoral studies irrespective of specialization area. The rehabilitation counseling core consists of four areas: Advanced Rehabilitation Seminars, Learning and Motivation, Health/Illness, and Leisure. All students are required to take the four Advanced Rehabilitation Seminars that are offered on an every other year basis. Students have the choice of one of the courses listed in each of the remaining areas.
Advanced Rehabilitation Seminars (12
hours)
RCS 6400 Advanced Counseling Theories in Rehabilitation
RCS 6259 Advanced Assessment in Rehabilitation Counseling
RCS 6249 Social and Psychological Aspects of Disability and
Chronic
Illness
RCS 6700 Professional Issues in Rehabilitation Counseling
Learning and Motivation (3 hours)
ADE 5385 Adult Learning or EDP 5216 Theories of Learning &
Cognition
in Instruction or
EDP 5217 Principles of Learner Motivation
Health / Illness (3 hours)
HSC 5605 Models of Health Behavior or SOW 5125 Social &
Emotional
Aspects of Illness
Leisure (3 hours)
LEI 5171 Philosophical, Social, and Behavioral Foundations of
Leisure or LEI 5815 Leisure Education
Research Core
The research core is designed to provide students with an understanding of the systematic and rational process used to enhance the knowledge base of counseling and rehabilitation. This coursework provides students with the opportunity to both gain knowledge and skills in the research process and experience in conducting original and scholarly research in counseling and rehabilitation.
The following courses are required:
Clinical Core
The clinical core is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate theory with rehabilitation practice. Coursework in this area is largely experiential in nature under the direct supervision of rehabilitation faculty. The clinical core is designed to increase students' skills and knowledge of rehabilitation practice, teaching, and supervision.
The specialization area is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that further individual career goals. Courses may be taken within the Department of Human Services and Studies or within other departments within the University. A minimum of five courses (15 hours) is required as follows:
The following is a partial list of potential specialization areas:
Because of rapid and extensive changes occurring in our profession and society, the faculty reserves the right to make modifications in these requirements in order to maintain both professional integrity and the high esteem in which our doctoral graduates are held.
For more information about Rehabilitation Counseling Service Ph.D.
Degree, please contact:
Dr. Deborah J. Ebener
Phone: (850) 644-3854
E-mail:
debener@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
