Community Care & Counseling (Ed.D.) - Pastoral Care & Counseling
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| EDCO 705 | Issues and Trends in Community Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 711 | Advanced Group Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 715 | Applied Counseling Theories | 3 |
| EDCO 725 | Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| EDCO 735 | Statistics 1,2 | 3 |
| EDCO 740 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors | 3 |
| EDCO 745 | Intermediate Statistics and Research 1 | 3 |
| EDCO 747 | Qualitative Methods of Research | 3 |
| EDCO 790 | Crisis & Trauma Counseling | 3 |
| Total Hours | 27 | |
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Intensive format optional
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Prerequisites are determined and assigned at admission into program
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pastoral Care & Counseling Cognate | ||
| EDCO 821 | Ethics & Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 826 | Growth & Development of the Pastoral Counselor | 3 |
| EDCO 831 | Individual & Family Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 836 | Premarital & Marital Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 841 | Crisis & Current Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Dissertation Courses | ||
| EDCO 716 | Dissertation Topic 1 | 1 |
| EDCO 770 | Dissertation Formation 1 | 1 |
| EDCO 900 | Dissertation Design | 3 |
| EDCO 988 | Dissertation Proposal and Research 1,2,3 | 5 |
| EDCO 989 | Dissertation Completion 1,2,3 | 5 |
| EDCO 990 | Dissertation Defense 1,3 | 0 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Course is Pass/Fail
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Once the student enters the Dissertation phase, he/she must maintain continuous enrollment (Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters) until all degree requirements are completed
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Ed.D. students are allowed to enroll in EDCO 988 a maximum of three times before their dissertation proposal is approved. Ed.D. students are allowed to enroll in EDCO 989 a maximum of three times. Extensions for exceptional circumstances must be approved by the Ed.D. in Community Care & Counseling committee. Any student who is not ready for enrollment in EDCO 990 after completing EDCO 989 may be required, as determined by the student's dissertation chair, to repeat EDCO 989 until deemed ready for enrollment in EDCO 990
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 57 hours
- A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
- Successful defense of Dissertation
- Degree must be completed within 7 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| EDCO 705 | Issues and Trends in Community Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 711 | Advanced Group Counseling 1 | 3 |
| EDCO 715 | Applied Counseling Theories | 3 |
| EDCO 716 | Dissertation Topic 2 | 1 |
| EDCO 725 | Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| EDCO 735 | Statistics 1,3 | 3 |
| EDCO 821 | Ethics & Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 740 | Diagnosis and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors | 3 |
| EDCO 826 | Growth & Development of the Pastoral Counselor | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| EDCO 745 | Intermediate Statistics and Research 1 | 3 |
| EDCO 831 | Individual & Family Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 747 | Qualitative Methods of Research | 3 |
| EDCO 790 | Crisis & Trauma Counseling | 3 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| EDCO 770 | Dissertation Formation 2 | 1 |
| EDCO 841 | Crisis & Current Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 836 | Premarital & Marital Issues in Pastoral Counseling | 3 |
| EDCO 900 | Dissertation Design 1 | 3 |
| Hours | 10 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| EDCO 988 | Dissertation Proposal and Research 2,4,5 | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| EDCO 989 | Dissertation Completion 2,4,5 | 5 |
| EDCO 990 | Dissertation Defense 2,5 | 0 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Total Hours | 57 | |
- 1
Optional Intensive format
- 2
Course is Pass/Fail
- 3
Prerequisites determined and assigned at admission into program
- 4
Once the student enters the Dissertation phase, he/she must maintain continuous enrollment (Fall, Spring and Summer semesters) until all degree requirements are completed
- 5
Ed.D students are allowed to enroll in EDCO 988 a maximum of three times before their dissertation proposal is approved. Ed.D. students are allowed to enroll in EDCO 989 a maximum of three times. Extensions for exceptional circumstances must be approved by the Ed.D. in Community Care & Counseling committee. Any student who is not ready for enrollment in EDCO 990 after completing EDCO 989 may be required, as determined by the student’s dissertation chair, to repeat EDCO 989 until deemed ready for enrollment in EDCO 990