All doctoral students are expected to develop an area of professional counseling expertise. Students select a specialty from eight specialty areas. Students selecting the rehabilitation counseling specialty list the four specified courses (12 hours), all other students select three courses (9 hours) of which two courses (6 hours) must be Counseling (COUN) courses. Courses taken as required deficiencies and courses taken as part of a master's degree will not count toward the specialty area. In addition, each student's internship will be designed to provide additional experiences in their chosen area of specialization.

**This specialty area must be reflected on the degree plan**

Doctoral Specialty Areas

Courses taken as required deficiencies and courses taken as part of a master's degree will not count toward the specialty area.

Adolescent/Adult Counseling

COUN 5200 Counseling Adolescents
COUN 5480 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling
COUN 5490 Abnormal Behavior: Effects of Trauma & Crisis Intervention
COUN 5530 Animal-Assisted Therapy
COUN 5580 Family Counseling
COUN 5730 Appraisal in Adult Counseling
COUN 5760 Child and Adolescent Appraisal
PSYC 6410 Psychopathology and Treatment of Adolescents & Young Adults
COUN 6900 Special Problems on related topic

Career/Vocational Development

COUN 5470 Career Development and Information Resources
PAIR 5870 Development of Human Resources
PAIR 5880 Industrial Relations and Organizational Behavior
PSYC 5230 Personnel Psychology
COUN 6900 Special Problems on related topic

College Counseling

EDHE 5110 Foundations of Student Development
EDHE 5120 Student Development Programming
COUN 5480 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Counseling
COUN 5540 Women's Emotional Health
COUN 5610 Addiction Counseling
PSYC 6410 Psychopathology and Treatment of Adolescents & Young Adults
COUN 6900 Special Problems in College Counseling

Couple and Family Counseling

COUN 5000 Filial/Family Therapy
COUN 5580 Family Counseling
COUN 5590 Couple Counseling
PSYC 5350 Counseling for Sexual Dysfunction & Other Psychosexual Disorders
COUN 6900 Special Problems on related topic

Group Counseling

COUN 5640 Play-Based Group & Family Counseling
COUN 6060 Personal Growth Laboratory
COUN 6070 Practicum in Group Counseling
COUN 6900 Special Problems on related topic

Play Therapy

*COUN 5000 Filial/Family Therapy
*COUN 5640 Play-Based Group & Family Counseling
*COUN 6630 Advanced Play Therapy
COUN 6900 Special Problems in Play Therapy
*These courses are required for Play Therapy specialty and are listed in preferred sequence of enrollment.

School Counseling

COUN 5200 Counseling Adolescents
COUN 5460 Program Dev, Leadership, & Ethics in School
COUN 5770 Professional School Counseling
COUN 5700 Introduction to Play Therapy
COUN 5760 Child and Adolescent Appraisal
COUN 6900 Special Problems on related topic