UGA Graduate School - Degree Programs: Counseling and Student Personnel Services (PhD)

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Counseling and Student Personnel Services (PhD)

Degree: Doctoral Degrees

This department prepares counseling, student affairs and leisure service professionals for a changing and increasingly complex world.

Central to the program is a focus on prevention and remediation of human challenges and enhancement of well-being in relation to individual and collective behavior at schools and community practices, and through public policy.

A combination of academic, clinical and practical experience, along with the expertise of its faculty, supports the department’s perennial ranking by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s top 10 graduate programs in its field.

Department faculty are highly recognized for their research accomplishments and contributions to numerous scholarly publications. They hold leadership positions in national and international professional associations, serve as editors for leading disciplinary research journals and receive recognition for their teaching and research by multiple professional societies. Faculty members have also been appointed to state professional licensing boards for counseling and psychology.

School/College	College of Education Aderhold Hall Athens, GA 30602-7101 Phone: 706/542-6446
Academic Department	Counseling and Human Development Services 402 Aderhold Hall Athens, GA 30602-7142 Phone: 706/542-1812

Contacts
Graduate Coordinator	Corey Johnson	706/542-4335
The Ph.D. program in counseling and student personnel services with a specialty in student affairs administration at The University of Georgia is designed primarily to prepare individuals for practice and scholarship in one or more of the following areas: Student affairs administration Graduate education of student affairs professionals Student assessment, outcomes research, and program evaluation in a student affairs context Doctoral students in counseling and student personnel services will receive a copy ofthe student affairs administration handbook which details specific information about the program. Ideally, this handbook will guide students as they “move into, through, and out of” the student affairs administration (SAA) program at The University of Georgia.
Degree	Code	Course Descriptions
PhD	159B	Find Courses

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