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The Department of Counseling, Human Development, and Family Science offers graduate programs in two disciplines: (1) Counseling and Counselor Education and (2) Human Development and Family Science. We offer master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in both disciplines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Counseling and Counselor Education<\/strong> graduate programs promote optimal development and holistic wellness across the lifespan by advancing professional counseling through the development of counselors and counselor educators, research, leadership, and advocacy. We strive to enhance deeply healing relationships and evidence-informed practices in ways that are community-engaged and culturally sustaining. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MS, Counseling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our MS in Counseling prepares counselor-advocate-scholars with a strong professional identity and skills for effective practice in diverse settings. The Clinical Mental Health Counseling concentration equips professional counselors for independent practice across a wide variety of community settings. The School Counseling concentration equips professional school counselors for practice in P-12 educational settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PhD, Counselor Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our PhD in Counselor Education prepares counselor educators and supervisors with strong professional identity and skills to enrich the counseling profession through advanced practice, supervision, teaching, research, leadership, and advocacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our program prepares counselors to go out and make a difference in the communities we serve. Our students are practitioner-scholars who take what they learn in the classroom to facilitate growth, development, and healing. We can see the difference they are making in the world before they even graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Human Development and Family Science (HDFS)<\/strong> graduate programs prepare highly competent, culturally responsive scientists who make significant contributions to society as scholars, educators, and professionals. Students and faculty in HDFS share a strong commitment to intellectual inquiry, methodological rigor, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement. We honor development in context of interconnections among families, neighborhoods, schools, communities, cultures, and international environments. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our MS in HDFS provides a broad foundation for understanding how individuals develop and families function in their community context. The degree prepares professionals for doctoral study or careers in community agencies serving individuals and families across the lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our PhD in HDFS provides in-depth study of theory, methods, and empirical knowledge. Doctoral students design and evaluate state-of-the-science scholarship, intervention, and prevention programs to understand and promote optimal development and well-being across the lifespan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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