Overview

Throughout this Community Care and Counseling - Marriage and Family (Online) EdD program from Liberty University our professors provide a robust foundation in research while preparing for the integrated dissertation project.

You will study counseling topics such as applied counseling theories and teaching and learning techniques. You can learn how to apply your new skills to advanced counseling theories and real-world human services problems.

The EdD in marriage and family therapy will focus on specialized assessment tools and methods to help your clients develop better relationships and build stronger families. This degree will help you advance your counseling skills and apply theories to specific issues for married couples, families, and the counseling field in general.

Career opportunities:

Some of the careers you may be equipped to pursue upon graduation include:

Academic researcher
Church counselor
Marriage and family counselor
Outpatient care therapist
Professor
Social worker

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Premarital & Remarriage Counseling

Marriage Counseling

Family Development

Trauma & Current Issues in Marital Counseling

Assessment in Marital & Family Counseling

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

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The admission deadline is flexible and we accept applications on a rolling admission basis.

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

57 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Lynchburg, United States

Disciplines

Family & Consumer Science Counselling Psychology Community Development View 24 other PhDs in Counselling Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A regionally or nationally accredited master’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing.
Applicants lacking a graduate-level statistics course will be required to complete CEFS 515 Research and Program Evaluation (3 credit hours), or EDUC 518 Educational Research and Assessment (3 credit hours), or its equivalent prior to EDCO 735 in the EdD
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment.

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Tuition Fees

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12825 USD / year

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Out-of-State

12825 USD / year

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12825 USD / year

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