DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING 

Requirement: 54 Credits for completion

Tuition: $2,250.00

 

The Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Counseling is primarily to equip persons for vocations of ministering and research in the Christian counseling arena and for the scholarly enhancement of ministerial counseling practice.  It is designed to give the student an advanced background in Biblical  Counseling in which they are equipped to be effective pastoral counselors helping others find freedom from issues such as addiction, anxiety and depression, as well as relationship and marital problems. 


Any student seeking to enroll into the EMET Doctoral Degree Program must meet at least one of the following requirements:

(1) The students must have completed an approved Masters Degree Program. In many instances, even a  Masters degree in a secular field will meet EMET’s requirements OR

(2) The student must have completed at least 150 Semester Hours of graduate coursework from an approved seminary or college.


All EMET students who have completed an EMET Master’s Degree Program and maintained a 3.0 GPA are eligible for direct entry into EMET’s Doctoral Degree programs. There is a GPA requirement of 3.0 for graduation.

DEGREE PROGRAM SUMMARY

DEGREE PROGRAM PARTS CREDIT HOURS

PART  I CORE COURSES 15 

PART II MAJOR COURSES 14 

PART III DISSERTATION WORK 25  

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED 54 

DEGREE PROGRAM BREAKDOWN

PART I - CORE COURSES* CREDIT HOURS

OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY 3 

NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY 3

HERMENEUTICS 3

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 3

PASTORAL COUNSELING 3


*Core Courses taken already may be transferred and credited upon receipt of transcripts 

PART II - MAJOR COURSES** CREDIT HOURS

CHRISTIAN COUNSELING I 4

CHRISTIAN COUNSELING II 4

PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELING 

-TWO (2) RESEARCH PAPERS 6


**Major Courses taken already may be transferred and credited upon receipt of transcripts.

PART III - DISSERTATION WORK CREDIT HOURS

DISSERTATION PROPOSAL 5

DISSERTATION 20


Please see Student Catalog for instructions on Writing a Thesis/Dissertation or Research Paper.