General Information on Doctoral Degrees
The School of Education offers a Ph.D. degree program in Counseling
Psychology that is accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1985. The School also participates, through the School of Graduate
Studies, in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. Two disciplines, education and urban
leadership and policy studies in education are offered through the
School of Education. Students may select one or both of those disciplines in addition
to disciplines offered through other academic units across campus.
All but a select few Ph.D. programs at UMKC are interdisciplinary. Students desiring to
study at the doctoral level in education and/or urban leadership and policy
studies in education (which includes the foundation areas of educational theory and educational
administration) must apply to the School of Graduate Studies. Detailed
information on the general and discipline-specific admission requirements may
be found in the
School of Graduate Studies section of the catalog.