Program Overview

Doctoral Program in Counseling and Student Personnel Services with a Focus in College Student Affairs Administration (UGA Athens Campus):

The Ph.D. program in College Student Affairs Administration (new name – pending University approval) (CSAA-D) at The University of Georgia is designed primarily to prepare individuals for practice and scholarship in one or more of the following areas:

• College 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 of the 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 College Student Affairs Administration (CSAA-D) Program at The University of Georgia.

Students

Eight to ten students are admitted to the program each year.

Students come from regions throughout the United States and represent a diverse background of experiences. There are two types of students in the program: full-time (who generally hold assistantships in the Student Affairs Division or the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services) and part-time (who generally are practitioners who currently work in some area of student affairs).