| Course | COUC 747 Instruction in Counselor Education (COUC747) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published COUC 747 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What COUC 747 covers
Blogs run in every module, each a thread of at least 400 words written for an online audience of professionals plus substantive interaction with two colleagues; the case study is written by groups in Module/Week 4 and analyzed by another group in Module/Week 5.
The book review in Module/Week 6 is capped at 1,000 words, the conference paper in Module/Week 7 answers an association's call for papers such as AACC or AERC, and the reflective essay in Module/Week 8 runs 800 to 1,000 words drawn from the student's own blogs.
This course explores contemporary andragogy, course design, adult learning theory, course delivery, and evaluation methods in the field of counselor education. This exploration is both applied in focus and grounded in the empirical research on these subjects. Students synthesize their own philosophy of teaching and incorporate it practically in residential and online instructional contexts. Cultural, ethical, historical, and legal aspects of counseling instruction are examined. Teaching Christian spirituality as a subspecialty area in a counseling program is also considered. (Formerly COUN 747 )
COUC 747 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | DB Blog 1: Educational Semantics (Course Requirements Checklist also due) | 80 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | DB Blog 2: Good to Great | 80 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | DB Blog 3: Scholarship and Faith | 80 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Case Study Part 1 (DB Blog 4: Dialogue Education also due) | 50 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | DB Blog 5: Teaching with the Grain (Case Study Part 2 also due) | 80 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Book Review: Pedagogy of the Oppressed (DB Blog 6: The Red Pill also due) | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Conference Paper (DB Blog 7: Christian Pedagogy also due) | 100 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Reflective Essay (DB Blog 8: My Final Blog also due) | 100 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where COUC 747 papers lose points
COUC 747 work loses credit when blogs define terms without taking a position, when a workshop case solves its own dilemma, when the Freire review summarizes for 900 words and evaluates for one sentence, when a conference paper ignores the call it claims to answer, and when Scripture is quoted without regard to its context.
Using a COUC 747 sample well
The samples draw on Freire, Jacobsen and Jacobsen, McKeachie and Svinicki, Vella, Knowles and colleagues, Collins, Barrio Minton and colleagues, Kirschner and colleagues, Chow and colleagues, Uttl and colleagues, Dunlosky and colleagues, Roediger and Karpicke, the ACA Code of Ethics, Cashwell and Watts, Worthington and colleagues, Brown-Rice and Furr, Kerl and colleagues, Freeman and colleagues, Teding van Berkhout and Malouff, Bernard and colleagues, Malott and colleagues, Ratts and colleagues, Ericsson and colleagues, Goldberg and colleagues, Hill and Lent and Elliott and colleagues.
COUC 747 questions, answered
What textbooks does COUC 747 use?
Four: Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the Jacobsens' Scholarship and Christian Faith, McKeachie's Teaching Tips by McKeachie and Svinicki, and Vella's Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach.
Which conferences does the COUC 747 Conference Paper target?
The guide names the American Association of Christian Counselors and the Adult Education Research Conference as examples, and the paper must answer that association's call for papers.
How many blogs are in COUC 747?
Eight, one per module, worth 80 points each except the 40-point final blog, each needing a 400-word-plus thread and engagement with two colleagues.
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