Marriage and Family Therapy – Program outline

Required Courses

Theoretical Foundations-6 credits (2 Classes)

FCE 830

Survey of Marriage and Family Therapy Theories

3

Fall of first year

FCE 902A

Advanced MFT Theories: Transgenerational Therapy

3

Spring of odd years (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.)

Clinical Practice – 12 credits (4 classes) from the following:

FCE 831

Treatment Processes in MFT

3

Fall of first year

FCE 897

Individual and Family Assessments

3

Summer of even years

FCE 902B

Advanced MFT Theories: Couples Therapy

3

Spring of even years (2010, 2012, 2104, etc.)

FCE 902E

Advanced MFT Theories: Evidence Based Prevention Programs

3

Summer of odd years (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.)

Individual Development and Family Relations – 9 credits (3 classes) from the following:

FCE 801

Family Ecosystems

3

Fall of second year

FCE 810

Theories of Human Development

3

Fall of second year

FCE 845

Foundations of Family Study

3

Fall of second year

Professional Identity and Ethics – 3 credits (1 class)

FCE 832

Ethics, Law, and Professional Development in MFT

3

Spring of first year

Research/Statistics – 6 credits (2 classes)

FCE 880

Research Methods in Family and Child Ecology

3

Fall of first year

FCE 881
Or
CEP 932

Data Analysis in FCE-NOTE: for students planning to continue to complete the CEP statistics sequence in the doctoral curriculum, CPE 932 is required and will not count toward completion of the doctoral curriculum.

3

Spring of first year

Total Credit Hours in Organized Courses = 36

Supervised Clinical Practice in MFT

FCE 894

Lab and Field Experience

1-3

1-3 credits each semester
Year 1: 1 FS, 1 SS, 1 US
Year 2: 1 FS, 1 SS, 1-3 US
Year 3: 3 FS, 3 SS, 1 US
Minimum: 6 credits Maximum 13 credits

Minimum Total Credits: 36 hrs of organized courses, plus 6-13 hours of supervised clinical practice

  Note: If a 3rd year is required to finish 300 direct client contact hours

Fall/Year 3

PhD courses (6 hr. each semester until required MA hours of direct client contact are completed)

FCE 894- 3 hours

9

Spring/
Year 3

PhD courses (6 hr. each semester until required MA hours of direct client contact are completed)

FCE 894- 3 hours

9

Summer/
Year 3

PhD courses (3 hr. until required MA hours of direct client contact are completed)

FCE 894-1  hour

4

15 PhD credit hours

7 MA credit hours

49 MA + up to 21 PhD credit hours (up to 6 in years 1 and 2 + 15 in year 3)

Marriage and Family Therapy, Ph.D. – Program outline

Required Courses

Theoretical Foundations – 6 credits (2 classes)

Course #

Title

Credits

Offered

FCE 902G

Advanced MFT Theories: Common Factors in MFT

3

Spring, even years (2010, 2012, 2014, etc.)

FCE 902C

Advanced MFT Theories: Feminist and Narrative Theories in MFT

3

Fall, odd years (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.)

Clinical Practice – 12 credits (4 classes) from the following:

FCE 892

FCE Seminar:  Advanced MFT Theories: Evidence Based Child and Family Therapy

3

Spring, even years (2010, 2012, 2014, etc.)

FCE 994

Sex Therapy

3

Spring, odd years (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.)

FCE 892

Seminar in FCE – Diverse Families & Community: Intervention Strategies

3

Fall, even years

PSY, SW, SOC, PSC, CEP

clinical practice topics – one course

3

Varies. Course must be approved by student’s committee

Individual Development and Family Relations – 9 credits (3 classes) from the following:

FCE 901

Contemporary Scholarship in Human Development and Family Studies (*required course, along with FCE 801 if not taken in the master’s program)

3

Fall of every year

FCE 811

Child Development: Ecological Perspectives

3

Fall of even years

FCE 812

Adolescence in the Family: Ecological Perspectives

3

Spring of every year

FCE 813

Adulthood and Aging in the Family: Ecological Perspectives

3

Fall of odd years

FCE 814

Parenthood and Parent Education

3

Spring of odd years

FCE 825

Families with Special Needs Children: An Ecological Perspective

3

Fall of odd years

FCE 842

African American Families

3

Spring of every year

FCE 847

Theories of the Family

3

Spring of every year

FCE 850

Theories of Management and Decision-Making in the Family

3

Fall of every year

FCE 892

Seminar in Family and Child Ecology

3

Fall & Spring of every year

FCE 904

Family Ecology Theory Construction

3

Spring of even years

PSY, SOC, CEP, SW courses in Individual Development and Family Relations

Up to 6

Must be approved by student’s committee

Clinical Supervision-3 credits (1 class)

FCE 995

Marriage and Family Therapy Supervision (a 1 semester practicum in MFT supervision, FCE 993, is required as well)

3

Fall every year

Research/Methods and Statistics – 15 credits (5 classes)

FCE 982

Qualitative Research Methods

3

Fall, every year (2nd year in PhD)

FCE 983

Advanced Research Methods in MFT

3

Spring, odd years (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.)

CEP,PSY

Three additional courses in advanced statistics/methods, including: One course in analysis of variance, one course in multivariate statistics, and one other advanced statistics or methods course

3+3+3

Note: CEP 932 is considered to be comparable to FCE 881 and will not be counted as an advanced statistics course

45 credit hours of organized courses

Internship (6-13 hours)

FCE 993

Internship

1-3

1-3 hours each semester
Fall, Spring, & Summer of every year
Year 1: 1 FS, 1 SS, 1 US
Year 2: 1 FS, 1 SS, 1 US
Optional
Year 3: 1 FS, 1 SS, 1 US
    (off campus) OR
     3 FS, 3 SS, 1 US
(in FC Clinic, unless exempted by Program Director and Clinic Director)
Minimum = 6 credit hrs. 
Maximum = 13 credit hrs.

Dissertation (24 hours)

FCE 999

Doctoral Dissertation Research

24

Fall, Spring, & Summer of every year

Minimum Total Credits: 73-80