Department: Master Sci Marriage/Fam Ther

Code Name Description
MSFT5100 Intro to Prof Counseling This course introduces students to the roles of professional counselors within the mental health system of our current society. Foundations, contexts, and skills for helping relationships and professional functioning will be identified and reviewed....
MSFT5150 The Family: Dev & Rel Issues This course surveys a broad spectrum of information about the family that is pertinent to providing services to families and their members. A family systems perspective will be the primary basis for examining family development theory, a diverse rang...
MSFT5210 Seminar Pers & Prof Dev This course emphasizes personal development. In order to be an effective helper, counselors must be committed to their own growth as people. Through reading, self-development projects, and group sharing experiences, the course attempts to promote the...
MSFT5220 Legal & Ethical Iss Counseling This course covers a variety of professional, ethical, and legal issues with which counseling professionals must contend. Students will evaluate and develop beliefs, attitudes, and values which will impact their work with clients and other profession...
MSFT5310 Counseling: Phil, Theory, Prac This course offers the student an opportunity to examine the major theoretical approaches to counseling. There will be inquiry into the key concepts, basic assumptions, goals, evaluations and application of therapeutic techniques and procedures. Stud...
MSFT5320 Marital Prep, Enrich & Therapy This course will review approaches to pre-marital counseling, marital enrichment, and marital therapy. Topics include the assessment of the relationship, growth-producing techniques, and the counselor’s / facilitator’s role in providing appropriate i...
MSFT5330 M&FT: Historical Approaches This course introduces the student to the theoretical basis for the beginning of the marriage and family therapy field and family systems interventions. Contributions from psychiatry, social work, and marriage counseling to the development of the fie...
MSFT5340 M&FT: Collab & Integ Apprch This course introduces the student to the theoretical approaches to marriage and family therapy as a core profession of the mental health services field. The basic assumptions, key concepts, therapeutic goals and interventions that reflect the soluti...
MSFT5400 Lifespn Dev/Trtmnt I: Child/Ad This course will focus on the behavioral disorders and psychopathology of the pre-adult individual. Emphasis will be given to understanding the cognitive, moral, emotional, and social development of children and adolescents and planning age-appropria...
MSFT5510 Culturally-Sensitive Counselng This course is designed to acquaint the student with the concept of cross-cultural counseling, paradigms concerning various ethnic families, and application of family counseling theories to particular ethnic groups. An additional area of focus is the...
MSFT5610 Undst Research Design & Stats This course uses a case study approach to experimental and quasi-experimental designs focusing on the development of the ability to assess the validity of research findings. Course objectives are: to provide a review of basic descriptive statistical...
MSFT5620 Tech for Psych & Fam Assessmnt This course acquaints students with the administration and interpretation of assessment techniques and their application to the psychotherapeutic process. Standardized instruments and questionnaires that assess psychological functioning and family dy...
MSFT5710 Psychopathology & Pharm Clinical theories and the results of research on psychopathology are explored in this course. Methods for making a differential diagnosis and establishing an appropriate treatment plan are examined. Basic information about psychotropic medications an...
MSFT5720 Rel/Spiritual Issues in Cnslg This course is designed to acquaint the student with a broad range of issues in the literature on religious and spiritual aspects of counseling. One’s own beliefs and values will be examined in light of religious worldviews and psychological practice...
MSFT5860 Addictions/Subst Abuse Cnslg This course deals with systems theory explanations of substance abuse and reviews individual, group, and family approaches to therapy.
MSFT5880 Lifespn Dev/Trtmnt II: Adults This course is designed to promote a more comprehensive understanding of how gender impacts life issues for men and women. Understanding the life span development through the adult years for both men and women, the role of gender stereotypes, social...
MSFT5950 Group Counseling This course will provide students with several theoretical perspectives for functioning as group counselors. Emphasis will be on understanding the group process, applying strategies and skills with groups, and handling special needs and critical even...
MSFT6000 Practicum/Internship: Clinical This 12-month course introduces the student to the activities of a professional counselor in the workplace, provides the student with the opportunity to perform the types of activities typical of a professional counselor, and integrates classroom ins...