Course Breakdown

Courses in the marriage and family therapy specialization are designed to comply with COAMFTE academic requirements as well as satisfying specific program needs. Courses are listed by COAMFTE academic categories.

• Theoretical Foundations of Marital and Family Therapy
• Asssessment and Treatment in Marital and Family Therapy
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Ethics and Professional Studies
• Research
• Electives

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Theoretical Foundations of Marital and Family Therapy

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Course Title

Credits

CDFS 590

Constructivist Family Therapies

3

CDFS 665

Transgenerational Family Therapies

3

Assessment and Treatment in Marital and Family Therapy

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Course Title

Credits

CDFS 660

Family Therapy Skills

3

CDFS 663

Structural, Strategic, and Systemic Family Therapies

3

CDFS 664

Behavioral, Experiential, & Communicational Family Therapies

3

PSY 673

Psychology of Behavior Disorders

3

Human Development and Family Studies

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Course Title

Credits

CDFS 602

Advanced Family Studies

3

CDFS 670

Human Sexuality

3

CDFS 675

Gender and Culture in Family Therapy

3

Ethics and Professional Studies

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Course Title

Credits

CDFS 680

Professional Issues for Child and Family Specialists

3

Research

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Course Title

Credits

PSY 605

Applied Multivariate Analysis

3

CDFS 615

Research Methods in Child and Family Study

4

CDFS 698

Research M.S. Thesis

6

Electives (Students must take a minimum of one course.)

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Course Number

Course Title

Credits

CDFS 590

Counseling the Abusive Family

3

CDFS 659

Addictions

3

CDFS 671

Human Sexual Dysfunction

3