The M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy is comprised of 48 credit hours divided into three different sections: Core Courses (36 credit hours), Clinical Pre-Practicum and Practicum (6 credit hours), Theological Studies (6 credit hours).
Degree Requirements (48 credit hours)
Core Courses (36)
| PSYC 512 |
Theories and Principles of Counseling |
(3) |
| MAFT 618 |
Family Therapy Research and Implications for Evidence-Based
Practice |
(3) |
| MAFT 624 |
MFT Ethics and Professional Practice |
(3) |
| MAFT 631 |
Individual and Family Life Cycle Development |
(3) |
| MAFT 633 |
Couple Therapy: Systemic Assessment and Intervention |
(3) |
| MAFT 634 |
Marriage and Family Therapy I: Theoretical Foundations |
(3) |
| MAFT 635 |
Marriage and Family Therapy II: Systemic Assessment and
Intervention |
(3) |
| MAFT 637 |
Families in Context: Culture, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity,
and religion
|
(3) |
| MAFT 642 |
Psychopathology and the Family |
(3) |
| MAFT 645 |
Systemic Interventions with Children and Adolescents |
(3) |
| MAFT 655 |
Systemic Interventions with Special Populations: Abuse, neglect,
violence, and poverty |
(3) |
| MAFT 656 |
Integration seminar: MFT and Christian faith and practice |
(3) |
| MAFT 661 |
Personal and Professional Development Group I |
(0) |
| MAFT 662 |
Personal and Professional Development Group II |
(0) |
| MAFT 663 |
Personal and Professional Development Group III |
(0) |
| MAFT 664 |
Personal and Professional Development Group IV |
(0) |
Clinical Pre-Practicum and Practicum (6)
| MAFT 696 |
Clinical Pre-Practicum I |
(1) |
| MAFT 697 |
Clinical Pre-Practicum II |
(1) |
| MAFT 698 |
Clinical Practicum I |
(2) |
| MAFT 699 |
Clinical Practicum II |
(2) |
Theological Studies Requirement (TSR) (6)
| BITH 561 |
Theological Anthropology |
(2) |
| Choose one: |
| BITH 565 |
Christian Theology |
(4) |
| BITH 566 |
Foundations for Biblical Interpretation |
(4) |
| BITH 576 |
History of Christianity to 1900 |
(4) |