Master of Science in Counseling/Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy
Program Description
Program Requirements
Course ID |
Course Title |
|---|---|
| CNSL502 |
Graduate Portfolio I
Portfolio I is an admission readiness assessment which samples and evaluates the student's cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills in critical areas of the counselor education process. It is a six-workshop, 24-hour, noncredit assessment that helps determine student appropriateness for the program and gives the potential student the opportunity to evaluate his or her aptitude for the counseling program. Portfolio I must be passed before a student may be admitted to any graduate counseling program in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Credits: 0 |
| CNSL504 |
Lifespan and Family Development
This course presents students with theoretical frameworks to foster an understanding of the various dimensions of human development. Emphasis is placed on biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development within the context of gender, family systems, social roles, and culture. Students evaluate clinical situations and assess potential therapeutic interventions in context. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL506 |
Personality Theories and Counseling Models
This course enables students to differentiate among the primary theoretical models of personality theory and counseling practice, including psychodynamic, affective, cognitive-behavioral, and systems theory. Emphasis is on the importance of students recognizing belief systems that accurately reflect their own personal style and and to recognize strategies and approaches likely to be most successful with a particular client population. Students have opportunities to establish a strong theoretical foundation as the basis of clinical practice and to evaluate and assess clinical situations for implementation of therapeutic interventions that are gender and culturally appropriate. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL526 |
Introduction to Clinical Assessment
This course introduces students to models and tools for assessment and diagnosis for the purpose of developing competency in evaluation and treatment planning for professional counseling practice. Students learn about and practice intake assessment techniques, performing mental status examinations, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR®), outcome-based treatment planning, and behavioral analysis. Emphasis is placed on writing clear, accurate, and useful assessments and treatment plans. Multicultural and ethical issues in assessment are also explored. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL547 |
Individual Counseling
This course focuses on intensive skill building in individual counseling. The relationship between assessment, theory, application of strategy and intervention, setting goals with clients, closure, and referral are emphasized as essential to the counseling environment. Emphasis is also placed on treatment plans, ethics, and cultural diversity. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL561 |
Group Counseling
This course provides students with intensive knowledge, awareness, and skill-building in group counseling. Content emphasizes such areas as different types of groups, group dynamics, group norms and boundaries, leadership styles, leading and co-leading, and treatment plans. Confidentiality, selection procedures, ethics, and multicultural diversity are included as key components of effective group counseling practice. Credits: 3 |
| MFCC536 |
Child Therapy
This course exposes students to a variety of models in the treatment of children and adolescents, including the developmental variables that may have an effect on behavior and family intervention. Systemic approaches to treatment of chronic illness, incest, delinquent behavior, adolescent chemical dependency, child suicide, psychosomatic disorders, families in crisis, fire setting, school phobia, and other behavior and learning problems are explored. Credits: 3 |
| MFCC551 |
Legal and Ethical Issues In Marriage and Family Therapy
This course covers legal and ethical responsibilities of the marriage and family counselor, including codes of ethics and laws governing mental health professionals. Emphasis is placed on the principles governing client rights, duty to warn and protect, multiple relationships, and application in special situations and with special populations; students learn how to interpret and act appropriately in a wide variety of situations. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL563 |
Counseling Psychometrics
The focus of this course is on tests used in counseling and test reports, with an emphasis on learning how to integrate testing as an additional tool in counseling. Tests most commonly encountered in the counseling field are identified and reviewed, and the following components are discussed: psychometric properties of tests, test selection criteria, administration, interpretation, and reporting of test results. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL556 |
Professional Counseling Assessment Portfolio II
Professional Counseling Assessment Portfolio II helps students integrate and evaluate their learning in the Master of Counseling program at midpoint. Like an assessment center, Portfolio II provides an integrative experience requiring the student to bring together all of what he or she has learned in previous courses in the program and to demonstrate how that learning has been applied both personally and professionally. Credits: 0 |
| MFCC556 |
Family Systems Theory
This course provides an overview of the development of family systems theory as a discipline and the therapeutic approaches that have emerged. Fundamental assumptions and concepts of general systems theory are introduced and contrasted with individual theories of psychology. The historic development of family systems thinking is explored. Evolving therapeutic models are introduced and contrasted with family systems concepts. In this course, students will explore the major systems theories' approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and change and explore ethnic differences in family patterns and attitudes toward therapy. Critiques of systems theory and research issues are discussed. Credits: 3 |
| MFCC561 |
Family Interventions
This course introduces fundamental concepts and practices that underlie family therapy in human systems. It teaches an integrative approach to assessment and diagnosis in family therapy with an emphasis on strategies for a wide range of populations and clinical problems. The course will introduce culture-specific interventions used for the treatment of culturally different families. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL573 |
Critical Analysis in Research
This course is an overview of the fundamentals of research and program evaluation for counseling, family therapy, and school counseling. Topics include research methods, statistical analysis, and needs assessment. Emphasis is placed on engaging students in critical analysis of research literature. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL557 |
Social and Multicultural Foundations
This course is designed to be a foundation for understanding diversity among clients in a pluralistic society. Emphasis will be on integrating awareness, knowledge, and skills related to counseling differences and similarities based on age, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliations, gender identification, sexual orientation, physical/mental limitations, social class, etc. Credits: 3 |
| CMHC561 |
Dependency and Addictions
This course addresses substance abuse-dependency concepts and counseling practices. Topics include an overview of dependency theories, major substances of abuse, assessment, diagnosis, treatment modalities, special topics, and working with diverse populations. Credits: 3 |
| CMHC546 |
Psychopharmacology
This course examines the history, biochemistry, main effects and side effects of prescription psychotropic medication. The goal of the course is to learn to work with clients who are taking psychotropic medication and monitor them for side effects and contraindications. Ethics and methods of working with medical personnel are included. Credits: 3 |
| CMHC551 |
Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy
The goal of this course is to learn about the many facets of human sexuality and the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in a safe and respectful environment. Topics include the physiology, psychology, and sociology of sexuality, including the effects of sexual attitudes and functioning on individuals and families. Clinical applications, including the treatment of sexual difficulty and dysfunction will also be explored. Students will develop familiarity with the language and terms of sexology and demonstrate an ability to apply this knowledge to clinical situations. Credits: 3 |
| MFCC566 |
Advanced Marriage and Family Therapy
This course requires students to apply marriage and family theory and skills acquired throughout the program and allows them to gain a deeper understanding of working with diverse families. Students will go through the process, from intake to termination, of working with a family in a role-play setting incorporating practical applications of assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, progress notes, and termination summaries. Family interventions will be emphasized, including interventions for families in acute and chronic crisis, and for various ethnic family systems. Credits: 3 |
| MFCC597A | MFCC597A |
| MFCC597B | MFCC597B |
