The Marriage and Family Program is designed to prepare family therapists to work specifically with families in a wide variety of work settings. The program is 48 semester hours and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
As a faculty, we do not teach or adhere to a single theory or school approach to marriage and family therapy. Rather, we teach all of the major approaches and expect the student to be willing to examine each of these in his/her work with clients. We want the student to understand, compare, and evaluate the major approaches. The student's task is to integrate them into a personally meaningful and effective approach for the purpose of helping families change, and for the purpose of helping others understand families better through teaching and research.
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MISSION STATEMENT
"We think of the people in our program as a community of scholars and we expect them to be able and willing to engage in a collaborative dialogue with us to enhance their educational experience. In order to facilitate this, faculty is in an ongoing conversation with student.”
Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Students majoring in the Marriage and Family Therapy program leading to a Master of Arts degree will take courses listed below. This program is designed to meet the need for advanced preparation of counselors who work with families in a wide variety of work settings.
