Coursework

Note: For more information about our program, academic requirements, and more, see MFT-FAQs.

summer

Year 1: Summer

  • CSP 600 (2): Cross-Cultural Counseling Communication Skills
  • CSP 600L (1): Cross-Cultural Counseling Prepracticum
  • CSP 606 (3): Professional Issues in Mental Health Practice
  • CSP 609 (3): Family Life Cycle Development
  • CSP 625 (3): Marriage and Family Therapy Theories and Best Practices I
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Year 1: Fall

  • CSP 615 (3): Seminar in Multicultural Dimensions in Counseling
  • CSP 626 (3):  Marriage and Family Therapy Theories and Best Practices II 
  • CSP 687 (3): Family and Systemic Treatment of Substance Abuse
  • CSP 692 (3): Seminar: Couples Therapy and Evidence-Based Relational Practices
  • CSP 755 (3): Practicum I: Marriage and Family Therapy
 spring

Year 1: Spring

  • CSP 618 (3): Mental Health Recovery and the DSM: A Social Justice Perspective
  • CSP 650 (3): Trauma and Crisis Counseling in Multicultural Community Context
  • CSP 670/670L (3): Theory and Process of Group Counseling & Lab
  • CSP 688 (1): Family Systems Assessment of Child Abuse
  • CSP 765 (3): Practicum II: Marriage and Family Therapy
 summer

 Year 2: Summer

  • ED 690 (3): Methods of Inquiry
  • CSP 785 (2): Marriage and Family Therapy Traineeship

* depending on the student's rate of clinical experience hours collection, additional summer enrollments may be needed to meet the graduation requirements

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Year 2: Fall

  • CSP 640 (2): Testing and Assessment for Marriage and Family Therapists
  • CSP 691 (1):  Violence in Couples’ Relationships
  • CSP 710A (3): Professional Seminar
  • CSP 785 (3): Marriage and Family Therapy Traineeship
 spring

 Year 2: Spring

  • CSP 635 (2): Sexuality and Intimacy in Couple and Family Therapy and Counseling
  • CSP 662A (3): Counseling Interventions with Children and Adolescents
  • CSP 694 (2): Psychopharmacology for Marriage and Family Therapists and Counseling
  • CSP 710B (3): Professional Seminar - Capstone Project
  • CSP 785 (1): Marriage and Family Therapy Traineeship
 summer

Final Summer 

  •  CSP 785 (2): Marriage and Family Therapy Traineeship

* depending on the student's rate of clinical experience hours collection, additional summer enrollments may be needed to meet the graduation requirements