Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling
Programs - Master of Science in Counseling
Option in Marriage and Family Therapy
Students in this Option will prepare for licensed independent MFT practice to work in private practice, community-agency settings, government-court settings, hospitals, clinics, Employee Assistance Programs, and city-county-state agencies to provide counseling services for adults, children, families and couples.
Prerequisite
Take the following course:
- EDP 400 Intro to Educational Research (3)
(or equivalent)
Prerequisites: None.
Advancement to Candidacy - Clear Admission
Students should advance to candidacy as early as possible. For advancement to candidacy (Clear Admission status), students must:
- 1. Fulfill the campus Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).
- 2. Complete COUN 510, 513, 515, 522, 608, 609.
- 3. Maintain a 3.0 grade point average in all course work.
- 4. Resolve all incomplete grades.
- 5. Submit to the Graduate Studies Office an Advancement to Candidacy form signed by the program advisor.
Requirements
Take all of the following (58 units) and choose option A or B below:
- COUN 508A Family Systems Applied to Aging and Lifespan Development (3)
Prerequisites: None.
- COUN 508B Family Systems Methods (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 508A or consent of instructor.
- COUN 510 Law and Ethics for Counselors (3)
Prerequisites: None.
- COUN 511 Counseling the Alcohol/ Chemically Dependent Person (2)
Prerequisites: None.
- COUN 512 Child and Spousal/Partner Abuse (1)
Prerequisites: None.
- COUN 513 Introduction to Clinical Interviewing (3)
Prerequisites: None.
- COUN 514 Medication and Counseling (2)
Prerequisites: COUN 513 or consent of instructor.
- COUN 515 Counseling Theories (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 513.
- COUN 522 Counseling Methods and Techniques (3)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: COUN 513, 515.
- COUN 543 Human Sexuality Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 515.
- COUN 555 Cross-Cultural Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 510, 513, 515; COUN 506 for School Counseling Option, SDHE 538 for SDHE Option, or their equivalent upon approval of the instructor.
- COUN 556 Counseling Children and Adolescents (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 515 and 522, or consent of instructor.
- COUN 557 Counseling Couples (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 515.
- COUN 601 Trauma and Grief Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 556 or consent of instructor.
- COUN 608 Seminar in Marriage a& Family Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 510, 511, 512, 513, 515, 522. Recommended: COUN 556.
- COUN 609 MFT Practicum (4)
Prerequisites: COUN 510, 511, 512, 513, 515, 522 and 608.
- COUN 638 Group Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the MS in Counseling and/or PPS School Counseling Credential, or School Psychology Program, COUN 510, 513, 515 or equivalent upon approval of instructor.
- COUN 643D Counseling Field Work: Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 608, 609.
- COUN 644D Advanced Counseling Field Work: Marriage and Family Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: COUN 638, 643D.
- COUN 685 Community Mental Health Counseling (1)
Prerequisites: None
Take one of the following:
Select an Option:
Option A - Thesis (total units: 64):
- Take EDP 698 Thesis (must enroll in 6 units)
Option B - Comprehensive Exam (total units: 62):
Take an additional 4 units of approved electives from courses in the Counseling program.
Elective options include:
- COUN 559 Play-Art Therapy (3)
- COUN 680 Family Trauma Treatment Seminar (3)
- COUN 681 Spirituality and Counseling (1)
- COUN 682 Gestalt Psychotherapy (2)
- COUN 683 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2)
- COUN 692A/B Introduction/Advanced Psychodrama (1/1)
- COUN 684 Advanced Clinical Case Formulation (1)
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