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Course Requirements: MS, Couple and Family Therapy

Standard CFT Program Required Course Sequence (Including Required and Elective Courses)


Semester I (Fall)
• FMSC 640 Family Therapy: Theory and Technique (3 credits)
• FMSC 650 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Principles in Marriage and Family Therapy (3 credits)
• FMSC 745 Diversity and Social Justice in Couple and Family Therapy* (3) (formerly "Gender and Ethnicity in Family Therapy and Service Delivery")
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**


Winter Term
• FMSC 630 Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents (3 credits)


Semester II (Spring)
• FMSC 610 Research Methods in Family Science (3 credits)
• FMSC 641 Couples Therapy: Theory and Techniques (3 credits)
• FMSC 651 Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disorders in the Family Context (3 credits)
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit)**


Summer Session I
• FMSC 645 Sexuality: Issues in Family Therapy and Service Delivery (3 credits)
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**


Summer Session II
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**


Semester III (Fall)
• FMSC 642 Normal and Abnormal Individual and Family Development (3 credits)
• FMSC 652 Psychopathology and Diagnosis in Family System (3 credits)
• FMSC 698A Advanced Topics in Family Science: Trauma and Addiction (3 credits) (Elective)
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**


Winter Term
• FMSC 654 Clinical Marriage and Family Therapy Practice (3 credits)
• FMSC 698T Advanced Topics in Family Science; Testing and Assessment in Couple and Family Therapy (3 credits) (Elective)


Semester IV (Spring)
• SPHL 600 Foundations of Public Health (3 credits)
• FMSC 653 Advanced Application of Marriage and Family Therapy Models and Techniques (3 credits)
• FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**
• FMSC 635 Integrative LGBTQIA+: Clinical Knowledge and Techniques for Family, Couple, and Varied Relationship Dynamics* (3 credits) (Elective)
• FMSC 789 Non-thesis Research (Non-Thesis Option: Written and Oral Case Presentation) (3 credits)*** or FMSC 799 Master's Thesis Research (Thesis Option: Thesis and Oral Examination of Thesis) (1-6 credits)***


Notes
* Formerly FMS 745 "Gender and Ethnicity in Family Therapy and Service Delivery"
**For graduation you need 9 credits in FMSC 658. You need to register for at least 1 credit per semester 36 (excluding winter courses). Because registration for only 1 credit/semester makes a total of 6 credits, it is up to you how you will distribute the remainder of the three credits. In any given semester you can register for between 1 and 3 credits. We highly recommend to register for just one credit in Summer Session I.
***Because students electing the ACP option only register for 3 credits of FMSC 789, they need to register for an additional 3-credit elective course in order to accrue 60 total credits for licensure in Maryland.