College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

250 SFTM 6331 - Diversity and Psychosocial Issues Human development in the context of family transitions across the life cycle such as childbirth, childhood, adolescence, courtship, marriage, maturity, aging, and death are reviewed. This course focuses on the diversity of psychosocial development across ethnicity, class, gender, race, age, and culture with discussions and implications for interactional therapies and practices. Prerequisite: SFTD 6200 I. Offered fall term. SFTM 6332 - Human Sexuality and Gender This course provides a review of the psychosocial development of sexuality and gender from childhood through aging. Also addressed is a summary of clinical approaches to sexual and gender issues comparing interactional approaches with psychodynamic and behavioral models. Co-requisite: SFTM 5310. Offered winter term. SFTM 6333 - Personality Theories and Psychopathology A review of major theories of personality and psychopathology are the focus of this course, emphasizing psychiatric diagnostic classification systems. The study of implications for treatment and comparisons with interactional approaches are included. Co-requisite SFTM 5310. Offered summer term. SFTM 6340 - Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy This course offers an in depth explanation of accreditation and licensure organizations, along with the ethical codes they promote in family therapy and related fields. This includes a review of the therapist’s legal responsibilities and liabilities in mental health and family law, insurance claims, and private practice management with inclusion of an overview of professional opportunities in public service and training programs. Offered fall term. SFTM 6550 - International Issues in Counseling and Therapy This course is designed to review issues relevant to the practice of counseling, therapy, and human services work in an international context. Issues explored include: the adaptation of western models of therapy for practice in other countries; immigrant family experiences and the relevance to clinical practice in the U.S.; and global ethical issues in counseling and therapy. Specific cultures reviewed include Mexico, China, Cambodia, South America, and India, and others; designed to appeal to a wide variety of students from various backgrounds. Students will learn to become more sophisticated with regard to their understanding of family functioning and the role of counseling and therapy in an international context. Prerequisite: SFTM 5310; 5320; 5321; 6340; 5400-I. Offered summer term. SFTM 6558 - Couples Therapy: Theory and Application In this course, students will examine their own experiences, biases and values about couples and working with couples as well as the historical development of couples’ therapy. Students will learn current clinical approaches to couples therapy and evidenced-based models for working with couples. Students will examine current couple and marital research as well as assessment instruments used for working with couples. Students will examine specific professional, ethical, and legal issues associated with couples work. Issues of diversity and a commitment to multicultural exploration are demonstrated and interwoven throughout all discussions as students explore specific areas of work with couples such as extra-marital affairs, intimate partner violence, divorce, step- parenting, and health and illness. Offered winter term. SFTM 6570 – School-based Family Counseling This course offers training to work in educational setting utilizing a brief, solution oriented, and strength-based approaches to school issues. Also, this course will assist those therapists seeking a certified educational planner credential. Co-requisite with SFTM 6300. Offered summer term. SFTM 6630 – Grief and Loss The personal beliefs and philosophies regarding dying, loss, and death are explored. Bereavement across the life cycle, including developmental issues relating to adults and children and their understanding of loss are reviewed. The manner in which other cultures create meaningful rituals for life and death will be presented. Offered summer term. SHSS – Humanities and Social Sciences SHSS 6620 - Academic Writing (Elective) This writing course is a user-friendly seminar on how to write clear, unpretentious academic prose. Technical issues are covered that include sentence structure, punctuation, tenses, idea development and presented in a non- technical manner. The focus includes strategies for creating and editing manuscripts and for researching, organizing, and writing literature reviews. Offered each term. WRIT—Writing WRIT 5000 Professional and Public Writing (3 credits) This course offers an advanced study of professional writing strategies for public documents, including documentation and research, proposals and reports, argument and persuasion, layout and design, and writing and etiquette within electronic media. WRIT 5010 Research Methods (3 credits) This course offers writers opportunities to practice various qualitative, quantitative, textual, and historical research methods. WRIT 5020 Poetry Writing Workshop