College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

64 well as the submission of the manuscript or chapter must be completed prior to registering for dissertation credits. Internship An Internship of one year, 3 consecutive terms, is designed to provide the student with a full-time experience, emphasizing relationally focused practice, research, and/or supervision. The majority of a student’s course requirements must be completed before beginning the internship experience. Students must have successfully passed their Clinical Portfolio requirement before registering for Internship. The three internship types are as follows: Clinical, Research, and Hybrid. Clinical Internship The Clinical Internship is designed to provide students with professional experience in the practice of marriage and family therapy. This internship option is designed for students who do not have a clinical master’s degree or who would like to obtain further clinical experience. The institution sponsoring the internship site(s) will have been in operation for at least two years. Internship site(s) will provide adequate facilities and equipment for the intern to carry out designated responsibilities. Students will work with both a faculty supervisor and a site supervisor. When requesting supervision from a full time faculty AAMFT Approved Supervisor students will register for 3 credit hours per term for a minimum of 3 consecutive terms. If students have an AAMFT Approved Supervisor on site to supervise their clinical hours, or will obtain an outside AAMFT Approved Supervisor, they will register for 1 credit hour per term for a minimum of 3 terms. They will also work with their faculty supervisor as part of their internship experience. When taking 1 credit hour, students need to review their degree plan to ensure they will meet the required credit hours for their degree, and/or they will be required to take two additional elective courses to meet the credit hour internship requirement of a minimum of 9 credit hours. Research Internship The Research Internship is designed for students with an MFT, or closely related field, master’s degree and license and provides students with an opportunity to further develop their research skills and knowledge of research projects, grants, and other available resources (i.e., working with faculty on research projects). The Research Internship experience requires prior approval by the faculty member/supervisor, Program Director, and internship site. The research internship will also require students to register with a faculty supervisor for 3 consecutive terms for 3 credits each term. Hybrid Internship The Hybrid Internship is designed for students with an MFT, or closely related field, master’s degree and license and who are interested in designing an internship that meets their specific needs and/or interests. It can be a combination Clinical and/or research internship OR a combination to include advanced supervision. The Hybrid Internship will also require students to register with a faculty supervisor for 3 consecutive terms for 3 credits each term. The students and the supervising faculty will develop a specific contract delineating the details of the internship including expectations of outcome which must be approved by the program director prior to staring the internship.