College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

67 professional groups such as the Collaborative Family Health Care Coalition, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Bereavement, Gerontology, and others. In addition to degree requirements, students must complete the following coursework to receive a Concentration in Family Systems Health Care (24 credit hours):  FSHC 5000 – Family Systems Health Care I  FSHC 5010 - Family Systems Health Care II  FSHC 5100 - Practicum I in Family Systems Health Care*  FSHC 5110 - Practicum II in Family Systems Health Care*  FSHC 5300 – Integration and Collaboration Among Health Care Systems  FSHC 5500 - Politics and Economics of Health Care  FSHC 6400 - Understanding Human Systems in Health Care Settings  One Elective * Students may choose to complete their clinical internship in a medical setting to obtain the required 200 hours of face-to-face client contact for this concentration. *The catalog is periodically updated online. Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy (D.M.F.T.) Program Description The Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy (D.M.F.T.) is a practitioner oriented terminal degree. The primary emphasis of the D.M.F.T. degree program is specifically to produce professionals whose chief contributions will be in the clinical and supervisory. The D.M.F.T. is a 78 credit-hour program designed for individuals holding master's degrees in a mental health field. The program prepares students for careers as private practitioners, agency administrators, clinical supervisors, and senior clinicians. The D.M.F.T. program is designed to expand and enhance a student’s existing clinical skills in order to become top level practitioners, while at the same time demonstrating the place of program/clinical research in this pursuit. To this end, the D.M.F.T. degree requires students to complete an Applied Clinical Project (ACP). The APC requires a student to conceive, propose, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a particular clinical program under the supervision of a faculty committee. The clinical program under review should be grounded in a systems based approach to family psychotherapy, yet may include large educational and/or consultation components. The Department of Family Therapy has full and part time faculty and supervisors that represent diversity in race, cultural, gender, age, sexual orientation, and religion. The student body reflects the rich cultural diversity of the University and South Florida as far as race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and age. Students entering the D.M.F.T. program are required to have the following core curriculum or closely related equivalent courses prior to entering this advanced systems program. When students need to take any of these prerequisites, these courses must be completed prior to beginning the core D.M.F.T. curriculum.  Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy  Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in MFT