College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

72 Requirements for Work in the On-site Clinic, Clinical Practicums Before entering Internal Practicum I, students are required to complete the following courses:  SFTD 5006: Introduction to Systems Theory   SFTD 5300: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues  SFTD 5008: Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy All students must take and pass the following requirements within the first month of enrollment:  Two HIPAA certificate courses  Level two background check with photo badge  CITI course prior to conducting any research Students must also be familiar with the Practicum Handbook and Brief Therapy Institute Policies and Procedures, both available on the website. Degree Plan Students enter the D.M.F.T. program in the fall term. Following is a sample degree plan. Degree plans are developed during a student’s first term and modified if needed throughout their program. Sample D.M.F.T. Degree Plan: 78 credit hours Fall (August) Winter (January) Summer (May) D.M.F.T 5001 Doctoral Seminar I D.M.F.T 5006 Introduction to Systems Theory D.M.F.T 5010 Systemic Family Therapy I D.M.F.T 6200 Internal Practicum I D.M.F.T 5020 Systemic Family Therapy II D.M.F.T 5130 Crisis Management D.M.F.T 6200 Internal Practicum II D.M.F.T 6400 Evidenced-Based Research Methods D.M.F.T 6325 Fundamentals of Supervision in Marriage and Family Therapy D.M.F.T 6558 Couples Therapy: Theory and Application D.M.F.T 7302 Personality Theories and Psychopathology or Elective Elective *D.M.F.T 6600 Annual Review D.M.F.T 5002 Doctoral Seminar II D.M.F.T 5030 Systemic Family Therapy III or Elective D.M.F.T 5140 Advanced Micro Skills D.M.F.T 6210 Clinical Practicum (BTI) Elective D.M.F.T 5040 Systemic Family Therapy IV or Elective D.M.F.T 5340 Grant Writing for Funding Opportunities D.M.F.T 6320 Supervision Practicum I External Practicum I D.M.F.T 6300 External Clinical Practicum D.M.F.T 6320 Supervision Practicum II D.M.F.T 6410 Qualitative Action Research (10 credit hours) *D.M.F.T 6600 Annual Review **D.M.F.T 6750 Clinical Portfolio