College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

80 Student Learning Outcomes SLO 1: Students will demonstrate competency in their potential ability and ability to work with culturally and sexually diverse populations. SLO 2: Students will demonstrate competency as ethical and professional practitioners in MFT. SLO 3: Students will demonstrate a commitment to servicing the community. SLO 4: Students will demonstrate competency in their potential ability and ability in assessing, diagnosing, and treating diverse individuals, couples, families, and groups over a broad developmental continuum. SLO 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to potentially apply and apply relational/systemic theories practice. SLO 6: Students will demonstrate effectiveness in their clinical work with clients. Faculty Outcomes FO 1: Faculty demonstrates a commitment to teaching and/or supervising which includes an emphasis on cultural and sexual diversity, inclusion, and global perspectives. FO 2: Faculty demonstrates a commitment to ethical clinical practice in the field of MFT and supervision. FO 3: Faculty demonstrates a commitment to research and/or scholarship. FO4: Faculty demonstrates a commitment to service and student engagement. Recruitment Policy As noted in the MS in MFT Educational Outcomes, the NSU MS in MFT program demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and prepares students for the clinical practice of family therapy, maintaining a high level of graduation and postgraduate success in the field. Our recruitment policy combines a commitment to diversity and underserved populations with a fair and realistic appraisal of qualities needed to graduate and have success in the field of marriage and family therapy. We do not require the GRE or other standardized testing, as standardized testing tends to privilege certain populations over others. We do require a 3.0 undergraduate GPA, and demonstrated interpersonal ability. In addition to letters of reference, an admissions essay, and a writing sample, we conduct in person interviews to assess prospective students. To attract qualified students, we maintain relationships with universities nationwide with large undergraduate human development/family studies programs, as many of our students come to us with this background, referred by a trusted faculty member. We make it a point to build relationships with other universities nationwide, including HBCU’s and other majority minority institutions. We also offer open houses, open to the community, and publicized through our website, where prospective students can talk with faculty and current students. Our students and graduates themselves are a primary source of prospective students for us, as they recommend the program to friends and colleagues. We strive to recruit a diverse student body, in terms of age, experience, sexual orientation, race, class, culture, gender, and national origin. We are transparent about our values and what we offer, providing all prospective students with a statement of our core diversity/inclusion values, and publicizing both our licensure exam pass rates and our postgraduate employment statistics. Retention Policy As noted in the MS in MFT Educational Outcomes, the NSU MS in the MFT program demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and prepares students for the clinical practice of family therapy, maintaining a high level of graduation and postgraduate success in the field. Our retention policy balances our commitment to the best outcome for