Standard CFT Program Required Course Sequence (Including Required and Elective Courses)
Semester I (Fall)
- FMSC 640 Family Therapy: Theory and Technique (3 credits)
- FMSC 650 Ethical, Legal, and Professional Principles in Marriage and Family Therapy (3 credits)
- FMSC 745 Diversity and Social Justice in Couple and Family Therapy (3)
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)*
Winter Term
- FMSC 630 Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents (3 credits) (Elective)
Semester II (Spring)
- FMSC 610 Research Methods in Family Science (3 credits)
- FMSC 641 Couples Therapy: Theory and Techniques (3 credits)
- FMSC 651 Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disorders in the Family Context (3 credits)
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit)*
Summer Session I
- FMSC 645 Sexuality: Issues in Family Therapy and Service Delivery (3 credits)
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)*
Summer Session II
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)*
Semester III (Fall)
- FMSC 642 Normative and Non-normative Individual and Family Development (3 credits)
- FMSC 652 Psychopathology and Diagnosis in Family System (3 credits)
- FMSC 631 Trauma & Addiction in Family Life (3 credits) (Elective)
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**
Winter Term
- FMSC 654 Clinical Marriage and Family Therapy Practice (3 credits)
- FMSC 632 Testing and Assessment in Couple and Family Therapy (3 credits) (Elective)
Semester IV (Spring)
- SPHL 600 Foundations of Public Health (3 credits)
- FMSC 653 Advanced Application of Marriage and Family Therapy Models and Techniques (3 credits)
- FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (At least 1 credit up to 3 credits)**
- FMSC 635 Relational Therapy with Gender and Sexual Minorities (3 credits) (Elective)
- FMSC 799 Master's Thesis Research (Thesis Option: Thesis and Oral Examination of Thesis) (6 credits)**
Notes
*For graduation, students need 9 credits in FMSC 658. Students will need to register for at least 1 credit per semester (excluding winter courses). Because registration for only 1 credit per semester makes a total of 6 credits, it is up to the student how they will distribute the remainder of the three credits. In any given semester they can register for between 1 and 3 credits. We highly recommend to register for just one credit in Summer Session I.
**Because students electing the non-thesis track option do not register for FMSC 799, they need to register for two additional 3-credit elective courses in order to accrue 60 total credits for licensure in Maryland. The sequence presented shows when the 4 CFT elective courses could be taken. The fifth elective course can be one of the courses offered by the Department of Family Science or a course offered in another department (e.g., Psychology) but that is likely to be accepted by the licensing board that the student will be applying to. FMSC 660 is offered in the Winter and the Summer and FMSC 647 is offered in the Spring.