Couple and Family Therapy, Master of Science (M.S.)

Non-Thesis option: 48 credits
Thesis option: 51 credits

Students in the non-thesis option must complete a total of 48 credits including three credits of FMSC789, and successfully pass the written and oral case presentation. Students in the thesis option must complete 51 credits including six credits of FMSC799, and successfully pass the written and oral defense of the thesis. 

Supervised client contact begins in the student’s first semester. Clinical students are required to gain 400 hours of face-to-face client contact, and 250 of these hours must be relational (with couples or families). The Center for Healthy Families, the couple and family therapy clinic operated by the Department, offers the opportunity to gain these hours. Clinical students receive 100 hours of supervision, both individual and group, for their client contact hours. Supervision in the Department’s clinic is provided through a range of techniques including case discussion, one-way mirror observation, video review, co-therapy, and telephone consultation during live sessions. Students may choose to do some of their clinical work in a variety of available externship sites in the local area.