HDFS 701 - Graduate Orientation - 1 credit
HDFS 703 - Research Methods - 3 credits
HDFS 773 - Foundations of Couple & Family Therapy I - 3 credits
HDFS 774 - Foundations of Couple & Family Therapy II - 3 credits
HDFS 775 - Clinical Applications in Couple & Family Therapy I - 3 credits
HDFS 776 - Clinical Applications in Couple & Family Therapy II - 3 credits
HDFS 777 - Diagnosis & Assessment in Couple & Family Therapy - 3 credits
HDFS 790 - Current Issues in CFT- 3 credits
HDFS 780 - Ethics & Professional Issues in Couple & Family Therapy - 3 credits
Select two courses from
*HDFS 782 Advanced Human Development - Birth through Childhood - 3 credits
*HDFS 783 Dynamics of Parent-Child Relations - 3 credits
*HDFS 784 Advanced Human Development - Adolescence through Early Adulthood - 3 credits
*HDFS 786 Advanced Human Development - Middle through Late Adulthood - 3 credits
HDFS 785 Family Theories - 3 credits
HDFS 790 Seminar: Special Topics in Research Methods - 3 credits
HDFS 794 Praticum - 19 credits
CFT Thesis Option
HDFS 798 Master's Thesis - 6 credits
CDF Paper Option
HDFS 707 Master's Paper - 3 credits
Elective - 3 credits

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Course Descriptions

703: Research Methods in Child Development & Family Science:
Introduction to research methods in child development and marital and family relationships. Includes instrument selection/construction, data collection, interpretation of results, and proposal writing. Emphasis on the unique methodological features associated with the field.

773: Foundations of Couple & Family Therapy I:
Introduction to theoretical foundations of marital and family therapy and the historical and contemporary development of the field.

774:Foundations of Couple and Family Therapy I:
This course introduces students to the foundational theories in the field of couple and family therapy. The course also offers a critique of the foundational principles of the field from a critical social justice perspective.

774: Foundations of Couple and Family Therapy II:
Couples therapy. Study of theories and interventions that apply to work with couples in therapy. Other topics include sex therapy, domestic violence, issues related to gender, race, and class, and therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender couples.

775: Clinical Applications in Couple & Family Therapy I:
This course offers an introduction to socially just approaches to couple and family therapy including narrative and feminist therapies. The course also focuses on working with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community.

776: Clinical Applications of Couple and Family Therapy I:
This course explores ethical issues related to working with children; assessment of children; child play therapy; family play therapy; child abuse; and grief and loss within the context of sexism, racism, classism, and heterosexism.

777: Diagnosis &Assessment in Couple & Family Therapy:
This course explores issues related to assessment and diagnosis in the treatment of individuals, couples, and families within the context of sexism, racism, classism, and heterosexism; and practical application of the DSM.

780: Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy:
Study of legal responsibilities, ethical issues, and professional matters as they pertain to the practice of couple and family therapy. Focus on AAMFT code of ethics, feminist ethics, personal ethics, relational-based ethics, and ethical issues in the context of racism, classism, and heterosexism.

782: Advanced Human Development:
Birth through Childhood: Critical examination of current research and theories on child development. Emphasis on applying theoretical understanding and knowledge of the current empirical research base to current issues facing children and families.

783: Dynamics of Parent-Child Relations:
Study of selected theories and research in parent-child relations. Emphasis on interaction between adults and children from infancy to youth. Prereq. CDFS 784 or 785, or permission of instructor.

784: Advanced Human Development:
Adolescence through Adulthood: Critical examination of current research and theories on adolescent and adult development. Emphasis on applying theoretical understanding and knowledge of the current empirical research base to current issues facing adolescents, adults, and families.

785: Family Theory:
Identification and analysis of theoretical approaches to research on the family. Study of the frameworks currently used.

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Suggested Plan of Study

Fall (Year 1)	Even Year Cohort			Fall (Year 1)	Odd Year Cohort
HDFS 701	Grad Orientation	1		HDFS 701	Grad Orientation	1
HDFS 773	Foundations 1	3		HDFS 773	Foundations 1	3
HDFS 780	Ethics	3		HDFS 774	Foundations II	3
HDFS 782	Adv. Human Dev. 1	3		HDFS 783	Parent-Child Relations	3
HDFS 794	Practicum	1		HDFS 785	Family theories	3
				HdFS 794	Practium	1
Spring (Year 1)				Spring (Year 1)
HDFS 703	Research Methods	3		HDFS 703	Research Methods	3
HDFS 775	Clinical Apps. 1	3		HDFS 776	Clinical Apps. II	3
HDFS 777	Diagnosis	3		HDFS 784 or	HDFS 786	3
HDFS 794	Practicum	3		HDFS 790	Special Topics Clinical	3
				HDFS 794	Practicum	3
Summer Year 1				Summer (Year 1)
HDFS 794	Practicum			HDFS 794	Practicum	3
Fall (Year 2)				Fall Year 2)
HDFS 774	Foundations II	3		HDFS 780	Ethics	3
HDFS 785	Family Theories	3		HDFS 782	Adv. Human Dev I	3
HDFS 783	Parent-Child Relations	3		HDFS 790	Special Topics
HDFS 790	Special Topics in				in Research Methods	3
	Research Methods	3		HDFS 794	Practicum	3
HDFS 794	Practicum
Spring (Year 2)				Spring (Year 2)
HDFS 776	Clinical Apps.II	3		HDFS 775	Clinical Apps. I	3
HDFS 784	or HDFS 786	3		HDFS 777	Diagnosis	3
HDFS 790	Special Topics Clinical	3		HDFS 794	Practicum	3
HDFS 794	Practicum	3		Thesis or Paper		3
Thesis or Paper		3
Summer (Year 2)				Summer (Year 2)
HDFS 794	Practicum	3		HDFS 794	Practicum	3
Fall (Year 3)				Fall (Year 3)
HDFS 794	Practicum	3		HDFS 794	Practicum	3
Thesis or Elective		3		Thesis or Elective		3

NOTE: Only 2 of the courses listed in italics need to be taken