Marriage and Family Therapy, Non-Clinical Concentration in Systemic Studies (Online), Ph.D. (511505)

Program Description

This theoretically oriented Ph.D. is uniquely designed for the clinician, counselor, coach, clergy, healer, educator, scholar, artist, and professional who desires deeper study of the contexts that advance the practices necessary for change.  The program’s faculty comprises a learned group of scholars, educators, and seasoned practitioners.  Coursework spans across academic disciplines and fields of practice and aims to study and contribute to the ways creativity helps awaken systemic processes of change.  The program combines rigor with creativity and is subjected to universally accepted standards of academic rigor and measurement.

Program Admissions

Admission to the Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) program is at the discretion of the MFT Program Admissions Committee; In addition to the university requirements for admission to the Graduate School at ULM, applicants for admission to the Ph.D. in MFT with a concentration in Systemic Studies will meet the following criteria:

Completed a masters degree from a college or university accredited and recognized at the institutional level by the US Department of Education (USDOE),

AND

A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 (based on a 4.0 scale)

and will provide:

• resume
• Three letters of recommendation from professional colleagues who are familiar with his/her character, work, and therapy skills (where applicable)
• A scholarly writing sample of 8-10 pages. Previous work such as an academic paper or report may be submitted
• A professional goal statement: 1-3 page typed, double-spaced statement of professional goals and how the Ph.D. will lead to the fulfillment of the goals
• A TOEFL score of 61 or above (if applicable)

Program Requirements

  Core courses for the Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy - Non-Clinical Concentration include the following:

• MAFT 7000 - Family Systems I: Epistemological Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy
• MAFT 7002 - Family Systems II: Foundations of Marriage and Family Therapy
• MAFT 7010 - Family Therapy I
• MAFT 7012 - Family Therapy II
• MAFT 7014 - Couple and Marital Therapy
• MAFT 7020 - Advanced Family Studies and Human Development
• MAFT 7022 - Social Ecology: The Social Context of the Family
• MAFT 7024 - The Ecology of Psychopathology
• MAFT 7040 - Issues and Problems in Systemic and Marriage and Family Therapy Research
• MAFT 7042 - Qualitative and Ethnographic Research
• MAFT 7046 - Dissertation Seminar Family Therapy

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  Students will be required to take all of the additional courses:

• MAFT 7008 - Systemic Scholarship
• MAFT 7009 - Improvisation in Creative Systemic Studies
• MAFT 7011 - After Therapy: Developing Alternative Professions
• MAFT 7013 - The Art of Creative Transformation
• MAFT 7015 - Absurdity, Nonsense, and Play in Creative Systemic Studies
• MAFT 7099 - Dissertation (must continuously register for 12 hours until dissertation is complete)

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  Total Hours Required for Degree: 60