College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

121 Sample Degree Plan: 24 credit hours Fall (August) Winter (January) Summer (May) Year 1 SFTM 5310: Introduction to Systems Theories SFTM 6331: Diversity and Psychosocial Issues SFTM 5320: Introduction to Marital & Family Therapy or FSHC 6400: Understanding Human Systems in Health Care Settings SFTM 5350: Research in Marital & Family Therapy SFTM 6332: Human Sexuality and Gender Elective SFTM 5311: Substance Abuse/Addiction and Critical Issues in Systems Theory SFTM 6320: Assessment in Marital & Family Therapy Graduation and Celebration *Electives are available depending on student needs to fulfill the certificate requirements. Graduate Certificate in Family Systems Health Care The Graduate Certificate in Family Systems Health Care offers students the fundamental applications of systemic family therapy in health care settings, including the discipline of medical family therapy. The Graduate Certificate in Family Systems Health Care is appropriate for professionals who have already earned or are earning a graduate degree in their professional field, family systems, or related fields and who would benefit from an academic study of the applications of systemic thinking and strength-based models of relational and family systems that can be applied in health care and medical settings. The Graduate Certificate in Family Systems Health Care focuses on the relationships between psychosocial medicine and biomedicine in the treatment and prevention of illness and disease. This program prepares professionals to offer systemic thinking in a variety of settings, including private practices, hospitals, community clinics, primary care/specialists' offices, health care and managed care agencies and organizations. Specific areas of study include adjustment patterns of patients and their families to chronic and acute illnesses; models of integration and collaboration among medical systems and other health care professionals; the role of the family health care provider in the continuum of services; the politics and economics of health care; understanding human systems in health care; and brief interventions and systemic assessments useful in the treatment and care of patients, their families, and interactions within the health care milieu. The Graduate Certificate in Family Systems Health Care consists of eight courses (24 credits), which include biopsychosocial and systemic theories, relationship skills, professional issues, and health care systems. The program is offered in a distance-learning, online format, and some courses may also be available in a residential format. This flexible format allows mid-career working adults, and those unable to attend on-campus programs,