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

163 SFTD 6630 – Grief and Loss The personal beliefs and philosophies regarding dying, loss, and death are explored. Bereavement across the life cycle, including developmental issues relating to adults and children and their understanding of loss are reviewed. The manner in which other cultures create meaningful rituals for life and death will be presented. This course is also available as SFTD 6530: Family Therapy Topics. Offered summer term. SFTD 6750 – Clinical Portfolio The Clinical Portfolio provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their clinical competence, creativity, and theoretical clarity in a manner and setting similar to that which could be expected in a job interview situation. This culmination of in-house clinical training allows students to demonstrate the full range and depth of their clinical skills and theoretical knowledge through a written statement of treatment philosophy, case study, and video presentation. Offered each term. SFTD 6825 – Academic/Research Portfolio The Academic/Research Portfolio is developed as a way for students to demonstrate their academic and professional research accomplishments during the program; to include professional development and career building skills; and participate in academic publishing, research projects, and professional presentations across various venues. All students are required to demonstrate they possess doctoral level competency in both writing and professional presentation skills. Offered each term. SFTD 7301 - Assessment in Marital and Family Therapy This course provides an overview of methods and instruments used to define problems and indicate solutions; including a comparative study of interactional approaches and individual and family dysfunction assessments. Prerequisite: SFTD 6200. Offered summer term. SFTD 7302 - Personality Theories and Psychopathology A review of major theories of personality and psychopathology are the focus of this course, emphasizing psychiatric diagnostic classification systems. The study of implications for treatment and comparisons with interactional approaches are included. Prerequisite: SFTD 5006. Offered summer term. SFTD 7311 - Human Sexuality and Gender This course provides a review of the psychosocial development of sexuality and gender from childhood through aging. Also addressed is a summary of clinical approaches to sexual and gender issues comparing interactional approaches with psychodynamic and behavioral models. Prerequisite: SFTD 5006. Offered winter term. SFTD 7350 - Qualitative Research II This research course explores how qualitative data are transformed and categorized during description, explanation, and interpretation. Students are introduced to a variety of inductive, deductive, and abductive methods for categorizing meaning and interactive processes. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis methods are addressed. Family therapy-related studies are offered. Prerequisite: SFTD 6430. Offered summer term. SFTD 7360 - Teaching Practicum Supervised teaching experience in undergraduate or graduate instruction in family therapy or related field provides students opportunities to develop their pedagogical understanding