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

249 sources and Federal and State Funding systems. Students will learn techniques of agency administration and organizational consultation. This course will be useful to those seeking careers in agencies, hospitals, and managed care settings, and for the general marriage and family therapist. Offered summer term. SFTM 5310 - Introduction to Systems Theory This course provides an overview of theories that use metaphors of system, pattern, interaction, and communication to describe human behavior and relationships as well as the study of the emergence of theories from cybernetics to language studies. Offered each term. SFTM 5311 - Substance Abuse/Addictions and Critical Issues in Systems Theories This course addresses the application of modern and postmodern ideas to substance abuse, addictions, and critical issues in the practice of therapy. Emphasis is placed on the application of modern and postmodern ideas to substance abuse, additions, and critical issues based on research, theories, practice, and treatment. Also included are other critical issues of culture, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, violence and other areas of critical concern in social systems. Prerequisites: SFTM 5400-I; 5321; Co-requisite SFTM 6300. Offered summer term. SFTM 5320 - Introduction to Marital and Family Therapy: Counseling Theories and Techniques An introduction and review of the history of marital and family therapy and the clinical approaches of interactional therapies are included in this course. The focus is based on basic therapeutic concepts and skills to include joining, listening, and conducting the initial interview through termination. Offered fall term. SFTM 5321 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy This course offers a comparative study of theories of marital and family therapy, including systemic, structural, strategic, intergenerational, contextual, behavioral, experiential therapies, and others, and provides a survey of differences in clinical practices. Prerequisite: SFTM 5310. Offered winter term. SFTM 5322 - Clinical Practices in Marriage and Family Therapy This course examines applications of family therapy methods and counseling theories and techniques in specific situations including divorce, child rearing, school issues, and others and incorporates case study reviews. Prerequisite: SFTM 5400 II; taken with SFTM 6300. Offered fall term. SFTM 5330 – Group Psychotherapy This class is designed to provide an opportunity students and professionals to develop a set of core competencies in general group work from a systemic perspective. These core competencies include knowledge of group theories, common group dynamics, common group types, and legal and ethical issues. During the course students will also be introduced to various specialty/advanced competency areas in group work. The development of core skills will occur through a combination of didactic lecture in group theory, classroom discussion, and an experiential group (during the second part of each class meeting). Offered summer term. SFTM 5335 – Human Development Across the Life Cycle Human Development covers the stages of the individual life cycle, and of the family life cycle, in cultural context. The interplay of individual development, unique individual difference, culture, socioeconomic context, and family context, will be considered and