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

287 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. Offered winter term. SFTM 5320 - Introduction to Marital and Family Therapy 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 5350 - Research in Marriage and Family Therapy This course offers a review of quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry, as exemplified in recent marital and family therapy research studies. The course focuses on teaching students to be intelligent, critical consumers of research in the field. Prerequisite: SFTM 5310. Offered winter term. SFTM 6320 - Assessment in Marital and Family Therapy This course provides an overview of methods and instruments used to define problems and indicate solutions. Diagnosis, appraisals, assessments, and testing appropriate to the practice of marriage and family therapy are addressed. This course also includes a comparative study of interactional approaches and individual and family dysfunction assessments. SFTM 6331 - Diversity and Psychosocial Issues Human development in the context of family transitions across the life cycle such as childbirth, childhood, adolescence, courtship, marriage, maturity, aging, and death are reviewed. This course focuses on the diversity of psychosocial development across ethnicity, class, gender, race, age, and culture with discussions and implications for interactional therapies and practices. Offered fall term. SFTM 6332 - 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. Co-requisite: SFTM 5310. Offered summer term. FSHC 6400 - Understanding Human Systems in Health Care Settings This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of relationship management within complex organizational settings, with special appreciation of the dynamics that apply within the world of health care. Students will learn to identify, assess, and intervene utilizing principles at both macro and micro levels of operation