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Degree Plan
Students enter the D.M.F.T. program in the fall term. Following is a sample degree plan.
Degree plans are developed during a student’s first term and modified if needed
throughout their program.
Sample D.M.F.T. Degree Plan: 78 credit hours
Fall (August)
Winter (January)
Summer (May)
DMFT 5001 Doctoral Seminar I
DMFT 5006 Introduction to Systems
Theory
DMFT 5010 Systemic Family
Therapy I
DMFT 6200 Internal Practicum I
DMFT 5020 Systemic Family Therapy II
DMFT 5130 Crisis Management
DMFT 6200 Internal Practicum II
DMFT 6400 Evidenced-Based Research
Methods
DMFT 6325 Fundamentals of Supervision
in Marriage and Family Therapy
DMFT 6558 Couples Therapy:
Theory and Application
DMFT 7302 Personality Theories and
Psychopathology or Elective
Elective
*DMFT 6600 Annual Review
DMFT 5002 Doctoral Seminar II
DMFT 5030 Systemic Family Therapy
III or Elective
DMFT 5140 Advanced Micro Skills
DMFT 6210 Clinical Practicum (BTI)
Elective
DMFT 5040 Systemic Family Therapy IV
or Elective
DMFT 5340 Grant Writing for Funding
Opportunities
DMFT 6320 Supervision Practicum I
External Practicum I
DMFT 6300 External Clinical Practicum
DMFT 6320 Supervision Practicum II
DMFT 6410 Qualitative Action Research
(10 credit hours)
*DMFT 6600 Annual Review
**DMFT 6750 Clinical Portfolio
DMFT 5003 Doctoral Seminar III
DMFT 5312 Advanced Substance
Abuse Training or Elective
Or Elective
DMFT 6300 External Clinical
Practicum
DMFT 6950 Applied Clinical Project I
DMFT 6950 Applied Clinical Project II
Graduation and Celebration (June)
Practicums and Evaluations
DMFT students acquire clinical and supervision hours based on the following criteria:
DMFT 6200 Internal Practicum I and II
DMFT 6210 Clinical Practicum
DMFT 6300 External Practicum I and II
DMFT 6320 Supervision Practicum I and II
