M.S. Option in Marriage and Family Therapy

The Marriage and Family Therapy Center located in Glanton House.

The Master of Science option in Marriage and Family Therapy is clinical in its focus and has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.

Students in this degree program take course work that balances the need to acquire basic knowledge about the family and the developmental processes that take place within it, with the need to obtain extensive training and supervision in how one may intervene effectively in these family processes. Like all of the Department's graduate degrees, this option requires a thesis.




Six students per year are accepted; consequently, admission to this program option is intensely competitive. The MFT Program is committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse student cohort. The 2005-06 cohort is 25% non Caucasian-American.




Graduates of this program will complete at least 500 therapy hours, 250 of which must be relational. They also will receive at least 100 hours of supervision (individual and group), 50 of which must be directly observed (live or videotaped).




Students leave this two year program ready to take entry level family therapy jobs. An increasing number of our MFT/M.S. graduates are pursuring doctoral training at Auburn or elsewhere.







M.S. Procedural Guide





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Required Courses for Master's Degree: MS-MFT

HDFS 7010 Advanced Child Development (3) or HDFS 7000 Adolescent Development (3)



HDFS 7020 Marital and Family Dynamics (3) Pr., departmental approval.



HDFS 7050 Research Methods for Human Development and Family Studies I (3) Pr., HDFS 7040




HDFS 7060 Research Methods for Human Development and Family Studies II (3) Pr., HDFS 7050




HDFS 7600 Marriage and Family Therapy Theory I (3) Pr., departmental approval



HDFS 760l Marriage and Family Therapy Theory I Lab (1) Coreq., HDFS 7600 and departmental approval



HDFS 7610 Marriage and Family Therapy Theory II (3) Pr., HDFS 7600 or departmental approval



HDFS 7620 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues I (3) Pr., HDFS 7600 or departmental approval



HDFS 7621 Marriage and Family Therapy Theory II Lab (1) Coreq., HDFS 7610 and departmental approval.



HDFS 7630 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues II (3) Pr., HDFS 7600 or departmental approval.



HDFS 7631 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues II Lab (1) Coreq., HDFS 7630 and departmental approval



HDFS 7640 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues III (3) Pr., HDFS 7600 or departmental approval



HDFS 7650 Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Issues (3) Pr., departmental approval



HDFS 7920 Marriage and Family Therapy Internship (3) May be repeated up to 3 times. Pr., HDFS 763l and departmental approval.



HDFS 7990 Research & Thesis (CREDIT TO BE ARRANGED) (Note: Consistent with Graduate School policy, the HDFS M.S. degree requires a minimum of 4 credits of HDFS 7990; a maximum of 6 credits count toward degree requirements.)

Required Supporting Courses from Other Departments

COUN 7250 Advanced Assessment and Diagnosis in Counseling