{"id":2987,"date":"2019-06-12T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T23:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/?page_id=2987"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:08:59","slug":"curriculum-course-schedules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/curriculum-course-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum and Course Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Current and Upcoming Schedules:<br \/>\n<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/01\/Spring-2026-1.22.26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/Summer-2026-3.18.26-draft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/Fall-2026-schedule-draft-3.17.26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Past Schedules:<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0093b2\" href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/Fall-2025-schedule-8.26.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2025<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0093b2\" href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Summer-2025-5.29.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer 2025<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0093b2\" href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/MFT-Spring-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring 2025<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #0093b2\" href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/Fall-2024-Draft-7.31.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Curriculum (those admitted Fall 2025 or later):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/marriage-family-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/04\/MFT-Curriculum-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MFT 2025<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<section class=\"courseleaf-cat-page courseleaf-cat-page-college-public-health courseleaf-cat-page-marriage-family-therapy-ms\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2>Degree Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>62 semester hours<\/p>\n<table class=\"sc_courselist\">\n<caption class=\"hidden noscript\">Course List<\/caption>\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"codecol\"\/>\n<col class=\"titlecol\"\/>\n<col align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"hourscol\"\/>\n<\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"hidden noscript\">\n<th scope=\"col\">Code<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Title<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"hourscol\">Semester Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 500\">MFT\u00a0500<\/span><\/td><td>Counseling Theories &amp; Skills I<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 501\">MFT\u00a0501<\/span><\/td><td>Counseling Theories &amp; Skills II<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 502\">MFT\u00a0502<\/span><\/td><td>Professionalism, Ethics, and Law in Counseling<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 503\">MFT\u00a0503<\/span><\/td><td>Human Development<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 504\">MFT\u00a0504<\/span><\/td><td>Multicultural Counseling and Competency<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 505\">MFT\u00a0505<\/span><\/td><td>Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 506\">MFT\u00a0506<\/span><\/td><td>Community Mental Health &amp; Systems of Care<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 507\">MFT\u00a0507<\/span><\/td><td>Research and Evaluation Methods for Mental Health professionals<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\"><span class=\"code_bubble\" data-code-bubble=\"MFT 509\">MFT\u00a0509<\/span><\/td><td>Psychopharmacology<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 510 Family Therapy<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 511 Couples Therapy <\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 512 Violence and Abuse in Family Systems<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 513 Group Therapy &amp; Counseling<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 514 Substance Abuse Counseling<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 515 Psychological Assessment &amp; Testing<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 516 Child and Adolescent Therapy<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 517 Trauma Response &amp; Counseling<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\"> MFT 520 Practicum I<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 521 Practicum II<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 522 Aging &amp; Long-Term Care<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">1<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 523 Career Development Theories <\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 524 Human Sexuality<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">1<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even lastrow\"><td colspan=\"2\"><span class=\"courselistcomment\">MFT 525 Practicum Continuation<\/span><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">0<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"listsum\"><td colspan=\"2\">Total Semester Hours<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">62<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current and Upcoming Schedules: Spring 2026 Summer 2026 Fall 2026 Past Schedules: Fall 2025 Summer 2025 Spring 2025 Fall 2024 New Curriculum (those admitted Fall 2025 or later): MFT 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