Graduate School Grad school application MFT options USU

Graduate School Grad school application MFT options USU MFT Grad Program

Grad School Application Tips • Get a high score on the GRE or MAT. You can take both exams more than once. • Read materials carefully and respond to each part exactly; limit extra material • Type everything you send, using a font no smaller than Times New Roman 12; don’t use fancy fonts. • Decide what you want from graduate school: clinical training, preparation for doctoral programs, training in research, geography, prestige, working with kids or special populations, etc. • Email or call the program director with your questions after you have read the materials. It’s also worth considering talking to current students and alumni. • Be sure to verify that the program received your materials. • Don’t be discouraged if you are not selected for your first choice program. Remember that grad school is competitive and there are many reasons good applicants are selected or deselected for programs. Ask what you can do to improve your application, then do it; try again; try elsewhere. • Once a program has invited you, take some time to think about it. It’s absolutely awful when applicants accept an invitation and then change their minds. Once you’ve made the decision to go to a school, stay committed to the decision. If you change your mind late in the process, you may be shutting some other person out of the opportunity.

Letters of Recommendation • Letters of recommendation Ask the person if they are willing to write you a “good, ” “solid, ” or “excellent” letter. If they can’t write a terrific letter, thank them nicely and find someone else. Give potential referees information that will help them: GRE or other entrance scores, GPA on last 2 years of coursework, copies of papers you have written for them, copy of resume, etc. Ask them what they would like. This is especially important if you did not get to know any professors well or if it’s been a long time since they saw you in class.

MFT Options Accredited or nonaccredited Type of supervision Personal Family Situations www. aamft. org

USU Application • Be no longer than 5 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point. • Follow the outline, paying most attention to knowledge of family therapy and family therapy theories as well as personal experience in helping situations. • Answer the questions: – How did you become interested in family therapy as a profession? – What is your current knowledge of family therapy and family therapy theories? What courses or conferences have you attended? What books have you read? What strikes you as interesting or useful from these experiences? – What experience have you had in helping relationships, both formal and informal? What did you learn about working with people from these experiences? – What personal and professional goals do you have for yourself during graduate school? – What are your professional goals after graduating?

USU MFT Curriculum Family and Human Development Core Requirements (18 semester credits, 3 each) • FCHD 6060 Human Development Theory • FCHD 6070 Family Theory • Graduate Level Statistics Course • Thesis (6 credits) • Marriage and Family Therapy Emphasis (27 semester credits, 3 each) • FCHD 6310 Survey in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6320 Foundations in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6330 Marriage & Family Therapy Practice, I: Traditional Approaches • FCHD 6340 Marriage & Family Therapy Practice, II: Contemporary Approaches • FCHD 6350 Clinical Issues in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6360 Ethical & Professional Development in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6370 Assessment in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6380 Survey of Research in Marriage & Family Therapy • FCHD 6960 (3 credits total) Independent Study: Theory of Change

Clinical Practice • FCHD 6390 Practicum in Marriage & Family Therapy (8 credits) • 500 Face to Face Clinical hours; 100+ Supervision Hours • 1 st year all hours done at Family Life Center • 2 nd year; FLC and Advanced Practicum Site

Prerequisites • • Undergraduate course in human development Undergraduate course in marriage and family relations Undergraduate course in statistics Undergraduate course in social science research methods • In addition, candidates who have the following courses will have special consideration Abnormal psychology or psychopathology Human sexuality Family therapy theories or family intervention