MFT680 Capstone Course in MFT (1 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): MFT671  
This course is designed to assist students in developing their personal theory of change for the final program capstone paper and oral exam. Students spend time crafting their theory of change, articulating examples of this in their clinical work, working on library literature searches to support this work, reviewing APA usage, and crafting a well-written resume for their job search.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate ability to write professionally using APA style guidelines.
2. Apply skills in accessing several databases to locate scholarly journal articles.
3. Articulate examples of when they have used their theory of therapeutic change.
4. Write a professional resume’.
5. Identify areas of literature to review and evaluate in order to support their clinical work and theory of change.
6. Demonstrate sufficient learning and competence in program goals, including self-reflection, cultural competence, ethics, systemic thinking, application of scholarly research, and use of supervision and consultation.