University of Nevada–Las Vegas

Program of Marriage & Family Therapy

About the Program

Last Updated: 
September 04, 2012

The Program of Marriage and Family Therapy, in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, offers a master's degree which is COAMFTE accredited. Students are eligible for licensure. We are committed to training students to become competent professionals through developing greater self-awareness; appreciating and embracing diversity; learning the art and science of clinical practice; and promoting ethical behavior, professionalism, and professional identity. In December of 2007, the program was awarded candidacy status with the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Education. We are the only program in Nevada with this distinctive status.

Program Overview

Program Administrator: 
Dr. Katherine Hertlein
Department Emphasis: 
Area Percentage
  Family Therapy100%
Campus Enrollment: 
30,000
Programs Options: 
Undergraduate, Master's

Undergraduate Program

Program Options: 
  • Family Studies (minor)
Courses Offered: 
  • Personal Growth
  • Multicultural Issues and Family
  • Human Sexual Behavior
  • Contemporary Marriage and Family
  • Couple and Marital Relationships
  • Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
Comments: 

Minoring in Family Studies: There is no bachelors degree offered in the department, however there is a family studies minor, which prepares students to pursue graduate work in family studies, human development, or marriage and family therapy. The minor will: Help you grow, maximize your potential, understand yourself and others better, provide you with greater sensitivity and awareness to diversity and multi-cultural issues, give you scientific information about all aspects of human sexuality, cover a wide range of information about mate selection as well as couple and family functioning, and help you understand different approaches to couple/family therapy. 

 

Graduate Program

Director: 
Dr. Stephen Fife
Courses Offered: 

The Program of Marriage and Family Therapy offers a Master's graduate program that prepares students for licensure as marriage and family therapists.

Master's Level

Program Options: 
  • Marriage & Family Therapy
Comments: 

The Program of Marriage and Family Therapy offers a Master's graduate program that prepares students for licensure as marriage and family therapists.

Faculty

Faculty at University of Nevada–Las Vegas