Student Roles and Responsibilities for the Master of Counseling Marriage, Family and Child Therapy Specialty

Student Roles and Responsibilities for the Master of Counseling Marriage, Family

and Child Therapy Specialty

The student roles and responsibilities of the Masters of Counseling in

Marriage, Family and Child Therapy (MCMFCT) at the University of Phoenix are to

advance competent and ethical practitioners in family, couple and individual

therapy in a variety of settings. By following the program's defined curriculum

for professional role development, the successful graduate will be able to

provide counseling services "in accordance with the highest ethical and

professional standards" (Master of Counseling - Program Handbook, p. 7).

To achieve this end, the student must adopt and synthesize the

professional and ethical standards of the program into his own academic and

personal development. He must develop and demonstrate a broad base of

theoretical knowledge and therapeutic skills combined with his own ethical

judgment and counseling expertise. The student is responsible for maintaining a

grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better to indicate a foundation of

behavioral and social sciences, developmental theories as well as principles

and practices for planning, initiating and evaluating therapeutic roles. In

addition, a GPA of 3.0 or better must be maintained in all clinical courses to

display excellence in standards and competence as a counseling professional.

Failure to maintain the...