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Year Course ID Course
2026-2027 CMFT 678

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

The course will familiarize the student with Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT), an empirically validated approach to working with couples who are experiencing marital distress developed by Drs. Susan Johnson and Leslie Greenberg. EFT offers a comprehensive theory of adult love and attachment, as well as a process of healing distressed relationships. Through a series of nine steps, this experiential–systemic therapy focuses on helping partners restructure the emotional responses that maintain their negative interaction patterns. This course fulfills the externship requirements toward Certification as an EFT Therapist.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 CMFT 679

Play Therapy

In this course, we will explore the purposeful dynamics of emotion and the inherent properties of play — and most importantly, the magical interplay when they come together. We will play with the practical application across the lifespan. What does it look like to bring true play and playfulness into our practice, both in and out of the therapy room? What does it look like to matchmake play and emotion for those you care for and for yourself? With this insight of true play, we can see how play is nature’s design to take care of us, no matter what one’s role.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 679

Play Therapy

In this course, we will explore the purposeful dynamics of emotion and the inherent properties of play — and most importantly, the magical interplay when they come together. We will play with the practical application across the lifespan. What does it look like to bring true play and playfulness into our practice, both in and out of the therapy room? What does it look like to matchmake play and emotion for those you care for and for yourself? With this insight of true play, we can see how play is nature’s design to take care of us, no matter what one’s role.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 682
2025-2026 CMFT 680

The Condition of Humanity & Relationships

This seminar style course covers theoretical and practical approaches for helping professionals to integrate Christianity and Psychology. Emphases include biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of personhood, including applications for clinical practice. This course also provides opportunities for professional development through personal reflection that leads to the development of an integrated therapeutic perspective.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 680

The Condition of Humanity & Relationships

This seminar style course covers theoretical and practical approaches for helping professionals to integrate Christianity and Psychology. Emphases include biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of personhood, including applications for clinical practice. This course also provides opportunities for professional development through personal reflection that leads to the development of an integrated therapeutic perspective.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 CMFT 681

Grief & End of Life Care

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the study of grief, loss, and end-of-life care in the context of family systems, with a focus on the interconnection of familial, individual and relational dynamics. Emphasizing the role of culture, community, and family narratives, students will critically examine how diverse cultural, spiritual and faith rituals, beliefs, and practices shape responses to loss and mourning within family systems. This course covers models of grief and bereavement from a systemic lens, including complexities of anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, and intergenerational loss. Special attention will be given to collaborative approaches in palliative care and working with interdisciplinary health teams to ensure ethical and appropriate care in these settings. Lastly, students will learn their roles as psychotherapists in supporting end-of-life conversations and learn how to integrate self of the therapist awareness to best address compassion fatigue and vicarious grief.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 681

Grief & End of Life Care

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the study of grief, loss, and end-of-life care in the context of family systems, with a focus on the interconnection of familial, individual and relational dynamics. Emphasizing the role of culture, community, and family narratives, students will critically examine how diverse cultural, spiritual and faith rituals, beliefs, and practices shape responses to loss and mourning within family systems. This course covers models of grief and bereavement from a systemic lens, including complexities of anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, and intergenerational loss. Special attention will be given to collaborative approaches in palliative care and working with interdisciplinary health teams to ensure ethical and appropriate care in these settings. Lastly, students will learn their roles as psychotherapists in supporting end-of-life conversations and learn how to integrate self of the therapist awareness to best address compassion fatigue and vicarious grief.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 CMFT 682

Family Therapy: Children & Adolescents

This course offers an innovative approach to exploring current theoretical trends and therapeutic strategies when working with children, adolescents, and their families. The course will be taught from a systemic perspective while taking into account the special needs of the individual child. One of the major components of the course will involve Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s Intensive course: Making Sense of Kids. The course will explore the dynamics of “stuckness” in childhood and adolescence through Dr. Neufeld’s comprehensive attachment-based developmental model. This course will cover a three-pronged approach to effecting deep and lasting change, with a deeper look at the interplay of attachment, maturation, and vulnerability.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 682

Family Therapy: Children & Adolescents

This course offers an innovative approach to exploring current theoretical trends and therapeutic strategies when working with children, adolescents, and their families. The course will be taught from a systemic perspective while taking into account the special needs of the individual child. One of the major components of the course will involve Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s Intensive course: Making Sense of Kids. The course will explore the dynamics of “stuckness” in childhood and adolescence through Dr. Neufeld’s comprehensive attachment-based developmental model. This course will cover a three-pronged approach to effecting deep and lasting change, with a deeper look at the interplay of attachment, maturation, and vulnerability.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 552, 553, 660
2025-2026 CMFT 683

Lifespan Development: Attachment Across the Lifespan

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of attachment theory across the lifespan, in particular, in adulthood. Students will explore the key concepts of attachment theory, the different attachment styles, and their impact on development throughout the lifespan. The course will focus on the different phases of adulthood from the early 20s to late adulthood, and how attachment can impact a range of outcomes such as relationships, mental health, and well-being. Additionally, the course will cover the implications of attachment styles on clinical practice, including considerations for cultural sensitivities, family systems, and a biblical view of attachment.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 683

Lifespan Development: Attachment Across the Lifespan

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of attachment theory across the lifespan, in particular, in adulthood. Students will explore the key concepts of attachment theory, the different attachment styles, and their impact on development throughout the lifespan. The course will focus on the different phases of adulthood from the early 20s to late adulthood, and how attachment can impact a range of outcomes such as relationships, mental health, and well-being. Additionally, the course will cover the implications of attachment styles on clinical practice, including considerations for cultural sensitivities, family systems, and a biblical view of attachment.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 684

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy

The course will familiarize the student with EFIT an attachment-based psychotherapy that helps individuals identify and transform negative emotional patterns to build more secure sense of self and others. EFIT integrates the core principles of attachment theory, humanistic-experiential methods, and emotion theory to help individuals. As an empirically validated approach, it was customized to work with individuals through a series of three stages: Stabilization & Alliance; Restructuring Self & Attachment; and Consolidation and Integration. Through a focus on experiential–systemic therapy, EFIT works to create greater self-coherence and emotional flexibility with individual clients.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 552, 590, and 660.
2026-2027 CMFT 685

Child & Family Therapy Through Sandtray

This advanced experiential course examines Sand Tray Therapy as a flexible, integrative therapeutic approach grounded in trauma-informed, neurobiological, developmental, attachment, and relational frameworks. Students will expand their theoretical and practical understanding of how metaphor within the sand tray supports emotion regulation, attachment repair, right-brain–to–right-brain coregulation, and transformation across diverse client systems. Emerging considerations in virtual play therapy and the ethical use of AI-assisted tools for clinical practice will be explored, with attention to how these technologies can extend accessibility, creativity, and co-regulation in online settings while maintaining therapeutic relational integrity.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 552, 553, 664.
2026-2027 CMFT 686

Neurosomatic Family Systems

This introductory course to working with children ages 12 and younger offers students a developmental framework for understanding the interconnections of nervous system presentations within a multigenerational family system. Using non-pathological approaches, students will learn to conceptualize presenting issues for guardians, children, and family systems through the lens of neurosomatic psychotherapy. Experiential practices will be explored through expressive therapy modalities and play. Students will expand on their knowledge of goal setting and treatment planning in consideration of a nervous system network while gaining experience working directly with children and guardians, moving theoretical knowledge into practice.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 664 and 682.
2026-2027 CMFT 687

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

This course introduces Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a theoretical orientation to assess, manage and treat severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation in teens and adults. Students will learn ways of clinically understanding extreme behaviors such as self-harm and suicidal actions, gain clinical skill and comfort around discussing these topics while assessing risk level and will come to understand the range and appropriateness of clinical interventions needed to ensure client safety and stabilization.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 580 and 590.
2026-2027 CMFT 688

Bowen Family Systems

Teaches students working with couples and families the theoretical foundations of Bowen Family Systems, while applying the theory to their own families and clinical practice. Bowen Family Systems is grounded in the natural sciences and thinking about families as living systems. Presented in this course are Bowen theory’s eight interlocking concepts, including triangles, differentiation of self, nuclear family emotional process, family projection process, multigenerational transmission process, emotional cutoff, sibling position, and societal emotional process. Family of origin work, which involves the effort to understand one's family processes and make consistent efforts towards self-differentiation, will be the main focus of this course.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 590.
2025-2026 CMFT 691

External Clinical Training I

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 4
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2026-2027 CMFT 691

External Clinical Training I

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 590, 660, 664, proof of membership with CACFT/AAMFT and approved program candidacy
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2025-2026 CMFT 692

External Clinical Training II

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 4
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2026-2027 CMFT 692

External Clinical Training II

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 590, 660, 664, proof of membership with CACFT/AAMFT and approved program candidacy
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2025-2026 CMFT 696

External Clinical Continuation

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 0
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2026-2027 CMFT 696

External Clinical Continuation

Students will participate in a clinical supervision group on campus under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The supervision group meets two hours per week for a period of 12 weeks. (3 hours per week over 8 classes in the summer). Students will also meet weekly for one hour of individual supervision with their on-site supervisor. Supervision will include collaborative conversations regarding the student’s clinical performance as well as personal and professional development. Attention will be given to client issues of diversity that are related to aspects of age, gender, sexual orientation, health/ability, culture, ethnicity, and spirituality. The goals of the internship experience are covered in the MCS-MFT Practicum/Internship Handbook.

Course Credits: 0
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 691, 692
NB: Only open to CMFT student interns who have an approved internship placement. Students must begin their internship placement no later than the second week of class.
2025-2026 CMFT 699

Trauma-Informed Therapy

This course provides students with a clinical understanding of trauma and provide an overview of trauma-informed therapies. Students will learn to conceptualize and understand clients in a systemic way while understanding trauma’s far-reaching impacts. This course focuses on understanding trauma symptomology as well as understanding differences between developmental trauma, PTSD, complex-PTSD and crisis/disasters. Students will learn evidence-based treatments for trauma and be familiar with the main pillars of trauma-informed therapy: choice; safety; attunement; and predictability.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMFT 699

Trauma-Informed Therapy

This course provides students with a clinical understanding of trauma and provide an overview of trauma-informed therapies. Students will learn to conceptualize and understand clients in a systemic way while understanding trauma’s far-reaching impacts. This course focuses on understanding trauma symptomology as well as understanding differences between developmental trauma, PTSD, complex-PTSD and crisis/disasters. Students will learn evidence-based treatments for trauma and be familiar with the main pillars of trauma-informed therapy: choice; safety; attunement; and predictability.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMFT 553, 664
2025-2026 CMPT 102

Career Preparation in Technology

Equips students with the essential skills and knowledge required to enter employment in the professional world of computing science. Focuses on workplace readiness, emphasizing practical soft skills for success in professional environments. Upon successful completion, students will be prepared to pursue a wide range of roles in the computing science field, being equipped with the skills needed to navigate the complexities of modern, technology-driven workplaces.

Course Credits: 1
2026-2027 CMPT 102

Career Preparation in Technology

Equips students with the essential skills and knowledge required to enter employment in the professional world of computing science. Focuses on workplace readiness, emphasizing practical soft skills for success in professional environments. Upon successful completion, students will be prepared to pursue a wide range of roles in the computing science field, being equipped with the skills needed to navigate the complexities of modern, technology-driven workplaces.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 140
2025-2026 CMPT 113

Computational Thinking & Information Systems

The student will gain a broad introductory understanding of information systems including how modern computers interact with networks. The student will gain problem solving skills by employing computational thinking, testing, and debugging techniques. No prior computing experience is required. Not for students with existing credit for or exemption from CMPT 140 or 166. This course may not be counted toward a minor, concentration or major in computing science.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 CMPT 113

Computational Thinking & Information Systems

The student will gain a broad introductory understanding of information systems including how modern computers interact with networks. The student will gain problem solving skills by employing computational thinking, testing, and debugging techniques. No prior computing experience is required. Not for students with existing credit for or exemption from CMPT 140 or 166. This course may not be counted toward a minor, concentration or major in computing science.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 CMPT 113

Computational Thinking and Information Systems

The student will gain a broad introductory understanding of information systems including how modern computers interact with networks. The student will gain problem solving skills by employing computational thinking, testing, and debugging techniques. No prior computing experience is required. Not for students with existing credit for or exemption from CMPT 140 or 166. This course may not be counted toward a minor, concentration or major in computing science.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 CMPT 123

Data Analysis for Information Systems

An introduction to spreadsheets and databases. Cell formulas, charts, macro programming are examined. Database design, decomposition; basic SQL. Tools such as Excel, Access, and MS-SQL may be used, but the focus is on concepts and design rather than skills with specific tools.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 113 or 140. (3-0)
2025-2026 CMPT 123

Data Analysis for Information Systems

An introduction to spreadsheets and databases. Cell formulas, charts, macro programming are examined. Database design, decomposition; basic SQL. Tools such as Excel, Access, and MS-SQL may be used, but the focus is on concepts and design rather than skills with specific tools.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMPT 123

Data Analysis for Information Systems

An introduction to spreadsheets and databases. Cell formulas, charts, macro programming are examined. Database design, decomposition; basic SQL. Tools such as Excel, Access, and MS-SQL may be used, but the focus is on concepts and design rather than skills with specific tools.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 113 or 140
2024-2025 CMPT 140

Introduction to Computing Science & Programming I

An elementary introduction to computing science and programming as a problem-solving tool. Fundamental concepts and terminology of computing science will be introduced. Programming skill will be obtained by using a high-level language. Topics will include: abstraction, data types and control structures, fundamental algorithms and pseudocode, computability and complexity, and computer architecture.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (3-0)
2025-2026 CMPT 140

Introduction to Computing Science & Programming I

An elementary introduction to computing science and programming as a problem-solving tool. Fundamental concepts and terminology of computing science will be introduced. Programming skill will be obtained by using a high-level language. Topics will include: abstraction, data types and control structures, fundamental algorithms and pseudocode, computability and complexity, and computer architecture.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMPT 140

Introduction to Computing Science & Programming I

An elementary introduction to computing science and programming as a problem-solving tool. Fundamental concepts and terminology of computing science will be introduced. Programming skill will be obtained by using a high-level language. Topics will include: abstraction, data types and control structures, fundamental algorithms and pseudocode, computability and complexity, and computer architecture.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 CMPT 150

Introduction to Discrete Math

An introduction to those branches of pure mathematics which are most commonly used in the study of Computing Science and/or have other practical applications. Topics include logic, proofs, switching circuits, set theory, induction, functions, languages, finite automata, combinatorics, and algebraic structures.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BC high school Mathematics 12, or Pre-Calculus 12, or MATH 105, or the equivalent. (4-0)
Cross-listed: MATH 150
2025-2026 CMPT 150

Introduction to Discrete Math

An introduction to those branches of pure mathematics which are most commonly used in the study of Computing Science and/or have other practical applications. Topics include logic, proofs, switching circuits, set theory, induction, functions, languages, finite automata, combinatorics, and algebraic structures.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMPT 150

Introduction to Discrete Math

An introduction to those branches of pure mathematics which are most commonly used in the study of Computing Science and/or have other practical applications. Topics include logic, proofs, switching circuits, set theory, induction, functions, languages, finite automata, combinatorics, and algebraic structures.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BC high school Mathematics 12, or Pre-Calculus 12, or MATH 105, or the equivalent
Cross-listed: MATH 150
2025-2026 CMPT 166

Introduction to Computing Science & Programming II

A rigorous introduction to computing science and computer programming. Students will learn in- depth programming concepts by seeing how object oriented (OO) concepts are employed in the design and writing of code in a variety of notations. The emphasis is on the theory of OO programming and design of solutions, as well as implementation using an OO language such as Java or C++.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMPT 166

Introduction to Computing Science & Programming II

A rigorous introduction to computing science and computer programming. Students will learn in- depth programming concepts by seeing how object oriented (OO) concepts are employed in the design and writing of code in a variety of notations. The emphasis is on the theory of OO programming and design of solutions, as well as implementation using an OO language such as Java or C++.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 140 with a minimum grade of C+
2024-2025 CMPT 166

Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II

A rigorous introduction to computing science and computer programming. Students will learn in- depth programming concepts by seeing how object oriented (OO) concepts are employed in the design and writing of code in a variety of notations. The emphasis is on the theory of OO programming and design of solutions, as well as implementation using an OO language such as Java or C++.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 140 with a minimum grade of C+. (3-0)
2024-2025 CMPT 211

Web Technologies I

An introduction to web application development using current web technologies, best practices, and standards. The modern web application framework will be studied.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 166. (3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
2025-2026 CMPT 211

Web Technologies I

An introduction to web application development using current web technologies, best practices, and standards. The modern web application framework will be studied.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 CMPT 211

Web Technologies I

An introduction to web application development using current web technologies, best practices, and standards. The modern web application framework will be studied.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 166
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2025-2026 CMPT 231

Data Structures & Algorithms

Basic organization of programs, optimizing program structure, modularization, data structures, search and sorting algorithms, handling large data sets, analysis of algorithms.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 CMPT 231

Data Structures & Algorithms

Basic organization of programs, optimizing program structure, modularization, data structures, search and sorting algorithms, handling large data sets, analysis of algorithms.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 150 and 166
2024-2025 CMPT 231

Data Structures and Algorithms

Basic organization of programs, optimizing program structure, modularization, data structures, search and sorting algorithms, handling large data sets, analysis of algorithms.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 150 and 166. (3-0)
2024-2025 CMPT 242

Computing Machine Organization

An introduction to assembly language, machine architecture, low-level components of the operating system, and other low-level issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 140. (3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
2025-2026 CMPT 242

Computing Machine Organization

An introduction to assembly language, machine architecture, low-level components of the operating system, and other low-level issues.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 CMPT 242

Computing Machine Organization

An introduction to assembly language, machine architecture, low-level components of the operating system, and other low-level issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 140
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.