MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
University Mission
Northcentral University educates professionals throughout the world and provides an accessible opportunity to earn a U.S. regionally
accredited degree. Northcentral mentors students One-to-One with highly credentialed faculty via advanced delivery modalities. Northcentral
commits to helping students achieve academically and become valuable contributors to their communities and within their professions.
Marriage and Family Therapy Program Mission
The mission of Northcentral’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program is to prepare competent, ethical, culturally sensitive Marriage and Family Therapists. The program emphasizes a family systems
perspective so that client processes, whether these clients are individuals, couples, or families, are contextually conceptualized. Core Faculty and Faculty Mentors engage students in a one-on-one process
that invites students to grow both professionally and personally through the development of critical thinking skills, information literacy, important clinical skills, an appreciation of research through the
scholar-practitioner model, a valuing of diversity, and a lifelong commitment to learning and service.
Faculty Outcomes (FO)
 Faculty will actively pursue professional
development that enhances their ability to
teach in the field of marriage and family
therapy (FO #1).
Program Outcomes (PO)
Student Learning Outcome (SLO)
 Students will successfully complete the
program requirements and graduate (PO #2).
Knowledge of
Systems Theory
 Students will demonstrate knowledge of
family systems oriented models of therapy
(SLO #1).
Knowledge of
Systems Theory
Practicing Family
Therapy
 Students will apply family systems oriented
clinical skills across a variety of contexts
(SLO #2).
Practicing Family
Therapy
 Graduates of the program that desire a career
in MFT will be successful in pursuing a career
in marriage and family therapy (PO #3).
 Faculty will "participate in activities that
contribute to a better community and
society" (AAMFT Code of Ethics- Principle
6.6, 2001) (FO #4).
Ethical Practice of
Family Therapy
 Students will demonstrate an applied
knowledge of the AAMFT Code of Ethics
(SLO #3).
Ethical Practice of
Family Therapy
 The MFT program administrative faculty will
pursue and achieve external approvals and
accreditation of the MFT programs (PO #4).
 Faculty members will demonstrate a
commitment to and respect for diversity
within the field of marriage and family
therapy (FO #2).
Diversity
Diversity
 The MFT program will show clear
commitment to diversity through curriculum
content and student composition (PO #1).
 Faculty will be active practitioners of
marriage and family therapy (FO #3).
 Students will advance their understanding of
systemic dynamics within diverse client
populations (SLO #4).