Master of Science (MS) — Marriage and Family Therapy

Applying to the Marriage and Family Therapy (MS) Program

To be considered for admission into the Marriage and Family Therapy (MS) program, you must apply online. Find the help you need with the admissions process of the program of your choice through Graduate Admissions. 

If you are an international student, also refer to International Graduate Students information about additional admission requirements. 

Admission process

The Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Admissions Committee will complete an initial applicant screening process based upon your online application materials only.

• 入围者将被邀请与委员会成员会面 for an all-day group interview process at the end of March or the beginning of April. 强烈建议你参加小组面试. 电话采访是允许的，但只有在特殊情况下.
• Admission to the graduate program depends upon recommendation by the MFT faculty and approval from the chair of the Marriage and Family Therapy program. The entire process is usually completed within 12 weeks of the final deadline date for applications.
• All students are admitted on a probational status in order to allow faculty to be certain they are fully prepared for placement in an internship site. 在实习地点的安置需要全部录取.

To be considered for full admission, 你必须在MFT计划中完成至少11个单元, with a average GPA of 3.0 or better in all courses, and must be recommended for continuance by MFT faculty.

Admission requirements

• Online application and $50 application fee.
• Bachelor’s degree
  
  • From a regionally accredited institution in any field.
  • A minimum grade-point average of 3.0* in the last 45 quarter credits (30 semester credits) of coursework completed before applying for admission, or in all undergraduate work, whichever is higher.
  • Courses in social and behavioral sciences, 18 semester credits or 24 quarter credits, are preferred but not required.
• Prerequisites
  
  • A course in applied statistics, and a course in individual lifespan development completed at a regionally accredited institution prior to full admission to the program.
  • 如果你在这方面没有学过足够的课程, you are encouraged to take courses from the following areas: theories of personality, theories of counseling, abnormal psychology, and developmental psychology or family studies.
  • 你可以选择参加GRE的心理学科目考试. Those who earn a score of 500 or higher may waive any unfinished prerequisite coursework, with the exception of the statistics and individual life span development courses.
• Official transcripts
  
  • Official transcript(s) from any college or university that granted you a degree or degrees, and from any institution attended since that time.
• Testing
  
  • Minimum score of 293* (only verbal and quantitative, GRE(研究生入学考试), or 388 scaled score (35 raw score) for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is preferred.
  • Administered within five years of the deadline date for application to the program.
  • If you previously earned a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and submit an official transcript that includes the master’s degree, the GRE/MAT will be waived.
  • We consider graduate admissions holistically. GRE目前是申请的可选部分. 赌博十大靠谱软件理解有些人可能在参加GRE考试时遇到了障碍. If you have taken the GRE, 请随时提交分数，给赌博十大靠谱软件提供另一个数据点来审查. If you have not yet taken the GRE, we will consider the other aspects of your application for a holistic review of your preparation for graduate school.
• Letters of recommendation
  
  • One from a person professionally qualified to recommend for a field of this nature (e.g., mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, pastoral counselor, psychologist)
  • 一封来自有资格评估你的学术能力的人.g., educator)
  • A personal recommendation that may include a reference from an employer and/or supervisor from a volunteer experience
  • 推荐表格包含在在线申请中.
  • Your recommendations must be submitted on the forms provided and sent to you in sealed and signed envelopes to be included with the application package.
• Personal statement, typed
  
  • 三到四页，展示你的写作和语法技能
  • Explain your career objectives
  • Rationale for seeking the degree and choosing to attend Seattle Pacific University
  • Personal interest in marriage and family therapy
  • Professional and personal strengths as they apply to the mental health profession
  • Related volunteer or work experiences
  • The way in which your personal and professional life experiences have converged to motivate application to the MFT program
  • Other insights as deemed appropriate by you

*Candidates with significant qualifications and exceptional recommendations but fail to meet the GPA or GRE/MAT preferred minimum scores may still be considered for admission to the MFT program, 因为这个项目允许所有的学生处于试用状态.

Transfer of credit

If you wish to apply master’s degree level coursework completed at a regionally accredited institution prior to application, you must provide applicable transcripts and/or syllabi. Each course must be at least three graduate-quarter credits and be equivalent to courses taught in the MFT program at Seattle Pacific University.

转学作业的最低成绩为“B”, and a maximum of nine quarter credits may be transferred.

International students

In addition to the SPU general and the 婚姻和家庭治疗项目的额外入学要求, international students must also submit:

• An official confidential affidavit of financial support covering the first year of intended enrollment. 没有这份文件，SPU无法签发I-20移民表格.
• Students holding undergraduate or graduate degrees 来自美国以外的学院、大学和/或神学院.S. are expected to have their transcripts evaluated by a professional credential agency. Such an evaluation is required before an application for admission to SPFC can be granted and before any graduate credits taken elsewhere can be applied to a SPFC degree.
• If you earned an undergraduate degree in a country other than the United States, or your degree is in progress, 官方的课程证书评估必须由一个 NACES member-recognized credential service. 可接受的证书服务包括但不限于: World Education Services (WES) and Foundation for International Services (FIS).
• In addition to the evaluation report, 赌博十大靠谱软件还要求提交英文的正式成绩单和文凭. International applicants are responsible for all costs associated with this service.
•  English language proficiency: If you do not speak English as your first language, 你还必须提交英语作为外语考试(托福)成绩。. 托福成绩不低于600分或托福- cbt成绩不低于250分, or 100 on the TOEFL-iBT is required. ACE scores will not be accepted.