The Essentials area houses guides, manuals, and templates to assist you in your doctoral journey. There is also a section specifically for rubrics for each of the sections as well as the proposal and manuscript. Along with these items, there are additional resources provided for the ASC, Library, technology, and accessing published dissertations.
Both MFT doctoral programs have a capstone experience. Students complete a basic research dissertation in the PhD program. They find a gap in the literature that matters, meaning there are implications for communities, families, individuals, and/or professions if that gap isn’t filled, and design a theoretically informed study to fill that gap. Thus, the PhD dissertation is not an applied study (like conducting a treatment outcome study or collecting and analyzing post-services satisfaction surveys for a community agency).
In contrast, students in the DMFT complete a doctoral project. The project is intellectually equivalent to the dissertation, but has an applied, real-world element to it. Students identify a need, whether local, regional, or national, and design a project to begin addressing that need. For example, students might design or evaluate a program, develop a strategic plan for an organization, or evaluate the initiatives of a state MFT organization. Many DMFT students often select a project in their current workplace that can demonstrate their administrative and doctoral level systemic training to improve or advance needs of their current organization.
The documents and information below are for all students in a program with an applied doctoral project.
Not yet at the Dissertation phase? Getting ready for your CMP course? Check out the CMP Course Frequently Asked Questions document below:
Library Dissertation Toolbox Workshop Series
The Library Dissertation Toolbox Workshop Series consists of engaging, skill-building workshops designed specifically for doctoral students. Students will learn how to effectively locate, evaluate, and use information relating to their dissertation research topics. Each toolbox session features a new research focus- sign up for the entire series, or just those that most appeal to you:
