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A Program For Future Family Counselors
With Nova Southeastern University’s Couple and Family Therapy Dual Admission program, you’ll build upon a strong foundation to develop clinical excellence and prepare for a rewarding career helping families. You’ll earn both your bachelor’s and your Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy in four years and six semesters, so you can streamline earning your advanced degree.
NSU's curriculum is built upon a learning system that helps you develop theory in conjunction with a hands-on practicum. You’ll learn how to work with families in crisis and help individuals develop mechanisms to better understand themselves and the world they live in. Our coursework delves into cultural and sexual diversity and marginalized groups, and you’ll graduate ready to help.
Graduate students have the opportunity to work in a supervised, state-of-the-art, on-site community clinic and then pursue off-site experiences with our community partners.
Fariha Niazi, P.h.D., LMFT, LMHC | Interim Chair, Department of Couple and Family Therapy
Program Overview
A Dual Admission program is available to qualified freshman and transfer students,
allowing them to complete a combined bachelor's degree and master’s degree in couple
and family therapy four years and six semesters.
After successfully completing a four-year undergraduate degree at Nova Southeastern
University (see requirements chart below), students are eligible to immediately start
their Master's in Couple and Family Therapy.
You can earn any bachelor’s degree and your Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy*.
*Majors that are considered a pathway program are not eligible (i.e. Business of Health, Nursing Pathway, Medical Sonography) for a College of Osteopathic Medicine dual admission program.
Eligibility
To be considered for dual admission and fill your reserved seat in graduate or professional school, there are some requirements you must meet. Undergraduate Admission Requirements are for first-time in college students applying to earn a bachelor's degree. Graduate Admission Requirements are the standards students need to maintain, while earning their undergraduate degree, to remain eligible for the graduate or professional program.
Undergraduate Admission Requirements
Graduate Admission Requirements
Keep your dual admission status while you earn your bachelor’s.
Dual Admission reserves your seat in NSU’s M.S. in Couple and Family Therapy, but you must still complete a graduate application once you finish your bachelor’s degree.
Keep in mind that these are the basic requirements, and final determination of admission into the professional program is at the discretion of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Additional Requirements
College credits that were earned through advanced high school programs such as AP,
IB or college academy—or in summer coursework following high school graduation, prior
to attending NSU—may transfer to NSU.
Students who enter NSU with earned college credits through advanced high school programs
may be able to complete their degree and program requirements earlier than scheduled
and request to enter their graduate professional programs earlier as well.
Please contact your admissions representative for more details regarding high school transfer credits.
Ready for the Next Step?
Here’s how to apply.
Dual Admission is just one of NSU’s distinctive Premier Programs. These programs are designed to help highly motivated students accelerate their success,
and most offer at least $20,000 in annual scholarships.
You can apply for just about any combination of the following Premier Programs:
- Dual Admission
- The Fischler Academy of Education
- Huizenga Business Innovation Academy
- Hochberg-Miniaci Razor’s Edge Scholars
You may apply for and be admitted into only one Dual Admission program for your first semester. Each program is unique and has its own eligibility requirements.
Apply for Undergraduate Admission
You can use the Shark Select Application or the Common App to apply to Nova Southeastern University.
Submit a Supplemental Application
Complete the supplemental Premier Programs application for fall entry.
Interview During Shark Preview
If you’re admitted to NSU and submit the supplemental application, you will be invited via email to choose which Shark Preview Weekend works for your schedule.
