Expressive Arts Therapy Program

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 127

First Year - Credits: 32

• Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• VLP Elective (Cr: 3)
• VLP History Elective (Cr: 3)
• Expressive Arts Elective (Cr: 3)

• AET 100 - Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

• MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

• PSY 100 - General Psychology (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Individual and Society General Education Requirement

• PSY 110 - Lifespan Development (Cr: 3)
  

Second Year - Credits: 32

• Expressive Arts Elective (Cr: 6)
• Psychology Elective (Cr: 3)
• VLP Elective (Cr: 6)
• VLP History Elective (Cr: 3)

• AMS 150 - American Sign Language I (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 200 - Methods and Materials in Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 201 - Populations, Assessment, and Intervention (Cr: 3)
  

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

• PSY 212 - Psychopathology and Clinical Science (Cr: 3)
  

Third Year - Credits: 33

• General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
• VLP Elective (Must be 200/300 level) (Cr: 6)
• Expressive Arts Elective (Cr: 3)
• Aesthetic Awareness General Education Requirement (Cr: 3) 
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning (recommended: PSY360 Psychology of Spirituality) (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3) 

• ART 302 - Portfolio (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 300 - Counseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
  

• ART 240 - Imagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)
  

• PSY 212 - Psychopathology and Clinical Science (Cr: 3)
  

Fourth Year - Credits: 30

• Expressive Arts Elective (Cr: 3)
• General Education Elective (Cr: 6)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• AET 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• AET 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  

Expressive Arts Electives

Students must select 5 from this category:

• AET 205 - Music Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 206 - Guitar for Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 207 - Drumming for Healing (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 210 - Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 215 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 225 - Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 305 - Cross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
  

• AET 306 - Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
  

• HMS 100 - Introduction to Human Services (Cr: 3)
  

Visual, Literary and Performing Arts Electives (VLP)

Students must select 5 courses from this category from 3 separate designations (Limit 2 courses from ART):

• ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
  

• ART 121 - Ceramics I (Cr: 3)
  

• ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
  

• ART 255 - Creative Bookmaking (Cr: 3)
  

• DAN 235 - Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
  

• DAN 240 - Global Dance (Cr: 3)
  

• DRA 200 - Acting Techniques I (Cr: 3)
  

• DRA 205 - Acting Techniques II (Cr: 3)
  

• DRA 220 - Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 108 - Introduction to Creative Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 207 - Writing Your Story (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 208 - Writing Poetry I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 209 - Writing Short Fiction I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 228 - Writing the Novel I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 229 - Playwriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 307 - Telling True Stories (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 308 - Writing Poetry II (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 309 - Writing Short Fiction II (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 106 - Private Music Instruction (Cr: 0.5 - 3)
  
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• MUS 120 - Guitar I (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 160 - Performance Workshop (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 201 - Music Theory I (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 216 - Songwriting I (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 220 - Studio Audio Production I (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 260 - Piano Styles (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 316 - Songwriting II (Cr: 3)
  

• PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)
  

Visual, Literary and Performing History/Theory Electives (VLP)

Students must select 2 from this category:

• ART 102 - Visual Art and Cultural Values II: Early Fourteenth Century to the Present (Cr: 3)
  

• DAN 225 - Dance History (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 111 - History of Western Music (Cr: 3)
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Requirements

Students take the following: 

• DEI course attribute at any level
• DEI course attribute 200 level and above

• AET 201 - Populations, Assessment, and Intervention (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Expressive Arts Therapy program, students will:

• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the art fields.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and competency with computer technology as it is used in the artistic processes.
• Develop technical and creative skills in multiple expressive arts modes; literary, performing, or visual arts.
• Work with a variety of different written, performing, and visual arts media to communicate feelings, thoughts, and emotions.
• Apply the use of an integrated arts approach in pre-clinical settings. 
• Develop a studio practice in a chosen expressive arts modes; literary, performing, or visual arts .
• Discuss and write about theoretical perspectives in expressive arts therapy.
• Engage verbally in intellectual discourse within the discipline.
• Draw upon imagination, play, and improvisation to engage groups and individuals in creative learning experiences. 
• Demonstrates willingness to go beyond original parameters of assignment, introducing new materials and forms, including tackling controversial topics. 
• Discuss and present an awareness of personal creative process. 

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