Expressive Arts Therapy Major (Bachelor of Science)

First Year - Credits: 32

• VLP Elective (Cr: 3)
• VLP History Elective (Cr: 3)
• Expressive Arts Elective (Must be 200 level) (Cr: 3)

• ART 110 - Foundations of Creative Therapies (Cr: 3)
• ART 123 - Foundation Seminar (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 200 - Child and Adolescent Psychology (Cr: 3)

Second Year - Credits: 32

• Expressive Arts Elective (One must be 200 Level) (Cr: 6)
• General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
• VLP Elective (Cr: 6)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• AMS 150 - American Sign Language I (Cr: 3)
• ART 209 - Methods and Materials in Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
• ART 229 - Specific Populations: Arts and Expressive Therapy (Cr: 3)
• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
• PSY 203 - Adulthood and Aging (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)
• Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning (recommended: PSY360 Psychology of Spirituality) (Cr: 3)

• ART 302 - Portfolio (Cr: 3)
• ART 213 - Counseling Practices in the Expressive Therapies (Cr: 3)
• ART 240 - Imagination and Creativity (Cr: 3)
• PSY 310 - Abnormal Psychology (Cr: 3)

Fourth Year - Credits: 30

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

• ART 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• ART 489 - Senior Thesis I (Cr: 3)
• ART 490 - Senior Thesis II (Cr: 3)

Expressive Arts Electives

Students must select 5 from this category:

• ART 225 - Jung and Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
• ART 226 - Therapeutic Writing (Cr: 3)
• ART 228 - Global Percussion and Therapeutic Drumming Techniques (Cr: 3)
• ART 231 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
• ART 310 - Cross Cultural Practices of Art Therapy (Cr: 3)
• ART 312 - Drama Therapy and Psychodrama (Cr: 3)
• ART 331 - Art and Social Action (Cr: 3)

Visual, Literary and Performing Arts Electives (VLP)

Students must select 5 from this category:

DANXXX any 1 cr. course x3

• ART 105 - Drawing and Composition I (Cr: 3)
• ART 121 - Ceramics I (Cr: 3)
• ART 201 - Painting I (Cr: 3)
• ART 202 - Painting II (Cr: 3)
• ART 222 - Ceramics II (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 - Creative Non-Fiction I (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 - Creative Non-Fiction II (Cr: 3)
• ENG 308 - Writing Poetry II (Cr: 3)
• ENG 309 - Writing Short Fiction II (Cr: 3)
• MUS 106 - Private Music Instruction (Cr: 1) x3
• 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 316 - Songwriting II (Cr: 3)
• PHT 116 - Introduction to Photographic Imaging (Cr: 3)
• PHT 216 - Photographic Imaging II (Cr: 3)
• PHT 306 - Experimental and Alternative Media Photography (Cr: 3)

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

Students must select 1 from this category:

• ART 101 - Visual Art and Cultural Values I: Prehistory to c. 1310 (Cr: 3)
• 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)

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.