Creative Arts Therapies, B.A.

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Chairperson

David Svolba

Program Coordinator

Amy McGlothin

Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor
Daneen Deptula	Christopher Adams	Sarah Bromberg
Jane Fiske	Cheryl Armstrong	Justin Casinghino
Laura Garofoli	Cheryl Goldman
Kelly Morgan	Jonathan Harvey
Hildur Schilling	Michael Hove
Thomas Schilling	Petri Flint
Christine Shane	Andrea Olmstead
	Jessica Robey
	Kori Ryan
	Mary Vreeland
	Mark Williams

Objectives for the Creative Arts Therapies Major

The professional major in Creataive Arts Therapies is designed for students interested in learning about expressive arts therapies and how modalities of drama, music, and art are utilized in working with children and adults in a variety of settings. This major combines the student’s chosen arts modality with pre-professional coursework in Human Services as well as coursework in Psychological Science. This program prepares students for graduate study in expressive therapies. Practicing as an expressive arts therapist requires a master’s degree. Massachusetts licensure laws apply to arts therapists and counselors. The CAT degree is awarded as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), with students completing courses demonstrating intermediate proficiency in a world language.

Program Requirements

IDIS 1700 - Arts in Community 3 cr.
IDIS 2050 - Fundamentals of Expressive Arts Therapies 3 cr.
PSY 1100 - Introduction to Psychological Science 3 cr.
PSY 1200 - Lifespan Development 3 cr.
PSY 2350 - Abnormal Psychology 3 cr.
HMSV 1100 - Introduction to Human Services 3 cr.
HMSV 2500 - Interviewing Techniques 3 cr.
HMSV 3700 - Professional Issues in Human Services 3 cr.
HMSV 2400 - Crisis Intervention 3 cr. or M1, M2, M3
IDIS 4950 - Internship 6 cr.

Electives

PSY or HMSV elective. Take one of the following courses:

HMSV 2900 - Group Work 3 cr.
HMSV 3410 - Building Community Supports for Persons with Disabilities 3 cr.
HMSV 3500 - Abuse and Neglect within the Family 3 cr.
PSY 2001 - Memory 3 cr.
PSY 2110 - Introduction to Research Methods 3 cr.
PSY 2010 - Child Development 3 cr.
PSY 2030 - Biological Psychology 3 cr.
PSY 2220 - Adult Development and Aging 3 cr.
PSY 2230 - Adolescent Development 3 cr.
PSY 2300 - Psychology of Personality 3 cr.
PSY 2500 - Social Psychology 3 cr.
PSY 3020 - Cultural Psychology 3 cr.
PSY 3200 - Developmental Psychopathology 3 cr.
PSY 3430 - Sensation and Perception 3 cr.
PSY 3500 - Psychology of Learning 3 cr.
PSY 3550 - Cognition 3 cr.

Music Concentration (24 credits)

MUSC 1001 - Ear Training 1 cr.
MUSC 2240 - Harmony I 3 cr.
MUSC 2700 - Class Guitar 1 cr.
MUSC 2500 - Class Piano 1 cr.
MUSC 2140 - Instrumental Skills 3 cr.
MUSC 3000 - Fundamentals of Conducting 3 cr.
2 semesters of Studio Piano Lessons
MUSC 1351 - Applied Piano Lessons Level 1 1 cr.
Choose 1 of the following (3 cr.)
MUSC 1000 - Art of Music 3 cr.
MUSC 1500 - World Music 3 cr.
Semesters of Vocal Ensemble
MUSC 2320 - Concert Choir 1 cr.
MUSC 2330 - Chamber Choir 1 cr.
Choose Six Credits of Music Electives

Visual Art Concentration (24 credits)

Required (6 cr)

ART 1400 - Drawing 3 cr
ART 1650 - Three-Dimensional Design 3 cr.
Choose one of the following art history courses (3 cr)
ART 1100 - Art Appreciation 3 cr.
ART 2050 - Public Art 3 cr.
ART 3000 - Contemporary Art 3 cr.
ART 3150 - Modern Art 3 cr.
Choose one of the following painting courses (3 cr)
ART 2102 - Introductory Painting 3 cr.
ART 2450 - Water-Based Media 3 cr.
Choose four of the following ART electives (12 cr)

(a course selected for another cluster cannot be counted again for this cluster)
ART 1300 - Introduction to Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture 3 cr.
ART 1600 - Design 3 cr.
ART 2004 - Ceramics 3 cr.
ART 2030 - Sculpture I 3 cr.
ART 2150 - The Art of Puppetry 3cr.
ART 2200 - Life Drawing 3 cr.
ART 2250 - Intermediate Drawing 3 cr.
ART 2450 - Water Based Media 3 cr.
ART 3002 - Ceramics II 3 cr.
ART 3010 - Sculpture II 3 cr.
ART 3020 - Intermediate Painting 3 cr.
ART 3200 - Advanced Open-Media Studio Art 3 cr.

Drama Concentration (24 credits)

THEA 1700 - Stage Movement 3 cr.
THEA 1720 - Voice and Articulation 3 cr.
THEA 2100 - Children’s Theater 3 cr.
THEA 2700 - Acting I 3 cr.
THEA 2850 - Applied Acting 3 cr.
THEA 3003 - Dramaturgy 3 cr.
THEA 3400 - Advanced Stage Movement 3 cr.
THEA 3550 - Page to Stage Analysis 3 cr.