May 20, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Course List


 

American Studies

  
  • AHI 579 - American Art


    This course explores the evolution of art as a reflection of the political, economic, religious and cultural changes that occurred in the United States after colonization. Students will be expected to research and write a scholarly paper on an American artist or art form. Graduate students will also be asked to serve as first reader for undergraduate papers.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AMS 543 - American Studies: Special Topics


    The Special Topics course provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore areas of particular interest relating to the literature, music, history, politics, and culture of America.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AMS 583 - American Studies Internship


    A graduate internship in American Studies gives you the opportunity to connect the theoretical ideas you have learned in class with practical work experience as an intern at local organizations. Chair Approval Required. This is a variable credit course, from 1 - 3 credits.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Chair Approval Required. This is a variable credit course, from 1 - 3 credits. Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • AMS 607 - Independent Study


    Independent exploration of topic. Permission of Program Director is required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall, Summer, and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AMS 690 - American Studies Capstone Thesis/Project


    The capstone thesis/project allows students to pursue a substantial research project of their own design that builds on and utilizes the skills learned in SOC 552, as well as synthesizes the knowledge learned in their other course work. The final project can be either a traditional 40-50 page research thesis or a project of a more creative nature (e.g. an original work, exhibition, performance, or teaching unit) accompanied by a 20-30 page scholarly essay. In either case, the thesis/project should include empirical research, broadly construed to include textual analysis, primary archival research, and/or data collection.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall, Summer, and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 521 - Modern American Literature


    This graduate course offers a sampling of modern American literature from the early to late twentieth-century. Students will examine the concepts of America and The American, how writers have positioned themselves in relation to society, and have represented The Other in their construction of a modern American culture, and the development of a quintessentially American aesthetic sensibility.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 530 - Reading_The Wire_: Representing Urban America Under Siege


    This seminar will engage with The Wire, David Simon’s 65-hour HBO epic of urban America and the War on Drugs. In addition to analyzing the program’s five seasons, students will grapple with film and TV theory, critical analyses of the program, and background readings from history, sociology, and urban studies.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 538 - African American Geniuses: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward


    This course will engage with the major works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward, two of the most celebrated African American authors of the last decade. Both are recipients of MacArthur Foundation Genius Grants, whose writing interrogates vitally important issues such as the Black Lives Matter movement, women’s rights, white privilege, race and law enforcement, racism and economic inequality.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 540 - Cinema Studies


    This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical and critical approaches to the study of film. This includes detailed coverage of established critical perspectives such as semiotics, formalism, surrealism, feminism and psychoanalysis, as well as important newer areas of study such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and identity politics. As such, the course will serve as an overview of the key critical thinkers and theories surrounding the study of cinema situated within their appropriate historical and cultural contexts. Cross-listed with ENGL*340.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with ENGL*340. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 542 - Women in Literature


    Exploration of a range of literary texts in English written by women from diverse national, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Multiple genres are represented,including poetry, short stories, essays,novels/novellas, documentary films and experimental works, while critical theory (literary, feminist, cultural and intersectional) is substantively infused into the semester’s study.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 544 - African American Literature I


    This is a study of African American literature from the antebellum period to the Harlem Renaissance. It examines the formal qualities of selected texts (slave narratives, song lyrics, essays, speeches, sermons, poetry, fiction), as well as the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created and received. Special attention is given to the African roots (oral tradition, spirituality, communal values, etc.) of the literary work; the Double-Consciousness, as W. E. B. Du Bois phrased it, of the African-American experience; and the problem of racism against African Americans dating from the antebellum period to the present day and the corresponding struggle for equal rights. The texts are diverse in artistic form, gender (male and female authors and issues of gender relations), and socio-economic class (African-American bourgeois and folk traditions).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 545 - African American Literature II


    This course will focus on works by African American writers from the Harlem Renaissance (1920’s) to contemporary times. In addition to examining the aesthetic qualities of the selected texts, students will consider the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created and received. Readings will include novels (Hurston, Wright), drama (Wilson), short stories (Jones, Packer), autobiography (Dickerson), and poetry (Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep). The course will also give attention to the authors’ biographies. Video clips of author interviews and adaptations of the literary works will supplement discussion and lecture.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with ENGL*345. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 546 - Latino/a Literature


    This course examines how individual, social, and national identities are developed and how such identity constructions fuel contemporary notions of ‘Americanness.’ More specifically, this course focuses specifically on the Latino/a experience in the United States and it strives to help us discern what it means to be ‘Latino’ in a predominantly mainstream Anglo-American cultural, political, and national milieu.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 548 - Environmental Humanities


    Environmental Humanities is a deeply immersive semester-long study of the biosphere as it is discussed and represented in essays, histories, films, memoirs, digital texts and long form journalism from a diverse range of fields (literature, history, cinema, economics, environmental science, and eco-criticism). The emphasis is on contemporary experiments in form and genre that expose new audiences to ways of understanding the natural world and its threats and challenges in the Anthropocene era. Complementing the close reading of texts is a chance to engage in direct sensory experience and narration through nature observation, field journal composition, and the creation of a video or text essay of place.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ENGL 589 - International Graphic Narrative


    This course examines non-fiction graphic (verbal and visual) texts through various disciplinary lenses (aesthetics, comics studies, literary and film theory, linguistics, history, gender studies, memory studies, ethnic studies, and cultural criticism). Graduate students will apply these critical approaches to graphic memoirs, reportage, comic essays, graphic histories, wordless texts, and monographs written in comic form.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 505 - The American Presidency


    This graduate level course in the American Presidency studies the political and historical evolution of the office of the president from Washington to Obama. Attention is given to campaigning and elections, theories of presidential leadership, the role of the president in the U.S. political system, the politics of the Oval Office, and the development of the powers of the president.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: odd years..

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 507 - Liberators, Dictators, and Sell-Outs in Modern Latin America


    This course explores the history of Latin America during the national period (post-independence, 1820s - 1990s) and its conflicted relationship with the United States. The course covers the different phases of U.S. intervention in Latin America over the last two centuries. These take the form of and include: the Monroe Doctrine, direct military and economic intervention, CIA covert operations, the National Security Doctrine, counter-insurgency programs (guerrilla warfare), and support of authoritarian regimes (dictatorships).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 516 - History of Science in America


    The study of science and medicine in the United States and its impact on American values, behavior, and institutions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 520 - American Women’s History


    Historical experiences of American women from the colonial era through the Cold War; female reformers; suffrage; feminism; the relationship between women, work, family and gender roles.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 523 - Native American I: Pre-Columbian America to Removal


    This course is designed to introduce students to Native American History from the pre-Columbian period through the removal era. We will also examine major paradigms in Native American history during this era and students will develop an appreciation for the variety of methods used by scholars in the field. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: odd years..

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 524 - Native American Ii: Removal-Present


    This course is designed to introduce students to Native American history from the end of the Removal Era to the present. We will also examine major paradigms in Native American history during this era and students will develop an appreciation for the variety of methods used by scholars in the field. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: even years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 541 - Chinese History and Cultural Perspectives Program


    This course fully immerses students in the culture, history, society, & economy of China. The experience is designed to expose students to China’s rich diversity and dynamic vibrancy - traits largely unknown to most Americans. 80 hours fieldwork required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    80 hours fieldwork required. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 547 - Social History of Medicine and Disease in the Americas, 1780-1960s


    This course explores how the rise of the medical profession, the laboratory, germ theory, and bacteriology affected public health and redefined disease in the Americas from the latter half of the nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 548 - Presente! - History of Latinos in the United States


    This course explores the history of Latinos and Latinas in the US. It covers identity, politics, immigration, nation building and empire. Connections are made between Latin American history and United States history. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Dominicans will be the main focus.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 552 - US Const’l Hst I: Gov’t & Econ


    This course examines U.S. constitutional history, politics, and law through the substantive focus on judicial review, federalism, executive-legislative relations, property and due process rights, as well as national commerce, spending, and taxing power.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: even years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 553 - U.S. Constitutional History II: Rights and Liberties


    This course examines U.S. constitutional history, politics, and law through the substantive focus on the Bill of Rights, freedom of expression, religious liberty, privacy, equal protection of the laws, and criminal justice.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: even years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 560 - Special Topics in Historical Study


    Seminar which explores in-depth topics of particular interest in historiography, significant intellectual, social or political movements. Students admitted with permission of the instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 570 - Public History


    An introduction to the theory and practice of public history. This course will also feature strategies for community outreach and civic engagement.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: odd years..

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 581 - Historical Methodology


    Examination of the concepts, skills and methods by which historians research, analyze, and write about historical events and issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • HIS 613 - Natural Disasters in American Society


    This course examines extreme events to reveal the inner dynamics of American society and its political system. Learners will explore how natural disasters illuminate and reshape social structures and act as a focusing event for public policy. Cross-listed with HIS*413 and PSC*413.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with HIS*413 and PSC*413. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: even years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • INT 540 - Strengthening the Case for Justice: A Trilogue Among Christian, Jewish and Muslim Religions.


    This course is designed to study and explore social, religious and legal teachings and practices through the lenses of religions, and to prepare students for engaging in civil discourse and planning which moves the needle towards justice.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHL 590 - American Philosophy


    This graduate course in American philosophy will focus on the idea of pragmatism in modern American thought. Graduate students in this course will develop an understanding of key concepts in Emerson, Peirce, James, Royce, Dewey, and Rorty. There will be a particular focus on the pragmatic notion of truth, ideas of education, and the relationship between the individual and the community.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PHL 591 - Biomedical Ethics


    Critical reflection on health care practice, policy, and technology. Students examine health care by: critiquing underlying concepts and assumptions; assessing organizational and social practices and outcomes; employing theories of ethics to make compelling judgments; and developing self-awareness and values for responsible engagement as professionals and patients. Cross-listed with PHL*391.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with PHL*391. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PSC 501 - American Federal Government


    Analysis of American Federal Government describing institutions, ideologies and power structures inherent to the US system of government.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • PSC 540 - Campaigns, Voters and Elections


    Electoral politics in the United States are examined in a study of national, state and local elections. Topics include a study of historical and contemporary political campaigns, theories and patterns of voting, the expansion of sufferage,electoral reform, media coverage and opinion polling, and the interpretation of electoral outcomes. 10 hours of fieldwork required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: even years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RES 531 - Walking in the Footsteps of the Prophets: Discovering Your Spiritual Roots in the Holy Land


    Focus on the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with an emphasis on the interrelationship of geography, history, political science, culture, sacred text, religious ritual, and ethics as formative dimensions of religious identity and spiritual practice. Dialogue with diverse communities within Israeli, Palestinian, and Turkish societies.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RES 545 - Religion in America


    This course examines the epic saga of religion and religions in America - from that of native peoples to the religions introduced by immigrants to new religions and religious movements that emerged in America - as well as how that saga is recorded in primary sources and recounted in comprehensive histories of religion in America. Special attention will be given to the contemporary religious landscape and issues of religious pluralism, interreligious conflict and cooperation, and religion in public life.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RES 560 - Interfaith and Pluralism in America


    Globalization has changed the American religious landscape dramatically as millions of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and followers of other traditions and spiritual practices have immigrated.This globalized American landscape requires college graduates with knowledge and skills in interfaith dialogue who understand and appreciate our cultural and religious pluralism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RES 578 - Rising Voices From the Margins: Emerging Spiritualities of the 21st Century


    Young leaders across the globe are reclaiming spirituality as a path to meaningful connections and deepened self-integration in the face of unprecedented global challenges. Through spiritual autobiography, film, and music explore the diverse religious and spiritual practices, community ideals, and ethical commitments from nones to ecospiritualists, secular humanists to contemplative practitioners.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • RES 596 - Religion and Politics


    The complex relationship between religion and politics in the United States and elsewhere: rights of religious minorities; litigation over free exercise and nonestablishment; influence of religious organizations on American government; partisanship among religious voters; religion’s influence on political worldview and perception of political issues; religious issues in international relations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 520 - Social Class, Technology & Inequality


    Why are some people so much wealthier than others? Why has the income gap between white and Black families not improved in the U.S. for fifty years? What is the role of technology in determining our life chances? In this course, we will address these and other questions in pursuit of understanding economic inequality in the 21st century. We will also come to understand how economic inequality intersects with racial, ethnic, and gendered inequality. We will pay particular attention to the role of technology in amplifying some patterns of inequality while minimizing others. Prereq: UG degree.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prereq: UG degree. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 521 - Environmental Sociology


    Environmental Sociology explores the relationship between society and the natural environment, and the impact that each has upon the other. The course will consider the social nature of environmental issues; culture and ideology, science and technology, societal inequalities, and population increase as important factors in environmental issues; the environmental movement and countermovement; and some ideas about the future. It will also focus on several specific environmental issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 543 - Sociology of Religion


    The effects of society on religion and of religion on society, including forms of religious organization, the influence of social class on religion, priests vs. prophets, secularization and the return of fundamentalism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 552 - Social Research Methods for American Stu


    This course will introduce the interdisciplinary approach to the study of American culture and history. The perspectives and methods of the participating disciplines will be explored along with criteria for successful academic research.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 609 - Crime and Justice


    This course will explain the social origins of crime; will explore the nature and extent of the various types of crime in contemporary America; will explore approaches to solving the problem of crime; and you will understand the history and current organization of the criminal justice system.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 610 - Race, Ethnicity and Society


    Examination of race and ethnicity with an emphasis on groups in the United States.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • SOC 613 - Social Movements


    This graduate level course will examine various sociological aspects of social movements. In addition to learning about major social movements in American history and focusing on the strategies and tactics of specific social movements, graduate students will critique conventional American notions of social change, organize a presentation on a particular American social movement, and practice basic participant observation research skills.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3

Art Education

  
  • AED 502 - History and Theory of Teaching Diverse Learners in Visual Art Education


    This course is designed as an introduction to the field of teaching art to diverse learners at both the elementary and secondary levels. The course will prepare the student with the historical and theoretical knowledge. Content linked to 15 hours of clinical experience with students. Cross-listed with AED*302.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Content linked to 15 hours of clinical experience with students. Cross-listed with AED*302. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 505 - Foundations of Learning in the Arts


    Focus on understanding, detecting, and analyzing the practical application of learning theories used to promote effective, active learning, and assist in the development of lifelong learners. Students will synthesize, analyze, and apply their knowing and understanding of major art/education theories to a 50 hour clinical experience, the analysis of an art education curriculum. 50 hours clinical experience required. Cross-listed with AED*305.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    50 hours clinical experience required. Cross-listed with AED*305. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 506 - Drawing


    An exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to drawing in a variety of media. Emphasis will focus on the development of conceptual and aesthetic skills and their application to the classroom situation. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 508 - Introduction to Curriculum and Lesson Planning


    The purpose of this course is to explore and examine the practice of curriculum writing in art education. The primary focus of this course is to introduce pre-service teachers to past and present orientations to curriculum writing in art education in order to contextualize constructivist, qualitative approaches to art education curriculum. The secondary focus of this course is to build pre-service teachers’ practical skills in conceiving, designing, and writing lesson and unit plans in preparation for teaching. Open only to Art Ed students. An application for a Student Teaching Placement will be made to the Office of Clinical Experiences and Partnerships. Cross-listed with AED*308.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Art Ed students. An application for a Student Teaching Placement will be made to the Office of Clinical Experiences and Partnerships. Cross-listed with AED*308. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 511 - Painting


    The development of technical skills, handling of media materials; emphasis on problems in composition, development of visual acuity, and application of essential skills for art instructors. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 513 - Watercolor


    In this course, the student will learn to use watercolor as another tool with which to express a deeper level of personal expression, individual creativity, and sophisticated contemporary content through form. The student will also explore classroom applications. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 515 - Professional Skills and Engagement


    Introduction to professional behaviors, care and preparation of work for professional display. Students consider the ethics and integrity of generating multiple creative projects simultaneously, are oriented to the studios and advanced equipment in the department, including the photo studio. Cross-listed with ART*215.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with ART*215. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 0
  
  • AED 516 - Printmaking


    An exploration of traditional and alternative printmaking techniques, including relief and monotype, with an emphasis on aesthetic development and classroom application. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 520 - Qualitative Research Methods


    The purpose of this course is to present and consider theoretical and practical issues designing and proposing qualitative research concerning curriculum, teaching, and/or learning. Ethnographic, arts-based, and narrative methodologies are included. Students complete training on ethical human-subject research (CITI) and are introduced to IRB procedures. Open only to Art Ed students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Art Ed students. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 521 - Photographic Concepts


    This course will address the principles of photography as an expressive art form. Students will become familiar with the history and application of photography as a means of communication, information, and personal expression, with particular emphasis on recent artists and discourse about cultural identity. This course will include exploration of traditional black and white processes, alternative non-silver processes and digital applications appropriate for the classroom. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Cameras are available for loan.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Cameras are available for loan. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 522 - Digital Photographic Concepts


    Through a combination of demonstrations, field assignments and critiques, students will explore the basic tools, techniques, and aesthetics of digital photography. Creative use of camera controls, exposure, digital imaging software, output options, and classroom applications will be emphasized. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 526 - Three-Dimensional Concepts


    Students work to build a visual awareness, an understanding of three-dimensional space/art by analyzing and drawing from a diverse history of sculptural sources, traditions, processes and materials. Emphasis is placed on developing technical skills and craftsmanship in combination with teaching methodologies, experimentation, and spontaneity of expression in the areas of assemblage, woodworking and welding. Students will be asked to share ideas, collaborate in critique situations, and explore classroom applications. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 531 - Ceramics


    Students will explore ceramic history, traditions, trends and a variety of forming and finishing processes to build an awareness of the technical and cultural diversity of ceramic art. The course combines wheel throwing, hand building and kiln firing techniques with teaching methodologies. Students will be asked to share ideas, collaborate in critique situations, and explore classroom applications. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 535 - Visual Books


    This course will introduce the graduate student to the basic techniques and materials of book making as an art form. Students will explore traditional book binding techniques resulting in creative new ideas and approaches to the development of a visual book. Emphasis will be placed on how the process can be used to examine cultural, personal, and artistic expressions. Students will be encouraged to work with visual ideas as well as constructing blank book models to be used for reference, and explore classroom applications. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 537 - Fibers and Innovative Craft Traditions


    This course will introduce students to the techniques, theories, and innovation in contemporary crafts. Emphasis will be placed on craftspersonship, technical proficiency, the object sophistication in conjunction with developing an understanding of the historical and diverse cultures that integrate those techniques into their art. Students will explore classroom applications. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 541 - Jewelry and Metalsmithing I


    An exploration of traditional metalsmithing processes as well as nontraditional and lo-tech materials used in body ornamentation, introduction of historical, contemporary and cultural ideologies that shape the craft aesthetic of jewelry and metalsmithing; development of a personal direction and creative problem solving; application of knowledge, skills and attitudes of teaching at all levels, and classroom applications. Additional course fee required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 551 - Classroom Management


    Studies theoretical models employed in the practice of classroom management; emphasis on problem solving techniques; explores classroom organization, instructional curriculum and diagnosis and correction of behavioral patterns as related to the total classroom instructional design. Course limited to Art Ed and Music Ed students; open to others on a space-available basis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Course limited to Art Ed and Music Ed students; open to others on a space-available basis. Term cycle: Fall and Summer. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 554 - Issues in Art Education


    Expand knowledge of contemporary issues and curriculum in art education. Primary focus expands practical experience implementing curriculum in Saturday Art School. Reflecting on this in the context of readings and discussions about contemporary issues in art education including issues of assessment, art room management, and diversity, etc. Prerequisite: AED 505, AED 508. Corequisite: AED 554L. Cross-listed with AED 354.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AED 505, AED 508. Corequisite: AED 554L. Cross-listed with AED 354. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 554L - Saturday Art School Teaching Lab


    This course provides 35 hours of clinical experience teaching in Nazareth’s Saturday Art School program. Cross-listed with AED 354L and AED 308L. Co-requisite: AED 554. 35 hours clinical experience.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross-listed with AED 354L and AED 308L. Co-requisite: AED 554. 35 hours clinical experience. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 0
  
  • AED 555 - Computer Graphics


    Introduction to digital imaging for the artist-teacher, with an emphasis on developing technical skills, on integrating imaging technology and art curriculum, and on developing instructional strategies for diverse classrooms and instructional levels. Exposure to imaging technologies that enhance creative abilities and experience on projects with practical applications. Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Education and Art Therapy students. Term cycle: Variable. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 560 - Advanced Studio Thesis


    Advanced level art work in a studio area; emphasis on development of a thesis that clearly articulates the conceptual focus of an individual’s work in terms of process, form, image and content; evolution of a personal artistic vision and direction as manifested in a cohesive body of work. Registration requires Program Director approval and the identification of a faculty sponsor/mentor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Registration requires Program Director approval and the identification of a faculty sponsor/mentor. Term cycle: Fall, Summer, and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 571 - Art History, Criticism and Aesthetics


    An exploration of ways to integrate art history into the curriculum through conceptual and technical means with an emphasis on museum visits, nontraditional resources, multiculturalism, and contemporary issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 580 - Arts Across the Curriculum


    Despite current educational policies that emphasize standardized testing and core subject areas, the arts remain a vibrant part of education practice. In this interdisciplinary theory course open to all disciplines-students will explore topics including the aesthetic foundations of education, arts integration, art as cultural practice, and the role of the arts as social and cultural transformation. Open to any graduate student.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to any graduate student. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 654 - Professional Development in Art Education


    Taken as part of the professional semester (with AED 665 and AED 666). Students expand and reflect upon their student teaching experiences in order to connect theory to practice. Students create developmental and professional portfolios that assess and display their growth as beginning art teachers. Students will reflect, synthesize, evaluate, identify, and document in video and in an essay, the elements of teaching practice that are of specific interest to them. Corequisites: AED*665, AED*666. Cross-listed with AED*454.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Corequisites: AED*665, AED*666. Cross-listed with AED*454. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 665 - Student Teaching in Art


    Taken as part of the professional semester (with AED 654 and AED 666). The field-based practicum consists of two, six week school placements: one elementary and one secondary. Required for Initial Certification. Corequisites AED*654, AED*666. Cross-listed with AED*465.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Required for Initial Certification. Corequisites AED*654, AED*666. Cross-listed with AED*465. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 6
  
  • AED 666 - Reflective Seminar in Art Education


    Taken as a part of the professional semester (with AED 654 and AED 665). Students critically analyze and synthesize their experiences in student teaching as they strive to become reflective practitioners. Prerequisite: AED*554. Corequisites: AED*654, AED*665. Cross-listed with AED*466.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: AED*554. Corequisites: AED*654, AED*665. Cross-listed with AED*466. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 690 - Capstone Seminar


    In this culminating experience, students will examine current issues and trends, and acquire an orientation to on-going professional development. This seminar is a collaborative forum for refining and presenting inquiry projects and professional portfolios to an audience of colleagues representing a wide variety of disciplines and school/community settings. Should be taken during the last semester of coursework. Students are required to participate in a graduate Art Exhibition. Co-requisite: AED 699.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Co-requisite: AED 699. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 699 - Master’s Portfolio Presentation


    Degree candidates must successfully complete and exhibit a master’s portfolio at the time of completion of the graduate program. Open to students in the Art Education Initial and Professional certification programs. Co-requisite AED 690. For students completing final semester of MS.Ed. in Art Education program. Students must also apply for graduation before the start of the semester in which this course will be taken. Select Graduation Overview in NazNet Self-Service to apply online.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Co-requisite AED 690. For students completing final semester of MS.Ed. in Art Education program. Students must also apply for graduation before the start of the semester in which this course will be taken. Select Graduation Overview in NazNet Self-Service to apply online. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 0

Art Therapy

  
  • ATR 501 - Art Therapy & Counseling Practicum and Internship I


    This course is designed to provide students with their initial clinical experience working with clients. This course includes a minimum of 140 hours working in the clinic setting with on-site supervision, and 2 hours weekly of peer group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty. Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 2
  
  • ATR 502 - Art Therapy & Counseling Practicum and Internship II


    This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to continue their initial clinical experience working with clients. This course includes a minimum of 70 hours working in the clinic setting with on-site supervision, and 2 hours weekly of peer group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty. Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Term cycle: Spring and Summer. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 1
  
  • ATR 506 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship III


    This course is designed to provide students with their advanced clinical experience working with clients. This course includes a minimum of 250 hours working in a therapeutic setting with on-site supervision, and 2 hours weekly of peer group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty. Prerequisites: ATR*501, ATR*502, ATR*528, and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Corequisite: CAT*598.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*501, ATR*502, ATR*528, and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Corequisite: CAT*598. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 2
  
  • ATR 508 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship IV


    This course is designated to provide students with the opportunity to continue their advanced clinical experience working with clients. This course includes a minimum of 250 hours working in a therapeutic setting with on-site supervision, and 2.5 hours weekly of peer group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty. Prerequisites: ATR*528, PSY*535, ATR*501, ATR*502 and ATR*506. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to successfully complete this course. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*528, PSY*535, ATR*501, ATR*502 and ATR*506. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these Internship courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 522 - Assessment Diagnosis and Counseling


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy approaches and theories related assessment, testing, and measurement and then how they apply to art therapy. This course includes an overview of required clinical documentation, e.g. psychosocial history, treatment plans, progress notes, and assessment. This course prepares students for a foundation in art therapy assessments and testing. The course focuses on the study of assessments and tests, with emphasis on the use of art materials, techniques and testing instrumentation, specifically projective tests and art therapy assessments. Students will develop their knowledge, comprehension, and application of art therapy assessments and their use in treatment. Students will learn how to translate artwork of clients as well as present their findings in a comprehensive clinical documentation taking into account ethical, legal and cultural considerations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 528 - Art Therapy: Theories, Practice and Counseling


    This course is designed to prepare students in the foundations of art therapy theory, history and practice, such as but not limited to, history of the pioneers in the field. The general application of counseling theory and how they are applied to art therapy approaches is a key feature of this class. Through instruction, research presentations, and experientials, students will develop their knowledge of core art therapy principles of professional practice. Students will have the opportunity to see art therapy in action by observing and supporting art therapy sessions through the York Wellness and Rehabilitation Art Therapy Clinic for 25 hours.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 537 - Crisis Counseling and Art Therapy


    This course reviews the major theories, history, evidence-based practices, concepts of crisis intervention assessment and intervention within an art therapy lense. Students will demonstrate crisis intervention skills and illustrate ethical, legal, and cultural considerations. Emphasis is placed on the study of techniques and interventions appropriate for use in a variety of crisis situations. Prerequisites: ATR*525 HHS*651.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*525 HHS*651. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 546 - Photo Art Therapy and Counseling Techniques


    This course focuses on the use of the photographic medium as a therapeutic intervention through clinical examples, experientials, and class discussion. Students will explore methods of working with different populations as well as photo techniques that can be used as support for their work. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Term cycle: Spring and Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 642 - Group Art Therapy & Counseling Technique


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy group therapy approaches and theories and then how they apply to art therapy. Provides students with an opportunity to integrate theory, processes, and dynamics of group work to form and facilitate ethically and culturally responsive art therapy groups that have been designed with a clear purpose and goals for the population served. Various structures, formats, and practices of group art therapy will be addressed. Principles of group dynamics, therapeutic factors, member roles and behaviors, leadership styles and approaches, selection criteria, art-based communication and short and long term group processes will be reviewed. Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ATR*528 and PSY*535. Students must achieve a grade of B or better to continue with these courses. If a grade is below a B, the student must retake the course. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 650 - Methods and Materials in Art Therapy


    This course covers safety, psychological properties, and ethical and cultural implications of art making processes and materials selections in designing art therapy strategies and interventions, which address therapeutic goals with various populations and counseling scenarios. The safe use of art materials is addressed.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • ATR 660 - Multicultural Issues and Practice in Art Therapy


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy multicultural approaches and theories and then how they apply to art therapy. The course addresses the social, political and multicultural concerns that occur in the therapeutic relationship between the art therapist and the client. The student will develop an understanding of Multicultural competence related to working with diverse communities, understanding privilege and oppression and reflective thinking in regards to their own attitudes, values, and beliefs. The process of developing multicultural competence involves a three-stage sequence of awareness, knowledge, and skills. Multicultural competence implies a specific and measurable set of deliberate actions and results that increase the ability to serve diverse populations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3

Creative Arts Therapy

  
  • CAT 050 - Child Abuse Workshop


    This workshop focuses on detection and reporting of child abuse, and meets the New York State mandated requirement for Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse. Completion of this course is required for program completion and for New York State licensure. This course is taken with PSY*535.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of this course is required for program completion and for New York State licensure. This course is taken with PSY*535. Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 0
  
  • CAT 500 - Human Development and Assessment Across the Creative Arts Therapies


    This course covers the application of general psychological human growth and development approaches and theories and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. This course presents an overview of the Creative Art Therapies methods of assessment to integrate stages of human growth and development across the lifespan. Students will become familiar with commonly used creative arts therapy and psychological batteries and methods of observation used in art and music therapy to understand the relationships among assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of typical and atypical clients and populations. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 524 - Creative Arts Therapy Addictive Disorder Disorders


    This course covers the application of general psychological addiction therapy approaches and theories and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. The class focuses on utilizing creative arts therapy while working in a group setting with clients with substance related and addictive disorders. The model used is congruent with the disease model of addiction and recovery. Creative art therapy is utilized as an adjunct to more traditional forms of addiction therapy and is to foster the existing treatment plan for CD/SA clients. During the class, special needs populations will be explored. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in creative arts therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in creative arts therapy. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 525 - Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and Art Therapy


    This course provides students entering the helping professions with a broad-based understanding of the theory and best practice issues related to the onset and treatment of trauma, including sexual abuse within an art therapy lens. Included in the course materials will be a consideration of the abuse of power and authority that occur, including the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children, adults, and the elderly. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients in beginning their recovery. Participants will examine the processes of working with both victims and offenders, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families. Prerequisite: HHS*651.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Prerequisite: HHS*651. Term cycle: Fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 526 - Family Therapy and Counseling Techniques


    This course covers the application of general family therapy and counseling approaches and theories and then how they apply to art therapy. This is an overview of the family therapy field as well as the pioneers in family creative arts therapy. Students learn various counseling techniques (such as structural, strategic, communications, paradox, etc.) and apply this knowledge directly to family cases with whom they are working.Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs and in the MSW graduate program. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 527 - Creative Arts Therapy With Veterans


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy trauma and trauma informed therapy related to working with veterans and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. This class will provide students with an overview of art therapy treatment with veterans. Presentations will include case material and information will be delivered in the context of art therapy literature on work with veterans, trauma, studio and gallery approaches, and client artist identity development. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in creative arts therapy. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Additional course fee required; rate subject to change. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 530 - Culminating Project Seminar I and Externship


    This yearlong (MT) or semester long (AT) course is an in-depth study or research project dealing with the aspect of creative arts therapy. This research process includes writing a proposal and in-depth literature review. This can be further development of a case study undertaken in previous coursework, enriched by research or a project demonstrating excellence in other clinical areas (e.g. the development of a new clinical battery or illustrated children’s book slated for future publication). ATR STUDENTS: Prerequisite - CAT*677 (minimum grade B to continue with CAT*530). First part of thesis, one semester in length. MTR STUDENTS: Prerequisites - CAT*677, MTR*600. Tutorial course for MTR students; register during semester in which research begins. IP grade will remain in place until thesis/project is completed/defended, which must take place no longer than 2 semesters after all other coursework completed, including internship.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    ATR STUDENTS: Prerequisite - CAT*677 (minimum grade B to continue with CAT*530). First part of thesis, one semester in length. MTR STUDENTS: Prerequisites - CAT*677, MTR*600. Tutorial course for MTR students; register during semester in which research begins. IP grade will remain in place until thesis/project is completed/defended, which must take place no longer than 2 semesters after all other coursework completed, including internship. Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 542 - Group Creative Arts Therapy and Counseling Techniques


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy group therapy approaches and theories and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. Introduces the student to both the theoretical and practical nature of group therapy. Group process, ethical and professional issues, dimensions of leadership and stages of groups and counseling will be highlighted and reviewed. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in the MSW graduate program with permission of the instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in the MSW graduate program with permission of the instructor. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 598 - Contemporary Issues in Interprofessional Team Practice


    Students enrolled in this course participate in an inteprofessional meta-course with students from other health and human services and education professions. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to be effective interprofessional team members. Students are introduced to core values and competencies derived from multiple professions, which prepares them for collaborative practice in diverse settings. Required corequisite: ATR*506 (Art Therapy students only) or MTR*506/508 (Music Therapy students). This hybrid course includes synchronous and asynchronous components, as well as in-person and virtual class periods. The culmination of this course is an in-person simulation day, in which medical and educational scenarios are explored with live actors to provide a safe space to practice patient and family interactions as an interprofessional team.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Required corequisite: ATR*506 (Art Therapy students only) or MTR*506/508 (Music Therapy students). This hybrid course includes synchronous and asynchronous components, as well as in-person and virtual class periods. The culmination of this course is an in-person simulation day, in which medical and educational scenarios are explored with live actors to provide a safe space to practice patient and family interactions as an interprofessional team. Term cycle: Fall and Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 1
  
  • CAT 660 - Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Creative Arts Therapy


    This course covers the application of general psychotherapy legal, ethical, and professional approaches and theories and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. This course is designed to provide an overview of creative art therapy, both music and art, relative to codes of ethics, legal considerations, standards of preparations, certifications and licensing, role identity of counselors, and goals and objectives of professional organizations. The process of ethical decision-making is emphasized. The role of creative arts therapists in promoting the welfare of all clients, by emphasizing the inherent dignity, worth, and equality of all persons will be emphasized. The primary focus of the course will be on the legal, ethical, and professional identity development for creative arts therapists as well as the important function of advocating for clients, the public, and the profession.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 677 - Methods and Research


    This course covers the application of general research approaches and theories and then how they apply to creative arts therapy. A study of the various types of research designs, hypothesis formation, data collection, treatment and analysis of data. Students examine the role of computer information systems, conduct computer searches, and design a research project. Open only to Creative Arts Therapy students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open only to Creative Arts Therapy students. Term cycle: Spring. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 681 - Current Topics in Creative Arts Therapy


    These elective courses will survey a variety of current methodologies and specializations within the creative arts therapies. Topics such as trauma informed art therapy, neuroscience, substance and alcohol related topics, new methods in art therapy and music therapy are among some of the related theoretical and didactic methods that will be offered. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in creative arts therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in creative arts therapy. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 684 - Foundations of Play Therapy


    Course designed to introduce students to the major theoretical approaches to play therapy practice. In addition, students will learn to set up a playroom, how to choose toys for therapy, and how to explain this type of therapy to other professionals. Will learn basic play therapy and relationship building techniques in an experiential classroom setting. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy and MSW programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy and MSW programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: all years.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CAT 688 - Contemporary Issues in Art Therapy


    This course covers various contemporary issues related to art therapy. Content differs in each offering, but may include advanced painting, creating artist books, and other selected studio and therapeutic topics. Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in art therapy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Open to students in Creative Arts Therapy programs. Open to students in other graduate programs with permission of instructor. This course is not a substitute for a masters training program in art therapy. Term cycle: Summer. Yearly cycle: irregular offering.

    Credits: 3
 

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