Art (BA) - Art Therapy Specialization
NOTICE:
This program is not accepting any new majors starting in Fall 2024. The program is being discontinued when all the current students have completed the program.
Program Mission
The mission of the Art Program is to develop students’ aesthetic, conceptual, and technical abilities; to engage them in the histories, theories, and traditions of artmaking; and to prepare them for a successful studio practice, further education, or a career in the arts and related fields.
Program Outcomes
- Graduates will have multiple ways of solving visual and creative problems.
- Graduates will a professional portfolio for review by faculty and educational partners that demonstrates both
- technical proficiency in at least two media and
- command of the formal language necessary to communicate the content and concept of their work.
- Graduates will write an artist/professional statement that illuminates their creative work and that interests others in it.
- Graduates will understand the history of art and contemporary trends in art/art education/art therapy.
- Graduates will gain experience in the role of art as a means to create, participate in, and serve diverse communities, locally and globally.
NOTICE:
This program is not accepting any new majors starting in Fall 2024. The program is being discontinued when all the current students have completed it.
Program Requirements
Specialization in Art Therapy (B.A.)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Course Requirements | ||
| Complete Art (BA) requirements | 54 | |
| ART-2600 | Ceramics I (as part of Art major requirements) | 3 |
| ART-4460 | Principles of Art Therapy | 3 |
| ART-4461 | Art Therapy Clinical Methods | 3 |
| ART-4462 | Experience & Research in Art Therapy | 3 |
| EDUC-2222 | Intro to K-12 Special Education | 3 |
| PSYC-1000 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Select one of these two options (6 hours) | 6 | |
| Option 1 | ||
| Developmental Psychology I and Developmental Psychology II | ||
| Option 2 | ||
| Lifespan Development (AND one of the following:) | ||
| Psychology of Learning | ||
| Cultural Psychology | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Gender | ||
| Introduction to Counseling Psychology | ||
| PSYC-2731 | Theories of Personality | 3 |
| PSYC-3901 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Recommended Course | ||
| MATH-1220 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
| Total Hours | 88 | |
This specialization prepares students for admission into graduate school for Art Therapy. This specialization also fulfills the requirements for a minor in Psychology. Students need to declare the minor in Psychology to have it appear on their transcript.
Suggested Sequence of Courses for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art with Art Therapy Specialization
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| ENGL-1010 | English Composition | 3 |
| THEO-1100 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
| EXSC-1115 | Wellness for Life | 1 |
| ART-1000 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART-1010 | Foundations of 2-D Design: Comp & Color | 3 |
| PSYC-1000 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ART-2110 | Painting I | 3 |
| EDUC-2222 | Intro to K-12 Special Education | 3 |
| PSYC-2503 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| ART-1030 | Foundations of 3-D Design: Form & Space | 3 |
| PHIL-2100 | Principles of Nature | 3 |
| EXSC Fitness Course | 1 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Faith Foundation | 3 | |
| Art Studios | 6 | |
| Art History | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Natural World Foundation (with lab) | 4 | |
| Art Studio | 3 | |
| Art History | 3 | |
| Theories of Personality | 3 | |
| Foreign Language | 4 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| PSYC-3901 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Art Studios | 3 | |
| ART-4460 | Principles of Art Therapy | 3 |
| Natural World Foundation | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Philosophical Inquiry Foundation | 3 | |
| ART-3900 | Junior Seminar | 3 |
| Art Studio | 3 | |
| ART-4461 | Art Therapy Clinical Methods | 3 |
| PSYC-2401 | Psychology of Learning | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Art History | 3 | |
| Art Studios | 6 | |
| Faith Foundation | 3 | |
| ART-4900 | Professional Practices | 2 |
| ART-4462 | Experience & Research in Art Therapy | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Art Studios | 6 | |
| Electives | 9 | |
| Senior Exhibition Seminar | 1 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 129 | |