Art (BA) - Art Therapy Specialization
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.
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 |
| GNST-1000 | BC Experience | 1 |
| 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 | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ART-2110 | Painting I | 3 |
| EDUC-2222 | Intro to K-12 Special Education | 3 |
| PSYC-2503 | Lifespan Development | 3 |
| PHIL-1750 | Principles of Nature | 3 |
| ART-1030 | Foundations of 3-D Design: Form & Space | 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 | 130 | |