Expressive Arts Expressive Arts Therapy

Certificate • Students will demonstrate an introductory level of knowledge 18 Credit Hours in psychology. • Students will prepare an Expressive Arts Therapy Project* for This program is offered by the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts/ the campus community or another specific community group Department of Art, Design and Art History and is only available in the St. Louis community. at the St. Louis home campus. *All activities in this program, including the Expressive Arts For information on the general requirements for a certificate, see Therapy Project, will follow the key concepts of expressive arts Certificate under the Academic Policies and Information section of therapy and may be therapeutic for students and participants. this catalog. Due to ethical considerations and the basic level of this certificate, however, none of the activities included within this certificate's This certificate is available to students pursing a bachelor's requirements will be considered or evaluated as "therapy." In degree and/or those who have already completed a bachelor's each hands-on activity within this certificate and Expressive Arts degree. Therapy Project, students will work within ethical guidelines as established by the IEATA and Webster University. Program Description Expressive arts therapy is a growing area for graduate Required Courses study that may lead to subsequent employment as an Expressive Arts Therapy (6 credit hours) expressive arts therapist. Expressive arts therapy integrates the healing objectives of the fields of , , • ART 2200 Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy (3 hours) and . This undergraduate expressive • ART 4810 Expressive Arts Therapy Project (3 hours) arts therapy certificate offers an introduction the unique potential to the fine and performing arts to foster healing and increase Psychology (6 credit hours) Certificates empathic human connection. Techniques from expressive arts • PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology (3 hours) therapy have been proven to increase mind-body integration, • PSYC 3900 Introduction to Counseling (3 hours) support self-actualization and promote healing in adults and or PSYC 3125 Abnormal Psychology (3 hours) children in numerous therapeutic and non-therapeutic contexts. Because the arts rely primarily on sensory processes (auditory, Fine and Performing Arts (6 credit hours) vocal, visual, tactile and proprioceptive) to engage individuals and Choose a minimum of 6 credits with prefixes outside of groups, expressive arts therapy is often utilized as an adjunctive one's major (see the certificate director for prerequisite and or alternative approach to language based "talk" therapy. For advising questions). this same reason, techniques from expressive arts therapy are frequently adapted for use in humanitarian settings which The following four courses are highly recommended: serve migrants, war refugees, and victims of trafficking. For this reason, the expressive arts therapy certificate may be considered • ART 3820 Performance Art (3 hours) complimentary to the international human rights certificate and the • DANC 1220 Improvisation (2 hours) migration and refugee studies certificate offered at Webster. • THEA 1080 Studio Acting (3 hours) • THEA 3070 Creative Dramatics: Social Issues* (3 hours) In order to see clients, students who complete the expressive arts therapy certificate will need to pursue a graduate degree *With permission of the certificate director and instructor. before they are able to obtain professional licensure. Students are encouraged to check entrance requirements for any post-graduate Other available course options: programs prior to finishing their degree at Webster in the event they need to take additional coursework. • ART 1010 Creative Strategies (3 hours) • ART 2610 Printmaking Concepts and Techniques (3 hours) Students seeking this certificate are required to adhere to the • ART 2715 Fine Art Photography (3 hours) Ethics and Standards of Practice guidelines of the International • ART 2410 Painting I (3 hours) Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). • ART 2530 Ceramics: Space (3 hours) • ART 2315 Sculpture I (3 hours) Learning Outcomes • ART 3690 Book Arts (3 hours) • ART 3050 Topics in Studio Art* (3 hours) • Students will be able to describe the basic principles of • DANC 1410 Introduction to Professional Dance I (2 hours) art therapy, dance therapy, psychodrama, and music • DANC 1030 Dance as an Artform (3 hours) therapy and how these principles combine in expressive arts • DANC 3250 Somatics* (2 hours) therapy. • DANC 1100 Modern Dance I (2 hours) • Students will be able to identify the key figures and factors • DANC 3000 Topics in Dance* (1-3 hours) that led to the development of expressive arts therapy and to summarize the four key concepts that are unique *With permission of the certificate director and instructor. to expressive arts therapy: Intermodal Transfer (Levine), Crystallization (Knill), Expressive Continuum For non-music majors: (Hinz) and the Creative Connection (Rogers). • Students will apply and practice these concepts through • MUSC 1035 Introduction to Electronic Music (2 hours) hands-on activities* individually and in collaboration with • MUSC 1080 Beginning Class Piano (2 hours) class peers. • MUSC 1090 Beginning Guitar Class (2 hours) • Students will demonstrate a basic level of proficiency in two • MUSC 2002 Applied Voice (1 hour) of the four fine arts areas of music, dance, theatre, or visual • MUSC 2004 Applied Instrument (1 hour) art. • MUSC 2001 Applied Piano (1 hour)

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For music education majors:

• MUSC 2501 Applied Piano (2 hours) • MUSC 2502 Applied Voice (2 hours) • MUSC 2504 Applied Instrument (2 hours) Recommended Courses Keystone Seminar: • KEYS 4019 Art & Social Engagement: How Do the Arts Impact the World? (3 hours) Admission To pursue the certificate in expressive arts therapy, you must be one of the following:

• A sophomore student or higher, successfully pursuing a bachelor's degree in any major within the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts. • A sophomore student or higher, successfully pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology within the College of Arts and Sciences. • A graduate who holds a bachelor's degree with a fine arts or psychology major.

Current undergraduate students should petition to become an expressive arts therapy certificate candidate after successfully completing their freshman course of study (C or higher) and any departmental reviews. To petition to begin the expressive arts therapy certificate, students must write a letter of intent to the certificate director, Carol Hodson, and submit to [email protected].

Webster graduates must apply for acceptance into this certificate through the Academic Advising Center.

Applicants who have previously completed a bachelor's degree at other accredited institutions must apply through the Office of Admission.

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