6000 Level Art Therapy Course Descriptions

ARTTHER 6000
Art Therapy Fieldwork I
Group supervision for students involved in a variety of service settings. This tutorial class complements the individual supervision students receive at their field sites. Students spend twelve hours per week in observation with increasing levels of direct participation with clients. Basic clinical skills, counseling techniques, sensitivity to diverse cultures, ethics, and standards of practice are emphasized in addition to processing the emotional complexities of early professional development. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in a 5000 level required Art Therapy course is required for enrollment in this course.

ARTTHER 6001
Art Therapy Fieldwork II
A tutorial offering group supervision for students in intermediate and advanced stages of clinical internships. Students spend from twelve to twenty-four hours per week advancing their clinical skills in treatment and assessment, with individuals and groups. A focused awareness of each student’s personal and cultural bias is developed; ethical and legal issues of art therapy practice are emphasized. This class builds on the skills acquired in Fieldwork I and furthers the student’s understanding of the therapeutic relationship which involves the client, their art, and the therapist. Prerequisite: ARTTHER 6000

ARTTHER 6005
Art Therapy Studio
This course assists in consolidating the professional identity of the art therapy student. Students work on their own art in a studio environment, facilitated by an art therapy instructor. Explorations of the boundaries of artist as therapist and therapist as artist will be discussed in both the professional and personal realms. This studio course will engage in critiques specific to the discourse of art in art therapy and the boundaries which overlap between personal expression and public displays of art. You must be a Masters of Art in Art Therapy student to take this class.

ARTTHER 6008
Art Therapy Seminar:
Cultural Dimensions
Students form an ongoing discussion group which reviews literature from the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, art, and art therapy. Topics covered in this course address a broad range of cultures, populations, settings, and approaches. Books and articles are discussed, with a focus on the interface between the theory and the practice of art as therapy. Critical analysis of both historic and contemporary professional writings is emphasized. You must be a Masters of Art in Art Therapy student to take this class.

ARTTHER 6010
Graduate Thesis I: Art Therapy
The focus of the course will be the development of the student’s writing skills to facilitate ease and enjoyment of thesis writing. Writing will occur in class as well as in homework assignments, with the goal of bringing out each student’s individual voice. Students learn library research methods, develop a topic, and gather materials for a final thesis. Both visual and written material may be included in this thesis, which is supervised by an adviser from the art therapy faculty. You must be a Masters of Art in Art Therapy student to take this class.

ARTTHER 6011
Graduate Thesis II: Art Therapy
This course continues the thesis-writing process in which the final components of the body of the paper, discussion, and conclusion are created. The course will cover preparing, planning, and producing a thesis that provides a point of view and documentation of original ideas in art therapy. Students can utilize a variety of descriptive approaches in writing their theses (e.g., narrative, case study, traditional research, ethnographic). In addition to finishing the thesis in written form, each student is required to do a formal presentation of their thesis material. There are creative opportunities for traditional and nontraditional forms of presentation. Both visual and written material may be included in this thesis, which is supervised by an adviser from the art therapy faculty.
Prerequisite: ARTTHER 6010