Art: Art Therapy Concentration, B.A.

Art + Design (AR)

The Art foundation courses provide broad experience in conceptual thinking as well as technique in order to provide students with an opportunity to determine and develop strengths and interests. A concentration need not be selected until the second year of full-time study.

Core Curriculum: 38 - 51 credit hours

Please review the Core Curriculum  page for course options.

Required Core Courses

Student in the Art Therapy major must take the following liberal arts core courses regardless of whether the core is otherwise met:

Liberal Arts, Arts

• AR 181 Survey of Art I: Art of the Ancient World (3)  

Liberal Arts, Social Science

• PY 101 General Psychology (3)  

Art & Communication Foundations (30 - 33 credit hours)

Students must have a minimum grade of “C” for all Communication courses.

All majors are required to take the following foundation courses:

• AR 150 - Digital Citizenship (3) or
• CO 150 - Digital Citizenship (3)

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• AR 221 - Beginning Photography (3)
• AR 245 - Typography I (3)

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• AR 271 - Digital Media: Design Software (3) or
• CO 271 - Digital Media: Design Software (3)

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• CO 223 - DM: Principles of Shooting & Lighting (3)
• CO 235 - Principles of Advertising (3)
• CO 327 - DM: Principles of Editing & Audio (3)
• CO 331 - Public Relations Concepts (3)
• EN 112 - Composition II: Rhetorical Argument (3) (unless taken for Core credit)

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• Capstone

• AR 495 - Internship (1-6) (3 credit hours) or
• CO 495 - Internship (3)

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• CO 499 - Senior Seminar (3)

Art Core (12 credit hours)

The following courses are required for all Art majors. (B.A., B.F.A.)

• AR 111 - Beginning Drawing (3)
• AR 117 - Design Foundations (3)
• AR 183 - Survey Art II: From the Renaissance to Modernism (3)
• Upper level art/design history (3)

Art Therapy Concentration (33 credit hours)

• Fine Art Studio (21 credits)

• AR 219 - Three-Dimensional Design (3)
• AR 251 - Introduction to Art Therapy (3)
• AR 322 - Intermediate Photography (3)
• AR 361 - Painting (3)
• AR 459 - Art as Therapy (3)

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• PY 201 - Personality Psychology (3)
• PY 208 - Lifespan Development (3)
• PY 210 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
• PY 320 - Psychotherapy Approaches (3)
• PY 261 - Psychological Statistics & Methods I (3)
• PY 262 - Psychological Statistics & Methods II (3)

Technology Requirement

Computer competency will be demonstrated by successful complete of AR 271 / CO 271  within the major.

Outcomes

Each art major should be able to:

Outcome 1.

Understand the stylistic, cultural, and social concepts and characteristics of the major artistic periods. (AR 181 , AR 183 ) 

Outcome 2.

Understand principles of color theory, space, and form within two-dimensional and three-dimensional space. (AR 117 , AR 219 )

Outcome 3.

Possess fundamental technical skill in various media including drawing, photography, and others. (AR 111 , AR 221 , AR 231 , AR 365 )

Art Therapy Outcomes

In addition to the art major outcomes, each art therapy major should also be able to:

Outcome 1.

Understand the relationship between an individual’s self-expressive art-making and its role within the science of art therapy (AR 251 , AR 459 ).

Assessment

The outcomes for Art + Design majors are assessed through a combination of written and performance examinations, performance assignments, and portfolios of completed projects.

Students must have a minimum grade of “C” for all Art courses. Students may not repeat an art course more than one time.