Course Sequence

Admission to the Art Therapy program requires a bachelor's degree. The degree may be in any subject as long as the applicant has successfully completed at least 18 credit hours of studio art and at least 12 credit hours of psychology, including Abnormal Psychology and Developmental Psychology.

Students generally enter the program in the fall semester but may elect to begin the program in other enrollment periods (spring and summer) to either eliminate background prerequisites or to pick up non-sequence courses. However, beginning in spring will result in a minimum of 2.5 years for degree completion, but course load will be slightly lighter.

Fall

AT 800	Art Therapy Foundations	3 hrs
CE 835	Theory and Practice of Appraisal in Counseling	3 hrs
CE 833	Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders	3 hrs
AT 801	Art Therapy Group Dynamics and Special Populations	2 hrs
CE 825	Counseling Theories	3 hrs

Spring

AT 810	Introduction to Art Therapy Research	2 hrs
CE 830	Group Processes in Counseling	3 hrs
AT 802	Developmental and Treatment Models in Art Therapy	3 hrs
CE 893	Ethical, Professional, and Legal Issues in Counseling	3 hrs
AT 835	Art Therapy Internship	0-3 hrs

Summer

AT 835

Art Therapy Internship

1-4 hrs

Fall

CE 708	Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Related Fields	3 hrs
AT 812	Applied Art Therapy Research	2 hrs
ER 851	Research Design and Writing	3 hrs
AT 835	Art Therapy Internship	0-3 hrs

Spring

MH 770	Relationship and Family Counseling	3 hrs
AT 804	Art Therapy Advanced Assessment and Techniques in Relationships and Families	3 hrs
AT 708	Art Media and Material Use in Art Therapy	3 hrs
PY 520	Statistics (Thesis Option Only)*	3 hrs
AT 850 or AT 849	Art Therapy Master's Project or Art Therapy Thesis	3 hrs
AT 835	Art Therapy Internship	6 hrs
	Electives required	4 hrs

Summer Optional

AT 835

Art Therapy Internship

0-3 hrs

Fall Optional

MH 703	Professional Development in Art Therapy	1-3 hrs
AT 835	Art Therapy Internship	0-3 hrs

* Non-Thesis students will take three credit hours of electives

Note: If a student is seeking a dual degree in clinical counseling or clinical psychology, this course sequence may vary.