Arts Therapy

ARTS THERAPY IN CREA

Arts therapy is a career that requires an advanced degree, but CREA can prepare students for graduate work. Students should at least minor in psychology and follow a diversified curriculum in the Creative Arts: not only in studio or practical arts, but in the history of art which shows how many and varied are creative approaches.

REQUIRED COURSES
CREA 111: Proseminar in Creative Arts
CREA 490: Seminar in Creative Arts
Two of  
CREA 232: Art from the 15th Century
CREA 242: Music from the 17th Century
CREA 252: Theater from the Restoration

ELECTIVES
Visual Art
CREA 112: Basic Design
CREA 200: Drawing
CREA 204: Digital Photography
CREA 231: Art to the 15th Century
CREA 255: American Art
CREA 312: Basic Design II:
CREA 313: Drawing II
CREA 314: Painting I
CREA 325: Graphics
CREA 327: Medieval Art
CREA 328: Renaissance Art
CREA 329: Modern Art
CREA 363: Image and Society
CREA 420: Painting II
Music
CREA 120: Chorus
CREA 165: Music Theory I Elementary Harmony
CREA 210: Orchestra
CREA 213: Basics of Singing
CREA 254: Opera I
CREA 256: American Music
CREA 355: Creative Process in Contemporary Music
CREA 357: Music Ritual and Creative Arts in Non-Western Cultures
Theater
CREA 135: Voice and movement
CREA 219: Acting I
CREA 258: American Theater
CREA 330: Acting II
CREA 345: Scenery Design
CREA 348: Costume and Makeup Design
CREA 349: Directing

Supplemental courses
CLSS 360: Gods and Goddesses (CAR)
SOCI 140: Cultural Anthropology (CAS)
PHIL 240: Philosophy of Art (CAP)
RELG 181: Experiences of the Sacred (CDR)