Creative Arts Therapy Graduate Degrees

M.P.S. in Art Therapy and Creativity Development

The Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy and Creativity Development program is a 53-credit, two-year, professional degree program that provides a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that translate into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Artwork and sometimes movement are done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of internship/practicum. The program is for students who want a broad body of skills balanced with a strong theoretical framework.

M.S. in Dance/Movement Therapy

The Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy program is a 56-credit, two-year, professional degree program that provides a synthesis of creative, aesthetic, and psychotherapeutic theory. Courses offer a thorough theoretical framework that is translated into personal and practical application through an experiential process. Movement and sometimes art are done in every course and is used to learn therapeutic skills. Students focus on a wide variety of populations and are required to work with a different population for each of the two years of internship/practicum. The program is for students who want a broad body of skills balanced with a strong theoretical framework.

M.P.S. in Art Therapy (Special Education)

The Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy (Special Education) program is a 53-credit, two-year, professional degree program that is intended to train art therapists who want to work with special education populations, not as art teachers. The degree does not qualify students for a teaching license. Classes are the same as for other art therapy students. The main differences are: 1. in both years of the practicum experience students must work with special education populations; 2. distinct readings are given in some classes; and, 3. papers and case presentations center on a special education population.

Degree Requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree, preferably in studio art or psychology. Applicants must have 15 undergraduate credits in studio art, to include course work in drawing, painting, and 3D media, and 12 credits in psychology, to include course work in general, personality, abnormal and developmental psychology. A portfolio of twelve to fifteen slides is required of all applicants. Applicants are contacted for an interview when all credentials have been received. A TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer or 100 Internet) is required of all international students. No TOEFL waivers will be issued unless student's first language is English.