Dance/Movement Therapy M.S.

Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy

By educating art and dance therapy students to become accomplished clinicians, graduates of the Creative Arts Therapy department help individuals with mental health issues reach their full potential. The integration of theoretical and experiential learning forms the basis of the department’s educational process and creates a curriculum rich in critical and creative thinking to help students adopt innovative solutions to clinical issues. Creative Arts Therapy aims to create committed professionals who, through their chosen art form, apply the creative process and aesthetic decision making to become leaders in the creative arts therapy field.  For information about our Spring/Summer Intensive format which includes the same course content, please visit our Spring/Summer Intesive webpage under Creative Arts Therapy.

Curriculum

G2050-Core Requirements for Dance/Movement Therapy, 2011

Semester 1

Complete these courses.

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ADT-641 Creative Arts Therapy I I

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DT-671 Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy I

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DT-673 Studies in Movement Behavior I

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ADT-645 Group Creative Arts Therapy I

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ADT-661 Fieldwork Experience and Supervision I

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Semester 2

Complete these courses.

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ADT-642 Creative Arts Therapy II

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SS-640 Development Of Personality I

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DT-672 Theory and Practice of Dance Therapy II

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DT-674 Studies in Movement Behavior II

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ADT-632 Research and Thesis

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ADT-662 Fieldwork Experience and Supervision II

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Semester 3

Complete these courses.

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ADT-649 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy I: Adults OR
ADT-651 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy I: Developmentally Disabled OR
ADT-653 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy I: Children and Adolescents

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SS-630 CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ISSUES

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DT-675 Improvisation

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ADT-663 Fieldwork Experience and Supervision III

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SS-650 Development of Personality II

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Semester 4

Take the following courses.

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ADT-650 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy II: Adults OR
ADT-652 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy II: Developmentally Disabled OR
ADT-654 Advanced Seminar in Creative Arts Therapy II: Children and Adolescents

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SS-660 The Psychology of Intergroup Relations & Institutional Process

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ADT-664 Fieldwork Experience and Supervision IV

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ADT-646 Group Creative Arts Therapy II

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