Program Content Requirements

Requirements For Students Entering the Program

**all CAT courses are three (3) credits unless otherwise specified**

Core courses (21 credits required)

Grade of B or higher required for PSY 534, ATR 501, ATR 502, ATR 506 and ATR 508.

CAT 050 – Child Abuse Workshop Credits

o   Zero (0) credits

CAT 500 – Human Development and Assessment Across the Creative Arts Therapies (3 credits)

CAT 530 – Culminating Project Seminar I and Externship (3 credits)

o   (Pre-Requisite CAT 677, for AT students with a B or better)

CAT 660 – Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Creative Arts Therapy (3 credits)

CAT 677 – Methods and Research (3 credits)

o   (Pre-Requisite for CAT 530. For AT students, need a minimum grade of a B or better to move on to CAT 530).

HHS 651 - Introduction to Trauma

PSY 534 – Psychopathology of Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood (3 credits)

PSY 535 – Principles and Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy (3 credits)

o   (Pre-Requisite for ATR 501, ATR 502, ATR 506, and ATR 508 with a grade of a B or better to start ATR 501)

 Art therapy core courses (33 credits required)

ATR 501 – Art Therapy and Counseling Practicum & Internship I* (2 credits)

1. • (Pre-Requisite ATR 528 and PSY 535 with a grade of a B or better)

ATR 502 – Art Therapy and Counseling Practicum & Internship II* (1 credit)

1. • (Pre-Requisite ATR 501 with a grade of a B or better)

ATR 506 – Art Therapy and Counseling Internship III* (2 credits)

1. • Two (2) credits, taken concurrently with CAT 598

   • (Pre-Requisite ATR 502 with a grade of a B or better)

CAT 598 – Issues in Interprofessional Team Practice (1 credit)

1. • One (1) credit, taken concurrently with ATR 506

ATR 508 – Art Therapy and Counseling Internship IV* (3 credits)

1. • (Pre-Requisite ATR 506 with a grade of a B or better)

ATR 522 – Assessment, Diagnosis, and Counseling I (3 credits)

CAT 525 - Sexual Abuse, Trauma and Art Therapy

ATR 537 - Crisis Counseling and Art Therapy

ATR 528 – Art Therapy: Theories, Practice, and Counseling (3 credits)

1. • (Pre-Requisite for ATR 504, ATR 505, ATR 506, and ATR 508)

ATR 642 – Group Art Therapy and Counseling Techniques (3 credits)

ATR 650 – Methods and Materials in Art Therapy (3 credits)

ATR 660 – Multicultural Issues and Practice in Art Therapy (3 credits)

CAT 526 – Family Therapy and Counseling Techniques (3 credits)

*Note: Students must receive a passing grade of B in order to pass ATR 501, ATR 502, ATR 506 and ATR 508. A student who does not receive a passing grade of a B in ATR 501, ATR 502, ATR 506 and ATR 508 will have to repeat the course. 

Elective courses (six [6] credits required)

Elective options that are offered occasionally, or

* taken with permission and approval from another department

ATR 546 – Phototherapy, PhotoArt Therapy and Counseling Techniques

CAT 524 – Creative Arts Therapy and Addictive Disorders

CAT 527 – Creative Arts Therapy with Veterans

CAT 542 – Group Creative Arts Therapy Counseling Techniques

CAT 681 – Current Topics in Creative Arts Therapy

CAT 684 – Foundations of Play Therapy

CAT 694 - Play Therapy and Trauma I

CAT 695 - Play Therapy and Trauma II

CAT 688 – Contemporary Issues in Art Therapy

CAT 689 – Lifestyle and Career Development

MUS 660 – Guided Imagery and Music – Level 1