CAT 280-289 A-Z - Special Topics
Semester Hours: 1-4
Periodically
Specific courses designed to explore emerging topics in creative arts therapy. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken.
Current Special Topics
CAT 281D - Art Therapy from Neurological Perspective
This interactive course will explore the natural relationship between art therapy and neuroscience and how art therapy can aid in the treatment of multiple medical diagnoses. Students will begin by exploring and understanding specific areas of the brain, their functions, and how changes in the brain occur during a medical illness. Students will then investigate how art therapy can be used to stimulate areas of the brain comprised of neurological concerns and how the process of art-making can foster positive coping skills, promote both physical and emotional wellness and instill a sense of control over a diagnosis. Classes will include lectures, art therapy and neuroscience research efforts, group discussion, and tactical/kinesthetic experiential activities.
CAT 281R - Therapeutic Applications of Music
The course explores music therapy clinical practice and how it relates to other creative arts therapies. The historical, theoretical foundations, and approaches of music therapy will be explored. A range of experiential of music therapy interventions will be provided and processed as a group and in individual pairings. The course will also examine the use of music in art therapy.
CAT 286Z - Special Topic: Art Therapy Applications
Examines the human spirit with regard to body and psyche when affected by illness, hospitalization and institutional medical culture. Concepts such as family and person centered care, cultural implications and concepts of illness, liminal space, physical boundaries and the body as container will be addressed with a focus on the interface of Child Life philosophy and Art Therapy.
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