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Post-Master's Certificate in Creative Arts Therapies:
Music Therapy

About the program
The two-year music therapy program is designed to help students develop advanced music therapy clinical skills in an academic health center setting. The program is the only music therapy training model housed in an academic health center. It is unique in that faculty members include mental health and medical
professionals who assist students in integrating music therapy with current developmental, mental health, and medical practices.

Didactic and clinical aspects are balanced to provide a foundation of theoretical knowledge and practical application. The curriculum integrates knowledge of music therapy with current theoretical approaches to assessment and treatment. Experiential core and music therapy modality courses are designed to help students develop the use of the self within the music therapy relationship.

About the certificate
The Post-Master’s Certificate in the Creative Arts Therapies with a specialization in Music Therapy consists is a 37 credit certificate program designed to meet the needs of qualified individuals who seek to become eligible to sit for the Board Certification Exam from the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). The certificate program is designed for those with a master’s degree in another clinical mental health specialty who wish to add a specialization in music therapy. Each of the following courses addresses one or more competency areas delineated by the American Music Therapy Association. All are taught at the graduate level.

Admissions
Admission requirements for the certificate program are similar to those for the M.A. program in Creative Arts, with the exception of standardized test scores.

For additional information about admission to the program, visit the College of Nursing and Health Professions' Creative Arts in Therapy web site.

Curriculum

Required Courses			Credits
Classroom and Lab-based Courses
ARTS 522S	Clinical Musical Improvisation I		2.0
ARTS 523S	Clinical Musical Improvisation II		2.0
ARTS 525S	Theories in Music Therapy I		1.0
ARTS 526S	Theories in Music Therapy II		1.0
ARTS 529S	Music Therapy Skills I		2.0
ARTS 530S	Music Therapy Skills II		2.0
ARTS 548S	Psychology of Music I		2.0
ARTS 549S	Psychology of Music II		2.0
ARTS 541S	Creative Arts in Therapy Workshop I		1.0
ARTS 542S	Creative Arts in Therapy Workshop II		1.0
ARTS 730S	Creative Arts in Therapy Literature Seminar I		1.0
ARTS 731S	Creative Arts in Therapy Literature Seminar II		1.0
ARTS 739S	Literature Seminar: Music Therapy		1.0
ARTS 787S	Advanced Skills: Music Therapy I		1.0
ARTS 788S	Advanced Skills: Music Therapy II		1.0
ARTS 744S	Applied Ethics for the Creative Arts Therapies		1.0
ARTS 510S	Clinical Guitar Methods		1.0
or
ARTS 511S	Clinical Piano Methods
Clinical Field Experience Courses
ARTS 766S	Clinical Practicum I		2.0
ARTS 768S	Clinical Practicum II		2.0
ARTS 833S	Music Therapy Group Supervision I		1.0
ARTS 834S	Music Therapy Group Supervision II		1.0
ARTS 790S	Clinical Internship I		3.0
ARTS 791S	Clinical Internship II		3.0
ARTS 841S	Advanced Music Therapy Group Supervision I		1.0
ARTS 842S	Advanced Music Therapy Group Supervision II		1.0

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