Post-Master's Certificate in Music Therapy
52.0 quarter credits
The Post-Master's Certificate in Music Therapy 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 Music
Therapy consists
is a 52 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 MA
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.
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| ARTS 501 | Introduction to Creative Arts Therapy I | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 502 | Introduction to Creative Arts Therapy II | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 503 | Introduction to Creative Arts Therapy III | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 510 | Clinical Practicum I: Observation | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 511 | Clinical Practicum II | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 512 | Clinical Practicum III | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 573 | Clinical Musical Improvisation I | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 574 | Clinical Musical Improvisation II | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 575 | Theories in Musical Therapy I | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 577 | Musical Therapy Skills I | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 578 | Musical Therapy Skills II | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 579 | Musical Therapy Skills III: Technological Applications | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 580 | Psychology of Music | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 581 | Music Therapy Group Supervision I | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 582 | Music Therapy Group Supervision II | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 583 | Music Therapy Group Supervision III | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 610 | Clinical Internship I | 3.0 | ||
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| ARTS 611 | Clinical Internship II | 3.0 | ||
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| ARTS 612 | Clinical Internship III | 3.0 | ||
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| ARTS 670 | Advanced Music Therapy Skills I | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 671 | Advanced Music Therapy Skills II | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 672 | Multicultural Perspectives in Music Therapy | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 673 | Advanced Music Therapy Group Supervision I | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 674 | Advanced Music Therapy Group Supervision II | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 675 | Advanced Music Therapy Group Supervision III | 1.0 | ||
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| ARTS 676 | Theories of Musical Therapy II | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 677 | Advanced Music Therapy Skills III: Group | 2.0 | ||
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| ARTS 678 | Clinical Internship Lab: Music Analysis | 1.0 | ||
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| NEUR 534 | Neuroscience | 3.0 | ||
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