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Course sequences

First year

Fall

  • ATRP 600 Readings in Art Therapy - 3 credits
  • ATRP 603 Symbolic Imagery and Art Therapy- 3 credits 
  • ATRP 613 Art Therapy Practicum Supervision I - 3 credits 
  • CATS 611 Counselling Skills for Creative Arts Therapists - 3 credits 
  • CATS 641 Ethics in Clinical Practice - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE

Winter

  • ATRP 604 Group and Family Art Therapy - 3 credits
  • ATRP 614 Art Therapy Practicum Supervision II - 3 credits
  • CATS 610 Topics in Clinical Psychology - 3 credits
  • CATS 639 Interdisciplinary Topics: Cross Cultural Issues - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE
  • CATS 691 - Research in Creative Arts Therapies - 3 credits

Second year

Fall

  • ATRP 602 Assessment Techniques in Art Therapy - 3 credits
  • ATRP 623 Advanced Art Therapy Practicum Supervision I - 3 credits 
  • ATRP 630 Child and Adolescent Art Therapy - 3 credits 
  • ATRP 693 Research in Art Therapy - 3 credits

Winter

  • ATRP 620 Advanced Art Therapy Clinical Skills - 3 credits
  • ATRP 624 Advanced Art Therapy Practicum Supervision II - 3 credits 
  • CATS 643 Interdisciplinary Topics: Ethics in Research in the Creative Arts Therapies - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE
  • CATS 689 Research Paper (or CATS 698, 699: Applied Project and Arts-based Inquiries with oral examination and paper) - 9 credits 

First year

Fall

  • DTHY 603 Studio Improvisation & Drama Therapy - 3 credits 
  • DTHY 604 Group and Family in Drama Therapy - 3 credits
  • DTHY 613 Drama Therapy Practicum Supervision I - 3 credits
  • CATS 611 Counselling Skills for Creative Arts Therapists - 3 credits
  • CATS 641 Ethics in Clinical Practice - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE

Winter

  • DTHY 614 Drama Therapy Practicum Supervision II - 3 credits 
  • DTHY 644 Drama Therapy Methods, Processes and Assessment Models I - 3 credits
  • CATS 610 Topics in clinical Psychology - 3 credits 
  • CATS 639 Interdisciplinary Topics: Cross Cultural Issues - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE
  • CATS 691 - Research in Creative Arts Therapies - 3 credits

Second year

Summer

  • DTHY 643 Sociodrama and Psychodrama - 3 credits 

Fall

  • DTHY 623 Advanced Drama Therapy Practicum Supervision I - 3 credits 
  • DTHY 645 Drama Therapy Methods, Processes and Assessment Models II - 3 credits
  • DTHY 693 Research in Drama Therapy - 3 credits

Winter

  • DTHY 600 Readings in Drama Therapy - 3 credits
  • DTHY 624 Advanced Practicum Supervision II - 3 credits 
  • CATS 643 Interdisciplinary Topics: Ethics in Research in the Creative Arts Therapies - 1 credit ONLINE MODULE
  • CATS 689 Research Paper (or CATS 698, 699: Applied Project and Arts-based Inquiries with Oral Examination and Paper) - 9 credits 

Notes

Students are required to take 6 credits of electives within the 60-credit degree. 

CATS 689 Research Paper: a Research Paper written in the second year of study. A proposal for this paper is developed as a course requirement in the first year in CATS 691.

CATS 698, 699 Applied Research Project: a Research Project (which must have a written component) in the second year of study.

*Please note that all courses are offered online, with the exception of elective courses. 

Option 1: Research with Thesis

Fall

  • MTHY 600 MT Advanced Literature - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 602 Clinical Improvisation I - 1.5 credits  
  • MTHY 623 Advanced MT Practicum I - 3 credits 
  • CATS 641 Ethics in Clinical Practice - 1 credit 
  • CATS 691 Research in the Creative Arts Therapies - 3 credits 

Winter

  • MTHY 601 Music Therapy Supervision - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 603 Clinical Improvisation II - 1.5 credits 
  • MTHY 624 Advanced MT Practicum II- 3 credits 
  • MTHY 693 Research in Music Therapy - 3 credits 
  • CATS 639 Cross Cultural Issues in CATS - 1 credit 
  • CATS 643 Ethics in Research in Creative Arts Therapies - 1 credit

Summer

  • MTHY 699 Thesis - 21 credits

Option 2: Advanced Music Therapy Practice

Fall

  • MTHY 600 MT Advanced Literature - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 602 Clinical Improvisation I - 1.5 credits  
  • MTHY 633 Advanced MT Practicum I - 6 credits 
  • CATS 641 Ethics in Clinical Practice - 1 credit 
  • CATS 691 Research in the Creative Arts Therapies - 3 credits 

Winter

  • MTHY 601 Music Therapy Supervision - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 603 Clinical Improvisation II - 1.5 credits 
  • MTHY 634 Advanced MT Practicum II - 6 credits 
  • MTHY 693 Research in Music Therapy - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 698 Music Therapy Advanced Capstone Project - 6 credits
  • CATS 639 Cross Cultural Issues in CATS - 1 credit 
  • CATS 643 Ethics in Research in Creative Arts Therapies - 1 credit

Summer (or other agreed time)

  • Nine (9) additional elective credits, to be chosen in consultation with an academic faculty advisor. This may include MTHY 625 Guided Imagery and Music, Level 1 - 3 credits. 

*Applicants admitted to the Graduate Diploma in Music Therapy must enroll in the program as full time students. Part time studies are not an option for this program

Fall 

  • MTHY 501 Music Therapy Skills - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 503 MT with Adults - 1 credit
  • MTHY 510 MT Practicum I - 3 credits
  • CATS 611 Counselling for Creative Arts Therapists - 3 credits

Winter 

  • MTHY 502 Psychology of Music - 2 credits 
  • MTHY 504 MT with Children & Adolescents - 1 credit 
  • MTHY 511 MT Practicum II - 3 credits 
  • MTHY 521 Clinical Improvisation in Music Therapy - 3 credits 

Summer 

  • MTHY 512 MT Practicum III - 9 credits 

• PLTH 501 Play Therapy 1 Introduction to Play Therapy (3.00)

• PLTH 502 Play Therapy 2 Cognitive Behavioural Child-Centered Play Therapy (3.00)

• PLTH 503 Play Therapy 3 Child-Centered Group Play Therapy (3.00)

• PLTH 504 Play Therapy 4 Relational Play Therapy and Filial Play Therapy (3.00)

• PLTH 505 Play Therapy 5 Neurobiology and Attachment in Play Therapy (3.00)

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