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 credit ONLINE COURSE
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 - 9 credits
Notes
Students are required to take 6 credits of electives within the 60-credit degree.
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 credit ONLINE COURSE
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 - 9 credits
Notes
Students are required to take 6 credits of electives within the 60-credit degree.
*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 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 601 Music Therapy Supervision - 3 credits
- 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 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)
- MTHY 601 Music Therapy Supervision - 3 credits
- Nine (9) additional elective credits, to be chosen in consultation with an academic faculty advisor.
*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)