Curriculum: CGS or CAGS in Expressive and Creative Arts
Salve Regina University’s
Certificate of Graduate Studies (CGS)
provides students with opportunities for professional development,
while the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS)
provides students with opportunities to continue their graduate studies
or add to their current graduate studies along with a master’s degree program.
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This program in
the Professional Applications of the Expressive and Creative Arts
is designed for individuals who may have a background in human services fields
such as counseling, psychology, social work or education,
and seek to incorporate the use of the Expressive and Creative arts
into their professional settings.
The training is also applicable for creative artists and workshop leaders
looking to bring their passion for the arts
to leading, creating, and facilitating the creative process with others.
The program utilizes an intermodal approach to integrate the visual arts
with dance/movement, sound/music, expressive theater arts, and expressive writing with a holistic framework . These courses blend hands-on experiential work
with theoretical frameworks and research for understanding
the utilization of the expressive and creative arts to the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, social work, healthcare, education, community service, or any other profession in which personal expression and creative development are beneficial.
Required courses to Complete the CGS/CAGS:
HLC604: Self Discovery Through the Expressive and Creative Arts
HLC610: Expressive Theater Arts and Movement: A Multi-Modal Approach to Creativity and Transformation
HLC613: Expressive Writing for Personal Growth and Transformation
HLC615: Utilizing Expressive Sound and Music for Creativity and Healing
HLC611: Group Applications of the Expressive and Creative Arts
Each of the above courses is three credits,
offered in a hybrid, two-weekend, class-intensive format
with guided study modules between each weekend.
How to begin:
Students who wish to enter the CGS/CAGS program
in the Professional Applications of the Expressive and Creative Arts
will first complete the foundation / introductory courses:
This means the following three foundation / introductory courses:
Prerequisites / Foundation Graduate Course Series
HLC582: Introduction to the Expressive and Creative Arts as Transformation
(a 3-credit course offered in a two-weekend class format
with a guided study module between weekends)
Typically offered in the Fall Semester
HLC584: Movement, Creativity and Consciousness: An Introduction
(a two-credit, two-weekend intensive course)
Typically offered in the Winter/Spring Semester
HLC535: Introduction to Expressive Sound (a one-credit, one-weekend course)
Typically offered in the Winter/Spring Semester
or they may attend, when offered :
the Expressive Arts Institute Foundation training courses
with the Foundation courses offered over the summer,
in the professional applications of the expressive and creative arts.
Typically offered in the Summer
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Schedule : Salve Regina University’s
Certificate of Graduate / Advanced Graduate Studies Program (CGS / CAGS)
in the Professional Applications of the Expressive & Creative Arts as Transformation
schedule for upcoming Fall / Spring /Summer Semesters
The 15-credit program
in the professional application of Expressive and Creative Arts
The prerequisite and introduction for the program involves
completing either the Expressive Arts Institute’s 3-part foundation courses,
or the following three Introductory 500-level graduate-credit courses:
HLC 582; HLC 584; HLC 535.
Foundation / Pre-requisite Courses : an Introduction to the Approaches and Modalities
To Contact the Program Coordinator: Christopher Carbone, [email protected] (401) 341-3122
Here: Downloadable / Printable PDF pages with upcoming Schedule and Course Descriptions.
Link to the Salve Regina Graduate Programs application here
For currently Matriculated Graduate Students, here’s a link to a simplified application
for current students to add another program to your studies.