Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Expressive Arts
Start Dates:
April 2019
Expressive Arts offer people of all ages the opportunity to express themselves through art, craft, writing, music, movement, and narrative arts.
Program Highlights
Expressive Arts practitioners incorporate a range of creative options into their existing professional skills and areas of expertise. Learn how to facilitate the development and transformation of the people in your care through expressive arts. You will explore your own creativity and learn how to design and deliver expressive arts programming to people in a variety of circumstances. Problem solving, conflict resolution, self-exploration, group dynamics, self-care, and much more are investigated in this highly experiential and discovery-based program. Examine the theoretical and practical approaches to expressive arts as a means of assisting people, and learn how to protect yourself from burnout. Fleming's Graduate Certificate in Expressive Arts is a helpful addition to the counselling, teaching, support or ministry you currently offer others.
Mandatory courses include Expressive Arts - Exploring Relationships, Introduction to Expressive Arts, Planning Expressive Arts Experiences and Professional Issues with the Expressive Arts. The additional four courses focus on various modalities including - but not limited to - music, dance, mask, storytelling and art making. You may take this certificate on a part-time basis, course by course, or in an intensive eight-week format offered each spring.
Students may take this program part-time if there is space available, as priority registration is given to full time students. Part-time students pay individual course fees in accordance with our part-time fee schedule. There is no guarantee of part-time availability from year to year and college policy requires that students complete all certificate requirements (8 courses) within a five year timeframe. To register for an individual course, please call the school directly, 1-866-353-6464 ext. 3.
Why Choose Fleming
Our particular approach to training in the expressive arts is unique. A range of modalities is studied in a studio-based environment, providing an opportunity to work with a variety art materials and methods. Backed by the reputation of the Haliburton School of Art + Design and many enthusiastic instructors with experience in counselling therapies and/or the arts, you will benefit professionally and personally from your time spent in pursuit of this certificate.
Is this You?
- an interest in the arts
- good communication skills
- empathetic, tactful and sensitive
- culturally aware and diplomatic
- a holistic attitude toward health and well-being
- a respect for confidentiality
- active listening skills
- actively working on your own self-development
- previous work experience in a social service capacity is an asset
Career Opportunities
The Expressive Arts Certificate will be a useful complement to an existing career in education, counselling, social work, social service, the arts, or ministry. With the broad-based focus of this certificate, expect to find yourself using many of the skills you have learned in the workplace on a daily basis.
Minimum Admission Requirements
Students applying to Expressive Arts must meet the following requirements:
- Ontario College Diploma or University Degree in Human Services or Arts or equivalent
Applicants who do not meet the requirements listed above who possess a combination of education and relevant experience may be considered on an individual basis.
Transfer Agreements
You may be able to use credits obtained at Fleming College to continue your postsecondary education in pursuit of a degree. The articulation and credit transfer agreements with our partner institutions are summarized below.
The Create Institute Centre for Expressive Arts Therapy Education
Expressive Arts Therapy diploma
Requirement
- Completed 8 credits of the Expressive Arts Ontario Graduate Certificate
Transfer Credit
- 100 studio hours in the 3rd year program;
Visit articulation agreement for details
To apply contact the institution's Admissions Office
For more information
- Visit the The Create Institute Centre for Expressive Arts Therapy Education website for further articulation and program information.
- See the official articulation agreement
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