Introduction to Creative Arts, Health and Wellness

[0.50] credits · Undergraduate

This course will introduce students to applications of the arts in health and wellness contexts. Topics may include arts-based treatments for mental health, dementia, caring for long-term illness, the nature of formal therapy techniques (art, drama, and music), community-building/healing and activism through the arts, and/or the arts as a means of processing trauma. This course will also introduce students to ethical and anti-oppressive practices within healthcare and wellness work.