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University of Johannesburg BA Hons in Art Therapy
University of Johannesburg

BA Hons in Art Therapy

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 up to 2 Years

English

Full time, Part time

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ZAR 50,840 / per year *

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* fees for the complete programme amount to between R50840,00 and R62468,00. Fees may vary depending on the composition of a particular qualification

Introduction

The purpose of the BA Hons in Art Therapy is to develop students’ creative, imaginative, and critical knowledge, skills, and academic research capabilities within the domains of the art therapy discourse, visual arts, and psychosocial and therapeutic industries. The Honours program will equip students with an intermediate knowledge of Art Therapy theories, and research methodologies, as they relate to eventual practice as an Art Therapist on completion of a Master's in Art Therapy, as well as an ability to think competently, safely, and ethically in a range of observed clinical settings. The program facilitates the process of exploration and critical inquiry, on both an internal and external level, to understand how meaning is created through art-making, which can then be applied in a clinical context. The program focuses on creative, critical thinking and how this applies to clinical contexts according to ethical and professional standards (as outlined by the appropriate professional governing Boards of the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the South African National Arts Therapies Organisation) in order to explore Art Therapy approaches within South African, pan-African, and international contexts. In keeping with the University’s focus on promoting African scholarship, this program addresses the need for academically adept, discipline-sophisticated, and civic-minded graduates who are able to complete this Honours as the first step to entering into a proposed Master's program to respond to psychosocial challenges in a globalized environment through the use of art-making, building on a sustainable model and practice for the arts in the realm of psychosocial environments. NOTE: The student obtaining this Honours qualification cannot practice clinical Art Therapy before obtaining a Master's qualification, which is a registered professional with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Reasons for studying at UJ

  • UJ offers not only a special program called the First Year Experience to help orientate students throughout the first year but we also offer a Senior Student Experience that gears students toward the workplace!
  • Grab the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports and train alongside Olympians and Paralympians on state-of-the-art pitches, tracks, and fields, or just keep fit by joining one of the gyms on each of our 4 campuses.
  • Be part of a young, vibrant, and agile university that reflects and adapts easily to our country’s aspirations, while maintaining global relevance through numerous international partnerships.
  • 178 Internationally respected and accepted qualifications.
  • Join a university that cares enough to have raised over R300 million since the start of 2016 in order to support the Missing Middle Campaign. UJ also ensures that more than 6 000 needy students have two healthy meals per day.
  • Study in the vibrant City of Gold – the economic hub of South Africa. Join a vibrant, cosmopolitan, progressive group of students and academics on their way to re-imagining the future!
  • UJ offers an amazing on-campus experience whether you live in one of UJ’s residences, belong to a day house, or whether you just want to socialize at the Student Centres on all campuses.
  • We ensure the health, safety, and security of all our students through our own on-campus health services and UJ Protection Services.
  • Did you know that during the first five years of UJ’s existence it doubled its targeted research output and to this day, continues to break records!

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