Creative Expressive Therapies BA (Hons)
Education with the personal touch
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Creative Expressive Therapies BA (Hons)
Additional – If your application is successful and you accept an offer, we will ask you to undergo criminal records checking. This is to make sure you do not have a criminal history that would make you unsuitable for the course. Duration: 3 years full time Course fees: £10,225 per year* *These fees apply if you are starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Start date: September UCAS Code: Dance W590, Drama W490, Music W391, Art W191.
If you love dance, drama, music or art and think it’s played an important part in your own development, and you want to develop your skills so that you can work creatively with others, then this course is for you. You can specialise in dance, drama, music or art to develop your artistic ability. This will involve studio, performance and exhibition work. You’ll learn about the potential of creativity and the arts to promote wellbeing in various sectors.
Your career You’ll gain transferable skills from this course such as effective communication, personal development and leadership skills, which you’ll be able to apply to a range of different settings. You may decide to work in community arts, set up your own business or work creatively with people in different settings. This is also a great stepping stone to further study in therapeutic arts. You could choose MA Art Therapy, Dance Therapy, Music Therapy or Dramatherapy, which will lead to registration as an arts therapist. You could take further training to be a teacher, a social worker or a human resource manager.
AUTUMN
STAGE ONE
SPRING AUTUMN
STAGE TWO
Human Development and Creativity
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About the course
What you’ll cover
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Language – A qualification such as IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) or TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based). See our website for other accepted qualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698.
In the 2012 National Student Survey, 100% of our students were satisfied with our teaching and enthusiasm for the course. You’ll have the choice to specialise in an art form of your choice allowing you to personalise the course to your career aspirations and interests. You’ll develop your personal and professional skills to prepare you for your first job.
STAGE THREE
Entry requirements: Academic – 240 UCAS tariff points, of which at least 200 must be from your International Baccalaureate or equivalent qualification.
Why choose this course?
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Where you will study: Derby Campus – all three sites: Markeaton Street, Kedleston Road and Britannia Mill.
Interpersonal Development
Independent Scholarship
Effective Interaction
Specialist Pathway Module
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Expression and the Arts
Working Creatively with People 1
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Specialist Pathway Module
Experience of Illness
Working Towards the Future
Specialist Pathway Module
Working Creatively with People 2
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Working Creatively in Context
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Working Creatively on Placement
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Specialist Pathway Module
Additional information You’ll learn in our fantastic, specialist facilities. There are dedicated art, dance and music studios and we have a new learning theatre at Derby Theatre. We’ve also got strong links with Déda – the Derby dance centre. You’ll go on placements to develop your understanding of the impact that creative interventions can have on wellbeing.
What you’ll cover Options Stage One You'll choose one specialist pathway module from the following: ▪ Visual Art (Art ▪ Music and Pathway) Musicianship 1 (Music Pathway) ▪ Dance Making: Physicality, ▪ Applied Drama Choreography (Drama Pathway) and Technique (Dance Pathway)
Stage Two You'll choose two modules from your chosen specialist pathway: ▪ Visual Art 2 (Art ▪ Applied Drama 2 Pathway) (Drama Pathway) ▪ Image of Self (Art ▪ Performance Pathway) (Drama Pathway) ▪ Dance Making: ▪ Music and Choreography as Musicianship 2 Creative Story (Music Pathway) (Dance Pathway) ▪ Performance ▪ Performance (Music Pathway) (Dance Pathway) Stage Three You'll choose one module from your chosen specialist pathway: ▪ Statement as ▪ Applied Drama 3 Image (Art and Applied Pathway) Drama 4 (Drama Pathway) ▪ Dance Production ▪ Music and (Dance Pathway) Musicianship 3 (Music Pathway)
Get in touch Jean Bennett E: fehs@derby.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1332 591703 www.derby.ac.uk/therapeutic-arts www.facebook.com/DerbyUni http://twitter.com/DerbyUni
The information in this leaflet was correct when we produced it, but please check our website for the most up to date information.
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