Arts and Health Certification at University of Houston
The Graduate Certificate in Arts and Health Program, offered through the M.A. in Arts Leadership Program, is an exclusive 9-credit, non-degree synchronous online program at the University of Houston. The program combines the fine and performing arts into the areas of health, healthcare and well-being.
Students will learn the theoretical foundations that facilitate an understanding of the relationship of creativity to health, an overview of hospital administration and research and evaluation in arts in medicine, and will be provided with a dynamic, interdisciplinary overview of diverse practices and methodologies in the field of arts in medicine in community and healthcare settings including art therapy, art in public health, art and design in the environment of care, art and compassion, art and human development and art of self-care.
During this synchronous online program, students will have the opportunity to meet with their instructors and peers in each of their classes for a one-week in-person portion of the course.Students will engage in field trips and visit with working professionals in the field in the city of Houston.
The program is open to current University of Houston graduate students, in addition to prospective students who already possess a graduate degree.