Expressive Arts Minor
Coordinator: Professor DiRosa
The Expressive Arts embraces the power of creative expression for the health and well-being of individuals and communities. The discipline involves the intermodal exploration of visual art, movement, dance, creative writing, music, theater and performance, to foster human wellness, growth, resilience, and social change. Versatile in scope, the Expressive Arts has multiple applications in the fields of counseling and therapy, social work, education, coaching, consulting, conflict resolution, organizational development, and community engagement.
The minor is interdisciplinary and includes courses from the arts and social sciences. Minors are also required to take introductory and capstone courses that will expose them to expressive arts methods and processes and the varied applications in this field of study. In the introductory course, students become conversant in expressive arts foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks. In the capstone course, students have the opportunity to channel their minor coursework into designing and leading a collaborative intermodal expressive arts project. The Expressive Arts minor at Elon also acknowledges that diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of individual and community well-being. Thus, the curriculum reflects attention to cross-cultural contexts of creative expression, social justice, and the role of the arts in enacting social change.
The curriculum is intended to be flexible, to easily pair with several majors, minors, and programs of study on campus. In that flexibility, students can shape the minor requirements to their individual and professional interests.
Minor Requirements:
Expressive Arts: 8 sh
| EXA 2100 | ART AS A THERAPEUTIC PROCESS | 4 |
| EXA 4100 | CURRENT ISSUES IN THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS | 4 |
Arts : 8 sh
Students can elect to have their coursework here come from one department or multiple departments. Be attentive to courses in the list that are 1 or 2sh.
Note: for DTS 3100 Solo Performance and Theater for Social Change only.
Additional MUS courses that may apply: any MUS ensemble and applied music lessons.
Social Sciences: 8 sh
Students can elect to have their coursework here come from one department or multiple departments. Be attentive to courses in the list that are 2sh.
| HSS 1110 | THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HUMAN SERVICE STUDIES/ELR | 4 sh |
| HSS 1300 | GRIEF AND LOSS WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS | 2 |
| HSS 2120 | COUNSELING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES | 4 sh |
| HSS 2130 | WORKING WITH GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES | 4 sh |
| PSY 2100 | LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 2110 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 2200 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| SOC 2430 | SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | 4 sh |
| SOC 3310 | THE SELF AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| SOC 3420 | SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DEVIANCE | 4 sh |
| SOC 3430 | SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE | 4 sh |
| WHE 1100 | MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID FOR NON-CLINICIANS | 2 sh |
| WHE 1150 | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN WELLNESS: STRESS AND WELL-BEING | 2 sh |
| PCS 1220 | Communication Across Differences | 2 sh |
Program Outcomes
To articulate intermodal methods, approaches, and processes in the expressive arts.
To conceptualize, design, and execute expressive arts works and projects that demonstrate an understanding of intermodal methods, approaches, and processes.
To integrate research skills in the development of expressive arts projects.
To articulate current issues related to the field of the expressive arts.
To identify career opportunities and professional applications in the expressive arts.
To work effectively in a collaborative, creative environment.
Total Credit Hours: 24