Professional Doctorate in Therapeutic Arts Practice
Overview
This course offers candidates the opportunity to develop high-level practice and research skills in therapeutic arts practice. A strong emphasis is placed on working collaboratively and multi-modally with individuals and groups in the community health and welfare, arts and education sectors. Successful candidates will be assigned two supervisors (one of which must be a MIECAT trained practitioner) in the first year of their candidature.
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Structure
This program is designed as a 5 year part time professional doctorate. Candidature will be considered provisional until students have completed any ethics applications that are required and the first year progress report (both of which must be completed by the end of semester two in their first year). Confirmation of candidature will occur after the HREC and the MIECAT Institute’s Education Committee has reviewed the candidate’s submissions and deemed them satisfactory.
Candidates will be required to attend both group and individual supervision across the 5 years and also present work in progress, as well as attend the MIECAT seminar series (a subject for Years 1–4).
For detailed information regarding application in to program or to know more about the yearly assessment, hurdle requirements and thesis or exegesis and exhibition/art work examination protocols please contact us at admin@miecat.edu.au
Prerequisites
MIECAT Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice or previous MIECAT Masters degree.
PLUS
Evidence of capacity to complete academic writing, such as an arts-inquiry paper, a peer-reviewed journal article, or equivalent publication (3,000–5,000 words).*
AND
Professional experience related to the fields of the arts, therapy, community well-being, education, or research.
OR
Either Honours degree or Masters degree from another Higher Education provider in a relevant area (with grades considered reasonable).
PLUS
Evidence of capacity to:
– complete academic writing, such as a peer-reviewed journal article or equivalent publication (min 3,000–5,000 words).
– undertake an arts-based inquiry, such as a portfolio of creative works.
AND
Related professional experience (as above).
* Submitted examples of the applicant’s academic writing must be in the original English or have been translated from the original language of writing/publication into English by the applicant themselves.
Applicants who have not completed a MIECAT degree might be asked to complete additional content at the beginning of year 1.
Depending on prior experience any required workshops would focus on: Arts-based/artistic research and bringing arts-making or an arts practice into inquiry work; and,
an introduction to MIECAT’s approach to arts inquiry.
