Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine
Overview
10 Months (12 Credits)
The University of Florida’s online Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine offers a focused pathway into the field through the first four core courses of the MA in Arts in Medicine curriculum including a supervised practicum—without the research or elective requirements of the full master’s degree.
Designed for students and professionals from all backgrounds, the program explores how the arts enhance healthcare environments, support patients and caregivers, and strengthen clinical and community wellbeing. Coursework reflects best practices in arts in health and introduces key concepts in research, ethics, safety, and administration.
Curriculum
Students complete 12 credit hours and a supervised practicum at a clinical or community site in their home community, gaining hands-on experience in creative facilitation.
Those seeking deeper training in research, evaluation, and program leadership may consider the online MA in Arts in Medicine, which gives you more hands-on experience and a choice of electives to hone your practice.
Curriculum Descriptions
- Creativity and Health: Foundations of Arts in Medicine (HUM5357, 8 weeks) – 3 credits
- This online graduate course explores the deepest questions at the heart of arts in health. From historical perspectives to theoretical foundations, the course engages at the intersection of the arts, creativity and health promotion to facilitate an understanding of these complex and interwoven disciplines. Lively discussions and all course materials help inform the field and practice of arts in health in a variety of settings. This is the initial core course for the Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine and the Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine. (This course can be taken as an elective by nonmajors.)
- Arts in Medicine in Practice (HUM5595, 8 weeks) – 3 credits
- This second core course for the Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine and the Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine explores the practice of arts in health in the fields of health and human services. The course provides a dynamic, interdisciplinary overview of the diverse practices and methodologies in the contemporary field of arts in health in healthcare and community settings. Students learn what they need to know to navigate these settings safely and professionally as they prepare for their practicum. (This course can be taken as an elective by nonmajors.)
Prerequisite: HUM5357 Creativity and Health: Foundations of the Arts in Medicine.
- This second core course for the Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine and the Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine explores the practice of arts in health in the fields of health and human services. The course provides a dynamic, interdisciplinary overview of the diverse practices and methodologies in the contemporary field of arts in health in healthcare and community settings. Students learn what they need to know to navigate these settings safely and professionally as they prepare for their practicum. (This course can be taken as an elective by nonmajors.)
- Graduate Practicum in Arts in Medicine (HUM6942, 16 weeks) – 3 credits
- This is the third core course for Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine and the Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine. The course supports students as they engage in focused, professional level practice in an arts in health programming at a healthcare or community health setting in their home communities. Students undertake 96 hours of contact, experiential, and administrative activities over 16 weeks. The goal of this course is to prepare students for professional arts in health practice.
*Prerequisites: HUM5357 Creativity and Health: Foundations of the Arts in Medicine and HUM5595 Arts in Medicine Practice.
- This is the third core course for Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine and the Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine. The course supports students as they engage in focused, professional level practice in an arts in health programming at a healthcare or community health setting in their home communities. Students undertake 96 hours of contact, experiential, and administrative activities over 16 weeks. The goal of this course is to prepare students for professional arts in health practice.
- Arts in Medicine Professional Seminar (HUM6353, 8 weeks) – 3 credits
- This course provides a practical orientation to professional competencies, practice, and ethics for the field of arts in health. Pro Sem is the culminating course in the graduate certificate, or of the first year of the MA in Arts in Medicine. This course focuses on applications of course materials to date in the program and specifically engages in core issues, trends, and critical debates central to practice in arts in health.
*Prerequisite: HUM6942 Arts in Medicine Practicum.
- This course provides a practical orientation to professional competencies, practice, and ethics for the field of arts in health. Pro Sem is the culminating course in the graduate certificate, or of the first year of the MA in Arts in Medicine. This course focuses on applications of course materials to date in the program and specifically engages in core issues, trends, and critical debates central to practice in arts in health.