Students are trained to integrate their art backgrounds and use art processes to provide psychotherapeutic services to clients, including children, adolescents, adults and families. The training fully prepares students to become practicing marital and family therapists skilled at integrating art processes in their work as psychotherapists. Our students are invited to acquire a solid grasp of the history of philosophy, both Western and Eastern, and to pursue specialized studies of a range philosophical issues and figures. The program is designed for students who seek the comprehensive background and training required for admission to and success in a Ph.D. program in Philosophy, as well as for those who wish to complement their studies in related disciplines with the Master of Arts in Philosophy. A special feature of our M.A. Program is our commitment to imparting to students the skills associated with effective teaching as they broaden and deepen their philosophical understanding.
Some students plan to go onto doctoral programs in literature, literary theory, or creative writing.
Otherswant to pursue literary or commercial writing careers or teach in high schooland community colleges. The department believes that the act of engaging theliterary field involves the production of literary, critical, or theoreticaltexts, and that broadbased reading in the tradition of literature provides thenecessary foundation for more focused study and analysis. The objective of the Civil Engineering and Environmental Science programs is to provide the necessary educational background needed by engineers and scientists who will be coping with the complex problems of water pollution, flood control, water supply and overall environmental management. EAPM has a unique focus to produce the generalist, integrator and conceptualizer required for the management of modern technology. The program's strength is in its breadth and synthesis of many engineering and business fields.