Music Therapy Pathway

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Students who wish to complete the Music Therapy Pathway will want to follow the curriculum for the required music courses in the Music, B.S., or B.A program and the 24 credit hours of psychology courses listed below.

Required Music Courses

Additional courses required to complete the Music Therapy Pathway are found below and under the Department of Psychology under the Music Therapy Pathway.

MUPR 121 - Class Voice and Diction Credit: 2 hours
MUSC 131 - Music Theory and Skills I Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 132 - Music Theory and Skills II Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 231 - Music Theory and Skills III Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 232 - Music Theory and Skills IV Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 333 - Music History I Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 334 - Music History II Credit: 3 hours

6 Credit Hours of Ensembles as outlined in the emphasis requirements.

MUPR 109-119
MUPR 117 - Class Piano I Credit: 1 hour
MUPR 118 - Class Piano II Credit: 1 hour
MUPR 219 - Guitar Techniques Credit: 1 hour
MUAG 021-121 Applied Guitar
MUSC 312 - Basic Conducting Credit: 1 hour
MUSC 401 - World Music Credit: 3 hours
MUSC 423 - Form and Analysis Credit: 2 hours
MUSC 424 - Twentieth-Century Music Credit: 2 hours

Music Therapy Pathway Courses: 24 Credit Hours

Additional courses required to complete the Music Therapy Pathway are found below and under the Department of Psychology under the Music Therapy Pathway.

PSYC 131 - Basic Psychology Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 232 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 238 - Educational Psychology Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 330 - Introduction to Counseling Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 331 - Physiological Psychology Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 332 - Adult Development Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 433 - Counseling Psychology Credit: 3 hours
PSYC 435 - Abnormal Psychology Credit: 3 hours

Notes:

Students pursuing the Music Therapy Pathway should pick one of the emphasis options listed for the B.S / B.A. (B.S./ B.A. Piano Emphasis Requirements , B.S./ B.A. Guitar Emphasis Requirements , B.S./ B.A. Instrumental Emphasis Requirements or B.S. / B.A. Vocal Emphasis )

All students, regardless of emphasis, should take MUPR 121 - Class Voice and Diction . Students choosing a vocal emphasis should take this class in their first semester of music study.

Students with limited vocal training may be encouraged to complete additional study in Applied Voice in order to develop a stronger singing voice.

All students, regardless of emphasis, should take MUPR 219 - Guitar Techniques .

Additional study in Applied Guitar is required for two semesters. It is recommended that study focus on chording including I, IV and V7 chords in four major and four minor keys as well as common simple tunes (pop, country, folk, gospel, children’s songs, etc.) from various decades.

Music majors must achieve a grade of “C” or higher in prerequisite courses.

Transfer students may have the pattern of prerequisites altered at the discretion of the Department Chair Students with a piano emphasis will substitute MUPR 221 - Piano Pedagogy for MUPR 117 - Class Piano I and MUPR 118 - Class Piano II .

The following classes are also recommended from the Department of Biology for the Music Therapy Pathway: