MUSI 307 - Communication in Music Therapy and Music Education

(2 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 101 and 102 (grades of “C” or better) or permission of the instructor. This course is required for Music Therapy majors and is an elective for Music Education majors. Music Therapy is a field both grounded in research and furthered through research. It is critical, then, as a Music Therapist, to be able to access, read, analyze, and critique music therapy and music therapy related research. Music Therapy is also a profession in which communication, in both written and oral forms, is essential. Therefore this course involves an exploration of the writing process through written papers as well as a formal presentation (the Research Poster). The papers are intended to give you experience in a) finding appropriate research, b) reading and analyzing research, c) summarizing existing research in your own words, and d) sharing your knowledge with others.