MUSI 407 - Introduction to Music Therapy Research

(2 hours) Prerequisites: MUSI 370 (grade of “C” or better) or permission of the instructor. Recommended Corequisite: MUSI 462. This course is required for Music Therapy majors. Music Therapy is a field both grounded in 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 provide experience in a) finding appropriate research, b) reading and analyzing research, c) summarizing existing research, and d) sharing knowledge with others. This course cannot be challenged.