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2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook

Music Therapy, Bachelor of Music

Requirements for a major in Music Therapy:

Music (37 Hours)

MUSC 111Music Theory I

3
MUSC 112Music Theory II

3
MUSC 141Keyboard Skills I

1
MUSC 142Keyboard Skills II

1
MUSC 171Aural Skills I

1
MUSC 172Aural Skills II

1
MUSC 211Music Theory III

3
MUSC 212Music Theory IV

3
MUSC 232World Music

3
MUSC 241Keyboard Skills III

1
MUSC 242Keyboard Skills IV

1
MUSC 271Advanced Aural Skills III

1
MUSC 272Aural Skills IV

1
MUSC 303Beginning Conducting

2
MUSC 330Music History I

3
MUSC 331Music History II

3

Music Therapy (25 Hours)

MUTH 101Voice Class for Music Therapists

1
MUTH 105Guitar for Music Therapists

1
MUTH 110Introduction to Music Therapy

1
MUTH 112Observation & Assessment

1
MUTH 201Psychology of Music

2
MUTH 210Theories in Music Therapy

1
MUTH 301Music Therapy Foundations I

2
MUTH 302Fieldwork in Music Therapy I

1
MUTH 303Music Therapy Foundations II

2
MUTH 304Fieldwork in Music Therapy II

1
MUTH 305Functional Music Skills I

2
MUTH 306Functional Music Skills II

2
MUTH 307Functional Music Skills III

2
MUTH 401Music Therapy Foundations III

2
MUTH 402Fieldwork in Music Therapy III

1
MUTH 403Music Therapy Research

2
MUTH 404Fieldwork in Music Therapy IV

1

Social Science (23 hours)

PSYC 101Introduction to Psychology

3
PSYC 285Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

4
PSYC 286Research Design

4
PSYC 306Life Span Development

3
PSYC 350Psychopathology

3
PSYC 375Health Psychology

3
PHED 325Stress Management

3

Applied (6-7 Hours)

MUSC 151Applied Music

1
MUSC 151Applied Music

1
MUSC 251Applied Music

1
MUSC 251Applied Music

1
MUSC 351Applied Music

1
MUSC 351Applied Music

1

All six credits must be on the same instrument.

*MUSC 150 Applied Prep. Voice is also required if the primary instrument is not voice.

Approved Ensemble (8 Hours)

required each semester of enrollment excluding semester of internship

Recital Attendance (8 semesters)

Required each semester of enrollment excluding semester of internship.

Electives (6 Hours)

Proficiency Exams & Recital

Junior Recital

Piano Proficiency Exam 

Aural Skills Proficiency Exam

Junior Core & Capstone (9 Hours)

MUSC 301Ethics in Music

3
MUTH 497Music Therapy Internship

6

Total Credit Hours: 105-106

ALL MUSC, MUED, MUTH COURSES APPLIED TOWARD THE MAJOR MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A GRADE OF “C’ OR BETTER

NOTE: Music Therapy majors should take BIOL 101/105 as part of the general education scientific inquiry requirement.