Courses Detail Information
PSY3670J – Positive Music Therapy
Instructors:
Credits:
2
Pre-requisites:
None
Description:
This course explores the transformative role of music in enhancing personal growth and community well-being. Integrating insights from positive psychology and music therapy, students will engage with both research and experiential practice. Through reflection and creative expression, the course highlights how music can regulate emotions, foster social connection, and cultivate meaning, offering students both theoretical understanding and lived experience of positive music therapy.
Course Topics:
1. Music Therapy: A Positive Approach
2. Bridging Positive Psychology and Music Therapy: Research-Driven Insights
3. Positive Music Therapy (PMT) Lab I: Nature Sound Exploration
4. Ethics in Music Therapy Practice
5. Neural Dynamics of Music: Brain-Body Interactions
6. Neural Foundations of Music and Emotion
7. PMT Lab II: Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
8. Music and the Neurochemistry of Emotion
9. PMT Lab III: Music Making (PI/AI)
10. PMT Labs IV & V: Resource-Oriented Music Therapy and/or Receptive Music Therapy
11. Project