Fall 2017  |  PSY 4032 Section 001: Psychology of Music (16932)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Elliott Hall N391
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Sound, hearing, music perception. Cognitive neuroscience of music appreciation/production. Concepts in perception/production of sound/music. Music psychology topics. Recent primary research. prereq: Grad or [[jr or sr], [3011 or 3031 or 3051 or 3061]] or instr consent
Class Description:
The two mains aims of the course are: 1) To provide a general overview of some fundamental concepts in the perception and production of sound and music; 2) To provide an in-depth study of a few selected topics within music psychology, drawing on recent primary research literature. The course is built around a combination of lectures, providing the necessary background information, and seminars, in which papers from the literature are discussed. Lecture topics include: Introduction to sound, introduction to hearing, masking and the principles of MP3 coding, categorical perception in music, scales, consonance and dissonance in harmony, melody perception and memory, and the perceptual organization of sound and music. Seminars are based around themes, which include: tonality and rhythm, cognitive neuroscience of music, comparative and developmental studies of music perception, music and emotion.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
5% Attendance
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16932/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
24 April 2014

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