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Fall 2020 | PSY 4032 Section 001: Psychology of Music (34245)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Psy 3011 or 3031 or 3051 or 3061, jr, sr, or grad
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (46 of 45 seats filled)
- 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 Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Group office hours will be held Mondays 1-2pm via Zoom to discuss course material. Students are encouraged, but not required, to participate.
- 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/34245/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 April 2014
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