May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course is a continuation of Music Therapy Foundations & Principles I and is directed toward developing entry-level competencies needed in the field of music therapy.

This course involves off-site clinical experiences in a student-selected area of interest. Students will complete a minimum of 900 hours and a maximum of 104 hours of internship-based clinical training in medical, psychiatric, special education, geriatric, or other clinical music therapy setting.

This course is designed to teach clinical applications of music skills (folk/rock guitar, percussion skills) and group leading/therapeutic interaction skills for music therapy practice. Students will have the opportunity to develop these skills in the classroom setting and implement the skills in community-based experiences. Special emphasis will be placed on developing the ability to simultaneously implement both music and group leading/interaction skills.

A survey of cultivated and vernacular musical styles in America from Colonial times to the present.

A stylistic study of solo vocal music from the Baroque to the present.

The study of the philosophy and the pedagogy of the Orff Schulwerk method through movement, discussion, performance, improvisation, composition, and demonstration. Number of credits awarded will depend on total number of hours of participation and the amount of work in musical arrangement, orchestration, and composition. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

A continuation of MUS 570.

A continuation of MUS 570.

A study of 18th century contrapuntal techniques and of contrapuntal influences in Romantic and 20th century music.