Ph.D. in Music
Major in Music Psychology

The Division of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio is proposing to offer a Ph.D. in Music with a major in Music Psychology. As part of the proposal process we are seeking input from potential students regarding interest in the program.

This outline of the program is for a 90-hr. post-baccalaureate program:

*Music Core
(music theory, history and performance)
18 hrs.
Proseminar in Music Psychology
(the psychology, anthropology, sociology, biology, physics, and philosophy of music)
15 hrs.
Seminar in Music Psychology
(current topics in music psychology, such as Music Cognition, Fetal and Infant Responses to Music, Neuromusical Research, etc.)
15 hrs.
Research Core
(music technology for researchers, research design, and statistics
12 hrs.
**Specialization Electives
21 hrs.
Dissertation
9 hrs.
Total
90 hrs.


*Note: a M.M. in Music, Music Psychology, can be earned by completing 15 hours of the Music Core (all but a 3-hour elective), Proseminars (15 hrs.), either Music Technology for Researchers or Statistics and Experimental Design for Music Researchers (3 hrs.), plus a Research Project (3 hrs.) for a total of 36 hours.

** Each candidate, under the guidance of the advisor and an appointed committee, will design a course of study that will prepare him/her for the chosen career path. Electives will be used to apply music psychology to more traditional areas. A music educator might specialize in the application of technology to music learning, a music theorist might specialize in music perception and cognition, a music therapist might specialize in music for the cognitively impaired, and so on.

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Please take a moment to fill out this brief questionnaire. If you would like more information, you may contact Dr. Don Hodges at (210) 696-3610, email: dhodges@utsa.edu.

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Please answer the following questions assuming the Ph.D. in Music, with a major in Music Psychology, were offered at UTSA.

1. Potentially, I am interested in pursuing this degree.

2. Receiving some form of financial aid such as an assistantship or fellowship is an important consideration for me.

3. This degree program, as I understand it, would help me achieve my career goals.

4. The traditional area(s) I am most interested in are (check all that apply):

music education
music therapy
music technology
performance (indicate performance medium)
musicology___
conducting (indicate ensemble type)
music theory____
composition___
music marketing___

5. The Specialization Electives, allowing me to combine traditional areas of music scholarship with particular aspects of music psychology, is an attractive feature to me.

6. If you have some notion of a specialization topic you would be interested in pursuing, please describe it briefly here. Alternatively, you may make any additional comments about the proposed program that you would like for us to know about.

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Division of Music - UTSA
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