Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

School

Music School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Delivery mode

External

Class hours

1L,1T

Incompatible

MUSC3350

Recommended prerequisite

Restricted

course offering may be cancelled if fewer than 10 students enrol

Assessment methods

Presentation and annotated bibliography (40%), Project report (30%) and Online quizzes (30%)

Course enquiries

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Work Integrated Learning

Field Experience

Course description

This course provides an introduction and overview to the ways in which music contributes to wellbeing and health. Students will learn about connections between music, wellbeing and health through exploration of a range of practices across different cultural contexts and considering individual through to population perspectives. The wellbeing and health affordances of music will be examined through integrated theory and research from interdisciplinary music and psychology perspectives. Students will apply knowledge and skills developed through the course to real-world contexts. Students do not need to have any musical expertise to participate in this course. Please note that this course offering may be cancelled if fewer than 10 students enrol.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile