2025-2026 Academic Year

Spring 2026

PSYC 480 Sem in Music & Mental Health
In the course, we will travel together through literature, our own experiences, and our own research questions about the impact of music on mental health. We will be learning together through multiple methods: reviewing professional literature on give topics, class discussion, experiential exercises, and developing informed research questions and proposals. As this class is a seminar, we will be learning from each other, and topics and exercises will evolve and develop as we go, much in the way that a song evolves through its development. There are many topics that could potentially be covered regarding music and mental health as the field is wide, varied and growing. While I will begin with my areas of expertise and interest regarding topics, it will be important that each of you come prepared with your own interests – areas you wonder about and in which you would like to develop knowledge. Together, we will generate topics for class exploration. NOTE: No experience playing a musical instrument or performing music is necessary…just a willingness to push one’s comfort zones.