PERF 6001 Music Therapy Foundations & Approaches

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Credit Points 10

Coordinator Allison Fuller Opens in new window

Description Music Therapy Foundations & Approaches provides a background to the historical development and theoretical underpinnings of music therapy, with focus on a broad range of music therapy approaches and orientations including Culture-Centred Music Therapy and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. Human development through the lifespan is studied, along with an overview of disability and disorders. The fundamental principles of self-care and supervision for music therapy practitioners and students are introduced within this subject and continued in later subjects of the Master of Creative Music Therapy program.

School Humanities & Comm Arts

Discipline Music

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

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Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 6 subject

Equivalent Subjects PERF 7003 - Music Therapy Method

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in 1650 Master of Creative Music Therapy.

Assessment

The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.

Type Length Percent Threshold Individual/Group Task
Short Answer 3,000 words in total across 10 short answers 30 N Individual
Presentation 5 minutes and 500 words, plus responses to questions 30 N Individual
Essay 3,000 words 40 N Individual
Participation Attendance at a minimum of 11 lectorials across the semester S/U Y Individual

Prescribed Texts

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