Master of Music Therapy

Credits

32 credits

Admissions and Retention

Students are admitted to the music therapy program by completing a formal application process. The process involves an audition and an interview with department faculty. Degree progress stipulates a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, "B", "B+" or higher grades in all 600 music therapy courses are required for degree progress. The successful completion and defense of a capstone project is also necessary for completion of the program.

Students will be placed on probation should their cumulative grade point average drop below 3.0 and/or they have a "B-" or below grade in a music therapy course. Students on probation are required to raise their grade point average to a 3.0 or above within one semester to remain enrolled in the program. Students are required to repeat all music therapy courses in which their grade is a "B-" or lower. Students must earn a "B" or higher grade in a repeated music therapy course to remain enrolled in the program. Students may repeat music therapy courses once. As the music therapy program does not offer trailer sections of courses, it is important to note that required course repeats might extend a student's on-campus curriculum beyond the two-year sequence articulated on their curriculum sheet.

Students have a 6-year window to obtain the degree. After 6 years, students have the option to appeal for a one-year extension; students can make two such appeals.

There will be in-person, three-day intensives that occur in both the fall and spring of the second year; all other courses are online only.

Audition Requirements

Auditioners will accompany themselves on piano and guitar while singing.

Core Music Therapy Courses and Pre-requisites for Each Course

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 601
Course Title: Applying Research in Clinical Practice
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 603
Course Title: Music as a Cultural Practice of Health
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 605
Course Title: Professional Development: Ethics, Advocacy, and Advancement
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 610
Course Title: Music and Health in Community
Pre-requisite(s): Music as Cultural Expressions of Health & Professional Development: Ethics, Advocacy, and Advancement

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 621
Course Title: Music Psychotherapy in Medical Contexts
Pre-requisite(s): Music as Cultural Expressions of Health & Professional Development: Ethics, Advocacy, and Advancement

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 630
Course Title: Capstone Project I
Pre-requisite(s): Applying Research in Clinical Practice

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 631
Course Title: Capstone Project II
Pre-requisite(s): Capstone Project I

Graduate Electives

Music Therapy Electives

These courses are offered on a rotating basis and may only be available in select semesters.

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 625
Course Title: Clinical Supervision: Models and Techniques
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 622
Course Title: Existential Humanistic Psychotherapy
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 611
Course Title: Verbal Processes in Music Therapy
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MUTH 615
Course Title: Independent Study
Pre-requisite(s): None

Interdisciplinary Electives

Course Subject Code and Number: MLLS 711
Course Title: Clinical Supervision: Organizational Communication
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MLLS 712
Course Title: Decision-Making and Problem Solving
Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Subject Code and Number: MLLS 714
Course Title: Conflict Resolution
Pre-requisite(s): None
Registration for MLLS electives is capped at 5 music therapy students per section.

Course Subject Code and Number: GPNG 526
Course Title: Healthcare Ethics in Practice & Policy*
Pre-requisite(s): None
*Subject to course instructor approval

Course Subject Code and Number: MLSP 285
Course Title: Spanish for Therapy Professionals
Pre-requisite(s): None

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students and graduates will apply philosophical tenants and clinical techniques of humanistic, psychodynamic, and community-engaged practice in diverse healthcare settings.
2. Students and graduates will develop the capacity for cultural reflexivity - including but not limited to effectively assessing the ecological systems that comprise their culture and their patients' cultures - that enables ethical and effective partnering with patients in community-based healthcare settings.
3. Students and graduates will demonstrate expertise in the provision of psychotherapy to diverse patient typologies in community-based and medical healthcare treatment settings.
4. Graduates will develop the capacity for critical analysis of their practice and the healthcare systems they work within. Students will:
   • Identify knowledge deficits in both their clinical practice and the broader literature base
   • Formulate research questions and/or clinical inquiries that can be used to collect and analyze data
   • Systematically evaluate collected data to construct conclusions directly responsive to the formulated research questions
   • Utilize these conclusions to directly inform and shape their practice
   • Share and disseminate conclusions to colleagues in music therapy and closely related fields through scholarly presentations and writings
5. Graduates will be positioned to become leaders in the field and in their respective communities and healthcare systems by assuming one or more of the following roles: clinical supervisors, patient advocates, clinician-researchers, and clinician-educators.

Curriculum

Course Requirements

Year 1 - Fall (9 credits)

Year 1 - Spring (9 credits)

Year 2 - Fall (7-9 credits)

Year 2 - Spring (7-9 credits)

Clinical Training

Students will receive supervision in their clinical practice as part MUTH 610—Music and Health in Community and MUTH 621—Music Psychotherapy in Medical Contexts.

Graduation

Students are eligible to receive the Master of Music Therapy upon successful completion of the graduate curriculum. Completion of this degree prepares students for advanced competency as a music therapy clinician, supervisor, and educator.