A seminar-workshop whose goal is to explore the history of music psychology.
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the biographies, writings, and ideas of major individuals in the history of music psychology. The emphasis will be on people, ideas, and controversies from the past 150 years.
The course will combine assigned readings with historical/archival research. Each student will carry out biographical research on three or five historical figures in the psychology of music. At least one of the figures must be currently living, and at least one of the figures must have originated in a non-English-speaking culture.
No comprehensive or survey history has been written about the field of music psychology. One of the goals of this course is to assemble original archival material for deposit in the OSU library. It is anticipated that this material might be of help to future scholars. Since OSU itself has played a role in the growth of music psychology, a second goal of the course will be to develop student skills in "local history."
The course objectives are pursued through weekly readings, seminar discussions, interview recordings, student presentations, and the creation of a general web site on the history of music psychology.
The course has no formal pre-requisites. Graduate standing is required.
This course is scheduled for the Fall Quarter of 2002. Classes are held on the Ohio State University Campus in Columbus, Ohio. Class times are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 to 3:18 PM in Seminar Room 174 in the Music and Dance Library located in Sullivant Hall.
The index number for the Fall 2002 offering of this course is 19691-2.
The course content is built around a number of readings -- primarily book chapters and journal articles.
The workload for Music 829F entails three hours of seminar participation each week, plus approximately five hours of reading (roughly 50 pages) per week, as well as three to five hours of historical research and writing per week (depending on whether the course is taken as 3 or 5 credit hours).
The final course grade will be based on two components: (1) class participation and (2) three or more biographical sketches. Students registered for 3 credit hours will be required to do three biographies. Students registered for 5 credit hours will be required to do five biographies.
Class participation and presentation 25% Biographies (3 x 25% or 5 x 15%) 75%
Dr. David Huron
Mershon Auditorium, Room 502
Telephone: 688-4753 (Wk.)
E-mail: hüron.1@osü.edü [Please ignore the umlauts; they are present to foil web crawlers.]
Students are encouraged to arrange to discuss any aspect of their course work. No appointments are necessary, however meeting times can be assured by telephoning Prof. Huron to make an appointment. If you are unable to reach the instructor by telephone, remember to leave a message giving your name and telephone number.
This document is available at http://dactyl.som.ohio-state.edu/Music829F/descript.F.html