Admission requirements
This course is aimed at students from music-related and psychology-related fields, but is open for all. There are no admission requirements.
Description
This course offers an accessible introduction and overview of the multidisciplinary topic of music cognition, which deals with the perceptual and cognitive bases of performing, composing, and listening to music. Covered topics will include perceptual mechanisms underlying pitch and rhythm perception; interactions of musical processing with emotion, language, memory and movement; music acquisition processes and expertise; brain processes related to music and applications of music in health settings. Assignments will include engaging with the scientific literature, constructing a research proposal, and a final exam.
Course objectives
After this course, you will
Have a broad overview of the field of music cognition and its main relevant topics and findings
Have an understanding of musical building blocks that are relevant to perception, understanding and creation of music
Have an understanding of the methods by which music cognition research achieves its results
Gain experience in creating your own research proposal
Gain experience in interdisciplinary collaboration
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Course Load
Total course load 5 EC x 28 hours= 140 hours
Estimated load individual components:
Lectures: 10 two-hour lectures: 20 hours
Study of compulsory literature: 50 hours
Assignments: 50 hours (written work and presentation)
Preparation exam: 18 hours
Exam: 2 hours
Assessment method
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory for April 21th and April 28th, and for 6 out of the other 8 lectures.
Assessment and Weighing
Group assignment: research proposal (written): 20%
Group assignment: presentation (oral): 10%
Individual written test with multiple choice and open questions: (70%, of which 70% mc and 30% open)
Resit
A resit for the exam will be held on June 29th, 15h-17h
Exam review
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will be organized.
Brightspace
Brightspace will be used for:
Distributing assignments
Distributing reading materials
Group collaboration
Reading list
Psychology of Music: From Sound to Significance, 2nd Ed., 2017. S.-L. Tan, P. Pfordresher & R. Harré. Routledge, New York, NY
Assorted additional chapters and articles to be distributed on Blackboard
Reading will be assigned for every lecture, and communicated on Blackboard.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
Please note that at the Faculty of Humanities, registration for this course is possible between December 15th 13.00 hrs. ,and January 28th.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
Lecturer: Dr. R.S. Schaefer
Coordinator: Dhr. ir. R.T.W.L. Schneemann
Remarks
For other courses in the domains of music and fine arts, please visit:
Overview of elective courses in music and fine arts
Information about ACPA's education:
[Elective courses music and fine arts](https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/academy-of-creative-and-performing-arts/tuition "Elective courses music and fine arts")