FYE 101 - What is Music?

“What Is Music” will study music from evolutionary, cognitive, neurological, compositional, cultural, and philosophical perspectives. Co-taught by a psychologist and a music theorist, the course explores questions about musical preference, aesthetic value, the ubiquity of music in human cultures, how music is processed in the mind, and the neurological underpinnings of listening and learning music. Students will engage with a diverse range of musical practices; see how different disciplines will approach a similar body of texts but arrive at a wide and even sometimes conflicting range of insights; and will learn how to design and conduct a successful experiment.

Credits 1

Compass Attributes
First Year Experience