Jul 02, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

MUS 2810 - Observation, Evaluation, and Research in Music Therapy


Observation and evaluation skill development through classroom videotape, and field data collection and analysis; tests and evaluations; research methods and their application to clinical investigations.

Requisites: MUS 1810 and (Soph or Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be introduced to the skills needed for music therapy clinical practice without patient/client care responsibilities.
  • Students will collect and evaluate data from field observation.
  • Students will critique assessment tools in order to develop their own for a specific population.
  • Students will learn to develop appropriate treatment objectives. Write up a treatment plan based on assessment data/baseline data collected during observations.
  • Students will observe a student practicum team at least 4 times during the quarter.
  • Students will understand and apply techniques of clinical observation and assessment.
  • Students write up a treatment plan based on assessment data/baseline data collected during observations.


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