BA (Hons) Music and Music Psychology Bachelor's degree at the University of Leeds

This module provides you with a foundation in the subject of the psychology of music. You'll be introduced to the main approaches within the subject (eg, cognitive, developmental, and social psychological approaches), and key methods used to explore the aspects of musical behaviour that can be investigated by these strands of research. You'll be supported to develop your skills in critiquing empirical and theoretical music psychology research, and presenting your work in an appropriate style.

Understanding the social functions of music reveals much about its value in a variety of contexts. On this module, you'll explore the ways music psychology helps us understand the role of music in a range of contexts, such as improving our mental health, promoting social connections, forging collective identities and reinforcing wellbeing. The module will consider themes that may include music psychology in everyday life, music and education, researching communities (fieldwork techniques), music

This module supports the development of research and practice-research skills and sets you on the way to being a critical and creative thinker. Rather than offering a chronological overview of music history, the module provides a thematic exploration of music in historical and contemporary, Western and global contexts (including the specific and diverse musical culture of Leeds), examining how musical practice reflects and shapes society. The development of academic research skills is integrated

This module brings music theory into the twenty-first century. You'll encounter materials of music and music theory from across the globe in their cultural contexts – from jazz, popular music, and world musics to Western art music. The module does not assume familiarity with Western notation and harmony. Instead, you'll develop your listening skills to put theory into practice by learning the fundamentals of improvisation across a variety of musical traditions.

On this module, you'll explore how psychological research data, models and theories have been used to explain a range of behaviours associated with performing and listening to music. This may include consideration of topics such as practice and the development of performance skills, the role of the body in performance, music performance anxiety, musical preferences, and everyday functions of music listening.

Music has a rich history of improving mental and physical health. This module combines an introduction to key theories of music's therapeutic potential with a consideration of how music is applied to achieve therapeutic goals. Therapeutic applications of music range from musical self-care to clinical applications, and you'll study areas such as physical rehabilitation, communication and expression, emotion regulation, identity, improved attention, behaviour modification and holistic wellbeing.

Music is a multi-disciplinary subject, and musical research employs a diverse range of methods. On this module, members of staff draw on their own research projects to support your development of musicological (text-based, archival, analytical), practice-based (creative practice as research, applied research) and empirical (questionnaires, focus groups, interviews) research techniques, leading to you creating a proposal for your own research project.

This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to think about the ways in which your knowledge and expertise can be applied outside your university studies. You'll be supported to secure an opportunity to volunteer or work in an external context, such as school education, or with a charity or community group. Alternatively, you could use experiences you are gaining through engagement with the Students' Union or other on-campus activities. You'll be encouraged to consider the relevance of yo

This module gives you the chance to explore an area of music or music psychology of your own choosing. You'll identify and apply appropriate research methods to contextualise and answer your research questions through either an empirical research project (employing quantitative and/or qualitative methods), a portfolio of practice (eg a performance, compositions or orchestrations, something in the area of music technology, musicology, a recording project, etc.) with contextual materials, or an ex

This module considers the ways in which research and researchers can and/or should be advancing music psychology as a discipline. You'll explore current topics and concerns in music-psychology research and the ways in which they interact with local, national and global concerns and priorities. You'll consider what's new in music psychology and discuss the motivators, priorities and methods that should lead future development of the field.

This module provides you with an opportunity to examine the ways in which expertise in music can be applied beyond your studies and to apply techniques from the field of music psychology. You'll be encouraged to consider the relevance of your academic studies and skills beyond Higher Education and to reflect on how framing your studies within an external context can inform your learning and academic practice. You'll work in a small group on a project commission, responding to a brief provided by