BCSC 260: Lecture Schedule (subject to change)
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Note: All assignments (i.e., Slack posts for research articles, quizzes, and other homework) are due BEFORE THE START OF CLASS on the date listed.
Date
Topic
Due
Thompson chapters (suggested)
Research articles (Slack posts required)
Other homework (Slack posts required)
Quizzes (required)
Thompson chapters (suggested)
Research articles (Slack posts required)
Other homework (Slack posts required)
Quizzes (required)
Unit 1: Introduction; Music and Evolution
01/21
Intro. to Music Cognition
01/23
Origins of Music
Thompson, Ch. 2
Pinker (1997)
McDermott & Hauser (2005)
Pinker (1997)
McDermott & Hauser (2005)
01/28
Research Methods + Statistics
Levitin (1999); Windsor (2004)
(**These 2 are suggested, not required)
(**These 2 are suggested, not required)
Unit 2: The Auditory System, Pitch, and Melody
01/30
Sound & the Auditory System
Thompson, Ch. 3
02/04
Pitch Perception and Related
Issues
Schellenberg & Trehub (2003)
Quiz #1
Quiz #1
02/06
Melody I - Gestalt Principles
(For non-music students):
Music Theory Review
Schellenberg et al. (1999)
02/11
Melody II - Memory
Thompson, Ch. 4
HW: Chrome Music Lab
HW: Chrome Music Lab
02/13
Midterm Review
Quiz #2
02/18
Midterm #1
Unit 3: Tonality and Meter
02/20
Tonality I: Tonal Hierarchy
Research and Search Engines
Research and Search Engines
Krumhansl & Shepard (1979) - Exp. 1 only
02/25
Tonality II: Key-Finding and
Key Relations
02/27
Beat Induction & Meter
Quiz #3
03/04
Expectation
HW: Final Paper Proposal (upload to Bb)
Unit 4: Music, Brain, and Language
03/06
Brain Structure & Research
Methods; Synaesthesia
Thompson, Ch. 6
HW: Expectation
HW: Expectation
03/18
Brain Research on Music;
Paper Requirements (APA)
Schlaug (2001)
03/20
Language and Music
Patel (2005)
03/25
Exam Review; Academic
Honesty
Quiz #4
03/27
Midterm #2
Unit 5: Musical Development and Performance
04/01
Infants I: Testing Methods
Thompson, Ch. 5
04/03
Infants II: Findings in Music
Psychology
Hannon & Trehub (2005)
04/08
Music Performance
Thompson, Ch. 9
Quiz #5
Quiz #5
Unit 6: Effects of Music: Emotion, Well-Being, Therapy
04/10
Emotion I: Theories
Thompson, Ch. 7
HW: Emotion in film
HW: Emotion in film
04/15
Emotion II: Experimental
Findings
04/17
Music Liking and Preference
Final paper due (upload to Bb)
04/22
Music and Well-Being
Thompson Ch. 8
McDermott et al. (2014)
McDermott et al. (2014)
04/24
Power of Music: “Mozart
Effect,” Music and Drugs
Thompson, Ch. 11
Rauscher et al. (1993)
Quiz #6
Rauscher et al. (1993)
Quiz #6
04/29
Exam Review
HW: Performance
05/01
Midterm #3