Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-165139 BCSC 260-1 Music & the Mind Spring 2024 4.0 Closed
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 325 PM 440 PM Gavett Hall Room 206 01/17/2024 05/11/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
70 		Capacity     
70
Co-Located: BCSC 260-1 (P), MUSC 162-1, TH 260-1, TH 460-1
Instructors: Elise Piazza
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: Introduction to the discipline of music cognition. Topics include empirical methods, psycho-acoustic principles, influence of Gestalt psychology, music and language, metric and tonal hierarchies, music and the brain, aspects of musical development, and research on musical memory, expectation, and emotion.

Prerequisite: One semester of collegiate music theory (MUR 101, MUR 110, MUR 111 or TH 101), AP exam score of 4 or 5, or permission of instructor.
Offered: Spring
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-144585 BCSC 260-1 Music & the Mind Spring 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 900 AM 1015 AM Morey Room 321 01/11/2023 05/06/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
59 		Capacity     
70
Co-Located: BCSC 260-1 (P), MUSC 162-1, TH 260-1, TH 460-1
Instructors: Elise Piazza
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: Introduction to the discipline of music cognition. Topics include empirical methods, psycho-acoustic principles, influence of Gestalt psychology, music and language, metric and tonal hierarchies, music and the brain, aspects of musical development, and research on musical memory, expectation, and emotion.

Prerequisite: One semester of collegiate music theory (MUR 101, MUR 110, MUR 111 or TH 101), AP exam score of 4 or 5, or permission of instructor.
Offered: Spring