Psychology and Music, BS (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogScienceBoston130 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
Official catalog page for this program
Required Courses
- PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
- PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology
- PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
- PSYC 3466 — Cognition
Statistics
From the catalog
Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1-semester-hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission); otherwise, complete the following:
- PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research
Required Lab
From the catalog
Complete one of the following. This requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit:
- One of:
- PSYC 4600 — Laboratory in Research Design
- PSYC 4604 — Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
- PSYC 4606 — Laboratory in Biological Psychology
- PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
- PSYC 4614 — Laboratory in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4616 — Laboratory in Personality
- PSYC 4622 — Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 4624 — Laboratory in Affective Science
- PSYC 4628 — Laboratory in Developmental Psychology
Required Seminar
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- PSYC 4656 — Seminar in Biological Psychology
- PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
- PSYC 4662 — Seminar in Personality
- PSYC 4664 — Seminar in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4666 — Seminar in Clinical Psychology
- PSYC 4668 — Seminar in Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 4682 — Seminar in Learning and Motivation
Psychology Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two PSYC courses not used to fulfill requirements above.
Music Theory Placement
From the catalog
All students can take a music theory placement exam to place out of MUSC 1119. Students who place out of MUSC 1119 will substitute it with a general elective course.
- MUSC 1119 — Fundamentals of Western Music Theory
Required Courses (2)
Music in Context
- MUSC 1001 — Music in Everyday Life
Creative Category
From the catalog
Complete one of the following 4-semester-hour courses, or complete four 1-semester-hour ensembles and/or lessons from the list:
- One of:
- Coursework Option — all of:
- MUSC 1301 — Introduction to Music Composition
- MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
- MUSC 2209 — Conducting
- MUSC 2210 — Introduction to Songwriting
- MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
- MUSC 2425 — Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
- MUSC 3342 — Critical Listening for Producers
- MUSI 2232 — Music Production and Recording 1
- MUSI 5220 — The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being
- MUST 1220 — Introduction to Music Technology
- MUST 2320 — Sound Design
- Ensembles and Lessons Option — all of:
- INAM 1925 — Alexander Technique
- MUSC 1901 — Music Lessons 1
- MUSC 1902 — Music Lessons 2
- MUSC 1904 — Chorus
- MUSC 1905 — Concert Band
- MUSC 1906 — Orchestra
- MUSC 1907 — Wind Ensemble
- MUSC 1911 — Jazz Ensemble
- MUSC 1912 — Rock Ensemble
- MUSC 1913 — Blues/Rock Ensemble
- MUSC 1914 — Pop Music Performance
- MUSC 1915 — Chamber Ensemble
- MUSC 1917 — Jazz Choir and Combo
- MUSC 1918 — World Music Ensemble
- MUSC 1919 — Fusion Ensemble
- MUSC 1920 — Pep Band
- MUSC 1922 — Open Microphone Performance Workshop
- Coursework Option — all of:
Contemporary/Popular Music or Global Music/Ethnomusicology Category
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- MUSC 2101 — Black Popular Music
- MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
- MUSC 2310 — Popular Music Since 1945
- MUSC 2311 — Topics in American Music
- MUSC 2313 — Topics in Global Music Cultures
- MUSC 2317 — Punk Rock
- MUSC 2320 — 40,000 Years of Music Technology
- MUSC 2330 — Musical Communities of Boston
- MUSC 2331 — Topics in Musical Communities
- MUSC 2336 — The Festival Experience
- MUSC 2340 — Divas, DJs, and Double Standards
- MUSC 2351 — Music, Sound, and the Screen
- MUSC 2355 — Music and Sports in American Culture
- MUSC 3352 — Sounding Human
- MUSC 3353 — Music and the Racial Imagination
- MUSC 3354 — Sound and the Sacred
- MUSI 3351 — Music and Social Justice
- MUSI 3360 — Global Music Industries in Context
- MUSI 3401 — Hip Hop in the Music Industry
Music Requirements
- One of:
- MUSC 3300 — Music Perception and Cognition
Capstone
- MUSC 4510 — Music and the Brain Research
Music Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete two courses from the MUSC, MUSI, or MUST subject codes that have not been used to fulfill the requirements above.
Other Requirements Outside Major
- One of:
- One of:
- One of:
- One of:
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Integrative Courses
From the catalog
Note: MUSC 3300 is already required above.
- One of:
- MUSC 3300 — Music Perception and Cognition
GPA requirements
- Minimum 2.000 GPA is required in PSYC courses
Substitutions
Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:
- MUSC 2150 can be used to meet either the creative or the contemporary/popular music or global music/ethnomusicology requirement but not both.
Possible equivalents for this program beyond the above — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under psychology-and-music-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.