How Music Can Change Your Life
Explore music's impact on health, wellbeing, and society. Learn how music influences body, mind, and relationships.
Explore music's impact on health, wellbeing, and society. Learn how music influences body, mind, and relationships.
This course explores six fundamental principles of how music can influence individual and community health and wellbeing. It covers a wide range of topics, from biology and neuroscience to psychotherapy and politics, examining how music can be used to achieve positive changes, particularly for vulnerable populations. The course investigates music's impact on physical health, cognitive development, mental health, relationships, community building, and cultural expression. Through video lectures, case studies, and practical assignments, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of music's power to change lives and how to apply this knowledge in various contexts.
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What you'll learn
Understand how music influences the body to support fitness and rehabilitation
Explore music's role in motivating the mind and promoting academic achievement
Examine how music reflects the psyche and can improve mental health
Analyze music's capacity to foster intimacy and strengthen relationships
Investigate music's power to enhance connectedness and support communities
Explore how music expresses culture and honors diverse societies
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
334 Minutes PreRecorded video
6 quizzes
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FullTime access
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There are 7 modules in this course
This course explores six fundamental principles of how music can influence individual and community health and wellbeing. It covers a range of topics including music's impact on physical health and rehabilitation, cognitive development and academic achievement, mental health and emotional expression, relationship building and intimacy, community support and connectedness, and cultural expression and diversity. Through video lectures, case studies, and practical assignments, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how music can be used to achieve positive changes in various contexts, from healthcare and education to community building and cultural understanding.
How can music influence the body to support fitness and rehabilitation?
Module 1 · 4 Hours to complete
How can music motivate the mind to promote academic achievement?
Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete
How can music reflect the psyche to improve mental health?
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
How can music foster intimacy to strengthen relationships?
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
How can music enhance connectedness to support communities?
Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete
How can music express culture and honour our diverse societies?
Module 6 · 3 Hours to complete
Course wrap-up
Module 7 · 2 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Leader in Music Therapy Research and Education at the University of Melbourne
Professor Katrina McFerran is the Head of Music Therapy and Co-Director of the National Music Therapy Research Unit at the University of Melbourne. She has authored several significant works, including Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010) and Building Music Cultures in the Schools (Barcelona Publishers, 2014), as well as co-editing Life-long Engagement in Music: Benefits for Health and Well-being (Nova Science, 2012). With over 60 publications in refereed journals, her research focuses on how music can serve as a resource for health and well-being.
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