THE UCLA HERS SCHOOL OF MUSIC MUSIC MIND & BRAIN MUSIC INDUSTRY 103 SYLLABUS SPRING TERM, 2014-2015 ACADEMIC YEAR Professor: Mark Jude Tramo, MD PhD Location: Schoenberg Music Building, Room 1420 Time: April 1 - June 3, 2015 Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30 PM Course Website: htip://www.registrAr.ucla.edu/schcdule/dcisclect.aspx?ternisel=15titcsubareasel=MUS+IND& itlxcrs=0103++++ UPPER DIVISION COURSES MUS IND 103. Music Mind & Brain (4) Seminar, three hours/wk; outside study, nine hours/wk. This seminar takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding brain mechanisms mediating music perception, performance, and cognition. Students' natural interest in music serves as springboard for learning basic concepts about how brain works. The seminar focuses on specific themes such as harmony perception, rhythm production, health & medicine, and creativity. The course is designed to help students understand methodologies currently used to investigate mind-brain correlates. Fundamental principles in neurophysiology, psychophysiology, and neuroanatomy that are relevant to basic research in cognitive neuroscience and auditory neuroscience are emphasized. After three introductory lectures by Professor Tramo, student study-groups present key papers from the literature as a team. There will be guest professors from neuroscience, psychology, and the music industry. Every week, there are written homework assignments that are based on the lectures. The final examination is take-home based on the homework and lectures. There is letter grading based on attendance/punctuality (20%), homework score (30%), final exam score (30%), presentation/participation (20%). Faculty Mark Jude Tramo, MD, PhD Director, The Institute for Music & Brain Science Dept of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dept of Ethnomusicology, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Email: jimpuggi URL: EFTA_R1_02000994 EFTA02683525