Music and medicine

The course is designed for students and practitioners in medical, care-providing and musical areas and aims to introduce the relation between music and medicine from an artistic, medical and care-providing perspective. Through theory and practice students develop understanding of how health and well being can be promoted through music. The role of music in this respect is treated from a theoretical and individual-based perspective.

The focus is on theoretical knowledge and reflections on practical applications, The following areas are treated:

• Music and health in the past and the present
• Musical application as a tool for health promoting efforts
• Music in Swedish and international medical and care-providing contexts
• Approaches to using music in medical and care-providing contexts with regard to individual needs
• Organisational and structural conditions for applying music in medical and care-providing contexts.

Instruction is in the form of varied approaches in which the students take an active part, for example case descriptions in seminars, structured group discussions and practical exercises.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: General admission requirements

Selection: Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.