MUSC 385 - Research Ethics in Music Therapy

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Music therapy major or permission of instructor.
This lecture-based course will serve to cover the CORE 202 requirement for music therapy majors and will focus on ethics in music therapy. Students will learn Dileo’s 12 steps of ethical decision making, the intricacies of ethical behavior and how that behavior is outlined by the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification-Board for Music Therapists. Students will apply ethical standards to clinical practice and research writing in the discipline to solve real-world ethical issues that arise in all aspects of professional work.