BMus in Music Therapy at Arizona State University

The BMus program in music therapy prepares students for a career in health care, community-based and special education settings. Music therapy majors learn to use carefully planned music interventions to achieve desired changes in a client's individualized behavior and functioning.
Music therapy is a profession in which engagement and receptive or active music-making help a client achieve individual therapeutic goals. Music therapy students develop a wide range of musical, verbal and nonverbal skills through the program's many opportunities to work in clinical settings. Students also study:
- human anatomy
- musical improvisation
- popular music styles
- psychology
- songwriting
- special education
- world music