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Undergraduate Research in Music: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of music study. Undergraduate research has become a common degree requirement in some disciplines, and growing rapidly. Many undergraduate activities in music have components that could be combined into compelling undergraduate research projects, either in the required curriculum, as part of existing courses, or in capstone courses centered on undergraduate research.
List of contents
Preface vii
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xii
1 Overview 1
2 Literature Reviews 7
3 Choosing Topics and Formulating Appropriate Research
Questions 19
4 Working with Human Subjects 29
5 Collecting Data 36
6 Analyzing and Synthesizing Data 53
7 Citing Sources 61
8 Dissemination of Results 65
9 Music Performance and Related Topics 81
10 Is Music Composition Original Research? 90
11 Interdisciplinary Projects 99
12 The Discovery of Knowledge in Music History 108
13 Music Theory 116
14 Music Education 123
15 Music Technology 133
16 Music Therapy 143
17 Ethnomusicology, Culture, and Popular Music 152
18 Philosophy and Psychology of Music 161
19 Online Resources 169
Index 181
About the author
Gregory Young is Professor of Music at Montana State University and has held ongoing posts in conferences in undergraduate research and in curriculum development.
Jenny Olin Shanahan is Director of Undergraduate Research at Bridgewater State University, with leadership positions in the Council for Undergraduate Research.
