MUS 8400 - Contemporary Philosophies and Issues in Music Education

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MUS 7400 with grade of B or higher, or consent of instructor.
Description
Analysis and comparison of philosophical perspectives and their implications for music education in schools and the community. Consideration of social and cultural perspectives of music in relation to philosophical orientations. Topics in this course will include (but are not limited to): 1) baroreflex control of arterial pressure at rest and during exercise, 2) autonomic control of heart rate and the peripheral vasculature, 3) mechanisms of sweating, skin blood flow, and human thermoregulation, 4) mechanisms underlying the cardiovascular response to dynamic exercise, 5) regulation of blood flow and CO at rest and during exercise, and 6) cardiovascular responses to chronic physical activity and inactivity.