After 85 years of offering the course, the University of the Pacific is now the first college in the nation to offer a four-year degree versus five. This lowers the barriers for more students to pursue this unique degree without worrying about paying for an extra year of classes or internships.
"So, we worked on condensing some of those courses, eliminating some of the other ones, leaving enough space so that a student could actually use their entire last year for their internship," Waldon said it is a great way to ensure more students can enroll and graduate.
"To alleviate things like pain or help with rehabilitation, sometimes it's easier for people to communicate musically, than with words," Waldon said.
"It's overwhelming, just getting to see him be himself, outside of his hospital room even when they come up to his room to play with him its very special," Lee said.
"He's a fighter, through and through. I'll be the first one to say it, it's been a blessing getting to work with him," Osborne said. "Just to see the joy in his eyes and get to support that through music, what we get to do through music is just phenomenal."
Studies show musical intervention has profound impacts on the brain. For example, it can evoke memories for Alzheimer's patients, it can improve voice and volume quality for someone suffering from Parkinson's, and it can even help someone relearn to walk. The beat and tempo of music can also help someone recovering from nerve damage.
For senior Hasina Torres, she quickly learned when pursuing a degree in music therapy, every day is going to look different. Using her gift of music and being able to meet a patient's changing needs is one of the reasons she chose this as a degree.
"It's going to create so many more opportunities for people coming into the program," Torres said.
To learn more about UOP's music therapy course, go to this link.
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