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Richard Parncutt teaches four courses per semester in music psychology and systematic musicology within the Musikologie curriculum. These include an introductory lecture on systematic musicology (1st semester), a proseminar on empirical music psychology (4th), a seminar on music psychology (5th), a lecture series on psychoacoustics and music cognition (6th), a research colloquium (6th and masters), and a seminar and lecture series for masters students. These courses are part of the curriculum Schwerpunkt “Music Psychology and Acoustics”, which is shared between the centre and the Department of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Students who complete this Schwerpunkt have advanced research skills in empirical and theoretical aspects of systematic musicology, and transferable skills in language, computing, interdisciplinarity, and teamwork.

The masters lecture series is an opportunity for researchers in Graz in different areas of SysMus to present their work to advanced students and to interact with each other. In 2010/11 the lecture series was called “Music performance research” and contributors included Philip Alperson (USA), Bruno Gingras (London), Erica Bisesi and Bernd Brabec. The masters seminars are opportunities to contribute actively to current international research projects. In 2010/11 the masters seminar was entitled “History of Music Perception”, and students performed statistical analyses of early musical scores. Fabio Kaiser assisted Richard Parncutt by introducing the students to software in computational musicology (Humdrum) and providing support. The seminar in 2011/12 is called “Music, Religion, and Consciousness” (the lecture series has been canceled due to Parncutt’s sabbatical in summer 2012).

Students in the seminar on music psychology (5th semester) presented posters in conference style at SysMusDay on 24 March 2010. A jury of centre members awarded first prize to a poster entitled “Happiness and sadness in speech and music” by Sarah Papst and Michaela Neuhold.

Bernd Brabec de Mori teaches the “Introduction to Music Psychology” in the 2nd semester (summer). Students acquire basic knowledge through student team presentations. They develop transferable skills in presentation, concise academic writing, literature survey and academic teamwork. Students are encouraged to present their work in English. In 2011, the course was taught in two groups; in 2012, the new curriculum restricts the course to one group co-instructed by Brabec and Susanne Sackl.

Martin Winter shared his knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods with students preparing for the “Fachprüfung Psychologische Forschungsmethoden”. In the new curriculum from October 2011, this examination has been replaced by a course in “Music Psychological Research Methods” to be taught by Manuela Marin (Vienna). This inclusion of this course in the new musicology curriculum represents a significant improvement to Graz’s program in systematic musicology.