Graduate Courses

An accelerated survey of basic principles of Neuro-Nutrition (aka Nutrition for the Brain), from neuroscience to neurology, applied to food studies: brain-specific nutrients; nutrient functions and nutritional requirements for brain health; current research on brain aging and how food can slow down or even prevent age-related disease like Alzheimer’s and dementia; menu planning and assessment; dietary patterns associated with long-lasting brain health; recommendations and food products for neuro-nutritional purposes. For students with previous undergraduate training in nutrition or health.

Writing for the full symphony orchestra.From classical to contemporary styles the principles of orchestral scoring are examined through both detailed score analysis and writing projects, as well as related topics including transportation, score format, and new notation.

This course focuses on the development of applications on the iOS platform (e.g. iPhone), with an emphasis on audio engineering. The goal is to provide students with an understanding of the iOS development environment from a music technology perspective: its languages, its tools, its advantages and its limitations. After this course, students should be ready to build their own stand-alone music apps and have a deeper understanding of low-level audio development. Course work will include several programming assignments designed to put concepts and ideas into practice, and a final project to capture a large portion of what they have learned in this course.

This course focuses on the theory, practice, and practical applications of sound reinforcement. Topics covered include specific microphone techniques, for live sound, audio system components and configuration, stage monitoring, film, and corporate events, permanent sound installation, and Broadway productions. Onsite visits will be included.

This is an advanced graduate-level course covering the C++ programming language, with an emphasis on developing applications for music and audio. Students are expected to have working knowledge of C; this course extends that knowledge to C++, exploring object-oriented topics such as classes, inheritance, function and operator overloading, polymorphism and encapsulation. Students use existing frameworks and libraries to create their own audio applications and audio plug-ins.

Students place, conduct and evaluate a teaching apprenticeship for adolescents in which they demonstrate proficiency in the use of biomechanics, artistic imagery, musical accompaniment and insight on the needs of the developing dance student at professional and recreational tracks of study. Additionally, students will examine and prepare a Ballet choreography and differentiate its elements according to the developmental needs of students ages 5-9, 10-13, and 14-18.

This course enables the student to understand advanced knowledge of the musculoskeletal system and knowledge of the interaction of this system with the neuromuscular, cardiovascular pulmonary, integumentary, endocrine, reproductive and digestive systems. The advanced knowledge will include synthesizing histology, physiology, pathophysiology, and pathophysiology effects on the musculoskeletal system.

The course focuses on the selection and use of an evidence-based evaluation system to measure practice outcomes and interpret clinical change. This process requires selecting the tools for assessment of function based on achieved validity and to accurately interpret observations and measurements.

An advanced examination of technology and production techniques related to recorded music. Topics include evaluating artistic elements of sound in audio reproductions, the listening space, sonic characteristics of analog and digital mediums, mono, stereo, quad and surround microphone techniques, signal processing and mixing.

This course builds statistical and analytic skills in advanced causal inference techniques, focusing on advanced topics and applications in regression discontinuity designs and in matching estimators. We go in depth with the theory, assumptions and plausibility checks, applications, recent advances, combinations of these designs with other techniques, and complications of the designs. Students learn advanced techniques hands-on, and produce a journal-quality manuscript by the end of the semester.

This course addresses issues unique to the teaching of Chinese as a world or second language. Students learn to develop standards-based thematic units for the Chinese classroom and Chinese-specific strategies for engaging students with varying learning needs, comprehension and production, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Attention will be paid to understanding the cultural context of teaching and program models. Part I focuses on classical Chinese.

This course develops advanced Chinese (Mandarin) language proficiency in both oral and written expression and enhances knowledge of Chinese language and rhetorical instructions through selected readings of both classical and contemporary Chinese literary works of various genres. Part II focuses on contemporary Chinese.

Focuses on artistic creation with digital audio, honing both technical and aesthetic skills. Students work through exercises using a variety of platforms, learn to critique and help improve each other’s work, and explore unfamiliar techniques and styles to extend and enrich the idioms of their prior practice. Students analyze landmark compositions from the history of computer music as well as contemporary electronic genres. Course culminates with a public performance of student work.

​Advanced Directing​ is an examination of advanced techniques of directing through the practical directing of scenes, exploration of rehearsal tools for work with actors, and the creation of original staging formats. Innovative directing techniques will be explored, including a study of Naturalism, Realism, Viewpoints, Rasa Boxes, and Expressionistic and Brechtian devices. Students will work towards developing their own directorial voice and performance aesthetics through​ practical and​ dynamic use of the theatre space.

This course enables the student to integrate knowledge in physical therapy with statistics and research design to critically analyze current physical therapy literature.

Principles and practice of indentification, comparison, and evaluation of selected foods, ingredients, techniques, and equipment for recipe formulation, menu planning, or preparation with an emphasis on modifications to meet specific nutritional or other requirements.

This course examines anatomical, biomechanical and wound healing theories that underlie hand and upper limb evaluation and intervention. Students will have selected practicum opportunities to enhance performance based learning. Students will prepare and deliver an intervention presentation.

This dance course explores the fifth element of Hip Hop Culture, "Knowledge of self" through progressive movement vocabulary within Hip Hop/Street Dance Culture. Focusing on Hip Hop as a method to endorse cultural exchange and awareness. Individuals critically reflect on the social change, political impact and the evolution of Hip Hop Culture. This course promotes the application of Hip Hop/street dance to inspire, empower, develop self-consciousness, identify social issues and examine the integration of all elements across multiple intelligences.

Provides opportunity for students to engage in field-oriented of library research; to compare & contrast existing text materials; to prepare classroom materials, tests, & syllabi, or other projects, all under faculty guidance.

This course provides the opportunity for students to explore a range of projects in Multilingual Multicultural Studies under faculty guidance. Possibilities include empirical research in second language acquisition and pedagogy, secondary research, materials development, or creative projects involving L2 learning or intercultural issues.