Graduate Courses

Reviews the major concepts of vocational development of individuals from diverse backgrounds, and prepares counselors to engage in career counseling across the lifespan, with focus on career guidance programs in educational settings (P-12 and College). Theories of vocational development, career choice, career interventions, use of career assessment instruments, occupational and labor market information, and the relationship of career development and mental health, including the interrelationship between work, family, relationships, culture, and community issues.

Conceptual and methodological activities build on and extend those begun during the previous semester in E10.2140. Strengthening fieldwork skills. Second half of the fieldwork project to be completed with an emphasis placed on emergent, complex data analyses. Various ways of writing up results for presentation in dissertations and other publishable forms are examined. Guidelines for qualitative, field-based dissertation proposals are reviewed.

Course provides students with a basic knowledge of both how to perform analyses and critique the use of some more advanced statistical methods useful in answering policy questions. While randomized experiments will be discussed, the primary focus will be the challenge of answering causal questions using data that do not meet such standards. Several approaches for observational data including propensity score methods, instrumental variables, difference in differences, fixed effects models and regression discontinuity designs will be discussed. Examples from real public policy studies will be used to illustrate key ideas and methods.

Study and performance of chamber music.

A performance class devoted to precise understanding of orchestral excerpts from standard repertoire found on auditions. Students study includes tempo, dynamics, articulation and precision.

An examination of graded technical material, repertoire and teaching methods. Studies will include how to teach various technical concepts, working with various fingerings and bowings and the correct progression of repertoire. The emphasis will be on understanding how students learn mentally and physically.

This course examines censorship in American culture, from the late 19th century to the present and surveys areas where debates about censorship have been urgently contested, from discussion about birth control, to literature, film, theater, art galleries and history museums, to public sidewalks, lecture halls, to the internet. students will explore the historical contexts in which important cultural and legal struggles over censorship took place, and how this history effects contemporary debates about the arts, sexuality, national security, technology, privacy, and government involvement in the marketplace of ideas and images.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Performance of standard and contemporary literature for percussion instruments.

The study of psychological difficulties in children and adolescents. Behavioral, developmental and ecological perspectives are used in looking at specific problems such as depression, ADHD, autism, and other difficulties seen in children and teens. Students will explore theoretical perspectives and practical applications.

Explores the nature, causes and consequences of racial-ethnic, social, and economic inequalities in children’s lives and how policies affect inequalities in children’s health, education, and economic well-being. Students examine philosophical rationales for policy action; historical trends that influence inequalities in development; the role of science and participatory/democratic processes in increasing the effectiveness of programs and policies affecting children; and challenges to improving programs and policies, thereby reducing inequalities.

This course provides an overview of major theoretical perspectives and research findings in the area of language and literacy development. A large focus of the course is on the early development of culturally and linguistically diverse children, including those exposed to multiple languages, as well as on the role that home and school interactions have on their development.

Practical procedures and materials for conducting choral ensembles at all levels of music education. Students enrolled in this course demonstrate essential choral conducting techniques, knowledge of appropriate instrumental repertoire, and the ability to analyze and synthesize chamber and orchestral music scores for conception, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance.

Lab ensemble is an essential program requirement to prepare emerging teachers for K-12 certification to strengthen vocal performance skills, as well as to develop an awareness of choral pedagogy. This repeatable course is taken during freshman and sophomore semesters while in residence at NYU New York City campus and prior to enrolling in Choral Materials, Techniques and Conducting (MPAME-UE 1429) or (MPAME-GE 2082)

The choral rehearsal is more than just singing. This workshop provides hands-on experience with vocal and choral techniques, choral arranging and composition for various ensembles, including selection and development of repertoire, and involving students in the arranging, composing, and performing process.

The course focuses on recognizing and assessing the complex interrelationships between the city and its environment. The central problem is the alienation of urban residents from their surrounding environments. Different frameworks for integrative analysis of human-environment relationships are used–from human ecology to geography to resilience. The intent is to re-conceptualize the city in ways that make these phenomena explicit, and to communicate this to multiple publics. Students will also learn to conduct a quick sustainability assessment of a local neighborhood and develop a communication plan for it.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Examines major figures in social thought from the 17th to the 20th century. The course includes readings from the traditional canon - Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Simmel and Parsons - as well as critics of the canon from black and female writers. Major themes include the legacy of the enlightenment, increased differentiation between social, political and economic spheres, diverse theories of historical change, and how these authors have shaped contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches to contemporary analysis.

This experience will enable the student to: participate in clinical education to enhance knowledge, values, and skills as a practitioner: and integrate and apply course work in the clinical setting.

This experience will enable the student to: participate in clinical education to enhance knowledge values, and skills as a practitioner; and integrate and apply all course work in the clinical setting.