Graduate Courses

Analysis of the etiology, pathology, and clinical sciences of cardiac, circulatory and pulmonary diseases, disorders, and disabilities. Imaging techniques and clinical/ laboratory assessment techniques and pharmacological interventions will be presented.

Analysis of the etiology, pathology and clinical sciences of neuromuscular diseases, disorders, and disabilities. Imaging techniques and clinical/laboratory assessment techniques and pharmacological interventions will be presented.

Analysis of the etiology, pathology and clinical sciences of reproductive, renal, integumentary and endocrine diseases, disorders, and disabilities. Imaging techniques and clinical/laboratory assessment techniques and pharmacological interventions will be presented.

As a core component of the training program, this two year-monthly forum engages students with critical work in the areas of theory, practice, research & consultation. Through presentations by nationally recognized experts, faculty, & students, the forum explores substantive, methodological, & professional issues in counseling psychology. Students are required to examine & discuss pertinent scholarly work for each session.

Focuses on cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) & practice, emphasizing evidenced-based assessment & interventions for emotional disorders. Includes clinical applications of cognitive behavioral interventions for anxiety, depression, PPSD, personality disorders, substance abuse, & eating disorders. Introduces CBT approaches to stress management & mindfulness training.

This course will provide an overview of theories, methods, and research findings in the area of cognitive development with focus on group change and individual differences in various domains including, language, memory, social cognition, and intelligence. A large focus of the course is on learning and development in social contexts, with attention to the role of family and culture in everyday experiences and children’s cognitive development.

Orientation to theoretical approaches addressing cognitive and perceptual dysfunction. Emphasis on problem identification: selection of appropriate assessment tools, establishment of goals, documentation and treatment planning for clients with various cognitive and perceptual deficits.

Fundamental principles of art therapy practice will be presented through discussions and case presentations. Students learn the historical development of the profession, its distinction from other disciplines and its commonalities to social sciences. Basic pictorial analyses examine artistic processes and products. Students study the artistic expression across the developmental span. Clinical applications for populations struggling with varied psychological and physiological issues are offered. Each class includes experiential art making to demonstrate interventions.

Students will analyze collaborative piano repertoire including instrumental chamber music, concertos, songs & arias, gaining an understanding of potential ensemble challenges & interpretive solutions. Text translation & analysis, techniques of orchestral reduction, musical theatre accompanying, & coaching will be investigated using specific methodology readings, listening assignments,
class presentations & performances. Each student will give an in-class
coaching demonstration at the beginning & end of the semester.

Projects developed collaboratively by performing artists, arts technicians, composers, choreographers, directors, and others designed for live and processed performance in various performance venues.

This class explores the critical tasks set to librarians, archivists, curators, and collection managers to collect fashion information and to make it accessible to researchers. It looks at the multiple materialities of fashion beyond the dress object, and it considers museum, library, corporate, and personal collections. It asks students to consider: how, when, and by whom fashion information is collected; the institutional and socio-political frameworks that shape collecting; and the historical record of fashion as an object of constant and necessary revision.

The responsibility of the registrar or collections manager in a museum. Issues to be explored will include accessioning procedures, cataloguing systems and information management, collections storage and handling, development of collections policies, tracking and packing, insurance and risk management, and legal and ethical foundations for gifts and loan agreements.

Characteristics of students attending various types of colleges & universities. Theories of growth & development for traditional & older-aged students. Review of research on attendance & withdrawal, institutional environment & student subcultures, & the immediate & long-term effects of a college experience.

Analysis of the changing nature of workplace and workforce education.The colloquium examines such educational issues as workplace literacy, the corporate university, and government legislation and policies. Includes guest lectures by a wide variety of human resource professionals in classroom and site-specific settings. Selected current research related to these topics is also examined.

Designed primarily for Master's candidates in music performance and/or composition. Synthesis for learning based on performance. Recital and a Master's final written project are required.

Designed primarily for Master's candidates in music performance and/or composition. Synthesis for learning based on performance. Recital and a Master's final written project are required.

Designed primarily for Master's candidates in music performance and/or composition. Synthesis for learning based on performance. Recital and a Master's final written project are required.

Designed primarily for master’s candidates in music performance &/or composition. Synthesis for learning based on performance. Recital & a master’s final written project are required.

Supervised final project, by advisement.

Designed primarily for Master's candidates in music performance and/or composition. Synthesis for learning based on performance. Recital and a Master's final written project are required.