Graduate Courses

Performance of standard and contemporary literature for percussion instruments.

This advanced course involves in-depth explorations of contemporary frameworks in music therapy such as community music therapy, feminist music therapy, and resource-oriented music therapy. The course uses a colloquium format with student-led discussions. Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate the arguments underlying these orientations and to apply the thinking that characterizes contemporary orientations to their own clinical approaches.

This course examines critical issues related to contemporary K–12 teacher policies and labor movements, focusing on factors affecting the equitable distribution of teachers, the fundamentals of modern teacher policy reforms, and the political and social conditions underlying recent teacher labor movements. Students leave this course with a strong overview of current teacher policy and labor market issues as well as an in-depth examination of a focus area they select.

Immerses the student composer in creating music for a range of visual media including movies, shorts, television, and animation. Topics of inquiry include the visual, aural, narrative, textual and subtextual components of communication with moving images; the aesthetics, techniques and technicalities of spotting and synchronizing music; orchestration, both traditional and digital; production
and mixing; and compositional practices unique to the work of scoring for moving images. Weekly scoring assignments and in-class critiques.

This course seeks to cover the landscape in contemporary theorizing and research on cultural globalization. It is organized broadly around three partially competing/partially complementary theories of globalization - homogenization, enduring cultural differences, and hybridization. We will attempt to bring each of these theories to life with case studies of the production, distribution, and reception of cultural forms and experiences from across the globe. We will also review research methods, including cross-national comparative research design, ethnography, in-depth interviews, content analysis, and historical/archival research methods, focusing in particular on the methods used in course readings.

This course focuses on the mastery of vocal performance across a range of contemporary genres, with a particular emphasis on stylistic integrity, performance adaptability, and vocal health. Through workshops, guided listening, and peer critique, students will perform material in multiple genres and create a curated Repertoire Book reflecting their vocal identity, strengths, and growth areas.

This course combines the technical abilities a student has learned in the voice studio with the performance and practical skills needed to be a well-rounded performer. Focus on performance skills required for a hybrid singer, including but not limited to truthful communication, stage presence, movement, the ability to use the prosody of language/speech inflections to inform vocalism and psychological gesture, and appropriateness of style and genre.

A culminating and integrating experience designed to provide doctoral students writing their dissertations the opportunity to discuss and probe the broader aspects of international development education, global and cross-cultural education, and public diplomacy.

A culminating and integrating experience designed to provide doctoral students writing their dissertations the opportunity to discuss and probe the broader aspects of international development education, global and cross-cultural education, and public diplomacy.

An in-depth exploration of the financial principles and methodologies used to
assess the value of companies and assets in the music sector is conducted through case studies of major music companies, independents, and emerging platforms incubated to acquire music catalog rights. Learners analyze the unique economic factors influencing valuations in the music industry, including intellectual property valuation, revenue streams from different types of royalties, and the impact of continued transformation through the adoption and growth of streaming.

Course focuses on strategies involved in developing corporate sponsorships in the arts. Various sponsorship case studies between corporations and non-profit arts organizations are analyzed as marketing tools to build the sponsor’s business, raise brand awareness, as well as align with and increase institutional support. Principles of strategic marketing and practical tools are presented through readings, assignments and discussions tied to effective writing to a potential sponsor, benefits offered and other tactical tips to secure sponsorship today.

With a focus on preparing students for professional experience. Costume Conservation offers a consideration of the place of costume in the museum environment. Special attention is devoted to the handling and display of costume, textile and related objects. The course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of conservation, storage, and interpretation, and addresses appropriate actions in the museum context.

Costume Design for the modern stage and the history of fashion. Three hours of practical laboratory a week.

This course introduces students to college counseling. Students learn to develop and implement a comprehensive and effective post-secondary planning program. The course focuses on post-secondary education and ways to support high school students to explore those options. Students use case studies and scenarios to develop strategies and coordinate events aligned with promoting postsecondary success.

Although support for rights and protections is at historic highs, a majority of LGBT and gender non-binary youth report experiencing bias, harassment, assault, and victimization based on their sexual or gender identities or their diverse gender expressions. This course explores ways mental health professionals counsel LGBT youth to enhance coping with psychosocial and minority stresses and in affirming their sexual and gender identities.

In an ever-changing landscape of increased rights and backlashes, LGBT and gender non-binary adults and older adults experience bias, stress, and discrimination in health care, housing and public accommodations and at the workplace. This course explores ways mental health professionals counsel adults and older adults facing challenges in self-development, social-emotional relationships, and institutional settings.

Provide an overview of the basic interviewing and counseling skills to help communicative sciences and disorders (CSD) students achieve success when working with individuals and family members exhibiting communication disorders. To effectively deal with roadblocks to success in treatment, CSD students must develop a therapeutic relationship with clients both for obtaining relevant information about the disorder (interviewing) and for helping clients reduce barriers to their success in treatment (counseling).

LGBT families include those with same-sex couples and parents, LGBT youth, and other LGBT family members. This course examines experiences of LGBT families with stigma and discrimination in their interactions with educational, familial, health, and judicial systems. Explores ways in which mental health professionals counsel LGBT families: parents disclosing as LGBT and LGBT people becoming parents; being out as a LGBT family; coping with hate, bias, violence; obtaining equity and equality. A prior course in counseling is strongly recommended.

This course will provide the student with all of the skills necessary to take appropriate action in an emergency in any practice setting.

This course provides an overview of craniofacial anomalies with an emphasis on cleft lip and palate and on the medical, dental, orthodontic, and surgical considerations for this population. This course also focuses on developing knowledge and clinical practice skills to provide adequate differential diagnosis assessments and design a therapeutic treatment plan with evidence-based rationales for patients with cleft lip, cleft palate, and/or craniofacial abnormalities.