Graduate Courses

This course focuses on critical works in the field of food studies that rely on oral
history to analyze food within larger socio-cultural and political experiences. As an
interdisciplinary field of research inherently centered on sensory and cultural experiences, oral histories open up different pathways to understand food. In addition to mastering the existing body of knowledge using oral histories, students will conduct oral history interviews that will expand our academic understanding of foodways through the work of oral history.

Introduces graduate level preservice teachers to the complexities of teaching by exploring four major themes -- learning, knowledge and knowing, teachers and teaching, schools and schooling. Each theme is investigated by analyzing issues of the learner's autobiography, the challenges of diversity, the power of collaboration, and uses of reflection. Students read and respond to a range of relevant tests, engage in observation of an elementary or secondary school classroom, create a classroom portrait with a focus on a particular learner, and produce a learning portfolio.

Look behind the curtain of study abroad and international exchange at the world’s leading global university: NYU. In this experiential course students examine the processes underlying international student exchange and study abroad across NYU’s global academic centers. Students meet and work with leadership and staff at NYU’s global programming offices and explore the extensive strategizing, coordination, and logistics involved with creating, managing, and executing international education experiences within NYU’s Global Network University.

This course introduces graduate students to instrumental tools used in the evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders. Students will actively engage in problem-based learning in small groups. Groups will conduct structured research on the effectiveness and appropriateness of instrumental swallowing tools that are currently used in dysphagia management. Problem-based learning format is used to emphasize the development of life-long learning skills.

Practical procedures and materials for conducting instrumental ensembles at all levels of music education. Students enrolled in this course demonstrate essential instrumental 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.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in instrumental jazz, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Lab ensemble is an essential program requirement to prepare emerging teachers for K-12 certification to strengthen performance skills on primary and secondary instruments. This repeatable course is taken during freshman and sophomore semesters while in residence at NYU New York City campus and prior to enrolling in Instrumental Materials, Techniques and Conducting (MPAME-UE 1054) or (MPAME-GE 2115).

Students build on foundations from Fundamentals of Conducting and implement effective teaching strategies for instrumental music educators, including rehearsal planning and preparation, instrumental transpositions, arranging, ensemble resources, performance literature, supplemental materials, and equipment repair/maintenance. Hands-on demonstrations and discussion. Includes collaboration with Instrumental Lab Ensemble. Prerequisite: MPAME-GE 2102 Fundamentals of Conducting

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Examination of educational and cultural exchange programs that disseminate information to foreign countries about a nation's policies, institutions, culture and values. Focus is on the development of international information programs, the purposes of exchange programs, and the relationship between government and private educational and cultural communities. Case studies are drawn from such organizations as the United Nations Department of Public Information, the United States Information Agency, the Council on International Exchange of Scholars, the Institute of International Education, and the Academy for Educational Development.

Extension of work in Integrating Seminar I encouraging deeper understanding and further practices. Focus on development as teach-researcher.

Extension of work in Integrating Seminar II encouraging examination of practices in early childhood settings through previously acquired skills as teaching-researcher. Exploration of opportunities for advocacy on behalf of children and their families.

Methods for integrating music, art, dance, and drama into an integrated childhood education curriculum.

Prepares students to integrate digital media and technology into learner curricula. Through demonstrations, hands-on use, and application projects, students gain experience with the roles digital tools play to support teaching methods and learning strategies associated with a continuum of learner- and teacher-centered educational approaches and goals. Students develop skills in HTML, podcasting, digital storytelling, use of Web 2.0 tools (e.g., content management systems, social networks, e-portfolios), digital video, and virtual worlds in order to design and formatively assess engaging learning communities.

Class engages in seminar process to share, analyze, and extended students' professional experiences. Links theory and practice.

Class engages in seminar process to share, analyze, and extended students' professional experiences.

This course provides a foundation for Integrative Health. Through case vignettes,
experiential learning, and practice-based assignments, students explore biopsychosocial etiologies and disparities in health, healing and wellness practices that support person-centered and holistic health, and best practices and emerging evidence in treatment interventions. The Pathways Model is also presented, including psychophysiology, movement, creative arts, spirituality, and mindfulness.

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (English) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.