Graduate Courses

This course offers an overview of current knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the field of communication disorders and related areas. Students learn about current theories of underlying causal factors, as well as different educational approaches and settings. Special emphasis is placed on language and communication skills, focusing on assessment and intervention.

In this course, students explore the structure, meaning and function of language that is commonly exhibited in typical development and discuss how these domains may change during atypical development. Additionally, students learn the basic principles of assessment and intervention and the role of the speech language pathologist in supporting language development for individuals exhibiting typical and atypical development.

This course focuses on the development of oral and written language, and the reciprocal relationship of oral and written language skills, different types of oral language and literacy disorders, and the role of the speech and language pathologist working with school-age children with varying language-learning disabilities. This course also fulfills specific requirements from the New York State Department of Education to attain a bilingual extension to the certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities.

In this course students examine assessment and remediation of language disorders associated with various etiological factors and consider the relationship of language performance to psychosocial, sensorimotor, and cognitive behavioral systems. Special focus on the formulation of intervention goals and procedures for children from the prelinguistic stage through the preschool years.

Workshop for development of placement, achievement, diagnostic, and proficiency tests for second language students for all language and ability levels. Examination of language tests and such concepts as validity and reliability in testing.

This course provides students with an understanding of the fundamental goals, principles, and concerns of second and world language assessment. The course emphasizes classroom assessments that promote student learning. Students connect theory to practice by analyzing existing language assessments and developing their own language classroom assessment.

Readings and research on the ways in which language is implicated in different cultures and constructions of time, space, c=consciousness, self, truth, knowledge, and gender.

This course is designed to serve as a bridge between introductory statistics/econometrics and practical work with real, large-scale databases. The analytic skills taught in this course are broadly applicable to research in education, education policy, and the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Emphasis throughout the course is on hands-on data preparation, workflow, and modeling using the Stata statistical software package.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Issues of law that affect the arts, e.g., contracts, liability, copyright, and labor relations. Analyzes important legal practices that have shaped cultural institutions in this century and examines legal relationships of procedures, artists, and presenters in the performing arts.

Review and analysis of the law and agreements basic to the music industry. Designed to provide the student with an appreciation of legal issues as they affect management and production in the music industry,

The legal settings for the artist and the visual arts organization in the state of New York and the United States is explored. Major legal issues in the definition of art-as-property and the rights of the artist are evaluated. Contemporary controversies are placed in the larger context of attempts by the judicial system to redefine the balance between the rights of the individual artist and the public responsibilities of the visual arts institution in an increasingly urbanized and technological society.

To what extent is "the media" governed by law, and to what extent is it a law unto itself? Does "the media" enable or unsettle the regnant forms of international order? This course will discuss shifts in the post WWII world order, as perceived through the category of media, and via issues of international law and justice. This course will seek to understand some key dynamics of changing world order, shifting between history and courtroom, to try to understand the new contours of the international world order over the course of the 20th C and to the present time.

An exploration of the role of boards of trustees and the interaction of boards and staff in the management of nonprofit visual arts institutions. Topics include the legal, ethical, and practical responsibilities of the governing board; effective board leadership; recruiting, training, motivating, and retaining trustees; development of policy; strategic planning; and risk management.

Develops awareness & understanding of the dynamics of change. Theoretical frameworks are used to aid students in improving their ability to undertake leadership responsibility & to facilitate school improvement. Planning & analysis of school reforms address issues of classroom organization, school community, & relationships between schools & communities.

This course combines leadership theory with practical skill sets that can be immediately used in the students' current professional organization. Topics include (1) Asset based leadership using StrengthsFinder and Myers Briggs, (2) Leading vs. Managing, (3) Fostering Collaborations, (4) Leading
within a Bureaucracy, and (5) Leading in Diverse Contexts. The course also includes a Capstone deliverable of the auto-ethnography.

This course expands upon the leadership theory discussed in the Leadership I course and applies them to situations that arise in the education sector. Topics include (1) Leadership in Education, (2) Framing Power & Politics, (3) Leading in Crisis/Turbulence, (4) Coping with Challenges that Arise, and (5) Defining Leadership Moments.

Leadership in Higher Education is designed to give students an understanding of several major theoretical approaches to understanding leadership, & to study how leadership functions within higher education. Students explore many theories of leadership, using case studies to evaluate their usefulness. Readings include approaches to the analysis of colleges & universities including an assessment of which leadership styles & strategies can be most effective.

This course explores occupational therapy leadership in complex and diverse health
care environments and integrates leadership theory with practice through topical readings,discussion, and guest presentations. Leadership theory, leadership competencies and the identification of emerging leadership opportunities and the development of a personal leadership philosophy and skills will be emphasized throughout the course.