Graduate Courses

Principles and methods of evaluation, goal development, and intervention in pediatric practice in occupational therapy. Factors that influence pediatric practice and selected frames of reference will be discussed. Assessment and intervention methods will be demonstrated, applied, and discussed in laboratory sessions.

Principles of nutrition applied to disorders of infants, children and adolescents, with emphasis on current research; evaluation of diets of healthy children.

This course addresses prominent theories and fundamental issues in the fields of speech perception, spoken word recognition, and speech production. The primary focus will be on accounts of unimpaired cognitive processing involved in the production and perception of single words and phrases, and we will consider a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.

Performance of standard and contemporary literature for percussion instruments.

Open to departmental graduate students majoring in music. Private lessons on malletts and set percussion instruments. All styles and forms supplemented by extra assignments. Jury examination required at end of semester. Required attendance at percussion recitals and master classes.

Performance of standard and contemporary literature for percussion instruments.

Instrumental Performance juries assess each student’s growth in instrumental techniques including intonation, rhythm, tone production, articulation, dynamics, and musicality. Juries take place at a designated time at the end of the semester and are evaluated by each student’s program director and any additional invited faculty. Jury repertoire is selected in conversation with each student’s private teacher, and each student studies their jury repertoire in their private lessons.

An ensemble approach to teaching, learning and performing on percussion instruments in diverse music and school settings. Each student will have experience with a variety of percussion instruments for current and traditional music. This course is designed for students in Music Education and prepares them for meeting the requirements for K-12 music teacher certification.

The role of the occupational therapist in relating maturational data from conception to old age to the practice of occupational therapy.

A seminar/master class format will provide the context for the exploration of contemporary performance practices, interpretative strategies, extended techniques, and the incorporation of multimedia in 20th- and 21st-century piano music. In-class performances and critiques will facilitate discussion of related aesthetic issues, programming strategies, and the entrepreneurial and administrative skills relating to audience development.

Doctoral dissertation advisement with dissertation committee coordinated with seminars in which students present their works in progress and discuss research problems. Current researchers in the performing arts are invited to share research and writing.

Doctoral dissertation advisement with dissertation committee coordinated with seminars in which students present their works in progress and discuss research problems. Current researchers in the performing arts are invited to share research and writing.

This course aims to train students to think philosophically about our rapidly changing — and ever more intimate — relationship with machines. We focus in particular on the following subjects: artificial intelligence, robots, cyborgs, automation and science fiction speculation.

A study of the production, description, and classification of speech sounds; English sounds, stress, and intonation; phonemes and allophones, ear training, phonetic and phonemic transcription.

Emphasis is on the creation of a body of prints dealing with one subject or theme. Aesthetic decisions made by the individual in choice of subject matter and technique are considered. Lectures, technical demonstrations, and individual critiques are included. Readings on individual photographers, aesthetics, and darkroom techniques are assigned. Critiques by visiting photographers/artists are held.

Enables students to apply physical agents and aseptic techniques, including deep thermal modalities (e.g. ultrasound), a thermal modalities (e.g. pulsed ultrasound, pulsed electromagnetic fields), superficial thermotherapy (e.g. heat, paraffin baths, hot packs, fluidotherapy), cryotherapy modalities (cold packs, ice massage), hydrotherapy (e.g. whirlpools, tanks, contrast baths), and phototherapies (e.g. ultraviolet)in order to increase connective tissue extensibilities; modulate pain, reduce or eliminate soft tissue inflammation and swelling caused by musculoskeletal injuries or circulatory dysfunction; increase the healing rate of open wounds and soft tissue; remodel scar tissue; or treat skin conditions. Basic aseptic techniques including bacterial, fungal., and viral infections.

Physical Theatre is the study of physical, vocal & improvisational exercises designed to free the creative imagination & develop performance skills. Through the layering of words, sound & movement, students will hone the essential ingredients & tools of the performer's craft. Focus will be on vocal & movement techniques exploring atmosphere, imagery, gesture, isolation, abstraction, timing, rhythm, spatial awareness, character development, mime, body graphics, viewpoints, & the theories of Yakim, Delsarte & Laban. The creation of original material will also be studied.

The course will enable the student to: independently examine and reexamine a patient or client with a cardiopulmonary problem by obtaining a pertinent history from the patient or client and from other relevant sources, by performing relevant systems review, and by selecting appropriate age related tests and measure; synthesize examination data to complete the physical therapy evaluation; engage in the diagnostic process in an efficient and cost-effective manner consistent with the policies and procedures of the practice setting; engage in the diagnostic process to establish differential diagnosis for patients across the life span; and determine patient or client prognoses based on evaluation of results of examinations and medical and psychosocial information.

The course will enable the student to: independently examine and reexamine a patient or client with a musculoskeletal problem by obtaining a pertinent history from the patient or client and from other relevant sources, by performing relevant systems review, and by selecting appropriate age related tests and measure; synthesize examination data to complete the physical therapy evaluation; engage in the diagnostic process in an efficient and cost-effective manner consistent with the policies and procedures of the practice setting; engage in the diagnostic process to establish differential diagnoses for patients across the life span; and determine patient or client prognoses based on evaluation of results of examinations and medical and psychosocial information.

Student to independently examine and reexamine a patient or client with a neuromuscular problem by obtaining a pertinent history from the patient or client and from other relevant sources, by performing relevant systems review, and by selecting appropriate age related tests and measure; synthesize examination data to complete the physical therapy evaluation; engage in the diagnostic process in an efficient and cost-effective manner consistent with the policies and procedures of the practice setting; engage in the diagnostic process to establish differential diagnoses for patients across the life span; and determine patient or client prognoses based on evaluation of results of examinations and medical and psychosocial information