Graduate Courses

The Music Theatre Workshop is divided into specialized topics, such as voice and diction, song analysis, audition technique, and production. The emphasis of the workshop is performance, its techniques, its theory and its reality. Courses are taught by Broadway professionals active in the disciplines and who have extensive experience in education. Guest lectures share their experiences and lead seminars. Each workshop culminates with an end-of-semester critiqued performance. Students perform material regularly in class.

This course introduces students to the practice and discipline of writing narrative and theatrical songs (those that tell a story or function as part of a larger one) through a survey of the literature, an examination of the principles and tools employed in such songs, and guided creation of individual songs and larger works. Analyses of material from the repertoire serve as a basis for inspiring new work. Emphasis on comprehending and mastering the writing process, and
responding to the modern cultural context in which this work is created.

The course introduces students to the stylistic and analytical norms of writing compelling and well-grounded analyses of music. Students will progress through a series of exercises leading to a substantial music analysis in written narrative form. Students will develop and expand their writing skills in preparation for advanced coursework in music theory and literature, as well as scholarly writing in music.

This course addresses the role of narrative when designing serious games, simulations, multimedia, emerging media, learning materials and social media. Narrative forms have been used for teaching and learning given their role in memory, cognition, the engagement of learners, as well as in case studies for learning, teaching, and research. This course explores the design principles and constitutive elements of narrative-centered learning through a variety of authoring tools and platforms.

This course focuses on the role of motor speech control during development with an emphasis on pediatric motor speech impairments. Topics include the differential diagnosis of children with speech sound disorders, including pediatric dysarthria and childhood apraxia of speech. The course also offers an overview of intervention approaches, including intervention planning and execution for different pediatric motor speech impairments.

In this course students develop a working knowledge of brain and behavior relationships by studying the neurological bases of motor and sensory function, speech and language production, language comprehension, swallowing, and cognition. Students examine and discuss the development of the nervous system, the action potential, central and peripheral nervous system anatomy and physiology, and related pathological conditions.

Theoretical foundations underlying motor control related to the clinical application of various approaches to the assessment and treatment of clients with neuromotor dysfunction. Development of preliminary skill in assessment of motor behavior, selection of appropriate assessment tools and selection of treatment strategies to promote the client's occupation and role performance. Traditional and contemporary views of motor behavior - motor control, motor development, and motor learning will be presented.

Develop an understanding of both the physiological & theoretical underpinnings of brain behavior relationships through the study of "the physiological brain and neural systems, (i.e., neuroanatomy), human brain development, historical & current brain models, neurodevelopmental, neurological & psychiatric disorders as well as etiology, assessment, treatment, & prognosis of disorders.

Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology underlying occupational therapy theory and practice. A foundation in neuroscience to facilitate understanding of human performance as the culmination of the influences of multiple systems.

The Asian contemporary art field is a vibrant sector rooted in diverse cultures
from Asian and Asian diasporic communities. In this course, students explore the ways in which Field available for additional information in footer Asian countries and diasporic Western Asian cultural communities influence the art market. Through lectures, readings, guests, and field trips, students analyze the art system assignments include market analysis, reflective responses, and a business plan. This course provides future art practitioners of all backgrounds a foundation to administrate art in Asian contexts.

New York State's 2021 passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
outlined a comprehensive regulatory structure to oversee the licensure, cultivation, production, distribution, sale, and taxation of medical, adult-use, and cannabinoid hemp. Drawing on the experience of other states, New York sought to establish a legal cannabis industry that promoted social justice, public health, and economic development for all New Yorkers. This course examines the implementation of the law, which has been slow and riddled with challenges, and market development.

Course is designed for newly accepted students in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences. The course will give an introduction to graduate student life & will provide tools & resources to promote academic & professional success.

The seminar explores professional issues & provides additional orientation & guidance to the school, the university, & the city.

A project-based, research-intensive course that explores emerging practices & trends in new media with particular emphasis on interactive & immersive environments, such as social networking sites, multi-player online environments, the blogosphere, the open-source movement, social activist groups, & internet-based art. Students engage in a semester-long participatory research project using collaborative web tools.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

This course explores the practical implications of teaching English in a pluralistic society. Ways of negotiating and elaborating the multiple responses of students are considered, along with opportunities for including multicultural voices in the ongoing curriculum.

This course introduces the newly accepted professional-level student in the field of occupational therapy, the Steinhart School of Education and to NYU. It is intended to help the student adjust to the demands and responsibilities of graduate professional education, as well as introduce basic concepts in occupational therapy.

This course examines the food landscape of New York City. In doing so, it explores
the local landscape for buying food, the different paths food takes to reach city residents, and disparities in food access across the five boroughs. New York City's local food environment includes a mixture of supermarket chains, bodegas and corner stores, and many farmers markets. The city is surrounded by productive and fertile farmland in the Hudson Valley and New Jersey. The final defining part of the local food landscape is the wholesale market, Hunts Point.

In this course, students explore the history of higher education through a deep dive into the archives and history of New York University in the years just before its bicentennial in 2030. Students gain expertise in using archives and produce a wide range of products from written papers to performances, to multimedia programs

Clients who identify as LGBTQ+ people of color face additional and unique
stressors as a result of their intersecting identities. This course explores the theoretical framework of minority stress theory and the negative impact of minority stressors on the overall health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people of color. Students also review affirmative practices and clinical interventions that account for the intersectionality of LGBTQ+ clients of color.