Graduate Courses

The course will enable the student to: independently examine and reexamine a patient or client with ob/gyn, integumentary or endocrine problems 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 examinations and 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 establish a safe and effective physical therapy plan of care; establish goals and functional outcomes that specify expected time duration; define achievable patient or client outcomes within available resources; monitor and adjust the plan of care in response to patient or client status; provide direct physical intervention to achieve patient or client outcomes based on the examination and on the impairment, functional limitations, and disability; promote optimal health by providing information on wellness, impairment, disease, disability and health risks related to age, gender, culture and lifestyle; provide primary, secondary or tertiary care to p[patients in collaboration with other practitioners in settings supportive of comprehensive and complex services based on patient's or client's goals and expected functional outcomes and on knowledge of one's own and other's capabilities.

Student will establish a safe and effective physical therapy plan of care; establish goals and functional outcomes that specify expected time duration; define achievable patient or client outcomes within available resources; monitor and adjust the plan of care in response to patient or client status; provide direct physical therapy intervention to achieve patient or client outcomes based on the examination and on the impairment, functional limitations, and disability. Promote optimal health by providing information on wellness, impairment, disease, disability and health risks related to age, gender, culture, and lifestyle; provide primary, secondary or tertiary care to patients in collaboration with other practitioners in settings supportive of comprehensive and complex services based on patient's or client's goals and expected functional outcomes and on knowledge of one's own and other's capabilities.

Students will establish a safe and effective physical therapy plan of care; establish goals and functional outcomes that specify expected time duration; define achievable patient or client outcomes with available resources; monitor and adjust the plan of care in response to patient or client status; provide direct physical therapy intervention of achieve patient or client outcomes based on the examination and on the impairment, functional limitations, and disability; promote optimal health by providing information on wellness, impairment , disease, disability and health risks related to age, gender, culture and lifestyle; provide primary, secondary or tertiary care to patients in collaboration with other practitioners in settings supportive of comprehensive and complex services based on patient's or client's goals and expected functional outcomes and on knowledge of one's own and other's capabilities,

The course will enable the student to establish a safe and effective physical therapy plan of care; establish goals and functional outcomes that specify expected time duration; define achievable patient or client outcomes within available resources; monitor and adjust the plan of care in response to patient or client status; provide direct physical therapy intervention to achieve patient or client outcomes based on the examination and on the impairment, functional limitations, and disability; promote optimal health by providing information on wellness, provide primary, secondary or tertiary care to patients in collaboration with other practitioners in settings supportive of comprehensive and complex services based on patients or client's goals and expected functional outcomes and on knowledge of one's own and other's capabilities.

Open to department graduate students majoring in music. Private piano lessons covering repertoire from all styles and forms, supplemented by extra assignments. Attendance at recitals and master classes required

The emphasis on this c lass is on the historical and aesthetic analysis of the development of piano literature in the Classic, Romantic, and Impressionistic traditions. Compositions by pianist/composers including Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Debussy are studied to reconstruct and analyze the development of harmonic practices, genres, and styles. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the repertoire in research papers, related written assignments, and listening exams. Student performance in class is required.

The emphasis in this class is on the historical and aesthetic analysis of the development of piano literature in the Contemporary period. Compositions for piano that represent atonality, serialism, extended techniques, multimedia and interactive electronic techniques, the influence of jazz and popular music, Darmstadt and the New York School, and Spanish and Latin American music are performed and analyzed in class. Scholarship that examines ?the new complexity?, minimalism, and postmodernism is reviewed. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the repertoire in research papers, related written assignments, and listening exams. Student performance in class is required. [03/28/2008]

Developing basic skills in evaluating form and content of pictorial and sculptural work produced in art therapy sessions. Developing skills in integrating evidence of developmental level, perceptual capacities, psychodynamic processes, emotional handicaps, environmental stimuli in art work, and behavior. Students should be prepared to furnish some art work from child, adolescent or adult population. Studio component included.

A content mathematics course in geometry for teachers.

Techniques for strategic planning and managerial finance in the performing arts organization from the perspective of its chief executive officer. Integration of skills in organizational evaluation, strategic planning, mission formulation, operations management, and finance. Students are required to write a strategic plan for a performing arts organization.

Focuses on play and drama approaches for the treatment of children & adolescents with a variety of psychological stressors, including physical & sexual abuse, life-threatening illnesses, death of a parent, divorce, & bullying. Examines treatment models & protocols relevant to institutional & community agency settings. Includes case examples, demonstration of play & drama techniques, & interactive class participation.

Communicative aspects of American government, including the preparation of candidates, the electoral process, political advertising and public relations. The use of strategic communication to influence political agendas, the formation of public policy, and the process of political debate.

An examination of reading and writing education from historical, theoretical, critical, and pedagogical perspectives. Course questions include the role of literacy in a global society and the influences of policies and political practices. Research studies that have shaped literacy instruction in the last century are considered.

Explores tools of political and strategy in education, including concepts and theoretical frameworks applicable to the political process; political and governance structures in education, and major issues in educational policy.

Students participate in a variety of activities and assignments to help them create and enact their own curriculum, lessons and activities in the space of a 21st century secondary music classroom. Students gain practical experience in learning and teaching contemporary popular music instrumentation including guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, ukulele, drum-kit, keyboard, and other electronic instruments.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Course provides structure for teaching portfolios to demonstrate efficacy in components of the Learning to Teach Framework.

Building on innovations in the merging field of positive psychology, this course explores research and theory on factors that represent strengths and virtues and that enhance the human capacity to experience wellness. Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between culture, context and positive psychological outcomes (e.g., hope, creativity, purpose, wisdom) and on state-of-the-artinterventions that facilitate individual, family, and community efforts to achieve these outcomes.