Graduate Courses

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Management of human and material resources and services to provide quality, efficient and cost effective physical therapy services based upon patient's or client's goals; practice team building and group dynamic skills; interact with patients, clients, family members, other health care providers and community based organizations for the purpose of coordinating activities to facilitate efficient and effective patient or client care; delegate physical therapy related services to appropriate human resources; supervise and manage support personnel to whom tasks have been delegated; practice advocacy skills for patient and through participation in the legislative processes; and participate in management budgeting, billing and reimbursement activities.