Graduate Courses

The NYU Saxophone Orchestra is a conducted ensemble of 8-20 or more saxophones. Students have an opportunity to perform on the entire family of saxophones: sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones. The ensemble’s repertoire spans all styles, from traditional to contemporary music.(by audition)

Comprehensive study of saxophone-related topics, including repertoire spanning all style periods, sound, phrasing, articulation, technique, and physical setup.

Deals with research and practice regarding leadership of school units, with emphasis on the knowledge and planning required of school leaders focused on the provision of high quality instruction. Emphasis is on the study and design of classroom and school processes that promote equity in educational opportunities across the school community, including design of learning environments, accountability systems, and assessment strategies. The legal and fiscal environments in which school function are introduced.

This course familiarizes students in counseling and related fields with principles and strategies related to designing, implementing, and evaluating school-based preventive interventions (prevention programs). Primary focus on the science behind how prevention efforts can positively impact individuals, families, and social systems to decrease the likelihood of developing psychological, educational, substance use, and other health problems. Also addresses ethical, professional, multicultural, and social justice issues related to prevention programming.

Science experiences for elementary school are developed and strategies for implementation and evaluation are devised. Issues such as basic attitutdes toward science, equity in the science classroom, and learning styles will be explored. Students will develop a catalogue of resources, both in print and on-line, for expanding understanding of science content, developing science skills, integrating science into the rest of the curriculum, exploring science activities appropriate for children and assessing science teaching and learning.

This course examines several models for teaching preschool and elementary science. Science experiences for elementary students are developed, and strategies for implementation and evaluation are devised.

This course provides an overview of the scientific study of the human language faculty, focusing on the cognitive and neural processing mechanisms that underlie linguistic knowledge and use. We describe contemporary approaches to delineating levels of language instruction and review various scientific methodologies used to study language. Topics include language knowledge and use of well as language change and variation.

The teaching of reading is a topic of national debate. This course explores contemporary research on reading and how disciplines, such as psychology,
sociology, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology, inform our understanding of how reading is learned and taught. Students examine cognitive, developmental, sociocultural, and critical approaches to studying reading through close analysis and discussion of seminal and contemporary articles. Applying concepts and methods from this course, students pursue independent projects in areas of professional interest.

In this hands-on course, students study and practice a specific area in the field of screen music scoring. The course is intended as a means to provide the students with the necessary insights to develop professionally in these specific areas of interest. During the course, students are exposed to real-world scoring scenarios.

This course provides students with the set of skills required to create music for video games and interactive environments. During the course, students learn how to work with technology used to implement audio in games, work on strategies to create interactive non-linear music, and develop strategies to foster their creativity by applying specific techniques designed to create rich music in these environments.

This research-based course explores the aesthetics and the history of music for the screen. In a modular approach, all students study core research foundations that relate to the field of music for the screen. After this, they select between a range of research topics that relate to the history and/or aesthetics of diverse types of music for the screen.

The course prepares students in a crucial aspect of screen scoring: the scoring
recording session. Through a combination of instructional workshops, observation of recording sessions, feedback sessions, and applied practice, students develop as scoring professionals within a studio setting. Students integrate knowledge from different areas of inquiry in screen scoring involved in the production of recordings for scores. Further, students learn how to collaborate and function as a team in a time-sensitive and high-pressure environment.

This course explores how popular Hollywood films construct versions of the historical past, & can be utilized as historical documents themselves. The films reach mass audiences, they entertain, they mythologize, they produce compelling narratives about the past, they simplify complex problems, & they have been influential in creating audiences’ historical understanding. Hollywood films are significant & complex cultural texts, & this course will study them as artifacts of a powerful communications entertainment industry whose visions of the past & arguments regarding social, political, economic order throughout the 20th century & into the 21st centuries warrants our close examination.

Analysis of dramaturgical components (plot, structure, character, theme, style) of selected musicals from the American repertoire, with an historical perspective. In the process students will develop their own research and writing skills.

This course focuses on learning second language acquisition (SLA) theories and various approaches to conducting SLA research. Students develop an understanding of the major theories and theoretical debates in SLA, and explore the major paradigms in SLA research. In addition, students learn how to read and critically evaluate original SLA research articles, as well as how to develop a research proposal addressing a problem in the practice of second language education as a capstone project.

Current approaches and issues in second language acquisition including various acquisition models, multilingualism, discourse analysis, and the role of culture in language learning. Hours arranged are for student collection and analysis of field data.

A content mathematics course in number theory for teachers.

A content mathematics course in discrete mathematics for teachers.

Supervised student teaching in elementary school classroom settings (grades Pre-K - 6); includes scheduled conferences with field supervisor. Student teachers observe, plan, teach, and evaluate drama lessons. Student teachers develop and create appropriate goals, negotiate and enact appropriate learning experiences for all learners, and assess student learning. Student teachers develop their skills as a reflective practitioner.

A two year seminar emphasizing ways in which the intellectual orientations of education and Jewish studies can be fruitfully integrated. The seminar acquaints students with the present state of research in both education and Jewish studies, emphasizing the parallels and differences between these multifaceted research areas. In addition, the seminar addresses the research needs and opportunities found in the rapidly expanding field of Jewish education in North America. Throughout this experience, students will be encouraged toward identifying their own research problems in Jewish education.