Graduate Courses

Examine therapist’s perceptions that have an impact on therapy in the classroom and early intervention centers. Students will learn to identify strategies and methods that will assist in designing intervention plans that can be implemented in these settings. Research effective strategies for ensuring best practice in a wide variety of educational systems.

Students provide therapy and assessment services under supervision (group and individual) of licensed faculty in the department. In addition to weekly seminars, individual and group supervision, and peer supervision, students prepare and present case reports for feedback from supervisors and peers.

Students provide therapy and assessment services under supervision (group and individual) of licensed faculty in the department. In addition to weekly seminars, individual and group supervision, and peer supervision, students prepare and present case reports for feedback from supervisors and peers.

Classification and clustering are important statistical techniques commonly applied in many social and behavioral science research problems. Both seek to understand social phenomena through the identification of naturally occurring homogeneous groupings within a population. Classification techniques are used to sort new observations into preexisting or know groupings while clustering techniques sort the population under study into groupings based on their observed characteristics. Both help to reveal hidden structure that may be used in further analysis. This course will compare and contrast these techniques, including many of their variations, with an emphasis on applications.

Deals with research & practice regarding school leadership & teacher work, including analysis of current policies, practices, standards of ethical behavior, & trends in professional & student development. The conditions of teachers’ work, support for ongoing professional learning, engagement in planning & decision making are explored. Also focuses on workforce development (recruitment, staffing, tenure, promotion, & retirement); fiscal issues (salary, welfare, & fringe benefits); distributed power (academic freedom, teacher unionism, negotiations, grievance procedures); development of staff, board, & community relationships, collaboration with colleges & universities in teacher preparation.

Optical and auditory powers of inspection, traversing, facial recognition algorithms,
drone overflights and surveillance capitalism have historically and politically rendered residual
concepts of movement, communication and privacy anachronistic. History can be surveilled and reedited through counterfactuality. The technocratic, political and corporate centralization of exposure
precipitates counter-surveillance activism or sousveillance such as Black Lives Matter, new aesthetic
strategies of evasion and new cognitive mappings of public/private space.

Nature of psychological development in childhood & adolescence considered & attention paid to developmental implications for adulthood & old age. Rigorous analysis of developmental theories is undertaken with emphasis on research findings & methods as reported in current literature.

This course reviews etiology, pathology, and sequela of selected medical, orthopedic, and neurological conditions of adults and children, that frequently necessitate occupational therapy intervention. Standard diagnostic systems and somatic treatments are reviewed.

This course reviews the etiology, pathology, and sequela of selected psychiatric and psychological conditions that frequently necessitate occupational therapy intervention. Standard diagnostic systems are reviewed.

The survey is the leading mechanism for collecting information on a wide array of topics in our data-driven world. This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental aspects of the survey & ways for evaluating this form of data collection. Principal topics include: survey design; coverage, sampling, & non-response; modes of data collection; questionnaire construction & evaluation. Throughout this course, students will be given opportunities to engage in actual survey research activities.

Urban policy makers embrace local food systems as a solution to a myriad of urban problems, including lack of green space and a dearth of healthy food availability. At the local and state levels, policies are often based on visions of how food might be grown in a city without considering logistic feasibility or economic viability. This course probes the practical implications of growing food within urban environments.

Students will learn and practice the design and organization of the nature park experience. Course is designed to deepen student awareness of human-nature relationships and develop professional skills in environmental advocacy. The course involves class meetings on campus- followed by a required field visit to the study site- and production of a final deliverable consisting of key elements of a nature park master plan. Students in Environmental Conservation Education will evaluate and design environmental education elements- and students from other disciplines can develop a sustainability reporting plan for the site.

Students explore how to develop a protocol for a systematic review of an intervention for their health profession. Topics covered include formulating questions, identifying populations, intervention/comparisons, and outcome measures with consideration of health inequities in underrepresented populations, planning search strategies, using multiple databases, collecting records, conducting screenings and data extractions, evaluating risk of bias, statistical review, and introduction to meta-analysis and GRADE. Final project is a complete protocol for a full review.

This course enables students to use their own data to assess and synthesize the effects and quality of evidence of outcomes for a systematic review. Topics include evaluating risk of bias across studies, assessing heterogeneity, using GRADE to evaluate quality of evidence, conducting meta-analyses, assessing publication bias,
completing a Summary of Findings Table (SoF table), writing up results, discussion, and implications for practice and research with consideration for health inequities. The final project is a completed systematic review.

The course combines theory and practice for researching, designing, and
prototyping tangible educational technology. Students will gain experience applying theoretical frameworks for learning and design as they develop an educational experience with a client. Learners will analyze a learning context, conduct primary & secondary research, engage in ideation & prototyping, and iterate on their designs with stakeholders. Students will learn how to use microcontrollers to interface with sensors and actuators, in order to implement their designs and gain feedback.

Basic course in jazz tap, waltz clog, & soft-shoe styles of tap dance. Relates the cultural & generic origins of these styles to their introduction to & development in theatre as performing art. Includes fundamental skills & traditional steps & sequences for creating tap dance choreography.

This class introduces students to the art of tap dance, including its history, artists and technique. Beginning students develop a working tap dance vocabulary of steps and sequences, including classic repertory, as well as the rudiments of tap improvisation and choreography. More advanced students focus on more difficult steps as well as on developing virtuosity and expressiveness in their dancing.

Foundational course that explores the connections among research, theory, and practice in teaching second/world languages. Students explore guiding principles and methodology in approaches to the teaching of language; how additional and world languages are learned, taught, and assessed in different contexts; and theories and practices related to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar in a meaning-based, communicative, and contextual framework. Students develop skills in motivation, teacher-student interaction, and classroom management.

Developing mathematics sense through problem solving and procedures while developing skills and intuitions for creating rich learning environments for elementary school children to explore, discover, and understand mathematics. Trends in mathematics education will be researched as well as the implications for student learning and accountability.

Explores multiple materials - including technology - for involving students in purposeful reading, writing, speaking and listening. Considers innovative approaches for organizing the classroom to address a range of abilities and disabilities and diverse cultural perspectives. Emphasizes the process whereby individual talent contributes to the building of democratic communities. Develops flexible ways, both formal and informal, for assessing literacy development over time.