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The course examines the conceptual and empirical work on the social, cultural, and economic aspects of globalization and their implications for education. We shall explore education in light of: 1) the increasing de-territorialization of cultural formations; 2) the emergence of global markets along with the post-nationalization of the production and distribution of goods and services -- with a concomitant premiss on knowledge -- intensive work; 3) new information and communication technologies which are reshaping the structure and meaning of work, belonging and community; 4) unprecedented population movements and worldwide immigration. We shall examine recent conceptual work, in globalization and its relationships to human experience with a focus on youth.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Society and Social Sciences

This course, taught in small groups of students, serves as an introduction to music composition for the concert stage in an environment that stimulates discussion and collaboration. Students in the group will be encouraged to collaborate in writing pieces, and to critique each other’s works.

This course, taught in small groups of students, serves as an introduction to music composition for film, TV, videogames, and commercial media in an environment that stimulates Field available for additional information in footer discussion and collaboration. Students in the group will be encouraged to collaborate in writing pieces, and to critique each other’s works.

This course, taught in small groups of students, serves as an introduction to songwriting in an environment that stimulates discussion and collaboration. Students in the group will be encouraged to collaborate in writing pieces, and to critique each other's works.

Examination of group dynamics through reading, lecture, discussion, and participation in small experiential groups. Discussion of the processes that occur in the development of groups.

Group lessons (by examination) in guitar, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, observation.

Study and performance of chamber music.

A performance class devoted to precise understanding of orchestral excerpts from standard repertoire found on auditions. Students study includes tempo, dynamics, articulation and precision.

An examination of scale fingerings, arpeggios, bowings, articulations and rhythmic patterns through single scales and double stops.

Examines ways that hip hop culture, texts, and language exists as valuable resources worthy of serious study in secondary English classrooms. Students will learn to teach English by learning hip hop, learning about hip hop, and learning through hip hop. Group projects focus on grounded investigations in the area of critical literacy, sociolinguistics, and English language arts teaching/learning. Readings will cover divergent voices in contemporary society as students consider ways to integrate such voices into existing language and literacy curriculums, K through college.

Exploration of the vernacular and theatrically influenced forms of Hip Hop dance including but not limited to Breaking, Popping, Locking and Krumping and identifying commonalities and differences within the Hip Hop practices. Focusing on the historical and cultural context and its importance to education in the various schools of dance sectors, students will experience pedagogical approaches, along with approaches to technique, improvisation and cognitive content. Classes will be conducted to Hip Hop, house and dance music from the past three decades. Classes will be begin with a set warm-up and follow with stretching and conditioning exercises. Depending on the week’s focus, there will be across-the-floor progression series and practice techniques of that week’s particular hip-hop dance form. Class will always conclude with a combination that incorporates that week’s dance form and other hip-hop dance forms.

Study of painting and sculpture in America in 1945 to the present with background information concerning development of styles and movements in art in the 20th century. Lectures, discussions, slides, gallery and museum visits.

This umbrella course focuses on specific time periods, technological developments and cultural contexts relevant to understanding the development of digital computing technology over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st. This course familiarizes students with the social forces and techno-cultural innovations
that shaped the computing industry. Specific themes may include: personal computing; Cold War computing; computing and globalization; the quantified self; computational aesthetics; artificial intelligence and machine learning; computing and gender.

This course focuses on technological developments and cultural contexts relevant to understanding the development of digital computing technology. The course familiarizes students with the social forces and technocultural innovations that shaped the personal computing industry, and uses primary documents, academic history and critical theory to contextualize and problematize popular frameworks of technological progress and challenge narratives of computing's inevitability.

Photography is an indispensable component of fashion. It is both a persuasive tool for selling clothing and accessories and a record of artistic movements, expressions of beauty, gender and social trends. This course traces the development of fashion photography in relation to contemporary fashion, aesthetic influence, photographic styles and techniques, cultural customs and commercial needs. It begins in the 1920s with the growth of periodicals devoted to fashion and continues through the work of the present day.

This course introduces students to key concepts in history of media and communication, and to the stakes of historical inquiry. Rather than tracing a necessarily selective historical arc from alphabet to Internet or from cave painting to coding, the course is organized around an exploration of case studies in context.

This course introduces students to key concepts in the history of media and communication, and to the stakes of historical inquiry. Rather than tracing a necessarily selective historical arc from alphabet to Internet or from cave painting to coding, the course is organized around an exploration of case studies in context. Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent for Societies and the Social Sciences.

This course examines the vast and rich myth-making power of Hollywood film narratives that influence dominant cultural views of American identity. Students view films that explore problems and promises of American culture and society such as equality, democracy, justice, class, gender, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity. Students analyze films while considering the work of historians, sociologists, film critics, media studies scholars, anthropologists and journalists. Students will screen films outside of class. Assignments include creating a short film that explores the city where myths are both lived out and refuted on a daily basis.

This course provides a laboratory environment where students learn to record, arrange, and produce their own high-quality performance videos using low-cost home equipment and software. The class culminates in each student building a website and internet presence that showcases the content created throughout the course.