Undergraduate Courses

Beginning & traditional techniques for jewelry & metalsmithing. Through demonstrations & practice, students create individual projects in a variety of materials. Discussions & assignments consider preconceived notions about jewelry as well as structural design problems.

Principally for nondance majors. Introduction to modern dance, including analysis of movement in dance technique and improvisation.

An examination of the ways in which culture and context shape counselor and client identities and their cross-cultural encounters. Topics include individual identities and systems of societal privilege and oppression associated with gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, disabilities, class, religion, and other forms of cultural influences. The course also focuses on effective strategies for navigating cross-cultural relationships in helping professions.

An examination of the ways in which culture and context shape counselor and client identities and their cross-cultural encounters. Topics include individual identities and systems of societal privilege and oppression
associated with gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, disabilities, class, religion, and other forms of cultural influences. The course also focuses on effective strategies for navigating cross-cultural relationships in
helping professions.

Basic technical & conceptual principles of painting through in-the-studio practice. The relationship between form & content (technique & concept) is informed by art history & theory. Therefore, such processes as palette orientation, paint manipulation, & canvas preparation are determined by their appropriate use according to chosen time.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations through in-the-studio-practices for the more advanced painting student. The relationship between form & content (technique & concept) is informed by art history & theory. Such processes as palette orientation, paint manipulation, & canvas preparation are discussed as well as contemporary painting practices. Individual & group critiques support studio activities.

How can we explain the many violent conflicts around the world today? What is the lived experience of people in conflict-affected contexts? What can international and local actors do to build peace? These are just some of the many questions that undergraduate students will tackle in this introduction to peace and conflict studies. Students will become familiar with theoretical perspectives, real-world examples, and analytical skills to better understand, critically evaluate, and respond to contemporary issues related to peace and conflict.

This course is an introduction to the concepts and techniques used to manage
performing arts organizations. Subjects include organizational structure, trustee/staff relations, marketing, audience building, fund-raising, human resources, community engagement, performance measurement, leadership, strategic planning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through readings, class discussion, case exercises, and engaging with professional arts managers, students will acquire an understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing performing arts managers.

Consideration of the major theories of personality. The work of various theorists is discussed as it relates to personality development through the life span.

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

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced photography student. Further exploration of the use of photography as a medium of documentation & expression. Assignments & critiques enhance the development of individual work while developing photographic skills & techniques. Students provide their own camera & paper. Enlargers & photographic chemicals are provided in class.

Introduction to the use of photography as a medium of documentation and expression. Assignments and critiques enhance the development of individual work while developing photographic skills and techniques. Students provide their own cameras. Enlargers and photographic chemicals are provided in class.

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations in an intensive survey course for the more advanced printmaking student covering a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, monotype, woodcut, and silkscreen. many new and innovative printmaking media and techniques will be introduced throughout the semester. Demonstrations and lectures. Aesthetic and historical concerns addressed throughout the course.

An intensive survey course covering a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, monotype, woodcut, & silkscreen. many new & innovative printmaking media & techniques will be introduced throughout the semester. Demonstrations & lectures. Aesthetic & historical concerns addressed throughout the course.

Introduction to the fundamental principles of psychology, emphasizing both the unity & the diversity of a field that spans major theoretical & research areas, including biological bases of human behavior, learning, development, motivation, & social and abnormal behavior. Links between theory & classic as well as contemporary research are a recurrent theme.

Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Society & the Social Sciences

Introduction to the rendering of the three-dimensional world in sculpture. The class moves through a variety of different materials using simple techniques such as woodcutting, plastering, welding, & sewing.

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations for the more advanced sculpture student covering the rendering of the three-dimensional world in sculpture. The class moves through a variety of different materials using simple techniques such as woodcutting, plastering, welding, and sewing.

This course provides an overview of the essentials of songwriting and record production, with a focus on contemporary popular genres. Through the study of the fundamentals of critical listening, functional harmony, songwriting methods, song structure, and production technology, such as digital audio workstations (DAWS), drum machines, and synthesizers, students will build the foundational knowledge necessary to pursue a concentration in songwriting and production. Through weekly listening to both historical and contemporary popular songs and records, students will develop a familiarity with and an understanding of the tools employed in the repertoire of a broad set of genres.

This course helps students develop a broad understanding of categories of speech and language delay/disorder including autism spectrum disorder, specific language impairment, language learning disabilities, hearing impairment, speech sound disorder, motor speech impairment and craniofacial anomalies. Topics include basic principles of assessment and intervention and the role of the speech language pathologist.

Survey a broad spectrum of visual art resources through guided lecture-tour visits to current exhibitions at leading museums, galleries and alternative art spaces located throughout New York City. Onsite meetings with art administrators affiliated with various organizations shed light on a wide range of career and management issues pertaining to the field and add to an understanding of the development and continued growth of New York's exciting art world.

Play and audience analysis, directing methods, production techniques. Each student plans a complete children's theatre production. Laboratory experience recommended.