Undergraduate Courses

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

Students will explore the general development of world theatre and dramatic literature, and become familiar with major movements, styles, theories, and plays from ancient times to the present. Due to the lengthy time span of theatre history covered, this introductory course cannot be all-inclusive, but will focus on pertinent periods of theatre, and select plays that are representative of significant periods that will be studied. Students will also be able to research specific topics in the writing of research papers and group class presentations.

This course provides a practical introduction to urban agriculture. Students will learn horticultural skills while performing tasks at the NYU Urban Farm Lab. They will also learn about the biological processes that these tasks manage & how they fit together in a system. Through visits to other sites around the city, students will be exposed to a wide variety of strategies for practicing horticulture in the urban environment.

This course introduces students to the central themes, issues, & controversies in American education. What is the purpose of “school”? How did schools begin, in the United States, & how have they evolved across time? How do children learn? How are they different from each other, & why & when should that matter? How should we teach them? & how should we structure schools & classrooms to promote learning?

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

Video art has become one of the most widely used media art forms because it allows both the artistic concentration of photography & the free flowing imagery of movement. Students acquire rudimentary skills in shooting & editing while working toward a personal statement in video.

This course is an introduction to the key issues of the field of visual culture, looking at the social role of images & visuality (the structures & power relations of looking, being seen & unseen, & vision in society). It introduces students to some of the foundational aspects of visual culture theory & concepts, in contemporary culture, with particular attention to the US context in relation to the global. This course will introduce some of central themes of visual culture, looking at the history of modern forms of visuality & the history of visual technologies, concepts of spectacle & scale, museums & image collections, image icons, taboo images, & the relationship of images to memory. We will examine how images circulate through digital media, remakes, & viral networks, & the cross-fertilization of images between various social arenas, such as art, advertising, popular culture, comic books, news, science, entertainment media, video games, theme parks, architecture, & design.

In this course students explore the structure and function of the vocal mechanism and begin to develop a teaching philosophy and approach to voice teaching. Students learn practical methods for identifying vocal repertoire that supports the development of voice students at varying stages of ability and experience and gain fundamental skills necessary to teach private voice. Course format provides a forum in which students can discuss their experiences as teachers and students of applied voice.

This course examines contemporary media in (primarily Arab parts of) the Middle East and media about the Middle East, and Islam within the U.S. it analyzes the role played by these media in representing and reproducing the perceived rift between Islam and the West. Readings and media examples focus on the politics of culture, religion, modernity, and national identity as they shape and intersect with contemporary geopolitical events, cultural formations, and media globalization.

This course will include intensive study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the lyrical pronunciation rules for Italian. Students will be required to transliterate song texts into IPA and demonstrate mastery of the diction rules in the performance of assigned repertoire.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in jazz and pop violin, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

An introduction to various methods of jazz arranging and composing with an emphasis on melody, counterpoint and line writing. Students will examine historic jazz music scores & produce their own arrangements.

An extension of MPAJZ-UE 1119 with an emphasis on 3-5 part writing and arrangements for larger ensembles.

Introduction analysis & practice of jazz music.

Analysis of jazz as a dance discipline- introductory level. Includes composition.

This course surveys the history and development of jazz music in America from the mid 1800s to current trends in popular music. Through a historical timeline, student will study jazz music’s range of styles as informed by social, regional, cultural, technological, and political trends. Realizing that all music is a reflection of historical events and the cultures they are informed by, students will analyze the close connection between jazz music and why it is known as America’s true original artform.

An introduction to the techniques used in jazz instrumental improvisation. Performance & analysis of transcribed jazz solos from periods of Early Jazz, Swing & Bebop.

A continuation of MPAJZ-UE 1075 with an emphasis on the melodic, harmonic, & rhythmic aspects of jazz music from the Modal, Free, Fusion and Modern eras (1960-present)

Examination of the melodic, harmonic, and notational resources used in jazz composition, jazz arranging, and jazz performance. Sight-singing, and ear-training activity is correlated with theoretical study.

Examination of the melodic, harmonic, and notational resources used in jazz composition, jazz arranging, and jazz performance. Sight-singing, and ear-training activity is correlated with theoretical study.

In 2010, WikiLeaks, in a partnership with some of the most important news publications, began releasing thousands of classified diplomatic cables sent between the U.S. State Department and consulates and embassies around the world. Three years later, Edward Snowden leaked top secret information about surveillance activities by the NSA. More recently, the Panama Papers became the biggest data leak in the history of journalism. These events signal the beginning of the big leak era, which this course will focus on. We will analyze the role of media concentration and technological innovation as twin driving forces in the inception of this big leak era over recent years. We will study the consequences of these changes at three different levels: (i) the legal consequences for whistleblowers; (ii) the resulting birth of global networks and partnerships that expose technical, cultural and economic limitations in the traditional media; and (iii) the geopolitical implications, as a breach in one government ́s security apparatus is a victory for that government ́s opponents. Finally, we will confront one larger question: whether the big leak era means that transparency will (could?) replace fairness as journalism ́s main paradigm.
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