Undergraduate Courses

This course provides students with background on the historical & sociological foundation of education in the United States. It examines the role that education has played in advancing civil & human rights I it explores the ways in which education continues to be implicated in the maintenance of social inequality in American society. Through readings, lectures, films & class debates, students will gain an understanding of some of the most complex & controversial issues confronting education today including: affirmative action, Bi-Lingual Education, Special Education, the achievement gap, school choice & vouchers, & the role of race & culture in student achievement.

Fluency in grammar and syntax are initiated. Basic vocabulary and conversations are developed. Deaf history and social community are studied. Fundamental receptive and signing skills are taught in a visual-manual method. No spoken English.

Builds upon basic fluency by continuing deeper vocabulary development. Intermediate grammar rules and conversational Deaf Culture memes and disability in history are related. Expressive signing development concentrates on speed, clarity and smoothness. Receptive development emphasizes a quicker pace. Taught in a visual-manual method using no spoken English.

More advanced fluency is developed through storytelling, active conversations, and classifiers. Receptive skills are emphasized in pairs, as is signing at “Deaf Signing” speed. Accuracy in signs formation and detail in description help expand linguistic understanding and comprehension. Taught in a visual-manual method using no spoken English.

Advanced fluency is required, including Deaf Cultural Awareness, and other social, and political presentations that construct, and form, the language. Descriptions, storytelling, and group conversations are expressed at high levels. Aesthetic of the language in context is researched and discussed. Taught in a visual-manual method using no spoken English.

Advanced fluency beyond the classroom focuses on sophisticated grammar, complex semantics, and intricate syntax. Conversation is produced at normal rates. Language lives beyond the mind, and in its application, and relevance, in work settings, social services, and the Arts, consistency in propagation is valued. Taught in a visual-manual method using no spoken English.

Through the lenses of power, resistance, and identity, this course provides an introduction to American social movements from the 1950s to the present. Drawing from history, sociology, and politics, it examines a range of social movements, including: civil rights and Black Power, second and third wave feminism, gay and lesbian liberation and LGBT movements, and Right-wing mobilization. The course also examines the question of how social activism on both the political Left and Right has changed over the past fifty years.
Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Society and Social Sciences.

An introduction to Analog Electronic theory including solid-state devices. Ohm’s Law & related measurement techniques will be explored. Students must enroll in a Lab section to apply hands-on experience in basic circuit design & measurement.

Hands-on lab accompanying Analog Electronics. Lab sessions will contain hands-on experience with analog audio circuitry. The course culminates with a student developed final project.

The physical aspects of sound, analog recording technology & studio production techniques are explained & demonstrated. Lecture topics include microphones, stereo recording, analog consoles, multi-track tape recording, equalization, compression, reverberation & mixing. Studio lab assignments are performed outside of class reinforcing weekly lecture topics

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Using a medical model perspective, this course is designed to help students develop a working knowledge of the structures (anatomy) & functions (physiology) of the speech, swallow, & hearing mechanisms across the lifespan that disrupt communication & swallowing. Anatomy & physiology of the nervous system, subsystems for speech (respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance), hearing, & deglutition are discussed. A detailed study of normal structure and function is requisite for the identification of speech & swallowing disorders.

The Scholars Seminar is the centerpiece of the AnBryce Program during the four year program. The yearlong seminar is organized to showcase the values and goals of the AnBryce Foundation. Grading is pass/fail. Scholars are expected to complete assignments and actively participate in all aspects of the Scholars Program.

A continuation of MPATE-UE 1010. This is an advanced & detailed study of the audio-visual production & post-production process including digital recording techniques, with special emphasis on synchronization & the interfacing of SMPTE time code. Sound design, advanced Foley topics, * creative workflow in audio post production will also be discussed.

Hands-on studio course with an emphasis on ear training to increase understanding of different technical & artistic practices in the recording studio. Students will explore use of microphone placement techniques, balancing natural & artificial acoustics as well as dynamic audio effects & filters.

This course focuses on the social effects of applied theatre in community, vocational & educational settings. Informed by the work of Paulo Freire as well as other critical theorists & arts activists, like Augusto Boal, Bertolt Brecht, bell hooks, & Tony Kushner, students will explore projects which have a social justice & human rights agenda.

This class reads architecture and the built environment through the lenses of media, communication, and culture, departing from the proposition that spaces communicate meaningfully and are in conversation with the social. From Gothic cathedrals to suburban shopping malls to homes, factories, skyscrapers and digital cities, students acquire a vocabulary for relating representations and practices, symbols and structures, and for identifying the ideological and aesthetic positions that produce settings for everyday life.

An examination of the art of debate using current issues of public policy and social justice. Students will learn the skills of critical thinking, evidence evaluation and persuasion. Hours are arranged for fieldwork and student evaluation.

The contemporary art world is a convoluted interplay of aesthetics & economics; ego & idealism. How can an emerging artist navigate its layers & idiosyncrasies? Through readings of theory & criticism, lectures, discussions, site visits, guest speakers, & student responses in the form of multimedia projects and art writing, this course explores contemporary art’s mechanisms & current discourse, always keeping Berlin’s local context in mind.

Discussions of feminist art often assume a relatively narrow, Western horizon. This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary overview of feminism and art in a global context. Using arguments deriving from feminist theory, art history, and aesthetic theory, we will undertake a critical inquiry into ways in which gender, geography, and power inform art production, and will explore alternatives to dominant cultural narratives and aesthetics.