Undergraduate Courses

This course explores the metamorphosis of the US into not just a country of immigrants, but a country of intense nativism, suspicion and hostility to outsiders of certain stripes. We highlight how stakeholders in the American political project have used means both democratic and supra-democratic to impact the question of who can and cannot enter the country, pushing on one end to erect sturdier barriers to entry and on the other, to welcome migrants with more open arms.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

This course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of brain & behavior relationships by studying the neurological bases of motor & sensory function, speech & language production, language comprehension, hearing, swallowing, & cognition. Development of the nervous system, the action potential, central & peripheral nervous system anatomy & physiology, & related pathological conditions are discussed.

• Department: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology underlying occupational therapy theory and practice. A foundation in neuroscience to facilitate understanding human performance as the culmination of the influences of multiple systems.

• Department: Occupational Therapy

A practice-based, research-intensive course that explores emerging practices and trends in media with particular emphasis on interactive and immersive arts and technologies and their intersections with social and political movements. Students engage in a semester-long participatory project following the studio model.

• Department: Media, Culture, and Communication

Not Available.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A one credit, seven week overview of the development of music & culture in New Orleans. Through listening examples, historical & fictional accounts, students will experience the development of jazz. From the earliest manifestations of Creole culture to the unique development of jazz as we know if, the course will trace this phenomenon through readings, written & brief oral assignments linked to specific historical figures. By the end of the course the students will have a clear understanding of the unique circumstances & events that led to the development of jazz music as we know if today.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Required of all new full-time undergraduate students during their first term in residence. It acquaints students with the rationale & methods of inquiry that inform their fields of study; explores professional issues; & provides additional orientation & guidelines to the school & university.

Required of all new full-time undergraduate students during their first term in residence. It acquaints students with the rationale & methods of inquiry that inform their fields of study; explores professional issues; & provides additional orientation & guidelines to the school & university.

A three-week intensive workshop during which students explore the techniques of music theatre performance from the perspective of an actor, singer, and dancer. The workshop employs both group and individual instruction, and activities include dance classes, choreography and musical staging rehearsals, acting and song analysis classes, private song coachings, and a series of master classes on subjects related to the field. The workshop culminates with a showcase presentation in which students perform the material they have been working on in class.

Introduction to nutrition science and its role in health and society: nutrient characteristics, requirements, and food sources, energy balance, weight control, dietary guides and food planning, and social and economic factors that affect food production and consumption.

Liberal Arts CORE equivalent – satisfies the requirement for Natural Sciences for Steinhardt students (non-majors on an individual department basis-students should confirm with their Academic Advisor)

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies
• Liberal Arts Core: Natural Science

Analysis and application of the physiological, biological, and biochemical basis for differences in nutritional requirements throughout the principle stages of the life cycle - pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older adulthood - and the ways in which social and environmental factors influence nutritional status at each stage.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

Analysis and application of the physiological, biological, and biochemical basis for differences in nutritional requirements throughout the principle stages of the life cycle - pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older adulthood - and the ways in which social and environmental factors influence nutritional status at each stage.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

This course provides a comprehensive and integrative examination of biochemistry, physiology and nutrition with a focus on the intermediate metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. We also explore current intake recommendations, excess and deficiency states, and relevant disease states and associated biomarkers related to macronutrients.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

This course builds on previous knowledge in physiology, biology, biochemistry and
nutrition, especially macronutrient metabolism. Provides a comprehensive examination of the functions, integrated metabolism, biochemistry, and cellular biology of vitamins and minerals. We also explore micronutrient deficiencies and toxicities, current recommendations, and relevant disease states and associated biomarkers.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

Study and performance of chamber music

Study and performance of chamber music.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Study and performance of chamber music.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Study and performance of chamber music.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Study and performance of chamber music.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

For course description, SEE: E85.2085

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions