Undergraduate Courses

This course allows students who have successfully completed at least one course in photography to use the Steinhardt darkroom. It is a co-requisite for all students who wish to register for independent study projects which require the use of the Steinhardt Photography Lab.

Physical Theatre is the study of physical, vocal & improvisational exercises designed to free the creative imagination & develop performance skills. Through the layering of words, sound & movement, students will hone the essential ingredients & tools of the performer's craft. Focus will be on vocal & movement techniques exploring atmosphere, imagery, gesture, isolation, abstraction,
timing, rhythm, spatial awareness, character development, mime, body graphics, viewpoints, & the theories of Yakim, Delsarte & Laban. The creation of original material will also be studied.

Liberal Arts CORE-satisfies Expressive Cultures requirement for Steinhardt students.

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

Private or group lessons (by examination) in piano, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation. Required attendance at recitals.

Private instruction for all skill levels in the literature & techniques of playing piano. Designed to foster appreciation of music & an interest in piano repertoire, musical interpretation, & music notation.

Emphasizes historical and aesthetic development of piano literature and performance practices in the 18th and 19th centuries. Focusing on works that defined and challenged conventions, students consider the aesthetic
characteristics defining Baroque, Classical, and Romantic styles; distinctive genres; conventions of affect and expression; virtuosity; creative processes of composers and interpreters; and changing attitudes towards concert life. Students participate in class discussions, an annotated discography, classroom presentation, and listening exam.

The emphasis in this class is on the historical and aesthetic analysis of the development of piano literature in the Contemporary period. Compositions for piano that represent atonality, serialism, extended techniques, multimedia and interactive electronic techniques, the influence of jazz and popular music, Darmstadt and the New York School, and Spanish and Latin American music are performed and analyzed in class. Scholarship that examines 'the new complexity', minimalism, and postmodernism is reviewed. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the repertoire in research papers, related written assignments, and listening exams. Student performance in class is required.

This course is required for music majors in piano. The main focus is the development of the specific repertoire as well as working on the related technical problems.

Platforms are instrumental in mediating a wide range of phenomena, including
social interaction, economic transactions, resource access, information circulation, cultural experiences, and more. Their ubiquity in everyday life is documented in concepts of platformization and platform capitalism and an emerging discipline of platform studies. This course explores the metaphors, histories, logics, and materialities of platforms. Through lenses of media studies, political economy, and anthropology, students investigate the implications of platforms in contemporary life.

This course focuses on the essentially communicative aspects of American
government, including the preparation of candidates, the electoral process,
political advertising and public relations. It also includes the use of
strategic communication to influence political agendas, the formation of
public policy, and the process of political debate.

This course focuses on the essentially communicative aspects of American government, including the preparation of candidates, the electoral process, political advertising and public relations. It also includes the use of strategic communication to influence political agendas, the formation of public policy, and the process of political debate.

Introduction to the political economy of education, exploring how education is
shaped by various political and economic forces. Students examine such topics as education finance, labor markets, accountability, school choice, and the internationalization of higher education. Focus on understanding the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the political economy of education. Students explore education as a site of struggle between competing views on the organization of society, the role of the state, and the structure of the economy.

Why do so many high school students apply to study at expensive institutions when there are cheaper alternatives available? Who is able to attend, and who is excluded? Why do college costs keep rising so fast? Shouldn’t college be free? Students explore answers to these kinds of questions in this course. Students explore a range of economic concepts and empirical evidence that speaks to the value of Field available for additional information in footerhigher education for individuals and societies; state and institutional financial aid policies; and university budgets and spending priorities.

Looking at the rhetoric of public relations we examine the principles and assumptions in the process of analyzing the process of political campaigns. Focuses on an analysis of what is reported to the mass media and how the 'gatekeepers,' reporters, editors and producers of news filer the messages. Also, discussion on how public relations participates in the creation of viewpoints that eventually become well established and widely held.

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

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

Private or group lessons (by examination) in pop/Jazz piano, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

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