Undergraduate Courses

This course focuses on theories, methods, strategies, and available materials in the teaching of school subjects (e.g. mathematics, science, social studies) to second language learners and in developing language proficiency through the learning of content. Included are 15 hours of field experience.

Developing the skills of classroom planning, management, & implementation for effective instructional practices in grades 7-12. Topics include lesson plan development & implementation, different models of teaching, assessing student understanding & the use of instructional technology. Students also visit schools, observe teachers in the classroom & use these observations as the basis for discussions of effective teaching practice. This course requires a field component where students are involved in tutoring & microteaching.

Increasingly, students with a variety of disabilities are remaining in the general education classroom. This course is designed for non-special education majors and those from related service areas who recognize the need to understand the issues and possibilities for working successfully with these students. Sample topics include: current legislation, availability of resources and related services, parenting issues and instructional strategies.

Foundational course that explores the connections among research, theory, and practice in teaching second/world languages. Students explore guiding principles and methodology in approaches to the teaching of language; how additional and world languages are learned, taught, and assessed in different contexts; and theories and practices related to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar in a meaning-based, communicative, and contextual framework. Students develop skills in motivation, teacher-student interaction, and classroom management.

Introduction to foods from various nationality groups through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on food preparation, and field trips.

A critical examination of music formats, i.e. the ways fans have experienced
recorded music, from the first phonographs through streaming and artificial intelligence. We review and analyze the ways in which innovative technologies disrupt the music industry by enabling new formats to dominate the market and the subsequent impacts on artists, fans, distribution, business models, and copyright law. This course provides an analytical framework that provides insights about the music industry going forward as well as other industries impacted by technological disruptions.

This course offers students the opportunity to discuss trends in technology and learn about the changing nature of work. Students explore the accelerating rate of technological development by doing independent research on forthcoming innovations and sharing their discoveries through class presentations and Socratic discussions. Students analyze how we view work as a society, what work means to us as individuals, and explore possible solutions to mass unemployment and automation. Guest speakers join us for class discussions and all classes are recorded and shared.

An exploration of television as a medium of information, conveyor and creator of culture and a form of aesthetic expression. Course examines the historical development of television as both a cultural product and industry.

An exploration of television as a medium of information, conveyor and creator of culture and a form of aesthetic expression. Course examines the historical development of television as both a cultural product and industry.

Students in the Steinhardt School of Education and the School of Nursing are required to take this course. The course builds on Writing the Essay (EXPOS-UA 1) and provides advanced instruction in analyzing and interpreting written texts from a variety of academic disciplines, using written texts as evidence, developing ideas, and writing persuasive essays. It stresses analysis, inductive reasoning, reflection, revision, and collaborative learning. The course is tailored for students in the Schools of Education and Nursing so that readings and essay writing focus on issues that are pertinent to those disciplines.

Detailed examination of the business models and economic traits in a variety of media industries including film and television, cable and satellite, book and magazine publishing, gaming and the Internet. Emphasis on historical trends and current strategies in both domestic and global markets.

This course examines the economics, marketing, content development process,
consumption patterns, merger & acquisition activity, core companies, technological innovation, and trends driving the podcast industry. Through workshops, discussions, readings, research reports, social media and guest speakers, students gain a deep understanding of the business while learning essential fundamentals that will benefit them within any facet of podcasting and other forms of linear audio storytelling.

Experiential course providing an overview of counseling techniques, focusing on the interview as an interactional process.

This course is for students who intend to seek employment in the media industry. Its focus is the modern history of those industries -- film, TV, radio, newspapers, music, magazines, book publishing -- with special emphasis on the pressures that affect them now. Student are required to do extensive background reading, and we will hear from various professionals with long experience in the industries under consideration.

Critical examinations of the ways that cultures have shaped major theoretical perspectives, diagnoses, & practices in psychology. Various perspectives that consider race/ethnicity, gender, social class, & language use, are explored.

This course examines how economic principles are applied in government regulation of the music industry. Production, distribution and consumption of recorded music in the U.S. are affected by copyright laws, licensing statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions. Students examine the forces and principles of economics, including the power to establish royalties paid by streaming and other services to the owners of musical copyrights, and how they’re applied (or misapplied!) when the government implements regulatory requirements established by Congress.

This course explores the music industry to examine how popular music influences global social, cultural and technological trends. Through multimedia presentations, readings, debates and interactions with artists and tastemakers, students explore the relevance of popular music as an expressive culture and the role of New York and London as gateways to music genres from around the world. The course provides a historical overview of contemporary popular music and a critical evaluation of the music industry as catalyzer for self-expression, tradition and media stardom.

Explores international perspectives on the recording, publishing, streaming, live performance, and broader music markets beyond the United States, grounded in contemporary theories of globalization, hybridization and “soft power”. Topics include the roles of firms, creators and states in different types of music and media networks and economies; global and local music business related institutions and governance models from regions to countries to cities; and targeted examinations of specific developed and emerging national and diasporic markets around the world.

The study of the intersection of key philosophical and ethical systems with the analysis of performing art works and the music industry. Students learn an “Eclectic Method” of analysis to holistically explore and study works of art from cultures from around the world while studying ethical complexities and analytical systems in relation to the performing arts industries.

This seminar develops themes addressed in “MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture.” The course expands and deepen understanding of core Freudian and post-Freudian concepts via texts by Melanie Klein, W.R. Bion, Jacques Lacan, Jean Laplanche, and others. These texts will be considered alongside a series of media-cultural artifacts selected for study by seminar participants.