Courses

Focuses on understanding people in their social contexts; integrates social action and psychological research in culturally diverse contexts; introduces community psychology and perspectives on intervention and social change; and considers how contexts are powerful in shaping a human behavior.

Explores the politics of civil conflict, peace-building, and the role of education in promising violence or peace. Explores the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non governmental organizations), local actors (civil society associations, nationalist and ideological state factions), and their influence on education systems during was and emerging peace. Readings and discussion will focus on humanitarian action, human rights and development, nationalism and ethnic conflict, the political economy of post-conflict education, and the politics of promoting education in early reconstruction and peace-building. Case studies will include Afghanistan, Colombia, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, and West Bank/Gaze, but students will be encouraged to explore cases of their choosing.

Review and analysis of the cultural context, rationale for, and applications of complementary and alternative nutritional therapies for acute and chronic conditions. The course emphasizes critical evaluation of scientific and other evidence for safety and clinical efficacy of products and methods, and of library, internet, and popular resources on this topic.

NYU Composers Ensemble is an opportunity for composition majors to gain performance and recording experience through workshopping new, evolving compositions with live musicians. Members of the ensemble compose and perform in the group. All acoustic instruments and vocal types are welcome, as are electronic and software-based composers/performers.There is a public, recorded performance and recording session for each student's compositions in the Dolan Studio.

Students attend weekly presentations from composers, and concerts. Composer guests introduce students to their aesthetic world by discussing, analyzing, and playing recordings of some of their most relevant works. Students have the opportunity to network with a diverse range of visiting composers, which helps them create contacts for their professional development. Some of the classes include attending concerts in which works from living composers are featured, including NYU students and faculty.

Students attend weekly presentations from composers, and concerts. Composer guests introduce the students to their aesthetic world by discussing, analyzing, and playing recordings of some of their most relevant works. Students will have the opportunity to network with a diverse range of visiting composers, which will help them to create contacts for their professional development. Some of the classes include attending concerts in which works from living composers are featured, including NYU students and faculty.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

Addressing the matrix of directorial vision and visual, narrative, and dramatic world of a film, this course will examine a broad range of musical approaches and those requirements necessary for composing music for film and multimedia. Cultural, cinematic, and musical codes will be discussed and critiqued through critical analyses of seminar scores, scoring assignments, and collaborative director/composer interactions.

Composition in all forms and styles including electronic. Electronic laboratory by assignment.

Composition in all forms and styles including electronic. Electronic laboratory by assignment.

This course, taught in small groups of students, serves to polish and develop composing skills in an environment that stimulates discussion. During the small group discussions, students present some of their work, which is critiqued by the instructor and the other students in the group. Through this process of critique and discussion, students refine their composition skills and techniques.

Composition in all forms and styles including electronic. Electronic laboratory by assignment.

Introduction for teachers, composers, and performers to explore potentials of computer music synthesis. Basic concepts of music synthesis presented through the use of a microcomputer, keyboard, and appropriate software. System may be used as a real-time performance instrument or as a studio composition instrument. Educators may explore potentials for classroom application.

Technology-based methods for transcription and analysis of language samples in the assessment of communication disorders. How the analysis of language samples collected during spontaneous speech production plays an important part in the assessment of such disorders and provides a key feature of research involving this population. Students will video-record an interaction between two speakers, learn to use digitized image and sound for transcription of language samples, and use a computerized method (the SALT program) for analyzing language samples collected during spontaneous speech.

Course emphasizes concert promotion and facilities management. Content to include large venues and club outlets, box office and crowd management, labor relations, production techniques (i.e. sets, lights, sound, costumes, etc.), special events, tour planning and coordination, contracts and riders. Case histories to display investment capital pursuits, administration/staffing, market identification, objectives, sequencing and strategies, budgeting, and break-even from an entrepreneurial perspective.

Introduction to the concert business: contracts; the relationship between promoters, managers, and agents; marketing and ticket sales; how the concert business relates to other segments of the music industry.

This course prepares students to participate in NYU Steinhardt's Fall Dance Concert. Explore dance production from an educational perspective, with a focus on using a professional concert model as a basis for creating productions in a variety of settings. Guest lectures in lighting and stage management as well as required elements for participation as a choreographer for the concert.

This course guides and supports students as they develop their choreographic work for NYU Steinhardt's Fall Dance Concert. Creates an open dialogue among choreographers to develop their skills in processing feedback and evaluating their own work. Students work in committees to co-produce aspects of the concert including publicity and press, documentation and reception, and programming and scheduling. Students share works in progress informally in class, semi-formally at faculty/staff showing, and formally onstage in the Loewe Theatre.

Introduction to the concepts of live concert recording. Microphone selection, characteristics and placement as well as acoustic problems encountered in concert halls will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to apply the lecture material by recording undergraduate rehearsals and recitals.

Introduction to the concepts of the live concert recording. Microphone selection, characteristics, and placement, as well as the acoustic problems encountered in concert halls will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to apply the lecture material by recording undergraduate rehearsals and recitals.