Courses

Covers assessment and evaluation of students with disabilities across school settings, includes referral processes with family and child-study teams. Addresses use and development of formal and informal assessment tools; and testing, modification, and accommodation strategies. Knowledge/skill development focus on collection and interpretation of student-level data for curricular and instructional decision-making. Disproportionality and historical testing biases, tiered approaches and team-based models of problem solving also addressed.

This course provides students with a foundation in assessment in drama therapy and psychodrama. Assessment in this context includes the use of all forms of dramatic media such as improvisation, role-playing, storytelling, masks and puppets to gain knowledge and understanding of the people who drama therapists work with in order to write and facilitate a treatment or program plan in clinical and community settings.

Introduction to informal and formal assessment procedures currently used in schools. Includes classroom observation, interviewing, and psycho-educational tests. Integration of information pertinent to educational performance will be highlighted, interpretation of various school-related tests will be emphasized, and school records and background information will be incorporated. Assessment practices employed in the determination of special education classification are highlighted. Students are encouraged to take this course concurrently with their fieldwork or practicum.

This intensive course is designed for graduate students, and junior and senior high school teachers who want to learn strategies for assessing student achievement in drama work. Participants will review the principles, approaches, and current trends in assessment and will learn to assess student program in dramatic work by designing effective rubrics. Participants should be prepared to complete a short reading assignment, participate in drama work and writing exercises, and, after the course is complete, prepare an assessment model based on a curriculum unit of their choice.

Students explore a range of assistive technology (AT) applications for school children with both high and low incidence disabilities impacting learning, physical access, cognition, and communication. This course emphasizes the integration of AT into effective instructional and therapeutic practices that improve learning and participation outcomes and is grounded in theory. Students review research on best practices for assessments and implementation of tech-based solutions. They explore the actual tools that provide access to learners.

Focus on particular subjects or techniques allows students to broaden the range of their skills and expression. Projects are chosen as a result of both faculty and student interest.

In today’s society, the need for diversity, equity, access, and inclusion in the workplace has significantly increased. This course empowers students to become dynamic leaders in the development and implementation of this process. Students explore the fundamental tools of audience development and community engagement and develop an understanding of the challenges and opportunities of building diverse audiences and organizations through visiting multicultural arts centers and meeting with leaders of community arts organizations.

Investigates the processes of art galleries and museums employ to expand visitorship, membership, attendance and support. The course will examine professional practices in constituency identification and analyze audience members' values and lifestyles as they pertain to consumer and visitor decision making. Students will study the methods used in preparing creative marketing strategies, visitor surveys and membership drives. Through practical review of audience needs assessments, the course will prepare students to create programs, expand audience and meet community interests.

This course explores audio implementation and scripting/programming for interactive environments with an emphasis on gaming and the specific requirements and demands of this medium. Using code, visual scripting tools and professional level designer software, students will construct dynamic virtual environments, build interactive prototypes of complex audio objects, and learn techniques of interactive mixing for games and immersive environments. A hands-on approach will be used and students are encouraged to experiment with the tools and techniques discussed in class in new and creative ways. The course is taught using powerful tools, software and techniques in use throughout the gaming industry.

This advanced course focuses on the technical development, production, and delivery of audio and multimedia content for the Internet using industry-standard tools and technologies. Topics include web dynamic applications, audio formats, internet protocols, audio compression, broadcasting and podcasting.

An introduction to the concepts and applications of audio production for video, television and film. Current production techniques frequently used in the post-production industry will be explored with special emphasis on synchronization and the interfacing of SMPTE time code, and multi-track audio-sweetening techniques including music editing, sound effects design, foley, and dialog replacement.

A continuation of E85.2620. This is an advanced detailed study of the audio-visual production and post-production process including digital recording techniques with special emphasis on synchronization and the interfacing of SMPTE time code. Multi-track audio-sweetening techniques including music editing, sound effects design, foley and playback will be discussed, as well as other issues that concern stare-of-the-art post-production.

An exploration of advanced techniques in professional mastering and compact disc preparation with an emphasis on Sonic Solution's Digital Audio Workstation. In addition to hands-on experience, students receive extensive training in digital signal processing and audio editing.

This course gives an introduction to the perceptual and signal processing elements from which digital audio codecs are built including the human auditory system, hearing acuity, modeling of noise masking in human hearing and sound localization in space. These principles ​are​ illustrated by investigating several MPEG audio coding formats and current music and video streaming architectures.

Principles and techniques of audiologic evaluation and management of hearing impaired infants and children. Both personal and assistive amplification listening systems are covered. Speech reading and auditory training techniques. Educational and communicative options for children of different ages with different types and degrees of hearing loss. The cochlear implant: implications for rehabilitation and education of profoundly hearing-impaired children are included.

A performance class geared towards students who are taking auditions for graduate school. Included in the class are two recording sessions to make pre-screen recordings. Readings will include studies on proper breathing and stage presence. The class includes mock audition sessions.

A performance class geared towards students who are taking auditions. Included in the class are two recording sessions to make pre-screen recordings. Readings will include studies on proper breathing and stage presence. The class includes mock audition sessions.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of communicative approaches for individuals who are nonverbal or who have severe communications disorders. Special techniques and equipment are employed to allow these individuals to communicate effectively. A thorough examination of assessment and therapeutic process is presented, with emphasis on communication disorders secondary to congenital/acquired cognitive and motor impairments.

In Aural Comprehension IV the students will continue their exploration of the main elements of music - melody, harmony, rhythm, and form - through active listening, sight-singing, and dictation. Course activities are correlated with materials from Music Theory IV. The tonal material will remain a part of our exercises, but we will work with elements of atonal music and complex rhythms too. Besides regular sight singing, prepared singing, dictations and transcriptions of recorded music we will also listen to orchestral instrumentation, identify musical forms from listening to recordings, try to hear overtones, micro-intervals, improvise second voice to a song and write and sing a short piece of music.

Aural Comprehension III is a one-credit course, building on the foundations you have created in AC I and II. The two weekly class sessions will be devoted to group work in sight-singing and dictation: melodic, rhythmic and harmonic -- and in listening to longer segments of work to sharpen your perception of musical form. You will be expected to keep up a regular practice of these skills outside of class. In addition, we will arrange tutorials (at least three per semester) for individual work and assessment.

The musical materials of AC III will be taken mostly from 19th-century sources,
reinforcing your work in Music Theory and Music History III. We will also work with more chromatic music of the 18th century, as well as jazz, popular music and relevant world cultures.