Courses

NYU students will learn traditional Israeli customs, traditions and lifestyles relative to health and disability. Students will learn about the arts and culture of Israel. We will study the practices of the region and compare them with the practices and impact of disability in the U.S..

• Department: Occupational Therapy

Explores the implications and meaning of having a disability in global contexts by
introducing students to experts’ voices, especially disabled activists, as they seek to advance disability
justice and inclusion and demand systemic change in spheres of influence including education, politics,
healthcare, the arts, culture, social welfare, and everyday life. Examines how public (government) and
private (outside of the government) policies and practices in these sectors affect the inclusion of persons
with disabilities. Students explore and identify how international trends in disability and inclusion, local
cultural beliefs, and biases influence inclusion.

• Department: Occupational Therapy

Uses a diversity lens to examine theories, practices, and policies relative to disability, equity, and culture. Explores educators’ development of culturally responsive special education through reflective practices, teaching philosophy, and school resources and curriculum. Course content also includes classroom-based practices including individualized curriculum development, instructional planning, and assessment for diverse learners. Teachers’ professionalism and advocacy for students with disabilities and their families are also addressed.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

This course examines the significance of technology to the definition and experience of disability; the relationship between disability and new media; the politics of representation; and debates between disability studies and media studies. Topics include biomedical technology; “assistive technology”; cyborgs and prostheses as fact and metaphor; inclusive architecture and design; visual rhetorics of disability in film and photography; staring and other practices of looking; medical and counter-medical performance; media advocacy, tactical media, and direct action.

• Department: Media, Culture, and Communication

This course offers a survey of discourse analytic approaches to research in education and related areas of inquiry. Considers discourse analysis through interdisciplinary lenses and various disciplinary traditions. Designed as a research methods course for doctoral students in social sciences such as education, human development, art performances, media, and culture, it engages students in learning about and practicing discourse analytic approaches to explore important questions in their respective discipline at the intersections of language, discourse, and power.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

This course offers a survey of discourse analytic approaches to research in
education and related areas of inquiry. Considers discourse analysis through interdisciplinary lenses and various disciplinary traditions. Designed as a research methods course for doctoral students in social sciences such as education, human development, art performances, media, and culture, it engages students in learning about and practicing discourse analytic approaches to explore important questions in their respective discipline at the intersections of language, discourse, and power.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

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The formulation of doctoral research problems in culture and communication. Planning of relevant methodology; criticism of work in progress.

• Department: Media, Culture, and Communication

This seminar is open to all Ph.D. students in Steinhardt. It focuses on conceptualizing and developing the doctoral dissertation proposal. Emphasis is on understanding and defining the elements of a proposal, including the research question(s), conceptual/theoretical framework, literature review, and design and methodology. Issues around research ethics and IRB compliance are also addressed.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

Emphasis on techniques for searching, analyzing, and evaluating theoretical, empirical, and methodological literature in the student's area of interest. Consideration of various forms of inquiry, their functions, and the nature of problems addressed by each. Student's prepare a written critique that synthesizes the state of knowledge and defines problem (s) for study.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

The submission of the dissertation proposal is governed by the school-wide policies and procedures. Students must have fulfilled all conditions set by the School for filing proposals.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Evaluation and development of research proposals by doctoral students.

• Department: Applied Psychology

This seminar facilitates the design and critical review of proposed doctoral research. Serves an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research. Course credit is granted only upon completion of a doctoral research proposal.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Facilitate the design and critical review of proposed doctoral research for students who have completed a literature review and identified a prospective dissertation chair. Serves an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

The course will explore the technology used in the collaborative process in performing arts in a context of creating interactive performances distributed between multiple sites, using the Internet2. Students examine audio and video technology, improvisation, scheduling tools and other factors that must be addressed in creating and implementing distributed performances using
synchronous and asynchronous communication, performance, and roduction media, to establish online performances. May be repeated for credit.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This course provides an overview of the psychological & neurological consequences of exposure to profound trauma, & the corresponding clinical & countertransferential implications for art therapists

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Examines current issues & research relating to participation & success of students & faculty from different backgrounds in U.S. higher education. Emphasis is on the interplay between ethnicity & institutional, societal, governmental, & personal influences on participation & retention of students & faculty. Considers the extent to which efforts by institutions & governments have been successful in encouraging access & retention in various levels & types of institutions.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Investigates issues and research in the linguistic theory to educational problems. Distinguishes between traditional (common sense) and progressive (uncommon sense) approaches to such issues as language and gender, language and learning, literacy as a sociocultural phenomenon.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

The formulation of doctoral research strategies in educational theatre. Planning of relevant methodology; evaluation of research problems in progress.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Students explore ideas through discussion, library research, and other means for the purpose of selecting topics for their projects or proposals. Individual presentations are scheduled and students obtain feedback from the instructor and the other students. Topics involving research, such as human subjects protection requirements, appropriate statistical procedures, instrumentation, proper writing style and scholarly referencing, or database search techniques and library usage are covered as needed. After completion of the 3 required credits students are expected to attend weekly meetings until the completion of the proposal.

• Department: Communicative Sciences and Disorders