Courses

The course provides students with an opportunity to study a topic of interest relevant to social transformation and educational reform in South Africa. The first part covers the practical side of identifying appropriate study topics and sites for their projects. The second part is the actual field based project where students work with/meet/interview those in the setting, culminating in a formal paper on their experiences and what they have learned.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Participation and experience in the professional field of major interest.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

This course focuses on data collection. This includes a focus on gaining access to a field site, selecting a case, matching a research question with a methodology, and the nuts and bolts of taking and writing field notes. The course is designed primarily for doctoral students who would like training in this method for their dissertation work.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

This is the first of two fieldwork II placements where students gain and apply knowledge in a variety of practice settings treating clients and patients across the lifespan. Students participate in supervised full-time practice in various agencies and
institutions. Students are assigned caseloads consisting of patients/clients with whom they are expected to demonstrate progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility as fieldwork advances. Department faculty consult with individual sites to assist in the development of their fieldwork programs and the supervision of our students. Students must show initiative and respond appropriately to supervision. Students must demonstrate ethical professional behavior. Students should demonstrate entry-level skill with the population to whom they have been assigned.

• Department: Occupational Therapy

Supervised fieldwork oriented to the development of skills in occupational therapy evaluation and intervention through observation and practice. Clinical work, seminars, and independent projects.

• Department: Occupational Therapy

Observations, conferences, and apprenticeships in dance in postgraduate, professional studio, community or therapeutic settings.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This graduate-level seminar is primarily intended for doctoral students and reviews the fundamentals of data analysis for qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork projects, specifically focused on the analysis of ethnographic and observational data and the integration of coded data into write-ups in articles, reports, and dissertation/book chapters. Students enrolling in this course must have original data that they have collected during Fieldwork: Data Collection (or, by prior approval of the instructor, for other projects such as dissertations).

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

This course explores the aesthetics and history of music in cinema. Through examination of scenes from seminal films, assigned readings of historical texts, lectures, and class discussion, the course examines the history of cinema from the viewpoint of its music and provides students with the tools to cogently analyze music for cinema. During the class, students learn to apply historical, cultural, and semiotic analytical methods to unfold the cultural and artistic significance of a movie and its music. No prior training in music is required.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This course introduces film history through a broad survey of the medium’s development from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. Students examine the emergence of cinematic form and language, including narrative, editing, sound, genre, and spectatorship, alongside the growth and transformation of film as an industry. The course considers film in the United States and across national, regional, and global contexts, with attention to how cinema has shaped and been shaped by culture, politics, technology, and industry.

• Department: Media, Culture, and Communication

This course culminates the studies in Art Education and is taken in the semester the student plans to graduate. Broadly conceived as visual research, it is a guided individual inquiry into an issue or question that has particular significance to the student's own art making and/or pedagogical practice.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Students complete a thesis project that integrates their acquired theoretical knowledge, clinical intership experience, and applied critical thinking.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

The second course in the thesis sequence (following ARCS-GE 2022), this class is conducted through a series of individual meetings. Beginning with a review of structural requirements, research plans and scheduling, students complete their required thesis papers.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Building on the draft proposal created in ARVA-GE 2299 Research Topic Study, students refine and complete their final project. The course highlights how projects develop over time, helping students achieve mastery in their chosen subjects and improve key time management skills needed for leadership roles in the arts. Through weekly presentations and discussions, students share their progress to encourage thoughtful feedback and deeper reflection, helping them gain a better grasp of both their own ideas and those of others. Students present completed projects at a public showcase hosted by the department.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Review & integration of leading conceptions encountered in the program through critical analysis of major conceptual writings on environmental issues. Formulation & completion of a thesis.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the concepts of financial reporting, the language of business, and its underlying assumptions as applied within the arts administration context. We will discuss the uses and limitations of the financial statements. Procedural aspects of accounting will be discussed in order to enhance your understanding of the content of the financial statements. The emphasis of the class is on using accounting information in the evaluation of business performance and risk in the arts.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

In this course, students explore the place of religion in the 21st century university through an historical lens. Through readings, discussion, and essays, students examine the radically changed place of religion in the American college and university; tensions from the past that are reflected in 21st century higher education (such as perceived tensions between religion and science); and the historical reasons for the development of the role of "college chaplain”.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities

This course provides an introduction to theories and research that support a rich understanding of oral language development and the multiple important roles that oral language plays in providing a foundation for learning to read and write. We will investigate the development of the major domains of oral language (phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and extended discourse) from birth through adolescence, and we will explore oral language development for both monolingual English speakers and children who are learning English as a second language. We will also explore how this deep understanding of oral language development can inform educators" practical decision-making about language instruction.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

This seminar is to provide students with a facilitated experience filled with
information and resources to allow for a successful first year at NYU Steinhardt while building leadership skills for the future. The seminar includes workshops related to college transition, leadership development, enhanced understanding of elements revolving around diversity and inclusion, and community building.

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Theoretical and practical aspects of physical fitness. Students to evaluate, design, and implement fitness and conditioning programs. Health, safety, injury prevention will be discussed. The importance of an active lifestyle, as a health behavior, and the role of physical activity in preventing cardiovascular disease and promoting health and longevity will be discussed.

• Department: Physical Therapy