Courses

Study and performance of chamber music.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A performance class devoted to precise understanding of orchestral excerpts from standard repertoire found on auditions. Students study includes tempo, dynamics, articulation & precision.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A performance class devoted to precise understanding of orchestral excerpts from standard repertoire found on auditions. Students study includes tempo, dynamics, articulation & precision.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

An examination of scale fingerings, arpeggios, bowings, articulations & rhythmic patterns through single scales & double stops.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

An examination of scale fingerings, arpeggios, bowings, articulations and rhythmic patterns through single scales and double stops.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

An integrated seminar for masters students working on independent study projects under the supervision of a faculty member. The seminar focuses on the process of psychological research and its application. Includes discussion of issues, problems, and questions related to field and research experiences. Student's research projects culminate in an individually-produced comprehensive paper or capstone project.

• Department: Applied Psychology

Overview of the health care delivery system and ethical, organizational, economic, and political issues influencing delivery of care which affect occupational therapy practice; includes ethics, advocacy, quality assurance, personnel relations, program development, and management of all aspects of occupational therapy services.

• Department: Occupational Therapy

Improving food access in underserved communities is a key focus of healthy food
policy. Building on the foundation of the core course Food Policy, this course is a deep study of two to three existing food policies. Students will learn how the policies were created, how they were implemented, and the intended goals of the policies. We engage in critical analysis of the consequences.
effectiveness of policies through a careful examination of the peer reviewed research that
assesses whether the intended goals were achieved and whether there were any unintended

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

This course introduces students to the theories and procedures used to provide aural rehabilitation to children and adults who have hearing loss.

• Department: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

The consortium exists to facilitate graduate students taking needed coursework at Hebrew Union College. It is for course-taking only. It does not arrange or sanction dissertation research and/or faculty consultation at member institutions. The consortium provides for cross-registration between institutions.

This course exposes the students to the various issues, trends, research, & practice related to the high school to college transition. There is a social justice framework guiding much of the materials assigned & discussed to expose students to the various realities impacting specific student populations. The materials in this course focus on American educational institutions & trends.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Analysis of the changing role of higher education in a diverse & contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on the mission & role of public & private two-year & four-year colleges in urban settings. Federal & state higher education policies along with recent court decisions are reviewed in relation to their impact on educational access, equity, & pluralism. Recent social & educational systemic initiatives developed to respond to the needs of a growing diverse society are examined.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

This one-semester workshop enables students in the M.A. Higher Education & Student Affairs to launch & complete their capstone project, which consists of a professional philosophy statement & portfolio. The capstone requires students to apply their academic & experiential learning to challenges found in the professional field.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Examines legal problems & issues as they affect the students, faculty, & administrators of colleges & universities. Major topics include liability, contract law, due process, confidentiality of records, search & seizure, and discrimination.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

This course is an introduction to finance and public policy within higher education. The course explores policy bases for financing higher education and examines how public policies affect various constituents in higher education. The primary content includes financial benefits of postsecondary and higher education, federal and state funding for higher education, tuition policies, need- and merit-based financial aid programs, and student access and affordability issues.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Individually designed internship program to meet special needs of masters candidates. Experiences may combine supervised work assignments at metropolitan and overseas universities, colleges, or community colleges with research studies to be completed in connection with such work responsibilities.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Examines ways that hip hop culture, texts, and language exists as valuable resources worthy of serious study in secondary English classrooms. Students will learn to teach English by learning hip hop, learning about hip hop, and learning through hip hop. Group projects focus on grounded investigations in the area of critical literacy, sociolinguistics, and English language arts teaching/learning. Readings will cover divergent voices in contemporary society as students consider ways to integrate such voices into existing language and literacy curriculums, K through college.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

Examines ways that hip hop culture, texts, and language exists as valuable resources worthy of serious study in secondary English classrooms. Students will learn to teach English by learning hip hop, learning about hip hop, and learning through hip hop. Group projects focus on grounded investigations in the area of critical literacy, sociolinguistics, and English language arts teaching/learning. Readings will cover divergent voices in contemporary society as students consider ways to integrate such voices into existing language and literacy curriculums, K through college.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

Exploration of the vernacular & theatrically influenced forms of Hip Hop dance including but not limited to Breaking, Popping, Locking & Krumping & identifying commonalities & differences within the Hip Hop practices. Focusing on the historical & cultural context & its importance to education in the various schools of dance sectors, students will experience pedagogical approaches, along with approaches to technique, improvisation & cognitive content. Classes will be conducted to Hip Hop, house & dance music from the past three decades. Classes will be begin with a set warm-up & follow with stretching & conditioning exercises. Depending on the week’s focus, there will be across-the-floor progression series & practice techniques of that week’s particular hip-hop dance form. Class will always conclude with a combination that incorporates that week’s dance form & other hip-hop dance forms.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Exploration of the vernacular & theatrically influenced forms of Hip Hop dance including but not limited to Breaking, Popping, Locking & Krumping & identifying commonalities & differences within the Hip Hop practices. Focusing on the historical & cultural context & its importance to education in the various schools of dance sectors, students will experience pedagogical approaches, along with approaches to technique, improvisation & cognitive content. Classes will be conducted to Hip Hop, house & dance music from the past three decades. Classes will be begin with a set warm-up & follow with stretching & conditioning exercises. Depending on the week’s focus, there will be across-the-floor progression series & practice techniques of that week’s particular hip-hop dance form. Class will always conclude with a combination that incorporates that week’s dance form & other hip-hop dance forms.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions