Courses

Multichannel Media Installation & Performance is a course designed for composers & artists who want to work in a performance or installation context with immersive sound & image technology. The course focuses on software & hardware workflows for the creative applications of multi-channel sound & immersive video for the creation of fixed, generative, reactive, performance-based, & interactive systems that can be experienced in a gallery context or a live performance. Students will develop a semester-length project to use scale & immersion to creative effect. The course will feature regular creative critique as well as an overview of relevant interaction design strategies for creating interactive spaces using sensors & cameras.

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This course examines the business and public policy impacts of music publishers
and record labels in the contemporary music industry, from the creation of copyrights in musical
compositions and sound recordings through the many ways in which those copyrights generate
income for songwriters and artists. Students will have the opportunity to deeply explore and
undertake guided research at the intersection of art and the business of musi

This course will examine the emergence of advertising as a form of communication, its influence upon other forms of mediated communication and its impact upon culture and society.

An introduction to the professions of marketing, promotion, and advertising, with an emphasis on industry structure, branding, integrated marketing communication, effective techniques, and changing communication strategies.

This course will examine the emergence of advertising as a form of communication, its influence upon other forms of mediated communication and its impact upon culture and society.

This course teaches students who have a basic understanding of advertising techniques how to develop a complete advertising campaign across a range of media for a product, service or nonprofit organization.

Educational Leaders work in public & private schools & universities, as well as in social agencies, unions, community organizations, policy organizations, & educational think tanks. Increasingly, educational advocates need to understand how to collaborate with others to achieve their goals through collective &/or community action. In this course, we examine how social movements & advocacy organizations have influenced policy & practice in educational institutions. How do these organizations mobilize to achieve their purpose? This course examines the strategies & tactics that successful advocates use to organize constituencies & achieve their purposes.

A critical listening study of acoustic music recordings that develops the student's ability to define and evaluate aesthetic elements of recorded music. Students explore recorded music attributes including dynamic range, stereo imaging, perceived room acoustics, the use of reverb and equalization, naturalness, and the listening perspectives.

A critical listening study of acoustic music recordings that develops the student's ability to define and evaluate aesthetic elements of recorded music. Students explore recorded music attributes including dynamic range, stereo imaging, perceived room acoustics, the use of reverb and equalization, naturalness, and the listening perspectives.

This course analyzes the emergence and impact of race- and social-class-based affirmative action policies in the United States and around the world in the context of contemporary debates about equity and higher education. Case studies and guest speakers will be drawn from the United States, Brazil, India, China, France, and Israel.

Mental health counselors are in a unique position to utilize their knowledge and
skills to advocate for clients that identify as Trans and Gender Expansive (TGE). This course will review both research and clinical frameworks that center the identities of TGE clients through a wellness and resilience approach. Students will also learn the history of healthcare in the United States for TGE clients, TGE terminology, and affirming clinical practices to best serve clients within these communities.

Adopting an ecological approach that emphasizes that #ContextMatters, we explore the theoretical foundations and methodological approaches to studying the development of African American children; the role of contextual influences (specifically, family, school, neighborhood, culture) on children’s learning and developmental processes; and apply research on African American children and families to larger social and/or policy issues. Class includes a visit to the chomburg Center and the curation of an African American Children and Families Museum.

African-American music, including slave songs, gospel, blues, and jazz, has had a
profound influence on virtually every form of the popular music of the past 100 years. Students explore that impact through a detailed tracing of the roots and evolution of country western, doowop, rock’n’roll, rhythm & blues, soul, funk, reggae, rap, hip hop, contemporary R&B, and other genres.

This course will introduce students to Afro-Caribbean dance with a focus on Haiti and The Bahamas while exploring its roots in West African dance and culture. Classroom activities will embody fundamental dance movements and explore the relationship to the country’s customs and traditions, inclusive of cultural games and songs. Basic African and Caribbean dance skills and movement vocabulary will be taught emphasizing coordination, polyrhythm and body awareness.

This course will introduce students to Afro-Caribbean dance with a focus on Haiti and The Bahamas while exploring its roots in West African dance and culture. Classroom activities will embody fundamental dance movements and explore the relationship to the country’s customs and traditions, inclusive of cultural games and songs. Basic African and Caribbean dance skills and movement vocabulary will be taught emphasizing coordination, polyrhythm and body awareness.

Students will study the music of Cuba from African, Iberian, and Pan-American roots, and learn to analyze and understand its musical and historical significance. Course addresses technological, social, and economic developments in Cuba, the Caribbean, and the US in the context of their influence on the evolution of Cuban music. Students will study the development of Afro-Cuban music as a musical style and learn to identify harmonic, rhythmic, melodic and textural elements. Students will gain a heightened awareness of music, culture and race relations associated with this genre. The commonalities and differences between Afro-Cuban music and jazz will be explained and discussed.

Agricultural policy and some food policy is regulated by The Farm Bill, which Congress reauthorizes approximately every five years. This course covers the history of the farm bill, starting from its inception via the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 up to the most recent Farm Act. Students analyze how agricultural policy is influenced by the existing political, economic and agricultural climate at the time the Farm Bill is being debated. Key shifts in farm policy include the movement from direct farm support to crop insurance, and the recent inclusion of grant-funded programming for food movement-related programs.

A mind body method for becoming aware of and changing movement habits. Focus is on recognizing and learning how to release excess tension and change those habits of movement that interfere with the free and centered use of the body. This leads to the development of a physical understanding of oneself through movements.

A mind body method for becoming aware of and changing movement habits. Focus is on recognizing and learning how to release excess tension and change those habits of movement that interfere with the free and centered use of the body. This leads to the development of a physical understanding of oneself through movements.