Courses

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (French) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (German) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (Italian) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

A survey of contemporary theoretical, technological, and socio-economic structures that link music and participatory/interactive media and entertainment forms. 'Interactive' models in the new music industry include social networks, music search and recommendation engines, personalized Internet radio and streaming, mobile music, live entertainment, and the use of music in video games and smartphone applications. These are examined and contextualized with a view to identifying business opportunities for musical entrepreneurs, creators, fans and facilitators.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Intercollegiate athletics play an integral role on a college campus. Oftentimes the athletics programs act as “the front porch to a university”, bringing national attention and front-page news for great accomplishments or damaging controversies. This course is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the operations and importance of intercollegiate athletics and how it will/does impact them as future/current college administrators.

• Department: Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Study of dance as cultural practice, exploring dance from a broad spectrum of cultures. Focus on theoretical and practical application of key concepts and dance forms as they relate to cultural identity, representation, and education. Includes critical analysis of dance in the studio, film, and written materials. Implications for curriculum and instruction are stressed.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Study of dance as cultural practice, exploring dance from a broad spectrum of cultures. Focus on theoretical and practical application of key concepts and dance forms as they relate to cultural identity, representation, and education. Includes critical analysis of dance in the studio, film, and written materials. Implications for curriculum and instruction are stressed.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Cultural perspectives on language learning, language use and education. Focus on sociolinguistic issues in education and pedagogical implications for linguistic and cultural minority students. Central topics include cross-cultural communication in the classroom, including the role of ethnicity, race, gender and social class; the relationships between home/community language use patterns and school achievement; cultural perspectives on school-community relations; cross-cultural perspectives on parenting and language socialization; standard and nonstandard language varieties in the classroom; and effective instructional approaches for linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

This course offers multidisciplinary perspectives on language learning and use in the context of globalization. Topics may include (1) cross-cultural communication in the classroom, including the role of ethnicity, race, gender, and social class; (2) the relationships among home/school/community language use and school achievement; (4) cross-cultural perspectives on language socialization; and (5) language varieties in the classroom and other settings. The course emphasizes developing intercultural competence as education professionals.

• Department: Teaching and Learning

• Department: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

This course is designed to promote the development & application of interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to evidence-based management of patients with complex needs. Through the use of case studies, student led discussions & learning exercises, students will work as a team to review & critique treatment & management practices. Discipline-specific standards of care, problem-solving approaches to ethical decision-making & case management, & skill sets central to competent health care will be emphasized. Understanding & valuing the contribution of each discipline is essential for effective interdisciplinary case management.

• Department: Nutrition and Food Studies

Introduces students to analyzing artworks through semiotics, psychoanalysis, and related topics. Students engage with images, objects, sounds, and artistic production in the context of language and communication, exploring how meaning is layered and conveyed. Students challenge conventional ways of reading art, question material choices and methods, and articulate systems of influence at play in their work. Through creating artworks and participating in group critiques, students apply concepts from class to support their artistic development.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Builds on Interdisciplinary Art Practice I, with a focus on new ways of approaching 2D, 3D, and 4D disciplines. Students explore new possibilities for artistic practice, contextualizing formal and conceptual experiments within larger histories of thought and cultural production. Students engage more deeply with theoretical frameworks, analyzing and challenging how meaning is constructed and communicated through art. Through creating artworks and participating in group critiques, students apply concepts from class to support their artistic development.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Through the use of case studies, student-led discussions and learning exercises, students work as a team to review and critique assessment and management practices for individuals with swallowing impairments and compromised nutrition and hydration. Students examine discipline-specific and person-centered standards of care, problem-solving approaches to ethical decision-making and case management, and skill sets central to competent health care. Students also participate in an interactive testing and cooking lab as a culminating experience.

• Department: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Global migration and displacement of peoples is at a scale unprecedented in human history. This interdisciplinary course examines immigration in the US and globally through the lenses of race, law, psychology, education, and economics. Students explore case studies of out migration and internal displacement through a variety of media including texts, films, podcasts, and personal narratives and examine the isomorphic conditions--as well as differences--in immigration debates, policies, processes, and outcomes. Meets Liberal Arts Core for Societies & Social Sciences for Steinhardt students.

• Department: Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities
• Liberal Arts Core: Societies and the Social Sciences

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Course ​will provide a forum in which to explore & engage the relationship between photography, performance & contemporary art. Through class assignments & readings in contemporary theory we will develop a critical vocabulary for an understanding of the relationship between photography & performance & a forum in which to challenge & push our individual art practice to the next level.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

This course focuses on the processes that inform “how one makes the object”, thereby helping students better understand their personal visual language and how to effectively employ it. The lens of history is used to stimulate dialogue, identify influences, and ultimately integrate the individual student’s point of view. Emphasis is on the examination of the larger continuum of historical & contemporary art. Studio meetings and individual critiques form a fundamental aspect of this course. Readings include Thomas Allen nelson, “Kubrick, Inside a Film Artist’s Maze”; Roberta Bernstein, “Jasper Johns, Paintings and Sculpture, 1945-1974, The Changing Focus of the Eye”; Kathy Halbreich, “Social Life”; Yves Alain Bois, “Painting as Model”.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

• Department: Art and Art Professions