Courses

Current approaches and issues in second language acquisition including various acquisition models, multilingualism, discourse analysis, and the role of culture in language learning. Hours arranged are for student collection and analysis of field data.

A content mathematics course in number theory for teachers.

A content mathematics course in discrete mathematics for teachers.

Supervised student teaching in elementary school classroom settings (grades Pre-K - 6); includes scheduled conferences with field supervisor. Student teachers observe, plan, teach, and evaluate drama lessons. Student teachers develop and create appropriate goals, negotiate and enact appropriate learning experiences for all learners, and assess student learning. Student teachers develop their skills as a reflective practitioner.

A two year seminar emphasizing ways in which the intellectual orientations of education and Jewish studies can be fruitfully integrated. The seminar acquaints students with the present state of research in both education and Jewish studies, emphasizing the parallels and differences between these multifaceted research areas. In addition, the seminar addresses the research needs and opportunities found in the rapidly expanding field of Jewish education in North America. Throughout this experience, students will be encouraged toward identifying their own research problems in Jewish education.

A two-semester seminar focusing on major research frameworks in education, Jewish studies, and Jewish education. Students will be engaged in practical research experiences in the Jewish education field. These experiences provide opportunities to formulate creative plans for dealing with a variety of educational issues and problems.

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An advanced seminar which examines the key considerations which drive research activity in applied theatre. Students canvas the territory of applied theatre, the purposes of an applied theatre, and the challenges researchers face when designing, implementing and presenting their applied theatre studies. Students create their own applied theatre research project which can include a creative component.

Study of Teaching I is the first of two courses designed to support preservice teachers' efforts to integrate learning from courses with practice in the field and to explore the role of teacher-as-researcher as a vehicle for continual professional growth. The course is concurrent with methods of courses in literacy, mathematics, and science and is intended to help beginning teachers analyze the various teacher roles, actions, teaching models, and decisions they make as they interact with learners around the implementation of their methods course assignments in the process of student teaching. Students will begin their professional portfolios and complete a small-scale action research study focused on some aspect of learning.

Analysis of the media environment from a variety of critical perspectives. Emphasis on writing as well as reading media criticism.

Designed for doctoral students. Study directed toward fulfillment of degree requirements in performance and/or composition.

This doctoral level seminar will introduce students to some of the important seminal writings in communicative sciences and disorders. The articles chosen for study will provide historical perspectives and exposure to current ongoing debates in the literature. Each week students will be responsible for reading the assigned articles and attending class prepared for discussion. In addition to providing students with the opportunity to develop skills as critical consumers and disseminators of research, this course provides a review of material that is relevant for providing breadth of knowledge to individuals seeking a doctoral degree in communicative sciences & disorders.

This course includes a supervised practicum experience in TESOL or world language education at the adult or college level for six hours per week for one semester. Practicum experiences are supported by a weekly seminar that addresses theoretical underpinnings and practical application of planning and curriculum implementation relative to adult learners. Prerequisite: BILED-GE 2250 or WLGED-GE 2918.

This course will explore selected current topics in advanced nutrition through the critical analysis of pertinent original research publications and class discussion.

This short survey course uses a systems approach to explore important global problems in public health nutrition, such as food insecurity, over consumption, the effects of food systems on the environment, and the impact of COVID-19 on global health and food systems. Students explore the politics of food policy, the role of various stakeholders in food choices, and ways to advocate for sustainable food systems and accountability.

The first part of a three-course sequence. This course introduces students to applied research and to evidenced-based practice. Students explore various subfields in professional psychology and learn to synthesize information from psychological literature.

Students learn to draw connections between their practical experience in the field & psychological literature . The course also introduces students to professional practice
and to ethical guidelines protecting human research participants. A minimum of 8 hours of supervised fieldwork experience per week is required, students must attend supervision seminars.

Students explore in greater depth the connections between practice, theory & research through a semester-long independent project. A minimum of 8 hours of supervised fieldwork experience per week is requires; students must attend supervision groups.

This class examines creativity, aesthetics, and audience response (artist, artwork, and viewer) through diverse psychological theories. We proceed chronologically starting with Modernism, in the visual arts and psychoanalysis, which converged to catalyze the profession of Art Therapy. We conclude with Postmodernist discourses on gender, feminism, patriarchy, class, power, race, identity, and LGBTQTIA+ issues. The class is half seminar and half art experientials that are designed to facilitate students' deeper understanding of self-identity as art therapists.

This seminar provides both theoretical and technological foundations on ways of producing unique sounds using acoustic instruments — often in tandem with digitally processed or sampled sound. The course also introduces students to the concept of sampling and the creation of custom-made sample libraries, as well as the process of writing music for improvisers (jazz combo, soloists, etc.)