Courses

This course focuses on practices for elementary school world language classrooms in light of the ACTFL National Foreign Language Standards, child development and cognitive stages. Through discussion, practice and development of thematic units, participants become familiar with curriculum, lesson planning, instruction and assessment. Multiple modes of learning, methods, instructional strategies, language and literacy development, and resources for teaching world languages to elementary school children are addressed.

The first method course for world language education majors. Course contents include guiding principles and methodology in a variety of approaches to the teaching of world languages, specifically in developing auditory comprehension and oral production; teaching, reading and writing, impact of culture; heritage, socioeconomic level, and educational background on language and literacy development as well as human development processes and variations. Also included are skills in motivation, communication, and classroom management.

This course explores how approaches to teaching writing and supporting developing
writers can and should evolve in order to keep pace with evolving technologies such as AI and social media. Students investigate what it means to cultivate writers’
understanding of linguistic resources for writing, as well as their critical awareness of the institutional and political power of discourse norms. Through a workshop approach, students further develop their own writing as a way to understand the application of designs for learning and instruction.

Explores multiple materials & methods - including technology - for involving students in purposeful reading, writing, speaking & listening. Considers innovative approaches for organizing the classroom to address a range of abilities & disabilities & diverse cultural perspectives. Emphasizes the process whereby individual talent contributes to the building of democratic communities. Develops the capacity for formal & informal assessment of literacy development over time.

Introduction to foods from various nationality groups through lectures, demonstrations, hands-on food preparation, and field trips.

Introduction to foods from various nationality groups through lectures, demonstrations, and field trips.

This course prepared clinicians in art therapy to perform as supervisors of students and less experienced art therapists. Methods and theoretical issues are examined. Class participation includes a close study of case examples from students' experience.

A critical examination of music formats, i.e. the ways fans have experienced
recorded music, from the first phonographs through streaming and artificial intelligence. We review and analyze the ways in which innovative technologies disrupt the music industry by enabling new formats to dominate the market and the subsequent impacts on artists, fans, distribution, business models, and copyright law. This course provides an analytical framework that provides insights about the music industry going forward as well as other industries impacted by technological disruptions.

The impact of music technology and its implications for music education are examined. Students are introduced to Digital Audio and MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) and focus on techniques of special applications of web and digital media to classroom teaching, composing, and performing ensembles.

An inquiry into the ways that technology — mechanical, electronic, analog, and digital — shapes and is shaped by cultural, political, and social values. Students become acquainted with key concepts and approaches to understanding the interplay of technology and society (e.g. technological determinism, social construction of technology, actor networks, affordances) and how these have been applied to such cases as the clock, the automobile, the assembly line, household technology, the telephone, and more recent communication technology.

This course offers students the opportunity to discuss trends in technology and learn about the changing nature of work. Students explore the accelerating rate of technological development by doing independent research on forthcoming innovations and sharing their discoveries through class presentations and Socratic discussions. Students analyze how we view work as a society, what work means to us as individuals, and explore possible solutions to mass unemployment and automation. Guest speakers join us for class discussions and all classes are recorded and shared.

Applications of communication and digital technologies as designed for performing arts as resources for performing arts educators. Special emphasis is given to the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a resource for researching and creating performing arts materials and developing collaboration in the performing arts.Applications of the WWW as an archive for performing arts materials and portfolios are also explored.

This seminar will introduce students to the emerging practice of tele-drama therapy. Students will discuss ethical and technological considerations in the context of tele-
mental health. Students will examine and gain practice with tele-drama therapy approaches and consider applications with individuals and groups. Students will discuss implications of artificial intelligence for practice.

An exploration of television as a medium of information, conveyor and creator of culture and a form of aesthetic expression. Course examines the historical development of television as both a cultural product and industry.

An exploration of television as a medium of information, conveyor and creator of culture and a form of aesthetic expression. Course examines the historical development of television as both a cultural product and industry.

Using a wide range of texts (traditional and nontraditional) as primary tools in the teaching of reading comprehension from multiple perspectives. Strategies for locating, selecting, and evaluating resources and materials for use in classroom literacy programs, including texts that appeal to reluctant readers and students with special needs. Digital platforms such as information and communication technologies are emphasized.

A critical examination of several histories of American education. Compares historical analyses of the changes in curriculum, structure, and functions of American education in relation to the changing social and political contexts.

Students will examine the theoretical & practical issues that continue to influence the training of pianists. By exploring historical pedagogical & performance practices, students will come to understand the core principles & diversity of pianistic performance traditions. Topics include the evolution of the piano & its repertoire over three centuries & pedagogical approaches that evolved concurrently regarding articulation & pedal; physical technique & virtuosity; & expressive timing.

Course is designed to trace the dominant traditions in contemporary American piano pedagogy. Focuses on the philosophies, methods, & techniques associated with major pedagogues including Heinrich Neuhaus , Konstantin Igumnov, Alexander Brailowsky, Vladimir Horowitz, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Adele Marcus , Clifford Curzon, Beveridge Webster, Rudolf Firkušný, Leonard Stein, & David Burge. Students will examine the lasting influence of Artur Schnabel & Ferruccio Busoni on American pedagogy. Students will perform a final solo recital & produce a statement of teaching philosophy.

This course examines the economics, marketing, content development process,
consumption patterns, merger & acquisition activity, core companies, technological innovation, and trends driving the podcast industry. Through workshops, discussions, readings, research reports, social media and guest speakers, students gain a deep understanding of the business while learning essential fundamentals that will benefit them within any facet of podcasting and other forms of linear audio storytelling.