Courses

In this course, students explore the interplay between college student populations and the campus environment and examine the ways in which campus environments can be enhanced to maximize student success and satisfaction. Concepts and issues related to safety, inclusion, equity, campus climate, and retention are discussed as crucial environmental considerations in response to the increasingly diverse characteristics of U.S. college students.

Examination of the organization, function, & objectives of two-year colleges. Investigation of their operations, including research into problems of curriculum development, student services, articulation, & special programs designed to meet community needs.

Experiential course providing an overview of counseling techniques, focusing on the interview as an interactional process.

This course focuses on the practices of teaching, and the creation of critical learning environments that have a sustained and substantial impact on how students think, act, and feel. Together, we will explore the fundamentals of course management, strategies for student engagement, and tools for self-assessment and course evaluation. It is designed primarily for new instructors of record and teaching assistants. Students who complete this course will have a better understanding of how and when teaching works.

The rapid growth of nonprofit arts organizations to license the use of artistic works to commercial enterprises has attracted the attention of leaders in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors. This course explores the social and economic impact of these industries in the US and the UK, and examines how arts administrators manage their effects and contribute to policy development.

This course focuses on the modern history of media industries -- film, TV, radio, newspapers, music, magazines, book publishing -- with special emphasis on the pressures that affect them now. Students are required to do extensive background reading, and we will hear from various professionals with long experience in the industries under consideration.

Critical examinations of the ways that cultures have shaped major theoretical perspectives, diagnoses, & practices in psychology. Various perspectives that consider race/ethnicity, gender, social class, & language use, are explored.

The major goal of this advanced developmental psychology course is to explore the lives and futures of Black children, youth, and families with a focus on how their lives are impacted by various structures and social institutions while also appreciating their needs and development. Through a combination of discussions, projects, and immersive learning experiences, this course centers the humanity, promise, and well-being of Black children and youth in order to deepen our understanding of how Black children and their families thrive.

This course is designed to introduce students to research on the adaptation of immigrant origin youth. The course will concentrate on psychological, anthropological, sociological, & educational contributions to the study of immigrant children & adolescents. We will review the growing presence of immigrant youth in public schools in the United States & other post-industrial societies. We will consider a variety of stressors involved in the process of immigration along with the concomitant repercussions on the martial dyad, family relationships, & on the children themselves. We will explore the relevant literature on community forces, marginality, & minority status. We will consider the new research efforts to describe the various pathways immigrant children take in (trans)forming their developing identities. Lastly, we will examine the critical role of the educational experience on the adaptation of immigrant youth.

What is writing for? How do writers and writing develop? In this doctoral-level seminar, students explore the nature of writing as a tool for organizing
consciousness, along with cognitive, sociocultural, and critical perspectives on the teaching and development of writing. We will pay particular attention to research methods and technological tools available to study and facilitate these literacy processes. Applying concepts and methods covered in this course, students pursue independent projects in areas of professional interest.

Doctoral-level forum at which speakers & students address current topics in developmental science including neurobiological, behavioral, & contextual processes across infancy, childhood, adolescence, & early adulthood. Topics are aimed at consolidation of doctoral students' advanced understanding of theoretical foundations & empirical innovations in the study of human development. Focuses on
social development, emotional development, & cognitive development within multiple cultural & socioeconomic contexts. Areas of research may include children’s language development, development of executive function & effortful control, & cultural & ethnic identity development.

Nature of work, career patterns, occupations choice, job satisfaction, work & leisure as problems of education & vocational development.

This course examines how economic principles are applied in government regulation of the music industry. Production, distribution and consumption of recorded music in the U.S. are affected by copyright laws, licensing statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions. Students examine the forces and principles of economics, including the power to establish royalties paid by streaming and other services to the owners of musical copyrights, and how they’re applied (or misapplied!) when the government implements regulatory requirements established by Congress.

Methods of developmental stimulation, selection, creation, and evaluation of materials, group management, and program planning. This course is one of four parts of an interdepartmental offering in infant and toddler group care.

Course focuses on creating live and/or mediated ethnotheatrical verbatim performances using various source materials such as interview transcripts and recorded broadcasts. Through theoretical readings, performance viewings, source material selection, and performance creation, participants acquire analysis skills and ethnoacting techniques used to create verbatim performances. Participants gain insights into the aesthetics, ethics, opportunities, and challenges associated with the verbatim style, and an understanding of its value as a tool for education and activism.

Introduction to the elements and participants affecting visual arts organizations in the United States. In addition to examining the position of the artist in society, the course analyzes the cultural environment in which art and arts organizations operate and the structure and management of organization that present artwork, - in both non profit and commercial venues. Students study the particular intersections between for profit and non profit areas in the visual arts as well as the strategies and techniques needed to manage visual arts organizations effectively. The course addresses the whole art system and how various elements/organizations/individuals interact and influence one another

This course examines historical and contemporary issues surrounding the internationalization of higher education in the United States, focusing on how the production of knowledge about international issues changes according to transformations in global political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. The course first establishes a theoretical foundation in issues related to the production of knowledge, national interests, universities, and globalization and education and then turns to the history of university internationalization in the U.S. Readings and discussion will trace the early “borrowing” of educational models from Europe, the historical development of the U.S. research university, the establishment of area studies centers after World War II, the explosion of student interest in study abroad, and the increasing establishment of satellite campuses and university partnerships in places such as the Persian Gulf and Singapore.

This course explores the music industry to examine how popular music influences global social, cultural and technological trends. Through multimedia presentations, readings, debates and interactions with artists and tastemakers, students explore the relevance of popular music as an expressive culture and the role of New York and London as gateways to music genres from around the world. The course provides a historical overview of contemporary popular music and a critical evaluation of the music industry as catalyzer for self-expression, tradition and media stardom.

This course focuses on how the drinking of spirits shaped human history and expressed cultural values. Students will examine the relationship between beverages and power, exploring how the dynamic changed over time in response to evolving political, social, and religious institutions. To complement the historical perspective of how and why popular spirits changed over time,
students learn to mix and taste the cocktails being studied.

This course examines how college impact students. Specifically, it is designed to introduce graduate students to those pre-&-existing institutional conditions, educational practices, & campus experiences that influence student decision-making, ranging from college choice to retention. Students will learn about major theoretical perspectives explaining the formative relationship between the college environment & the student, the research informing & emerging from these perspectives, & how each can be used to inform their own processes of decision-making regarding what constitutes the effective educational policies & practices.