Courses

This seminar is designed for advanced doctoral students working with interview data or other narrative materials and asking questions about internal, psychological processes. The listening guide method will be taught In a workshop format covering the entire research process from posing a question to writing up findings. Psychodynamics and cultural factors integral to research will be discussed. Students may work on their own data as well as on interviews conducted as part of the class. Weekly assignments will follow the steps of the Listening Guide and a final paper is required demonstrating the student’s mastery of the method.

This seminar is designed for advanced students working with interview data or narrative texts and asking psychological questions. The listening guide method will be taught in a workshop format covering the research process from asking a question to writing up findings. Psychodynamic and cultural factors impinging on what can and cannot be spoken will be discussed. Students may work with their own data or with interviews conducted as part of the class. Weekly exercises and a final paper are required.

The study of the intersection of key philosophical and ethical systems with the analysis of performing art works and the music industry. Students learn an “Eclectic Method” of analysis to holistically explore and study works of art from cultures from around the world while studying ethical complexities and analytical systems in relation to the performing arts industries.

The course will enable the student to: provide patient related instruction; educate others using a variety of teaching methods that are commensurate with the needs and unique characteristics of the learner; provide consultative services using the physical therapist's skills to individuals, businesses, schools, government agencies, or other organizations; expressively and receptively communicate with patients, clients, family caregivers, practitioners, consumers, payers and policy makers; and take responsibility for communication or discussion of diagnoses or clinical impressions with other practitioners.

Additionally, its description should be updated to: Examines the interrelationships across society, culture, economics and education in policy and practice globally and locally. Focusing on democracy, representation and belonging in pluralistic communities, students explore how power in economic, cultural and social relations shape education and influence, norms and values, as well as how these shape relationships between individuals, communities and society.

Analysis of the relationship between higher education & the development of political policy, with particular attention to both federal & state interest in university activities; impact of federal aid on the structure & development of universities & colleges; emergence of academic interest groups on the national & state levels & their role in shaping higher education policy.

Practices and applications of the various areas of international education at the tertiary level of the United States. Examines key areas in the field: international student and scholar services; study abroad; international recruitment and admissions; institutional linkages; and governance, development, leadership, and protocol.

Course examines the practice of education abroad and international
student services in higher education. Topics include the historical
development and current state of the field, an analysis of various
types of study abroad programs and innovative programs that involve
“outbound” student mobility, assessment of study abroad programs,
international student flows into the United States, international
student recruitment, visa and immigration services, support structures
for international students, and the transition from education to work
for international students.

This seminar develops themes addressed in MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture. The course expands and deepens understanding of core Freudian and post-Freudian concepts via texts by Melanie Klein, W.R. Bion, Jacques Lacan, Jean Laplanche, and others. Students consider these texts alongside a series of media-cultural artifacts selected for study by seminar participants.

Students will examine the sources, content, and flow of racial and radicalized discourse on the web, as well as a broader variety of issues related to race and digital media. Central themes of racial formation and critical race theory, coupled with foundational concepts from graph theory and social network analysis will guide explorations into the multifaceted ways in which racial disadvantage , exclusion, segregation and disparate treatment get produced and reproduced in cyberspace.

An introductory course in the reading of poetry, designed to help students improve their abilities to understand , analyze, enjoy, and exercise critical judgment. Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Expressive Culture.

Designed to facilitate the student's move into the professional realm of the field of early childhood and special education. Topics include: working collaboratively with families, paraprofessional, and other professionals, advocacy for and with children and families, multicultural curriculum and social justice issues, and the role of observation and instruction.

Explore how food is used as a tool in social movements across cultures and time. Course themes include food and revolutions, food as social resistance, weaponizing food and food as an apparatus for government policies. Students will learn that food can be both a force for change as well as oppression.

By exploring the development of the musical traditions found within specific regions of the US & beyond, this class will focus on people & events that helped shape the evolution of jazz music. We will explore the circumstances & coincidences that propelled jazz into the world as viewed through the lens of cultural, social, technological, political & religious implications.

This course is designed to help students identify, understand, and manage the diverse language needs, abilities and interests of adult learners essential for teaching, planning and assessing effective classroom practices. Instructional issues and concepts for teaching and designing curriculum are explored theoretically and experientially to incorporate and support the cultural, linguistic, cognitive, professional, pragmatic, experiential and personal perspectives of adult learners.

Study of approaches, methods, and techniques used in teaching language skills and developing cross-cultural understandings to second/foreign language learners at the elementary and secondary levels The emphasis of the course includes curriculum development, language development through different development stages and through content areas, language testing, lesson planning, and micro-teaching.

This course explores instructional approaches and resources appropriate for multilingual learners in elementary and secondary classrooms. Students develop skills in curriculum-, unit- and lesson-planning, and creating a safe and inclusive classroom environment. Concrete tools for working in the classroom are explored via frameworks such as culturally-sustaining pedagogy, sociocultural approaches to learning, and communicative language teaching.

The needs of the preschool child with disabilities is explored through an examination of the child, family, and environmental characteristics. Atypical language, speech, emotional, motor, and cognitive development is presented with a focus on the interdependent nature of these domains. A major focus is transdisciplinary collaboration of educators and specialists from occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language, psychology, and recreation and health in making educationally relevant decisions.

Have you ever wondered how communication is actually accomplished or who rehabilitates it when it breaks down? This class provides an introduction to the underappreciated processes of speech, language and hearing and the research approaches used to study them. We will also explore disordered communication and the role of the speech-language pathologist and audiologist in facilitating communication. Learn about brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke, stuttering, literacy, research methods and more. Discover why communication is an art and a science.
Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Societies and Social Sciences for Steinhardt students (non-CSD majors).