Courses

Fundamentals of ballet technique including special emphasis on placement & utilizing individual anatomical structures most efficiently.

Fundamentals of technique including placement, flexibility, motor skills, & some improvisation.

Fundamentals of technique including placement, flexibility, motor skills, & some improvisation.

Principles and methods of play writing. Completion of several writing assignments is required, including a one-act play. Plays of special merit considered for program production.

Principles and methods of play writing. Completion of several writing assignments is required, including a one-act play. Plays of special merit considered for program production.

This course is designed to prepare digital-era students in all fields of study for professional achievement in a technologically sophisticated, global, networked environment. The course is structured around three central elements of “digital literacy” -- 1) human perception & cognition, 2) computers & electronic intelligence, & 2) the network architecture of the digital web. It is a rigorous intellectual introduction to the fundamental principles on which these technologies are based. There are no perquisites & those from the technologically challenged to the techno-geeks are welcome. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of human attention, how sound waves, light waves & electromagnetic waves work & what computers and routers do. . This is a “flipped course” – what would normally be in-class lectures and demonstrations are available online as curricular modules & can be viewed at students’ convenience (& reviewed as appropriate) much like traditional reading assignments. In-person class sections are used for dialog, discussion & Q & A with the instructor.

This course explores the civil rights movement roots of Berkeley’s historic student revolt, the reasons for the Free Speech Movement’s success in attracting student support and changing campus policy, its impact on the history of free speech, and on the rise of both the New Left and the Reaganite Right. This course ends with reflections on the state of free speech on campus in our own century when that freedom is often slighted, dismissed or weaponized by student groups on the left and right and the corporate groups that subsidize them, leaving us with the question of whether the Free Speech Movement is still relevant to the campus scene today.

Basic principles & practical experience in development of beverage systems & menus. Considers pricing, equipment, legal, merchandising & personnel policies.

Overview of the conditions facing immigrant-origin and displaced children and youth in the U.S. and globally. Emphasis is placed on the experiences of children and youth in the contexts of family, school, social networks, and community in different countries and cultural environments. Discussion includes family- to policy-level interventions to improve the developmental potential of children and youth from immigrant families.

This course dives into the captivating world of children’s literature to explore picture books as a sophisticated art form where visual and verbal storytelling converge. Students develop critical skills to analyze how illustrators use artistic techniques, visual metaphor, and pictorial language to convey complex ideas with emotional resonance; how contemporary picture books tackle sophisticated themes, social issues, and abstract concepts through distinctive visual styles; and why some of the classics remain favorites today. We delve into integrated approaches to instruction, leveraging children’s books to augment lesson planning, establish cross-disciplinary entry points into subjects, and identify literary genres. While useful for educators, the course is designed for anyone interested in visual storytelling, art appreciation, or the intersection of fine art and narrative.

Students meet each week by advance appointment with faculty, visiting artists, & critics for individual critique & in-depth discussion of their work & the visual, technical, & theoretical issues that inform their practice.

This course explores theory, policy, and practice at the intersection of bilingualism and exceptionality. Topics include sociocultural and biolinguistic influences on multilingual exceptional children, special education legislation, global perspectives of exceptionality, school-family collaboration, bilingual inclusion program models, assessment practices, and modes of classification, identification, and intervention strategies.

This course explores theory, policy, and practice of bilingual and multilingual experiences and counseling/ education models in the U.S. and global contexts. Emphasis is on intersections of language and other identities (race, class, gender, etc), and systems of power and privilege. Topics include home language support,
language/literacy teaching for developmentally and linguistically diverse students, and the various roles and responsibilities of counselors working with multilingual communities.

Theory, policy, & practice of bilingual education. Key topics include models & programs of bilingual education; policy & politics of language minority education in the US & internationally; psycholinguist perspectives on bilingualism, including language development; cultural, social, & political perspectives on language minority education; & evaluation of bilingual education programs. Emphasis on pedagogical implications of the above, with attention to native language development, second language/literacy teaching for developmentally & linguistically diverse students.

This course explores theory, policy, and practice of bilingual and multilingual experiences and education models in the U.S. and global contexts. Emphasis is on intersections of language and other identities (race, class, gender, etc), and systems of power and privilege. Topics include home language support, language/literacy teaching for developmentally and linguistically diverse students, and the various roles and responsibilities of educators and professionals working with multilingual communities.

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Enables students to apply physical agents and aseptic techniques, including deep thermal modalities (e.g. ultrasound), a thermal modalities (e.g. pulsed ultrasound, pulsed electromagnetic fields), superficial thermotherapy (e.g. heat, paraffin baths, hot packs, fluidotherapy), cryotherapy modalities (cold packs, ice massage), hydrotherapy (e.g. whirlpools, tanks, contrast baths), and phototherapies (e.g. ultraviolet)in order to increase connective tissue extensibilities; modulate pain, reduce or eliminate soft tissue inflammation and swelling caused by musculoskeletal injuries or circulatory dysfunction; increase the healing rate of open wounds and soft tissue; remodel scar tissue; or treat skin conditions. Basic aseptic techniques including bacterial, fungal., and viral infections.

Application of electrotherapeutic modalities, including alternating, direct, and pulsed current (e.g. high voltage galvanic stimulation, interferential current), neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), functional electrical stimulation (FES) for improving posture for movement, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), iontophoresis, electrical muscle stimulation, and biofeedback in order to: modulate or decrease pain; reduce or eliminate soft tissue inflammation caused by musculoskeltelal, neuromuscular, peripheral vascular, or integumentary injury, disease, developmental delay, or surgery; maintain strength after injury or surgery; decrease unwanted muscular activity; assist muscle contraction in gait or other functional training; or increase the rate of healing of open wounds.

This course surveys African-American history and literature from 1845 to the present, from Frederick Douglass and the Harlem Renaissance writers that originate from Howard University (Zora Hurston and Alain Locke). The course examines issues of race and caste from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ memoire Between the World and Me. The course uses the location of Washington, DC as a resource, visiting the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Howard University, the National Museum of African-American Culture and History, and the Martin Luther King Memorial Site.