Courses

Design and implementation of decision-making guidelines in order to utilize outcome effectiveness and efficiently studies to establish, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of patient or client protocols. The student will use a case report as a vehicle for identifying clinical problems, assessing measuring devices, and collection and interpreting data to aid in clinical decision-making.

Students will integrate knowledge in physical therapy with statistics and research design to critically analyze current physical therapy literature. Each student will be able to develop a research plan with a given topic.

Students develop skills for parenteral and enteral nutrition (nutrition support), factoring in inflammatory metabolism, indications, calculations, formulas and solutions, feeding access, complications, and ethical considerations, along with professional practice issues and the regulatory status of nutrition support products.

The principles of evidence-based practice are essential for ethical and effective decision-making in the clinical setting. In this course, students build and grow their skills in obtaining and evaluating research by learning about different research designs, strategies, and related concepts including reliability and validity. Students ask and answer clinically relevant questions as informed, active consumers of the research literature and practice communicating their findings in a clinically accessible manner.

This course will enable the student to utilize critical inquiry by applying the principles of scientific method to read and interpret professional literature. The student will apply the principles of clinical decision-making in the delivery of patient or client care to include: identification of problem, collection and interpretation of data, formulation of hypothesis, collection of data, interpretation of findings, acceptance or rejection of hypothesis, determination of clinical decision, deliberate action, and reevaluation of actions. The final outcome of this course will be a Review of Literature.

Examines a variety of speech communities and linguistic codes within contemporary American society and their relationship to language use and learning in schools. Black and Hispanic English vernaculars receive special emphasis. Group projects focus on actual investigations in the area of sociolinguistics and language teaching/learning.

Exploration of the relationships between the study of language and such phenomena as culture, social class, and community. Examination of such problems as the effects of mass communication and urban society on the individual and his use of language. Consideration of the social and pedagogical implications of the use of different dialects of teachers.

Critical making is hands-on hardware practice as a form of reflection and analysis that draws on the literature of media studies and digital humanities. We turn to the physicality of computation and communications infrastructure, taking objects apart both literally and figuratively to understand how they work. In the process we learn to interpret and intervene in the material layer of digital technologies, using prototyping, reverse engineering, hardware hacking and circuit bending, design fiction, electronics fabrication, and other approaches.

Critically investigates the personal and systemic politics of leadership within the complex cultural landscape of public education. Scrutinizes the power dynamics that are intentionally present and their shaping educational practices and policies. Offers a deep dive into frequently conflicting expectations, vested interests, and contextual concerns that various communities introduce into education. This course encourages students to challenge normative assumptions, engage with critical theories, and develop strategies for more equitable and inclusive leadership.

This course will explore the intersections between critical pedagogy, contemporary art, and public pedagogy. Based on readings in education and cultural theory, as well as case studies and presentations by artist and educators, students will explore education as a creative act and means of social transformation in formal and informal learning settings. Students will analyze their own teaching and learning and connect theory with practice through opportunities to work with local cultural organizations.

This course focuses on critical social theory and its connection to sociological and educational research. Explores the works of the Frankfurt School and Black Intellectuals in the early 20th century and their impact on contemporary critical theories. Examines theories such as Marxism, Critical Race Theory, TribalCrit, and Postcolonial theory. Issues of power, domination, and privilege in school and society will be analyzed

Much of critical theory finds its origin in the work of Karl Marx. The purpose of this doctoral seminar is to read key works by Marx, supplemented by some contemporary texts in western Marxist political theory, with the ultimate goal of understanding the various political and philosophical debates with which these texts engage. The course emphasizes Marxism as a political theory, but will also address Marxism as a scholarly methodology for critique applicable to disciplines beyond political theory. Themes include: the commodity, alienation and reification, surplus value, ideology, consumerism, spectacle, empire, feminism, postfordism, community, and communism.

This course will introduce students to critical video—the use of documentary, ethnographic, and research-based video to investigate and critique contemporary culture. The class offers students a theoretical overview of documentary video, a set of conceptual tools to analyze video, and an introduction to the practice of video production for small and mobile screens. Students will apply texts on video’s history, culture and distribution, as well as on the ethical challenges of video production, to their own research-based video project. No prior experience in video production is required.

This course introduces students to critical video—the use of documentary, ethnographic, and research-based video to investigate and critique contemporary culture. Students gain a theoretical overview of documentary video, a set of conceptual tools to analyze video, and an introduction to the practice of video production for small and mobile screens. Students apply texts on video's history, culture, and distribution, as well as the ethical challenges of video production, to their own, research-based video project. No prior experience required.

This course develops cultural awareness & responsiveness of creative arts therapists & community educators. Using embodied practice & theory, the course explores intersections of race, class, sexuality, gender, age, ability, religion, immigration, & other cultural identity markers (visible & invisible). Students examine the impact of intersections and ostracisms as practitioners on their own personal & professional lives, as well as those of clients and group participants. Competencies are taught through action methods, Theatre of the Oppressed,lecture/discussion.

An examination of how behavior & experience are influenced by culture & intersectionality. Emphasis is given to increasing counselor self awareness, knowledge, & skills necessary to apply counseling theory & technique to diverse populations & settings.

Students examine and assess different strategies for conducting inquiries about policy issues relevant to their academic and professional lives.Through the use and analysis of case studies, students examine how policies are developed and implemented, explore cross-sector effects, and critically assess public policies with an understanding of the media and political biases. Cases are drawn from current domestic and international debates in such areas as desegregation, public health, housing, and migration.

This course offers an in-depth look at a specific cuisine or cuisines. We look at the historical evolution of cuisine including but not limited to agriculture, technology, geo-political forces, climate change, geographic border changes, colonialism, post-colonialism, and nationalism. We analyze this cuisine in its specific cultural context as well as through a broader, global prism. We pay particular attention to performances of national identity through food and cooking. We rely on both academic research and cookbooks.

An individualized project that reflects a student's understanding of science teachings and learning and the student's philosophical underpinnings developed throughout his or her entire program.

Project-based research course that integrates educational research with social studies classroom practice. Aims to broaden students understanding of what constituters appropriate data for scholarly inquiry. Focusing on particular research methods and drawing from the rich offerings of New York City's various collections, students explore strategies for locating, analyzing, and incorporating a broad array of sources into their doing, writing, and teaching of history and social studies. Also includes exploration of economics in the contemporary world and historically. Offers models and approaches for conducting research in and on social studies classrooms.