Courses

Doctoral seminar focusing on selection of an area of study for dissertation and review of the literature therein. Critical examination of scientific and philosophical issues related to student's areas of study.

Graduate seminar for students who are planning to teach or do research in psychology. Aims & objectives, content, methods of instruction, preparation & use of materials for evaluation, & a survey of research, literature, & methods.

Builds on a basic understanding of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on the use of concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision

Design for today's stage in period and modern styles. Methods of originating and presenting a design conception. Practice in scene sketching. Three hours of laboratory per week.

Design for today's stage in period and modern styles. Methods of originating and presenting a design conception. Practice in scene sketching. Three hours of laboratory per week.

This course serves to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of typography. Typography forms the basis of our contemporary communication. Students will gain design abilities based on analogue techniques as well as digital software. The class explores letterform design & moves subsequently to typesetting exercises performed using the letterpress printer & computer. Compositions exploring typography as color, form, & image will be examined for visual impact as well as meaning. The history of typography is incorporated beginning with Guttenberg in the 1400’s through the classic designers of the 17th & 18th centuries, type-design through Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus, & Modernism to contemporary digital type design.

This class acquaints the student with the fundamentals of Design by focusing primarily on layout, composition & color through use of the grid. The grid is a fundamental building block for publication design (print & digital), website design, & animation design. This class focuses primarily on Graphic Design but proposes basic concepts that can be extrapolated into other design fields. Classes will be client & solutions-based and will assume a professional career orientation. Additionally the class will provide a current overview of what’s happening in the contemporary design world through field trips, readings & presentations.

Introduction to & application of major instructional design models, particularly as they relate to the development of instructional materials & resources for such technologies as computer-based multimedia, network telecommunications, & television. Models are compared for their substantive & procedural approaches to analyses of needs, content, instructional philosophy, learners, social environment, culture. Developments in the field & critical issues, including conflicts between objectivist & constructivist instructional design models, are addressed in historical perspective

A continuing exploration of graphic design to help students refine their skills & develop more personally expressive ways to solving problems through visual communication. Assignments, readings, & research projects will allow students to consider the complex nature of graphic design. Both traditional & digital approaches to typography & layout will be incorporated with a wide range of assignment. A priority is placed on the use of concepts to dictate design techniques & on the pursuit of a genuinely creative vision.

Research in education, technology, and other applied areas of social science ofteninvolves studying the combination of the properties of designed interventions and human behavior. This research methods course takes up design-based research methodology and some of its variants including social design experiments and design-based implementation research. Students learn both the epistemology of design-based research methods and techniques for conducting research with these methods, as well as studying when and why the methods are appropriate or inappropriate for particular aims.

A guide in the design, development, management, and evaluation of learning programs in organizational settings. Topics include the development of learning program proposals, innovative instructional techniques, and the best practices in learning management.

Through this course, students engage in a critical examination of science curricula at middle and high school through an exploration of theoretical perspectives informing curriculum design, how socio-cultural factors frame curriculum development and implementation, the role of standards, and developing curricula for equity and inclusion. These elements constitute the intended curriculum. Students also explore the enacted curriculum and what gets implemented, and the learned curriculum, which we can only identify through assessment. Students design, implement and evaluate a curriculum to their specifications and justifications.

Designed for students interested in the evolving fields of online & technologically enhanced pedagogy in all academic & professional disciplines. Course focuses on post-secondary teaching & reviews the fundamental theories & best practices in online instruction including instructional design, assessment techniques, models of peer instruction, learning management systems, evaluating learning modalities, gamification, & interaction design

Examines the potential of various genres of simulation & games (both analog & digital) as learning technologies through readings, discussion, play, design, & research. Literacy, identity, genre, interactivity, play, story, emotions, presence, & information visualization are among the cultural & cognitive concepts covered in this course. Student-selected assignments typically include reflections on game & simulation play, integrating games & simulations in formal learning environments, designing & developing prototypes of educational games & simulations, & conducting short exploratory research.

Explores the subject of desire in modern media and culture. Freud's ideas have had a profound influence on everything from the earliest manuals on public relations to the struggles of modern feminism. We will read a range of psychoanalytic theorists while studying how their insights have been put to work by both the culture industry and its critics.

The use of applied scientific inquiry to formulate sets of guidelines for occupational therapy.

This multi-disciplinary course allows students from a variety of backgrounds to work together to develop examples of assistive technology. Partnering with outside organization students will work in teams to identify a clinical need relevant to a certain clinical site or client population, and learn the process of developing an idea and following that through the development of a prototype product. The major learning activity is the design and fabrication of a device (piece of equipment, software, etc.) that meets a specific need for a specific person with a disability or a clinic that treats clients with disabilities or a category of people with similar needs as a result of their disability.

Exposes students to approaches to research in diverse settings in the field of Applied Psychology. Students begin developing ideas for independent research. Through scaffolded experiences, lectures, discussions, guest speakers, research lab visits, and readings, students develop and articulate goals for engaging in independent research, identify types of mentorship and ways to integrate their own goals for research with the work of a potential mentor, and begin to formulate ideas for their research proposals.

Course is designed for researchers and designers interested in learning and design theory. Student will develop mobile apps for prototype learning experiences and be exposed to the fundamentals of JavaScript, AppFramework, Jquery, HTML/CSS,. Course will also focus on JavaScript libraries for mobile app development and other distribution options for app stores (i.e., Cordova). Students should have basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and some experience with JavaScript (i.e., knowing JavaScript is not required) or prior background in programming concepts (e.g., Actionscript).

This course will help students gain the skills and knowledge required to develop effective professional communications in music therapy. This includes learning how to determine 1) the focus of the information to be shared with colleagues, 2) the form of communication best suited to delivering this information, and 3) the clinical, theoretical, and experiential elements that will best convey the writer's/presenter's message. During the course, students will develop a detailed outline for either a publication or an oral presentation.