Courses

This practice-based course provides students with an opportunity to learn about the education consulting profession. The first module provides a critical overview of how consultants work with schools, districts, universities and nonprofit organizations to assess educational challenges. The second covers multiple applied research methods, including design thinking, individual and focus group interviews, and secondary data analysis. During the third module students consult for a school, district or nonprofit organization, getting first-hand experience in the profession.

Policymakers allocate a considerable proportion of federal, state and local budgets to K-12 education yet questions remain about the equitable distribution of funding and the returns on the investment in public education. The focus of this course is the core concepts of K-12 education finance. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to: human capital and signaling theory, education production function, approaches to adequacy, the differences between adequacy and equity in school finance, and types of funding.

An exploration of the history and development of art education and its role and function in the museum. Strategies for teaching and addressing different populations in various environments are studied. Various programs and educational materials are explored and analyzed. Classroom lectures are supplemented by site visits.

Develops an understanding of legal principles and procedures affecting the work of the teacher, administrator and school board member.Consideration of legislation and court decisions arising in connection with organization, policies, and administration of school and districts. Major topics are certification, tenure, tort liability, academic freedom, civil rights, religion and the schools, legal implications of fiscal policy for the creation of learning opportunities, and consideration of powers of the commissioner, school boards, legislatures, superintendents, principals, and trustees.

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This course for Education Studies majors provides academic credit for internships in fields related to education. The course is intended to help students: acquire valuable experience and exposure to real-world issues in careers in the field of education; develop basic professional skills identified as especially important by employers; assemble a portfolio of materials useful for future job search; and develop networking relationships within the education
field.

This intensive laboratory course will focus on doing data analysis projects with real data selected by the students. The core skills are oriented around first framing good research questions, then having these guide interacting with data of all types and varying quality (e.g., web-scraped, or clickstream-based rather than large national surveys) via visualization, principled modeling and evaluation of models using statistical learning techniques such as regression, classification and clustering, and presentation of results, using "reproducible research" tools (e.g., knitr, sweave) in the R programming language.

Students will develop an understanding of the ways in which they may inquire about policy issues relevant in their academic & professional lives. By exploring in depth a substantial body of knowledge drawn from selected cases & current theoretical issues, students will study the development of policy, the instruments used to effect policy, & some analyses of implementation.

In this doctoral seminar, students will develop an understanding of the ways in which they may inquire about policy issues relevant in their academic and professional lives. By exploring in depth a substantial body of knowledge drawn from selected cases and current theoretical issues, students will study the development of policy, the instruments used to effect policy, and some analyses of implementation.

Exploration of educational reform and leadership in the context of fundamental economic, cultural and technological changes that have occurred globally particularly in the last 30 years. Study of its impact on the policy, organizational, and classroom levels, as well as implications for the concept of an “educated person,” private and public social spheres, racialized and gendered identities, and youth culture. Classical liberal and neo-liberal economic and political issues will be explored along with their impact on educational institutions.

Educational technologies have become essential for international exchange as a "leapfrog" technology for development, as a way of bridging distance in education, and as an important means for the preservation and dissemination of local cultures and contexts. Educational technology is a significant and growing force worldwide, and not only in industrialized nations. E-learning, open educational resources, m-learning, and educational media are transforming not only formal primary, secondary, and postsecondary education, but also rural economic development, agriculture, and women's empowerment. In this course, we look at how educational communications and technology shape, and are shaped by, their context internationally.

The course provides an in-depth examination of the affordances & limitations of educational technology in enhancing the teaching & learning of secondary school mathematics. It focuses on the use of handheld & computer technology, & introduces web-based mathematical software, dynamic software, graphical tools & other software that can be successfully incorporated in the middle & high school mathematics classroom. The course offers opportunities to engage in, design, & critique technology-enhanced mathematical activities that aim at developing understanding of school mathematics.

This course provides a link between teachers' mathematical knowledge & understanding of college level mathematics & the use of handheld & computer instructional technology to effectively & appropriate teach many of the important skills & concepts of mathematics in grades 7 through 12.

This course focuses on electronic music synthesizer techniques. Concepts in the synthesis of music, including generation of sound, voltage control, and treatment of sound and tape techniques. Included is a short synopsis of the history and literature of analog electronic music. Students complete laboratory tasks and compositions on vintage synthesizer modules and create one or more final projects that demonstrate(s) the application of these concepts.

This course is designed to introduce the student to contemporary practices of creating and presenting electroacoustic music from the practical perspectives of analyzing works and understanding current technologies and aesthetic paradigms. In addition to musicological issues, composition will be placed in the wider context of contemporary art and New Media practices. This is a composition class that uses a music appreciation format to teach music creation today.Practical compositional lectures by Michal Rataj will focus on the analysis of a few key works, each dealing with specific aspects of music and technology and individual compositional approaches. Eric Rosenzveig will present theoretical classes providing an overview, background and competing theories from the varied perspectives of the artist, philosopher, technologist, musician and composer. We will try and look at the question “why” in addition to “how” to make a new work. We'll listen to many shorter works in class, to provide context to our discussions.

Analytical and theoretical concepts required grasping the aesthetic development of electronic and computer music compositions. The course emphasizes analysis and historical understanding of techniques of production and compositional ideas.

Through discussions with guest performers, students study the conceptualization and production of live electronics performance pieces. Individual proposals for several pieces are created, followed by a final live performance project, in which live electronics are an integral part of the concept.

Through discussions with guest performers, students study the conceptualization and production of live electronics performance pieces. Individual proposals for several pieces are created, followed by a final live performance project, in which live electronics are an integral part of the concept.

This course focuses on electronic music synthesizer techniques. Concepts in the synthesis of music, including generation of sound, voltage control, and treatment of sound and tape techniques. Included is a short synopsis of the history and literature of analog electronic music. Students complete laboratory tasks and compositions on vintage synthesizer modules and create one or more final projects that demonstrate(s) the application of these concepts.

This is a multidisciplinary course in which students with previous experience with analog and digital electronics create a novel hardware--based electronic musical instrument, controller, effects unit, or other device related to their interests in music and audio. Student projects may be analog, digital, or a hybrid, and should be unique in some way from devices currently in the commercial marketplace. Students present their designs and functioning physical prototypes with the class as they evolve throughout the semester for feedback.