Courses

The principles of orchestral scoring are examined through detailed score analysis and writing projects, as well as related topics including transposition, score format, and new notation. Classical through contemporary styles.

The principles of orchestral scoring are examined through detailed score analysis and writing projects, as well as related topics including transposition, score format, and new notation. Classical through contemporary styles.

This hands-on course provides the students with a practical toolkit to enable them to become proficient orchestrators in the field of film and media production. Using examples from traditional and contemporary practices, students analyze seminal scores written for the screen, orchestrate diverse exercises, and evaluate the result of their work by listening to live recordings of their exercises.

This hands-on course provides the students with a practical toolkit to enable them to become proficient orchestrators in the field of film and media production. Using examples from traditional and contemporary practices, students analyze seminal scores written for the screen, orchestrate diverse exercises, and evaluate the results of their work by listening to live recordings of their exercises.

This course enables the student to independently examine and reexamine a patient or client with musculoskeletal problems by obtaining a pertinent history from the patient or client and from other relevant sources by performing relevant systems review, and by selecting appropriate age-related tests and measure. The courses also enable the student: to provide direct physical therapy interventions to achieve patient/client outcomes based on the examination and the impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities.

Writing of a full-length play or musical. Plays of special merit considered for program production.

The role of music and clinical improvisation in treatment will be explored for all clinical populations. Case material from each student's clinical internship will be examined and developed. Musical resources and strategies will be developed for us in individual and group therapy.

Therapeutic theater is an umbrella term for approaches to drama therapy that include or are focused on the development and presentation of a performance in front of a chosen audience. In this course, students engage with existing theory, practice, and research about therapeutic theatre. Students develop their own sense of therapeutic aesthetics and facilitation style and experience the development of a therapeutic theater performance first-hand. The final presentation is attended by program faculty and invited guests.

Basic technical and conceptual principles of painting through in-the-studio practice. The relationship between form and content (technique and concept) is informed by art history and theory. Such processes as palette orientation, paint manipulation, and canvas preparation are discussed as well as contemporary painting practices. Individual and group critiques, slide lectures, and museum and gallery visits support studio activities.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in printmaking.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in art and media. Students develop major art projects that Are fully realized and represent an evolution from sketches to a finished book. Students may work in photography, video art, or digital art

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in ceramics.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in craft arts such as glass, metalsmithing and fiber.

This course examines the processes that inform how one makes the object and its connection to the visual. The goal of the course is to help the student sharpen his/her point-of-view and to develop constructive motivational tools. To aid in the process we will address the conflict between such binaries as: art and craft, art and ideas and the social and physical space of art. Our method will include individual studio meetings, group critiques, presentations and exhibitions of art. Readings and exhibitions will be assigned according to students" particular research needs. They may include; Philip Fisher, "Making and Effacing Art"; Craig Owens, "Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power and Culture" and James Hillman, "The Dream and the Underworld", as well as student suggested readings

This course is designed for students who have a strong foundation in immersive
sound principles and techniques and wish to deepen their knowledge through hands-on projects. Through a series of guided projects and individual exploration, students work on advanced challenges in immersive sound design, spatial audio research, and interactive audio experiences. The course emphasizes practical skills development, creative problem-solving, and collaboration in the context of real-world immersive sound projects.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in painting.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in painting.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in photography. Individual attention is given to the evaluation of each student’s work, black and white photographic processes and procedures and analysis of subject matter. The interrelationship with contemporary image making is emphasized.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in sculpture. Individual attention is given to the evaluation of each student’s work, black and white photographic processes and procedures and analysis of subject matter. The interrelationship with contemporary image making is emphasized.

Projects selected by students to reflect their artistic preoccupation's or to provide research in particular skills, subjects, or trends in contemporary printmaking.