Courses

This course examines how globalization impacts the construction of gender and sexuality. Through discussions of contemporary issues in various global sites, the course addresses the politics of gender as it is shaped by trans-border flows of media, people and cultural products.

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A second year course in advanced statistical techniques that covers useful quantitative tools in health & policy research. Assuming a strong foundation in regression & the general linear model, this course focuses on data analysis that utilizes models for categorical, discrete or limited outcomes that are commonly seen in health & policy studies. Examples include health status, number of clinic visits, etc. In this course students will also learn the principles of likelihood-based inference, which will assist them in some of the more advanced statistics courses.

This course provides a hands-on introduction to using generative AI in social
science research. Students use AI to classify text corpora, parse unstructured documents, analyze images, and create synthetic data and simulations. The course also reviews ethical questions that arise with the use of AI in social science research. Assignments focus on using AI to answer social and policy questions with real-world datasets.

This course serves both as a methods course and a math content course. Students will concurrently learn Euclidean Plane Geometry content and equitable pedagogical approaches for teaching this content at the secondary level.

This course serves both as a methods course and a math content course. Students will concurrently learn Euclidean Plane Geometry content and equitable pedagogical approaches for teaching this content at the secondary level.

This course provides an overview of occupational therapists’ evaluation & intervention roles, & responsibilities related to working with older people in a variety of settings. Students will examine the influences of physical, social, cognitive, psychological, cultural, & societal functioning on occupational performance. Strategies to address age-related changes will be discussed. The political ramifications of aging are also addressed.

This course will include further study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols as they apply to the German language and the rules for lyrical pronunciation of Hoch Deutsch. Students will be required to transliterate song texts into IPA and demonstrate mastery of the diction rules through the performance of assigned repertoire.

This survey class is intended for students to experience a fuller range of techniques over two semesters. Each semester can be taken independently from the other. The first semester focuses on blowing, hot casting, stained glass, mosaic, and kiln casting (fusing and slumping). The second semester concentrates on coldworking, sandblasting, lampworking, and beadmaking.

This survey class is intended for students to experience a fuller range of techniques over two semesters. Each semester can be taken independently from the other. The first semester focuses on blowing, hot casting, stained glass, mosaic, & kiln casting (fusing and slumping). The second semester concentrates on coldworking, sandblasting, lampworking, & beadmaking.

This course examines globalization as it is inscribed in everyday practices through the transnational traffic of persons, cultural artifacts and ideas. The course will focus on issues of transnational mobility, modernity, the local/global divide and pay specific attention to how categories of race, gender and ethnicity intersect with transnational change.

This course will examine the origins, development, and meanings of so-called cultural conflict in the United States. Topics will include abortion, gay rights, bilingualism, and the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Cultures & Contexts for Steinhardt students.

This studio course examines a mixtape selection of electronic music from around the world using music theory and composition. Global electronic music necessitates diverse methodologies in critical discussion of the research of this music in a post/neo-colonial setting. Students engage in critical discussion of the studio and the digital audio workstation as compositional tools and of the music itself as innovation, communication, and historiography in global communities of the Information age

Examines dress and textiles as signifiers of cultural identity and expression, transmitters of design and tradition, and their centrality to the social and economic structure of a selection of cultures worldwide. Addresses the impact on dress of factors including religious/symbolic beliefs, ideas of gender, trade, and technology, with emphasis on the traditions of Asia, the Americas, and Africa and their global intersections.

Using food as a lens, this course examines the history, culture, and political economy of Berlin and Prague, focusing on how each has been shaped by socialist/post-socialist political economies and ideology. Topics will include food vis-a-vis the European Union; ostalgie; immigration; industrial and recent sustainable agriculture; and the emerging food culture. Employing contemporary and historical perspectives, the course will include lectures by established scholars, visits to museums, markets, restaurants, farms, and cooperatives, wholesale and retail outlets.

This course is an interdisciplinary and intercultural examination of human communication through food in Ireland. Explores the social, economic, political, and cultural ramifications of food production and consumption. Students will have a unique opportunity to explore various local, regional and transnational, and food rituals.