Courses

Designed to examine, compare, and evaluate theoretical approaches and conceptual models for the study of complex organizations.Theoretical bases for research and organization analysis are explored.

This course is an analysis of changing trends in marketing ranging from corporate social responsibility to guerrilla and viral marketing. Discussion of theoretical concepts are applied through fieldwork and project-based learning. Guest lectures on emerging topics are featured.

Three waves of migration from different parts of the world have shaped the
American diet. The first consisted of Northern Europeans and Chinese (until 1882), followed by a Mediterranean and Eastern European wave (1880-1924). The 1965-2023 wave consisted of migrants from Asia and Latin America. Each wave brought the taste for its produce, stimulating American demand for products such as olive oil, avocados and chilies. We interrogate the transformation of American foodways with each wave of migration in terms of ethnic entrepreneurship and taste.

Domestic climate policy focusing on food and agriculture has evolved since the turn of the 21st century, prompted by disruptions caused by climate events such as drought and flooding. The intersection of climate events, advocacy, politics, and research sets an environment for federal food and agriculture policies that target climate change. Examining the process of policy creation and related government programming allows us to understand the potential for agriculture and food systems to both withstand and address the existential threat of climate change.

This course explores how technology has shaped our contemporary food system
while contributing to the form of globalization we currently live in. At the same time, technology is not just the neutral result of scientific research but reflects those same social, economic, and political dynamics that determine the way we think about food, its quality, and its value. The course will also explore emerging technologies, from blockchain and e-agriculture to CRISPR and the attempts at harnessing the microbiome.

This course examines the corpus of literature that uses social network theory to
describe the evolution of taste. Social networks consist of groups of people who are connected through socially meaningful exchanges. Studies based on social networks examine how groups of people interact, including creation of social capital as well as the exclusion of some individuals.

Using an intersectional lens, this course explores the contemporary legacy of
structural racism on the food system and food culture in the United States. Students will learn strategies for promoting racial justice and equity, then use this knowledge to analyze and address real-world issues in their food studies interest areas. By the end of this course, students will be he knowledge and tools to advocate for, develop, and implement racial equity initiatives in the field of food studies.

The consequences of agricultural exceptionalism, migration laws, income
inequality, and climate change reverberate throughout the food system. This course examines the interplay among these factors, identifying how they lead to disproportionate impacts on vulnerable groups (for example, farmworkers). Students will analyze the successes and failures of policy to reduce the inequities.

This course focuses on critical works in the field of food studies that rely on oral
history to analyze food within larger socio-cultural and political experiences. As an
interdisciplinary field of research inherently centered on sensory and cultural experiences, oral histories open up different pathways to understand food. In addition to mastering the existing body of knowledge using oral histories, students will conduct oral history interviews that will expand our academic understanding of foodways through the work of oral history.

Inquiries I explores two themes: Learners and Learning and Teachers and Teaching. Students are introduced to teaching and learning by reconstructing, critiquing and sharing their own educational histories, and by reading and responding to the autobiographies and memoirs of learners and teachers of diverse backgrounds, needs, and experiences. The course focuses on way to promote and assess learning, support learners' interests, foster effective communication, honor diversity, create democratic learning environments, and enable teachers to fulfill their responsibility to self, others, school and community. By applying relevant professional literature to their micro teaching and their observations in school settings, students examine how the classroom context shapes the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

Introduces graduate level preservice teachers to the complexities of teaching by exploring four major themes -- learning, knowledge and knowing, teachers and teaching, schools and schooling. Each theme is investigated by analyzing issues of the learner's autobiography, the challenges of diversity, the power of collaboration, and uses of reflection. Students read and respond to a range of relevant tests, engage in observation of an elementary or secondary school classroom, create a classroom portrait with a focus on a particular learner, and produce a learning portfolio.

MCC Research Inquiry Seminars, taken early in the major, expose students to the department’s culture of scholarly inquiry. Course topics reflect faculty research interests, offering students a chance to explore emerging issues in the field of media studies.

Look behind the curtain of study abroad and international exchange at the world’s leading global university: NYU. In this experiential course students examine the processes underlying international student exchange and study abroad across NYU’s global academic centers. Students meet and work with leadership and staff at NYU’s global programming offices and explore the extensive strategizing, coordination, and logistics involved with creating, managing, and executing international education experiences within NYU’s Global Network University.

Strategies of observation and assessment, identifying strengths, individualizing instructional plans, and adapting classroom environments, curriculum and instructional methodologies to support highest levels of achievement and development for young children with diverse needs. Topics will also include strategies for promoting positive classroom behavior and social interaction skills, facilitation of language development across all cognitive and social domains, the use of assistive and instructional technology, and strategies for using assessment and observational data to plan or modify instruction.

In the context of the children's spatial and temporal world, students will explore: strategies of observation and assessment, identifying strengths, individualizing instructional plans, adapting classroom environments, curriculum and instructional methodologies to support achievement and development for young children with diverse needs. Topics will include strategies for promoting positive classroom behavior and social interaction skills, facilitation of language development, the use of assistive and instructional technology, and strategies for using assessment and observational data to plan or modify instruction.

This course introduces graduate students to instrumental tools used in the evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders. Students will actively engage in problem-based learning in small groups. Groups will conduct structured research on the effectiveness and appropriateness of instrumental swallowing tools that are currently used in dysphagia management. Problem-based learning format is used to emphasize the development of life-long learning skills.

Practical procedures and materials for conducting instrumental ensembles at all levels of music education. Students enrolled in this course demonstrate essential instrumental conducting techniques, knowledge of appropriate instrumental repertoire, and the ability to analyze and synthesize chamber and orchestral music scores for conception, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance.

Development of advanced choral and instrumental conducting techniques, including procedures for rehearsal and performances, and appropriate repertoire for all levels.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in instrumental jazz, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in instrumental jazz, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.