Courses

A hands-on introduction to the technical and creative uses of digital photography. The class will explore the use of digital technologies to compose, shoot, scan, alter, and print images, as well as considering the ways in which photographic meaning has been changed by the use of the computer. Student provides their own camera and paper.

Course takes place during the Residency I requirement of the Online Ed.D. Program. The course provides an overview of the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Organizational Studies curriculum. Students will review the two-year program timeline and discuss expectations of the
program, and the fundamentals of doctoral study. The course will highlight the major program milestones embedded within the capstone deliverables.

This course introduces students to the field of drama therapy. Students explore the history of drama therapy and its role in healing, identify core and meta processes of drama therapy, analyze applications of drama therapy in practice, and become familiar with drama therapy theory, research, and practice, which is an integral part of the Drama Therapy curriculum. Students complete an annotated bibliography and final project on how drama functions in/as therapy and participate in field training opportunities.

This course is designed for non-majors as an introduction to the basic concepts, theory & practice of drama therapy. The course will use experiential learning to familiarize students with drama therapy as an embodied & narrative approach to therapy & as a diagnostic & intervention tool. Course is appropriate for students in the other creative arts therapies, social work, applied psychology interested in enhancing clinical skills & for students in educational theater wishing to examine the boundaries between applied dramatic art & therapy.

Basic materials & methods of drawing. It combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location & overlap. Students will develop the skill to discuss their drawings as well as the drawings of others, & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still-life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Basic materials and methods of drawing. It combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location and overlap. Students will develop the skill to discuss their drawings as well as the drawings of others, and learn to observe and empathize with the genres of landscape, still-life, and figure. Individual and group critiques, slide lectures, and museum and gallery visits support studio activities.

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced drawing student. Combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location, & overlap. Students develop the skill to discuss their drawing as well as the drawing of others & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

Introduction to the fields of early childhood education and early childhood special education. Topics include: historical, political, and economic contexts of early childhood and early childhood special education, philosophies and models of early childhood and early childhood special education, the role of the child in society, and the locations of institutions of early childhood learning.

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.

This course will involve an examination of the major periods of theatre history from the Ancient Greeks to the 19th Century United States. There will be analysis of dramatic structures that relate these periods to the discipline of educational theatre. Different perspectives will be offered to give a comprehensive view of the role of theatre as a foundation to educational theatre. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of strategies employed in educational theatre and an appreciation of the aesthetics of theatre and drama.

This course introduces students to principles of evidence-based practice (EBP). Students learn to evaluate clinical literature, determine the evidence level of a clinical study, appraise study feasibility, and apply EBP concepts in everyday practice. The course emphasizes the need for evidence-based clinical practice and prepares students to obtain the knowledge and skills for future clinical effectiveness studies (e.g., participate in systematic review, data collection, or compile an evidence-based treatment guideline).

Examination of food from historical and transnational perspectives. Topics considered are: the origins of agriculture, the phenomenon of famine, the co-evolution of world cuisines and civilizations, the international exchange and spread of foods and food technologies following 1492, issues of hunger and thirst, and the effects of the emergent global economy on food production, diets, and health.

Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Cultures and Contexts

Introduction to the foods of various world regions and the techniques used to prepare them through hand-on food preparation, demonstrations, lectures and field trips.

This survey course offers an introduction to the field of global education. Education in the 21st century is undoubtedly a central area for international collaboration as well as contestation. In this survey course, we will examine key debates about the role of education in national & international society, examining the multiple stake holders that work to improve education globally, & their diverse interpretations of that mandate. The course will introduce students to the history of mass education as a global phenomenon, & the comparative ways in which it is now studied. Students will examine both K-12 & higher education.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Society & Social Sciences

This course introduces the current issues related to global nutrition. It integrates basic information about food intake and nutrition into discussions of major nutrition-related problems around the world. The course will present and discuss international, national and community-level policies and programs designed to improve the nutritional status of populations and to overcome barriers to their implementation. This course will also discuss nutritional status as a "continuum" whereby populations can simultaneously have members with severe under-nutrition, good nutritional status, and over-nutrition. The course will focus on the burden of under-nutrition but will also discuss several "emerging" or special topics including the nutrition transition, weaning and complementary feeding, and women and health. This class satisfies Steinhardt student's Societies and Social Sciences CORE requirement.

Introduction to world food problems and their nutritional, economic, and social effects.

The course is designed to enhance students’ awareness of the multifaceted nature of nutrition problems across the globe and the need for holistic approaches of methods to address them including research. The nutrients, nutrient cycle challenges, maternal and child nutrition - the first 1000 days, will be discussed. The course will review the UNICEF malnutrition structure within the context of livelihood frameworks to demonstrate the linkages between health, nutrition and agriculture. Food security issues and impacts on nutrition and developmental issues will be discussed. The new concept of Econutrition within the framework of preventing malnutrition in Africa will be considered. Assess the strategies and policies in Africa towards addressing food and nutrition issues. Globalization, food habits and nutritional implications will be reviewed. Aging and nutrition within the African contextual factors will be discussed. A review of organisations impacting nutrition in developing countries will be examined.

Introduction to Human Physiology is a one-semester course for students with an interest in health care. Little exposure to biology is assumed for this course. This course is heavily concerned with the basic concepts of structural and functional organization of the human body, the terminology involved in the areas of physiology and anatomy, and the understanding of the different anatomo-physiological systems.

Liberal Arts CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Natural Sciences for non-majors

Students may work in a variety of realms such as drawing, painting, photography and/or folding. During the course the students will have the opportunity of creating alongside the professor in her art studio. Students wishing to carry out a personal creative project are most welcome to develop it during the art classes. However, students choosing this must imperatively have proof prior to beginning art classes. The course includes visits to museum to explore the wide range of subjects and materials available to contemporary artists, and concludes with the exhibition/ theatre performance in a prestigious Parisian venue at the end of the semester.

This course presents a critical analysis of the development, principles, strategies, media, techniques, and effects of propaganda campaigns from ancient civilizations to modern technological society. The course focuses on propaganda in the context of government, religion, revolution, war, politics, and advertising, and explores implications for the future of propaganda in the cybernetic age.