Courses

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.

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 course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic concepts of marketing management and experience in making marketing decisions in uncertain environments. Students examine issues relating to developing marketing strategy and planning marketing tactics. Approach is largely from a practical perspective with an emphasis on managerial decision-making.

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Principally for nondance majors. Introduction to modern dance, including analysis of movement in dance technique and improvisation.

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Play and audience analysis, directing methods, production techniques. Each student plans a complete children's theatre production. Laboratory experience recommended.

Play and audience analysis, directing methods, production techniques. Each student plans a complete children's theatre production. Laboratory experience recommended.

This course provides a practical introduction to urban agriculture. Students will learn horticultural skills while performing tasks at the NYU Urban Farm Lab. They will also learn about the biological processes that these tasks manage & how they fit together in a system. Through visits to other sites around the city, students will be exposed to a wide variety of strategies for practicing horticulture in the urban environment.

This course is an introduction to the sociopolitical activist forms that make up the arsenal of the Theatre of the Oppressed. Originally developed in Brazil by theatre innovator Augusto Boal, these forms were inspired by the educational theories of Paulo Freire and employed with peasants and workers throughout Latin America. Now they are used internationally and have been developed and adapted by countless companies and practitioners. This introductory level course will engage students with the foundational theories, through the writings of both Freire and Boal, and given them a sound exposure to the interactive games and exercises that form the bedrock of this work. Students will investigate social, political, pedagogical and artistic intersections through Image Theatre, Forum Theatre, and Newspaper Theatre.

Fundamental principles of art therapy practice will be presented through discussions and case presentations. Students learn the historical development of the profession, its distinction from other disciplines and its commonalities to social sciences. Basic pictorial analyses examine artistic processes and products. Students study the artistic expression across the developmental span. Clinical applications for populations struggling with varied psychological and physiological issues are offered. Each class includes experiential art making to demonstrate interventions.

Fundamental principles of art therapy practice will be presented through theoretical discussions and case presentations. Students will learn the historical development of the profession, its distinction from other disciplines and its commonalities to social sciences. This course will examine the art of making processes and products through basics pictorial analysis. Students will study the artistic expression of children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations struggling with varied emotional and physical issues in different settings.

Individual positions with major artists, notable museums, distinguished galleries, art publishers, and art organizations.

An introduction to arts-based research methodologies and procedures designed for first-year graduate students in creative arts therapies, inter-disciplinary arts majors, educational theatre and applied psychology. Topics include the process of arts-based research, the fundamentals of art-based research design, and the use of new media technologies in research design. Course helps prepare students for the subsequent writing of their theses.

An introduction to the concepts & applications of audio production for video, television & film. Current production techniques frequently used in the post-production industry will be explored, with special emphasis on synchronization & audio production techniques including music editing, sound effects design, Foley, & dialog replacement.

This course is an introduction to the theories and procedures used to identify hearing loss and provide aural rehabilitation to children and adults with hearing loss. Students examine principles and techniques of pure tone and speech audiometry and interpretation of audiograms; review etiologies and considerations for all types and degrees of hearing loss; and explore principles of management of people with hearing loss across the lifespan as well as technological and aural rehabilitation methods available to individuals with hearing loss.

An introduction to the technical problems of making, decorating, glazing, and firing ceramic forms, while providing opportunities for understanding and developing sensitivities to clay as an art for

In this course, students will learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript while gaining hands-on experience with issues that are specific to coding and designing educational applications and web-based instructional materials. Students will learn the skills required to develop websites and design applications that work across devices. Furthermore, students will explore the affordances that the web and multimedia offers a learning designer, how to apply various perspectives on learning and how to build interactive prototypes and wireframes. No knowledge of programming is assumed.

This course is a deep examination of the commercial theater business model,
including how commercial productions get made and the role of management in shepherding that process. Topics will include key players and organizational structures; the development life cycle of a show; how money is raised, earned, and spent; union relations; and the challenges currently faced by the industry. Students will also have the opportunity to examine and reflect on their leadership principles.