Courses

An overview of the professional structure, standards, & practices of the music entertainment industry & its application to record product & individual career development. Case studies are explored.

Models of early intervention. Assumptions about development and learning in the early years. Development of early childhood curricula across developmental domains with modifications appropriate to the individual needs and characteristics of the young child with disabilities. Monitoring and evaluating child and family outcomes.

Continued study of strategies for adapting curriculum and teaching methodologies including a particular focus on assessment and adaptation of literacy instruction for students experiencing significant difficulty in the acquisition of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Strategies for strengthening family partnerships and for team collaboration are also emphasized.

This course will provide an anatomy foundation for students who are preparing to enter healthcare fields like occupational therapy, physical therapy, and physician assistant studies. In addition, it will prepare students who aspire to attend medical and dental schools and are currently enrolled in pre-med, pre-chiropractic, pre-dental, and related programs. It will provide students with sound working knowledge of the structure of all human organ systems. The relationship between gross and clinical anatomy will be stressed as well as the integration of these organ systems during normal and abnormal function.

Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Natural Science for Steinhardt students

This is an introductory anatomy lab course for pre-OT, pre-PT, pre-PA, pre-Med, pre-Chiropractic, pre-Dental and other equivalent health care related programs. It will facilitate the study of anatomy through the observation and examination of skeletons and of human cadavers. The relationship between structure and function will be stressed as well as integration of these and other body systems during normal and abnormal function.

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Theories, principles and techniques of movement in the dance therapy field. Topics include the symbolic aspects of the body; the physiological basis of emotion; movement from a developmental perspective; and cultural differences in movement behavior. The creative process as analogous to the therapeutic process is explored. A lexicon of movement elements is examined as a systematic tool for observation and interpretation. The relationship to education is emphasized.

This course is focused on understanding social science research methods. The course provides the following: 1) an introduction to the relationship between theory and research; 2) a broad introduction to research logics in social sciences; 3) critical awareness about methodological choices and issues when conducting research; and 4) exemplars of various methodological approaches. The course encourages students to become knowledgeable consumers of empirical educational research that is theoretically informed.

Analysis of the underlying principles of the following types of therapeutic exercise: stretching, strengthening; active assistive; active; resistive, using manual resistance pulleys, weights, hydraulics, elastics, robotics, and mechanical or electromechanical devices: neuromuscular relation, inhibition and facilitation; neuromuscular reeducation; motor training or retraining; developmental; activities; breathing exercises, including ventilatory muscle training; aerobics endurance activities, using cycles, treadmills, steppers, pools, manual resistance, pulleys, weights, hydraulics, elastics, robotics, and mechanical or electromechanical devised; aquatics exercises; and conditioning and reconditioning.

This course engages decision-making involved in intervention planning across communication type and lifespan. Students explore the use of diagnostic data in formulating goals and procedures through a cultural and linguistically responsive lens. Sources of knowledge include the nature of communication of various speech and language differences and disorders, baseline data, factors maintaining communication, language learning theories, and evidence-based data.

An overview of the history and cultures of print. Examines typography communication and the persuasive power of print. Topics include print 'revolution' in early modern Europe, printedness and the public sphere, as well as contemporary relationships between print and digital media. How are digital media making it possible to see new things about print? What can e-books tell us about books?

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations encourages further exploration of established & emerging areas of contemporary printmaking, including but not limited to etching, silkscreen, relief (woodcut) & digital print.

An intensive survey course covering a variety of printmaking techniques including etching, monotype, woodcut, & silkscreen. many new & innovative printmaking media & techniques will be introduced throughout the semester. Demonstrations & lectures. Aesthetic & historical concerns addressed throughout the course.

Few values have been as unalterably disturbed as privacy by developments in new media and other information technologies. This course presents an inquiry into the impact of information and digital communications technologies upon privacy and its meanings. In order to examine at a deep level technology's place in society and the complex ways that technology and privacy each shape the other in interactive cycles of cause and effect. Philosophical analysis is balanced with significant contributions by legal scholars, computer scientists, social scientists, and popular social critics.

Composition in all forms and styles including electronic. Electronic laboratory by assignment. Weekly attendance at department Composer's Forum required.

This course explores the creation of sound effects for linear and interactive media using real time synthesis models and prototypes. Techniques ranging from subtractive synthesis to physical modeling will be explored in an attempt to better understand the nature of various types of common sound effects from the standpoint
of acoustics and physics. A hands-on approach is strongly encouraged and students are required to build audio models and sound effects engines using real time tools such as MaxMSP and Pure Data.

Detailed exploration of the aesthetic, technical, and “psychological” skills and tools required for the production of a master recording by a performer/artist other than producer. Producers will learn how to nurture and develop a vision for each recording; establish a creative environment; collaborate with writers and performers; elicit the best performances by the creative and technical team they assemble; realize the best production possible with the tools available; and create a production to which the target audience (and beyond) wishes to continue to listen.

This course will explore the esthetic and technical skills and tools necessary for the production of artistically and commercially successful demonstration recordings of songs. Students will learn how to: establish an environment in which creativity can flourish; elicit the best performances by all involved in a recording; make the best recording possible with the tools available in a given work environment; nurture and develop a vision for each recording; create a recording to which the target audience (and beyond) wishes to continue to listen.

This is an exciting and potentially transformative moment for cultural production across the globe. This class will go behind the scenes to explore how culture (music, cinema, art, journalism, television dramas, social media, etc.) actually gets made. We will adopt a critical approach, reflecting on what's at stake, and investigate the social-structural, organizational, and technological forces that partially determine the aesthetic and political qualities of a range of cultural products.