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ACT 501 - Advanced Accounting Theory
The course is intended for the graduate student who has completed intermediate and advanced topics in accounting. The overall objective is to identify significant elements of accounting theory and relate these elements to significant problem areas in accounting.
Credits: 3
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ACT 503 - Advanced Tax
The course will have emphasis on tax concepts and the income taxation of businesses. Tax research procedure will be covered and practiced as part of the course.
Credits: 3
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ACT 505 - Advanced Auditing
The course will provide thorough coverage of the theory and practice of auditing using both the transactional cycle and account balance approaches. It will emphasize the development of judgment by the auditor and other factors in decision-making.
Credits: 3
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ACT 509 - Financial Management
The study of concepts and principles of financial management. Topics include: financial statement, analysis, cash flows, risk and return analysis, cost of capital, budgeting, and financial planning.
Credits: 3
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ACT 583 - Accounting Internship
Internship in Accounting.
Credits: 3
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ACT 650 - Strategic Management
A study of techniques of strategic management and their applicability to a wide range of organizations. This course is a comprehensive experience designed to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired through core and elective courses. Case studies and research will play a large part in the course’s final evaluation.
Credits: 3
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AHI 579 - American Art
This course explores the evolution of art as a reflection of the political, economic, religious and cultural changes that occurred in the United States. Students will be expected to select one historical period (Colonial, Revolution, Federal, American Renaissance) as the subject for an in-depth analysis and research paper. Graduate students will also be asked to serve as first reader for undergraduate papers.
Credits: 3
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AMS 500 - American Studies Research Methods
This course will introduce the interdisciplinary approach to the study of American culture and history. The perspectives and methods of the participating disciplines will be explored along with criteria for successful academic research.
Credits: 3
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AMS 543 - American Studies: Special Topics
The Special Topics course provides students and faculty with the opportunity to explore areas of particular interest relating to the literature, music, history, politics and culture of America.
Credits: 3
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AMS 690 - American Studies Capstone Thesis/Project
The capstone thesis/project allows students to pursue a substantial research project of their own design that builds on and utilizes the skills learned in AMS 500, as well as synthesizes the knowledge learned in their other course work. The final project can be either a traditional 40-50 page research thesis or a project of a more creative nature (e.g. an original work, exhibition, or performance) accompanied by a 20-30 page scholarly essay. In either case, the thesis/project should include empirical research, broadly construed to include textual analysis, primary archival research, and/or data collection.
Credits: 3
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COMM 510 - Gender Sexuality and the Media: Theories and Methods
Utilizing a critical/cultural studies approach fused with media theory, in this graduate level course students will examine the intersection of contemporary media and the theoretical models associated with feminism, queer theory, masculinity, the notion of the erotic, and identity in order to analyze the intertwining roles of the media and our constructions of gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
Credits: 3
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COMM 534 - The Rhetoric of Humor
This course focuses on examples of mediated humor and the ideologies they advance. Throughout this course, students will learn about theories of humor motivation (what makes people laugh) and read rhetorical criticism of humorous texts. Students will be encouraged to think critically about how humorous texts invite particular readings and to develop such arguments in their own writing.
Credits: 3
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COMM 540 - The Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture
In this graduate level course, students will explore the rhetorical dimensions of popular culture including the ways in which these popular forms of discourse (such as television, art, film, new media, literature, etc.) potentially influence and/or persuade various audiences.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 503 - Highlights of American Literature, Music, Art - I
This course is designed to deepen graduate students’ experience of American literature and expand their knowledge of various literary and artistic features of American Studies. This course presumes that students will already have some exposure to the traditional works of the early explorers and settlers, Puritan culture, the Revolutionary War, Transcendentalism, and the major figures of the American Renaissance. Specifically, students will be able to: 1) demonstrate broad and deep thinking about literature(s) in America 2) raise questions about the definition and nature of American literature(s) 3) research auxiliary areas of interest in American Studies 4) make connections between works and between texts and life.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 521 - 20th Century America through Literature
This graduate course offers a sampling of modern American literature from the early to late twentieth-century. Students will examine the concepts of “America” and “the American,” how writers have positioned themselves in relation to society, and have represented “the Other” in their construction of a modern American culture, and the development of a quintessentially American aesthetic sensibility.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 531 - American Feminist Playwrights
This course uses a multidisciplinary approach to study American feminist playwrights and, in particular, experimental drama. Students will explore feminist theory, especially in the areas of theater and performance, and apply it to drama across history. The study of the development of feminist theater will include a variety of perspectives (e.g., socio-economic, psychological, multicultural, etc.).
Credits: 3
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ENGL 544 - African American Experience I
This is a study of African American literature from the antebellum period to the Harlem Renaissance. It examines the formal qualities of selected texts (slave narratives, song lyrics, essays, speeches, sermons, poetry, fiction), as well as the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created and received. Special attention is given to the African roots (oral tradition, spirituality, communal values, etc.) of the literary work; the “double-consciousness,” as W. E. B. Du Bois phrased it, of the African-American experience; and the problem of racism against African Americans dating from the antebellum period to the present day and the corresponding struggle for equal rights. The texts are diverse in artistic form, gender (male and female authors and issues of gender relations), and socio-economic class (African-American bourgeois and folk traditions).
Credits: 3
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ENGL 545 - African American Experience II
This course will focus on works by African American writers from the Harlem Renaissance (1920’s) to contemporary times. In addition to examining the aesthetic qualities of the selected texts, students will consider the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created and received. Readings will include novels (Hurston, Wright), drama (Wilson), short stories (Jones, Packer), autobiography (Dickerson), and poetry (Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep). The course will also give attention to the authors’ biographies. Video clips of author interviews and adaptations of the literary works will supplement discussion and lecture.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 546 - U.S. Latino/a Literature
This course examines how individual, social, and national identities are developed and how such identity constructions fuel contemporary notions of ‘Americanness.’ More specifically, this course focuses specifically on the Latino/a experience in the United States and it strives to help us discern what it means to be ‘Latino’ in a predominantly mainstream Anglo-American cultural, political, and national milieu.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 547 - Ethnic American Literature
This course will explore the experience of various ethnic groups in America through their literature. Work focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on cultures with non-Western aspects: Native Americans, African Americans, Latino/as, and Asian Americans.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 548 - American Nature Writers
This course is intended to build upon previous literary and scientific study in American literature, as well as student current interests. In our reading and discussions that will go beyond the boundaries of literature to explore science, sociology, theology, and philosophy, some attention will also be given to the historical transformation of US governmental policy from exploitation to conservationism to environmentalism. Graduate students will have the additional opportunity to read and report on a book of their choice (from a suggested list) and participate in one extra field trip.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 570 - Seminar on Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright
This course will focus on literary works by Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. It will offer an opportunity to study two major American authors in depth and investigate a variety of issues in African-American literature and culture. In addition to examining the formal qualities of the selected texts, we will consider the historical and cultural contexts in which they were created and received. Our reading will include novels, short stories, autobiographies, folklore, and a photo-essay. The expectation is that the student will be both intellectually stimulated by Hurston and Wright?s works, and prompted to think critically about race in the United States, not only during their time period, but in the present day, as well.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 589 - Imagetexts: Expository Graphic Narratives and Comics Theory
This course examines non-fiction graphic (verbal and visual) texts through various disciplinary lenses (aesthetics, comics studies, literary and film theory, linguistics, history, gender studies, memory studies, ethnic studies, and cultural criticism). Graduate students will apply these critical approaches to graphic memoirs, reportage, comic essays, graphic histories, wordless texts, and monographs written in comic form.
Credits: 3
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HIS 504 - The American Congress
An examination of Congress as an institution and as a representative body. Topics include the history of Congress, membership, legislative
process, intergovernmental relations, electoral politics and the distribution of power within the Congress.
Credits: 3
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HIS 505 - The American Presidency
This graduate level course in the American Presidency studies the political and historical evolution of the office of the president from Washington to Obama. Attention is given to campaigning and elections, theories of presidential leadership, the role of the president in the U.S. political system, the politics of the Oval Office, and the development of the powers of the president.
Credits: 3
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HIS 507 - Latin America: The National Period
This course explores the history of Latin America during the national period (post-independence, 1820s - 1990s) and its conflicted relationship with the United States. The course covers the different phases of US intervention in Latin America over the last two centuries. These take the form of and include: the Monroe Doctrine, direct military and economic intervention, CIA covert operations, the National Security Doctrine, counter-insurgency programs (guerrilla warfare), and support of authoritarian regimes (dictatorships).
Credits: 3
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HIS 508 - U.S. Constitutional History
This graduate course reviews the place and meaning of the US Constitution as part of the process of the evolution of the judiciary as well and the expansion of right and government authority since 1789.
Credits: 3
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HIS 512 - U.S. Foreign Policy
American diplomacy from 1776 to recent times. This course consists of a survey of some of the major decisions in U.S. Foreign Policy from the early days of the republic to contemporary times.
Credits: 3
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HIS 516 - History of Science in America
The study of science and medicine in the United States and its impact on American values, behavior, and institutions.
Credits: 3
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HIS 523 - Native American History I
This course is designed to introduce students to Native American History from the pre-Columbian period through the Removal Era. We will also examine major paradigms in Native American history during this era and students will develop an appreciation for the variety of methods used by scholars in the field. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.
Credits: 3
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HIS 524 - Native American History II
This course is designed to introduce students to Native American History from the end of the Removal Era to the present. We will also examine major paradigms in Native American history during this era and students will develop an appreciation for the variety of methods used by scholars in the field. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.
Credits: 3
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HIS 531 - African American History I: From Colonial Times to Reconstruction
Examination of the major event, movements and individuals in the African American experience from Colonization to Reconstruction.
Credits: 3
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HIS 532 - African American History II: From 1877 to the Present
Examination of the major event, movements and individuals in the African American experience from Reconstruction to Present.
Credits: 3
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HIS 542 - Civil War and Reconstruction
An examination of the causes, evolution and aftermath of the Civil War with an emphasis on the major figures and reform currents of the era.
Credits: 3
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HIS 546 - American People in the 20th Century
Political, economic, cultural, social and intellectual aspects of modern America including the impact of war on American society.
Credits: 3
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HIS 547 - Social History of Medicine and Disease in the Americas, 1780-1960s
This course explores how the rise of the medical profession, the laboratory, germ theory, and bacteriology affected public health and redefined disease in the Americas from the latter half of the nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century.
Credits: 3
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HIS 548 - History of Latin@s in the US
This course explores the history of Latinos and Latinas in the US. It covers identity, politics, immigration, nation building and empire. Connections are made between Latin American history and United States history. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Dominicans will be the main focus.
Credits: 3
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HIS 581 - Historical Methodology
Examination of the concepts, skills and methods by which historians research, analyze, and write about historical events and issues.
Credits: 3
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HIS 607 - The Early National Period
The first part of the course will consist of introductions to major events or themes in the Early Republic and will be buttressed with student-facilitated discussions. The final weeks of the class will be devoted to student presentations of their research projects. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.
Credits: 3
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HIS 608 - American Colonies
This course examines the European expansion into the Americas, with a considerable portion of the class spent discussing the roles of Africans and Native Americans in the colonial world during this era. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.
Credits: 3
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HIS 609 - The American Revolution
This course examines the military, cultural and social history of the Revolution in addition to the political and economic causes and consequences of the conflict. Readings of seminal works in the field and an independent research project and paper will be required.
Credits: 3
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HIS 654 - Public History
An introduction to the theory and practice of public history. This course will also feature strategies for community outreach and civic engagement.
Credits: 3
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PHL 590 - American Philosophy
This graduate course in American philosophy will focus on the idea of pragmatism in modern American thought. Graduate students in this course will develop an understanding of key concepts in Emerson, Peirce, James, Royce, Dewey, and Rorty. There will be a particular focus on the pragmatic notion of truth, ideas of education, and the relationship between the individual and the community.
Credits: 3
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PSC 502 - State and Local Government
Praised as ‘laboratories of democracy’ and criticized for engaging in a ‘race to the bottom,’ states play a complex role in the framework of U.S. federalism. This course provides a comparative overview of the institutions, processes, and outcomes of state and local politics, as well as an opportunity for a deeper exploration of selected issues through independent reading, reflection, and research.
Credits: 3
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RES 531 - Walking in the Footsteps of the Prophets: Discovering Your Spiritual Roots in the Holy Land
Focus on the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with an emphasis on the interrelationship of geography, history, political science, culture, sacred text, religious ritual, and ethics as formative dimensions of religious identity and spiritual practice. Dialogue with diverse communities within Israeli, Palestinian, and Turkish societies.
Credits: 3
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RES 545 - Religion in America
This course examines the epic saga of religion and religions in America - from that of native peoples to the religions introduced by immigrants to new religions and religious movements that emerged in America - as well as how that saga has been and is recorded in primary sources and recounted in comprehensives histories of religion in America. Special attention will be given to the contemporary religious landscape and issues of religious pluralism, interreligious conflict and cooperation, and religion in public life.
Credits: 3
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SOC 521 - Environmental Sociology
Environmental Sociology explores the relationship between society and the natural environment, and the impact that each has upon the other. The course will consider the social nature of environmental issues; culture and ideology, science and technology, societal inequalities, and population increase as important factors in environmental issues; the environmental movement and countermovement; and some ideas about the future. It will also focus on several specific environmental issues.
Credits: 3
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SOC 609 - Crime and Justice
This course will explain the social origins of crime; will explore the nature and extent of the various types of crime in contemporary America; will explore approaches to solving the problem of crime; and you will understand the history and current organization of the criminal justice system.
Credits: 3
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SOC 610 - Race Ethnicity and Society
Examination of race and ethnicity with an emphasis on groups in the United States.
Credits: 3
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SOC 613 - Social Movements
This graduate level course will examine various sociological aspects of social movements. In addition to learning about major social movements in American history and focusing on the strategies and tactics of specific social movements, graduate students will critique conventional American notions of social change, organize a presentation on a particular American social movement, and practice basic participant observation research skills.
Credits: 3
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AED 502 - History and Theory of Teaching Diverse Learners in Visual Art Education
This course is designed as an introduction to the field of teaching art to diverse learners at both the elementary and secondary levels. The course will prepare the student with the historical and theoretical knowledge that will then be linked to the mandatory 15 hours of fieldwork in Special Needs teacher education as part of the AED 554L Saturday Art for Children & Teens lab school.
Prerequisites & Notes
15 hours fieldwork. The course will prepare the student with the historical and theoretical knowledge that will then be linked to the mandatory 15 hours of fieldwork in Special Needs teacher education as part of the AED*554L Saturday Art for Children & Teens lab school.
Credits: 3
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AED 503 - Visual Arts Based Integrated Learning
Students will participate in interdisciplinary studio projects with a focus on translating integrated arts-based learning theory into instructional practice for the k-12 classroom. In addition to studio work, students will learn how to write, implement, and assess visual arts-based integrated curriculum.
Credits: 3
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AED 504 - Issues and Concepts in Art Education
This course explores current trends, post-modern concepts, and issues within the greater context of art and education. Through reading, discussion and reflection this course will provide the student with a process and a forum for the development of a personal analysis and synthesis of concerns in Art Education.
Credits: 3
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AED 506 - Drawing
An exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to drawing in a variety of media. Emphasis will focus on the development of conceptual and aesthetic skills and their application to the classroom situation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 507 - Psychological Foundations of Education
A study and application of the basic principles and theories of educational psychology with emphasis on Art Education. Course content is directly tied to classroom observation and participation through journal keeping, reflection, presentations, written essays and critical discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross-listed with AED*407. 35 hours of field experience required. You should complete a Placement Request form as part of your AED 507 course. The Office of Field Placement Services will assign the location of your placement.
Credits: 3
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AED 511 - Painting
The development of technical skills, handling of media materials; emphasis on problems in composition, development of visual acuity, and application of essential skills for art instructors.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 513 - Watercolor
In this course, the student will learn to use watercolor as another tool with which to express a deeper level of personal expression, individual creativity, and sophisticated contemporary content through form. The student will also explore classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 516 - Printmaking
An exploration of traditional and alternative printmaking techniques, including relief and monotype, with an emphasis on aesthetic development and classroom application.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 521 - Photographic Concepts
This course will address the principles of photography as an expressive art form. Students will become familiar with the history and application of photography as a means of communication, information, and personal expression, with particular emphasis on recent artists and discourse about cultural identity. This course will include exploration of traditional black and white processes, alternative non-silver processes and digital applications appropriate for the classroom.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 522 - Digital Photographic Concepts
Through a combination of demonstrations, field assignments and critiques, students will explore the basic tools, techniques, and aesthetics of digital photography. Creative use of camera controls, exposure, digital imaging software, output options, and classroom applications will be emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 526 - Three-Dimensional Concepts
Students work to build a visual awareness, an understanding of three-dimensional space/art by analyzing and drawing from a diverse history of sculptural sources, traditions, processes and materials. Emphasis is placed on developing technical skills and craftsmanship in combination with teaching methodologies, experimentation, and spontaneity of expression in the areas of assemblage, woodworking and welding. Students will be asked to share ideas, collaborate in critique situations, and explore classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 531 - Ceramics
Students will explore ceramic history, traditions, trends and a variety of forming and finishing processes to build an awareness of the technical and cultural diversity of ceramic art. The course combines wheel throwing, hand building and kiln firing techniques with teaching methodologies. Students will be asked to share ideas, collaborate in critique situations, and explore classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 535 - Visual Books
This course will introduce the graduate student to the basic techniques and materials of book making as an art form. Students will explore traditional book binding techniques resulting in creative new ideas and approaches to the development of a visual book. Emphasis will be placed on how the process can be used to examine cultural, personal, and artistic expressions. Students will be encouraged to work with visual ideas as well as constructing blank book models to be used for reference, and explore classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 537 - Fibers and Innovative Craft Traditions
This course will introduce students to the techniques, theories, and innovation in contemporary crafts. Emphasis will be placed on craftspersonship, technical proficiency, the object sophistication in conjunction with developing an understanding of the historical and diverse cultures that integrate those techniques into their art. Students will explore classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 541 - Jewelry and Metalsmithing
An exploration of traditional metalsmithing processes as well as nontraditional and lo-tech materials used in body ornamentation, introduction of historical, contemporary and cultural ideologies that shape the craft aesthetic of jewelry and metalsmithing; development of a personal direction and creative problem solving; application of knowledge, skills and attitudes of teaching at all levels, and classroom applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 550 - Art Materials Methods and Management
This course will explore the links between art materials, teaching strategies, and appropriate developmental levels. Although the course will focus on elementary art methods and materials, secondary level applications will be highlighted. This hands-on course will include studio projects in a wide range of 2D and 3D media, class assignments and presentations, research, building resource files, field and journal assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis. Required for the Initial Certification Art Education program.
Credits: 3
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AED 551 - Classroom Management
Studies theoretical models employed in the practice of classroom management; emphasis on problem solving techniques; explores classroom organization, instructional curriculum and diagnosis and correction of behavioral patterns as related to the total classroom instructional design.
Prerequisites & Notes
Course limited to Art Ed and Initial cert Business & Marketing Ed students; open to others on a space-available basis. *Formerly EDU*551
Credits: 3
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AED 554 - Art Education I
This course combines the methodology, theory and practice of teaching art. Course work includes planning and curriculum development, special needs concerns, motivation, classroom management strategies and the assessment of the art experience. Students are required to maintain a journal that documents, synthesizes, and evaluates their growth as a professional art teacher.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required for the Initial Certification program. 35 hours of field experience required Saturday Art for Children & Teens Program. If possible, this course should be taken the semester prior to the professional semester. An application for a Student Teaching placement will be made to the Office of Field Placement Services as part of this course.
Credits: 3
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AED 554L - Art Education I Lab
This course will provide the student with the basic teaching skills and field experience necessary for success during student teaching.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite: AED 554 15 hours fieldwork required
Credits: 0
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AED 555 - Computer Graphics
Introduction to digital imaging for the artist-teacher, with an emphasis on developing technical skills, on integrating imaging technology and art curriculum, and on developing instructional strategies for diverse classrooms and instructional levels. Exposure to imaging technologies that enhance creative abilities and experience on projects with practical applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Additional course fee required. Open only to Art Ed students. Open to Art Therapy students on a space-available basis.
Credits: 3
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AED 560 - Advanced Studio Thesis
Advanced level art work in a studio area; emphasis on development of a thesis that clearly articulates the conceptual focus of an individual’s work in terms of process, form, image and content; evolution of a personal artistic vision and direction as manifested in a cohesive body of work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: A minimum of 6 credits of graduate level studio art; three of these credits must be in the studio area chosen for thesis work. Students may take only one Advanced Studio Thesis course in their program.
Credits: 3
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AED 571 - Art History Criticism and Aesthetics
Required for the completion of the Professional Certification Master’s degree in Art Education. An exploration of ways to integrate art history into the curriculum through conceptual and technical means with an emphasis on museum visits, nontraditional resources, multiculturalism, and contemporary issues.
Credits: 3
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AED 654 - Art Education II
Taken as part of the professional semester (with AED 665 and AED 666), students study curriculum development and instructional strategies as they are applied to a diversity of learners in an inclusive setting. Emphasis is placed on the management of the art classroom; assessment of the art experience and the integration of learning in art with other disciplines using strategies such as reading, research, journal keeping, verbal critiques, and expression that combines words with images. Students will design, execute and document conceptually based units of instruction that demonstrate an understanding of a constructivist approach to learning.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required for Initial Certification program. Corequisites: AED 665 & AED 666. Course includes 30 hours fieldwork.
Credits: 3
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AED 665 - Student Teaching in Art
Taken as part of the professional semester (with AED 654 & AED 666). The field-based practicum consists of two placements of school for six weeks each, one in an elementary school and one in a secondary school.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required for Initial Certification. Upon receiving your student teaching placements you are required to complete 30 hours of observation & participation with your cooperating teacher(s) prior to beginning student teaching semester. An application for a Student Teaching placement will be made to the Office of Field Placement Services in AED 554.
Credits: 6
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AED 666 - Reflective Seminar in Art Education
As a part of the professional semester (taken in conjunction with AED 654 & AED 665), students critically analyze and synthesize their experiences in student teaching, as they strive to become reflective practitioners. Students create developmental and professional portfolios that assess and display their growth as beginning art teachers. Students will reflect, synthesize, evaluate, identify and document in an essay, the elements of teaching practice that are of specific interest to them. These elements will serve as basis for further research and study in AED 504.
Prerequisites & Notes
Required for Initial Certification program. Prerequisite: AED 554. Corequisites: AED 654 & AED 665. Additional course meeting hours required; see Program Director.
Credits: 3
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AED 690 - Capstone Seminar
In this culminating experience, students will examine current issues and trends, and acquire an orientation to on-going professional development. This seminar is a collaborative forum for refining and presenting inquiry projects and professional portfolios to an audience of colleagues representing a wide variety of disciplines and school/community settings. Should be taken during the last semester of coursework. Students are required to participate in a graduate Art Exhibition.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite: AED 699.
Credits: 3
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AED 699 - Master’s Portfolio Presentation
Degree candidates must successfully complete and exhibit a master’s portfolio at the time of completion of the graduate program. Open to students in the Art Education Initial and Professional certification programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite AED 690. For students completing final semester of M.S. in Education Program. Students must also complete a Commencement Information Form by the start of the semester in which this course will be taken; form available in Graduate Student Services (Smyth 1).
Credits: 0
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ATR 504 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship
A minimum of 16 hours weekly of supervised contact with clients in a clinical setting, including a two and a half hour weekly group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty, and with on-the-job supervision for these courses; beginning, intermediate, and advanced supervision corresponding with numbers 504, 505, 506 and 508, respectively.
Credits: 3
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ATR 505 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship
A minimum of 16 hours weekly of supervised contact with clients in a clinical setting, including a two and a half hour weekly group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty, and with on-the-job supervision for these courses; beginning, intermediate and advanced supervision corresponding with numbers 504, 505, 506 and 508 respectively.
Credits: 3
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ATR 506 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship
A minimum of 16 hours weekly of supervised contact with clients in a clinical setting, including a two and a half hour weekly group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty, and with on-the-job supervision for these courses; beginning, intermediate, and advanced supervision corresponding with numbers 504, 505, 506, and 508, respectively.
Credits: 3
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ATR 508 - Art Therapy and Counseling Internship
A minimum of 16 hours weekly of supervised contact with clients in a clinical setting, including a two and a half hour weekly group supervision seminar with art therapy faculty, and with on-the-job supervision for these courses; beginning, intermediate, and advanced supervision corresponding with numbers 504, 505, 506, and 508, respectively.
Credits: 3
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ATR 522 - Assessment Diagnosis and Counseling I
The study of psychological projective tests and art therapy tests designed specifically for the purpose of determining whether or not a client is appropriate for treatment and type of treatment and counseling techniques (individual, group and/or family).
Credits: 3
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ATR 523 - Assessment Diagnosis and Art Therapy Counseling II
The study of the major clinical syndromes with emphasis on the use of art materials, techniques and testing instrumentation. Students are also instructed in the meaning of line, form, space, and color usage in cross-cultural populations. Students will learn how to translate artwork of clients as well as present their findings in a comprehensive oral lecture and written papers.
Credits: 3
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ATR 524 - Art Therapy and the Chemically Dependent Substance Abuse Client
The class focuses on utilizing art therapy while working in a group setting with CD/SA clients. The model used is congruent with the disease model of addiction and recovery. Art therapy is utilized as an adjunct to more traditional forms of addiction therapy and is to foster the existing treatment plan for CD/SA clients. During the class, special needs populations will be explored.
Credits: 3
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ATR 528 - Art Therapy: Theories Practice and Counseling
Addresses the current theories in art therapy, the pioneers in the field, and the successful exploration of various media with specific populations.
Credits: 3
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ATR 546 - Phototherapy and Counseling Techniques
Students couple the didactic components of phototherapy concepts with direct application via assignments using instant and digital cameras computer software, specialty papers and transfer solvents. In addition to this experiential component, students exit well-versed in phototherapy and counseling techniques and its direct employment when working with various patient populations.
Credits: 3
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ATR 650 - Methods and Materials in Art Therapy
This course will counseling practices and specific methodologies with the various populations. Course will focus on materials and methods employed when working with a variety of populations and counseling scenarios.
Credits: 3
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BIL 640 - Teaching Content Areas in Spanish Bilingual Classroom
Course is organized around the principles of instruction of Spanish native speakers in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Technology consistent with New York State Learning Standards. Course will focus on interdisciplinary instruction, learning strategies, hands-on experiences, aspects of Spanish Language academic vocabulary, and an infusion of Hispanic arts and history into the curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
Course will be conducted in English and Spanish. 20 hours fieldwork required.
Credits: 3
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BIL 641 - Native Language Arts and Literacy Instruction for Spanish Speakers
Through this course, students explore the acquisition of literacy skills in Spanish. A contrastive analysis of English and Spanish leads students to the different approaches in the teaching of reading and writing in Spanish. Course will explore instructional strategies for integrating reading and writing across the content areas and will concentrate on the application of theory, methodology, and applications of technology in literacy instruction to meet requirements of the New York State Learning Standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
Course will be conducted in Spanish. 15 hours of fieldwork required.
Credits: 3
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CAT 050 - Child Abuse Workshop
This workshop focuses on detection and reporting of child abuse, and meets the New York State mandated requirement for Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse.
Prerequisites & Notes
Completion of this course is required for New York State licensure.
Credits: 0
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CAT 500 - Human Development and Assessment Across the Creative Arts Therapies
This course presents an overview of the Creative Art Therapies methods of assessment. Students will become familiar with commonly used creative arts therapy and psychological batteries and methods of observation used in art and music therapy to understand the relationships among assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
Credits: 3
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CAT 524 - Creative Arts Therapy and the Chemically Dependent Substance Abuse Client
The class focuses on utilizing creative arts therapy while working in a group setting with CD/SA clients. The model used is congruent with the disease model of addiction and recovery. Creative art therapy is utilized as an adjunct to more traditional forms of addiction therapy and is to foster the existing treatment plan for CD/SA clients. During the class, special needs populations will be explored.
Credits: 3
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CAT 526 - Family Therapy and Counseling Techniques
This is an overview of the family therapy field as well as the pioneers in family creative arts therapy. Students learn various counseling techniques (such as structural, strategic, communications, paradox, etc.) and apply this knowledge directly to family cases with whom they are working.
Credits: 3
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CAT 530 - Culminating Project Seminar I and Externship
This yearlong course is an in-depth study or research project dealing with the aspect of creative arts therapy. This can be further development of a case study undertaken in previous coursework, enriched by research or a project demonstrating excellence in other clinical areas (e.g. the development of a new clinical battery or illustrated children’s book slated for future publication).
Prerequisites & Notes
This thesis work is done concurrently with the student’s last field placement, a 20-hour externship component.
Credits: 3
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CAT 532 - Culminating Project Seminar II Externship
This year-long course is an in-depth study or research project dealing with the aspect of Creative Arts Therapy. This can be further development of a case study undertaken in previous coursework, enriched by research or a project demonstrating excellence in other clinical areas (e.g. the development of a new clinical battery or illustrated children’s book slated for future publication).
Prerequisites & Notes
This thesis work is done concurrently with the student’s last field placement, a 20-hour externship component.
Credits: 3
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CAT 536 - Yoga and Mandala: Exploring the Art of Transformation
This course will trace and map various states of consciousness, with emphasis on the intersection between yoga (a system of poses and breathing) and mandalas (circle symbols), as it applies to the healing process. Using the tools of Yoga, meditation, and the therapeutic modalities of mandala-making, it will explore creative ways of fostering healing and awareness of the authentic self. It will explore the opportunity for transformation through body-mind unity and expressive art. The course will be largely experiential with introductory yoga practice, mandala-making, and a creative project. No prior experience of yoga or mandala-making necessary.
Credits: 3
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CAT 542 - Group Creative Arts Therapy and Counseling Techniques
Introduces the student to both the theoretical and practical nature of group therapy. Group process, ethical and professional issues, dimensions of leadership and stages of groups and counseling will be highlighted and reviewed.
Credits: 3
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CAT 548 - Alcoholic Family Systems and Counseling
Provides students with basic knowledge and practice with family and alcoholism issues. The course will examine family systems theory and how it applies under the impact of alcoholism. The curriculum is divided into 5 sections: family structure, function, systems; impact of alcoholism on family members; assessment of familial problems; critical issues and strategies in treatment; children of alcoholics and their addicted children.
Credits: 3
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CAT 598 - Contemporary Issues in Interprofessional Team Practice
The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students in various health and education programs with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to be effective as inter-professional team members. Students are introduced to core values and competencies derived from multiple professions, which prepares them for collaborative practice in diverse settings. This course covers research and theories that guide effective team development and interactive problem solving.
Credits: 1
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CAT 613 - Intercultural and Ethical Issues in Creative Arts Therapy
Intercultural and Ethical Issues in Creative Arts Therapy is an intensive course emphasizing the expansion of creative arts therapy techniques and processes, ethical issues, and cultural competency in a variety of country offerings. Participants will demonstrate knowledge of the country’s history, cultural arts, and application of the creative arts through lecture, tours, experiential workshops and service. Immersion in the visiting country’s way of life enriches human development. Practical experience will facilitate therapeutic communication in shared expressive art activities.
Credits: 3
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