Graduate Courses
- HER-H 531 The Artist in the Renaissance (3 cr.) P: graduate student or consent of instructor. Graduate course examining the changing role of artists in Renaissance cities, from anonymous craftsmen in the late Middle Ages to celebrity personalities in the sixteenth century. Workshop structure, relationships with patrons, and competition between artists provide contexts for interpreting Renaissance art and exploring questions central to Renaissance art history.
- HER-Z 511 Nonstudio Approaches to Art Instructio (3 cr.) Exploration of critical approaches to newer media, including film, video, and television, directed toward an art context. Emphasis on the development of critical skills and approaches to new media in the classroom.
- HER-Z 512 Improving Studio Instruction in Art (3 cr.) Designed to examine major directions in art and the points of view of professional artists in order to develop new approaches to elementary and secondary art instruction.
- HER-Z 513 Special Topics in Art Education (1-3 cr.) A variable topic course designed to cover current issues in art curriculum and assessment. Designed for the K-12 art specialist.
- HER-H 531 The Artist in the Renaissance (3 cr.) P: graduate student or consent of instructor. Graduate course examining the changing role of artists in Renaissance cities, from anonymous craftsmen in the late Middle Ages to celebrity personalities in the sixteenth century. Workshop structure, relationships with patrons, and competition between artists provide contexts for interpreting Renaissance art and exploring questions central to Renaissance art history.
- HER-H 555 Art of the Past Two Decades (3 cr.) A graduate seminar focusing on reading, discussion, research, and writing about themes, media, issues, and trends of visual art over the past 20 years. Students use an interdisciplinary and global lens to examine current practices and intellectual and social contexts for the creation and reception of new art.
- HER-H 560 Visual Culture: A Visual Studies Approach (3 cr.) P: graduate student or consent of instructor. An introduction to visual studies, an interdisciplinary approach to the study of visual culture that emphasizes the social ramifications of the visual.
- HER-H 590 Topics in Art History (3 cr.)
Special topics in the history and study of the visual arts and visual culture. May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 9 credit hours.
- HER-H 610 Art Theory and Criticism (3 cr.) This course examines a cross-section of theories that underpin current discussions and developments in the visual arts. This course also examines the nature and goals of art criticism, including how different theories help frame the primary concerns and controversies within art criticism.
- HER-T 501 Art Therapy Practicum (1.5 cr.) A supervised practicum that prepares students for the internship and advanced internship experiences. Students observe and practice counseling, group counseling, and art therapy techniques in different settings. Minimum of 100 hours, including 40 hours in direct service with clients with at least 10 hours in group settings.
- HER-T 502 Counseling Theory and Practice for Art Therapists (3 cr.) This is an introductory course on counseling and psychological theory and practice involving the history of mental health care services, the role of professional counselors, the basic skills of counseling and psychotherapy (basic interviewing, assessment and counseling skills), different theoretical perspectives on counseling and psychotherapy, treatment plans, ways of engaging the client, and an overview of the professional code of ethics for the American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, and American Art Therapy Association. The class will require personal reflection by the students on their views of counseling, themselves and the role of theory in practice. Student will also engage in role playing to practice.
- HER-T 503 History Theory and Practice of Art Therapy (3 cr.) This course will explore how foundations of psychotherapy are applied within the context of art therapy principles and practices with clients. The Course on the history, theory and practice of art therapy. Course includes role playing and practice in art therapy, the development of art therapy as a therapeutic practice, and an overview of relevant psychotherapeutic theories.
- HER-T 504 Ethical & Legal Issues in Art Therapy (1.5-3 cr.) This course provides an in-depth knowledge of ethical and legal issues relevant to the professional practice of art therapy. Foci include historical development of ethical standards in art therapy, ethical multicultural and diversity practices and an understanding of the application of legal principles in today's professional practice.
- HER-T 505 Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents (3 cr.) Course on an understanding of children and ways that art therapy can be effective in helping children resolve issues. Course includes a study of forms of trauma often experienced by children resolve issues. Course includes a study of forms of trauma often experienced by children and issues children face, including disorders, illness, behavioral problems, divorce, domestic violence, loss, and self-esteem. Ways to assist children in expressing and managing emotions is covered.
- HER-T 507 Assessment & Evaluation in Art Therapy (3 cr.) This course features lectures, group discussions, readings, a research paper, and examinations that serve as an in-depth introduction to the processes of assessment and evaluation relevant to the professional practice of art therapy. The course focus includes a study of art therapy assessment, psychopathology, general principles of etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and dysfunctional behavior, and general principles, and practices of the promotion of optimal mental health.
- HER-T 508 Cultural & Social Diversity in Counseling and Art Therapy (3 cr.) This course features lectures, group discussions, readings, a journal, examinations, and a final reflection paper and art project that serve as an in-depth introduction to cultural and social diversity, and to gain understanding of the historical, theoretical, and practical issues surrounding the professional practice of counseling and art therapy with individuals with diverse backgrounds and cultural perspectives.
- HER-T 509 Advanced Art Therapy Practice--Specialized Populations (3 cr.)
Designed as a progressive course to meet twenty-first century healthcare trends, this specialized training course will address three clinical populations in five (5) classes per unit: Trauma, Addictions and Substance Abuse and Aging Adults. Each unit will follow a similar outline of learning tailored to the clinical population. Special needs and medical populations will also be integrated into the learning experience. This will include a brief history of counseling and psychotherapy theory and treatment implications for each population and how art therapists tailor interventions to meet the specialized needs within the general framework of art therapy theory. Didactic instruction will include when and how to refer clients and families to support services, professional boundaries, issues of transference and countertransference, treatment planning and the development of goals.
- HER-T 510 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT FROM AN ART THERAPY PERSPECTIVE (3 cr.) Students will examine the biological, psychological, and social development of humans through the lens of art therapy, incorporating how artistic and creative development unfolds across the lifespan. Students will be introduced to theories of human development from birth to death and will examine their relevance to the practice of art therapy. Class discussions will include case studies, experiential exercises, and art making. Human development readings designed for helping professionals will be interwoven with content that is specific to the field of art therapy. Students will participate in written and arts-based exercises to enhance understanding of course content.
- HER-T 511 Art Therapy with Adults (3 cr.)
The course focuses on adult mental health concerns, the standard treatment for these illnesses, graphic indicators in the artwork of such patients, and art therapy interventions and goals for these populations. Considerations when working with adults will include therapeutic relationships, transference and countertransference, resistance, and treatment planning.
- HER-T 512 Group work for art therapists (3 cr.) P: HER-T502, HER-T503 Students integrate theory, processes, and group work to facilitate ethically and culturally responsive counseling and art therapy groups. Principles of group dynamics, therapeutic factors, member roles and behaviors, leadership styles and approaches, selection criteria, art-based communication, and short- and long-term group process will be reviewed.
- HER-T 552 CAREER COUNSELING FOR ART THERAPISTS (3 cr.) This course is designed to introduce students to career counseling theories as they apply to the field of art therapy, processes and applied techniques. Current assessment and counseling methods will be examined in a context related to art therapy philosophy, along with the ways in which developmental, ethnic, and cultural factors influence the processes and outcomes of career counseling as applied to the practice of art therapy. Special attention will be paid to "right-brained" strategies for breaking through resistance to and increasing client investment in career counseling.
- HER-T 620 Art Therapy Internship I and Group Supervision (4 cr.)
Combined with T621 Art Therapy Internship II, this course requires a minimum of 450 hours of supervised experience in an internship, to gain working experience in the professional practice of art therapy and counseling. Students will practice and enhance their basic counseling skills, art therapy skills, and ability to complete paperwork. This is a hands-on experience in which students make the transition to working professional. Students are required to provide appropriate documentation of their performance and attendance in all scheduled activities
- HER-T 621 Art Therapy Internship II and Group Supervision (4 cr.)
Combined with T620 Art Therapy Internship I, this course requires a minimum of 450 hours of supervised experience in an internship, to gain working experience in the professional practice of art therapy and counseling. Students will practice and enhance their basic counseling skills, art therapy skills, and ability to complete paperwork. This is a hands-on experience in which students make the transition to working professional. Students are required to provide appropriate documentation of their performance and attendance in all scheduled activities.
- HER-T 622 Art Therapy Advanced Internship and Group Supervision (4 cr.)
This course requires a minimum of 450 hours of supervised experience in an internship, to gain working experience in the professional practice of art therapy. Students will practice and enhance their basic counseling skills, art therapy skills, and ability to complete paperwork. This is a hands-on experience in which students make the transition to working professional. There is an expectation in this course that students will be taking on an increasing amount of responsibility for the care of clients under the guidance of the site supervisor. Students are required to provide appropriate documentation of their performance and attendance in all scheduled activities.
- HER-T 630 Research Methods for Art Therapists (3 cr.) Course features lectures, group discussions, and experiential learning in research methods necessary for a Master's culminating project and become informed consumers of counseling and art therapy research; including qualitative, quantitative, arts-based inquiry, and program evaluation. It will also examine the purposes, ethical, legal, and cultural considerations of research.
- HER-T 631 Master’s Culminating Project (3 cr.)
Students will review research models and paradigms, ethical and legal issues, cultural diversity and theoretical and applied approaches to integrating art therapy research and practice. Students are responsible for independent study and will receive faculty advisement in the completion of a Master's Culminating Project.
- HER-T 640 Studio Art for Art Therapists (3 cr.)
The purpose of this class is to demonstrate experimentation and development of knowledge of different art media. Students will be expected to demonstrate an increased awareness of the psychological and emotional aspects of their own creative process and discuss how facility with a range of art media may be conceptualized when working with different demographic populations.
- HER-N 510 Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Integrative Studio Practice (6-9 cr.) Introductory graduate course in the exploration of traditional and contemporary materials, methodologies, and concepts used in an Integrative Studio Practice.
- HER-N 520 Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Integrative Studio Practice (6-9 cr.) This graduate studio course continues the development of the students' research and studio practice initiated in Studio I, incorporating theory and practice through the integration of process, craft, and technology. Students will continue to examine and integrate connections between creative practice, cultural, scientific, critical and historical discourses as they relate and pertain to other artists, academic departments and community organizations.
- HER-N 560 Studio Emphasis III: Advanced Practices in Integrative Studio Practice (6-9 cr.) This course is designed to build on the knowledge and experience of the previous two semesters. In this course, students should demonstrate a well-developed understanding of the objectives and direction they will pursue for their thesis exhibition. Students will develop an original, independent and intensive studio practice represented by significant and professional quality research and works of art.
- HER-V 501 Introduction to Design Thinking (1.5 cr.) Seminar. Theorizing and evaluating design as a specialized way of thinking. Examining collaborative, cross-disciplinary innovation processes requiring skills for identifying and framing challenges and generating and optimizing solutions. Surveying essential processes and process skills to deploy design thinking for the development of creative solutions to complex systems level challenges.
- HER-V 502 Integrative System Design (1.5 cr.) Investigating knowledge and theories to support people-driven innovation as an inclusive co-creative process. Identifying, analyzing synthesizing and evaluating many characteristics of audiences and contexts. These include physical, cognitive, cultural and social human factors as well as the economic, technological and environmental issues that inform and shape design responses.
- HER-V 510 Introduction to Design Research (1.5 cr.)
Theorizing and evaluating design as a specialized way of thinking. Examining collaborative, cross-disciplinary innovation processes requiring skills for identifying and framing challenges and generating and optimizing solutions. Surveying essential processes and process skills to deploy design thinking for the development of creative solutions to complex systems level challenges.
- HER-V 511 Design Method: People-Centered Design Research (1.5 cr.) Methods. Foundation in design research. Application and integration of theory, methods, and skills for initiating people-centered (and participatory) design research activities. Performing generative, evaluative, and experimental research to inform designing. Accounting for audiences and contexts including recognition of physical, cognitive, cultural, and social human factors that shape design responses.
- HER-V 512 Intro Design Thinking for Tackling Wicked Problems and Sensemaking (3 cr.)
This course introduces the nature of "wicked problems" facing society and explores the various positions and roles for visual sensemaking. Students will learn visual techniques to translate complex topics into models, diagrams and frameworks as an effective means of taming wicked content into a knowable, sharable conception of a topic. This skill is increasingly important as many problems are ones that involve large-scale problem definition.
- HER-V 513 Design Methods for Framing Problems (3 cr.)
This course discusses how to become a better strategical thinker, preparing you to be able to frame complex, ill-defined problems. It is case study based, so each of you bring a problem from your field that becomes material for you and your peers to apply course concepts and methods. By contributing a case study, you help your classmates shift the focus away from the disciplinary content knowledge to the transferrable skills reasoning process for innovation, rigorous formulation of problem statements, and insight translation, that allows you and your peers to develop an ability for strategic and insightful problem solving. It is an objective of the course that you learn how to leverage these transferrable skills to approach problems in areas you know little about.
- HER-V 520 Collaborative Action Research in Design II (3 cr.) Studio. Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for designing as a cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Focusing on analytical techniques including mapping challenges to support the problem defining phase of a methodology for formulating problems/opportunities, formulating solutions and implementing solutions. Team approach to translational action research.
- HER-V 521 Methods for Design Analysis (1.5 cr.) Methods. Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for design analysis in the context of cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Identifying patterns and framing insights. Emphasis on defining problems in fuzzy situations. Surveying, performing and evaluating design analysis methodologies from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Techniques include challenge mapping and card sorting.
- HER-V 521 Methods for Design Analysis (1.5 cr.) Methods. Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for design analysis in the context of cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Identifying patterns and framing insights. Emphasis on defining problems in fuzzy situations. Surveying, performing and evaluating design analysis methodologies from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Techniques include challenge mapping and card sorting.
- HER-V 523 Design Methods for Prototyping (3 cr.)
In contrast with the general perception of prototype that is often thought of as coming at the end of product development process, this course views prototyping as a methodical approach for collective decision making in collaborative problem solving process. Prototyping, as a mean for tangible communication, applies throughout the process from initial research to storytelling, to concept generation, and lastly to refine and improve a selected direction. The course introduces prototyping methods for representing various types of process outputs such as user experience, ideas, and concepts.
- HER-V 530 COLLABRTV ACTN RSRCH IN DSGN 3 (1-6 cr.) Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for designing as a cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Focusing on techniques for synthesizing design research to support the idea finding phase of a methodology for formulating problems/opportunities, formulation solutions and implanting solutions. Team approach to translation action research.
- HER-V 531 Design Methods for Design Synthesis (1.5 cr.) Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for design synthesis in the context of a cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Emphasizing divergent thinking, active deferral of judgment and ideation. Surveying, performing and evaluation design synthesis methods for exploring and conceiving plans. Techniques include lateral thinking, brainstorming and synetics.
- HER-V 540 COLLABRTV ACTN RSRCH IN DSGN 4 (6 cr.) Studio. Application and integration of theory, methods and skills for designing as a cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Focusing on techniques for evaluating proposals to support the optimizing and implementing phases of a methodology for formulating problems/opportunities, formulating solutions and implementing solutions. Team approach to translational action research.
- HER-V 541 Methods for Design Evaluation (1.5 cr.) Methods. Application and integration of theory, methods, and skills for design evaluation, optimization and implementation in the context of a cross-disciplinary collaborative process for innovation. Emphasizing techniques to support decision-making. Surveying, performing, and comparing design evaluation and implementation tools including user studies, criteria grids, paired comparison analysis and action planning.
- HER-V 601 Design Leadership (1.5 cr.)
This seminar will focus on examining and developing an understanding and perspective of the current landscape of Design Leadership, through the lens of Design Facilitation.
- HER-V 602 Design Management (1.5 cr.) A seminar focused on contemporary design management. Students will review case studies of management in various design contexts and establish their own vision of what it means to lead in or through design.
- HER-V 650 Design Facilitation (3 cr.)
A studio-based course where students apply their knowledge of design to the area of leadership through facilitation. This course will prepare you to master the practice of Research Facilitation and Design Facilitation.
- HER-V 660 Collaborative Action Research in Design 6 (1.5 cr.)
Studio. Initiating intermediate application and synthesis of Design Leadership. During this course, students further develop and apply their skills for design leadership by facilitating cross-disciplinary, collaborative design projects.
- HER-V 670 Collaborative Action Research in Design 7 (1.5 cr.)
Studio. Mastering advanced application and synthesis of Design Leadership. During this course, students further develop and apply their skills for design leadership by facilitating cross-disciplinary, collaborative design projects.
- HER-V 680 Collaborative Action Research in Design 8 (1.5 cr.)
Studio. Evaluating mastery of advanced Design Leadership. During this course, students evaluate their skills for design leadership by conducting critical reflection on experiences and learning from the facilitation of cross-disciplinary, collaborative design projects.
- HER-V 690 Thesis writing 1 (3 cr.)
Studio. Introduction to the theory, methods and skills for developing and framing a researchable question. Focusing on techniques for analysis and synthesis of concepts and theories into a clear and actionable research question including a comprehensive literature review that supports the question.
- HER-V 691 Thesis Preparation (3 cr.)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to conduct a design research project. The course covers the theory, methods, and strategies for developing a research project plan. Students will produce a concise project plan that includes a clear methodology and research design.
- HER-V 692 Thesis Writing (3 cr.)
This course prepares students to produce a thesis. The course, paired with V 693, covers the theory, methods, and skills for assessing project outcomes. Students will learn how to analyze design activities, synthesize findings, and frame evidence and results to discuss their research in written and oral forms.
- HER-V 693 Thesis Project (1-9 cr.)
A studio centered around enacting individual thesis projects. Activities include conducting action research, developing design artifacts through an iterative process, and performing methods of data analysis.
- HER-V 694 Taking Your Research Public (3 cr.)
A studio-based course where students collect, exhibit, and distribute their thesis scholarship for different publics.
- MUS-A 500 Music Technology Graduate Seminar (0 cr.) The Music Technology Graduate Seminar is a zero (0) credit hour graduate course consisting of 15 weekly seminars by the Department of Music and Arts Technology and other engineering and technology faculty at IUPUI, researchers from local and national academia, representatives from industry, and peer graduate students in the MAT. Seminars introduce MAT graduate students to a variety of music technology related topics in academic and industrial research. Presenters will pose research questions, scientific methodologies, and technological advancements in music technology and related fields. Presentations and discussions will assist students in developing and refining critical thinking and technical presentation skills.
- MUS-A 505 Applied Acoustics (3 cr.) the one-semester long graduate course will cover various topics of acoustics, relevant to technical applications for the arts, music technology, and physical spaces. These subject areas include fundamentals of waves and acoustics, acoustic metrics, wave interactions, modal analysis, architectural acoustics, and noise control methods.
- MUS-A 540 Music Engineering Technology (3 cr.) This course provides a technical approach of engineering concepts of music technology. Topics include digital audio concepts, audio signal processing, synthesis, and electroacoustic design of audio devices, while utilizing programming. Students will develop a quantitative understanding of music engineering methods and investigate current technologies and their effects on music technologists.
- MUS-N 512 Foundations of Sound Production (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. This course explores how musical sound is produced. Fundamentals of the physics of sound will provide the technical foundation to explore musical applications. The course will cover the varying families of musical instruments, tuning and temperament, and human hearing while also introducing aspects of audio programming to reinforce theoretical concepts.
- MUS-N 513 Principles of Music Technology (3 cr.) Explores underlying technologies of systems within the music and media field from a computational perspective by utilizing software programming tools and techniques to create and build interactive systems within these domains. The Max programming environment is the current format for application designs in the course.
- MUS-N 514 Music Technology Methods (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide a functional, conceptual, and philosophical overview of graduate level music technology. Students will evaluate and analyze software, hardware, and related technology applications. Additionally, students will compare and critique these concepts and tools as they relate to the field of music technology.
- MUS-N 515 Multimedia Design Application in the Arts (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Addresses the usability and human factor principles of multimedia digital product design in the arts. Topics include cognitive frameworks, design patterns, user research, usability evaluation, and performance analysis. Students will apply the various cognitive theories and design principles in the creation software applications to be employed in the arts.
- MUS-N 516 Advanced Interactive Design Applications in the Arts (3 cr.) P: MUS-N 515 or consent of instructor. Incorporates extensive analysis and use of computer and multimedia authoring tools intended for specific educational applications. Project management and programming team organization; media management and selection criteria for digital arts media development; task analysis and instructional sequencing applied to training and instruction; and assessment modeling and feedback schedules are examined.
- MUS-N 517 Internship in Arts Technology (3 cr.) P: MUS-N 516 or consent of instructor. An internship for students to work with experts in arts technology fields who are using new applications in commercial and educational settings. Requirements include the development of a technology project proposal; interview, resume, and project presentation; on-site intern residency; project report; an oral and media presentation of the project.
- MUS-N 518 Music and Arts Technology Directed MS Project (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. A music and arts technology-focused project commensurate with the course load. Instructor and student will work together to develop a multi-layered project. Requirements include project research and/or development of project, final report, and presentation.
- MUS-N 519 Digital Sound Design for Multimedia I (3 cr.) P: N514, or consent of instructor. Music composition and multimedia applications of MIDI systems and Digital Audio Workstations. Analog, digital, and software-based synthesis, and exploration of multi-track MIDI and digital recording.
- MUS-N 520 Digital Sound Design for Multimedia II (3 cr.) P: MUS-N 519, or consent of instructor. Advanced applications of MIDI and next-generation sound file formats for producing soundtracks, multimedia events, and collaborative composition over the Internet.
- MUS-N 521 Research Methods in Music and Multimedia (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Introduction to the underlying principles and concepts of technology-based studies in the arts. Techniques of educational research, including integration of scientific methodology, descriptive, and inferential methods, and multimedia instrumentation in project development.
- MUS-N 522 Techniques for Music Performance, Teaching, and Production at a Distance (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Electronic tools for music performance, teaching, and production at a distance. Website and Internet resources including video conferencing, digital editing, and compression of video and sound wave formats. Group and individual assignments for on-line music presentations.
- MUS-N 523 Historical Foundations of Music Technology (3 cr.) This course analyzes and evaluates concepts, events, designs, and creative works that have served as catalysts in the progression of music technology over time. Through the study of the past, the class will develop rationales for new and emerging technologies that relate to the expression of music today and looking towards the future.
- MUS-N 525 Techniques of Interactive Performances (1-3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Techniques of Interactive Performance prepares public presentations that highlight the current underlying principles and concepts of computer music, live media, interdisciplinary, and interactive performance systems. Areas covered will include electro-acoustic music (with instruments, microphones, and computer processing), laptop music, live media manipulation, created instruments, machine learning, telematics, and networks, among others. The group generally works together with an outside group from another discipline in order to cross-synthesize the artistic realizations of each performance. Each semester the ensemble engages a project that draws on the multi-disciplinary skill set from the enrolled students.
- MUS-N 526 Synthesizers and Controllers (3 cr.) Synthesizers and Controllers addresses underlying principles of analog and digital synthesizer technology. Topics covered include voltage control, additive synthesis, FM, wavetables, and MIDI. The course will also examine various types of controller technology frequently used in computer music creation and performance.
- MUS-N 527 Advanced Digital Music Systems (3 cr.) Music Systems addresses underlying principles of digital audio processing, together with related control systems for live music performance, production, and installations. They will work with software to create music scenarios of their own design. Students will also program music software and will design a large-scale music system.
- MUS-N 530 Philosophy and Theory in Music Therapy (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Philosophical and theoretical foundations of the use of music in and as therapy. Student explore multiple schools of philosophical thought related to the concepts of health, wellness, being human, and values in the therapeutic process.
- MUS-N 531 Music Therapy Quantitative and Qualitative Research (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Applications of scientific methodology to music therapy theory and practice. Philosophical differences between qualitative and quantitative research paradigms, integration of theoretical concepts and practice standards with scientifically-sound research proposals.
- MUS-N 532 Music in Medicine (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. The focus of this course is the evidence-based application of music in medical settings to facilitate symptom relief and improve the health and well-being of clients. Students will critique the scientific, theoretical, and empirical basis for music interventions.
- MUS-N 533 Advanced Clinical Techniques in Music Therapy (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. This course is designed to develop advanced level protocol delivery and data collection skills. Students will develop and carry out music therapy protocol and provide a written theoretical rationale and critique of the protocol's effectiveness. This class serves as a graduate clinical practicum. Students will engage in weekly supervision.
- MUS-N 534 Introduction to Arts Based Research (3 cr.) An overview of Arts Based Research (ABR) methodologies including a critical look at the history of ABR and the many indigenous ways of knowing that preceded (and exist alongside) its creation, as well as distinguishing ABR from other forms of arts informed qualitative work.
- MUS-N 600 Thesis in Music Therapy (1-6 cr.) Research thesis for M.S. in Music Therapy and M.S. in Music Technology.
- HER-C 510 Studio Emphasis: Materials and Methods in Ceramics (6 cr.) P: Visual Art MFA student or Department Consent. Introductory graduate course in the materials, methodologies, and general concepts used in ceramics and related objects.
- HER-C 520 Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Ceramics (6 cr.) P: HER-C 510; Visual Art MFA student or department consent. Graduate level course in the integration of studio practices in ceramics within the context of professional engagement.
- HER-C 560 Studio Emphasis III: Advance Practices in Ceramics (6-9 cr.) Advanced graduate course in the exploration of ceramics, including studio practices and professional development.
- HER-Q 510 Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Furniture Design (6 cr.) P: M.F.A. student or consent of instructor. Introductory graduate course in the materials, methodologies, and general concepts used in the designing and making of furniture and related objects.
- HER-Q 520 Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Furniture Design (6 cr.) P: Studio Emphasis I: Furniture Design. Study of designing and making studio furniture within the context of professional practice.
- HER-Q 560 Studio Emphasis III: Advanced Practices in Furniture Design (6 cr.) P: Studio Emphasis II: Furniture Design. Study of advanced concepts and practices in designing and making furniture and related objects.
- HER-P 510 Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Painting and Drawing (6-9 cr.) P: MFA student or consent of instructor. Introductory graduate course in the exploration of traditional and contemporary materials, methodologies, and concepts used in Painting and Drawing.
- HER-P 520 Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Painting and Drawing (6 cr.) P: MFA student or consent of instructor. Graduate level course in the integration of studio practices in painting and drawing within the context of professional engagement.
- HER-P 560 Studio Emphasis III: Advanced Practices in Painting and Drawing (6 cr.) P: MFA student or consent of instructor. This course is designed to build on the knowledge and experience of the previous two semesters. In this course, students should demonstrate a well-developed understanding of the objectives and direction they will pursue for their thesis exhibition. Students should have developed an original, independent and intensive studio practice. Their work should show a fluent control of technical and formal issues relevant to their approach. A high level of research and experimentation will continue in consultation with their instructors and peers. The students? primary focus is now directed toward building a cohesive, personal and professional body of work.
- HER-K 510 Studio Emphasis I: Photography and Intermedia (6-9 cr.) P: MFA student or consent of instructor.
Introductory graduate course in the exploration of traditional and contemporary materials, methodologies, and concepts used in photography and intermedia.
- HER-K 520 Studio Emphasis II: Photography & Intermedia (6-9 cr.) Graduate level course in the integration of studio practices in photography and intermedia within the context of professional engagement.
- HER-K 560 Studio Emphasis III: Photography & Intermedia (6-9 cr.) Advanced graduate course in the exploration of photography and intermedia, including studio practices and professional development.
- HER-G 510 Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Printmaking (6 cr.) P: M.F.A. student or consent of instructor. Introductory graduate course in the exploration of traditional and contemporary materials, methodologies, and concepts used in printmaking.
- HER-G 520 Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Printmaking (6 cr.) P: Studio Emphasis I: Printmaking. Study of the integration of studio practices in printmaking within the context of professional engagement.
- HER-G 560 Studio Emphasis III: Advanced Practices in Printmaking (6 cr.) P: Studio Emphasis II: Printmaking. Advanced exploration of printmaking, including studio practices and professional development.
- HER-S 510 Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Sculpture (6-9 cr. cr.) P: M.F.A. student or consent of instructor. Introductory graduate course in the materials, methodologies, and general concepts used in the designing and making of contemporary sculpture.
