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  • CSA 525: Multicultural Counsel

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Focuses students' attention to the presence of personal resistance, biases, prejudices, stereotypes, judgmental thought processes, and racist tendencies in society and how that affects practicing counselors and student affairs professionals. The development of knowledge and understanding regarding characteristics and concerns of diverse populations, the attitudes and behaviors affected by dominant group membership, and the individual and group approaches/interventions appropriate within the multicultural helping settings will be explored.
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  • CSA 530: Special Topics HE

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Provides graduate students with in-depth instruction and student research within selected areas of interest not available in other courses. Topics may include a continuation of coursework beyond what is offered in a selected course or an intensive look at a topic such as Title IX, campus safety, higher education governance crises, equity and access to education, under-represented populations, and multicultural competence. Requires extensive reading and development of the students' ideas on the topic, and expression of those ideas in written and oral form. Students may take this course up to two times with different topics.
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  • CSA 599: Field Experience-a

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Exposes students to a comprehensive, pre-professional experience spanning two academic semesters for advanced graduate students in the College Student Affairs specialty within the Educational Leadership GCo College Student Affairs program. Students must complete 150 hours (per term) of supervised professional- level work in a college student affairs department. Periodic seminars, either online or in person, will be conducted to complement the practical experience.
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  • CSD 564: Craniofacial Disorder

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides an overview of craniofacial disorders with emphasis on cleft lip and/or palate and velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI). An understanding of anatomy and physiology of the craniofacial complex, embryological development, and etiological factors are presented. The effects of cleft lip and/or palate and VPI on speech, hearing, and language are described. Procedures for diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders and related management issues will be discussed. Prerequisite: Graduate Enrollment in Speech Pathology. Three hours lecture per week.
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  • CSD 583: Swallowing II

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    This course provides the graduate student with detailed information and lab experience with procedures of evaluation of swallowing disorders, determination of objectives for patient management, and selection and implementation of therapeutic interventions for dysphagia across the life span. Case management, interdisciplinary team interaction, and professional communication skills are emphasized. Three hours lecture per week.
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  • DANC 110: Dance History: A World Survey

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores dance from both historic and contemporary times while spanning the international dance globe.GC This lecture-based course examines the work of multiple communities, artists, and companies that forever changed the world.GC Students gain an awareness of how various cultures added to the development of dance and life as we know it today, and tools for how to view and analyze varied movement.GC Explorations include learning fun basic dance steps, and group presentation topics of interest.
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  • DANC 115: Ballet & Jazz I

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores the fundamentals of jazz and ballet dance from an artistic, intellectual, and physical approach. Students will gain an understanding of the historical figures, techniques, traditions, and terminology associated with each style, and experience the broad range of physical attributes while performing each unique form. Students will gain creative tools transferable to all career paths, and work collaboratively alongside peers crafting mini-dances, while developing life-long practices for healthy living.
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  • DANC 215: Modern I/II

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores the medium of modern dance. Through progressive warm-ups, traveling movement patterns, exposure to varied techniques, and center combinations, students physically experience how the body becomes an instrument of expression, consciousness, and a tool for self-development. This course empowers students to obtain a deeper relationship to self, build stronger mental clarity of vast concepts such as space, weight, and time, reveals the relationship between physics and anatomical principles, and explores powerhouse artists within the field. *Prior exposure to dance is required. Instructor approval will be given during the first week of classes to determine appropriate placement. Students may have completed DANC 115 or have previous non-Commonwealth University studio experience in ballet, modern or jazz dance techniques.
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  • DANC 225: Choreography I

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores the process of making contemporary dance works in the studio setting. Through an artistic, intellectual, and physical lens, students will experience/practice multiple approaches to the craft of dance making. Improvisational structures, text analysis, discussions, choreographic studies and varied assignments will empower students to develop the breadth of their choreographic voice while actively engaging in the process of creation. Students will participate in feedback sessions, both evaluating and de-constructing the work of all peers. *Prior exposure to dance is required. Instructor approval will be given during the first week of classes to determine appropriate placement. Students may have completed DANC 115 or have previous non-Commonwealth University studio experience in ballet, modern or jazz dance techniques.
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  • DANC 315: Jazz II

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores jazz dance from an artistic, intellectual and physical approach. Students will experience multiple styles ranging from lyrical to Broadway to hip-hop/funk through various exercises and choreographic studies, while focusing on the development of expressive performance skills. Additionally, the life and work of the master jazz artist Bob Fosse will be examined in-depth through films, classroom-based discussions, and repertoire. *Prior exposure to jazz, modern or ballet dance technique is required. Instructor approval will be given during the first week of classes to determine appropriate course placement. DANC 115 or non-Commonwealth University studio training is acceptable.
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