2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 02, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Computer Engineering

  
  • CSE 787 - Analytical Data Mining

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CIS 787 
    Knowledge discovery process, data warehouses, OLAP, data mining inference based on statistics and machine learning, rule generation; emphasis on analytical aspects; applications.
    PREREQ: CIS 675 , ELE 606 , CSE 607 
  
  • CSE 788 - Computer-Aided Design fro VLSI and Digital Systems

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Computer aids for automatic physical design of digital systems. Algorithms for partitioning, placement, wire routing, layout compaction, etc. Programming competence required.
    PREREQ: CSE 664 
  
  • CSE 789 - Comuter Aided Design of Digital Systems: Logic Design

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Computer aids for automatic logic design. Heuristic algorithms for single and multiple output, two-level and multiple-level logic minimization, logic synthesis, design verification, simulation and formal methods, hardware accelerators.
    PREREQ: CSE 561 , CSE 607 
  
  • CSE 791 - Special Problems in Computer Systems Engineering

    1-4 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Topics vary and represent current interests in computer engineering.
    Repeatable 5 time(s), 24 credits maximum
  
  • CSE 864 - Topics in VLSI Design

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Seminar on the design and analysis of very large scale integrate circuits and systems. Opportunities for chip fabrication and testing.
    PREREQ: CSE 664 
  
  • CSE 890 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by permission of supervising instructor or instructor and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • CSE 891 - Special Problems in Computer Systems Engineerin

    1-4 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Work on special projects. Instructor presents new or special material.
    Repeatable
  
  • CSE 995 - Engineer Degree Project

    0-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Independent investigation or original research on engineering problem under faculty supervision.
    Repeatable, 6 credits maximum
  
  • CSE 996 - Master’s Project

    0 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Engineering investigation or analysis and evaluation of a journal paper. Written report in accordance with current departmental guidelines. Required of all students electing the nonthesis option for the master’s degree.
    Repeatable
  
  • CSE 997 - Masters Thesis

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Independent investigation on a topic of interest under supervision of a member of the graduate school faculty. Credit to be arranged.
    Repeatable, 6 credits maximum
  
  • CSE 999 - Dissertation

    1-15 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Research on a doctoral dissertation under the supervision of a member of the graduate school faculty. Credit to be arranged.
    Repeatable 29 time(s)

Conducting

  
  • CTG 545 - Basic Conducting

    2 credit(s) Every semester
    Baton technique: beat patterns, tempo indication, preparation and release, style, dynamics, cueing and eye contact.
  
  • CTG 546 - Intermediate Conducting Choral

    2 credit(s)
    Hand techniques. Vocal music techniques. Score analysis. Warm-ups. Choral literature. Elements of ensemble performance.
    PREREQ: CTG 546 
  
  • CTG 548 - Intermediate Conducting, Instrumental

    2 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring


    Hand techniques. Instrumental music techniques. Score analysis. Warm-ups. Instrumental literature.
    PREREQ: CTG 545 


  
  • CTG 615 - Applied Music, Conducting

    2 credit(s)
    For graduate music students with emphasis in conducting.
  
  • CTG 616 - Applied Music, Conducting

    2 credit(s)
    For graduate music students with emphasis in conducting.
  
  • CTG 640 - Advanced Conducting

    2 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    For advanced students whose technical knowledge and musical scholarship is established.
  
  • CTG 715 - Applied Music, Conducting

    2 credit(s)
    For graduate music students with emphasis in conducting.
  
  • CTG 716 - Applied Music, Conducting

    2 credit(s)
    For graduate music students with emphasis in conducting.

Double Bass

  
  • DBS 540 - Double Bass/Non Mus Major

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • DBS 545 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • DBS 546 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • DBS 645 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • DBS 646 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • DBS 745 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • DBS 746 - Double Bass/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.

Design

  
  • DES 561 - Furniture and Light Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Design and development of experimental furniture and light fixtures. Experiences in prototype construction and industrial production methods.
  
  • DES 562 - Advanced Detailing and Construction

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ISD 654 
    Advance detailing and construction techniques, documentation, shop drawings, computer-aided construction methods for fabrication.
  
  • DES 601 - Design Thinking and Strategies

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to design thinking as primary mode of solving problems to arrive at creative and alternative solutions.
  
  • DES 602 - Design Thinking & Ideas

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: DES 302
    Introduction of major theories and writings about design within a historical context. Provide students with a theoretical toolkit for exploring design and other creative work.
  
  • DES 605 - Digital Design Techniques I

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: DES 305
    Explores the capabilities of industry-standard design software to develop and preflight multi-page layouts for printed distribution, with precise control over typography and composition. Projects stress essential design and pre-press techniques applicable to all design disciplines. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • DES 606 - Digital Design Techniques II

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: DES 306
    Introduces students to the two central practices of today’s designers, creating vector illustrations and manipulating digital imagery. Using industry-standard design software, assignments provide practical experience for generating professional illustrations and image-based work. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • DES 607 - Digital Design Techniques III

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: DES 307
    Introduces students to the industry-leading programming environment for producing interactive content on the web, smartphones, tablets, and televisions. Assignments provide practical experience for generating professional animated work.
  
  • DES 641 - Fabrication Skills and Methods

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: DES 341
    Introduction to wood and metal shop construction techniques for design fabrication. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • DES 642 - Computer Generated Fabrication

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: DES 342
    Introduction to computer generation construction techniques for design fabrication. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • DES 647 - Design Research

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Literature and information search into the design of interior environments and their functional relation to humanistic, sociocultural, and structural factors to determine thesis problem.
  
  • DES 648 - Introduction to Design Communication

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to the processes and techniques of design communication and presentation including both computer generated and manual applications.
  
  • DES 652 - Branding and Marketing Works

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: DES 452
    Interdisciplinary design studio focused on branding and marketing. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • DES 672 - Introductory Design Studio

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to design processes and the application of design thinking, language, and methods to introductory level projects.
  
  • DES 748 - Design Communication

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Development of a design communication skills and techniques for the process of design research, analysis, and synthesis with solutions to the thesis problem.
  
  • DES 771 - Analysis and Synthesis

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Organization and evaluation strategies used in the analysis and synthesis of research information and data for establishing definitive design parameters and criteria.
    PREREQ: DES 647 
  
  • DES 772 - Design Project

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Developing and completing a comprehensive design project, including essential illustrations, technical drawings, models, and prototypes.
  
  • DES 996 - Final Presentation

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Final presentation accompanied by written statement, culminating in oral examination for M.F.A. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor’s approval.
    PREREQ: DES 771 , DES 772 

Documentary Film and History

  
  • DFH 600 - Selected Topics in Documentary Film and History

    1-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • DFH 610 - Documentary Production Research

    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Analyzes the unique collaborative nature of the documentary through screenings of important work in the genre, readings and lectures by visiting professionals. Students design research strategies and write proposals for a Documentary Film and History thesis.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • DFH 693 - Oral History Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 693 
    Examines the practice of oral history from methodological and theoretical levels, the differences between individual and collective memories, and its application to analysis of events, ethical dimensions, and technological tools.
  
  • DFH 695 - Historical Narratives and Interpretation

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HST 695 
    Comparison and exploration of the documentary and the written word as alternative formats for presenting history. Documentaries and historical writings are examined and discussed using case studies.

Drama

  
  • DRA 515 - Play Analysis and Introduction to Mise-en-Scène

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Play scripts as “scores” for production and performance. Techniques used by directors and designers to develop ideas for shaping the elements of theatrical art into viable production concepts. Constructive production criticism.
    PREREQ: DRA 115
  
  • DRA 520 - Graduate Scene Study I

    0-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Problems in characterization, period, and language posed by masterworks of prose drama. Scenes from Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, etc.
  
  • DRA 521 - Acting Workshop (London)

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Training sessions with British adjunct teachers in areas of skills and technique not available on the Syracuse campus. Each teacher offers several sessions in a special area.
  
  • DRA 522 - Acting Workshop (London)

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Training sessions with British adjunct teachers in areas of skills and technique not available on the Syracuse campus. Each teacher offers several sessions in a special area.
  
  • DRA 523 - Audition Technique

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Audition procedures and techniques necessary for a career in theater, film, and television. Course will include readings, lecture/discussion, and practice. Student must have passed sophomore evaluations.
    PREREQ: DRA 220 TWICE
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • DRA 524 - Acting: Drama in the Elizabethan and jRomantic Modes

    0-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Character study, scene work, rehearsal, and performance of plays in the Elizabethan and/or romantic modes. Plays may be either of the historical periods or modern works in the same style. Instructor determines credit load of each student individually.
    PREREQ: DRA 126
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • DRA 525 - Acting: Drama in Classic and Classicist Mode

    0-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Character study, scene work, rehearsal, and performance of plays in classic or classical modes. Plays may be Greek, Roman, neoclassical, or modern works in the same style. Instructor determines the credit load of each student individually.
    PREREQ: DRA 126
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • DRA 526 - Acting: Drama in the Naturalistic Mode

    0-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Character study, scene work, rehearsal, and performance of plays in the naturalistic tradition. Instructor determines the credit load of each student individually.
    PREREQ: DRA 126
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • DRA 527 - Dialects

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Standard foreign dialects for dramatic purposes using phonograph records and phonetic transcriptions of foreign dialects. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRA 528 - Dialects Workshop

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Continuation of DRA 527.
    PREREQ: DRA 527
  
  • DRA 529 - Acting for the Frame

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Acquisition and development of specialist screen acting skills. Techniques are explored and practiced extensively in front of the camera. Offered only in London. Admission to the London Drama Program by permission of department chair.
    PREREQ: DRA 355 AND 356
  
  • DRA 530 - Advanced Actors Workshop

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Scene study. Selection by audition and interview.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 15 credits maximum
  
  • DRA 531 - Introduction to Directing

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Basic directing theory and practice. Projects and exercises in fundamental directing skills. Permission of instructor.
    PREREQ: (DRA 105 AND 106) OR (DRA 125 AND 126) AND DRA 515 
  
  • DRA 532 - Directing: Special Problems

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Specific area of directing selected by the department and announced before registration. Direction of assigned scenes with actors from DRA 320. May be repeated for credit, if problems differ.
    PREREQ: DRA 515 
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 539 - Directors’ Workshop

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Increasing conceptual skills and rehearsal techniques by directing assigned materials under close faculty supervision. Selection by interview.
  
  • DRA 540 - Theater Dance Repertory

    1-2 credit(s)
    Studio study of significant choreography from the musical theater repertoire. Emphasizing technical accuracy, stylistic integrity, and performance quality. Permission of instructor
    PREREQ: DRA 126
  
  • DRA 550 - Professional Practices

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Focus on career development, practical skills and auditioning: including master classes with professionals, lectures, discussions, and site visits to professional venues. Specifically related to theater in New York City (Tepper Semester)
  
  • DRA 554 - Emergnce of Modrn Theater

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Sources of the modern theater and development of styles and movements from the nineteenth century. Influential social and cultural forces in historical context.
  
  • DRA 555 - History American Theatre

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Development of American theater from colonial origins to present. Emergence of a distinctive national tradition.
  
  • DRA 560 - Music Theater Production

    0-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Character study, scene work, music and dance work, rehearsal and performance of musical theater works. Admission by audition and permission of instructor only. Instructor to determine credit load of each student individually.
    PREREQ: DRA 126
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 561 - Music and Shakespeare

    3-4 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HOM 561 
    A discussion-based course investigating the place of music in Shakespeare’s plays. Also considers the role of music in early modern English culture as well as later musical adaptations of Shakespeare.
  
  • DRA 575 - Choreography/Musicl Stage

    1 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Improvisation and basic rules of dance composition to familiarize future directors and choreographers with dance production in musical theater. Dance films, contributions of important choreographers. Weekly and semester group and solo assignments.
  
  • DRA 576 - Choreography/Musicl Stage

    1 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Improvisation and basic rules of dance composition to familiarize future directors and choreographers with dance production in musical theater. Dance films, contributions of important choreographers. Weekly and semester group and solo assignments.
  
  • DRA 581 - Intro to Playwriting

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Structure, characterization, dialogue. Practice in writing the short play.
    PREREQ: DRA 315 OR DRA 515 
  
  • DRA 582 - Play Writing

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Continuation of DRA 581.
    PREREQ: DRA 581 
  
  • DRA 585 - Creative Dramatics

    0-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Theater activities for young children and adolescents in educational and community settings. Readings, discussion, practice, and supervised field experience in theater games, improvisation, and play-making techniques.
  
  • DRA 586 - Creative Dramatics

    0-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Theater activities for young children and adolescents in educational and community settings. Readings, discussion, practice, and supervised field experience in theater games, improvisation, and play-making techniques.
    PREREQ: DRA 585 
  
  • DRA 591 - Development of the Full-Length Play

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Building on principles learned in DRA 391 and 392, student playwrights will investigate genre, structure, magnitude and voice in developing the full-length play.
    PREREQ: DRA 392
  
  • DRA 592 - Writing and Revising the Full-Length Play

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Building on the knowledge and skills developed in DRA 391, 392, and 591 students will complete and revise a fully realized standard length play.
    PREREQ: DRA 591 
  
  • DRA 600 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  
  • DRA 620 - Graduate Scene Study II

    0-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Problems in acting the classic repertoire, especially masterworks of poetic drama. Assignments selected from Shakespeare and other Elizabethans, French neoclassical tragedy and comedy, and more modern works presenting similar problems.
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 622 - Interp Shakespeare/Perfrm

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    An intensive study of tonal qualities and motivation in three of Shakespeare’s plays as well as discriminating oral interpretation of passages from these plays.
    PREREQ: DRA 225
  
  • DRA 631 - Advanced Directing

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Seminar and practicum. Reading, discussion in directorial concepts, and rehearsal methods. Class discussion and criticism of assigned scenes.
    PREREQ: DRA 531 
  
  • DRA 632 - Advanced Directing

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Continuation of DRA 631.
    PREREQ: DRA 631 
  
  • DRA 633 - Adaptation and Performance of Nondramatic Literature

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Aesthetics and techniques of interpreting drama and nondramatic literature through staged group reading. Permission of instructor
  
  • DRA 639 - Projects in Directing

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Directing projects proposed by advanced students, usually graduate students, for developing and/or demonstrating their skills. Projects must be approved by faculty member who serves as advisor-critic and by department.
  
  • DRA 651 - Graduate Seminars in Theatrical and Dramatic History

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a period, stylistic development, or other aspect of history of theater and drama selected by department and announced before registration.
    PREREQ: DRA 355, 356
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 652 - Graduate Seminars in Modern Theater and Drama

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of an aspect of the development of theater and drama of our time, selected by department and announced before registration.
    PREREQ: DRA 355, 356
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 655 - Dramatic Criticism

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Representative forms and exponents of dramatic criticism from major periods of dramatic history. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRA 656 - Dramatic Criticism

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Representative forms and exponents of dramatic criticism from major periods of dramatic history. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRA 660 - Music Theater Practicum

    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Individual coaching in performance techniques. Student-proposed projects in directing and other areas related to musical productions. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRA 670 - Experience Credit

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Participation in discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRA 690 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Permission of instructor.
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 710 - Graduate Readings

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Repeatable
  
  • DRA 715 - Seminar in Mise-en-Scène

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    For graduate directing and design students. Production theory and practical approaches to research, script analysis, and conceptualization of theatrical productions. Required of all M.F.A. candidates before beginning thesis project.
    PREREQ: DRA 355, 356, DRA 515 , DRA 531 , DRA 651 , DRA 652 
  
  • DRA 996 - Graduate Research Project(s)

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Project(s) demonstrating M.F.A. candidate’s mastery of chosen field: theatrical design or directing. Selected with advice and consent of departmental advisors. Written presentation and oral defense of major paper, documenting research into relevant philosophic and historical perspectives and their use in forming production concepts and resultant performance(s). Required of all M.F.A. candidates.
    Repeatable

Design/Technical Theater

  
  • DRD 501 - Design for Directors

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Basic theory and techniques of design for the stage. Communicating ideas to designers and vice versa. Required of all students in directing.
    PREREQ: DRA 355 AND 356 AND DRA 515  AND DRA 531 
  
  • DRD 541 - Prjcts/Tech’L Practice

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Solution of advanced problems in all phases of technical practice, fitted to the needs of the individual student as far as possible. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRD 542 - Prjcts/Tech’L Practice

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Continuation of DRD 541. Permission of department.
    PREREQ: DRD 541 
  
  • DRD 555 - Evolution of Stage Design

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Study of the modern history of scenography, putting contemporary stage design into cultural and historical context through exploration of period style, dramatic literature, director methodology, art and architecture, and theater technology.
  
  • DRD 599 - Internship in Theatrical Design, Technology, or Management

    3-9 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Qualified senior and graduate students are assigned to staff positions with Syracuse Stage for semester or year in areas of students’ individual professional training and goals.
  
  • DRD 617 - Advanced Practicum in Scene Painting

    2 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Problems and practice in scene painting for production, supervised by Syracuse Stage professional staff and faculty advisor. Permission of instructor.
  
  • DRD 618 - Advanced Practicum in Properties Construction

    2 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Problems and practices in the procuring or design and construction of stage properties, supervised by Syracuse Stage professional staff. Permission of instructor.
 

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