2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 17, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Social Work

  
  • SWK 781 - Alcohol and Other Drugs in Social Work Practice

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MFT 781 
    Introduces theory and practice strategies appropriate to understand and address alcohol and other drug problems among clients in various human services settings. Prerequisite does not apply to MFT students.
    PREREQ: SWK 601 
  
  • SWK 785 - AIDS: Social and Preventive Issues

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Studies policy and practice issues affecting individuals infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examines nature of illness, its psychosocial sequelae, differential impact on ethnic/cultural groups in U.S., and strategies for ethnic sensitive practice.
  
  • SWK 789 - Individualized Reading Program

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Selected readings in social work and related fields under guidance of appropriate faculty.
  
  • SWK 790 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • SWK 997 - Masters Thesis

    0-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Individual thesis guidance. Comprehensive research plan is presented for faculty approval. Thesis submitted to Graduate School for examination.

Saxophone

  
  • SXP 550 - Saxophone/Non Music Maj

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • SXP 555 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • SXP 556 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • SXP 655 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • SXP 656 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • SXP 755 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • SXP 756 - Saxophone/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.

Tamil

  
  • TML 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Tamil

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: SAS 620 
    Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Tamil.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Trombone

  
  • TRB 540 - Trombone/Non Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • TRB 545 - Trombone/Music Major

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • TRB 546 - Trombone/Music Major

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • TRB 645 - Trombone/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRB 646 - Trombone/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRB 745 - Trombone/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRB 746 - Trombone/Music Major

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

Television, Radio, and Film

  
  • TRF 500 - Selected Topics

    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
  
  • TRF 510 - Specialized Practice

    1 credit(s) Every semester
    These four-week mini-courses provide specific areas of study not covered in depth in other courses. Examples: Production Management, Budgeting, Editing, Lighting, Location Sound, Videography, and others based on faculty and student interest.
    Repeatable
  
  • TRF 530 - Popular Culture Studies

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth examination of critical issues, aesthetics, genre, and authorship involved in electronic media and cinema. Topics range from television genres to film classics.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 545 - Television & Radio Performance

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Theory and practice of effective television and radio performance. Closed circuit studio experience planning and presenting educational and commercial material.
  
  • TRF 560 - Topics in International Perspectives

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    In-depth examination of issues and practices involved in international television and film. Topics alternate from semester to semester. Examples include: Global Communication, Ways of Seeing, Comparative Systems, and British Cinema.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 592 - Film Business

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Economics of the film industry. Financing of films, budgets, sources of funds, contracts. Securing distribution. National and international marketing of films. Film rental. Booking films for television or theater. Exploitation of ancillary markets.
  
  • TRF 594 - Television Business

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Management principles and practices in electronic media; organizational structures, financial controls, revenue procurement, economic theory, management law, product development, and personnel administration.
  
  • TRF 595 - Programming and Audience Analysis

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Immersion in the principal programming functions of content development and acquisition, scheduling, and promotion. Survey of scheduling strategies and case studies, hits and misses. Research techniques to understand audience program preferences and choices.
  
  • TRF 600 - Selected Topics

    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
  
  • TRF 605 - Audio Arts Practices

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to the fundamental practices involved in the creation of effective audio for radio, music, television, film, and online media.
  
  • TRF 606 - Visual Storytelling for Education

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to planning, designing, writing, and producing motion picture media for educational settings.
  
  • TRF 610 - Proseminar in Television, Radio, and Film

    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Review of fundamental theories and questions in the field, with an emphasis on understanding the development of the discipline and implementations of practice, including film, television, radio, music, gaming, Internet, and mobile media.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 611 - Dramatic Writing for Television and Film

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Preparing and writing scripted dramatic material for small and large screen. Script evaluation, working as a professional writer, and the stages of script development.
  
  • TRF 621 - Feature Film Writing

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 421
    Study and practice of the craft of feature film writing. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 611 
  
  • TRF 622 - Comedy Writing

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TRF 422
    Study and practice of the craft of comedy writing for television and film. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 624 - Script Development

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 424
    Screenwriting theory and the script development process: writing topics include story structure, genres, character development, dialogue, and script formatting. Business topics include pitching, writing script coverage, supervising development, and breaking into the industry. Additional work is required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 635 - Industry Forces

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Origins and dynamics of corporate structures, revenue models, content, distribution, and regulation in the television, radio, film, and interactive media industries.
  
  • TRF 636 - Critical and Historical Perspectives on Television, Radio, and Film

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Non-print media as art forms and social, political and cultural forces. Critical analysis of individual products of broadcasting and motion pictures in relation to the systems for which they were created.
    COREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 637 - Telecommunications Law&Policy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the law and policies that influence the telecommunications industries. Covers the policy environment, historical, and current developments.
  
  • TRF 640 - Topics in Critical and Historical Perspectives

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TRF 340
    Non-print media as art forms and social, political and cultural forces. Critical analysis of individual products of broadcasting and motion pictures in relation to the systems for which they were created. Additional work required of graduate students
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 642 - Television Production Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 442
    Students write, design, produce, direct, and program projects specifically for television presentation. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 648 - Producing Radio: On Air to Online

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 448
    Intermediate study and practice in creating fictional and nonfictional radio content for broadcast and online distribution. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 650 - Advanced Practice: Special Projects

    1-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: TRF 450
    Faculty member works with student on project especially tailored for his/her unique content objectives. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 651  OR TRF 652 OR TRF 653  OR TRF 654  OR TRF 655  OR TRF 656  OR TRF 657  OR TRF 658  OR TRF 659 
    Repeatable 5 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 651 - Filmmaking

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TRF 451
    Student teams produce and edit short films using digital production and post production technology. Emphasis on narrative filmmaking. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 653 - Shortform Production

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 453
    Techniques of shortform moving image media such as commercials, promos, music videos, show openings, special effects, and high impact packaging. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 654 - Music Recording

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 454
    Students produce a recording of a musical performance in a 24-track recording studio. Topics include: Aesthetics of recorded sound, acoustics, psycho-acoustics, the multitrack recording process, mixing, microphone techniques, signal processing. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 655 - Screenwriting and Production Workshop

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Introduction to writing, designing, planning, and producing programs for radio, television, and film.
    COREQ: TRF 636 
  
  • TRF 656 - Sound for Picture

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 456
    Introduction to theory and production of sound for television and film. Includes information processing, aesthetics, perception of sound, sound/picture relationship, analog and digital sound studios, production recording, signal processing, nonlinear editing and mixing. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 657 - Music Underscoring

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 457
    The theory and practice of producing music to underscore visual material. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 658 - Radio Practicum

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: TRF 458
    Guided experience in professional radio environments. Areas of expertise include sales, programming, production, promotions, engineering, news/public affairs, and performance. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 659 - Documentary Production

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 459
    Student teams write, produce, and edit documentary projects. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 655 
  
  • TRF 661 - Advanced Management Seminar

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 461
    Business of communications industry focusing on management skills and their effective application. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 592  OR TRF 594  OR TRF 595  OR TRF 683 
  
  • TRF 662 - Advanced TV Production

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TRF 462
    Students produce six episode, scripted television series to demonstrate mastery of advanced television production practices. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 667 - Screenwriting Master Class

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 467
    Advanced practice built around professional workshops, sponsored by the Center for Popular Television, and guest speakers. Students interact with professionals while working on their screenwriting portfolios. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 651  OR TRF 652 OR TRF 653  OR TRF 654  OR TRF 655  OR TRF 656  OR TRF 657  OR TRF 658  OR TRF 659 
  
  • TRF 668 - Advanced Audio

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: TRF 468
    Independent and specialized practice in audio, including sound tracks for film or television; CD albums; radio drama; or spot announcements. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 651  OR TRF 653  OR TRF 654  OR TRF 655  OR TRF 656  OR TRF 657  OR TRF 658  OR TRF 659 
  
  • TRF 669 - Advanced Filmmaking

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 469
    Students propose independent film projects (fiction or documentary), and if approved, produce them using digital video and sound technology. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: TRF 651  OR TRF 652 OR TRF 653  OR TRF 654  OR TRF 655  OR TRF 656  OR TRF 657  OR TRF 658  OR TRF 659 
  
  • TRF 675 - Entertainment Industry Practicum

    1-3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Students work in a professional setting for a minimum of six weeks. Students are responsible for online participation in discussions, selected readings, written exercises, a journal of observations, and a research paper.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
  • TRF 683 - Communications Industry Frontiers

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TRF 483
    Overview of the trends in business, technology, and regulation that are likely to have an impact on the communications sector. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TRF 696 - Research for Entertainment Media

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Understanding research practices in relation to entertainment media questions and problems. Focus: teaching students to be critical consumers and evaluators of research. Students will apply research practices to questions of particular interest to them. Students who complete this course cannot take COM 605  or COM 606 .
  
  • TRF 698 - Social Effects of Television

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Influence of mass media, especially television, on American society. Television from perspective of social psychology, child development, political science, and sociology.

Turkish

  
  • TRK 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Turkish

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Turkish.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Transmedia

  
  • TRM 601 - Practicing in Public

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ART 601 
    This course brings together graduate students from across VPA for interdisciplinary graduate critique. Critique of exhibition of student work is led by a visiting artist, curator, and/or critic.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
  • TRM 610 - Literacy, Community and Media

    3 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: TRM 310
    This course brings University students into local public schools to offer instruction in media such as photography and video, along with writing exercises to develop projects that explore issues of identity, community and family.

Trumpet

  
  • TRP 510 - Trumpet/Non Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • TRP 515 - Trumpet/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • TRP 516 - Trumpet/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • TRP 615 - Trumpet/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRP 616 - Trumpet/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRP 715 - Trumpet/Music Major

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • TRP 716 - Trumpet/Music Major

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

Textiles

  
  • TXT 537 - Advanced Computer-Aided Pattern Design

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Individual research of advanced computer-aided design methods.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • TXT 600 - Selected Topics

    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
  
  • TXT 612 - Interior Furnishings

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TXT 312
    Design of decorative patterns for residential and commercial interior environments. Emphasis will be on the psychological effects of pattern and color. Specific repeats, rendering and presentation techniques for furnishing appropriate to end-use market production. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TXT 614 - Textile Handprinting

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TXT 314
    Screen printing repetitive and engineered designs on fabric. Design process, color formulas, and screen preparation. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TXT 616 - Computer-Aided Pattern Design

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TXT 316
    Digital design for the development of decorative patterns. Motif manipulation, color selection, repeat techniques, and presentation methods. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TXT 624 - Textiles Synthesis

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: TXT 324
    Focus on experimentation with fibers composition utilizing quilting, appliqué, embroidery, beading, lace-making and other processes. Emphasis on compositional balance of color, form, contrast, texture and imagery. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TXT 626 - Environmental Textiles

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TXT 326
    Focus on processing and manipulation of pliable fibers into three-dimensional forms for wearable or site-specific applications. Students will use various structural supports to create mass and volume. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • TXT 627 - Textiles in Context

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: TXT 327
    Research textile parameters from the perspective of student’s design specializations. Design and fabricate cloth and finished projects for those applications. Emphasis on creative problem solving and investigating qualities of textiles within different mediums. Additional work required of graduate students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum

Violoncello

  
  • VCO 530 - Cello/Non Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • VCO 535 - Cello/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • VCO 536 - Cello/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • VCO 635 - Cello/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VCO 636 - Violoncello/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VCO 735 - Cello/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VCO 736 - Cello/Music Majors

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

Art Video

  
  • VID 510 - Video Art History

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Video art history from the 1960s including the fluxus and art and technology movements, early performance, image processing, installation, and socio-political explorations.
  
  • VID 610 - Video Research

    3-9 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Production of videotapes in the context of independent art related to concerns by individual. Crew experience required. Directed readings, group critiques with weekly meetings.
  
  • VID 613 - Advanced Post-Production Techniques

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: VID 313
    A workshop in audio and video post-production techniques. Specific exercises that structure learning in audio/video relationships. Advanced audio/video techniques are explored. Additional work is required of graduate students. VID 613 is required of Art Video M.F.A. students.
  
  • VID 710 - Video Research

    3-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Production of videotapes in the context of independent art related to concerns. Crew experience required. Directed readings, group critiques with weekly meetings.
    Repeatable
  
  • VID 996 - Final Presentation

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Written statement to accompany final project, culminating in oral examination for M.F.A. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor’s approval.
  
  • VID 997 - Masters Thesis

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Formal master’s thesis. Written document exhibiting substantive and original research. Planned under direction of major departmental advisor.

Viola

  
  • VLA 520 - Viola/Non Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • VLA 525 - Viola/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • VLA 526 - Viola/Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • VLA 625 - Viola/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VLA 626 - Viola/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VLA 725 - Viola/Music Majors

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • VLA 726 - Viola/Music Majors

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

Violin

  
  • VLN 510 - Violin/Non Music Majors

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • VLN 515 - Violin/Music Major

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
 

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