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This course prepares students to teach jazz combo, big band and improvisation in middle and high school. Students will learn the fundamentals of jazz performance, from instrumentation to setup to rehearsal techniques to concert planning. Additionally, students will learn the fundamentals of jazz improvisation, including jazz theory, ear training, scales, patterns and repertoire. By the end of the course students will have a reference binder that will cover all basic elements necessary to run a successful jazz program. Prerequisites: First-year aural skills, musicianship and theory courses.

This course guides PhD Nursing students through the practical steps of turning research questions into actionable studies. Students will learn how to select appropriate research designs, collect data, address challenges in data collection, develop data management plans, engage with accountability partners, and lead research teams. Emphasis is placed on ethical project management, self-reflection on positionality, and strategies for disseminating research findings effectively.

This course focuses on leadership frameworks, skills and strategies for nursing scholars working towards health justice and sustainable futures. Learners will cultivate a radical imagination for nursing?s ethics and possible futures. Drawing upon anti-racist, decolonial, and liberatory frameworks, in addition to personal and community assessments, learners will articulate their own philosophies of leadership.

An introduction to Hittite language, cuneiform, culture, and history, as well as its importance to Indo-European historical linguistics. The Hittites, a late Bronze Age superpower, bequeathed to us thousands of texts that provide wonderful insights into their (rather mad) world and language - the earliest-attested of the Indo-European tree that includes Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and English, among many others.