- Math 101: Scheduling
- Math 203: Scheduling
- Math 405: Scheduling
- Design 101: How to lay out attractive recruitment and concert posters
- Design 102: What the hell is up with that Facebook timeline thing
- English 101: Writing a Decent Resume
- English 102: Writing a Decent Press Release
- English 201: Writing a Decent Newsletter Update
- English 202: Writing a Decent Blog Post
- Social Media 101: Twitter, Facebook, and You
- Social Media 201: Surviving a Discussion Thread on Choralnet
- Comp 101: E-mail: How Mohammed Dealt With the Mountain
- Comp 201: E-mail: Mailing Lists: Getting Off Them
- Comp 301: E-mail: Mailing Lists: Getting Other People On Yours
- Advanced Seminar: Carpentry 400, or Dealing With Your Board
- Advanced Seminar: Econ 400, or Getting Above Minimum Wage
- Advanced Seminar: Public Relations 400, or Explaining Why We're Not Doing That John Rutter/Eric Whitacre Piece
and finally:
- Score-Reading 400: Because you'll never have time to practice, so you'd better be able to sight-read deez notes!
What'd I miss?
Psych 100: Spotting Troublemakers And Persuading Them To Take Up The Tuba Instead
ReplyDeletePsych 200: Care And Feeding Of Divas
Psych 300: Stand By To Repel Boarders, Or, What To Do When Your Singers Start Stalking You
Psych 400: Accepting That Most Of Your Colleagues Are People Who Should Have Been Weeded Out Via Psych 100
@ Greenlily:
ReplyDeleteAhaha. I approve. Esp. of Psych 400! (With apologies to all my Gentle Readers, of course.)
I agree - all of these would have been very helpful.
ReplyDeleteAt Arizona State, where I did my doctorate, the orchestra director taught a class where he focused more on topics like this (except this was before social media) than he did on conducting, so I think at least some professors are seeing the value of this kind of real employment approach.