Course Listings

The following is a sample listing of courses taught by ISM faculty and fellows. For a complete listing of courses, please consult the bulletins of Yale University.

Yale Divinity School

  • REL 3910a–b Colloquium: Martin Jean (required)

  • REL 601, Eastern Orthodox Worship and Thought — Mark Roosien
  • REL 673a, Irenaeus Seminar — Awet Andemicael
  • REL 675b, Baptism and Eucharist in Ecumenical Dialogue  — Melanie Ross
  • REL 682a, Foundations of Christian Worship — Melanie Ross
  • REL 996b, Worship: The Embodied Moment for Self and Church Community — Kathleen S. Turner
  • REL 947a, Contemporary Worship Music: Commerce, Style, and Ethics — Bo kyung Blenda Im

  • REL 733b, The Passion in Late Antique and Byzantine Art — Vasileios Marinis, Felicity Harley
  • REL 745a, Byzantine Art and Architecture — Vasileios Marinis
  • REL 747b, Islamic Art and Architecture in the Mediterranean — Örgü Dalgiç
  • REL 756a, The Cult of Mary: Early Christian and Byzantine Art — Vasileios Marinis, Felicity Harley
  • REL 922a, Art and Ritual at Mount Sinai—Travel Seminar — Vasileios Marinis, Robert Nelson
  • REL 945a, From House Churches to Medieval Cathedrals: Christian Art and Architecture to the End of Gothic — Örgü Dalgiç

  • REL 801a or b, Marquand Chapel Choir — Nathaniel Gumbs
  • REL 802a or b, Marquand Gospel and Inspirational Choir — Mark Miller
  • REL 825b, Music Skills and Vocal Development for Ministry — Awet Andemicael
  • REL 613b, Christian Hymnody: The Song of the People — James Abbington
  • REL 900a, Sacred Sounds: Key Issues in the Ethnomusicology of Religion — Bo kyung Blenda Im
  • REL 943a, Gospel, Rap, and Social Justice: Prison and the Arts — Ronald Jenkins
  • REL 947a, Contemporary Worship Music: Commerce, Style, and Ethics — Bo kyung Blenda Im
  • REL 975a, Bach among the Theologians — Markus Rathey
  • REL 3630a–b, Church Music Skills — Braxton Shelley

  • REL 933a, Poetry and Faith — Christian Wiman
  • REL 902b, Literary Appropriations: Writers and Philosophers in Conversation— David Mahan, John Hare
  • REL 943a, Gospel, Rap, and Social Justice: Prison and the Arts — Ronald S. Jenkins
  • REL 949b, Spiritual Topographies in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry — David Mahan
  • REL 963a, Literature of Trauma — David Mahan
  • REL 971a, Creative Faith: Prose— Christian Wiman
  • REL 982b, Literature of Enchantment — David Mahan
  • REL 997a, Black Religion, Black Thought — Braxton Shelley, Todne Thomas
List of Yale Divinity School courses with descriptions Yale Bulletin list of past courses

Yale School of Music

  • MUS 519a–b, 619a–b, 719a–b ISM Colloquium: Martin Jean (required)

  • MUS 511b, Music before 1750 — Markus Rathey
  • MUS 650a, Silenced Voices: Music, Race, and Gender in Early Music — Markus Rathey

  • MUS 540a–b, 640a–b, 740a–b, 840a–b, Individual Instruction in the Major — Faculty
  • MUS 544a–b, 644a–b, 744a–b, Seminar in the Major — Faculty
  • MUS 546a–b, 646a–b, 746a–b, Yale Camerata — Felicia Barber
  • MUS 571a–b, 671a–b, 771a–b, Yale Schola Cantorum — Stefan Parkman

  • MUS 532a-b, 632a-b, Repertory Chorus—Conducting — Jeffrey Douma
  • MUS 536a–b, 636a–b, Recital Chorus—Conducting — Jeffrey Douma
  • MUS 565a, Elements of Choral Conducting — Felicia Barber

  • MUS 514a, Keyboard Harmony for Organists — Bálint Karosi
  • MUS 515a,b, Improvisation at the Organ I — Jeffrey Brillhart
  • MUS 556a, Liturgical Keyboard Skills I — Walden Moore, Mark Miller
  • MUS 558b, Liturgical Keyboard Skills II — Richard Webster
  • MUS 615a,b, Improvisation at the Organ II — Jeffrey Brillhart
  • MUS 715a, b, Improvisation at the Organ III — Jeffrey Brillhart
  • MUS 656a, Liturgical Music Skills I — Richard Webster
  • MUS 657b, Liturgical Music Skills II — Richard Webster

  • MUS 506a-b, 606a–b, Lyric Diction for Singers — Faculty (Fall Term, Latin Diction, taught by Susan Hellauer)
  • MUS 509a–b, 609a–b, 709a–b, Art Song Coaching for Singers — Tomoko Nakayama
  • MUS 522a–b, 622a–b, 722a–b, Acting for Singers —Glenn Seven Allen (ISM)
  • MUS 531a-b, 631a-b, Repertory Chorus-Voice — Jeffrey Douma
  • MUS 535a–b, 635a–b, Recital Chorus-Voice — Jeffrey Douma
  • MUS 594a,b, Vocal Chamber Music — James Taylor
  • MUS 595a–b, 695b, Performance Practice for Singers — Jeffrey Gro
List of Yale School of Music courses with descriptions Yale Bulletin list of past courses

Courses hosted in other departments

  • AFAM 695b, The Study of African American Music — Braxton Shelley
  • AMST 630/HSAR 529/RLST 819b, Museums and Religion: The Politics of Preservation and Display — Sally Promey
  • AMST 805/HSAR 720/RLST 699a, Sensational Materialities: Sensory Cultures in History, Theory, and Method — (A) Sally Promey
  • ENGL 346/HUMS 253/RSLT 233a, Poetry and Faith — Christian Wiman
  • MUSI 483b, The Gospel Imagination: Tradition and Revolution — Braxton Shelley
  • MUSI 486a, Judeo-Islamic Musical Intersections — Edwin Seroussi

Our Partners

The ISM partners with the Yale School of Music and Yale Divinity School