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| ART
120 – Introduction to Drawing |
Drawing
as artistic expression and communication. Students
work in a variety of drawing media. Studio work
emphasizes principles of line, shape, value, and
the fundamentals of perspective.
2 credits (4 lab/lecture hours), fall or spring
semester |
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| ART
121 – Introduction to Painting |
Painting
techniques and materials. Students are introduced
to the basic vocabulary of painting skills in value,
color, and composition with an emphasis on style
and expression.
Pre-requisite: ART 120
or ART 101
2 credits (4 lab/lecture hours), fall or spring
semester |
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| EDU 201 - Foundations of Education |
This course provides an introduction to teaching as a career by exploring sociological, philosophical and historical aspects of education and the profession of teaching. Emphasis will be placed on the topics of the school environment, student diversity, teacher effectiveness, curriculum, and contemporary issues in education. Written and oral presentations, critical thinking, reflective reading, research and discussion are integral parts of this course.
Corequisite: EDU 202
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester |
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| EDU 202 - Guided Field Work in Education |
In this course, students learn introductory guided field work in an elementary or secondary school. This course provides a clinical experience to help students see the connection between educational theory and the actual classroom experience. It also helps students decide if teaching is an appropriate career choice. Field work experience includes observing, interviewing, assisting, and interacting with students, teachers, administrators, and staff. Thirty hours of field work and a reflective journal are required.
Corequisite: EDU 201
1 credit, (30 field work hours), fall or spring semester |
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| ENGL 100 - Introduction to College Writing |
Review of essay components and structure. Students will refine their mastery of Standard English by writing narrative essays that demonstrate college level thesis construction and execution.
Pre-requisite: as placed.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester
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| ENGL
101 - Composition and Research |
College
composition. Students practice modes of rhetoric
by writing expository essays, culminating in an
argumentative research paper.
Pre-requisite: C or
better in high school English and 65 on the English
Regents Exam
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall or spring
semester
*These credits count toward the
English requirements of the AS, AAS, AA, BT, or
BBA degree, and they satisfy the “Basic
Communication” General Education requirement. |
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| ENGL
102 - Writing about Literature |
Introduction
to literature. Students learn the elements of literature
by studying different genres. Essays will develop
interpretative and analytical skills.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101 or equivalent
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall or spring
semester
*These credits will fulfill the General
Education requirement for “Humanities”. |
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| ENGL
112 - Technical Communications |
Introduction
to workplace communications. Students will write
memos, instruction sheets, proposals, reports, etc.
and prepare visual aids. Research, group projects,
and oral presentations are required.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101 or equivalent
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*Students cannot receive credit for
both ENGL 112 and ENGL 312, and this course satisfies
the General Education requirement for "Basic
Communication". |
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| ENGL
121 - Introduction to Speech |
The
conventions of oral communication. Students prepare
and present a variety of speeches and develop critical
listening skills by evaluating classmates' speeches.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall or spring
semester
*This course satisfies the General
Education requirement for "Basic Communication". |
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| ENGL
122 – Small Group Discussion |
Introduction
to the organization and behavioral characteristics
of group interaction in oral decision making. Content
includes the analysis of leadership, conflict and
consensus, systems theory, and other issues in task-oriented
groups. This course examines the impact of communicating
over distances.
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester |
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| ENGL
123 – Theories of Interpersonal Communication |
This
course examines how technology and the media, culture
and gender influence person-to-person interactions.
It also examines contacts occurring in the family,
on the job, and in the health arenas. Students learn
new theories and apply them to assess their own
competence.
3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester |
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| ENGL
124 – Introduction to Theatre |
A
critical, historical, aesthetic, and practical survey
of dramatic forms and styles, the development of
the theatre, and contemporary theatrical practice.
Analysis of plays of each type or period.
3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course fulfills the General
Education requirements for "Humanities" |
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| ENGL
125 – Play Production |
Introduction
to the basic techniques of acting, directing, and
dramatic production. Practical experience in the
fundamentals of character development, stage movement,
and dramatic pantomine, the design and construction
of sets and lighting. Students produce various scenes
and participate in the college’s drama club.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course fulfills the General
Education requirement for the “Arts”. |
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| ENGL
130 – Critical Reading |
The
study of extracting and analyzing information from
written materials. Content includes recognition
of such concepts as analogies, metaphors, organizational
strategies, and arguments. The course emphasizes
critical thinking skills, and the recognition and
avoidance of logical fallacies.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester |
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| ENGL
203 - American Literature to 1900 |
A
survey of early American literature. Students read,
discuss, and write about the voices of Native Americans,
explorers, colonists, and first "American"
authors, including Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Whitman,
Dickinson, and others.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Social Science majors, a recommended
elective for Humanities major. |
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| ENGL
204 - American Literature from 1900 to Present |
A
survey of 20th century American literature. Students
read, discuss, and write about American writers
who helped to shape our times, including Langston
Hughes, Pound, Hemingway, Faulkner, Ginsberg, and
others.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Social Science majors, a recommended
elective for Humanities majors. |
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| ENGL
205 - English Literature to 1800 |
A
survey of English literature and culture from the
8th to the 18th centuries. Students read, discuss,
and write about literature which brings alive Beowulf's
fight for Grendel; they journey to Canterbury with
Chaucer's pilgrims, watch a Shakespearean play at
the Globe Theatre, see Milton's angels fall from
heaven, visit exotic lands with Gulliver, and more.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Humanities majors, a recommended
elective for Social Science majors. |
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| ENGL
206 - English literature 1800 to Present |
A
survey of English literature from the 19th and 20th
centuries. Students read, discuss, and write about
the revolutionary ideas of the Romantics, the surprising
contrasts of the Victorians, and both the traditional
and dark visions of modern authors.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Humanities majors, a recommended
elective for Social Science majors. |
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| ENGL
207 - Western World Literature |
A
survey of literature from Europe, North and South
America, and Africa. Students read, discuss, and
write about early and modern texts that provide
a window on the culture, history, and geography
of western lands and people.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Humanities majors, a recommended
elective for Social Science majors. |
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| ENGL
208 - Eastern World Literature |
A
survey of literature from the Middle East, Asia,
Australia, and the Southeastern Pacific Rim. Students
read, discuss, and write about early and modern
texts that provide a window on the culture, history,
and geography of eastern lands and people.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course is a required literature
sequence option for Humanities majors, a recommended
elective for Social Science majors. |
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| ENGL
211 - Black American Writers |
A
chronological survey of Black American writers.
Students will read, discuss, and write about voices
from the days of slavery to the present.
Pre-requisite: C or better
in ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and
ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester |
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| ENGL
234 – Short Story Writing |
Creative
fiction course. Students study the elements of short fiction
and practice various techniques. The class is conducted
as a workshop, and students critique each other’s
writing. Students submit a portfolio of their work, including
a completed short story, which is required by the end
of the semester.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101
3 credits (3 lecture hours), alternating spring semesters |
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| ENGL
238 - Modern Literature |
A
survey of modern novels, short stories, poems and non-fiction
from around the world.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101 or completion of ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
3 credits (3 lecture hours) |
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| ENGL
240 – The Film Experience |
Film
as art form and shaper of social values. Students view
a broad spectrum of films from around the world and are
introduced to ways of understanding this powerful visual
medium and the cultural and social values it communicates.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester |
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| ENGL
246 – Major American Novels |
A
survey of American novels which have had an impact on
culture. Students read and discuss “great”
American novels, learn about their authors, and examine
the changes in literature evidenced through these novels.
Students will explore concepts of the novel.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours) |
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| ENGL
249 – Writing about the Environment |
A
survey of American nature writers. Students will read
authors ranging from Thoreau to Leopold to Gary Snyder
and will write essays, stories, and/or poems related to
the environment. A research project and group “special
focus” news show culminate the semester.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), alternating spring semesters |
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| ENGL
250 – Aspects of Contemporary Literature |
Reading,
discussion, and writing about fiction, drama, poetry,
and nonfiction produced since World War II. Emphasis is
on social and cultural developments, as well as developments
in literary genres and criticism.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101, or completion of both ENGL 101 and ENGL 102
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), alternating spring semesters |
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| ENGL
275 – Creative Writing |
A
five-week, one credit course for students interested in
developing their creative writing skills and techniques.
Students share and discuss their work in a workshop setting.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101
1 credit (five week course), offered on a rotating
basis |
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| ENGL
312 – Advanced Technical Communications |
Oral
and written workplace communication. Students study and
produce common workplace documents such as memos, letters,
manuals, instruction sheets, abstracts, reports, analytical
reports, et al. They also consider the ethical issues
around workplace communication. Research projects, the
production and use of visual aids, oral presentations,
and collaborative projects are required.
Pre-requisite: C or better in ENGL 101
and junior or senior standing, or by permission of instructor
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester |
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| HUMN
211 – Introduction to Islam |
The
way of life known as Islam. Students learn the cultural
and religious aspects of life for more than one billion
Muslims. They are introduced to Islamic principles of
faith and practice, the Quran, Muslim cultural traditions,
and religious laws. Students explore the lifestyles of
women, polygamy, representations of Muslims in the media,
and similarities among Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101
3 credits (3 lecture hours), alternating spring semesters |
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| HUMN
300 – Visual Communication |
The
evolution of visual communication. This is a survey course
that examines visual communication from the invention
of the printing press to the development of the World
Wide Web. Students learn the many ways information is
produced and consumed in a modern, media-rich society.
Typographic, graphic, informational, cartoon, still, moving,
television, and computer images are analyzed within a
framework of personal, historical, technical, ethical,
cultural and critical perspectives.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101 and junior or senior standing, or by permission
of instructor
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester |
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| MUSI
101 – Introduction to Music and Art |
Western
civilization art and music. This survey course introduces
students to a broad overview of the stylistic and cultural
elements of the great epochs of western civilization as
expressed through its art and music.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for the “Arts”. |
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| MUSI
102 – History of Jazz |
A
study of styles, backgrounds, and playing techniques in
the different eras of jazz history from the 1890’s
to the present.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for the “Arts”. |
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| PHIL
201 – Introduction to Philosophy |
This
course offers students an introductory study of both historical
and contemporary approaches to the basic philosophical
issues of knowledge, values, reality, matter, mind, soul,
God.
Pre-requisite: students must
be in their second year
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for the “Humanities”. |
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| PHIL
211 – Modern Ethics |
This
course examines problems of human conduct and reflective
choices, such as right and wrong, duty and conscience.
Study and discussion center on human values, questions
of morality vs. legality, situation ethics, and whether
ends can justify means.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for the “Humanities”. |
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| PHIL
311 – Professional Ethics |
Ethical
decision making in professional fields. This course provides
students with a realistic working model for making ethical
decisions on the job. Students will identify their existing
set of moral values, then develop, refine, and evaluate
their ethical stance, based on a study of ethical theorists
and an examination of case studies.
Pre-requisite: C or better in
ENGL 101, junior or senior standing, and an introductory
philosophy course, or by permission of instructor
3 credits (3 lecture hours) |
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| SPAN
101 – Beginning College Spanish I |
This
course is for students who have not previously studies
Spanish and who are not familiar with the language. Using
a communicative approach with a wide variety of listening,
speaking, reading, and writing activities, students become
familiar with basic structure and vocabulary of the Spanish
language. Elements of Hispanic culture, customs, and geography
are introduced.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*No one who has passed the high school
Regents Spanish exam may take this course. It is not designed
to meet the needs of heritage or native speakers of Spanish.
*This course fulfills the General Education requirement
for “Foreign Language”. |
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| SPAN
102 – Beginning College Spanish II |
This
course builds on SPAN 101 to further develop skills needed
to communicate in the Spanish language. Elements of Hispanic
culture, customs, and geography are introduced.
3 credits* (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*No one who has passed the high school
Regents Spanish exam may take this course. It is not designed
to meet the needs of heritage or native speakers of Spanish.
*This course fulfills the General Education requirement
for “Foreign Language”. |
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| SPAN
201 – Intermediate College Spanish I |
This
course continues a communicative approach to learning
more advanced skills to converse, read, and write in Spanish.
Pre-requisite: SPAN 102 or by
permission of instructor or a passing grade on Course
3 Regents Spanish
3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for “Foreign Language”. |
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| SPAN
202 – Intermediate College Spanish II |
This
course builds on SPAN 201 by introducing more advanced
conversation, grammar, reading, and writing skills.
Pre-requisite: SPAN 201 or passing
grades on 3-4 years high school Spanish, or by permission
of instructor
3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester
*This course fulfills the General Education
requirement for “Foreign Language”. |
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