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CA 300 - Garde Manger and Charcuterie
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
Introduction to cooking terminology, techniques, and theories in the cold kitchen. Areas of study include salads, sandwiches, appetizers, canapés, and hors d’oeuvres with emphasis on flavor profiles, visual composition, and buffet presentation. Charcuterie explored through sausage making, cured and smoked foods, and the use of forcemeats in terrines, pâtés, galantines, and roulades. Traditional and practical use of repurposing meat, garniture and accoutrements, and classic and modern culinary trends are covered.
Prerequisite(s): CA 100 and CA 200
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 990 - Culinary Concepts
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Introduces core culinary procedures including reading and converting recipes, measuring and substitution ingredients, and shifting from small-scale to large-scale recipe production. Through applied recipe testing, the course will review how these foundational skills influence both the finished product and more complex restaurant operations, including menu development, purchasing, and cost control.
Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or MAT M100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1100 - Baking and Pastry
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
An introduction to baking and pastry making. Techniques for the quality production of yeasted and quick breads, pies and tarts, choux pastry, phyllo and puff pastry applications, basic cakes, cookies, ice cream and sorbets, Bavarians and mousses, and fruit cookery.
Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or MAT M100 and CA 990
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1200 - Patisserie
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
Continuation of baking and pastry making and the introduction of more advanced techniques. Includes artisan-style yeast breads, laminated dough fabrication including puff pastry, Danish dough, and croissant dough, classic and contemporary layered cakes, classic specialty pastries, advanced cookies, introduction to petit fours, and meringues. Correct technique, product quality, and skills in critiquing taste, texture, and appearance, finished products suited for buffet or ala carte service with appropriate garniture, sauces, and presentation, the professional pastry kitchen and volume production are covered.
Prerequisite(s): CA 1100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1300 - Contemporary Dessert Plating
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs./1 lecture and 4 hrs. laboratory
The course continues the study of baking and pastry arts, launching students into advanced techniques necessary to gain entry-level employment in a pastry kitchen. Through the preparation of classic and contemporary products, students will gain advanced skill in station set-up, production techniques, sauces, plating techniques, garniture, and centerpiece design and execution necessary for buffet, banquet, and a la carte service.
Prerequisite(s): CA 1100 and CA 1200
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1400 - Artisan Bread Baking
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs. (1 hr. lecture, 4 hours lab/field)
This course offers an introduction to basic and advanced bakeshop techniques that include: pre-ferments and liquid starter preparation and maintenance, steps of dough-making and shaping, and the baking of breads from a variety of flours and grains.
Prerequisite(s): Open only to Culinary Arts Majors. CA 1100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1500 - Professional Cake Decorating
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs. (1 hr. lecture, 4 hrs. lab/field)
This course offers an introduction to different techniques of cake decorating. They will learn how to bake, fill and ice a cake using a variety of specialty frostings. Basic and advanced piping techniques, royal icing flowers, brush embroidery, color flow, extension work, lace, marzipan and chocolate modeling skills, classical drapery, gumpaste flowers and more. A wedding cake workshop will provide students with the basic concepts for operating a cake business such as pricing, customer consultation, cake portions and design.
Prerequisite(s): Open only to Culinary Arts Majors. CA 1100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 1600 - Chocolate and Sugar Confections
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs. (1 hr. lecture, 4 hrs. lab/field)
This course is designed to introduce students to sugar and chocolate techniques. Students will be exposed to pastillage, poured sugar, casting sugar, pulled sugar and blow sugar to create showpieces emphasizing creative thinking, design, construction and planning. Students will learn basic principles involved in tempering chocolate, chocolate sculptures and other confections. Students will use both traditional and contemporary production methods in creating confections by hand with special equipment.
Prerequisite(s): Open only to Culinary Arts Majors. CA 1100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 2100 - Food Safety and Sanitation Certification
1 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
Practices for serving safe food and maintaining a sanitary kitchen environment. Topics include preventing food-borne illnesses, food microbes, food allergens, contamination, worker hygiene, the flow of food from purchasing and receiving through production and service, food safety management systems, maintaining sanitary facilities and integrated pest management. Preparation for industry certification from the National Restaurant Association and the New York City Foodhandler examination from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 5000 - Food and Beverage Cost Control
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
The application of tools to manage and control food and labor costs in the food service industry. Students learn the fundamental flow of the purchasing cycle including procuring vendors, selecting products, placing orders, and proper receiving procedures. Emphasis placed on understanding and controlling food and labor costs through forecasting, inventory evaluation, and income statements. Preparation for industry certification of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Manage First Program certification exam.
Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or MAT M100 , and CA 990
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 5050 - Integrative Studies Seminar
1 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
This course serves as a place where students in learning communities can practice integration and application of thematic concepts explored in other courses in the Integrative Studies link.
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 6000 - Beverage Management
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Introduction to managing and serving wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic libations and their role in the restaurant industry from a culinary and marketing perspective. Examination of historical, geographical, cultural, and profitable roles beverages play. Terminology and theories of pairing beverages with food, production, sanitation, employee management, purchasing, receiving, storing, and regulation is explored. Development of new beverage concepts. Preparation for industry certification of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ServSafe Alcohol certification exam
Prerequisite(s): TAH 7100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 7000 - Industry Exploration and Entrepreneurship
2 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs. (1 hr. lecture, 2 hrs. lab/field)
This course allows students with advanced culinary skills the opportunity to learn the art and science of managing culinary innovation and entrepreneurship. The learner is directly involved in planning, organizing and the implementation of culinary presentation skills, which highlight innovation and global influences
Prerequisite(s): Open only to Culinary Arts Majors. CA 100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 7200 - Restaurant and Food Service Operations
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
An introduction to restaurant concepts and operations for students who want to open their own restaurant, or manage a restaurant or catering establishment. The course is a blueprint for how to proceed from the conceptual development stage through the marketing, operations and management of a restaurant or catering facility.
NOTE: Not open to students who have completed TAH 7200.
Prerequisite(s): CA 100 and CA 200
Corequisite(s): CA 2100
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 7400 - Menu and Dining Room Management
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
The role and importance of proper wait service to the tourism and hospitality industry. Case studies, cost, and control factors in the construction and management of a function menu will be covered. New trends and developments will be explored as they relate to catering, trade shows and professional meetings.
NOTE: Not open to students who have completed TAH 7400.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): TAH 7100 and CA 990
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 9000 - Global Culinary Improvisation
3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
Principles and practice of identification, comparison, and evaluation of selected foods, ingredients, techniques, and equipment for recipe formulation, menu planning and preparation, application of global flavor principles and ingredients, and modifications to meet specific requirements. This is a capstone course focused on improvisational, interactive activities structured around five competencies: problem-solving, culinary improvisation, flavor and palate development, leadership and teamwork, and communication.
Prerequisite(s): CA 100 and CA 200
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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CA 9200 - Internship in Culinary Arts
3 Credit(s) Hours: 9 hrs.
Integration of theory and practice in an actual work environment, eight hours per-week of supervised field experience in culinary arts plus one hour a week on campus for a seminar discussion of relevant topics. Classroom sessions focus on industry-specific career development and planning skills, and preparation of a professional portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): CA 100 and CA 200 or CA 1200
Department: Tourism and Hospitality
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English - Corequisite Course |
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ENG 12A0 - Composition I ALP
3 Credit(s) + 1 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs. (2 hrs. lecture, 4 hrs. lab)
College-level reading and writing, and the development of ideas in essays, including how language communicates facts, ideas and attitudes. Writing is practiced as process involving revision based on feedback from readers. College-level essays emphasize close reading and intertextual analysis, and reading across and between texts drawn from various disciplines. This course includes an Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) component for students who are eligible for a corequisite course per CUNY English Proficiency Index guidelines.
Equivalent to ENG 1200 Composition I
Prerequisite(s): This course is open to the ALP Student Group. Eligibility is determined as follows: (1) Score of 50-55 on the CATW AND a Passing score on the CUNY Assessment Test in Reading, or (2) Passing in ENG 93A9 , or (3) Instructor approval AND Passing grade in ESL 102 or ESL 91A7, or (4) Grade of “S” or “R” in UIP ENGRW, or (5) CUNY Proficiency Index score of 64 or below.
Required Core: Required Core: English Composition
Department: English
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English
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ENG 1200 - Composition I
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
College-level reading and writing, and the development of ideas in essays, including how language communicates facts, ideas and attitudes. Writing is practiced as a process involving revision based on feedback from readers. College-level essays emphasize close reading and intertextual analysis, and reading across and between texts drawn from various disciplines.
Prerequisite(s): Eligibility is determined as follows: (1) CUNY Proficiency Index score of 65 or higher; or (2) instructor placement from ESL coursework or placement via the ELSDA, or (3) Q exemption for English, or (4) passing grade in ENG 93A9 , or (5) grade of P in UIP ENGRW, or (6) passing grade in CUNY Start, or (7) score of 55 or higher on the CATW and passing score on the CUNY assessment test in reading.
Required Core: English Composition
Department: English
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ENG 2400 - Composition II
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
Multidisciplinary reading, writing and research focusing on the various ways knowledge is produced and articulated within the academy. Through a multidisciplinary process of inquiry, several required projects will emphasize different modes of research and information literacy.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Required Core: English Composition
Department: English
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ENG 81XX - Independent Study
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.
Independent study of English is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
Department: English
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ENG 82XX - Topical/Pilot Course
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.
This course is of a topical and pilot nature and is designed to meet the immediate needs and interests of various student populations. It is offered for a maximum of two semesters.
Department: English
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ENG 3000 - Introduction to Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Close reading of texts in a range of forms, including poetry, fiction, and drama, providing an introduction to the methods and tools of literary studies.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 3100 - Classical and Biblical Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Introduction to ancient works that have inspired and influenced world literature, including works of Greek and Roman authors, and selections from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Texts are read in English translation.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 3200 - World Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
The diverse body of literature written by authors around the globe, including works written in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from the Far East and Africa as well as from Europe and the Americas.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
Department: English
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ENG 3300 - Introduction to Literary Studies
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Teaches students methods for analyzing, interpreting and writing about literature, including schools of thought such as psychoanalytic, new historic, and race, class, and gender perspectives. Students demonstrate proficiency in interpretation and critique, employing terms, tools and concepts of literary critic, and identifying assumptions informing analysis of poetry, drama, fiction, film, etc. The course looks at critical history reviews, foundations from the 19th and 20th centuries, and surveys the critical approaches important today. Students enrich their skills as scholastic writers by applying learned methodologies to close reading of literary texts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 3500 - Modern European Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An introduction to and survey of the great works of European literature in English translation, including poems, plays, and fiction.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 4000 - Short Fiction
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Great short works of fiction, by authors representing different cultures and eras, with an emphasis on what makes the short story a distinctive literary form.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 4200 - Poetry
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An introduction to the study of poetry, in a range of styles and from various historical periods and cultures, including the spoken word performances and electronic poetry of the present day.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 4300 - Drama
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Plays by a range of contemporary and classic dramatists, with attention to such literary elements as dramatic form, character, and action.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 4800 - American Environmental Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A survey of American nature writing and environmental literature from its roots in the colonial era through its flowering in the twentieth century. Examples of reading include Thoreau’s Walden, Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac, and Rachel Carson’s Silent Song and a representative range of shorter works from four centuries to explore the evolution of ideas about nature. Selections include natural histories, travelogues, journals and diaries, essays, poetry, and short stories.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Group B)
Department: English
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ENG 5050 - Integrative Studies Seminar
1 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
This course serves as a place where students in learning communities can practice integration and application of thematic concepts explored in the Integrative Studies Link.
Department: English
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ENG 5500 - Cultural/Linguistic Aspects of Teaching Language
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Prepares students for work as tutors in the Writing Center, emphasizing various aspects of the English language and the cultural awareness needed for effective tutoring.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 5600 - Creative Writing: Fiction
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Instruction and practice in the forms and types of fiction. Analysis of peer writing on a workshop basis, assists students develop mastery of the form of fiction best suited for them.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 5700 - Creative Writing: Poetry
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Practice in the art and craft of writing poetry. Includes extensive reading in poetry, from traditional to experimental. Classes will be both workshop and discussion-based.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 5800 - Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Instruction and practice in the art of writing non-fiction, including autobiography and memoir, cultural memoir and critique, nature, travel, community writing, and literary journalism.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 5900 - Introduction to Creative Writing
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3
Introduction to the writing of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, in which students explore literary form and the writing process. Students will write, revise, and share their work with other members of the class, and read and analyze selected works by contemporary authors.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 6000 - Creative Writing: Screenwriting
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Instruction and practice in the art of writing screenplays and scripts, along with study of works of screenplays as examples and models. Analysis of peer writing in a workshop format.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200 and ENG 5900
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 6300 - Shakespeare Survey
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An introduction to Shakespeare’s poetry and plays, with attention to Shakespeare’s language, dramatic art, and historical context.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 6500 - Literature and Film
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
How literature is interrelated with film, explored through analysis of fictional works and their film treatments.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
Department: English
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ENG 6600 - Literature and Psychology
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Imaginative literature as a source of insight into human psychology. Works include classics of world literature in a range of genres.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 6700 - Women and Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An exploration of selected themes in writings by women drawn from worldwide literature, and including a range of genres, as well as different forms such as fiction, drama, poetry and creative non-fiction.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 6800 - Gothic and Horror Fiction
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Survey of British and American Gothic and horror literature, including short stories, novels, and narrative poetry. Analysis of Gothic trappings and creatures such as vampires and werewolves as they appear in literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7000 - Sexuality and Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An introduction to the study of literature in which themes of heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identity are central. These include the relationships between these works and the larger historical, philosophical, political, and cultural contexts, and its local and global intersections with the social identities of race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and ability.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7300 - Themes in American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A survey of American literature and literary history from early America through the Civil War, focusing on the historical, philosophical, religious and literary forces that shaped American life.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7400 - Themes in American Literature II: 1865 to Present
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A survey of American literature and literary history from the late 19th century to the present, examining works that depict urbanization, immigration, class conflict, and social change.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7600 - Violence in American Literature and Visual Culture
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
The course explores the ways in which violence permeates and shapes people’s different experiences in the United States. Students will examine different forms of violence, from war and terrorism, to crime and domestic violence, as they appear in post-1945 American literature, film, and photography. Students will also explore related issues such as punishment and justice. Students will discuss, analyze, and compare the different texts and their relevance to one’s daily life.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7700 - The Roots of African-American Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Analysis and study of black literature in the United States and study of its history and development to 1950.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG 7800 - Contemporary African-American Literature
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Development and study of black literature in the United States from 1950 to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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Developmental English
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ENG R00 - Preparation for CUNY Reading Test
0 Credit(s) 2 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 2
A pre-freshman intervention focused on helping students sustain close attention to brief texts, draw distinctions among different question types, and become familiar with the computer-adaptive testing modality to meet these stated learning goals and pass the CUNY Reading exam.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 92A6 or ENG 88A6 or ENG 400 .
Department: English
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ENG W00 - Preparation for CUNY Writing Test
0 Credit(s) 2 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 2
A pre-freshman intervention focused on helping students improve their writing and thinking proficiencies to meet these goals and pass the CUNY Writing exam. Activities and assignments include writing summaries, identifying and responding to key ideas in a clear and organized manner, demonstrating competence in sentence construction, variety, and word choice.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 93A9
Department: English
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ENG 88A6 - Intensive Reading
0 Credit(s) 4 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
A pre-freshman course offered in the summer and winter modules for students who have not succeeded in any English Department and CUNY measure at the conclusion of the fall and/or spring ENG 92A6 course. Offered during summer and winter, this six-week course focuses on the development of critical reading and thinking abilities through instruction and intensive practice in vocabulary and comprehension. Students read and analyze interdisciplinary materials in preparation for required readings in typical college courses. At the end of this course, students will retake the English Department and CUNY reading measures.
Prerequisite(s): Open to students who complete ENG 92A6 in the fall or spring and do not pass
Department: English
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ENG 91A5 - Developing Fluency in Reading and Writing
0 Credit(s) 6 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
A pre-freshman integrated reading and writing course for students who score a 47 and below on the CATW and receive any reading score on the CUNY ACT Reading. Students in ENG 91A5 will build fluency in both reading and writing and critical thinking. Fluency refers to the ability to understand reading assignments and to write comprehensible essays. The primary focus of ENG 91A5 is the development of fluent expression and comprehension. To that end, students will do a significant quantity of reading and writing. These reading and writing activities ask students to focus on the construction of meaning as they build fluency.
Department: English
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ENG 92A6 - Developing Competence in Reading and Writing
0 Credit(s) 6 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
A pre-freshman course focused on the development of critical reading, writing, and thinking abilities necessary for success in college-level courses. Also emphasized is the use of writing to develop ideas in relation to rich and complex texts.
Prerequisite(s): Failed the CUNY Skills Assessment test in Reading with a 54 or below or Failed the CUNY Assessment Test in Writing with a 47 or below.
Department: English
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ENG 93A9 - Developing Competence in Writing
0 Credit(s) 4 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
A pre-freshman writing course focused on the development of critical reading, writing, and thinking abilities necessary for success in college-level courses and the professions. College-level reading selections in a number of academic areas provide rigorous practice with the drafting process. Writing is used in order to develop ideas in relation to readings.
Prerequisite(s): Failed the CUNY Skills Assessment test in Writing with a score of 48-50 and passed the CUNY Skills Assessment test in Reading
Department: English
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ENG 400 - Analytical Reading
0 Credit(s) 3 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A pre-freshman course focused on the development of critical reading, writing, and thinking abilities through instruction and intensive practice in vocabulary and comprehension. Students will read and analyze interdisciplinary materials in preparation for required readings in typical college courses.
Prerequisite(s): A passing score of 56 or above on the CUNY Writing exam and a CUNY Reading exam score below 70. Incoming Students Only
Department: English
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ENG 1050 - Integrative Language Seminar
1 Credit(s) 2 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
This one-semester ESL Learning Community course offered in the fall semester, open to all incoming student’s whose first language is not English and whose results on the CUNY Reading and Writing exams indicate that they need to work on developing these areas. Students in ENG 1050 will build language awareness through an integrative, content-based, and contextualized approach. Students act as “language researchers,” attending to language form as they build fluency, and drawing meaningful links between work in all Learning Community courses from a linguistic perspective.
Prerequisite(s): ESL Student Group and CUNY Assessment Scores on the CATW of 22 to 47 and any ACT Reading score
Corequisite(s): ESL 101
Department: English
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ENG 1220 - Accelerated Learning Program
0 Credit(s) 1 Equated Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
The Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) is a two-hour companion course to ENG 1200 for students who pass the CUNY administered Reading exam, but score 51 to 55 on the CATW. ALP provides small-group instruction that will reinforce the reading and writing activities of ENG 1200 .
Corequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English
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ENG BW00 - Foundations for College-Level Writing
0 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.
A portfolio-based course that develops thinking skills and competency in reading and writing needed for both high school exit and college entrance English classrooms.
Department: English
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ENG W100 - Intensive Writing 1
0 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
Development of critical thinking and writing skills needed for freshman-level college coursework. Students create portfolios based on freshman-level reading assignments in the sciences.
Students are urged to participate in a 3-credit “College Now” course
Department: English
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ENG W200 - Intensive Writing 2
0 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
Course builds on the work of ENG W100 . Based on readings in psychology, students develop advanced critical thinking and writing skills required for success in English classes during and beyond the freshman year.
Students are urged to participate in a 3-credit “College Now” course
Department: English
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Early Childhood Education/Child Care & Education Studies
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EDC 81XX - Independent Study
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.
Independent study of early childhood education is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 90A4 - Seminar and Practicum in Teacher Development I
3 Credit(s) Hours: 10 hrs.
Seminar and supervised field work stressing multicultural factors. Students apply knowledge of child development in agency settings working with young children, in seminars with peers and in individual conferences with supervisors.
Not open to students who have completed ECE or EDC 9105.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200 , a passing score on the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or completion of developmental mathematics, EDC 2100 or EDC 3100 or EDC 3200 , with a grade of “C” or better, and a minimum grade point average of 2.80
Corequisite(s): EDC 2200
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): PSY 3000 or PSY 3200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 200 - Social Foundations of Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs. plus two school visit assignments
The social underpinnings of education are traced through a study of the history of education, including the development of its practices and philosophies. The social forces that currently influence education and gaps between ideals and the realities of education are analyzed. Reports requiring school visits will be assigned.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2000 - Foundations of Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
The effects of society, culture and institutions on the developmental needs of children with emphasis on the impact of urban life and the role of the educational system.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2100 - Social Science in Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs. (2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. field)
Survey of the objectives of the Social Sciences as reflected in the selection, guidance and evaluation of curricula in Education.
For ECE Majors only.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 or EDC 2000 , with a minimum grade of “C” or better
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): HUM 8181 or HUM 200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2200 - Art Workshop in Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Various art media are explored to understand principles, methods, planning and classroom organization necessary to achieve curricular and behavioral objectives of programs in education. Theory and history of art education as it relates to curriculum and diverse cultures. Ten hours per semester working with children in art activities.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 2100 or EDC 3100 , or EDC 3200 , with a minimum grade of “C “or better
Corequisite(s): EDC 90A4 or EDC 9105 or EDC 9400
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2300 - Music and Movement Workshop in Education
2 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
Musical literature, methods and techniques for utilizing music and dance to achieve the curricular and behavioral objectives of programs in education. Ten hours per semester working with children in music activities.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 or EDC 2000 , with a minimum grade of “C”
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2400 - Teaching Emergent Bilinguals
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
This course explores language acquisition theories, the historical, philosophical, and pedagogical evolution of how educational institutions have approached their work with emergent bilinguals, and pedagogical strategies for teaching emergent bilinguals. It focuses on the role of educators in supporting emergent bilinguals’ learning language and literacy across content.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 2800 - Techniques in Math, Science and Technology Teaching for Early Childhood Education
2 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
Knowledge and understanding of the methods of teaching pre-mathematics, science, and technology in early childhood classrooms. Hands-on methods that permit young children to learn through discovery, plus theoretical underpinnings of these methods are emphasized.
Open to all students.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 3000 - Seminar and Practicum in Early Childhood Education Curriculum
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs. (2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. field)
Working directly with materials, students explore and become familiar with the methods and materials used in an Early Childhood Education setting as developmentally appropriate practice and the integrated approach to education is emphasized. Ten hours per semester working with children in Early Childhood curriculum activities.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 with a minimum grade of “C”
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 3100 - Social Science in Childhood Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs. (2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. field)
Designed for employed professionals as well as undergraduates in Childhood Education. Knowledge of the social sciences, pedagogical strategies, the development of critical thinking skills concerning curriculum content, creation and implementation of activities for thematic units will be covered.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 and HUM 8181 and with a grade of “C” or better
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): ENG 1200 , EDC 2300 , PSY 1100 , SOC 3100
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 3200 - Infant/Toddler Development
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Study of educational theories and approaches as well as cultural influences on the development of the young child.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 with a minimum grade of “C”
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 4000 - Educational Practice for Early Language and Literacy Development
3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs. /2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. field experience/laboratory)
This course focuses on the development of language and emergent literacy from infancy to preschool years. The three themes that are addressed are: history and theories of literacy development, language and literacy acquisition, and methods of literacy instruction for all. These themes serve as the foundation for developmentally appropriate practices of early childhood educators.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 2000 and EDC 3200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 4100 - Teaching the Gifted Individual
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Investigation of psychological and educational needs of gifted and talented individuals in school and society. Includes a historical perspective, past and present research studies, identification and implementation of programs.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1100
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 5050 - Integrative Studies Seminar
1 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hrs.
This course serves as a place where students in learning communities can practice integration and application of thematic concepts explored in other courses in the Integrative Studies Link.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 9105 - Supervised Instructional Experience in Education I
3 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Students are assigned to work with children in a specific education center such as a Day Care Center, Nursery School, Kindergarten, or School for Exceptional Children. Students concentrate on objective observations of child behavior in order to help develop skills in understanding children and their learning needs.
For ECE Majors only.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 2100 with a grade of “C” and Passed, exempt, or completed developmental course work for the CUNY Assessment Tests in Reading and Writing
Corequisite(s): EDC 2200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 9307 - Supervised Instructional Experience In Education II
3 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Students are assigned increasing responsibility within the limits of the agency structure. Leadership of group activities is included.
For ECE Majors only.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 2200 and EDC 9105 , with a minimum grade of “C” and a passing score on the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or completion of developmental mathematics
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): EDC 2300
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDC 9400 - Supervised Instructional Experience in Infant/Toddler Education
3 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hours
A practicum stressing the unique needs of infants and toddlers, in which students apply knowledge of child development. Developmentally appropriate practice in agency setting working with infants and toddlers. Students participate in seminars with their peers and meet in individual conferences with their supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): EDC 3200 and EDC 2100 , both with a grade of “C” or better
Corequisite(s): EDC 2200
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EPS 3100 - Meteorology
4 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Fundamental physical and chemical structure of the atmosphere including weather, climate, meteorological instrumentation, and air pollution.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 3200 - Oceanography
4 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Factors that have a major influence on the physical and chemical structure of the oceans includes tides, waves, currents, oceanographic instrumentation and coastal oceanography. Course includes a laboratory component.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 3300 - Physical Geology
4 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Study of the nature of the Earth and its processes includes: mineral and rock classification, analysis of the agents of weathering and erosion, dynamics of the Earth’s crust as manifest in mountain building, volcanoes and earthquakes, recent data concerning the geology of other planets, field and laboratory techniques of the geologist.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 3500 - Introduction to Astronomy
4 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Concepts and methods of astronomical science, the early theories of the universe, astronomical instruments, the solar systems and its members, stars, galaxies, recently discovered objects, and study of modern cosmological ideas. Course includes a laboratory component.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 3600 - Planetology: A Trip Through the Solar System
4 Credit(s) Hours: 6 hrs.
Introduction to the planets, moons and smaller bodies that occupy our Solar System, and to current Space Science research and technology. Topics include the origin and evolution of our solar system, the geological and chemical characteristics of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and life in the solar system.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 3800 - Introduction to Earth Science
4 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.
The earth’s environment, meteorology, geology, astronomy, and oceanography. Field trips and laboratory work included.
Prerequisite(s): CUNY English and Math Proficient or Department Permission
Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences
Flexible Core: Scientific World (Group E)
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 9201 - Research I
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 2-6 laboratory hrs.
Planning and carrying out a undergraduate research project under supervision of a faculty member including literature readings, laboratory work, conferences with faculty member, and presentation of research results
Prerequisite(s): Department permission
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 9202 - Research II
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 2-6 laboratory hrs.
Planning and carrying out a undergraduate research project under supervision of a faculty member including literature readings, laboratory work, conferences with faculty member, and presentation of research results
Prerequisite(s): Department permission
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 9203 - Research III
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 2-6 laboratory hrs.
Planning and carrying out a undergraduate research project under supervision of a faculty member including literature readings, laboratory work, conferences with faculty member, and presentation of research results
Prerequisite(s): Department permission
Department: Physical Sciences
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EPS 9204 - Research IV
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 2-6 laboratory hrs.
Planning and carrying out a undergraduate research project under supervision of a faculty member including literature readings, laboratory work, conferences with faculty member, and presentation of research results
Prerequisite(s): Department permission
Department: Physical Sciences
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ECO 82XX - Topical/Pilot Course
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.
This course is of a topical and pilot nature and is designed to meet the immediate needs and interests of various student populations. It is offered for a maximum of two semesters.
Department: Business
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ECO 1200 - Macroeconomics
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A macroeconomic study of the American economy. An analysis of the fundamental institutions, functions, and goals of the basic sectors in American capitalism, current macroeconomic issues, national income accounting, application of economic principles and concepts to the U.S. economy, the effects of money, banking, monetary, and fiscal policies. Includes analysis of U.S. economic growth and its role in the global economy and a microeconomic analysis of supply and demand in a perfectly competitive market structure.
Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or MAT M100
Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D)
Department: Business
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ECO 1300 - Microeconomics
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
An analysis of the determination of price under alternative market structures. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the economic behavior of the household, the business firm, and government.
Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or MAT M100
Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D)
Department: Business
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ECO 1400 - Money and Banking
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
A comprehensive study of the nature of money and monetary standards, the development, structure, and functions of American central banking commercial banking, non-bank financial intermediaries, investment banking, and financial markets. Federal and State bank regulation and supervision, major monetary theories. Analysis of the impact and major role of the American banking system on the economy. Includes a study of international finance.
Department: Business
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ECO 2200 - Principles of Financial Management
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
This course will introduce students to key financial concepts and the application of financial analysis in making sound business decisions. Topics include: time value of money, risk and rates of return, asset valuation, capital budgeting, and capital structure. Students will gain an understanding of financial assets, financial markets, financial intermediaries and the banking system. Students will also understand financial statements (i.e. balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement) published by corporations and the various ratios utilized by investors. Upon completion of this course, students will understand and apply these concepts and skills in business decisions. Recommended for Accounting and Business majors planning to transfer to equivalent baccalaureate programs at Brooklyn College and other senior colleges.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 1200
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): ECO 1200 and ECO 1300
Department: Business
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EDU 2800 - Techniques in Math, Science and Social Studies Teaching for Early Childhood Education
2 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hours
Knowledge and understanding of methods of teaching pre-mathematics, science and social studies in early childhood classrooms. Experiential methods that permit young children to learn through discovery will be given special emphasis as well as the theoretical underpinnings of these methods. Course cannot be taken more than two times.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDU 4500 - Sign Language in the Classroom I
2 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hours
Designed to help students use Signed English and American Sign Language. Special emphasis will be placed on uses in the classroom. At the conclusion, students will be familiar with the various forms of communication used by the deaf/hard-of-hearing community, and the uses of ASL and Signed English in the classroom, deaf culture and the special needs of deaf/hard-of-hearing students.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDU 4600 - Sign Language in the Classroom II
2 Credit(s) Hours: 2 hours
A continuation of EDU 4500 . Students will continue to build their receptive and expressive sign language skills for the classroom, and their interpreting skills through oral and written exercises. At the conclusion of the course students will possess a functional vocabulary for use with the deaf and hearing impaired community, as well as basic interpreting skills for use in the classroom.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 4500
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDU 5000 - Educational Technology for Paraprofessionals
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Introduction to computer operating systems and industry standard software and evaluation, discussion, and demonstration of educationally-based software. Guided exploration of how computers and other technologies can support instruction, use of technology to access information and enhance personal productivity and productivity as a member of the classroom team.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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EDU 5200 - Introduction to Inclusive Classrooms: Strategies for Effective Instruction
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
The design and delivery of effective instruction for all pupils in inclusive classrooms, those with disabilities and those without, including those whose special learning needs may not be formally diagnosed.
Department: Behavioral Sciences
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Emergency Medical Services
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EMS 81XX - Independent Study
1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.
Independent study of emergency medical services is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
Department: Allied Health, Mental Health and Human Services
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