Apr 25, 2024  
2019-2020 College Catalog 
    
2019-2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Accounting

  
  • ACC 81XX - Independent Study


    1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.

    Independent study of accounting is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
  
  • ACC 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.
  
  • ACC 1100 - Fundamentals of Accounting I


    4 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    This course introduces accrual-basis accounting for sole proprietorships in the service and merchandising industries. Topics include double-entry recording of business transactions and adjusting and closing entries. Preparation of financial statements under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including the income statement, owner’s equity statement and balance sheet. Inventory valuation methods, specialized journals, subsidiary ledgers, bank reconciliations, internal control concepts, computerized accounting, and depreciation methods are also covered.
    Prerequisite(s): passing score on the Elementary Algebra portion of the ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math or  
  
  • ACC 1200 - Fundamentals of Accounting II


    4 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    This second course in fundamentals of accounting focuses on partnership and corporate accounting. It includes the preparation of the retained earnings, stockholder’s equity and cash flow statements. Other topics include accounting for receivables, payables, and long term debt, with a focus on bonds payable. In addition, both financial statement analysis tools and differences between financial and managerial accounting are examined.
    Prerequisite(s):  
  
  • ACC 2100 - Intermediate Accounting I


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Study of financial accounting, accounting standards, and the conceptual framework underlying financial accounting. The accounting information system is reviewed, including the accounting cycle as applied to the corporate organization. Preparation and understanding of the major financial statements-the classified balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows. Also covered: revenue recognition, management and control of cash, recognition and valuation of accounts receivable.
    Prerequisite(s):  with a minimum grade of “C”
  
  • ACC 2200 - Intermediate Accounting II


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Continued study of financial accounting concepts including inventories, tangible, intangible and other non-current assets, liabilities, stockholder’s equity, reporting requirements, earnings per share, accounting for investments and the time value of money. The impact of recent accounting developments on financial statements and generally accepted accounting principles are illustrated and discussed.
    Prerequisite(s):  
  
  • ACC 3100 - Cost Accounting


    4 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Techniques and methods of cost accounting include cost concepts and analysis of costs, material control, accounting for labor, nature and application of manufacturing overhead (including factory overhead variance analysis), job order cost systems, process cost systems, and direct costing.
    Prerequisite(s):  with a minimum grade of “C”
  
  • ACC 4100 - Federal Taxation


    4 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Study of current federal income tax law regulations include: concepts of taxable gross and net income, deductions and exemptions as applied to various classes of individual taxpayers. Preparation of individual income tax returns on actual governmental forms required.
    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s):  or Department permission
  
  • ACC 6000 - Microcomputer Accounting Applications


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    The use of accounting system software as a tool for processing accounting data into financial information. Accounting system topics include the accounting cycle, general ledger, sales and accounts receivable, purchasing and payment, payroll, inventory, account reconciliation, financial reporting and budget analysis.
    Prerequisite(s):  and  or equivalent

Anthropology

  
  • ANT 3700 - Introduction to Anthropology


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    A comparative study of the human condition in various societies and its application in solving practical problems. Topics include: human evolution, the meaning of our physical diversity, communication, miscommunication and past and present cultural diversity.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ANT 3800 - Human Rights


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Overview of anthropological, political, legal, economical, and philosophical perspectives on human rights. The history of human rights, examination of the basic treaties on human rights and exploration of the ways in which culture, religion, race, gender, indigenousness, human trafficking, genocide, and forced migration relate to human rights. Analysis of the global and local response to contemporary human rights abuses on a variety of issues in various countries.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ANT 3900 - Sexuality and Culture


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Approaches human sexuality from a unique perspective by incorporating theories from anthropology, sociology, psychology, women’s studies and queer theory. Course explores the ways in which sexual behavior has changed over time and how it varies cross-culturally. It will also address current issues such as pornography, sex workers, gender and sexual diversity, sex tourism, same-sex sexuality, sexual rights, and cybersex.
    Prerequisite(s):  or  or  
    Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D)

Arabic

  
  • ARB 100 - Elementary Arabic I


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Basic speaking, listening, reading and writing Arabic. Through use of spoken and written sources, students will become acquainted with the sounds, alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and structure of the language. Use of laboratory and audio-visual materials to foster conversation and comprehension skills.
    NOTE: This course was previously called ARB 8201
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ARB 200 - Elementary Arabic II


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Continuation in basic speaking, listening, reading and writing Arabic. Use of spoken and written sources of the sounds, alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and structure of the language. Use of Laboratory and audio-visual materials to foster conversation and comprehension skills in Arabic.
    NOTE: This course was previously called ARB 8202
    Prerequisite(s):  or Department permission
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ARB 300 - Intermediate Arabic I


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Continuation of the development of reading and writing skills in the language through the use of suitable passages on key themes in Arabic culture and society. Students will actively engage with spoken and written source material from the Arab world. Audio-visual materials will be used to foster conversation and comprehension skills in the language.
    Prerequisite(s):  or Department permission
  
  • ARB 400 - Intermediate Arabic II


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Continuation of the development of reading and writing skills in the language through use of suitable passages on key themes in Arabic culture and society. Students will likely engage with spoken and written source material from the Arab world. Audio-visual materials will be used to foster conversation and comprehension skills in the language.
    Prerequisite(s):  or Department permission

Art: Art History (Non-Studio)

  
  • ART 81XX - Independent Study (Non-Studio)


    1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.

    Independent study of art is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
  
  • ART 82XX - Topical/Pilot Course (Non-Studio)


    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 interest of various student populations. It is offered for a maximum of two semesters.
  
  • ART 2200 - Medieval Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3

    This course introduces students to the culture of the medieval era by studying the art of the following periods:  Early Christian, Jewish, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic.  The course covers the material chronologically and by region and theme in an effort to create an understanding of each culture’s characteristic style, connection to its historical context, and its relationships to other cultures.  It also explores how artworks functioned within religious and political contexts and issues of cross-cultural interactions stemming from trade, diplomacy, pilgrimage, the crusades, migration, and other forms of contact and exchange.  
    Flexible Core: Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 2300 - Asian Art through Religion, Philosophy, and Politics


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to the history of Asian art (early India, China, Korea, and Japan) from prehistory to the present. The course will examine a broad range of artifacts including monuments, city planning, architecture, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, and prints. How religion, philosophy, and politics uniquely shaped visual culture in Asia is discussed. The course equally emphasizes the cultural transfers, how one culture influences another, and how at the same time a non-indigenous element becomes vernacularized by mixing with the local culture.
  
  • ART 2400 - Global Contemporary Art: Diversities and New Expressions


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to global contemporary art (the arts in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa). Art of the 21st century emerges from a vast variety of materials and means. This interdisciplinary course will examine a broad range of artistic practices including painting, sculpture, photography, video, performance art, animation, architecture, city planning, environmental art, activist art, and art using digital and social media. We will examine how arts from different geopolitical locations were uniquely shaped, responding to contemporary issues and concerns.
  
  • ART 3000 - Art and Activism


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to the role of art in society, and how modern and contemporary artists have employed art to challenge the status quo and stimulate social activism, change, and protest. The course will cover nine main topics: the Anti-War and Peace Movements, the Labor Movement, Art of the Cold War Era, Anti-Government Movements and Post Colonialism, the Civil Rights Movement, the Feminist Movement, Environmental Activism, Gay Identity and Queer Art, and Contemporary Protest Art. Although emphasis will be given to art and artists since 1945, the history of social activist and protest art will be traced through the modern era.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 3100 - Survey of Art History: Prehistory to the Present


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to the visual arts, past and present. Basic elements in appreciating the great achievements in painting, sculpture and architecture. Aesthetic and societal considerations.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 3300 - Survey of Art History: From Ancient to Renaissance Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Comprehensive, chronological introduction to the history of art and architecture from ancient civilizations to the Renaissance. Consideration of the cultural context of artistic developments and styles. Required of Art Majors.
    Recommended in first year.
    See Department Advisor.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 3400 - Survey of Art History: From Renaissance to 19th Century Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Major movements in Non-Western and Western art from the Renaissance through the late nineteenth century focusing on formal as well as historical issues. Required of Art Majors.
    Recommended in first year.
    See Department Advisor.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 3500 - Nineteenth-Century Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    An introduction to the development of modern art, beginning in early nineteenth-century France. The course traces the emergence of various art movements, the rise of the historical avant-garde in Europe and the United States and the development of abstract art to 1900.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 3600 - Twentieth-Century Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    An introduction to movements in painting, sculpture and architecture in the twentieth-century. The course begins with the rise of abstraction in Europe before the wars, and follows the course of art movement and styles in the aftermath of World War II.  The course covers recent developments in visual arts at the turn of the century. 
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 3700 - Survey of Non-Western Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Survey of World Art from Islamic culture, India, Asia, art of the Americas and Native American cultures, Africa and the Pacific. The art of these countries and cultures will be studied from prehistory to the present.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 3800 - Renaissance Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    History of the development of art from the Gothic movement through the rise of Humanism. The Renaissance in Florence, Italy and Northern Europe and an analysis of its new conception of nature, history and man. A general introduction to Renaissance artists in Florence and Spain.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 3900 - History of Women in Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Survey of the artistic works of women from the ancient world through the present. The class will consider formal issues, the representation of the female in the visual arts, the biographies of female artists, the art historical context of the work of women artists, and the rise of feminist art.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 4700 - History of American Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to the painting, sculpture, architecture and other forms of art created in the U.S. from the Colonial period through the early 20th Century. Aesthetic, cultural and social issues will be addressed while fostering an appreciation of the various styles and artistic approaches that have shaped the tapestry of American culture.
    Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Group B)
  
  • ART 5000 - Latin American Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    Introduction to the arts of Latin America, including Meso, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean. In chronological order, the course will begin by examining the artistic production of the pre-Columbian era, establishing the iconography, styles, traditions, and techniques of each region. The art of colonial Latin America will be explored in regards to the cultural complexity and artistic convergence that characterized Spanish colonialism. Following independence, and in response to the influence of international artists, movements, and ideas, the development of Modern Art in Latin America will be discussed. Although emphasis will be placed on the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, the art of Brazil and Haiti will also be discussed.
    Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues (Group A)
  
  • ART 9500 - Modern Architecture and the Environment


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    A study of the major developments in the history and theory of architecture in Europe and the United States from the late 19th century through the present day and how these developments express our evolving understanding and perception of ourselves in relation to the environment. Particular attention will be given to landscape architecture, urban planning and contemporary innovations in green, ecologically-sustainable architecture.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)
  
  • ART 9800 - History of Modern Sculpture


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

    A study of the major developments in the history and theory of sculpture in Europe and the United States, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and continuing through to sculpture of the present day.
    Flexible Core: Creative Expression (Group C)

Art: Studio Art

  
  • ART 81XX - Independent Study


    1-3 Credit(s) Hours: 1-3 hrs.

    Independent study of art is developed individually between student and faculty member and must be approved by the Department.
  
  • ART 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 interest of various student populations. It is offered for a maximum of two semesters.
  
  • ART 4000 - Designing with Type


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    A studio course using typography as a design tool with a focus on the creative and aesthetic use of letter forms for visual communication problem-solving.
  
  • ART 4300 - Digital Illustration


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Introduction to the computer program Adobe Illustrator and its use as a tool to create and manipulate illustrations and graphic designs for the development of portfolios.
    Prerequisite(s):
  
  • ART 4400 - Still Life Painting


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    A studio course using methods of oil and/or acrylic painting in a concentrated approach to the expressive possibilities of still life as a subject matter.
    Prerequisite(s):  or Department Permission
  
  • ART 4500 - Computer Art


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Introductory course to the computer as a complete publishing system and as a graphic design and illustration tool for creating finished portfolio pieces.
    Prerequisite(s):
  
  • ART 4600 - Photoshop as a Design Tool


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Introduction to core features and functions of this photo-based image editing program. Students will manipulate, re-touch, apply effects, import and scan images, perform color and tonal corrections and use illustration and paint techniques. This design and illustration tool will be used in the development of portfolio work.
    Prerequisite(s):
  
  • ART 4800 - The Art of 3-Dimensional Animation


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Introduction to features and functions of computer assisted 3-dimensional image and animation. Basic 3-dimensional animation concepts utilizing industry software are covered, as well as the workflow involved in modeling, animation and rendering techniques in a 3-dimensional environment.
  
  • ART 4900 - The Art of Storyboarding


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    An exploration of the preproduction stage of visual storytelling of all types: live-action, animation, and multimedia. Cinematic principles of continuity, editing, and methods of composition to communicate time-based visuals effectively are studied. Students will create storyboards, by hand and computer-generated, and animatics.
  
  • ART 5100 - Photography I


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Learn to see photographically while using your 35mm camera. Develop black and white film and print your own enlargements during this intensive introduction to photographic image-making.
  
  • ART 5200 - Photography II


    3 Credit(s) Hours: 4 hrs.

    Students refine the ideas and techniques presented in Photography I. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal vision, while improving darkroom skills, lighting situations and putting together a cohesive portfolio of prints.
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Behavioral Sciences

  

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