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DAN 270 - Special Topics in Dance
This course will include various issues in dance not covered in depth in the regular course offerings of the department. It will enable students to take advantage of faculty expertise in areas of interest to both faculty and students.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ESC 110 - Introduction to Astronomy (SJC Long Island)
A study of the universe from the super-immense to the subatomic, emphasizing the moon, planets, comets, meteors, asteroids, stars, and galaxies. The origins of the contemporary universe and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe will also be considered. A constellation study and a planetarium experience will be an integral part of the course.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
Lab fee-$30
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ESC 111 - Introduction to the Solar System (SJC Long Island)
A detailed introduction to the solar system. Topics include the historical development of astronomy, the formation of the solar system, characteristics of its planets, moons, comets, and asteroids. Current findings of planetary probes and the identification of celestial objects will be an ongoing study, by way of evening observations and planetarium presentations.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
Lab fee-$30
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ESC 112 - Introduction to Stellar Astronomy (SJC Long Island)
An introduction to the study of the universe beyond the solar system. The focus includes the role of electromagnetic radiation in discovering the tremendous distances to the stars, the classification and study of galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, white dwarfs, black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. Theories such as the evolution of the universe, possibility of space travel, and potential for life elsewhere will be discussed. Evening observations, planetarium trips will enhance these theories.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
Lab fee-$30
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ESC 113 - Science in Science Fiction (SJC Long Island)
A practical introduction to many basic scientific principles can be effected by way of a film course in science fiction. The film-based course offers thought-provoking scenes related to topics in physics, astronomy, the greenhouse effect and nuclear phenomena. The course will be tailored each semester to investigate current events and technology.
Prerequisite: MAT 105 or equivalent
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ESC 120 - Introduction to Geology (SJC Long Island)
A study of the earth with a view to understanding the mysteries of its forests, fields, glacial valleys, rocks, minerals, waterways, and fossils. Laboratory experiences provide opportunities to investigate these secrets of our planet.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
Lab fee-$30
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ESC 130 - Introduction to Meteorology (SJC Long Island)
A study of the natural and man-made factors which affect weather patterns on our planet and in our geographic area. This course offers the opportunity for students to investigate the long range climatic effects of such phenomena as the greenhouse effect, volcanic emissions, and depletion of the rain forests of the Amazon. The use of satellites and other modern equipment for weather analysis will be investigated.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
Lab fee-$30
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ECO 120 - Macroeconomics
(BUS 120 )
National economic policy; inflation and unemployment in the business cycle; output and income determination; government expenditures and receipts; fiscal policy and monetary policy; Federal Reserve System and the banking system; variations in stabilization policy; the impact of capital-labor relations.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ECO 127 - Comparative Economic Systems
Study of the philosophic and ideological basis of economic systems, how they solve various economic problems, and the current state of these systems. Attention will be focused on the variations in modern economic systems: capitalist, state capitalist, market socialist, socialist, and traditional. Individual countries will be used as case studies for analysis of these various economic systems.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ECO 161 - International Economic Problems
BUS 161
Survey of current problems covering international trade, international finance, the relations between technologically advanced and less-developed nations, and various international institutions. Focus on current issues of international economic policy.
3 credits
Fall
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ECO 221 - Labor Economics
(BUS 221 )
A study of the political economy of labor market demand and supply, the labor process and the philosophic foundations of various theories of labor. The course surveys the historical and current problems of labor organization and unions as well as the impact of race, gender and class on labor and income distribution.
Prerequisite: ECO 120
3 credits
Fall
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ECO 222 - Statistics
(BUS 222 )
Collection and tabulation of statistical data. Simple correlation and regression analysis. Probability. Random variables. Normal distribution. Sampling and sampling distributions. Statistical inference. Use of Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet program, integrated into the course.
Prerequisite: MAT 113 or MAT 200
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ECO 223 - Money and Banking
(BUS 223 )
The roles of money and credit, financial markets and institutions, and central banking in the U.S. economy. The banking system and its relationship with the Federal Reserve System, as well as international banking issues and problems, will also be analyzed and explored.
Prerequisite: ECO 120
3 credits
Spring
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ECO 226 - Microeconomics
(BUS 226 )
Marginal analysis of demand and supply, the individual firm, and market microstructure. Consumer behavior and producer behavior. Alternative models of price determination and profit maximation. The relation between input and output markets.
Prerequisite: ECO 120
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 credits
Fall and Spring
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ECO 240 - Health Economics
The course provides an introduction to key concepts in health economics theory, and an overview of the variety of approaches different countries have taken to the delivery and financing of health care. It emphasizes the role economic theory plays in debates over health policy, including debates over the appropriate role of markets, patient cost sharing, physician and hospital payment reforms, and the Affordable Care Act.
3 credits.
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ECO 278 - Economic Geography
BUS 278
Geographic distribution of the economic activities of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services. Particular attention is given to the location of economic activity as a function of unequal factor endowment.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ECO 328 - History of Economic Thought
A survey of the development of economic theory; issues and problems of the classical economists; Marx’s critique of classical political economy; the roots of contemporary schools of thought. Selected primary readings are integrated into the course. Emphasis will be placed upon analysis of the relationship between value and price.
Prerequisite: ECO 120
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ECO 359 - Independent Study in Economics
An opportunity for students to do advanced work in a specialized area in Economics. Students will work with an Economics faculty member in studying and analyzing economic issues and topics of interest. Open to juniors and seniors with departmental approval.
Prerequisites: ECO 120 and ECO 226
3 credits
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ECO 370 - Special Topics in Economics
This course will include economic issues, developments or problems not covered in depth in the regular course offerings. It will enable students to take advantage of faculty expertise in diverse areas which are of interest to both faculty and students. With departmental approval
3 credits
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ECO 400 - Seminar in Economics
Seminar student selects jointly with instructor an economic topic to be researched; findings are reported in a formal paper; weekly meetings with instructor.
Prerequisites: at least 12 credits in the social sciences, and approval of the department.
3 credits
Spring
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EDU 115 - Educational Psychology
An introduction to the psychological foundations of education, aimed at developing basic competence in the understanding of growth and development, the psychology of personality and adjustment, the assessment and handling of individual differences, and the psychology of learning. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required. Usually taken in sophomore year.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 121 - Teaching Adolescents with Exceptionalities
An introduction and overview of the human development of persons with the full range of disabilities and special health care needs. Emphasis will be placed on the teaching of adolescents with exceptionalities, including the gifted, and the effect of those disabilities on learning and behavior at that age level. The importance of networking, collaboration, and assistive technologies will be highlighted. Concerns regarding cultural diversity and inclusion will be addressed. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork in a special education setting or an inclusion classroom is required. Usually taken in sophomore year.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 180 - Self Exploration and Career Search I
An interdisciplinary approach to expanding the knowledge of oneself in relation to the choice of a career. Sources of information include the evaluation of one’s values, skills, aptitudes and abilities and how they pertain to a future profession. Suggested for sophomores and juniors.
1 credit.
Offered when there is sufficient demand.
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EDU 181 - Career Search II
An interdisciplinary approach to career possibilities and the skills needed to secure employment in today’s market. Resume preparation, professional correspondence, the application process and interviewing skills are included. Suggested for juniors and seniors.
1 credit.
Offered when there is sufficient demand.
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EDU 183 - Self Exploration and Career Search
This ten week course consists of four components: Self Awareness, Career Awareness, Career Resources, and Career Search. Students will be guided through Internet sites which will enable them to know themselves and their interests, identify their personality type, access detailed descriptions of specific jobs and company information, and learn how to target a specific job. Questions like, “Do I have the right Major?” and “What can I do with my Major?” will be addressed as well. Finally, each student will complete a personal portfolio of research which will include a cover letter and a resume.
1 credit.
Offered when there is sufficient demand
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EDU 200 - edTPA Field Placement Mentorship Course
CS 200
This course is designed for teacher education program graduates who must complete an edTPA portfolio for NYSED teacher certification purposes.
1 semester. 2 credits.
Fall and Spring.
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EDU 234 - Sociological and Philosophical Foundations of Education
An inquiry into the process of education as seen by the historian, the sociologist, and the philosopher. Examination of selected contemporary problems within an historical context, with emphasis on the needs of the urban school and a multicultural society. The effects of socioeconomic factors, violence/abuse, and health and safety issues on student learning. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required. Usually taken in junior year.
EDU 115
1 semester. 2 credits.
Fall, Spring.
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EDU 240 - Adolescent Literacy
This course will provide an introduction to teaching literacy in its broadest sense, the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently. Emphasis will be placed on the teaching of reading and writing at the secondary level content areas, with the integration of instructional technology. Students will learn to develop strategies for working with students with diverse needs and learning styles, including English Language Learners.
Prerequisite: EDU 115
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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EDU 250 - Introduction to Middle School
Participation in this course will extend the knowledge and expertise of prospective secondary level educators in middle-level school philosophy. The middle school child requires an educational program developmentally responsive to the needs and characteristics of young adolescents that is appropriate and tailored for their academic, physical, and psychosocial development. The historic evolution of middle level education, the NYS Essential Elements of Middle School, as well as the academic structure and organization of middle schools shall form the core of this course.
Prerequisite: EDU 115
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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EDU 251 - Literacy Acquisition: Middle School Years
This course introduces students to different theories of literacy acquisition/development at the middle school level. The following topics are also introduced: the evolution of American reading instruction, language acquisition, linguistic universals, emergent literacy, creating classroom environments that facilitate literacy acquisition/development, formal vs. informal literacy assessment practices, specific reading/writing approaches in the content area, and assessment and instructional strategies that address different aspects of the reading process. Each of these topics will be viewed through the lens of the middle school adolescent perspective.
Prerequisite: EDU 115
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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EDU 342 - Curriculum, Assessment and Methods of Teaching Native Language Arts in General and Special Education
CS 342
Methods, material and assessment criteria used to teach native language arts to limited English proficient students, including those with disabilities, at the elementary and secondary levels to meet the Native Language Arts Standards (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and assessment requirements in the state of New York.
Ten Hours of Fieldwork Observation. 1 semester. 3 credits.
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EDU 343 - Methods of Teaching Core Subject Areas in the Native Language and English in General and Special Education
CS 343
Methods, materials and assessment criteria used to teach core subject areas in the native language and English to limited English proficient students, including those with disabilities. Focus will be given to meet the language arts modalities (listening, speaking, reading and writing) for Native Language (NL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction in the content areas of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as indicated in the NYS Common Core Learning Standards for grades K-12.
Ten Hours of Fieldwork Observation. 1 semester. 3 credits.
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EDU 344 - Assessment Strategies in Bilingual Special Education
CS 344
Develop competencies in appropriate multidisciplinary assessment techniques for limited English proficient (LEP) children with disabilities. Course performance outcomes will include formal and informal assessment strategies, as well as the development of instructional planning for Individualized Education Program (IEP) objectives and Present Level of Educational Performance (PLEP) statements.
Ten Hours of Fieldwork Observation. 1 semester. 3 credits.
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EDU 360 - Methods of Secondary Education
A combined college-field course, seeking to develop competence in areas of common concern to secondary school teachers: curriculum, methods, materials of instruction, planning, assessment, content reading strategies, classroom management, study skills, and technology. Microteaching and classroom observation and practice. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval, EDU 115 , EDU 121 , EDU 234 , EDU 240 and PSY 220
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 361 - Methods of Teaching English in Secondary School
A study of aims, curriculum, methods, and materials for the teaching of the language arts: composition, literacy, language, technology, literature, and reading. Observation and practice in teaching. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
1 semester 2 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 363 - Methods of Teaching History and Social Studies in Secondary School
A study of objectives, values, and problems of teaching history and social studies; curriculum and materials; classroom strategies and techniques including written, oral, and performance-based assessment; content reading and technology. Observation and practice in teaching. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
1 semester 2 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 364 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics in Secondary School
A study of objectives and methods of teaching mathematics; recent curricular developments in pedagogy, content reading, and technology and their impact on methodology; assessment techniques. Observation and practice in teaching. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
1 semester 2 credits.
Fall, Spring
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EDU 365 - Methods of Teaching Modern Language in Secondary School
A study of varied approaches to language learning; integration of culture and language; curriculum, materials, and planning for teaching. Observation and practice in teaching. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
1 semester 2 credits.
Fall
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EDU 366 - Methods of Teaching Science in Secondary School
A study of aims, methods, and materials for teaching the physical and biological sciences. Content reading, technology and application of assessments for both lab and written work. Observation, demonstrations, and practice in presenting lessons. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
1 semester 2 credits.
Fall
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EDU 473 - Supervised Teaching in Secondary Schools
Observation and supervised practice teaching, a minimum of five mornings a week, in a secondary school for a full semester. Students will have experience in grades 7-9 and 10-12. Concurrent group and individual conferences, reports, self-evaluation, content reading strategies, drug and alcohol education, as well as workshops in Child Abuse and SAVE. Student teaching can only be entered into after the satisfactory completion of all coursework and fieldwork.
Prerequisites: Two approved speech courses; approval of Faculty Recommendations.
1 semester 6 credits.
Fall, Spring
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ENG 102 - Basic Writing Skills
Usually geared to the needs of the professional, this course is an introduction to the basic principles of effective writing. Special attention is given to spelling, punctuation, tenses, cases, agreement, subordination, categorization, and modification. Idiomatic expression, vocabulary development, dictionary skills, sentence structure, and paragraph construction are stressed. Competence in all these areas is required.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
1 semester 3 credits.
Only Offered at SJC Brooklyn
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ENG 103 - Writing for Effective Communication
Analysis and application of the principles of effective writing. Skill development in the performance of various writing tasks. Research techniques also implemented.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ENG 105 - Creative Writing
An introduction to the practice of written expression in prose, poetic, and dramatic forms; students develop greater skill through the experience of various literary structures and discover how to think as literary citizens of the world.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 or written permission of the chairperson.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 106 - Dramatic And Visual Writing
A course in script-writing designed to give students an opportunity to develop skill in the writing of short and/or long works for stage and/or screen. Students will also be expected to read work in progress and respond to each other’s writing in class.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 107 - Fiction Writing
A creative writing course that focuses on the practice of fictional prose forms, both long and short. Students write from various narrative prompts and/or develop independent works-in-progress. They also gain experience in responding to literature through writing, leading to greater skill in their own creative work.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 109 - Analytical Writing
Emphasis on increasing student skill in the use of logical progression, clarity, analysis, and illustration in writing. Attention to grammar, sentence and paragraph structures, punctuation, and usage as backdrop to effective exposition, argumentation, and editing of written material.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 or equivalent.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 110 - Communication for Professionals
This course is designed to provide students with communication theories and proficiencies needed in professional organizations. Students will study the structural principles of this type of communication and its specialized writing techniques and formats, strengthen critical and editing skills, polish grammar and vocabulary, examine verbal and non-verbal communication modes, develop expertise in speaking and listening effectively.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 111 - The Language of Film
A study of what is probably the most current and most popular form of communication. Film lectures will center on the history and development of film as an art form; class sessions will also include the viewing of selected short and feature films as well as discussion and written evaluation.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 112 - Classical Literature
(CLA 122 )
A study of the human experience as reflected in the classic texts of East and West. Contributors to this study and to the foundations of culture are the authors of the Bhagavid Gita, Gilgamesh, and other eastern luminaries as well as Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Virgil. This course may be credited to Classics or English.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 113 - Introduction to Drama
Reading and discussion of plays representative of the richness in varying cultures and periods of World Drama designed to ask and answer the question: “What is the underlying, basic notion of the dramatic form?” Consideration of plays in historical contexts.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 114 - Introduction To Poetry
A study of the richness of poetic language across a diverse cultural and historical range; students will be introduced to language of poetry criticism (explication, scansion, etc.)
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 115 - The Short Story
Definition, characteristics, developmental history, and stylistic trends of the short story as a literary form in different cultural traditions. Reading and interpretation of representative modern short stories both in English and in translation.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 117 - The New York Scene in Literature
A study of the extraordinarily diverse New York “scene,” from the 19th century to now, as reported and reflected in texts set in and around the environs of New York City. Works of authors like Irving, Whitman, Melville, James, Wharton, O. Henry, Crane, Cather, Fitzgerald, Runyon, Hurston, Cahan, Yezierska, Larsen, Powell, E.B. White, Frank O’Hara, Ellison, Capote, Baldwin, Morrison, Roth, DeLillo, Hijuelos, Chang-Rae Lee, and Colson Whitehead are included.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 119 - A Rainbow of Voices
This course explores the ethnic richness which characterizes American literary history. Emphasis is placed on African-American, Native-American, and Asian-American literature, as well as on the Chicano and Puerto-Rican contributions to this complex and yet closely woven tapestry.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 120 - Poetry Writing
An introductory creative writing course examining poetic traditions and contemporary poets as a means of fostering students’ own writing. Students will review one another’s drafts in workshop format, producing a portfolio of poems by the end of the semester. A term paper is also required.
1 semester. 3 credits.
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ENG 123 - Fictional Narrative (SJC Brooklyn)
An introductory survey of fictional narrative as exemplified in the novel and short story. Salient examples of each genre will be read and discussed.
1 semester 3 credits.
Only offered at Bishop Kearney High School in Brooklyn.
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ENG 124 - Poetry And Drama (SJC Brooklyn)
An introductory survey of poetic and dramatic forms. Exemplars will be chosen from diverse periods in literary history.
1 semester 3 credits.
Only offered at Bishop Kearney High School in Brooklyn.
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ENG 125 - An Introduction to Magazine Writing
This course will focus on longer-length, non-fiction articles; it is not a course in creative writing. Students will read and analyze articles in mainstream consumer and trade publications, receiving feedback from professional freelance writers. Included are tips for breaking into the field of freelance writing, as well as the different types of rights pertinent to authors and publishers. Covered also are the writing of query letters, the formal proposal of article ideas, source lists, and the conducting of interviews.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 140 - Miracles and Massacres
(SPN 140 )
“Miracles and Massacres: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Early English and Spanish Literature,” examines ethnic, racial and religious identity as represented in English and Spanish literature of the 12-16th centuries. In addition to enduring questions of conflict, diversity, and cross-cultural exchange, the course explores political and social relations among the religious communities particular to the medieval world and the Renaissance. The course includes an active online component and culminates with a study abroad experience in southern Spain.
1 semester 3 credits
Spring
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ENG 199 - Supervised Internship
Designed to give professional experience in a business organization whose activities require the communication and research skills developed by English majors. The student is expected to work 100 hours with or without remuneration during the internship, keep a log, and submit a paper applying the skills developed in various English courses to the internship assignment. A member of the English faculty will supervise the internship and will receive and consider the evaluations made by a representative of the business in assessing student performance.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 201 - Introduction to Reading Literature Critically
This course helps students to develop skills for the close reading of literature, including poetry, drama, and novels. Every section introduces students to essential literary terms and critical vocabulary, aiming to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for success in the major. Both in-class discussions and student essays will provide opportunities for students to formulate original and analytic interpretations of the primary readings. This course approaches reading, writing, and thinking as interdependent skills that ground the interpretive process. Required of all Majors as soon as possible after the major is declared.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 202 - Literature and the Writing Process
This course extends the process of English composition by introducing students to literary genres and methods of writing essays in relation to them. Students will read poetry, drama, and fiction as part of the course content. As a writing-intensive course, students will produce regular informal journal assignments, short essays, and one research paper. Required of all concentrates by the end of their junior year.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 203 - Advanced Expository Writing
This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to develop critical voices in expository writing. Emphasis is placed on the academic writing process, organizational patterns and development of rhetoric. Students will be able to create coherent writing whose purpose is to inform and explain. instructors will also help students to understand and employ the basic elements of persuasive argument writing. This course includes a research component.
Prerequisite: ENG 103
1 semester. 3 credits.
Fall, Summer.
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ENG 211 - Film/Media Genre
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of genre (Westerns, gangster films, musicals, melodramas, science-fiction films, etc.) as the concept relates to film and media then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of Hollywood and of other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 212 - Film/Media Authorship
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of authorship as the concept relates to film and media then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of the processes of adaptation and/or the work of creative figures (directors, writers, producers, stars, etc.) within Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, and movements.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 213 - Film/Media and Society
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of film and media as social practices, with an emphasis on historical contexts and cultural ideologies, then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 214 - Film/Media Form
Focused study of the narrative, dramatic, and poetic formal practices of film and media, with an emphasis on analyzing storytelling style among Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 218 - Medieval Imaginations
(FORMERLY Medieval Literature)
This course provides an inclusive introduction to medieval literatures and cultures, surveying a range of texts and topics that situate medieval English literature within its global context. Readings will include Middle English literature as well as translations from Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, and European literatures produced between 500 and 1500AD. The instructor will focus the syllabus around major genres, questions, problems, or themes at his/her discretion.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 219 - Literature of the English Renaissance
Nondramatic literature of the English Renaissance as exhibited in the more important works in verse and prose of such representative writers as More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 221 - Seventeenth Century Literature
The prose and poetry of the seventeenth century with religious, political, and social backgrounds; the Puritan, the Cavalier, and the Metaphysical writers of the century; the Restoration and its literature.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 233 - Prose and Poetry of the English Romantic Movement
A study of the works, including poetry and prose, of the six major Romantic poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ENG 237 - Modern American Drama
A study of the major American dramatists of the twentieth century. Students will read approximately one play per week, with screenings of adaptations as assigned by the instructor.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 238 - Modern European Drama
A study of the development of modern European drama from Ibsen to the Theater of the Absurd.
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 253 - Modern Poetry
A detailed study of Modernist American and British poets of the early 20th century and their influence on post-war English-language poets. Poets studied normally include Frost, Eliot, Yeats, and Hughes, with shifting emphasis on Moore, Williams, Stevens, Graves, Auden, Rich, Heaney, Brooks, Plath, and others.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 254 - Supernatural Horror
Designed to introduce students to the finest representative authors of speculative fiction-M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, and H.P. Lovecraft– as well as to provide them with a brief overview of the roots of supernatural horror ranging from antiquity - Homer, Virgil, Milton, and Dante - to the present - William Peter Blatty.
1 semester. 3 credits.
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ENG 255 - Comedy
This course will survey the richness of American and European comedy from ancient Greek and Roman drama through Theater of the Absurd to the contemporary television sitcom. Students will read, interpret, and apply theories of comedy from Aristotle to Henri Bergson to Larry David. Readings may include: Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, Synge, Beckett, Ionesco (and others).
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 256 - The Bible as Literature
A study of the historical development of the Bible; literary analysis of selections from the Old Testament with emphasis on poetic and narrative elements.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 259 - Modern American Novel
An examination of the new fictional techniques and thematic concerns of the American novel beginning with Henry James and including such writers as: Wharton, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dreiser, Lewis, Ellison, Wright, Momaday, and Morrison.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 261 - African American Literature
A study of the contributions of the African-American community to the literature of the United States. The course will include folktales, the lyrics of spirituals, gospel and jazz compositions, slave narratives, works from the Harlem Renaissance and works of major writers such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ENG 262 - Resonant Voices
This course will introduce students to a range of writers representing the more contemporaneous international literary scene. It is intended to expand and deepen their knowledge of figures and genres outside the traditional canons of American and British literature. Longer and more sophisticated works of such diverse authors as the following will be studied: Chinua Achebe, Jorge Luis Borges, Nadine Gordimer, Tato Laviera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, V.S. Naipaul, Wole Soyinka, Derec Walcott, Naguib Mahfouz (and others).
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 265 - Literature and the Environment
This course will survey important writings on nature and introduce students to “eco-criticism,” an approach to literature that emphasizes a study of the role of place and environment in the expression of important literary themes. Major authors of study may include Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Ursula Le Guin, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rachel Carson, and Derek Walcott.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 278 - Brooklyn Voices
Brooklyn’s literary history is as diverse and dynamic as the borough itself. Brooklyn writers and writing about Brooklyn demonstrate this borough’s consistent vibrancy and singular place in the literary history of America and the world. This course will feature short pieces from a diverse array of writers, as well as longer representative works, also featuring work from writers visiting the SJC Brooklyn campus in its Brooklyn Voices reading series.
1 semester. 3 credits.
SJC Brooklyn.
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ENG 292 - Survey of British Literature I
This course surveys British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Renaissance and considers the changing status of the vernacular, the Reformation, and the problem of periodization, among other literary historical issues. This intense journey through canonical literature promises to surprise not only with lovely verse and stirring imagery, but also by questioning and querying everything from what it means to be human to the authority of the written word itself. Required of all majors.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 293 - Survey in British Literature II
This course surveys British literature from the 17th century through the present day, addressing major movements in literature and culture such as Enlightenment, Romanticism, the rise of the novel, Victorianism, and literary Modernism. This exciting voyage through canonical literature will delight and surprise with exquisite language and challenging concepts.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 294 - Survey in American Literature from Beginnings to 1865
A detailed consideration of the diverse components of American literature from First Encounters to the Civil War. We examine important literary works in the context of defining both “America” and “American literature.”
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 295 - Survey in American Literature Since 1865
A detailed consideration of the diverse components of American literature from the Civil War to the present. We examine American literature in the context of transformation of American society after the Civil War and into the 20th century.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 300 - Scholarly Writing about Literature
Introduction to the techniques of written textual analysis, including the role of literary theory in the production of scholarly writing. Required of English majors by the end of their junior year. This course is only open to English majors, minors and concentrates.
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 303 - Continental Masterworks
An examination of acclaimed masterpieces (in translation) from Western literary traditions other than the English. Selected from the following: Song of Roland, Dante’s Comedy and other works, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Erasmus’ Praise of Folly, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Voltaire’s Candide.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 305 - Chaucer
This course focuses on the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer and covers enduring themes and issues in Chaucer criticism, such as class, religion, politics, love, England, internationalism, and the authority of the vernacular.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 320 - Milton
Reading and interpretation of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, together with Milton’s minor poems and selections from his prose. Class discussions and reports suggested by the study.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 332 - Shakespeare
Reading and interpretation of some of Shakespeare’s best-loved and most widely known works; study of the types of Shakespeare’s plays, structure and character development, major themes.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 358 - American Renaissance
This course will include a study of the major fiction, non-fiction, and poetry of American writers from 1820-1890, the period of romanticism, transcendentalism, nationalism, abolitionism, and realism.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 360 - American Literature Since 1945
This course will include a study of the major fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama of American writers from World War II to the contemporary era.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 370 - Selected Themes or Topics of Literary Interest
This course deals with literary issues, developments, or problems not covered in depth in the regular course offerings. It enables students to take advantage of faculty expertise in diverse and mutually interesting areas. Recent offerings have showcased (or will highlight) such topics as: “African-American Women Writers,” “Out of Africa & India: Modern English Literature,” “The Immigrant Voice in America,” “The African-American Literary Consciousness,” “Thomas Malory and the Emergence of King Arthur in Medieval Literary Types.”
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 414 - Middle English Literature
This course explores Middle English literature beyond the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Readings will be in the original language; and students will learn to analyze Middle English closely and carefully. Individual instructors may tailor this course to examine a variety of genres, themes, or topics, including but not limited to: Alliterative Verse, Arthurian Literature, Dream Visions, Literature of Dissent, Middle English Drama, Middle English Romance, and the Piers Plowman Tradition.
Prerequisite: ENG 218 or ENG 305, or department permission
1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 420 - Seminar in Film/ Media Studies
An advanced level seminar addressing complex issues in film/media. Courses will be generally rooted in theory, but may also involve intensive research in film/media history.
Prerequisite: Any English Department Film/Media course.
1 semester. 3 credits.
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ENG 430 - Seminar: Jane Austen
This course will look at all six of Austen’s novels in order to analyze Austen’s innovations in the writing of a realist novel; we will examine her language, style and structure, her use of pastiche and parody, irony. We will examine her literary influences, the Gothic novel, Romanticism, and we will look at her biography and the historical context of her works, particularly the French Revolution. We will try to answer the questions, why are her works alive and well, frequently filmed, frequently updated?
1 semester. 3 credits.
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