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First course in the Drawing and Painting program which is structured to prepare students for lives as professional artists. The course expands on material included in the foundation courses. Students will explore more technical, aesthetic and conceptual approaches in both drawing and painting. Research papers are required.

Examines the sources, forms, and consequences of social inequality, with major emphasis on social stratification in the United States. Emphasis on social class, but also includes racial and ethnic stratification, and gender inequality. Also analyses on debate over the inevitability of inequality, and examines related issues in social policy.

Study of discrimination against ethnic groups (race, religion, national origins); major groupings within the U.S. such as blacks, Jews, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. Ethnic relations in countries throughout the world, with an emphasis on the impact of colonialism on ethnic relations.

Students expand on theories explored in Drawing and Painting I. Assignments concentrate on the introduction of more personally significant content into the students' work. Thematic series are introduced as a way of exploring complex concepts. While there will be some flexibility between deciding whether to use drawing or painting, some assignments will require both. Research papers are required.

An introduction to the various techniques of linocuts. Students learn traditional techniques as well as monoprints, mixed media experimentation and reduction prints. The development of individual expression is stressed.

An introduction to monotypes and collagraphs. Students are directed to experiment with a wide range of approaches to the two techniques.

The highly practical course focuses on the critical communication skills involved in effective written and oral communication while emphasizing applications of communication concepts in the world of business. Students will be able to engage in application exercises, build their exploratory skills, and confront problems of diversity. The course is cross-listed with BUAD 235.

Study of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to inquiry and their applications in theoretic and applied communication research. Emphasis will be devoted to basic statistical analysis and interview and survey methods as they apply to evaluating communication practices and assessing communication needs.

This course will examine the topic of transnational crime in our globalized world. Students will be introduced to various types of transnational crimes including drug trafficking, stolen property, counterfeiting, human trafficking, fraud and cyber-crime, commercial vices, extortion and racketeering, money laundering and corruption, and international terrorism.

Study of the organization and functioning of the contemporary American economic system. Topics covered include national income, aggregate demand, aggregate supply, unemployment, inflation, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policies, and international trade and finance.

Study of the organization and functioning of the contemporary American economic system with emphasis on the problems of resource allocation. Topics covered include supply and demand, elasticity, price and output determination in various market situations, competition and public policy, income distribution, and alternative economic systems.

Provides an overview of the Japanese educational system and Japanese educational psychology. Examines historical influences on Japanese educational values; and the nature of typical Japanese schools at all levels of compulsory education. Unique educational approaches, such as juku and kumon, are reviewed.

Focuses on the impact of expectations on student teacher interactions. Participants will learn how their own behaviors may inadvertently create self-fulfilling prophecies, how student performance and relationships with students may be affected, and how reducing perceptual and behavioral biases can result in a better classroom environment. Note: Cross-listed as PSY 546.

The course is a continuation of EDU 552, the first assessment course. This course requires Candidates to develop competence in using and analyzing the results of more formalized and norm-referenced assessments such as the Peabody and Woodcock Johnson. The course also enables the Candidates to develop their literacy coaching skills as they assist teachers and others with data analysis and assessment issues.

The course provides an overview of children's literature from the perspectives of genre, critical literacy, censorship, readability, instructional resource, and multiculturalism. The course also examines literature in non-print forms both for reading and as a product of student writing. The course emphasis is on using a variety of materials and multicultural texts to assist student readers and writers from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

The course explores reading and writing in discipline-specific areas including science, social studies, and mathematics. The course also places a strong emphasis on close reading of expository texts and analysis of test data as a tool for planning instruction.

The course presents knowledge about basic psychological, cognitive foundations of reading, writing, spelling, and viewing. It addresses linguistic components that are essential for Candidates to know in order to provide literacy instruction and intervention to the increasingly diverse group of learners in today's classrooms. The course also prepares Candidates to take the New York State Content Specialty Test (CST) for Literacy.

Students participate in 25 hours of classroom observation in the secondary schools and then draw on the observations, readings, and program course work in exploring advanced issues in pedagogy.

The importance of the frontier and the expanding West to the development of the U.S., its history, institutions, beliefs, values, and national character. The West as myth and reality, from colonial times to issues confronting the 20th century trans-Mississippi West.

Critical reading of primary texts authored by African American social thinkers beginning in the 19th century up to the present day. Special emphasis on placing these writings within the scholarly debates about the paradigmatic theories of race relations- integrationism, accommodationism, and separatism/nationalism.

The development of American military strategy and tactics. Focus on Civil War, World War I, and World War II.

Examines the complexities and nuances of modern Mexican society within a historical context sensitive to structural changes in both the global economy and Mexico's political culture. The course historicizes contemporary political, social, and economic phenomena by evaluating changes and continuities in the Mexican experience since the late 19th century

American religion from the Puritans to the present as set in the larger social, economic and cultural context.

Contemporary Canada: history, geography, population, parliamentary government, economic structure, free trade, Quebec nationalism and the British legacy.

Comprehensive examination of the early history of Mexico, including the political, economic, social, and cultural complexities of antiquity, the violence of the Conquest, and the structural transformations that took place in Indian Mexico after the arrival of the Spanish. Special attention is given to the cultural and political legacies of the Spanish influence in Mexico, with an eye toward assessing the domestic and global trajectories that pushed the colony to declare its independence from Spain in 1810.

Comprehensive examination of the political, economic, and cultural history of Modern Mexico from the end of the colonial period through the 19th and 20th centuries, a time-line marked by foreign invasions, dictatorships, modernization, social revolution and democratization. The course also evaluates the historical processes that have transformed Mexico into a strategic ally of the United States, as well as the tensions and discord that have often characterized the political and social relationship between the two countries.

An examination of the media in a global context. Attention is focused on public and private management, regulatory mandates, and programming and publishing philosophy in the global village. Topics include cultural exchange and interaction between the media and consumers.

The development, effects, and elimination of slavery in different societies and in various eras. Includes historians' debates on slavery and its impact.

Historical development of three great monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Comparison of these creeds with earlier religions. The development of monotheistic faiths and their divergent branches and heresies into modern times. Changing religious ideals, values and practices over time.

Subject matter and credit hours will vary by semester and by instructor.

Subject matter and credit hours will vary by semester and by instructor.

Survey of the human experience from the Neolithic Revolution to the linking of the world (3500 B.C.E. - 1500 C.E.).

Survey of the human experience from the linking of the world to the present (1500 C.E. - 2000 C.E.).

Survey from colonial times to 1877 of political, economic, social, and cultural development of America, including examples from New York State.

Survey from 1877 of political, economic, social, and cultural development of America, including examples from New York State.

A survey of the major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions and achievements of the West. The class will follow the ebb and flow of progress and failures that have framed the Western World from the birth of civilization to the Age of Exploration.

A survey of the major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions and achievements of the West. The class will follow the ebb and flow of progress and failures that have framed the Western World from the rise of the nation state to the present day.

An overview of American history and culture from the colonial era to the present. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have taken or transferred HIST 105 or HIST 106 should NOT take this course.

A topical and/or thematic examination of selected major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions, and achievements of the West. The class will examine key elements of the Western World ranging from the birth of Western Civilization to the rise of the nation state and on to the present day. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have successfully completed or transferred HIST 115 or HIST 116 should NOT take this course.

An overview of world cultures with topics ranging from the origin of humanity to the present. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have taken or transferred HIST 101 or HIST 102 should NOT take this course.

A survey of North American history that employs the methodology of comparative history to interpret the histories of the United States, Canada, and Mexico within a conceptual framework sensitive to continental similarities and differences. The course takes a thematic approach, and special attention is given to the political institutions and economic structures that have fostered transnational cooperation and continental integration. The social and cultural dimensions of discord and conflict also are examined.

Germany from its modern unification in 1870 to its recent reunification. Emphasis will vary: nationalism and the impact of industrialization, imperialism; World War I and the revolution; problems of Weimar Republic; the Nazi experience, World War II, Holocaust; Cold War divisions, role in European unification and end of Cold War.

The social, political, economic and cultural history of France from 1200 to 1789. Emphasis on the rise of the monarchy, religious dissension, popular culture, the age of Louis XIV, the growth of Enlightenment thought and the origins of the French Revolution.

The leading social, economic and political events since the revolution of 1789. The major theme is the transformation of a rural and agrarian society in conflict with an urban nucleus of heavy industry into a modern technological community in which the schisms of 1789 are no longer relevant.

A major turning point in the ideological, social, and constitutional evolution of the modern West. Far-reaching change during a decade of revolutionary turmoil, followed by the dazzling career of Napoleon, who introduced the ideas and institutions of the Revolution to Europe and at the same time provided the substance of modern tyranny.

A course primarily for students with little or no previous musical knowledge or skill. Examines the relationships among music, play and self, especially with regard to children. Emphasizes activity, creativity and personal expression.

An introduction to the study of music at the university level, to careers in music and to music in general. Much of the course involves a theoretical and musicological survey of musical style in cultures throughout the world, creating a foundation for musical understanding in later academic studies.

An introduction to the study of music at the university level, to careers in music and to music in general. Much of the course involves a theoretical and musicological survey of musical style in cultures throughout the world, creating a foundation for musical understanding in later academic studies.

Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) is a form of advanced practice as outlined in the AMTA scope of practice standards and addresses the AMTA New York State License in Creative Arts Therapy curriculum in the areas of preparation in music therapy for the practice of creative arts therapy; theories in creative arts therapy; and clinical instruction. Its is the final of three courses that follow the development of GIM skills and knowledge. Students may be eligible to apply to become Fellows of Guided Imagery and Music.

Introduction to various research methodologies employed in the social sciences ranging from observational through experimental research. Students are familiarized with basic principles of research design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation (APA format).

In-depth examination of various methodologies employed in psychology, including factorial design.

In-depth exploration of a specific topic in Social Psychology. Topics covered will vary with the instructor, e.g., Psychology of Ethnicity, Leadership and Achievement, Social Cognition and Attribution Processes, Intimate Relationships, Prejudice and Discrimination.

The formation and impact of expectancies will be discussed. Research in both psychology and education will be presented. The creation of self fulfilling prophecies and their effect on student achievement will be emphasized. (Cross-listed as EDU 582.)

The course overviews the Japanese educational system and Japanese educational psychology. Historical influences on Japanese educational values are considered. An in-depth examination of the nature of typical Japanese schools at all levels of compulsory education is included. Unique educational approaches, such as juku and kumon, are reviewed. (Cross-listed as EDU 581.)

Seeks to orient students toward a broad range of social phenomena in such a way that they can begin to systematically question, analyze, and articulate a sociological point of view.

An introduction to social demography, the course provides an overview of the three basic demographic processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. It evaluates the relationships among these population processes and their interaction with population structures and characteristics, such as age, sex, marital status, race/ethnicity, social class and religion. It also examines contemporary social issues associated with the population processes, including equality, aging, urbanization, women and household structure, economic development and environmental concerns.

Examines the social psychology of health and illness, social epidemiology and the social correlates of illness, and the organization of health care, including the doctor-patient relationship, the health professionals, and health institutions.