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Business Technology

Courses

TECH 1310 - Business Spreadsheets

Arts & Sciences
This course provides a hands-on approach to spreadsheet analysis, performance management, and graphics on the computer. Through the use of Excel 2016, students learn how to enter data, develop formulas, correct mistakes, use special formula functions, print worksheets, use database features, and combine files and graphics. Upon completion of the course, students should have the necessary tools to develop worksheets for such applications as financial planning, budgets, and cost projections.
credit(s): 3

TECH 2999 - Special Topics in Business Technology

Arts & Sciences
Special topics courses are one-time elective courses exploring a timely topic or a specialized issue not covered by the main curriculum. Special topics in business technology address databases, project management, website development, or other software tools used in business.
credit(s): 3

Communications

Courses

COMM 1400 - Communicating Across Cultures

Arts & Sciences
This course develops students’ ability to communicate effectively across cultures in today’s globalized, interconnected world. It covers key concepts in verbal and nonverbal communication, perception of others, challenges of public speaking, and how culture powerfully shapes business and personal communications. Students will study communication related to nationality, race, gender, region, and other identities.
credit(s): 3

COMM 1400H - Honors Communicating Across Cultures

Arts & Sciences
This honors-level course develops students’ ability to communicate effectively across cultures in today’s globalized, interconnected world. It covers key concepts on verbal and nonverbal communication, perception of others, challenges of public speaking, and how culture powerfully shapes business and personal communications. Students will study communication related to nationality, race, gender, region, and other identities. Honors students will read widely on intercultural communication, engage deeply with concepts, and present their own findings in class.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program or by permission of the Department Chair

COMM 1500 - Introduction to Mass Media

Arts & Sciences
This course is an introduction to the study of mass media in today’s society. Students will learn to understand the human social condition by examining bodies of knowledge associated with analyzing past and present expressions of cultural beliefs, behaviors and experiences, while critically exploring media to gain an understanding of the historical, economic, regulatory and ethical implications of the changing mass media landscape.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 2010 - Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing and Research

Arts & Sciences
The human community has a legacy of asking questions. Curiosity is the foundation for all advances in science, philosophy, psychology, archaeology, literature, art, history and commerce. The purpose of this course is to take this everyday human trait and expand it to achieve academic and professional success. Through readings, library research, discussions and writing assignments, this course helps students develop the critical thinking skills necessary for research. It includes the ability to read for comprehension of ideas, to write with clarity of purpose, and to research for deepening knowledge. To accomplish this, students will learn how to construct research plans, use library databases, analyze arguments, incorporate the APA style, and develop a distinct critical and creative voice. As educated citizens we must cultivate those skills that enable us to seek information, evaluate sources, reflect on alternatives, and pose a course of action. These essential skills will foster success in college courses and contribute to professional development.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 2010H - Honors Critical Thinking: Reading, Writing and Research

Arts & Sciences
The human community has a legacy of asking questions. Curiosity is the foundation for all advances in science, philosophy, psychology, archaeology, literature, art, history, and commerce. We share in that legacy with our own questioning in our personal and professional lives. In this way, we are natural researchers. The purpose of this course is to take this everyday human trait and expand it to achieve academic and professional success. Through readings, library research, discussions and writing assignments, this course helps students develop the critical thinking skills necessary for research. It includes the ability to read for comprehension of ideas, to write with clarity of purpose, and to research for deepening knowledge. To accomplish this, students will learn how to construct research plans, use library databases, analyze arguments, incorporate the APA style, and develop a distinct critical and creative voice. This is the purpose of academic research: It helps us move from mere opinion to an informed understanding. As educated citizens we must cultivate those skills that enable us to seek information, evaluate sources, reflect on alternatives, and pose a course of action. These essential skills will foster success in college courses and contribute to professional development.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program or by permission of the Department Chair

COMM 2025 - Digital Culture in Business and Life

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces students to how digital culture is changing the way we communicate professionally and personally. It addresses the digital presentation of self, public speaking on digital platforms, online communities, and the effect of digital culture on business and teamwork. Students will also consider the adverse effects and risks of digital culture to personal relationships and to society.
credit(s): 3

COMM 2025H - Honors Digital Culture in Business and Life

Arts & Sciences
This honors-level course introduces students to how digital culture is changing the way we communicate professionally and personally. It addresses the digital presentation of self, public speaking on digital platforms, online communities, and the effect of digital culture on business and teamwork. Students will also consider the adverse effects and risks of digital culture to personal relationships and to society. Honors students will complete substantial research projects, engage deeply with concepts related to digital culture, and be expected to present their work in class.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program or by permission of the Department Chair

COMM 2127 - Television, Audiences, and the Internet

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces students to studying television, including visual styles, genres, and the representation of identity onscreen. Students will consider television audiences, such as critical reception, media reactions, and fan cultures, and will examine the impact of the internet.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 2328 - New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals

Arts & Sciences
This course is for students who wish to prepare themselves to work as writers, editors and production managers in digital media companies. In today’s public relations, branding, online fashion magazine, and blogging companies, everyone producing content tends to do a bit of everything, including text, visuals, research, and strategic business analysis. After discussing techniques, standards and principles, most class sessions will be workshops or modeled on the editors’ meetings of a magazine. Students will also solve case studies and explore the business and sociological significance of new media. To do so, we will read recent articles about technology and creativity in music, visual arts and business. We will also explore skeptical and critical analyses of digital communication. This reading will be supplemented by the discussion of online reporting standards in the Columbia Journalism Review, analyses of the new media business by the Pew Trust and the Harvard Center for Media and Society, and the lively discussion of the role of fashion journalists and bloggers in the fashion industry press. Assignments will include an individualized reading plan developed with the instructor in an area of the media, a profile article of a well-known person, analysis of a media issue such as privacy or free speech, and a visual project in photography or video.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 2603 - Global Media

Arts & Sciences
This course explores the phenomenon of global media as it intersects with systems of power, class, race, ethnicity and culture issues unique to individual nation-states. It explores practices (forms and genres), as well as the human issues and concerns (e.g., human rights, laws, poverty, the environment, pandemics, financial crises) that cut across them. The course will also cover the commonality of issues and the possibility for collective action in addressing them. Students will examine the role of media professionals and corporations and the influence of global media systems on the economic, political, social, and cultural contexts within which they operate.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 3328 - Intermediate New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals

Arts & Sciences
Students in the Intermediate course will build on the writing, editing, blogging and visual skills developed in the introductory New Media course. Students will be required to write articles to be published in all media formats (print, social media, video, podcasts, etc.) for the College’s magazine, The Lexington Line, on a weekly basis. They will not only write the content, but will also build blog posts, learn light HTML, develop field reporting and interviewing skills, develop skills as photographers and photo editors, and adhere to a strict production schedule. In the process, they will be building a portfolio of published work that can be used to attain future writing jobs. Students will learn to distinguish between best practices when writing and editing for online versus print media and will begin experimenting with long-form journalism. They will study SEO (search engine optimization) best practices and work closely with magazine editors (and students in the Advanced course) to develop and execute ideas for articles and editorial spreads.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): COMM 2328

COMM 3411 - The New Journalism

Arts & Sciences
As a result of technological developments in the 21st century, human beings have easy access to more ideas and information than ever before. The problem is that we also have unprecedented access to false information, ushering in an era of “fake news” in which the ethics and intentions of journalists across the spectrum are questioned relentlessly. In this course, students will examine current media practices and evaluate how the internet, social media, and related technologies have come to influence what we perceive as knowledge. Topics addressed include a study of the First Amendment, the history of journalism, and the role journalists play in a democratic society. Students will study a wide array of influential journalists, including Joseph Mitchell, Hannah Arendt, Edward R. Murrow, James Baldwin, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Joan Didion, and Barbara Ehrenreich.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

COMM 4328 - Advanced New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals

Arts & Sciences
Students in Advanced New Media will engage in an in-depth study of the present media moment and will fully integrate themselves into the media landscape. In addition to overseeing and managing production of a print edition of The Lexington Line, students will be trained in pitching article ideas to other print and online magazines. Articles previously published in The Lexington Line (as required in Intermediate New Media) can serve as a publishing background as students make actual article pitches to prominent magazines with wider readerships. Students will complete an in-depth, well-researched, long form article along with numerous shorter pieces. They will maintain a strict production schedule, make final decisions about articles and editorial spreads, and develop marketing strategies. Students will also work in teams to complete a video project that involves writing scripts, interviewing on-camera, filming, editing, and posting videos online. Students will ultimately learn all the skills necessary to complete every aspect of a blog post or online magazine article.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): COMM 3328

COMM 4605 - The Lexington Line: Editorial Positions

Arts & Sciences
The Lexington Line: Editorial Positions This course awards credit to students serving on the editorial board of The Lexington Line as Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Director, Managing Editor or Creative Director. Students can only be named to these positions by the magazine’s lead faculty advisor, who also monitors and approves fulfillment of duties. Students can receive a maximum of six credits for service to the magazine, which count toward liberal arts requirements.
credit(s): 3

Economics

Courses

ECON 1503 - Social and Political Foundations of the U.S. Economy

Arts & Sciences
This course explores how significant social and political changes, both in the United States and in the rest of the world, led to transformations in the U.S. economic system. Insights developed in this course will lead to a better historic understanding of the workings of the current national and global economies.
credit(s): 3

ECON 2100 - Economics

Arts & Sciences
This course helps students understand economic news and the market economy by reviewing the forces that influence it in America. Areas discussed include: the business cycle, business enterprises as profit seekers, consumer supply and demand, the Federal Reserve and money supply, the stock market, economic measures (GNP, unemployment, wholesale and consumer price indexes), inflation, investment, balance of payments, value of the dollar, taxes and the role of government, and international economic interdependence.
credit(s): 3

ECON 2100H - Honors Economics

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of core economic principles. Beyond a basic understanding of the forces shaping America’s highly competitive and globalized market-oriented economy, this course applies economic theories to practical business questions and current issues, particularly those that relate to the retail industry. The fundamental principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics are addressed using analytical and quantitative tools such as: cost minimization and profit maximization of a firm under different industry structures, demand and supply equilibrium conditions involving substitute goods, consumer utility maximization, income-expenditure equilibrium, multiplier effects of changes in government spending, and aggregate consumer spending.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program or by permission of the Department Chair

ECON 2350 - History of the U.S. Economy in the 20th Century

Arts & Sciences
This course explores how some of the significant social and political changes that took place in the United States during the 20th century led to transformations in our economic system. Each decade of the 20th century is examined to understand how changes in both the United States and the world led to economic developments here at home. Insights developed in this course will lead to a better historic understanding of the workings of our current national and global economies.
credit(s): 4

ECON 2621 - Macroeconomics

Arts & Sciences
The objective of this course is to understand the behavior of the U.S. economy as a whole. Investment, GDP, interest rates, the budget deficit, inflation, unemployment, banking, exchange rates, and monetary and fiscal policies are terms which appear frequently in the media, but are often little understood. Macroeconomics studies these aggregates and their interconnections and looks at the influence of the Federal Reserve and the federal government. We will emphasize questions of whether, and/or when, government policy (taxation, spending, changing the money supply, etc.) can improve economic performance.
credit(s): 3

ECON 2622 - Microeconomics

Arts & Sciences
Microeconomics studies the decisions and interaction of consumers and businesses, resulting in an understanding of the process by which prices and quantities are determined in a market setting. This course enables students to analyze the effects of changes in the market on equilibrium and to comprehend consumer choice. Further, forms of industrial organization such as competition, monopoly, and oligopoly are explored. Additional topics include: the role in and effect of the government on the economy, the markets for labor, and the differences among the types of economic systems.
credit(s): 3

English/Literature

Courses

ENGL 0700 - Writing Essentials

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to help students develop reading, critical thinking, and writing skills necessary for their success in college. Students will develop competence as writers by writing short summary and response pieces as well as through a review of grammar, usage, sentence structure, and vocabulary development. By engaging in learning-to-write and writing-to-learn activities, students will progress towards producing thesis-driven essays to prepare them for their work in English Composition.
credit(s): 3

ENGL 0755 - Essentials of Composition for International Students

Arts & Sciences
This course is equivalent to English Composition and is designed to address the language and cultural needs of English Language Learners. The course prepares students to become effective readers and writers in the classroom and beyond. Students will deepen their understanding of writing by composing different types of college essays, such as argument, analysis, and evaluation. By focusing on the writing process, this course will help students address some of the challenges facing English Language Learners.
credit(s): 2
Corequisite(s): ENGL 1055

ENGL 0795 - Essentials of Composition

Arts & Sciences
This is a co-requisite course designed to develop tenets of writing necessary for success in English Composition. Coursework will take the form of intensive practice and focus on writing mechanics, including grammar, punctuation, clarity, and syntax, as well as organizational strategies for effective essay configuration. This course should only be taken with English Composition. Students must receive a D or better to receive credit for English Composition.
credit(s): 2
Corequisite(s): ENGL 1095

ENGL 1055 - English Composition for International Students with Essentials

ENGL 1060 - English Composition for International Students

ENGL 1095 - English Composition with Essentials

Arts & Sciences
Student writers learn in this class to pay close attention to the rhetorical situation and the changing ways that a given text’s audience, purpose, and genre determine the best methods and strategies for writing. This class is specifically devoted to some of the most common types of college-level essay: argument, analysis, and evaluation. English Composition covers the various elements expected to appear in these genres, such as thesis statements, use of evidence and APA citations, demonstration of standard edited English, and logical reasoning. Students will have the opportunity to join scholarly and public debates through discussion and through the critical analysis of course texts. Reading well leads to writing well; by understanding the connections between idea and written form, students will learn to make better decisions as writers. In addition, students will learn to generate texts in a systematic way: through brainstorming, drafting, peer collaboration, and revision.
credit(s): 3
Corequisite(s): ENGL 0795

ENGL 1100 - English Composition

ENGL 2210 - Creative Writing - Poetry

Arts & Sciences
This course is centered on writing poetry. To aid progress, students will read various essays on the art of writing, reading, revising and appreciating poetry. They will also explore examples of poetry in its various forms to familiarize themselves with the many poetic styles. Students will write and discuss original works and obtain both oral and written feedback.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2214 - Creative Writing - Fiction and Nonfiction

Arts & Sciences
Students learn and practice fundamental skills for writing short fiction and various modes of creative non-fiction. Assigned readings in nonfiction and fiction serve as inspirational models for student work. Specific lessons on technique and device aid in the development of macro and micro skills; in-depth professor critiques and consultation facilitate improvement. Writing creatively, according to the dictates of the imagination, improves students’ writing skills and enhances critical thinking. Readings will include but not be limited to the work of Joan Didion, Sherman Alexie, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jhumpa Lahiri.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2310 - Contemporary Literature

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the short stories and novels of recent American and Canadian authors who have achieved prominence in the art of narrative fiction. These authors include Denis Johnson, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Joan Didion, Amy Tan, Alice Walker, Raymond Carver, and others. Study of the authors’ works is supplemented by critical commentaries, recordings of authors reading their works, and dramatizations in video.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2314 - Women’s Literature

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the stories, novels, memoirs and poetry of women writers. Authors include Grace Paley, Tillie Olsen, Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, Alice Munro, Amy Tan, Edwidge Dandicat, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, and other artists whose works explore the lives and experiences of women in American society over the years. The distinctive quality of each work will be examined for theme and narrative technique.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2315 - Middle Eastern Literature

Arts & Sciences
What do we mean by “Middle Eastern literature?” Often referred to as primarily Muslim and Arab in nature, this vast region spans a myriad of religions and civilizations that also include Iranian, Jewish, Kurdish, Turkish and Afghan societies. But how have the experiences of European colonialism, migration to the West, and globalization shaped and influenced these societies? Are there common themes that arise among these diverse communities, and if so, can they reflect a distinctive “Middle Eastern” sensibility? These are the complex questions that are addressed in this course. Students will be asked to reflect critically and reflexively on essays, poetry, and fiction as part of an effort to make cross-cultural connections. Selected authors include Hafiz (Persia/Iran), Nazim Hikmet (Turkey), Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt), Khaled Mattawa (Libya), Amos Oz (Israel), as well as anonymous works from early Arabic literature and Arab Andalusia (Spain).
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2316 - African-American Literature (BLACK LITERATURE IN THE U.S. effective Summer 2021)

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the stories, novels, memoirs and poetry of prominent African-American writers. Themes of race, culture, family, love, racism, and patriotism, as well as what it means to be black in America, are viewed through the literature of some of America’s most noted authors, including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove and Thomas Sayers Ellis.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2317 - Business in Literature

Arts & Sciences
Do the images of business and businesspeople presented in literature and film reflect or create society’s perception of the corporate world? In this course students will read novels, poems, plays and articles and will watch several films and discuss the role business plays in storyline and character development. Students will also analyze the portrayal of executives as heroes, villains and ordinary individuals. Students will identify the underlying philosophic ideas presented in the various forms of literature and then discover the practical, personal, social and political effects of how literary works present the pursuit of profit.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2320 - The Short Story

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to help students understand and enjoy the literary scope afforded by the universal genre of the short story. American British, and Continental stories are studied for their timeless aspects, meaning, themes and structure.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2324 - Memories of Self: Memoir Writing

Arts & Sciences
In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore memoir literature and to begin to write their own memoir. A memoir differs from an autobiography in one key way - a memoir is a themed slice of life, not merely a chronological recounting of events. A memoir seeks to harness emotional truth. Because participants will select their own memoir topic/s, they will find themselves motivated to write, to experiment with different memoir-writing styles, and to revise for clarity and conviction. Students will select a theme, determine which anecdotes and examples best illuminate key points (by reviewing source material such as diaries and letters), delve into the past to locate additional support materials (such as report cards and birth announcements), identify artwork that will add visual interest to their stories (photographs or greeting cards, for example). Once prepared, participants will write and revise a chapter of their memoir. In the process, they will discover emotional truths.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2326 - 20th Century Women’s Poetry

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys poetry written by women in the 20th century. Poets include Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath and Gwendolyn Brooks. Poetry from around the world will also be studied, including the work of such renowned poets as Anna Ahkmatova, Gabriella Mistral and Wislawa Szymborska in translation. The linguistic dynamics and themes of poems will be discussed. When possible, there will be guest speakers, as well as a field trip to be determined by the course professor.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2327 - Modern Poetry

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the diverse poets, poetic forms, themes, techniques and sensibilities that we have come to designate as “modern.” Students study the poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, and other English-language poets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students are expected to attend at least one poetry reading outside of LIM College.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2328 - New Media: Writing, Editing, Visuals

ENGL 2610 - 20th Century American Literature

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the novels, plays and poems of prominent American authors of the previous century. Themes of national and individual identity, the idea of an “American art,” the emergence of the “American century,” questioning of values, commerce and its effects on the individual, the rise and pitfalls of capitalism, and the individual vs. the community are examined. Authors include Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Flannery O’Connor, and others.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 2614 - World Literature

Arts & Sciences
In this course, students encounter texts that represent a broad spectrum of the global cultures, peoples and literary forms of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will read fiction and essays that speak both to regional and domestic concerns and to the episodes of contact - war, trade, travel - that have brought cultures together. The course is an opportunity to experience the major concerns of the past 115 years, whether devastation in Europe, the legacies of colonialism in the Global South (the nations of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia), or racial segregation in America, and to study the often radical literary forms that writers turned to as a response.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 3110 - Global Themes for Writing

Arts & Sciences
Students taking this course will learn to write analytically about contemporary literary works by non- Western writers. Instruction is devoted to various methods for analysis, including close reading and a consideration of cultural and historical contexts. The stories, poems, plays, and articles assigned in this class will ultimately initiate broader conversations about such topics as migration, race, ethnicity, labor, cosmopolitanism, cultural exchange, and cultural memory. We will attempt to gain insight into the human factors behind modern controversies and policies and to approach those controversies with nuance and creativity. Student work will culminate in a final project that integrates research and literature in order to take an original look at a topic of global scope.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ENGL 3110H - Honors Global Themes for Writing

Arts & Sciences
Students taking this course will learn to write analytically about a wide field of contemporary literary works by non-Western writers. Instruction is devoted to advanced methods of analysis, including close reading, consideration of cultural and historical contexts, and the rendering of critical theory and theories of the subaltern. The stories, poems, plays, and articles assigned in this class will ultimately initiate broader conversations about such topics as migration, race, ethnicity, labor, cosmopolitanism, cultural exchange, language, identity, trauma, and biopolitics. We will attempt to gain insight into the human factors behind modern political crises and controversies and to approach those controversies with nuance and creativity. Student work will culminate in a final project that integrates research and literature, as well as an array of written work and new digital media, in order to take an original look at a topic of global scope.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 and enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program, or by permission of the Department Chair

ENGL 3114 - From Gaga to Beethoven: Writing About Music

Arts & Sciences
How does music get into our brains, minds and hearts? What makes music addictive? What makes a musician or a piece of music “great”? How does music influence our ideas about politics, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality? In this course students will explore such questions by reading about music, listening to music and writing about music. Assignments and discussion will focus on the art, science and history of contemporary popular music genres, including rock, pop, hip-hop, country and jazz, with artists ranging from Duke Ellington to Nicki Minaj. For their final project, students will attend-and write about-one live musical performance in New York. No musical training or background is required, only a willingness to think about music in a critical fashion and a desire to deepen your musical appreciation.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Fashion Media

Courses

FAME 2020 - Creative Computing

Arts & Sciences
In this introductory graphic design course, students will develop their own design concepts, logos, typography, and compositions for diverse media applications with a focus on experimentation and visual narrative for page design. This course will weave the conceptual aspects of graphic design with the technical, seamless merging of raster and vector-based imagery. The major focus will be on the development of student proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Synthesizing innovative approaches to design solutions will be highly encouraged.
credit(s): 3

FAME 3521 - Video Production and Editing

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces basic digital video production techniques and equipment, and explores cinematic elements and visual language. Students will also be introduced to non-linear editing techniques, hardware, digitizing, logging, and some special effects.
credit(s): 3

FAME 4960 - Fashion Media Senior Capstone (6CR)

Arts & Sciences
This course draws from the full spectrum of learning objectives students have developed from coursework in the major. Students are asked to integrate and apply knowledge, skills, and critical reasoning in a cumulative demonstration of ability.
credit(s): 6
Prerequisite(s): FAME DSCC

The Arts: History and Performance

Courses

ARTS 2031 - Graffiti and Street Art

Arts & Sciences
In this course, students are introduced to Graffiti and the current Global Street Art movement. The focus of this course is on contemporary Graffiti and Street Art, however, an examination of Graffiti from Prehistory to Contemporary Times is also part of this class. In the course, students will be introduced to vocabulary and methods used to describe a composition and evaluate a work of art. Students will also be required to attend two museum exhibitions within New York City, write two short museum papers, compose a research paper on a Street Artist, and complete a hands-on group project relating to Street Art.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2210 - Contemporary Art

Arts & Sciences
This course explores contemporary art and the factors that influenced its development. It begins by identifying the foundations, parameters, and essential terminology of contemporary art. This is followed by considering artists from around the world who work in a wide range of mediums and with a wide range of themes. Students will look at images of artwork in class and at actual artwork in one or more New York City museums, galleries, or public spaces. The goal of looking at, talking about, researching and writing about art in formal (visual), conceptual, and personal terms is to enable the student to develop a perspective on what contemporary art is, where it came from, and what it can be.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2214 - Decorative Arts

Arts & Sciences
The term “Decorative Arts” is a traditional term for a range of artistic disciplines concerned with the design and ornamentation of objects. This course will cover the Byzantine movement through the mid-twentieth century. Students will investigate a full range of European art, including, but not limited to: furniture, ceramics, metalwork, tapestry, mosaics, glass, sculpture, painting, and textiles. Students will be introduced to Decorative Arts through lectures, PowerPoint presentations, museum visits and auction house systems, culminating in a project where the student will create a museum or gallery exhibition using a collection of objects, or assemble a period room using all elements of design.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2215 - History of Art

Arts & Sciences
This course explores the history of artistic practice through art theory and art criticism. Students will analyze not only aesthetic concepts and the purpose of art, but also visual elements, iconography and symbolism. Students will explore and learn to describe, analyze and interpret a work of art through a critical thinking process. Discussion of artistic form and content are enhanced through an understanding of the context: the social structures and cultural phenomena that contribute to all works of art. Students will view projected artworks in the classroom as well as participate in field trips to selected museums in New York City.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2216 - Modern Art

Arts & Sciences
This course develops students’ understanding of American and European art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students focus on works that have changed viewing experiences and the visual world of the 20th century. The class will view and discuss works in the areas of Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2220 - Introduction to Film

Arts & Sciences
Students will watch and discuss American and foreign films that have made a significant impact on society. Through viewing and critical analysis, students will develop a critical vocabulary that helps foster an understanding of the film medium.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2224 - Modern Drama

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to help students develop an understanding and appreciation of modern drama as art form and entertainment. The plays studied represent a variety of dramatic approaches. They will be studied in terms of plot structure, quality of characterization, and beauty and efficiency of language. The course will include a supplementary assignment of a play on Broadway, off-Broadway, and/or video.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2225 - Theater Essentials

Arts & Sciences
This course provides a hands-on approach to theater professions and the appreciation of theater. Plays and scenes from different periods of Western Drama form the foundation for experiments in casting, costume design, setting, the use of stage-space and performance. Field trips to different types of theaters in Manhattan (Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway) will allow students direct experience as well as aid them in contextualizing the rich and varied theatrical history of New York City. The course professor will seek out discount and group rates for performances, but students will be expected to pay for their own tickets. Students will also participate in workshops designed to reveal the social issues of contemporary theater.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2230 - New York City Architecture

Arts & Sciences
This course uses lectures, demonstrations, imagery and field trips to introduce students to the achievements of architecture in the buildings, bridges, harbors and streets of New York City. This course includes the study of the basics of urban architecture and how they have been applied, revised, or notably invented to construct the landmarks, parks and great architectural accomplishments of the last two centuries in New York City. The art of New York City’s buildings is compared and contrasted to the great architectural works of European cities, and the need for preservation and conservancy is discussed.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2312 - Paris: City of Lights, Capital of Couture

Arts & Sciences
This course explores the intersection of film and fashion in Paris, which is both the capital of couture and the birthplace of cinema. The course is thus oriented toward the influences upon, appearances in, and representations of fashion in works of film set in Paris from the mid-19th century onward. Course materials include films and key readings drawn from a range of disciplines, fields and genres (critical theory, cultural history, sociology, fashion and film studies). Films include both early and contemporary considerations of the fashion industry in Paris, several of which feature and/or showcase individual French fashion designers (Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent) and their relationship to Paris.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 2317 - Renaissance Art and Culture

Arts & Sciences
This course surveys the dynamic period in European art and history known as The Renaissance, which is best understood as a series of social, political and cultural responses to an intellectual trend, beginning in Italy in the 14th century. This intellectual tendency, known as “Humanism” or the study of Humanities, was at the heart of developments in the arts, literature, science, religion, government and economics for almost 300 years. In this class we will highlight glorious works of European painting, sculpture and architecture, beginning with pre-Renaissance to the onset of the Baroque period in the 1600’s.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

ARTS 3017 - Black Mirror: African American Experience on Film

Arts & Sciences
This course will examine how the U.S. has explored its own history of race relations through the most American of institutions: film. Students will watch a series of films that address critical issues and turning points in the history of race relations, with a focus on the intersectionality of race with other critical issues that have structured American society: gender, social class, and politics. Through relevant readings prior to each viewing, students will be introduced to the makers of each film, to the process that went into the creation of the film, the critical and popular reception of the film, and scholarly analysis of the film. In class, we will discuss the intent of the film, primarily its agenda in relation to its subject matter. Please note: students are responsible for viewing films on their own prior to class meetings, and they are therefore expected to have access to major streaming services and/or to rent assigned films as necessary.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

History

Courses

HIST 2314 - 20th Century American History

Arts & Sciences
This course looks at the most tumultuous century in the nation’s history, our country’s rise to world prominence, and its great successes and failures. The multifarious nature of America, the joys and plights of the American people, and the “experiment in democracy” are examined from the perspective of the American people-especially those who have been “forgotten” in history-through texts, films, lectures and, when applicable, field trips.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

HIST 2325 - Latin America: History, Politics, and Culture

Arts & Sciences
The objective of this course is to explore the history and culture of modern Latin American societies as well as the people who make up the fastest-growing demographic in the United States. It scrutinizes the history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the 21st century, considering the region’s great diversity and divisions by focusing on economic, political, social and cultural themes common to all. It concludes with an exploration of the nature of Latino immigration, providing an understanding of the socioeconomic, political and cultural impact of Latinos in the United States. The course will consist of illustrated lectures, selected readings, films and discussions.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Languages

Courses

LANG 1511 - Conversational Spanish I

Arts & Sciences
This course focuses on Hispanic cultural patterns of social and business interactions as a way to help students behave in a culturally appropriate manner. Emphasis is on the verbal application of the Spanish language, especially as it applies to commerce, fashion, and everyday interactions with Spanish-speaking individuals. The course includes pronunciation, idiomatic expressions, dialogue exchange, and group discussions.
credit(s): 3

LANG 1512 - Conversational Spanish II

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to promote further competency in the use of the Spanish language, to increase fluency by reinforcing previously learned materials, and to expand vocabulary and speech patterns. The course focuses on more sophisticated social and business interactions as a way to help students thrive in various Hispanic cultural settings. New verbs and tenses are introduced, as well as a broader range of vocabulary. This course is not open to native speakers of Spanish.
credit(s): 3

LANG 1521 - Conversational Italian I

Arts & Sciences
This course focuses on Italian cultural patterns of social and business interactions as a way to help students behave in a culturally appropriate manner. Emphasis is on the verbal application of the Italian language, especially as it applies to commerce, fashion, and to everyday interactions with Italian-speaking individuals. Class includes pronunciation, idiomatic expressions, dialogue exchange, and group discussions.
credit(s): 3

LANG 1522 - Conversational Italian II

Arts & Sciences
This course focuses more intensely on Italian cultural patterns of social and business interactions. Vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, nuances, and Italian cultural exchanges are explored more broadly. Greater emphasis is put on the verbal application of the Italian language, especially as it applies to commerce, fashion, personal and public exchanges, and everyday interactions with Italian-speaking people. Business interactions are simulated. This class goes into greater depth with more difficult pronunciation, dialogue exchange, and group discussions. This course is not open to native speakers of Italian.
credit(s): 3

LANG 1531 - Conversational French I

Arts & Sciences
This course focuses on French cultural patterns of social and business interactions in order to help students behave in a culturally appropriate manner. Emphasis is on the verbal application of the French language, especially as it applies to commerce, fashion, and to everyday interactions with French-speaking individuals. The course includes pronunciation, idiomatic expressions, dialogue exchange, and group discussions.
credit(s): 3

LANG 1532 - Conversational French II

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to promote further competency in the use of the French language, to increase fluency by reinforcing previously learned materials, and to expand vocabulary and speech patterns. The course focuses on more sophisticated social and business interactions as a way to help students thrive in various French cultural settings. New verbs and tenses are introduced, as well as a broader range of vocabulary.
credit(s): 3

LANG 2510 - Advanced Language Topics: Spanish

Arts & Sciences
Advanced Spanish is for those who can communicate with some ease using sentence-length discourse in asking and answering simple questions. Students can expect to begin linking sentences together; begin to read relatively lengthy but uncomplicated texts; and write paragraph-length texts using high-frequency vocabulary and structures in order to carry out the routine tasks of daily life. Learning about Spanish culture is an important part of learning the language.
credit(s): 3

LANG 2520 - Advanced Language Topics: Italian

Arts & Sciences
Advanced Italian is for those who can communicate with some ease using sentence-length discourse in asking and answering simple questions. Students can expect to begin linking sentences together; begin to read relatively lengthy but uncomplicated texts; and write paragraph-length texts using high-frequency vocabulary and structures in order to carry out the routine tasks of daily life. Learning about Italian culture is an important part of learning the language.
credit(s): 3

LANG 2530 - Advanced Language Topics: French

Arts & Sciences
Advanced French is for those who can communicate with some ease using sentence-length discourse in asking and answering simple questions. Students can expect to begin linking sentences together; begin to read relatively lengthy but uncomplicated texts; and write paragraph-length texts using high-frequency vocabulary and structures in order to carry out the routine tasks of daily life. Learning about French culture is an important part of learning the language.
credit(s): 3

Mathematics

Courses

MATH 0545 - Essentials of Mathematics for Professional Studies

Arts & Sciences
This is a co-requisite course designed to help students successfully complete Mathematics for Professional Studies by emphasizing key concepts in the application of mathematics to conduct data exploration. The course includes intensive review of applications of fractions, proportions, percentages, rounding decimals, inequalities, linear equations and graphing, measurements, and order of operations. This course should only be taken with Mathematics for Professional Studies. A passing grade is required to receive credit for Mathematics for Professional Studies.
credit(s): 2
Corequisite(s): MATH 1045

MATH 0595 - Essentials of Introduction to Statistics

Arts & Sciences
This is a co-requisite course designed to help students successfully complete Introduction to Statistics by emphasizing key concepts in the application of mathematics to conduct data exploration. Graphing calculators are used to facilitate the coverage of topics and enrich students’ understanding. The course includes intensive practice in fractions, proportions, percentages, rounding decimals, inequalities, linear equations and graphing, measurements, and order of operations. This course should only be taken with Introduction to Statistics. A passing grade is required to receive credit for Introduction to Statistics.
credit(s): 2
Corequisite(s): MATH 1295

MATH 1045 - Mathematics for Professional Studies with Essentials

MATH 1050 - Mathematics for Professional Studies

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to enrich students’ critical thinking and quantitative skills while emphasizing applications of data analysis in business scenarios through a hands-on approach. Students will engage in activities that include graphing, finding and interpreting descriptive statistics using spreadsheet software. This course builds on quantitative skills that are essential to be successful in the business of fashion and related industries.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 0545 or MATH 0595), TECH 1310

MATH 1295 - Introduction to Statistics with Essentials

Arts & Sciences
This course provides an introduction to statistical analysis with an emphasis on business applications. It develops conceptual understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics through a hands-on approach while exploring different business scenarios. Spreadsheet software and graphing calculators are used to facilitate the coverage of topics and enrich students’ understanding. Topics covered include descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency, variability, and position) and inferential statistics (probability, discrete and continuous distributions, correlation and regression analysis, and confidence intervals).
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): TECH 1310
Corequisite(s): MATH 0595

MATH 1300 - Introduction to Statistics

MATH 1300H - Honors Introduction to Statistics

Arts & Sciences
This course provides an introduction to statistical analysis with an emphasis on business applications. It develops conceptual understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics through a hands-on approach while exploring different business scenarios. Spreadsheet software and graphing calculators are used to facilitate the coverage of topics and enrich students’ understanding. Topics covered include descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency, variability, and position) and inferential statistics (probability, discrete and continuous distributions, correlation and regression analysis, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing). Honors students are additionally required to complete a semester-long project that includes developing and conducting a survey, and analyzing, reporting, and presenting results.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): TECH 1310 and enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program, or by permission of the Department Chair

MATH 2760 - Applied Data Analysis

MATH 2760H - Honors Applied Data Analysis

Arts & Sciences
In this course, students will develop a deeper understanding of statistics. A statistical package will be integrated to enable students to analyze large data sets. Emphasis is given to interpreting, reporting, and presenting findings. Topics covered include hypothesis testing of population parameters, linear regression, as well as experimental design and analysis of variance. In addition, non-parametric tests will be explored. Students will be exposed to various business scenarios for which data analysis is critical for decision making. Honors students utilize a statistical software package to increase their fluency in conducting statistical analysis and enhance their ability to identify relevant outputs for reporting.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1300 and enrollment in the Fashion Scholars Program, or by permission of the Department Chair

Natural Sciences

Courses

NTSC 2150 - Environmental Studies

Arts & Sciences
This course examines the ecological, social, political and economic dimensions of contemporary environmental issues. Climate change, human population growth, water and air pollution, and biodiversity will be examined from an interdisciplinary perspective. Through course assignments and discussions, students will discover how our environment has been altered over time due to the impact of human influence. Although current environmental challenges are complex, students will also investigate how humans have taken strides as stewards of the natural world to improve the state of the Earth’s environment.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

NTSC 2202 - Sustainability Past and Present

Arts & Sciences
Sustainability has been defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the future.” In this course we will investigate the origins of sustainability and how sustainability is practiced today. We will look at how global trends and policies have altered the way we think, how we act, and what we buy. Together we will endeavor to investigate a variety of approaches to sustainable behavior and to use the course as a framework for potential change.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Philosophy/Religion

Courses

PHIL 2110 - Introduction to Philosophy

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces students to the process of philosophical reflection. Utilizing the ideas of self and freedom extensively, this course seeks to develop the student’s ability to analyze concepts and to explore life experience in a structured and coherent fashion. Students are encouraged to develop their perceptions by critically examining their own beliefs, attitudes and assumptions in light of the philosophical analyses they encounter. Among the theoretical questions posed and discussed are: What is philosophy? What is critical thinking? What is Socrates’ “Examined Life”? Who am I? What is the self? Am I free? Is the world deterministic? Possible answers will be accompanied by considering the philosophical implications of current controversies regarding the meaning of life, consumerism, morality, contemporary science, and our current economic, social and political environment.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PHIL 2120 - Understanding Feelings

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces the student to the study of philosophy through various approaches to understanding and interpreting feelings. Feelings are integral to our most significant experiences, from love and happiness to justice and freedom, and this course will ask critical questions about what these experiences feel like. We will answer central questions such as what are feelings, how are they different from emotions, what role do they play, and should they play, in our personal, professional, and political lives? Through a reading of ancient Greek to contemporary philosophers and thinkers, this course will bring philosophical analysis to bear on the central role that feelings play in our lives and our world.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PHIL 3650 - Ethics

Arts & Sciences
This course is designed to assist students in approaching, questioning and refining their moral commitments and values, their understanding of the reasoned application of ethical principles, and, ultimately, their ethical practice in both their personal and professional lives. The course draws on the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Kant and others to introduce students to the foundations of the ethical tradition. Critical thinking and its expression are central to the course.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Political Science

Courses

POLS 2300 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

Arts & Sciences
Political systems are not created equally. The reality of globalized markets dictates that today’s business professional understands our world in a global context. Students will study the nature by which different structures of government materialize in comparative political systems. Why do certain countries establish rich parliamentary democracies while others remain largely autocratic? Key features and functions of political systems are analyzed and compared by cross-referencing states that are diverse geographically, developmentally and ideologically. Students will examine case studies in regions such as Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the former Soviet Union.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

POLS 3711 - Terrorism: Challenges to Stability and Diplomacy

Arts & Sciences
Since 9-11, the study of terrorism has become increasingly important, particularly for those who plan to engage in business internationally or for those with supply chains overseas which could be impacted by terrorism either directly or indirectly. This course will help the student understand the root causes of terrorism and uncover its psychological and historical underpinnings. We will seek to understand how terrorism impacts local and global economies and presents challenges to diplomacy between nations, as well as look for possible security solutions. This is absolutely vital from a business perspective. If one keeps up with news happening along their supply chain, they can see and potentially predict problems before they arise and prepare their work accordingly. We will look at not only terrorism in context of the Middle East, but globally, to include domestic terrorism in the United States. Quantitative and qualitative research methods, analysis, as well as key concepts in the field will be discussed, including identity, ideology, human rights, and race. Scholarly works at the nexus of terrorism and business are included to highlight concepts related to the future of business security.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Psychology

Courses

PSYC 2110 - Psychology

Arts & Sciences
This course introduces students to the major schools of thought and essential language of psychology. In dialogue with the students’ own experience, learning interests, and questions, course material includes a comprehensive view of psychology, utilizing four major psychological perspectives: psychodynamic (Freudian), behaviorist, humanistic, and cognitive-developmental. Topics include personality development, motivation, learning and abnormality. Students explore identity and human potential, and will develop a basic vocabulary in psychology, an understanding of the major perspectives in psychology, and the ability to think critically about the dynamics of human behavior.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PSYC 2314 - Child Development

Arts & Sciences
The field of child development is concerned with virtually every aspect of children’s lives, including how they grow and develop, how personality is formed, how thought is structured and how children respond to the special demands of their culture. Topics in this course are diverse, drawing on content from such disciplines as psychology, education, social work, anthropology and medicine.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PSYC 2315 - Digital Culture: Technologies of Identity

Arts & Sciences
Communication technologies influence how we define ourselves and the world in which we live. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, blogs, texts, iPhones, iPads, and PCs are all personal technologies that permeate an individual’s daily life. How do these technologies contribute to the ways in which we experience a sense of self and others? How do they challenge our sense of time and place, our experience of citizenship, our choice of friends, our desires and frustrations? Does a digital culture promote a “virtual” life? The purpose of this course is to promote a critical analysis of the role communication technology has in self-representation and social formation. By examining the interaction between technological shifts and social shifts, we will be better able to participate in and critique the digital culture through which we create meaning.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PSYC 2316 - Human Sexuality

Arts & Sciences
Human sexuality is a study of interpersonal relationships. This course examines diverse topics, focused on providing the student with a greater understanding of the human condition across genders, cultures and history. It offers an analysis of the anatomical, psychological, cultural and social aspects of a wide range of topics in the area of human sexuality. Course emphasis is on the development of an understanding and appreciation of variations of sexual expression and the role of sexuality throughout the various phases of the life cycle. Please note that this course includes adult and graphic themes, imagery and topics.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

PSYC 3023 - Culture and Human Development

Arts & Sciences
This course examines the role of culture in the field of psychology, specifically the relationship between culture and behavior. The course considers the effects of cultural phenomena like language, education, and parenting on processes of human development. Students will identify developmental factors in a broad array of cultures.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

Sociology

Courses

SOCI 2114 - Cultural Connections to Fashion

Arts & Sciences
“Fashion is not an island; it’s a response!” In Cultural Connections to Fashion, students will journey through the first half of the 20thcentury,taking an in-depth look at the socioeconomic and political landscapes that made fashion happen the way that it did and making connections between what was happening in the world, how it impacted what people wore, and how these past fashion trends and cultural moments continue to influence fashion today.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2214 - Pop Century

Arts & Sciences
Rock, Punk, Funk, Folk, Motown, Glam, Metal, Reggae, Grunge, Trance, Rave, Goth, Lounge, Country, and Soul are descriptions that not only fall under the umbrella term “Pop” but, more importantly, add up to an understanding of 20th century culture and its continual need for a beat. Yet the beat in question doesn’t just apply to the music itself. Each genre and movement of Pop correlates almost precisely (especially in terms of the young) to particular socio-economic/cultural flashpoints. Yet did popular music drive social change, or did it simply reflect it? In either case, what we have come to understand as popular music in the post-war era has become the signifier of all that is young, all that is ‘cool’, and all that is ‘hip.’ Its relationship to fashion (both as a catalyst and reflection of trends) cannot be ignored. Fashion has taken terms such as “punk”, “grunge”, “rockabilly”, and “hip-hop” as descriptive of its own output, yet has seemingly forgotten that each of these ideas has its genesis in music. You can’t know fashion until you know Pop.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2215 - Introduction to International Relations

Arts & Sciences
What is international relations? This course seeks to answer that question, and will serve as an introduction to the increasingly interdisciplinary field that is international politics. Major schools of thought will be examined and will assist students in their interpretation of how the world works. Special attention will be given to practically applying theoretical perspectives to real-world problems. Topics for discussion include: the processes and mechanics of globalization, political economy, development, and inequality. Causes of war, terrorism and violence will be examined alongside solutions such as peacekeeping and collective security regimes. Finally, students will contemplate the phenomena of a civil society producing change in a global context. Anyone who expects to be working in a global context should consider taking this course.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2217 - Critical Theories of Fashion and Culture

Arts & Sciences
This class encourages students to use critical theoretical frameworks to think about fashion. The class examines fashion as not just a commercial industry, but as what the Frankfurt School of critics called the Culture Industry: a cultural, social, and political phenomenon that can be analyzed, systematized, and interpreted. Specifically, the class explores fashion’s unique role in questions of race, class, gender, nation, and sexuality. The class will seek to understand the ways fashion creates meaning for and about individuals based on these concerns. Ultimately the class is dedicated to achieving a fluency in the cultural studies movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to understand fashion consumption and mediation.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2314 - Queer Studies

Arts & Sciences
This course reviews and challenges contemporary and historical ideas of sexuality and gender, and it serves as an introduction to queer theory and practice. Students will examine identities as practices, constructions, and deeply-felt forms of subjecthood that are culturally and historically specific. Through close reading and critical analysis of core theoretical texts, literature, art, film, comics, and other media, students will build a foundational knowledge of queer history, queer activism, and queer lived experiences.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2315 - Aesthetics

Arts & Sciences
This introductory course allows students to explore the various conceptions of natural and artistic beauty advanced by philosophers and art critics throughout human history. Through an analysis of classical and contemporary philosophical texts, cultural artifacts, and the fundamental principles of fashion and design, students develop an understanding of the complex relationships between aesthetic experience, culture and morality.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2316 - Cross-Cultural Communications

Arts & Sciences
This course explores other cultures and ways of thinking as well as ways in which groups outside the mainstream of American thought engage the world. The course examines the principles and processes of communicating from one culture to another, the inherent differences among peoples, and the places where humanity meets. The focus is on perception, ways of thinking, verbal and non-verbal communication, and the idea of reaching across cultural boundaries.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2317 - Race and Identity

Arts & Sciences
This course is a study of awareness and appreciation of multiculturalism and diversity through the exploration of how racial politics impacts people’s identity as well as their life chances in the United States. Students engage in discussions about racial issues, conditions of race, and racial inequalities. The course will include class discussion, readings, individual and group activities/exercises, and, when available, guest speakers.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2318 - The Immigrant Experience

Arts & Sciences
What does it mean to be an American? Is there such a designation as a “real” American? Or a “real” America? This course looks at the individual and group experiences of immigrants who came to America from all corners of the world. Through literature, history, films, lectures and field trips, the unique contributions of different groups are examined from various viewpoints, recounting the joys and hardships of becoming “American.”
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2324 - Women’s Studies

Arts & Sciences
Women’s Studies introduces intersectional feminist theory, focusing on women and other gendered bodies across lines of class, race, and sexuality. The materials in this course, beginning with black feminist scholarship, expose sexism at the individual, structural, and political level to give students a better understanding of gender and power relations in the United States. By asking critical questions about theory, we will uncover how theory transforms into day-to-day feminist practice.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2326 - New York Writers

Arts & Sciences
This course explores classic and popular writing by the New Yorkers who have defined the city experience since its founding. The course will cover writing in various genres, from three centuries, and even incorporate some film and music and visual art. These texts (written, visual, and auditory) reveal the manner in which the city informs each specific work, in each case connecting said work to the philosophies, political and historical significance, and business of producing culture in Manhattan. Materials will include but not be limited to Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Jack Kerouac, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Paula Fox, Jay McInerney, Jonathan Lethem, and Nicole Krauss.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2327 - The Power of Image

Arts & Sciences
The old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and we commonly hear the phrase “Seeing is believing,” sometimes rebutted with “Believing is seeing.” This leads us to ask-what is the power of the image? We live in an increasingly image-based world, where the number of images, the speed in which they are transmitted and the global access to images are unprecedented. Most people are bombarded by hundreds, if not thousands, of visual images per day. Which images resonate and why? What makes an image endure to become a cultural icon? This course examines the content of images within a historical, political, sociological and cultural context. It traces the history of production, distribution, interpretation and, ultimately, the lasting impact of the image. While the history and methodology of visual culture are essential to the understanding of its subject matter, this course is primarily organized by concepts. In each class a different topic will be explored as it relates to the power of image in visual media.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 2515 - World Religions, Worldviews

Arts & Sciences
Religion is not only a system of beliefs, but also a frame of perception. It is a way of seeing the world. In this way, religions function as cultural institutions with distinct symbols, languages, norms, roles, rules and organizational structures. This course explores the primary beliefs and practices of major world religions and the worldviews they foster. Our study includes the following religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. We will examine the mutually influencing interaction between religious traditions and social issues such as globalization, ecology, poverty, gender roles, economic initiatives, and violence. Living in a global community requires of us that we understand those motivating forces that shape human interaction in diverse regions of the world. Religion is one such force.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 3015 - New York City Food and Culture

Arts & Sciences
This course explores New York City’s rich food heritage and the ways food shapes communities as a marker of social and cultural identity. Students will study how New York’s many immigrant cultures have profoundly influenced the city’s multi-faceted and vibrant food culture. They will also learn about the city’s food traders –from early street peddlers to food manufacturers and artisanal food producers –and its restaurant culture, elements that have sustained and continue to sustain the city’s thriving food scene.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

SOCI 3113 - Studies in Masculinity: Tensions and Contentions

Arts & Sciences
This course aims to affirm feminist discourses while developing a language on men and masculinities. We will study various relevant topics such as the current definitions of feminism and masculinities, the possibility of a masculinity crisis, sex and sexuality, gendered work relationships, and the meaning of family and parenthood. By examining the values and practices that shape the relationships between women and men, we will attempt to convert the language of gender conflict into a cooperative discourse where gender is rooted inequality and cooperation rather than power and domination.
credit(s): 3

Short-Term Study Abroad in Arts & Sciences

Courses

STSA 2410 - Rebirth and Revolution: The Arts in Florence

Arts & Sciences
This course covers Italian Art from the Ancient through Baroque periods, with a focus on the rebirth and revolution of the Renaissance. Artworks studied will include painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts that either originated in or are on permanent display in Florence. The course will include field trips to major museums, architectural landmarks and other cultural sites. Stylistic characteristics of each period will be emphasized, as they relate to the social, political and cultural context in which the works were made.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100

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