An examination of the nature of live theatre: its forms, practices, and purposes, and its relevance to society.

Exploration of the development of African civilizations from the origin of humankind to the present day. Their contributions to the development of the continent and the major world civilizations. The course carries us through Africa‰Ûªs major civilizations clusters, and offers a comparative survey extending from the Nile Valley Civilizations, through the Niger River Civilizations, to the Bantu cluster comprising the Central, Southern and Swahili Civilizations. Particular attention is paid to religious and philosophical beliefs, literature and the arts, social and political organization, economic, scientific, and technological developments. Also highlighted are contributions of African women in the history and development of civilization, as well as contributions of Africa and Africans to the World.
The full course site is available at https://aas232.commons.gc.cuny.edu

A survey course that will take us from the early days of enslavement to the present. We will read, analyze, and discuss literary texts written by African Americans, paying particular attention to the political, historical and social context that informs these texts.
The full course site is available at https://aas267.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.

Syllabus for ANT 211: Cultural Anthropology using Open Educational Resources. This is designed for a summer session, asynchronous online course.

A study of the principles of art applied to visual forms, with emphasis on modern art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe and the United States.
The full course site is available at https://arh141.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.

AAS 267, African American Literature, is a survey course that will take us from the early days of enslavement to the present. We will read, analyze, and discuss literary texts written by African Americans, paying particular attention to the political, historical and social context that informs these texts.

This lecture examines the effects of the economy‰Ûªs openness on macroeconomic policy. The three main topics covered in this lecture are: the effect of exports and imports on the Gross Domestic Product; the workings of a foreign exchange market; and the effects of exchange rates on the economy.

This lecture is about bonds. A bond is a debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (typically corporate or governmental) which borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a variable or fixed interest rate. It discusses the bond terminology, how to compute the price and yield of the different types of bonds. Additionally, it describes why bond prices change over time and how credit risk affects a corporate bond.

Syllabus for the course: CIS 356: "Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering" delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

Assignment for the course: CIS 356: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering - "Case Study Assignment" delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

Lecture for the course: CIS 356: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering - "Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability" (Week One) delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

Lecture for the course: CIS 356: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering - "Encryption and Hashing" (Week Four) delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the NYC Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

Lecture for the course: CIS 356: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering - "Hackers" (Week Three) delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the NYC Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

Lecture for the course: CIS 356: Fundamentals of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Gathering - "Vulnerabilities and Exploits" (Week Two) delivered at Lehman College in Spring 2020 by Fahad Chowdhury as part of the Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

These materials include background for the instructor and a lab that engages student in an analysis of global inequality while learning and using the R language (a programming language for statistics). Students obtain data on the US and two other countries (one more developed and one less developed).

These materials include background for the instructor and a lab that engages student in an analysis of global inequality while learning and using the R language (a programming language for statistics). Students ultimately write a function to access country level data from the CIA World Factbook.

This is the first of two lessons/labs for teaching and learning of computer science and sociology. Either and be used on their own or they can be used in sequence, in which case this should be used first.
Students will develop CS skills and behaviors including but not limited to: learning what an API is, learning how to access and utilize data on an API, and developing their R coding skills and knowledge. Students will also learn basic, but important, sociological principles such as how poverty is related to educational opportunities in America. Although prior knowledge of CS and sociology is helpful, neither is necessary for student (or instructor) success on this two-week project. Three instructional hours per week (total of six hours over two weeks).