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AFRS 101: Ethnology of Africa
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Applies the fundamental methods and concepts of cultural anthropology to the study of sub-Saharan African societies and nations, with emphasis on the impact of slavery and colonialism, current problems of economic and political development, and Africa's emerging place in 21st-century global interactions. Exploration of histories, politics, economics, family structures, gender, power, and health in different African cultures through analysis of ethnographies, text chapters, generalist summaries, historical research, news accounts, specialist articles, and literature.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
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04/01/2021
AMER 200: American History and Culture
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Explores race, class, and gender in American history and culture. Secondary source material by scholars of American Studies and primary source materials in a variety of genres, including music, poetry, art, and material culture, convey the ways in which American culture has been shaped by and has helped to shape ideas of race, class, and gender.

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History
U.S. History
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04/01/2021
ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology explores fundamental questions about what it means to be human through a comparative study of different cultures. Anthropology seeks to understand how culture both shapes societies, from the smallest island in the South Pacific to the largest Asian metropolis, and affects the way institutions work, from scientific laboratories to Christian mega-churches. It provides a framework for analyzing diverse facets of human experience such as gender, ethnicity, language, politics, economics, and art.

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Anthropology
Social Science
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04/01/2021
ART 201: Arts and Civilization I
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Introduces art and the academic discipline of art history. Using the discipline’s technical vocabulary, analyzes the standard visual, material and symbolic components of art. Addresses cultural products created from the Neolithic through to the end of the Western Middle Ages. Analyzes the purpose of art. Examines painting, drawing, sculpture and architecture in historical, political and cultural context. Analyzes art's function within society. Critiques how successive movements and styles are indebted to the past and to influences from other sources. Introduces key movements, important artworks and the biographies of individual artists.

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Art History
Arts and Humanities
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04/01/2021
COM 110: Digital Literacy
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Exploring new communication technologies and their impact on contemporary understandings of identity and community to discover what it means to inquire, to communicate, to collaborate, and to research online.

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Business and Communication
Communication
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04/01/2021
COM 210: Writing at Work
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An overview of professional workplace writing, including audience assessment, preparation for writing and research, design, editing, and collaborative writing. Models of effective writing and practice in preparing business correspondence, reports, instructions, proposals, presentations, and web content, development of competence in creating documents routinely required of professionals in organizations. Relevant for a wide variety of professions.

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Business and Communication
Communication
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04/01/2021
EAS 201: Nature of New York
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Provides an introduction to ecological reasoning through study of New York City’s geologic origins and transformations over time: natural and man-made environments, cultural history, biological diversity, habitats, and invasive species. Lectures, discussion, virtual labs and field experiences show how various elements have combined over time to form the current urban metropolis. Students will formulate testable hypothesis, collect and analyze field data, create well-developed laboratory reports.

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Applied Science
Environmental Science
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
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04/01/2021
EAS 250: Oceanography
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Oceanography is an interdisciplinary field studying the processes and interrelationships of geology, chemistry, geography, geophysics, meteorology, and biology. This course focuses on how scientific processes and scientific understanding are applied to questions such as: Which factors control life in the ocean? How do we know what we know about the ocean? What's at the bottom of the ocean? How does the water in the ocean move? How are human activities and climate change altering the ocean? Oceanographic data is used to understand the ocean and its interactions with the rest of the planet.
This course is based in part upon materials developed by the American Museum of Natural History and is used by the School of Professional Studies for this course with permission.

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Oceanography
Physical Science
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
Date Added:
04/01/2021
ECO 201: Microeconomics
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An investigation of the microeconomy as seen through the eyes of the individual consumer and firm. Economic concepts, including profits, employment and resources via supply and demand, elasticity, utility, costs, and market structures are applied to significant contemporary economics problems.

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Economics
Social Science
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04/01/2021
ENG 101: College Writing I
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Practice in expository and analytical writing through reading and research-based assignments in varied academic formats such as reports, formal essays and research papers, making use of appropriate technology for composing, editing and sharing documents. Practice in conventions of academic reading and writing including clear and coherent use of standard English, use of digital libraries, and methods of ethical attribution and citation.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
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04/01/2021
ENG 102: College Writing II
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A continuation of College Writing I with increased emphasis on expository and analytical writing through research-based assignments in varied academic formats such as reports, formal essays, and research papers across the disciplines, making use of appropriate technology for composing, editing and sharing documents. Research project requires students to use scholarly databases, provide proper attribution and documentation of primary and secondary sources, and argue an opinion based on well-chosen and compelling evidence.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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04/01/2021
ENG 331: Studies in the Folk Tale and Classic Fairy Tale
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Examines the development of folk tale from the oral form to what is known as the literary fairy tale (a tale never intended for children). Explores the global, historical and cultural origins of folk and fairy tales. Analyzes the universality of folk tales by examining the role that they play in the ethnography of diverse cultures. Traces the rise of the literary fairy tale from its origins in the oral folk tales to contemporary rewritings. Introduces diverse folk tales, literary fairy tales, critical essays, and films in order to come to a greater understanding of the complex cultural significance of folk and fairy tales.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
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04/01/2021
ENG 350: Advanced Composition
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Introduces advanced composition, reading, and interdisciplinary research skills. Reinforces the analysis and display of quantitative information, the selection of visual elements, and the creation of compelling presentations. Develops strategies for successful collaborative projects. Requires students demonstrate the research and writing competencies appropriate for senior undergraduate studies.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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04/01/2021
GEOG 301: International Migration
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An inquiry into current and historical immigration trends with a geographic focus on the United States, including research and evaluation of legal frameworks and theories of why people migrate. Students who complete this course will have the ability to critically analyze and contribute to current conversations about immigration and will acquire marketable skills related to empirical data analysis and visualization.

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Social Science
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04/01/2021
Group Wiki Project
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This video introduces the Group Wiki Project in CUNY SPS COM 110: Digital Literacy. This project runs from Weeks 12-15. However, students have to begin brainstorming subtopics in Weeks 10-11. With this video, they will be able to quickly see how the project is laid out and get an introduction to it.

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Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Communication
Computing and Information
Electronic Technology
Information Science
Technology
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Lecture
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CUNY
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Author:
Kate Moss
Date Added:
12/08/2020
HIST 102: Origins of the Modern World: 1500-present
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Analyzes global relationships in the contemporary world stemming from interactions between civilizations that began half a millennium ago. Introduces students to selected topics which illuminate these patterns and allow us to perceive our own world more clearly.

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History
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04/01/2021
HIST 202: Contemporary World History, 1900-present
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Examines social, cultural, political, and economic changes, events, and concepts that defined and shaped the contemporary world. Particular emphasis includes height of European imperialism, First World War, rise of totalitarian regimes, Second World War, Cold War, decolonization and the rise of nation-states, genocides and civil wars, revolutions in Asia, Africa and Latin America, Middle East conflict, fall of the Soviet bloc, social and intellectual movements, scientific and technological breakthroughs, and economic globalization. Assesses the impact of these and other subjects upon today’s world.

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History
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Date Added:
04/01/2021
Intellectual Property and Copyright
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Introduction to unit on intellectual property and copyright in CUNY SPS COM 110: Digital Literacy

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Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Communication
Computing and Information
Electronic Technology
Information Science
Technology
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Lecture
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CUNY
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School of Professional Studies
Author:
Kate Moss
Date Added:
12/08/2020
LANG 201: Language in a Multicultural Setting
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Introduces the foundations of linguistics and language acquisition. Analyzes language in multicultural American urban settings. Critiques bilingual/bidialectal families and bilingual education; language and gender; literacy in a changing, technological society; and different dialects and registers of American English. Appraises recent and classic scholarship in linguistics, literature, and related fields. Requires reflection and analysis of personal linguistic experiences and backgrounds.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
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CUNY School of Professional Studies
Date Added:
04/01/2021