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2013-2014 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are listed on the following pages, alphabetically and by course prefix. The four letter prefix identifies subject area and the three numbers that follow identify the particular course. The  numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of lecture and lab hours per week, assuming a typical 15-week semester.

The description of each course indicates its credit value which determines the tuition charge and the number of credits available toward the requirements for a degree.
 

 
 
  

  • ECTC 104 - Electricity for Environmental Control Technology II

    (2,2) 2 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ECTC 103 - Electricity for Environmental Control Technology I 
    This course exposes the student to a variety of controls which are part of refrigeration and air-conditioning schematics and wiring diagrams. (cooling) units, and aims at integrating such controls into fully-operational electrical circuits. This course develops a working knowledge of refrigeration and air-conditioning circuits by assembling groups of controls in simulators and actual equipment. The student will get to see first-hand the actual operation of motor starters, refrigerating equipment and air conditioning equipment ranging in size from the small window mounted unit to the more complex home and office central air conditioning system.
     


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  • ECTC 110 - Computer Aided Drafting for Environmental Control

    (1,4) 3 Credits
    This course is an introduction to basic CAD (computer aided drafting) techniques using AutoCAD®  software.  Fundamentals of drawing and editing are presented and practiced.


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  • ECTC 201 - Refrigeration II

    (3,6) 5 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ECTC 101 - Refrigeration I 
    Corequisite(s): ECTC 207 - Commercial HVAC Controls and Instrumentation 
    Refrigeration II is an advanced refrigeration course, requiring a basic knowledge of refrigeration systems and components. The student is introduced to operation, maintenance and design procedures for large commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment and associated instrumentation and control systems. Classroom training is enhanced by means of field trips to commercial buildings, when possible, for the purpose of viewing actual equipment at work and receiving additional on-site training through the sponsorship of plant engineering personnel.  The course gives emphasis to understanding the operation of commercial equipment in the context of its performance under varying heating/cooling loads.  Modulation is explained as a means to achieve higher efficiencies.  The concept of the economizer cycle is introduced as an energy conservation technique.


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  • ECTC 202 - Heating Systems Design

    (3,6) 5 Credits
    This is a course which deals primarily with the application of the fundamental facts of engineering to the practical design of central heating systems. Previous knowledge of heat transfer processes as applicable to air conditioning design is desirable.  Classroom instruction consists of engineering design and analysis of hot air (ducted), hot water (baseboards), steam (radiators), radiant (warm floors) and geothermal heating systems. Throughout the semester the student is also trained in the selection of equipment and peripheral components, and in the use of engineering-design and computer aided drafting software.  Particular attention is given to understanding the inherent system inefficiencies that occur due to either over-or under-sizing air conditioning system components and their negative impact on energy consumption and equipment life expectancy.  Students are trained throughout the semester in proper sizing techniques for system performance optimization and energy conservation. 


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  • ECTC 206 - Residential HVAC Controls and Instrumentation

    (3,3) 4 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ECTC 104 - Electricity for Environmental Control Technology II  .  For Certificate students this will be a corequisite.
    An advanced course in electrical control systems for residential and light commercial HVAC, requiring that students have had either previous training or field experience in the areas of control and instrumentation for HVAC.  This course focuses on residential applications beginning with concepts of automation and feedback for control loops, continuing with a presentation of operating principles of gas, oil and electric heating/cooling control systems and associated equipment, and finally exploring indoor air quality (I.A.Q.) issues. Training is provided in the operation, troubleshooting, diagnosis and repair procedures of mechanical and electrical malfunctions on boilers, furnaces, heat pumps, central cooling systems, humidifying & dehumidifying equipment and peripheral devices, and in the operation, calibration and testing of such systems.  A particular focus throughout this course is towards optimization of control logic for the purpose of energy conservation, via techniques such as thermostat programming, outdoor setback, staging and modulation of equipment components. 


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  • ECTC 207 - Commercial HVAC Controls and Instrumentation

    (3,3) 4 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ECTC 206 - Residential HVAC Controls and Instrumentation  .
    Corequisite(s): ECTC 201 - Refrigeration II  .
    This is an advanced course in instrumentation and controls for Commercial HVAC. The student is introduced to pneumatic control systems and components commonly used in buildings to operate heating and air conditioning equipment. An introduction to electronic and to microprocessor-based controllers currently in use in commercial buildings, often known as DDC (Direct Digital Controllers), is provided. The student is expected to have had previous education (or training) in heating and air conditioning design, be familiar with basic conceptual knowledge of air conditioning processes and with electricity for Environmental Control Technology.  A particular focus throughout this course is towards optimization of control logic for the purpose of energy conservation, via techniques such as thermostat programming, outdoor setback, staging and modulation of equipment components.


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  • EDUC 112 - Classroom Management

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    This course will present an array of decision-making options that guide educators in thinking about how to approach particular classroom management situations and choose from a range of options designed to prevent, cope with, and solve a variety of problems. Attention will be provided to management issues in the three central areas of: 1)room and materials, 2) curriculum, and 3) student behavior. A variety of theoretical perspectives, each supported with cases taken from actual classrooms, give students many choices in how to handle issues that may arise in their own classrooms.


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  • EDUC 230 - Education Field Experience

    (2,3) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): EDUC 212 - Foundations of Education .
    This course provides opportunities for the observation, analysis, and guided interaction of the teaching/learning experience within middle and/or secondary educational settings. Students are assigned to observe and perform specific teaching duties within a variety of public school settings. Psychological, philosophical and historic educational theories are analyzed in light of current best practices as they occur in contemporary classrooms. Students are required to complete 30 hours of assigned field observation over the course of the semester.


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  • ENGL 050 - Introduction to College Reading and Composition I

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Appropriate score on placement test.
    Reading and Composition I is an intensive developmental course designed to provide students with the foundations needed for academic reading and writing.  In this integrated reading and writing course students develop a range of strategies for reading different kinds of texts and will practice the stages of the writing process with special attention given to paragraph organization and sentence structure. This six-credit class meets for six hours each week: three hours in a traditional classroom and three hours in a computer lab.
     


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  • ENGL 060 - Introduction to College Reading and Composition II

    (4,0) 4 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C in ENGL 050 - Introduction to College Reading and Composition I  or appropriate score on placement test.
    Introduction to College Reading and Composition II is an intensive developmental course designed to provide students with the foundations needed for academic reading and writing.  In this integrated reading and writing course students continue to develop a range of more advanced strategies for reading different kinds of texts and will practice the stages of the writing process with special attention given to essay organization and sentence structure.  This four-credit class meets for four hours each week: two hours in a traditional classroom and two hours in a computer lab. This four credit class meets for four hours each week: two hours in a traditional classroom and two hours in a computer lab.


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  • ENGL 070 - English Composition I Workshop

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Grade of B in ENGL 050 - Introduction to College Reading and Composition I  or ENGL 060 - Introduction to College Reading and Composition II  or appropriate score on placement test.
    Corequisite(s): Each section of this course is linked to a single section of ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Each section of this course is linked to a single section of English 111.  English Composition I Workshop is linked to English Composition I and is designed to enhance that course for students who need support in reading/writing. It takes place in a word processing lab where students are coached in structured ways to use the computer as a tool to improve reading and writing skills with an emphasis on process. The combined English Composition I and English Composition I Workshop sections allow students to work on English Composition I reading and writing assignments in a way that is paced, encourages full comprehension of the reading, and provides guidance during revision.


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  • ENGL 111H - English Composition I Honors: Composition & Controversy

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Minimum requrements for   placement, minimum grade-point average of 3.5 from high school or previous college, and/or permission of the instructor.
    Like all sections of English Composition I, English Composition I Honors focuses on the development of greater fluency and greater control of language and the conventions of grammar and mechanics. The emphasis is on argumentative essays, critical analysis, and analytical integration of readings. A research paper is required. This Honors level course also emphasizes complex and controversial issues as vehicles for writing argumentatively and persuasively. The course focuses on an understanding of opposing points of view, the critical analysis of those views, and the development of persuasive responses to them.


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  • ENGL 112 - English Composition II

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s):   .
    English Composition II is the second in a two-course composition sequence that continues to expand and refine analytical writing and critical reading skills. Students produce a series of documented essays based on a range of fiction and non-fiction sources, focusing on the challenges posed by writing longer essays and using advanced research techniques.


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  • ENGL 112H - English Composition II Honors: Text & Analysis

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): A grade of A in ENGL 111 - English Composition I  with a minimum GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor.
    English Composition II Honors is a second-semester composition course that continues to refine the writing skills learned in English Composition I, including fluency, coherence, organization, and control of grammar and mechanics. The course focuses on analysis and synthesis of texts, finer points of writing style, and responsible researching skills. Students write a series of documented essays in comparative, analytical, and persuasive modes. A variety of texts serves as the springboard for written and oral analysis as students continue to strengthen and refine their analytical skills through careful examination of readings.


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  • ENGL 201 - Introduction to Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Introduction to Literature examines selected essays and works of poetry, fiction, and drama in ways that encourage more in-depth analytical and critical reading skills. Open to majors and nonmajors, the course is designed for students who desire an introduction to literary study. The course encourages students to utilize careful textual analysis, to explore thematic connections among and between texts, and to recognize and apply literary terminology in class discussions, papers and examinations.


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  • ENGL 202 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course introduces students to the theoretical foundation for much of contemporary literary and cultural studies. Throughout the course students will apply literary theory to a wide variety of literary texts. In order to understand the ways that literary theory is informed by the disciplines of history, psychology, and philosophy, students will study major critical approaches such as Structuralism, Postmodernism, Ethnic and Race Studies, Psychological Criticism, New Historicism, and Gender Studies. The course is recommended for students who are considering becoming English majors and for all students who want to know more about literary interpretation.


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  • ENGL 205 - Language, Mind and Society

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Language, Mind, and Society introduces students to the field of linguistics, which is the study of language and how people use it. The course is organized around four topics: spoken language (conversations, gender differences in speech habits, children’s talk), written language (the history of writing and our alphabet, how we read), the varieties of English (the history of English, English dialects, language and prejudice), and language theory (the structure of language, the nature of meaning). Students record and analyze examples of everyday language.


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  • ENGL 206 - Law & Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course will examine attitudes towards the law, legal authority, and legal representatives in selected works of poetry, fiction, and drama from various cultures. The course highlights literary depictions of legal themes and legal personae, examining how various authors employ literature to validate, question, censure and/or criticize aspects of the law and the role of legal figures. The course promotes a thoughtful examination of why authors use legal themes as a vehicle for expression.


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  • ENGL 207 - Global Patterns of Racism

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This team-taught course draws on texts in the social sciences, in history, and literature to survey the causes and manifestations of racism in diverse cultures, as well as proactive responses to it. The course will focus on racism in western and nonwestern cultures. Case studies will include – but not be limited to – European colonialism, slavery, social Darwinism and eugenics, apartheid and segregation, anti-Semitism, and contemporary conflicts like Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. This course satisfies general education requirements in humanities, literature, or social sciences. It cannot be used as the sole social science course in a degree program that has only one social science course requirement.


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  • ENGL 211 - Masterpieces of Early World Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    In this literature course the class reads early works from East Asia, India, the ancient Near East, and classical Greece. The emphasis is on understanding the philosophical and cultural context in which the literary works are embedded. Students encounter and examine world views and values quite different from those commonly held in the United States today. Among the topics discussed are mythology, religion, and the nature of the hero.


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  • ENGL 212 - World Literature Since the Renaissance

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Students in World Literature Since the Renaissance read representative works of great literature from the Romantic period to the present in the forms of novels, poems, and plays from around the world. Authors come from Europe, the Americas, India, Russia, and Africa. The class may confront such questions as the following: What is the relationship between literature and history? What is the role of the individual in a world with shifting beliefs in God or the gods? In addition, the class may examine the possible biases that make us unable (or less able) to appreciate literature from cultures not our own.


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  • ENGL 212H - World Literature since the Renaissance - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 English Composition I  and a minimum G.P.A. of 3.5, or permission of the instructor.
    Like the regular section of “World Literature since the Renaissance,” this course examines major works of world literature, including novels, poems and plays, from the seventeenth century through the present and explores significant time periods and diverse cultures from around the world.  The course is interdisciplinary, connecting primary texts to literary movements, historical events, sociological issues, and biographical information.  The Honors version of this course requires more in-depth and independent interdisciplinary research, highlighting the relationship of literature to other disciplines.  The research project encourages students to form their own vision of global diversity and cultural integration as a frame for this interdisciplinary, independent scholarship.  The analysis of primary texts, together with secondary source material and shared research projects, will foster intensive intellectual discussion, a deeper interpretation of assigned texts, and appreciation for the nuances of scholarly writing and interdisciplinary synthesis. 


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  • ENGL 213 - Autobiography

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course will define a genre of writing known as autobiography and highlight the ways in which writers have infused their work with an autobiographical perspective, both acknowledged or less directly stated. The approach will be interdisciplinary, uniting literary study with historical and cultural perspectives that will foster an appreciation for the ways in which an author’s life, time period, and culture are integrated with her or his writing. Authors as diverse as Yukio Mishima, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Maxine Hong Kingston and James Baldwin will be examined. The course will feature readings from fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.


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  • ENGL 214 - Race in American Literature and Popular Culture

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course examines the social construction of race in the U.S. through the lens of American literature and popular culture. It focuses on key moments in American history, from pre-colonial America to the present, to explore how racial categories have been created and re-created. Students will analyze the evolution of these racial categories, like white, black, Asian, Latino, and Native American, while exploring how racial groups are pitted against each other and how categories like gender, class, and sexuality intersect with race. Readings from a range of disciplines will provide students with the historical and social context necessary to analyze cultural texts, like novels, short stories, advertisements, films, political cartoons, TV shows, songs, and speeches.


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  • ENGL 221 - American Literature: Colonial through the Civil War

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course examines the diverse literature of early America, such as Native American literature, the literature of exploration and settlement, slave narratives, abolitionist and suffrage literature, Enlightenment writing, Transcendentalist writing, and Gothic literature. Authors may include Anne Bradstreet, Washington Irving, Mary Rowlandson, Jonathan Edwards, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Jacobs, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. Students consider such issues as class, race, religion, and gender through the texts. The Honors Option is available for this course.


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  • ENGL 221H - American Literature: Colonial through the Civil War - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.
    The influence of the earliest American writers evident in modern attitudes toward everything from the environment to Medicare. This course draws lines from the first days of our country to the pages of today’s newspaper. The approach is interdisciplinary, with readings in history and culture augmenting more traditional literature and criticism. Students read classic American writers such as Emerson, Douglass and Dickinson, as well as explorers, soldiers, homemakers, slaves, and politicians. Students examine Puritan commentaries on the Salem witch trials, then look at the trials from the perspectives of history and psychology. Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” is examined through the lens of contemporary critical approaches, including feminist criticism, reader-response criticism, and deconstruction.


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  • ENGL 222 - American Literature: Post Civil War to the Present

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    American Literature:  Post Civil War to the Present introduces students to a diverse range of American literary works that have been produced from the mid-1860s until the contemporary moment. Students will critically read literary works from representative American literary movements of this time period within their social, political, economic, and aesthetic contexts. Writers may include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, W.E.B. Du Bois, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Thomas Pynchon, Art Spiegelman, Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Tony Kushner.


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  • ENGL 222H - American Literature: Post Civil War to the Present - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I  and a minimum GPA of 3.5 or permission of the instructor.
    Like the regular section of the course, American Literature: Post Civil War to the Present Honors begins with the writers of the late 19th century and ends with contemporary literature. Students study contemporary American issues as they read about social rebellion and social conformity, about the dilemmas that women have faced and those that men have experienced, about the struggles of African Americans against racism, and about changes over the last century in private relationships and the family. In contrast to the regular section of the course, Honors students construct their own cross-disciplinary research projects drawing on a variety of texts including, but not limited to, literature, the print media, music, art, architecture, and film.


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  • ENGL 223 - Ethnic Writers in America

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course explores the connections between ethnic identity, literature, and culture in the United States. Focus will be representation of life stories and cultural experiences by writers from selected and differing ethnic communities and pasts, including literature by members of “old” and “new” ethnic groups in the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos/as, white ethnics and others. Students will be defining this genre of writing, looking at themes such as the following: ethnic and racial stereotypes; ethnicity and gender; assimilation versus cultural heritage and memory; “translating” experiences into a new culture and language; responses to myths about immigration and other national narratives such as the American Dream.


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  • ENGL 224 - The Short Story

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    The course traces the evolution of the short story, from ancient roots in oral narratives, myths, legends, folk and fairy tales, but focuses primarily on its modern form, as expressed by writers of diverse cultures. Writers such as Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekov, Katherine Mansfield, James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Bobbie Ann Mason, Yukio Mishima, and Bernard Malamud may be featured. Students analyze and write about the works and explore the basic components of the genre.


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  • ENGL 226 - Introduction to Poetry

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course will help students to understand both the craft and the art of poetry; how poems are made and why they are valuable. Texts will range from ancient Eastern scriptures to the newest work of young American poets, from limericks to epics, from song lyrics to verse drama. The focus, however, will always be on language, form, and meaning. Students can expect, therefore, to gain not only a knowledge of the nature, history, and variety of poetry but also greater skill, insight, and pleasure as readers, writers and thinkers.


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  • ENGL 227 - Science Fiction

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course is a survey of the science fiction genre from literary and theoretical points of view. The course will draw on stories, novels and films that call special attention to science fiction’s concern with such social phenomena as overpopulation, pollution, increased technology, and mind control.


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  • ENGL 228 - Psychology & Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I  and PSYC 103 - Introduction to Psychology  or permission of instructors.
    Psychology and Literature is a team-taught course that examines novels, plays, short stories, fairy tales and poems through the lens of psychology. Works by authors such as William Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Fyodor Dostoevsky and J.D. Salinger may be studied from the perspectives of psychologists such as Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers and Carol Gilligan. This course is taught by two instructors (one from Psychology and one from English) and may be taken for either Psychology or English credit, but not both.


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  • ENGL 231 - African-American Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    African American Literature surveys the literature of African Americans from Colonial times through the present including the Colonial Period, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Aesthetics, and the Neo-Realism movement. In order to understand the oral and written traditions, students read a variety of types of texts such as folktales, spirituals, short stories and novels. Students also read contemporary literary criticism by African American and non- African American theorists.


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  • ENGL 233 - Shakespeare

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course is a study of the works of Shakespeare through reading in a selection of history, comedy, tragedy and problem plays as well as selected minor works. In addition to the literary aspects of the plays, students study the staging conventions of Elizabethan England and explore the social and historical context in which the plays were written and first performed.


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  • ENGL 233H - Shakespeare - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.
    In spite of the unprecedented degree and rate of change in our times, Shakespeare provides modern readers across the globe a universal touchstone of constancy. We recognize his models of human contrariness; we identify with the power of pathos and magic and madness of characters both centuries old and contemporary. The unifying focus of the course is on the characteristics that make Shakespeare’s language such an effective and enduring medium of meaning. Students use diverse critical perspectives as they read a variety of Shakespeare’s texts, including selected sonnets; representative tragic, comic, and historical plays; and the often-neglected “problem plays”- “Measure for Measure”, and “Troilus and Cressida”. Students may also view one or more performances of plays and do an in-depth study of any additional play using online research.


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  • ENGL 234 - The Literature of Comedy

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    A study of the nature and value of comic forms and traditions, from basic elements such as puns and jokes to significant works of comic vision in literature, the arts, and popular culture. The course will consider, for example, the differences between verbal and visual comedy, such as Groucho and Harpo. The course will nourish a broader, deeper, subtler awareness of the ways in which comedy expresses and sustains the human spirit.


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  • ENGL 235 - English Literature: Middle Ages through the 18th Century

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    A chronological study of English literature through the 18th century including authors such as Chaucer, Kempe, More, Shakespeare, Donne, Montagu, Swift and Behn. Students will examine the authors’ ideas and the development of literary forms in a historical context. Religion, politics, gender roles, science and philosophy are discussed in terms of their impact on these writers. The Honors Option is available for this course.


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  • ENGL 236 - English Literature: Romantic Period to the Present

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    A chronological study of English literature since the 18th century including authors such as Keats, Austen, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, and Lessing. Students will examine the authors’ ideas and the development of literary forms in a historical context involving Darwinism, Industrialism, women’s issues, and World Wars I and II.


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  • ENGL 237 - Shakespeare on Page and Screen

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Shakespeare on the Page and on the Screen is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course that studies plays of William Shakespeare from both literary and cinematic perspectives. Students will read selected comedies, tragedies, and histories by Shakespeare in conjunction with exemplary film versions of these plays, both classic (by directors like Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles) and recent (by directors like Kenneth Branagh and Trevor Nunn). The themes explored in this course include: poetic language and cinematic language, Shakespearean imagery on the page and on the screen, and Shakespeare in a modern, multicultural context. Students who complete this course will have a fuller understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare’s plays and the medium that most frequently delivers him to audiences today. Students may take this course for credit in English or Film Studies. Students who take this course for credit in English cannot also get credit for ENGL-233.


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  • ENGL 247 - Rhetoric and Writing Studies

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    The course looks at the way language works in different contexts, for different purposes, and from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Historically, rhetoric was considered to be the foundation on which critical thinking, effective communication, and self-knowledge was built. In contemporary rhetoric, culture and media are part of this foundation. This course will explore primary texts in the form of literature, film, scientific discourse, journalism, political propaganda as well as secondary sources within the disciplines of rhetoric and writing studies. The course serves students interested in English, education, journalism, communications, film studies, and other liberal arts and social science programs of study.


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  • ENGL 248H - Creative Writing I - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor.
    Designed for students who have a genuine interest in developing their imaginative writing abilities in both fiction and poetry, this course will be conducted as a workshop whose primary purpose is to evaluate student manuscripts. Class time will, in addition, be spent discussing the techniques and sensibilities of various contemporary poets and fiction writers. Students will be expected to distinguish between sentiment and sentimentality, between popular and “literary” fiction, between poetry and light verse, between “raw” experience and experience which has been artistically transformed. Thirty pages of fiction, 15 full pages of poetry (or some combination of the two) and a 3-5 page analytical paper will comprise the minimum writing requirements for the course.


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  • ENGL 250 - Technical Writing and Communication

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Technical Writing and Communication is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, or other technical fields. The course will provide students with an overview of the technical writing and communication field and students will complete assignments that reflect the kinds of writing tasks they will be expected to perform in their fields.


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  • ENGL 259 - History and Literature of the Vietnam War

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This interdisciplinary course will examine both the history and the literature of the Vietnam War. It explores both the antecedents of the war, in terms of European colonialism, Vietnamese nationalism, and American foreign policy, as well as pivotal moments such as the gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 and the Tet Offensive of 1968. It will study the history of the war, the literature born out of this war and the relationships between this literature and this conflict. Finally, it will consider the war’s legacy: its consequences and lessons, and the relevance of this legacy today. Students may take this course for credit in English or History.


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  • ENGL 262 - Drama

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    A study of forms and types of dramatic expression through reading plays, viewing films, and listening to recorded plays, the course encourages students to explore types of dramatic expression from works performed in ancient Greece through those performed in modern New York City. In addition to the literary aspects of plays, students also learn about the historical development of the theatre.


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  • ENGL 263 - Business Writing and Management Communications

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Business Writing and Management Communication skills are vital to career success. This course provides Business Writing instruction with a public speaking component. Students work in teams to prepare formal consulting reports on global communication solutions for multi-national corporations. The course features lessons in professional writing, such as resumes, business letters, memos, proposals and short and long reports; career development exercises; oral presentations; and international/cross-cultural business communication activities.


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  • ENGL 281 - The Modern Novel

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    The course traces the evolution of the novel from the late nineteenth century to the present focusing on its response to modernity, especially in terms of changing social conditions caused by modern technology and new notions of the mind, time and language. Writers such as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison may be featured. Students analyze and write about the works and explore the basic components of the genre.


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  • ENGL 282 - The Victorian Novel

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course will examine the evolution and scope of the Victorian novel, from its literary antecedents in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries, to its successors in the modern era. It will progress from a study of what makes a novel quintessentially “Victorian” into an examination of the ways in which various authors utilize Victorian attitudes and sensibilities to enhance a particular theme or ideology, criticize a prevailing belief or precept, and/or convey a cautionary warning.


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  • ENGL 290 - Women in Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course explores how women’s roles have been traditionally defined in literature and how writers have questioned, resisted, and/or subverted these traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Assigned texts may include novels, memoirs, poetry, and film, from a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The course will analyze themes such as voice, identity, empowerment, family, violence, the body, and the intersections between gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.


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  • ENGL 291 - Masculinity in Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    This course explores literature that has questioned, resisted, and/or subverted traditional notions of masculinity. Assigned texts may include novels, memoirs, poetry, film, and studies of historical/cultural contexts. The course will analyze themes such as identity, independence, competition, violence, and the intersections between gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.


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  • ENGL 299 - Special Topics in Literature

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    The course provides an opportunity for specialized literary study of different topics from semester to semester. Special Topics in Literature may be a certain literary theme, a time period, a genre, a single author or group of authors, specific regional or national literature, or other topics defined by the current instructor. The course is a literature elective. Students should refer to the English Department’s Elective Course Description each semester to determine that semester’s special topic.


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  • ENGR 105 - Introduction to Engineering

    (2,0) 1 Credit
    This course is designed to help students to develop skills as: communication, time management, group work. Lectures are supported by films and guest speakers to expose students to different engineering disciplines and functions. Students will be introduced to all campus resources and services.


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  • ENGR 107 - Engineering Graphics

    (1,3) 2 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra  and High School Geometry.
    This course is a basic introduction to the techniques of engineering graphics designed to develop an ability to visualize, analyze, and understand engineering drawings and designs, and to develop skill and accuracy in producing drawings. The application of computer graphics using AutoCAD will be an integrated part of the course.


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  • ENGR 108 - Introduction to Computing for Engineers and Scientists

    (2,2) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 - Precalculus I  , or equivalent.
    This is a one semester course intended to introduce engineering and science majors to the main features of MATLAB and its application to engineering and scientific problem-solving. Topics include an introduction to programming in MATLAB, including matrix operations, functions, arrays, loops and structures, working with data files and plotting. Students can apply this knowledge to learning other programming languages, such as C, Object-Oriented Programming, Fortran, BASIC and Pascal. The Honors Option is available for this course. Offered in the spring semester.


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  • ENGR 111 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis

    (3,2) 4 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 151 - Engineering Physics II  and MATH 152 - Calculus II .
    This is an introductory course in circuit theory for engineering majors. It includes introduction to DC and AC electrical principles with stress on different circuit analysis methods. Use of Ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s laws, network theorems for resistive, capacitive and inductive networks - Phasors and Phasor diagrams for AC circuits introduced with real and reactive power and maximum power transfer studies with application to Single and Three Phase circuits and Ideal transformers. Appropriate experiments are run concurrently with lectures. Offered in the spring semester.


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  • ENGR 201 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Corequisite(s): CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II 
    This course introduces the student to theory and application of engineering materials. Topics explore the relations between the properties, microstructure, and behavior during use of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composite materials. Useful applications and limitations of those materials are presented, and means of modifying their properties are discussed.


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  • ENVI 101 - Introduction to Environmental Studies

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    This course is a basic introduction to environmental studies. Students will learn to apply various concepts in the biological, physical, social sciences and humanities in order to understand the causes and consequences of environmental problems facing the world today, and what can be done to address them. Students will also be encouraged to explore how these concepts and issues relate to their own lives, from both global and local perspectives. One weekend field trip is required.


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  • ENVI 201 - Environmental Field Study

    (2,2) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENVI 101 - Introduction to Environmental Studies  and 12 hours of laboratory science  .
    An interdisciplinary study of research and field methods related to the science of environmental issues. Students will develop basic scientific research skills, from literature review to report preparation, and will gain hands-on experience with various types of field methods and applications, ranging from soil, air, and water quality analysis, to environmental restoration and planning, using remote sensing and GIS. Regular class trips, including visits to wastewater treatment plant, recycling center, and environmental restoration sites. One weekend field trip required.


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  • ESLS 001 - Preparation for English Language Studies

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Pre-level 1 score on the placement test.
    This course is an introduction to English language studies and presents rudimentary English grammar, its structures and rules of use, as well as basic English speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Students will practice English language in a variety of contexts through controlled and communicative activities leading to increased fluency. This course is intended for students who are not native speakers of English and who have little or no formal experience with English language and who receive a “pre- Level I” score on the ACT/Compass ESL Placement Test. For billing purposes, this course is considered 6 credits. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 023 - Academic English Reading and Writing I

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement test score within the designated range or successful completion of ESLS 022 - Introduction to ESLS II .
    Academic English Reading and Writing Level I is the first of a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for reading and writing at the college level. The course emphasizes the use of academic vocabulary use in writing and the development of academic reading skills such as learning vocabulary in context and critical thinking, dictionary use and basic information technology. Students at Level I write simple descriptive, expository, and argumentative paragraphs with focus on sentence level accuracy, parts of speech, the development of topic sentences, and standard punctuation. Level I students practice reading both intensively for analysis and extensively at a high beginning level. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 024 - Academic English Reading and Writing II

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement test score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 023 - Academic English Reading and Writing I .
    Academic English Reading and Writing Level II is the second in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students fro reading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing are taught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabulary development, dictionary use, critical thinking, and information technology. Students at Level II read both intensively for analysis to develop vocabulary and other focused reading skills and extensively for comprehension and analysis. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 025 - Academic English Reading and Writing III

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement test score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 024 - Academic English Reading and Writing II .
    Academic English Reading and Writing Level III is the third in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for reading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing are taught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabulary development, dictionary use, critical thinking, and information technology. Students at Level III write essays of three paragraphs in various genres. In addition, students at Level III read both intensively for comprehension and analysis. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 026 - Academic English Reading and Writing IV

    (6,0) 6 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement test score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 025 - Academic English Reading and Writing III .
    Academic English Reading and Writing Level IV is the fourth in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for reading and writing at the college level. Reading and writing are taught as related processes, and the course emphasizes vocabulary development, dictionary use, critical thinking, and information technology. Students at Level IV write essays of four paragraphs in various genres. In addition, students at Level IV read both intensively for analysis to develop vocabulary and other focused reading skills and extensively for comprehension and analysis. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 033 - Academic English Grammar I

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): By placement.
    This course presents fundamentals of English grammar, its structure and rules of use.  Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academic contexts through controlled, communicative activities and short writings that oblige students to use the desired structures. By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate high-beginning proficiency in Standard English grammar in their writing and speaking abilities. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 034 - Academic English Grammar II

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): By placement or successful completion of  ESLS 033 - Academic English Grammar I .
    This course presents low-intermediate-level English grammar, its structure and rules of use.  Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academic contexts through controlled, communicative activities and short writings that oblige students to use the desired structures. By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate low-intermediate proficiency in Standard English grammar in their writing and speaking. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements. 


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  • ESLS 035 - Academic English Grammar III

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): By placement or successful completion of ESLS 034 - Academic English Grammar II .
    This course presents low-intermediate-level English grammar, its structure and rules of use.  Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academic contexts through controlled, communicative activities and short writings that oblige students to use the desired structures. By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate intermediate proficiency in Standard English grammar in their writing, speaking and explanation abilities. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 036 - Academic English Grammar IV

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): By placement or successful completion of ESLS 035 - Academic English Grammar III .
    This course presents low-intermediate-level English grammar, its structure and rules of use.  Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academic contexts through controlled, communicative activities and short writings that oblige students to use the desired structures. By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate high- intermediate proficiency in Standard English grammar in their writing, speaking and explanation abilities. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 037 - Academic English Grammar V

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): By placement  or successful completion of ESLS 036 - Academic English Grammar IV .
    This course presents low-intermediate-level English grammar, its structure and rules of use.  Students will practice English grammar in a variety of academic contexts through controlled, communicative activities and short writings that oblige students to use the desired structures. By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate advanced proficiency in Standard English grammar in their writing, speaking and explanation abilities. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 043 - Academic English Speaking and Listening I

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 022 - Introduction to ESLS II .
    This is the first in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is a low intermediate-level course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn introductory academic language skills such as how to express opinions and use persuasion. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 047 - Accent Reduction and Pronunciation I

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ESL Placement Test Score with in the designated range for this course or permission of the instructor.
    This course is an extensive course in American English accent reduction and pronunciation. Students will study and become aware of the individual sounds, stress conventions, and intonation of American English. Students will learn the elements of the speech mechanism and the International Phonetic Alphabet as aids in understanding phonemes and considerable attention will be given to awareness of word and sentence level patterns. Students will listen to recordings and use computer software for practice in reproducing sounds. This course is intended for students who are not native speakers of English with an intermediate or higher level of experience with spoken American English. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 051 - Academic English Speaking and Listening II

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 043 - Academic English Speaking and Listening I .
    This is the second in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is an intermediate course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn academic language skills such as taking notes and summarizing information. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 052 - Academic English Speaking and Listening III

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 051 - Academic English Speaking and Listening II .
    This is the third in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is a high- intermediate level course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn high-intermediate academic language skills, such as analyzing new information and using pictures and charts to understand words. Credit earned for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 053 - Academic English Speaking and Listening IV

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 052 - Academic English Speaking and Listening III .
    This is the fourth in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is a low-advanced level course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn low-advanced academic language skills, such as expressing disagreement and paraphrasing. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 054 - Academic English Speaking and Listening V

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 053 - Academic English Speaking and Listening IV .
    This is the last in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is an advanced-level course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn advanced academic language skills, such as how to challenge an argument and respond to complex or controversial questions. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 061 - American Reading and Conversation I

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test score within designated range.
    American Readings & Conversation I is a two-semester companion course designed to provide reading, speaking, listening, and writing practice for non-native speakers of English who are not intending to enter a degree or certificate program at Raritan Valley Community College. Non-fiction articles, fiction stories was well as readings and listening activities on current events will be used to increase students’ vocabularies and provide them the opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that will strengthen oral fluency in and comprehension of English. Students will also engage in informal writing assignments which will allow them to broadly develop their English language abilities. In American Readings and Conversation I, students will discuss such topics as: dating and marriage, raising children, customs and traditions, careers, and crime and punishment. For billing purposes, this course is considered 3 credits. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 062 - American Reading and Conversation II

    (3,0) 3 Non-Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement Test score within designated range.
    American Readings and Conversation II is a two-semester companion course designed to provide reading, speaking, listening, and writing practice for non-native speakers of English who are not intending to enter a degree or certificate program at Raritan Valley Community College. Non-fiction articles, fiction stories as well as readings and listening activities on current events will be used to increase students’ vocabularies and provide them the opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that will strengthen oral fluency in and comprehension of English. Students will also engage in informal writing assignments which will allow them to broadly develop their English language abilities. In American Readings and Conversation II, students will discuss such topics as: gender roles, sports and leisure activities, popular culture, and cultural values and morals. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.


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  • ESLS 201 - Advanced Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakers

    (6,0) 6 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): Placement test score within the designated range for this course and an acceptable writing sample or successful completion of ESLS 026 - Academic English Reading and Writing IV .
    This course satisfies six credits of free elective. Advanced Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakers addresses the most advanced aspects of academic literacy and challenges students with the rigors of college-level discourse. Reading and writing are taught as related processes. This course emphasizes higher-order proficiency with the English lexicon, written expression, textual analysis, critical thinking, and information technology. Students in this course read college-level texts, both intensively for analysis and extensively for fluency, and write five- paragraphs essays of various types.


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  • FILM 101 - Art of the Movies: Film Appreciation and Analysis

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Art of the Movies: Film Appreciation and Analysis is an introduction to film as a contemporary art form. It emphasizes close observation and analysis of essential  film language, specifically mise en scene, camera and editing techniques, lighting,  and the cinematic use of sound. Screenings for this course include a broad range  of films and film excerpts representing different time periods, cultures, and  cinematic traditions.  Students who complete this course will have a deeper  understanding and appreciation of movies.
            


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  • FILM 122 - Survey of American Film

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Survey of American Film explores mainstream American cinema within a cultural and historical context. It focuses on the characteristics of Hollywood storytelling and visual style in film genres (such as romantic comedies, Westerns, and film noir) which not only entertain audiences but also mirror American attitudes and values. The screening list includes classic and contemporary American films and film excerpts. Students record their reactions to these screenings in weekly journal entries or short response papers. Students who complete this course will have a deeper understanding of how American movies both shape and reflect American culture.


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  • FILM 237 - Shakespeare on Page and Screen

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
    Shakespeare on the Page and on the Screen is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course that studies plays of William Shakespeare from both literary and cinematic perspectives. Students will read selected comedies, tragedies, and histories by Shakespeare in conjunction with exemplary film versions of these plays, both classic (by directors like Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles) and recent (by directors like Kenneth Branagh and Trevor Nunn). The themes explored in this course include: poetic language and cinematic language, Shakespearean imagery on the page and on the screen, and Shakespeare in a modern, multicultural context. Students who complete this course will have a fuller understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare’s plays and the medium that most frequently delivers him to audiences today. Students may take this course for credit in English or Film Studies. Students who take this course for credit in English cannot earn credit for ENGL 233 .


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  • FILM 250H - Hollywood Renaissance: Film and American Society, 1967-1983 - Honors

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): A or B+ in a Film Studies course or permission of the instructor.
    Hollywood Renaissance: Film and American Society, 1967-1983 is an Honors course in Film Studies. The Hollywood Renaissance in the 1970’s was an explosion of creativity in a decade of turmoil. In the shadow of Vietnam and Watergate, the directors and films of this period offered conflicting visions about the nature and prospects of American society. In a seminar setting this course will explore themes such as the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, the status of teenagers, African-American culture, and the women’s movement. Students will research and analyze key films and directors of the 1970’s, such as Kubrick, Coppola, Penn, Altman, etc.


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  • FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    This course provides an overview to fire protection and emergency services; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; culture and history of emergency services; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics; life safety initiatives. This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.


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  • FIRE 102 - Principles of Fire Prevention

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    This course provides fundamental information regarding the history and philosophy of fire prevention, organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau, use of fire codes, identification and correction of fire hazards, and the relationships of fire prevention with built-in fire protection systems, fire investigation, and fire and life-safety education. This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.


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  • FIRE 104 - Fire Officer I

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services .
    The Fire Officer Series is designed to build the skills necessary to be an effective fire service leader. The Fire Officer I course is the first course in the series and is designed for firefighters who aspire to the position of company officer. The course is designed to meet the educational and time requirements of NFPA1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition, for Fire Officer I and N.J.A.C. 5:73-8.2. Qualifications for Fire Officer I. Students who successfully complete the course may be eligible to take the NJ State Fire Officer I certification test. This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.


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  • FIRE 105 - Fire Officer II

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): FIRE 104 - Fire Officer I .
    The Fire Officer Series is designed to build the skills necessary to be an effective fire service leader. The Fire Officer II program builds upon the concepts presented in the Fire Officer I program. The Fire Officer II program is designed to build the leadership skills of the company officer involved in administrative and operational issues at the company and/or organizational level. The course is designed to meet the educational and time requirements of NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition, for Fire Officer II and N.J. A.C. 5:73- 8.2 for Fire Officer II. Students who successfully complete the course may be eligible to take the NJ State Fire Officer II certification test. This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.


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  • FIRE 201 - Building Construction for Fire Prevention

    (3,0) 3 Credits
    Prerequisite(s): FIRE 101 - Introduction to Emergency Services .
    This course provides the components of building construction that relate to fire and life safety. The focus of this course is on firefighter safety. The elements of construction and design of structures are shown to be key factors when inspecting buildings, preplanning fire operations, and operating at emergencies. This course will be taught at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy.


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  • FITN 103 - Beginning Golf

    (0,2) 1 Credit
    Beginning Golf introduces the student to the game of golf, including:  rules,  values, etiquette, equipment, the history of golf and how to play the game.   Included will be practical instruction and practice of golf swing technique.


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