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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Financial Planning
  

  • FINP 4200 Financial Services Selling

    Develops understanding of financial service markets, competitive issues, trends, and client acquisition strategies. Students learn and practice individual and institutional needs-based selling skills and market strategies used among banking, securities, insurance, and diversified professional services. Targeting, initiating, and acquiring client relationships, expanding business opportunities, and maintaining long-term client relationships are the course’s focal points.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4350 Investment Analysis/Planning

    This course provides the student with an understanding of the various types of securities traded in financial markets, investment theory and practice, portfolio construction and management, and investment strategies and tactics. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2100  AND FIN 3200  AND (MATH 1400  OR MATH 1600  OR MATH 1170 )
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4500 Estate Planning

    Estate planning focuses on the efficient conservation and transfer of wealth, consistent with the client’s goals. It is a study of legal, tax, financial, and non-financial aspects of this process, convering topics such as trusts, wills, probate, advanced directives, charitable giving, wealth transfers, and related taxes. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3200  OR FIN 3600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4550 Retirement Planning

    The intent of the retirement planning course is to provide individuals with knowledge of both public and private retirement plans. The public plans include Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The private plans include both defined benefit and defined contribution plans and their regulatory provisions. The specifics of the various plans are analyzed, as well as non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Finally, issues that individuals face in retirement, such as lifestyle choices and medical issues, are discussed. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3200  OR FIN 3600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4600 Insurance Analysis/Planning

    This course introduces students to risk management and insurance decisions in personal financial planning. Topics include insurance for life, health, disability, property, and liability risks, as well as annuities, group insurance, and long term care. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3200  OR FIN 3600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4700 Financial Planning Capstone

    The purpose of this course is to integrate all of your personal financial planning knowledge and apply that knowledge to create a comprehensive fianancial plan using professional software. Prerequisite(s): FIN 3600  OR FINP 3600 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4860 Business Case Writing

    This is a cross-disciplinary course that represents the second part of the 6-credit practicum Honors option, which must be conducted over two semesters and undertaken in the junior or senior year. It will be a core component of the Practicum Honors option. Honors Practicum credits will be applied towards major concentration requirements. The course involves writing an effective business case based on the consulting report or business plan completed in the practicum course. This course will be supervised by a mentor chosen from the Cotsakos College of Business Academically Qualified (AQ) faculty members who participated in the corresponding practicum course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4900 Internship in Financial Planning

    This is a cooperative education/field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time with a public, private, or governmental entity located in the student’s geographical area.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FINP 4990 Independent Study

    A special project supervised by faculty adviser. 1-6 credits.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

French
  

  • FR 1060 Intensive Basic French

    This intensive introductory course develops the four areas of language skills - speaking, listening, writing, and reading - through interactive classroom work, laboratory exercises, and diverse oral and written assignments. Students use the language to gain an appreciation of the French and Francophone world.
    Credits: 6.0
  

  • FR 1070 Freshman Basic French I

    An introductory course that presumes no prior background in the language. The course develops the four areas of language skills–speaking, listening, writing, and reading–through interactive classroom work, laboratory exercises, and diverse oral and written assignments. Students use the language to gain a beginning appreciation of the French and Francophone world. Restricted to freshmen.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 1080 Freshman Basic French II

    A continuation of the grammar study of FR 107, with emphasis on further developing proficiency skills through reading and discussion of short texts and contemporary articles of current cultural relevance. Prerequisite(s): FR 1070 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 1100 Basic French I

    This introductory course presumes no prior background in the language. The course develops a beginning level of proficiency in the four areas of language skills - speaking, listening, writing, and reading - through interactive classroom work, laboratory exercises, and diverse oral and written assignments. Students use the language to gain a beginning appreciation of the French and Francophone world. Students can only receive a grade higher than a C- in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 1110 Basic French II

    This is a continuation of the grammar study of FR 1100  with emphasis on further developing proficiency skills through reading and discussion of short texts or contemporary articles of current cultural relevance. Continued emphasis on oral interaction in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 1070  OR FR 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2000 French Colonial Legacies

    This course offers an inrtroduction to the historical and cultural diversity of various- primarily non-European-French-speaking regions of the world. It discusses French colonialism and its distinct and complex legacies in different areas of sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, North America, Indo-China, the Caribbean, and France itself. Through historical, literary, and clultural readings and cinema, this course traces the effects of colonization on both the colonizer and the colonized, including its particular impact on women and children; thus grappling with issues of power and oppression, sexism, race and gender, enslavement and inequality, and justice and freedom. Taught in English.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2100 Intermediate French I

    This course presumes novice-high proficiency in French, focusing on all four areas of language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Reinforces competence and proficiency gained in Basic French with a thorough review and further development of grammar and vocabulary. Training to read literary and journalistic selections in French and to write short grammatically and stylistically correct French compositions. Oral/aural practice through class discussions, presentations, and laboratory assignments. Enhances appreciation of the French and Francophone world through cultural readings and films. Prerequisite(s): FR 1110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2110 Intermediate French II

    This is the second half of an intermediate course that presumes intermediate/low proficiency in French, focusing on all four areas of language skills. The course develops skills gained in Intermediate I and offers further development of grammar and vocabulary. Guided readings of short texts in French, discussion of contemporary or historical events in the French-speaking world, continued practice with writing grammatically and stylistically correct French compositions. Oral/aural practice through class discussions, presentations, and laboratory assignments. Enhances appreciation of the French and Francophone world through cultural readings and films. Recommended for native speakers who need grammar review. Prerequisite(s): FR 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2220 Stylistics and Advanced Composition

    Focusing primarily on two of the four areas of language skills - reading and writing - this course is addressed to students at the intermediate level who have good grasp of grammar and who need to improve and practice their written skills. The course further reinforces and solidifies grammatical concepts. It explores complexities and variations in written styles with a view to enabling the student to develop grammatically correct yet individually distinct written expression. Prerequisite(s): FR 2110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2400 Spoken French - Cultural Study

    A course in conversational French through the comparative study of cultures, this course is designed for students at the intermediate level desiring to hone and practice their oral skills. The course concentrates on two of the four areas of language skills - speaking and listening - through interactive classroom work, diverse oral exercises, activities, and assignments, all focused around the varied and distinct cultures of the Francophone world. Prerequisite(s): FR 2110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2500 Textual Analysis and Research Methods

    An introduction to bibliographical research and basic literary analytical methods and approaches, with attention to the exigencies of different literary genres. The course provides training in the use of academic writing in French, especially as it applies to literary analysis. It also provides an overview of the principal periods, movements, and trends of French literature and their historical contexts. Taught fully in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 2110 .
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 2710 International Cinema Narrative in Historical Perspective

    Course explores the historical and aesthetic development of narrative film from a global perspective, with special emphasis on international movements lying outside the classical Hollywood canon. Prerequisite(s): FR 2220  OR ENG 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3000 Twentieth Century French and Francophone Literature in Translation

    This course enables students, through reading and critical discussion, to confront the ideas and and diverse styles of some of the major French and Francophone writers of the twentieth century. The literary works chosen (theater, poetry, short stories, and novels) reflect the immense social and artistic changes these writers have faced. Taught in English.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3140 Advanced French Grammar

    This course introduces students to the subtleties of French grammar while putting an emphasis on syntactic and semantic structure of discourse. Designed for students who have already acquired an intermediate level of proficiency in French, the course further develops and improves written and oral language skills and enhances students’ knowledge of French grammar and syntax. This course is taught in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 2110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3200 Introduction Literary Interpretation

    Designed to introduce students to various means of approaching literary texts and to provide analytic tools for advanced literary study. The course reviews the traditional French “explication de texte,” offers a consideration of literary genres, and presents varied theoretical appraches to literature. The course is balanced between readings in theory and application of their relevance for the study of literary works. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3310 The Modern Novel in French

    A study of the modern novel in French, with attention to such authors as Proust, Gide, Sartre, Camus, Duras, Robbe-Grillet, Djebar, and Conde, and to different schools and literary concerns. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3330 Modern French Theatre

    Major dramatists and movements in modern French-language theater. Focus on French symbolist theater, existentialist theater, and theater of the absurd, with an introduction to theatrical theory. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3360 French Poetry

    Studies French poetic traditions and major poetic works from the medieval period to postsurrealism. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3370 Topics in Francophone Literature

    Introduces major poets, novelists, and dramatists of the French-speaking world, including study of their literary, critical, and political works. Focus varies. Topics might include the following: the different literary movements of the Caribbean and its main twentieth-century writers, such as Cesaire, Conde, Glissant; contemporary Quebec culture and literature, its historical and artistic considerations, political concerns, and relations to language through the works of such writers as Broussard, Micone, Roy, and Theoret; major writers in French from Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria, such as Ben Jelloun, Boudjedra, Djebar, Mimouni, Yacine, including additional consideration of Beur writers in France; the major writers and literary movements in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa within a historical and sociological context, considering work by Ba, Beyala, Kourouma, Laye, Ousmane, or Senghor. Prerequisite(s): FR 2000  AND FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3410 Approaches To French and Francophone Cultural Studies

    An introduction to the field of Cultural Studies, this course transcends distinct disciplines to study the shift in focus in French and Francophone Studies toward a broader range of cultural forms. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine France and the French-speaking world through different types of cultural production: ideas, images, and narratives. Examples of topics studied might include cinema, television, journalism, contemporary fiction, recent French politics, comic books, etc. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3700 French Cinema

    This course offers an introduction to French cinema from its historical beginnings through its mid-century crises and the New Wave innovations to the diversity of its present-day perspective; cinematic techniques and innovations, diverse schools, the va-et-vient between American and French cinema. A secondary aim is to offer a cultural study of the films’ contexts: the cultural, political, and philosophical upheavals of twentieth-century France, the two World Wars, the Fifth Republic, the end of colonialism, and a shifting relation to other European countries and to the United States. Class discussion in English with additional discussion section in French; majors do work in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 2220  OR ENG 2290  OR COMM 2340 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3710 Francophone Cinema

    Consideration of the development of Francophone cinema, its relations to French and American cinemas, its major concerns. Discussion of cinematographic innovations. Class discussion in English with additional discussion section in French; majors do work in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500  OR ENG 2290  OR COMM 2340 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 3800 Topics in Parisian Culture

    In conjunction with a trip to Paris, students study a particular period of movement relevant for an understanding of Parisian culture. Examples include nineteenth-century fin de siecle architecture, politics, and art; the French monarchy; Arab cultures in France; and surrealism. This class is Writing Intenisve.
    Credits: 1.0 - 3.0
  

  • FR 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • FR 4000 Topics in Cultural Studies

    Topic varies. An examination of a significant period or theme in French or Francophone society (revolution, World War II, Algerian Revolution, Surrealism, colonialism, religion, etc.) and its impact on political, literary, media, artistic, social concerns, or productions. May be repeated for credit if a different topic offered. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 4320 Nineteenth Century French Narrative Prose

    The course provides a survey of major texts of narrative prose through close reading of novels and short stories. The course sketches a general picture of nineteenth-century France: historical events, artistic and cultural themes, and major literary movements. Special attention is given to fictional techniques and to innovation of literary form in the work of Hugo, Balzac, Merimee, Stendhal, Flaubert, Nerval, Maupassant, Zola, and Barbey d’Aurevilly. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 4380 Literature French Enlightenment

    The transition from French classicism to the eighteenth-century revolt against authority and tradition. Selections from Montesquieu, Diderot, Voltaire, Beaumarchais. Introduction to the eighteenth-century French novel and psychological drama. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 4520 Translation Theory and Practice

    This course is in the art and practice of translating from English to French and from French to English, with primary emphasis on the latter. Includes some theoretical readings. Practice in translating diverse texts (literary, business, media,) structural comparision, analysis of different translations of a given text, comparative stylistic study. Prerequisite(s): FR 2500 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 4800 Senior Seminar

    Includes an In-depth study of a selected author or theme or of a particular topic in French and Francophone studies.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • FR 4990 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Geography
  

  • GEO 1500 World Regional Geography

    This course is organized into two parts as follows: The first part will introduce students to key geographic concepts, theories, themes and methods, and how these concepts and methods can be used to study and interpret the human and physical landscapes of our world. The second part examines the physical and human geographies of major regions of the world in terms of the physical, environmental, economic, social, cultural, and political factors that have shaped and continue to shape their distinctive physical and human geographies. Major regions to be examined include Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North America, Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Southwestern Asia (the Middle East), and Russia and Neighboring Countries.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 1600 Introduction To Physical Geography

    An introductory course using a process-distribution approach to explain weather systems, climates of the world, biogeography, soils, and landforms. An accompanying lab introduces topographic map reading, weather, and climate analysis geomorphology. Students will be charged an additional Geography Lab Fee when enrolling in this course.
    Credits: 4.0
  

  • GEO 2010 Spaces and Places

    This course will provide an introduction to the geographical information sciences and systems where the focus will be on concepts such as how to store spatial information, collect data and analyze it; and it will provide hands-on experience with GIS software where the focus will be on learning basic mapping skills. GIS is increasing in demand in many fields: political science uses it for district maps and to display voting results, anthropologists use it to track the movement of cultures and to study communities, historians use it to study events such as the Civil Rights Movement, businesses use it to design marketing strategies, and public health uses it to track diseases. Through a series of lectures and exercises, the course investigates interdisciplinary data in map form comparing and contrasting the spaces and places that humans around the world occupy. This class is technology intensive.

      Cross Listed Course(s): ANTH 2010  
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • GEO 2020 Research Methods in Geography

    This course is designed to familiarize Geography majors with the principles and process of social scientific inquiry. Students will learn the fundamentals of social science research in general and scientific geographic research in particular. Discussions and activities will focus on the research process, including how research questions are formulated, review and evaluation of relevant geographic literature, the nature and sources of geographic data, the collection and analysis of data, and the interpretation and presentation of research findings in oral and written format. Ethical issues and concerns in social science research will also be examined. The use of statistical software program is a key part of this course.  Course may be repeated one time for a maximum of six credits.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 2030 Introduction To Geographic Information Sciences and Techniques

    The purpose of this course is to expose students to the concepts, methods, and applications involved in Geographic Information Sciences and Techniques, which includes digital Cartography, Aerial Photo Interpretation, Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Computer Mapping, Global Positioning System (GPS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Some of the topics that will be covered include spatial data structure, coordinate and projection systems, spatial data collection and integration, data generalization and classification, the functionality of GIS and different Geospatial Techniques, data integration, geographical analysis, and applications on urban, demographic, resource, environment, and social issues. The lectures and lab exercises will provide introductory knowledge, basic skills, and practical experience of GISciences and Techniques needed in research and professional work. This is a technology intensive course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 2040 Multicultural Geography of USA

    his course examines the geography of American racism and classism through the     lens of social science, integrating geography, history, political economy, and other factors that have and continue to shape America’s multicultural geographies. Issues of equality and justice will be addressed by examining the role of dominant social institutions such as the economy, government, political organizations, media and culture in determining the socioeconomic well-being and geographic realities of minoritized groups. Emphasis is placed on the roles of social institutions in shaping biases related to racism and classism issues and settlement structures. Social institutions are vehicles that support     common cultural goals and objectives. Social institutions can play both positive and     negative roles in shaping immigrant experiences and in preserving cultural values and beliefs. The course provides an overview of Post-World War II patterns of multicultural geographies within the United States, including the dramatic changes in U.S. immigration policies responsible for the visible and significant human geographies that have formed in the Post-WWII America.

    This course fulfills UCC Area 4-DJUS.
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • GEO 2100 Human Geography

    The course explores the basic principles of human geography. Major topics to be covered include population, language, economics, urbanization, industrialization, globalization, and the environment.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 2200 Environment and Humans

    This course is concerned with the way we interact with the world around us; the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to environmental problems we create. The course will also introduce students to major theories in human and environmental geography, and offer basic explanations for local, national, and global variation in human geographic aspects such as population, agriculture, biodiversity, resources (water, minerals, forests), atmospheric composition, global climate change, energy and waste management.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 2300 Global Population Issues

    This course introduces students to population concepts, theories, methods, issues, and their application to the constantly changing world around us. The course is organized into four parts as follows: The first part introduces students to major global population trends, perspectivesx of population growth, and sources of demographic data. The second part deals with demographic processes including world health, fertility, and migration transformations. The third part examines the effects of population processes such as mortality and migration on society. The fourth part analyzes the relationship between population and the environment at local, regional, and global scales.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3000 Political Geography

    This course covers the influence of such factors as location, size, form, surface, climate, natural resources, and population on the political development of nations and their roles in world politics.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3010 GIS Approach Global Challenges

    Humans live in a global community, with large-scale global challenges such as climate crisis events, pandemics, wars, global market crashes, etc. These problems have wide-spread impacts which can no longer be looked at from a local perspective. Geographical Information Sciences and Technologies are strong spatial tools designed to integrate qualitative and quantitative, multi-disciplinary data into a geodatabase; perform spatial, statistical, and comparative analyses; create models; and present the results in map form. GIS is capable of modeling the results of various courses of action and illuminating the best solution. In cross-cultural studies, it is used to compare and contrast access to healthcare, migration patterns or human rights around the world by incorporating data from anthropology, public health, political science, criminal justice, etc. This course will teach students to acquire data from sources outside of the usual sample sets, and learn to choose tools that will address the question, which will encourage students to take chances and find new ways to look at problems. This will not only provide a technical advantage for our students, but will also empower them to venture beyond application conventions in order to address global challenges in an inter-connected and drastically changing world. This class fulfills UCC Area 6 and is Technology Intensive.

      Prerequisite(s): GEO 2030  OR  GEO 2010  
    Credits: 3.0

  

  • GEO 3030 Remote Sensing

    This course introduces students to fundamental techniques in Remote Sensing and Aerial Photo Interpretation, the functions and capabilities of those techniques, and the application of these techniques in economic and demographic analyses and environmental planning and management. Topics to be covered include: basic elements of aerial photo interpretation, types and applications of aerial photography, photographic systems, digital images, data acquisition with remote sensing systems, aerial photo interpretation and measurement, image enhancement, geometric rectification, spectral enhancement, supervised and unsupervised classification, and integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1500  
    Credits: 4.0
  

  • GEO 3100 Trade and Transportation

    A study of the theory of international commodities trade; commercial policies and agreements among the world’s trading nations. The course also examines the role of transportation in determining movement and marketing of goods and international trade patterns, and payments. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1500  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3200 Cultural Geography

    Cultural geography is a subfield within human geography that deals with the study of cultural products and norms and their variations across and relations to spaces, places and regions. It looks at the characteristics of people in a location with respect to their language, religion, ethnicity, architecture, foods, clothing, and how these affect the environment. The course will discuss the nature and spatial distribution of major cultural features including population, migration, language, religion, ethnicity and political systems utlizing examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The problems resulting from the depletion, destruction, and inefficient use of resources such as energy, water, air, mineral, forests and soils in developing countires will also be addressed.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3210 Geography of the Global Economy

    Economic geography is a subfield of geography concerned with the spatial organization and distribution of economic activities, the use of the world’s resources, and the geographic structure and expansion of the world economy. The first part of the course will introduce students to major theories in economic geography. The second part will offer explanations for local, national, and regional variations in economic activites, resource utilization, economic growth and decline, wealth and poverty, and economic development problems.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3310 Geography of Asia

    This course focuses on a geographical overview and analysis of Asia as a major world region. It examines the physical, environmental, and human (historical, social, cultural, economic, demographic, and political) factors and processes that have shaped and continue to shape the region’s geography, and define its distinctiveness from other world regions. The course explores the nature, dynamics, and dimensions of the resources, population, urbanization, economic, social, cultural, and political relationships between Asia and other regions and addresses the contemporary concerns and issues in the process of globalization
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3320 Geography of Middle East

    This course focuses on a geographical analysis of the Middle East. It examines the natural (physical environment) and human ( cultural, social, economic,and political) factors that have shaped and continue to shape the region’s geography, and have helped to define it as a distinct region. This course also examines the region’s relationship with other world regions in an increasingly globalized world. Topics to be examined include the physcal environment, natural resources, environmental issues, population, settlement patterns, urban development, language, religion, and ethnicity, economic development, and geopolitical issues.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3330 Geography of Europe

    The course presents an analysis of Europe’s physical features, natural resources, cultural patterns, environmental and political problems, and economic potential. Emphasis is placed on Europe’s cultural, economic, and political spatial patterns relating to the economic problems of European nations. The course offers the opportunity to focus on the common characteristics and shared problems of the members of the European Union so as to enable participants to better examine the prospects and problems of the EU, in the context of geographic relationships underlying land utilization, boundary disputes, economic organization, and the dominant international relations of Europe and the global community.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3340 Geography of Africa in Global Perspective

    This course deals with aspects of human and physical geography of Africa. It is organized into four parts as follows: The first part will give an overview of the physical-environmental geography of Africa including analysis of the impacts of human activities on forest degradation and desertification. The second part examines the socio-cultural geography of Africa within the context of the region’s pre-colonial and colonial history, its diverse political systems, and cultures. The third part discusses the multidimensional and interconnected nature of the development process in Africa by examining the broad aspects of development including transportation, the urban sector, agriculture and industry. The fourth part evaluates Africa’s prospects in a new global economy.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3350 Geography of Latin America

    This course focuses on a geographical analysis of Latin America as a major world region.It examines the physical, environmental, and human (social, cultural, economic, demographic and political)factors that have shaped and continue to shape the region’s geography, and define its distinctiveness from other regions of the world. It also explores the nature, dyanamics, and dimensions of the social, economic, demographic, and political interactions between Latin America and other world regions (North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc)in the context of an increasingly globalized world, and the implications of these relationships for the geography of the region.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3360 Geography of the Commonwealth of Independent States

    This course pursues an understanding of those elements that characterize this dynamic region. Emphasis is placed on the changing concept of Russia and the former Soviet bloc in the global economy, recent reforms and trends in economic and political spheres, ethnic conflicts, relations between republics, and urban problems. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1500  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3380 Geography of US and Canada

    Canada and the United States share a common heritage and, historically, they have moved towards similar social and economic goals. These factors, along with geographical contiguity and proximity have produced a commonality of culture and mutual interdependence. Yet, there are clear-cut economic, demographic, and social differences between the two countries. This course provides a basis for understanding the United States and Canada by examining their geographical similarities and differences. Emphasis is placed on the identification and interpretation of spatial patterns and processes associated with physical environment and natural resources, economic structure, settlement patterns, population, immigration, land use, urbanization, and ethnicity at national, regional, and urban levels. This is a writing intensive course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3390 Geography of New Jersey

    The purpose of this course is to understand the environmental, economic, social, and demographic issues in the state of New Jersey from a geographic perspective. It is organized into two parts as follows: The first part examines the physical and human geographies of the state, and the factors that have shaped and continue to shape these geographies. Emphasis is given to the identification and interpretation of spatial patterns and processes associated with physical environment and natural resources, settlement patterns, population, demographic changes, economic structure and activities, industrial growth, land use, urban growth and development, and globalization. The second part examines the environmental, social, economic, and demographic issues and problems associated with the changing physical and human geographies of the state and how these issues and problems may be analyzed, understood, and addressed using geographic concepts, approaches, and methods.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3410 Geography of North American Cities

    This course examines North American cities and suburbs from a geography perspective. It is organized into three parts as follows. In the first part, students will be introduced to concepts and theories in urban geography. The second part examines major trends in the evolution and development of North American cities and the internal (spatial) structure and characteristics of these cities, including land use patterns, ecoomic activities, transportation, housing and social differentiation. The third part focuses on the demographic, economic, social, and environmental problems resulting from urban growth, and how urban policies and programs are formulated and implemented to address these problems.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3600 Geography of Hunger and Food Supply

    Introduces issues raised by large scale/global hunger. The course focuses on worldwide and local perspectives regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of hunger. Emphasis is placed on factors of accessibility to food; regional and cross-cultural aspects of food consumption patterns, production parameters, food distribution patterns; local, regional, and global food marketing, and the use of food as a weapon.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • GEO 4010 Computer Cartography

    The purpose of this course is to expose students to the concepts, methods, and applications involved iN Computer Mapping Techniques using Geographic Information Sciences (GIS). Some of the topics that will be covered include spatial data structure, coordinate and projection systems, spatial data collection, spatial data quality control, sources of data errors and accessing data quality, data generalization and classification, map projection and scale, mapping changes over time, Thematic mapping, mapping point phenomena, color and pattern, symbolization, data integration, the functionality of GIS, cartographic analysis, cartographic design, and applications on urban, demographic, resource, environment, and social issues. The lectures and lab exercises will provide introductory knowledge, basic skills, and practical experience of Computer Mapping Techniques needed in research and professional work. This is a technology intensive course. Students will be charged an additional Geography Lab Fee when enrolling in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4020 Research Methods in Geography

    Introductory quantitative methods for geographers. Mathematical analysis of spatial distributions and statistical relationships between geographic phenomena are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1110  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4030 Geographic Information Systems

    The purpose of this course is to expose students to the concepts, methods, and applications involved in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It combines an overview of the principles of GIS and practical experiences in the analytical use of spatial information. Some of the topics that will be covered include the components and functionality of GIS, GIS data structure, location and coordinate Systems, spatial data collection and integration, management and measurement of spatial data, single and multiple-layer operations, spatial correlation analysis, geographical analysis, and applications on urban, demographic, resource, environment, and social issues. During the semester, students will gain advanced knowledge and skills with GIS needed in their research and professional work. Prerequisite(s): GEO 4010  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4060 Climatology

    An examination of atmospheric processes and resulting patterns of world regional climates. Study of energy flux, atmospheric circulation, and atmospheric moisture to explain climate variation on the earth’s surface. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1600  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4120 Geography of Health and Disease

    Application of perspectives and methodologies of geography to the study of health systems, disease incidence, prevalence and diffusion, and health care distrubution. The course focuses on factors of health and well being, traditional and biomedicine and health systems, disease ecology, disease epidemiology, accessibility to factors of good and adequate health, and planning of health care delivery ssytems. Case studies include vector carried diseases, and technologically created health hazards. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1500  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4410 Urban Planning Issues

    This course focuses on an examination of key issues and problems arising from urban growth in America, their urban planning implications, and the programs and policies that have or can be implemented by local, state, and federal levels of government to address them. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1500  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4500 Internship in Geography

    This internship will provide qualified geography majors with a unique, practical learning experience outside the traditional academic environment; one where they can test theories, concepts, and methods in geography and urban studies introduced in the classroom. Internships may cover co-ops, temporary projects, and some full- or part-time jobs. For advanced majors only.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4650 Biogeography

    Spatial relationships of the living environment. A systems approach to functional processes, characteristics, and relationships of the ecological elements to water and vegetation. Includes both natural succession and man-induced changes, including pollution within the ecosystem. Prerequisite(s): GEO 1600  AND ENV 1150  
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4800 Senior Seminar

    Covers major topics in social research design and methodology and reviews historical development of geography as a discipline and a science. Geographic concepts and methods of analysis are applied to the study of a contemporary problem in our physical and human environments.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GEO 4990 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged with a faculty member.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

German
  

  • GER 1100 Basic German I

    Presents a communicative approach to the basic elements of the German language. Seeks to develop elementary proficiency in reading, writing, oral comprehension, and speaking. Places special emphasis on situational communication as well as upon thorough development of knowledge of grammatical structures. Students can only receive a grade higher than a C- in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GER 1110 Basic German II

    Continues the communicative approach to the basic elements of the German language. Further develops elementary proficiency in reading, writing, oral comprehension, and speaking. Places special emphasis on situational communication as well as upon thorough development of knowledge of grammatical structures. Prerequisite(s): GER 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GER 1200 Scientific German

    Designed for potential science majors and minors. Students receive guidance in reading current scientific and technological journals independently.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GER 2100 Intermediate German I

    Refinement and introduction to the subtlety of oral expression. Guided discussion of questions of topical interest. Reading of the more formal and intricate language of unedited texts; supplementary readings from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Prerequisite(s): GER 1110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GER 2110 Intermediate German II

    Development of free conversation with the aid of newspapers, magazines, tapes, recordings. Topics of contemporary interest provide a basis for an up-to-date, comprehensive view of Germany. Prerequisite(s): GER 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GER 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • GER 4990 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Global Business
  

  • GLBS 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • GLBS 4850 Practicum Global Business

    A course of study designed especially for the supervised practical application of previously studied theory in a group setting. Done under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and coordinated with a business organization. Prerequisite(s): FIN 4000  OR ECON 3700  OR MKT 3160  OR MGT 3090 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GLBS 4860 Business Case Writing

    This is a cross-disciplinary course that represents the second part of the 6-credit practicum Honors option, which must be conducted over two semesters and undertaken in the junior or senior year. It will be a core component of the Practicum Honors option. Honors Practicum credits will be applied towards major concentration requirements. The course involves writing an effective business case based on the consulting report or business plan completed in the practicum course. This course will be supervised by a mentor chosen from the Cotsakos College of Business Academically Qualified (AQ) faculty members who participated in the corresponding practicum course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GLBS 4900 Internship in Global Business

    This is a cooperative education/field work experience. The mission of the internship program is to provide students with a valuable employment experience by working, uninterrupted for a significant amount of time with a public, private, or governmental entity located in the student’s geographical area. Prerequisite(s): FIN 4000  OR ECON 3700  OR MKT 3160  OR MGT 3090 
    Credits: 3.0

Greek
  

  • GRK 1100 Classic Greek Beginner I

    An introductory course that provides the student the basic elements of classical Greek. Primary emphasis is on structure and morphology; the aim is a graded reading knowledge. Since classical Greek is a nonliving language, classes expose the student to translation of simple grammatical forms and sentences in order to develop an extensive vocabulary. Students can only receive a grade higher than a C- in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GRK 1110 Classical Greek Beginners II

    Probes deeper into the reading and translation of complex forms of classical Greek. Primary emphasis is on syntax. Students are exposed to simple readings and translations of famous works of classical writers and taught how to handle variations of words with the aid of a dictionary in order to translate written material. Prerequisite(s): GRK 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • GRK 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • GRK 4990 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

Hebrew
  

  • HEBR 1100 Basic Hebrew I

    The elements of Hebrew: elementary conversation, writing, fundamentals of grammar, and reading of simple texts. Students can only receive a grade higher than a C- in this course.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HEBR 1110 Basic Hebrew II

    Continuation of Hebrew I: readings of text of medium difficulty, conversation, and more complicated grammatical structure. Prerequisite(s): HEBR 1100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HEBR 2100 Intermediate Hebrew I

    Students are exposed to Hebrew literatures in the form of simplified literary selections. Grammatical fundamentals are extended to facilitate reading of the texts. Speaking ability is extended beyond basic conversation to the expression of a range of ideas. Prerequisite(s): HEBR 1110 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HEBR 2110 Intermediate Hebrew II

    A continuation of Intermediate Hebrew I including more advanced literature, grammar, and conversation. Prerequisite(s): HEBR 2100 
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HEBR 3990 Selected Topics

    A topic not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0
  

  • HEBR 4990 Independent Study

    As approved and to be arranged.
    Credits: 1.0 - 6.0

History
  

  • HIST 1000 The Well-Lived Life

    This course explores historical and contemporary memoirs from successful men and women in a wide range of fields, from contemporary and other time periods. We study people who reflect diversity in human experiences, backgrounds, and abilities. Our course readings and discussions examine how their autobiographies and advice offer inspiration, motivation, and perspectives on living for leading a successful, engaged, and full life. Some of our topics include use of tools for analyzing memoirs and understanding self-representations; interpreting individual experience in social and historical context; life lessons for learning from success and also from failure, overcoming obstacles, and identifying strategies for pursuing lifelong goals and dreams; as well as appreciating and reflecting on the many definitions of personal, professional, spiritual, and emotional success.

    This course ulfills UCC Area 1- Personal Well-Being. 
     
    Credits: 3.00

  

  • HIST 1010 Foundations of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Reformation

    The first of a two-semester sequence, this course covers the historical development of western civilization from the ancient Near East through the Protestant Reformation. Emphasis is placed on the formation of the Western cultural heritage.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 1020 The West and the World

    The second of a two-semester sequence, this course is designed to provide broad coverage of the shaping of the modern world. It traces political, intellectual, social, and economic developments and interactions between the West and the world from the voyages of discovery to decolonization.
    Credits: 3.0
  

  • HIST 1030 Foundations of Civilization

    This course provides broad coverage of the origins of human civilizations and their development through the 13th century CE in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Topics include: the comparative analysis of the origins of urban societies; the rise of imperial systems; the construction of ethnic, religious and philosophical identities; and conflict, trade, and communication among pre-modern societies. Writing-intensive sections of HIST 1030 will require students to submit approximately 12 pages of formal writing, including a research paper, Blackboard discussion questions, in-class writing, and/or reading logs and journals.This course Fulfills UCC area 3B. Prerequisite(s): BRI 1090  
    Credits: 3.0
 

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