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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

SUNY Oneonta offers students more than 1,400 courses—from Accounting to Zoology—from over 25 separate departments. Requirements for majors and minors and course descriptions are listed under the departments that offer them; and these departments are arranged in alphabetical order. See the “Course Index” for details.

Please note that requirements, courses, and course descriptions are subject to change after publication of this catalog. Contact the appropriate departments for updated information. Also note that some course descriptions have been edited for clarity and consistency. Complete descriptions are available from the instructors or the departments concerned.

Key to Course Descriptions

Abbreviation   Meaning
(PACT)   Activity course in Health & Fitness
(LA)   Liberal Arts (course is a Liberal Arts offering)
SUSF   Sustainability Focused Courses
AWR   Advanced Writing Requirement (pending)
s.h.   Semester Hour(s)
SoS   Sophomore standing
JrS   Junior standing
SrS   Senior standing

Course Numbering System

001 - 099   No credit; usually developmental in nature.
100 - 199   Lower-division undergraduate-level courses.
200 - 299   Upper-division intermediate undergraduate-level courses.
300 - 499   Upper-division advanced courses.
500 - 699   Graduate-level courses.
 

Italian
  

  • ITAL 101 - Introductory Italian I 3 s.h.

    Italian for beginners: for students who have studied no more than 2 years of high school Italian. Studies basic language skills, including comprehension, speaking, reading and writing, with emphasis on the present tense.
    LA
    FL3
  

  • ITAL 102 - Introductory Italian II 3 s.h.

    A continuation of ITAL 101 , including a review of basics covered in ITAL 101 . Continues study of basic language skills, including comprehencion, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on past tense.
    LA
    FL3
    Prerequisite(s): ITAL 101 .
  

  • ITAL 112 - Elementary Italian Conversation 3 s.h.

    Designed to help students improve their conversational abilities from the elementary to intermediate level. Includes class discussions, role-playing, debates and oral presentations. Some written work required, study of idiomatic expressions, vocabulary and some attention to grammatical structures. May be repeated for up to 6 s.h. of credit.
    LA
    FL3
    Prerequisite(s): ITAL 102  or equivalent.
  

  • ITAL 299 - Independent Study 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.

    Individual study of literature or culture in Italian under faculty supervision. May be repeated in successive semesters with different topics.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): ITAL 201 or ITAL 202.