May 17, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Listings


SUNY Oneonta offers students more than 1,700 courses to choose from. Requirements for majors and minors and course descriptions are listed under the departments that offer them, and these departments are arranged in alphabetical order.

Please note that requirements, courses, and course descriptions are subject to change after publication of this catalog. Contact the appropriate departments for updated information. 

Key to Course Listings

Abbreviation   Meaning
(LA)   Liberal Arts (course is a Liberal Arts offering)
OCS   Oral Communication Skills
SUSF   Sustainability Focused Courses
s.h.   Semester Hour(s)
SoS   Sophomore standing
JrS   Junior standing
SrS   Senior standing

Course Numbering System

0001 - 0099   Developmental Coursework/Non-Credit Courses
1000 - 1999   Courses appropriate for undergraduate students in their first year of study
2000 - 2999   Courses appropriate for undergraduate students in their second year of study
3000 - 3999   Courses appropriate for undergraduate students in their third year of study
4000 - 4999   Courses appropriate for undergraduate students in their fourth or fifth year of study
5000 - 6999   Graduate-level coursework
 

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 1194 - Special Topics in Accounting 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    A specially-designed introductory investigation and analysis of an accounting issue(s) or problem(s) of general interest. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
  
  • ACCT 2100 - Financial Accounting 3 s.h.


    Examination of internal financial data of the firm. Areas of study include financial statements, (balance sheet and income statement, statement of cash flows); working papers; purchases and sales of merchandise; cash and accounts receivable; inventories; corporations; long-lived assets. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer.
  
  • ACCT 2101 - Corporate Financial Accounting 1 s.h.


    A concentrated study of the fundamental accounting for corporate transactions, including formation, operation, issuance of long term debt and equity transactions. To provide a transition from Principles of Accounting I to ACCT 2122 - Managerial Accounting 3 s.h.   A-E Only.
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 110E.
  
  • ACCT 2122 - Managerial Accounting 3 s.h.


    This course identifies how accounting can help business persons to operate effectively. Topics include an introduction to management programs and techniques, manufacturing accounting, cost volume profit analysis, variable costing, budget preparation, standard costs, segment reporting, decision making problems, and pricing products and services. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2100  or (ACCT 110E and ACCT 2101 ) or (ACCT 110E and 120E) with a grade of “C” or better and (INTD 1107  or CSCI 1000 ).
  
  • ACCT 2294 - Special Topics in Accounting 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    A specially-designed systematic investigation and analysis of an accounting issue(s) or problem(s) of contemporary public interest. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
  
  • ACCT 2299 - Independent Study in Accounting 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    Individual studies under faculty supervision. Admission approval of the dean and instructor involved.
    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2122 , 2.5 overall & major GPA, and SoS.
  
  • ACCT 3225 - Cost Accounting 3 s.h.


    A study of cost accounting systems and procedures with emphasis on planning and control. Major topics include: cost information system accumulation procedures, factory overhead, materials, labor, profits, cost volume profit analysis, flexible budget, and variance analysis. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    Prerequisite(s): SoS, ACCT 2122  with a “C” or better and a major in PACC, BSAD, BSEC, or ECON.
  
  • ACCT 3311 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 s.h.


    Financial accounting theory and practice with emphasis on the underlying conceptual framework and theoretical foundation of accounting, review of the accounting cycle and financial statements. Additional topics covered are accounting and reporting for receivables, inventory, plant and equipment, current and non-current liabilities. Written assignments will consist of using word processing and spreadsheet software in preparing memoranda and reports concerning contemporary financial accounting topics, and responses to issues raised in the textbook, cases and Internet research. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS, ACCT 2100  or (ACCT 110E and ACCT 2101 ) or (ACCT 110E and ACCT 120E) with a C or better, and a major in PACC, BSAD, BSEC, or ECON.
  
  • ACCT 3312 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 s.h.


    A continuation of ACCT 3311  with emphasis on accounting and reporting for dilutive securities, stockholders’ equity, earnings per share, investments in debt and equity securities, special revenue recognition methods, deferred income taxes, pensions, capital leases, accounting changes, corrections of accounting errors, cash flow statement, interim financial reporting, and financial statement disclosures. Written assignments will consist of using word processing and spreadsheet software in preparing memoranda and reports concerning contemporary financial accounting topics, and responses to issues raised in the textbook, cases and Internet research. A-E Only. Offered Spring only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS, ACCT 3311  with a “C” or better and a major in PACC, BSAD, BSEC, or ECON.
  
  • ACCT 3394 - Special Topics in Accounting 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    A specially-designed advanced level systematic investigation and analysis of an accounting issue(s) or problem(s). Pass/Fail Option.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS and ACCT 3312 . 
  
  • ACCT 3397 - Accounting Internship 1 s.h. - 15 s.h.


    The course is designed to allow a student to obtain credits for a meaningful work experience in accounting. Credit will be evaluated by the internship coordinator at the rate of one credit for every forty hours of participation. Students must meet with the internship coordinator to determine the specifics of each individual program prior to registration and to assure compliance with School and College policies pertaining to internships. The course will not count toward the credit hour requirement of the student’s major. Admission by approval of the dean. Pass/Fail Only.
    Prerequisite(s): See College minimum requirements, 12 s.h. of ACCT, JrS, and 2.5 overall and major GPA.
  
  • ACCT 4321 - Advanced Accounting 3 s.h.


    Accounting principles, concepts, and procedures applicable to partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and consolidated financial statements; fundamental aspects of international accounting principles. Students will be expected to do all hand-in homework problems in properly formatted electronic spreadsheets. Other written assignments will consist of using word processing software in preparing memoranda and letters to hypothetical clients to answer questions regarding contemporary advanced account ing topics, and responses to issues raised in textbook or handout cases and Internet research. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS, ACCT 3312  with a “C” or better and PACC major.
  
  • ACCT 4322 - Federal Taxation—Individuals 3 s.h.


    Applications of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, Revenue Rulings, and federal court decisions affecting individual taxpayers (including self-employed). Topics covered include a brief overview of the important concepts underlying taxation, legislation and court decisions which led to enactment of the 16th amendment providing for the constitutionality of an income tax; income inclusions and exclusions; deductions; ordinary losses; tax credits; capital gains and losses; property transactions, and retirement plans. Tax return preparation using professional software and tax research for compliance and planning. Writing assignments will consist of preparing letters and reports to hypothetical tax clients and memos for working papers and supervisors to present findings and conclusions resulting from research relating to compliance, IRS audits, and tax planning. Students will be expected to use word processing, spreadsheets, and other professional software for these assignments. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS,  ACCT 3311  with a “C” or better and PACC major.
  
  • ACCT 4323 - Federal Taxation—Business Entities 3 s.h.


    Applications of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, Revenue Rulings, and federal court decisions that relate to formation, operation, and liquidation of C and S Corporations, Partnerships, and Trusts. The course also covers an introduction to mergers and acquisitions, taxes on estates and gifts, and taxation of foreign source income. Tax research for compliance and planning. Writing assignments will consist of preparing letters and reports to hypothetical tax clients and memos for working papers and supervisors to present findings and conclusions resulting from research relating to compliance, IRS audits, and tax planning. Students will be expected to use word processing, spreadsheets, and other professional software for these assignments. A-E Only. Offered Spring only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS, ACCT 4322  and ACCT 3312  both with a “C” or better and PACC major.
  
  • ACCT 4333 - Accounting for Government and Non-Profit Organizations 3 s.h.


    An introduction to accounting for governmental and nonprofit organizations. The course covers the accounting and reporting requirements for the various funds and account groups used by governmental units, including the use of budgetary and encumbrance accounting along with the dual perspective financial reporting for governmental entities. This course includes accounting and reporting for college and universities, voluntary health care and welfare organizations, and other governmentally and non-governmental operated nonprofit organizations. A-E Only. Offered Spring only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS,  ACCT 3312  with a “C” or better and PACC major.
  
  • ACCT 4335 - Accounting Information Systems 3 s.h.


    This course studies the subject of accounting from a systems perspective. Emphasis is placed on computer-based accounting systems. Topics include systems terminology and documentation, database management, internal control of information systems, and transaction processing cycles. Intended for students pursuing a career as professional accountants. Use of database software, spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation software required. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS,  ACCT 3312  with a “C” or better, either (INTD 1106 , INTD 1107 , & INTD 1108 ) or CSCI 1000 , and a major in PACC, BSAD, BSEC, or ECON.
  
  • ACCT 4390 - Auditing 3 s.h.


    Concepts, principles and pronouncements of the Auditing Standards Board applied to the independent auditor’s attest and assurance function—an examination of a company’s financial statements for the purpose of expressing an opinion as to whether they are presented fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Primary topics covered are: types of audit opinions; professional ethics; legal responsibility; planning the audit; risk exposure, analysis, and management; audit evidence. A great deal of emphasis is placed on understanding and applying analytical and substantive tests and procedures to support the audit objectives for transaction cycles and account balances. Also, covered is the reporting function for compilations, reviews, and other special engagements. Computer applications, written and oral communication skills are an integral part of this course. Required written assignments focus on cases, course content, preparing professional memoranda, internet based research and analysis, and other writing assignments as determined by the instructor. A-E Only. Offered Spring only.
    Prerequisite(s): SrS, ACCT 4335  and  ACCT 3312  both with a “C” or better, and PACC major.

Africana and Latinx Studies

  
  • ALS 1000 - Black and Latinx Experiences 3 s.h.


    A general introduction to African-American and Latinx experiences focusing on the U.S. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    BC3
  
  • ALS 1994 - Special Topics in Africana and Latinx Studies 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    A focus on current, controversial, interdisciplinary, or specialized topics relating to the African-American and Latinx experience. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
  
  • ALS 2030 - Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 s.h.


    Prehistory, cultural background, and culture patterns of selected Indian, Mestizo, and Creole groups in island and mainland societies. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with ANTH 2030 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2050 - African-American Literature 3 s.h.


    A study of works by African-American writers since 1890. The forms studied will include novels, short stories, plays, and poems. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALIT 2050 .
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALS 2070 - Postcolonial Literature and Culture: Africa 3 s.h.


    This course examines postcolonial literature culturally, thematically, and theoretically. Students read writers who have responded to the impact of colonialism in such geographies as North, West, and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. The cultural legacies of British and French imperialism and expressions of resistance to it are explored. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with WLIT 2070 .
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALS 2072 - African Atlantic: Popular Culture 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    This course explores popular culture in Africa and among African diasporic communities in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe. All forms of expression—music, film, drama, video-television and popular writing—are covered but the emphasis of a particular semester may vary. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2073 - Hip-Hop Culture 3 s.h.


    An exploration of Hip-Hop culture, its origins in African American and Latinx music, dance and poetry, Asian martial arts, and experimental art forms. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    LA
  
  • ALS 2080 - African-Americans and Latinx in Film and Television 3 s.h.


    A critical survey of Blacks and Latinx in film and television. Special attention is given to their images as portrayed in major films and television programs. A-E Only. Offered alternate years.
    LA
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2110 - Women, Race, and the Law 3 s.h.


    This course uses written text and cinematic text to explore the legal conditions of gender and women in diverse contemporary transnational contexts. More specifically the course addresses how laws map out gender, women’s rights and social and ideological symbols. The course emphasizes the ways in which legal definitions and representations of women have been understood in terms of race, religion, occupation and constitutional rights. Coursework and class discussions will be grounded in feminist and cultural theories and critical legal studies. A-E Only.
    LA
    Cross-listed with WGS 2110 .
    Prerequisite(s): WGS 1000  or ALS 3255  or ALS 2730 .
  
  • ALS 2262 - Topics in Racism 3 s.h.


    The course examines different topics in western racism from the 16th century to the present. The approach is multidisciplinary and covers issues such as the idea of race, the US legal system and race, segregation, busing, reparations, the US census and race, etc. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every two to three years.
    LA
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2504 - Introduction to African History 3 s.h.


    An introduction to African history from antiquity to the present. Ancient and medieval trading empires, the impact of the slave trade and colonialism are all treated along with some attention to current issues in Africa. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with HIST 2504 .
  
  • ALS 2510 - Cultures of Pan Africanism 3 s.h.


    This course examines the intellectual, social and political movements among Africans and African Diasporic peoples who have advocated the political unity or solidarity of all people of African descent. The course will cover pan-African origins among nineteenth century pan-Africanists in the USA and Caribbean, the post WWI Pan-African Congress movement, the interwar anti-colonial arts movements in Western Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa (including negritude) as well as later intercontinental connections due to the influence of Frantz Fanon, Black Power in the USA and pan-Africanism in West Africa. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2560 - African Politics 3 s.h.


    This is a comparative political study of Africa south of the Sahara. Special emphasis is placed on the unique problems connected with the independence and post-independence period of a number of new African states. Political problems of the emerging nations, especially the role of the multinational corporations, will be discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with POLS 2560 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. POLS.
  
  • ALS 2580 - Latin American Politics 3 s.h.


    A comparative analysis of selected Latin American political systems. The course will focus upon the manner in which political interests are articulated and aggregated, the functions and structure of governments, and the capabilities of systems in meeting the demands placed upon them. Particular attention will be given to the connection between political structure and culture. A-E Only.
    LA
    Cross-listed with POLS 2580 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2600 - Urban Philosophical Dilemmas 3 s.h.


    This course is designed to answer questions relevant to urban America, questions that have been largely ignored by academic philosophers. For instance: Is it morally wrong to snitch on your friends? If you’re from “the hood” (whatever that might be), is it morally/politically/socially wrong to want to leave it? What are the epistemological assumptions of keepin’ it real (or is this just an empty rhetorical phrase)? If you’re out to get bling bling, are you contributing to the capitalist system that often oppresses the traditionally underrepresented? At what point do artists and musicians stop being gritty and raw and start being parodies and stereotypes? A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OCS
    BC3
    H3
    Cross-listed with PHIL 2600 .
  
  • ALS 2720 - History of Crime and Prisons 3 s.h.


    This course draws on African American, Women/Gender, LGBTQ Studies, legal, social, cultural, and political history to explore the convergent racial, gender, economic, and sexual ideas and practices that animate criminal activity, prison reform, and penal administration from colonial times to the present. Students engage with primary/secondary sources as historians, critically analyzing the evolution of crime and punishment. Ultimately, students acquire knowledge of the mutually sustaining forces of crime and the prison-industrial system, and think critically and creatively about ways to address the social problems linked to both institutions. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 2720 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. of lower division ALS or HIST course.
  
  • ALS 2730 - Race, Gender, Class, and Culture 3 s.h.


    This course uses interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to examine how race, gender, class, and culture intersect in the lives of women and men in various Africana and Latinx societies and cultures primarily in the United States. Attention is focused on the historical, economic, and political context that underlie race, gender, class, and ethnic-based inequalities that persist in contemporary societies. By exploring individual and community experiences, we assess the dynamic variation in racial-ethnic, class, and gender identities. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OW3
  
  • ALS 2994 - Special Topics in Africana and Latinx Studies 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    A focus on current, controversial, interdisciplinary, or specialized topics relating to the African-American and Latinx experience. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 2999 - Independent Study in Africana and Latinx Studies 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    Focused research designed to sharpen skills involving critical analysis involving Africana and Latinx experiences. Study may involve the use of a foreign language, fieldwork, or research. Culminates in a final paper or research project. A-E Only. Offered as needed.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3051 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 s.h.


    A study of Black writers in Harlem between 1920 and 1929. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALIT 3051 .
    Prerequisite(s): JrS; COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 ALS 2730  or LITR 3050 .
  
  • ALS 3057 - Modern Black Literature 3 s.h.


    A study of Black Literature written since 1950, using fiction, essays, poetry, and biography (or autobiography) to illustrate the development and influence of contemporary Black writers. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with WLIT 3057 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS; COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALS 3060 - Latinx Drama: Teatro Campesino 3 s.h.


    This is an interdisciplinary course on Latinx dramatic works that reflects the experiences, struggles and successes of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Cubans, and Central and South Americans primarily in the US. Four primary themes include race, class, gender and sexuality; and the politics of identity as reflected in drama. A-E Only. Offered Fall only.
    LA
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3070 - Contemporary Black Social and Political Thought 3 s.h.


    A survey of the political and social theories underpinning the struggle for liberation, legitimacy, and upliftment in the African diaspora, primarily the U.S. This course will examine such political and social issues as nationalism and separatism, the concept of race and identity, the problems of political representation, the notion of black authenticity and solidarity, the unsettled issues of colorism, interracial dialogue and relationships, reparations and social justice, and the influences of Marxism, Christian Socialism, and the growing black conservative movement. Readings will include selections from Du Bois, Alaine Locke, Frantz Fanon, King, Cornel West, M.E. Dyson, Lani Guinier, and others. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with POLS 3070 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3086 - African-American Women Writers 3 s.h.


    This course is intended to acquaint students with the history and representative writings of African American women writers from the 19th century to the present, and celebrates the great tradition of African American women writers, from Phyllis Wheatley to Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, and Ntozake Shange. Seeking to increase our understanding of the particular obstacles, issues and social injustice faced by African-American women, as well as the richness, complexity and diversity of their writing, we will explore the poetry and fiction of writers both famous and little known, discovering their contribution to American Literature, to African American and Women’s literature, and to social critique and social consciousness over the years. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALIT 3086 
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALS 3170 - Black Hollywood 3 s.h.


    This course analyzes the role Hollywood film productions played in either cementing or deconstructing anti-Black imagery popularized during the 19th and 20th century. The course provides a comparative examination of how White and Black filmmakers visualized and produced the Black aesthetic and how actors and actresses portrayed blackness in film productions throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Films analyzed in the course include: The Birth of Nation, Within Our Gates, The Blood of Jesus, Veiled Aristocrats, Pinky, A Patch of Blue, The Dutchman, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Claudine, The Color Purple, Do the Right Thing, Boyz in the Hood, Malcolm X, Moonlight, and BlacKkKlansman. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
  
  • ALS 3175 - South Africa: Race and Resistance Since 1800 3 s.h.


    This course covers the period after the British succeeded the Dutch as rulers of Cape Colony, examining aspects of frontier engagements between Africans and colonizers, the effects of a mining-industrial economy and African resistance to the white state. Resistance to the South African racial formation will be discussed in its myriad expressions: labor, religious, artistic, new social groups. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with HISW 3175 
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3176 - History of Slavery 3 s.h.


    A study of the institution of slavery, its origins, continuance, and contemporary residuals. Special attention is given to the Western Hemisphere. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Fall only.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with HISW 3176 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3255 - Marked Bodies 3 s.h.


    This course examines the relationship between power and bodies. Specifically, this course will be interested in sexed, gendered, and ethno-raced bodies. The course seeks to discuss the ways oppressive inequalities, deviance, and crime are constructed around particular bodies by the use of power. It also considers the human and structural consequences of this, as manifested through oppression, privilege, and inequalities through embodiment. Discussions include a theoretical understanding of power and of violence, the inclusion/exclusion of certain bodies, the normalization/abnormalization of somebodies, the production of structures that favor and promote certain bodies and not others, old and emerging practices of body modification and sculpting, the visibility/invisibility of various body types, the relationship of our bodies to new sciences and technologies and governmental institutions including the police, legislature, and judiciary. A-E Only. Offered every two years.
    LA
  
  • ALS 3271 - Colonial Latin America 3 s.h.


    This course surveys the history of the Americas from 1492 until 1812. Major topics include pre-Columbian society in the Americas; the Spanish Conquest; the impact of disease on the indigenous populations & the creation of the New World. Major themes will include gender, family, the birth of individualism, and religion. We will try to get to the heart of this fascinating but painful story through a careful consideration of these themes over the course of the semester. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with HISW 3271 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3272 - Modern Latin America 3 s.h.


    This course surveys the history of Latin America from 1812 to the present day. Topics include the politics of the nineteenth-century; the abolition of slavery; urbanization and urban unrest; twentieth- century revolutions, the cold war; and contemporary unrest. We will read Latin American writing and consider Latin American culture in order to form an understanding of how the majority of the Americas lives its life. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with HISW 3272 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3342 - Music Cultures of the World 3 s.h.


    In addition to discussing theoretical elements of the music of various cultures, discussions and readings will promote consideration of the social, historical, religious and economic constructs in which these musics exist. The course will consist of class lectures/ discussions, musical demonstrations and hands-on application of several elements of the music studied. A-E Only. Offered annually.
    LA
    Cross-listed with MUSC 3342 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3449 - History of the U.S. in the Sixties 3 s.h.


    The course examines the political, cultural, and social changes in the United States during the turbulent decade of the 1960’s. Topics include civil rights, the women’s movement, expansion of the welfare state, the war in Vietnam, the formation and demise of the liberal consensus, the emergence of the counter-culture, and the conservative backlash. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3449 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3520 - Latinx: Cultures on the Move 3 s.h.


    Survey of the migration and immigration of Latinx to and within the United States. The course examines the cultural changes induced by the immigration patterns of Mexican- Americans/Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Cubans, and other Central and South American peoples to the US. In addition to the specific immigration histories of these groups, attention is paid to the economic and political forces that push and pull individuals and groups to migrate within the context of changes to US immigration laws since the mid-19th century. A-E Only. Offered every two or three years.
    LA
    BC3
    OW3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3553 - Graffiti & Street Art in the Francophone World 3 s.h.


    This course examines graffiti and street art from around the world, with a special focus on works produced in the French-speaking world (Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe).  We will consider graffiti and street art from a variety of perspectives: marginalized cultures, youth culture, punk, hip-hop, the intersections between local and international communities, as criminal activity, political protest, and as art. Students will do original research with online and/or in-situ graffiti. Taught in English. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Cross-listed with FREN 3553 .
  
  • ALS 3630 - Latin American Political Theory 3 s.h.


    This course is a survey of the various political ideologies associated with Latin America. We will begin with the colonization of the Americas by the Europeans and end with the Liberation Theology movement in the 1990’s. The course will place great significance on the Latin American struggle for recognition (and freedom) from Europe, as well as the United States. We will also spend considerable time considering issues such as colonialism (and post-colonialism), the slave trade, the decimation of the native populations, the various Christian missionary creeds, and the impact of the Europeans on the environment. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    BC3
    OW3
    Cross-listed with PHIL 3630 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3640 - Citizenship, Democracy, and Identity 3 s.h.


    This course considers the relationship between citizenship, democracy, and identity. We will examine what constitutes citizenship and how it is shaped by race, but also ethnicity, gender, class, and religion; how identity is constituted and shaped by race and these other contingent and non-contingent factors; and how citizenship and identity intersect in a democracy through forms of legitimate political representation, means of communication and participation, protest, pluralism, multiculturalism, identity politics, and voting. This course is encouraged for those considering careers in public affairs, international relations, social work, journalism, law, business, or education. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    BC3
    H3
    Cross-listed with PHIL 3640 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3650 - Philosophy of Protest 3 s.h.


    This course is meant to examine the philosophical issues involved in the process of protest. Primarily, we will look at the development of a theory of righteous protest that coincides with the rise of democratic governance during the Enlightenment. This then gives rise to the idea of civil disobedience as the proper method for legitimate protest, as opposed to the destructive and damaging means of armed rebellion, as witnessed mainly in the French Revolution. But historical events like John Brown’s raid and Nat Turner’s rebellion complicate matters. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OCS
    BC3
    H3
    Cross-listed with PHIL 3650 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3703 - Slavery and Resistance 3 s.h.


    This course explores the social, political, cultural, labor, and gender history of African Americans beginning with African origins and concluding with the Reconstruction era. Through the analysis of primary and secondary sources, students examine black women’s, men’s, and children’s experiences of the Middle Passage, the development of plantation slavery, the lives of free and enslaved blacks in the North and South, slave culture and resistance, interracial cooperation and conflict, African-American participation in the American Revolution and Civil War, slavery’s abolition, and Reconstruction. Major themes include African- American survival under and resistance to institutional oppression; alliances and interactions with whites and non-black people of color; African American interactions with non-black; class, gender, sexual, and political conflict among blacks; and personal identity, family, and community formation. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Fall only.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3703 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3704 - Jim Crow to Black Power 3 s.h.


    This course explores the social, political, cultural, labor, and gender history of African Americans since 1865. Through the analysis of primary and secondary sources, students examine: black women’s, men’s, and children’s experiences during and after Reconstruction; the lives of blacks in the Jim Crow South and those who migrated North and West; racial violence and anti- racist activism; black literature, music, and political thought; African American participation in U.S. government wars; the mid-20th century Civil Rights Movement; the urban rebellions of the 1960s; pan-Africanism; black feminism; and the Black Power Movement. Major themes include: African American survival under and resistance to institutional oppression; alliances and interactions with white and non-black people of color; class, gender, sexuality and political conflict among blacks; and personal identity, family, and community formation. By the end of the course, students gain an understanding of the various ways in which African Americans envisioned and pursued freedom as well as resisted efforts to limit or wrest freedom from them. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Spring only.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3704 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3705 - African Americans and Islam 3 s.h.


    This course examines the history of Islam in the African American experience from the first Anglo-American settlements in North America to the present. Islam and Islamic cultural and spiritual symbolism have intersected with African American communities since before the founding of the United States. By providing students with the intellectual and academic proficiency to analyze the complex history of African Americans Islam and Muslims, the class will enable students to understand the significant contribution African Americans Islam and Muslims have made to contemporary American Muslim communities and the larger hegemonic American society. A-E Only. Offered annually.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3705 
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. of lower division ALS or HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3725 - LGBTQ U. S. Communities of Color 3 s.h.


    This course draws primarily on the history of sexuality, Women’s and Gender, African Americans, Latinx, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, People Indigenous to the Americas, Arab Americans, and Whiteness, in order to explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people’s (lgbtqi) experiences in the United States from the colonial era to the present. In this course, students examine the ways in which discourses on sexuality and gender are fundamentally and inextricably enmeshed with race, class, ability, ethnicity, national identity, immigration status, and religion. Students also explore lgbtqi identity and community formation, racial, class, and ethnic conflict among lgbtqi people, the use of violence to repress homoeroticism and gender nonconformity, and the ways in which lgbtqi communities of color endured despite systematic oppression. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3725  and WGS 3725 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. lower division HIST course.
  
  • ALS 3788 - Borderlands: Latinx in the U.S. 3 s.h.


    This course explores the history of the Spanish colonization of northern Mexico and what is today the southwestern United States. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Cross-listed with HISA 3788 .
  
  • ALS 3830 - International Political Economy 3 s.h.


    A systematic and in-depth analysis of international political economy focusing on both state and non-state actors. Special emphases on multinational corporations in terms of their operating methods, goals and impact; multilateral organizations including the WTO, IMF, and GATT; and issues of government control. Examines issues of sovereignty, free trade, currency devaluations, labor unions, and the environment from several theoretical perspectives. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
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    Cross-listed with POLS 3830 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS or 3 s.h. POLS.
  
  • ALS 3994 - Special Topics in Africana and Latinx Studies 3 s.h.


    A focus on current, controversial, interdisciplinary, or specialized topics relating to the African-American and Latinx experience. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALS 3995 - Teaching Assistantship in Africana and Latinx Studies 3 s.h.


    This course will allow qualified students to serve as a Teaching Assistant for an ALS course. They will aid the instructor in leading discussion sections, advising fellow students on papers, research and exam preparation. In addition to these tasks at the end of the semester the student will prepare a report on their experience. The course gives students a sense of how scholarship is used in the classroom and how courses are designed. Pass/Fail Only. Offered as needed.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS; see College minimum teaching assistantship requirements.
  
  • ALS 3997 - Africana and Latinx Studies Internship 1 s.h. - 15 s.h.


    The ALS internship is designed to augment the ALS major or minor by providing students with the opportunity to work and learn in a setting that allows for the practical applications of their studies. The ALS internship involves work experience with a nonprofit agency, government. or a business that primarily serves the Africana or Latinx population. This includes community and social service organizations, governmental research and advocacy agencies, educational programs for children or adults such as literacy programs, or businesses. Pass/Fail Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    Prerequisite(s): JrS; minimum GPA of 2.0.
  
  • ALS 4353 - Sex & Race in Science & Technology 3 s.h.


    Women & People of Color have a special, complex & complicated relationship with science & technology. In historical moments they have been ignored & made invisible by science and technology, in others made objects without agency. Their experiences & their critique of these will be the object of this course which will seek to interrogate these histories & relationships as we consider how science & technology have treated sexed, gendered, ethno-raced, disabled individuals & groups, and how they; in their turn have, & are transforming the workings of science and technology. Topics will include the politics of health & normalcy, hormones, genes and productions of gender & identity; reflections on science & technologies as alienating or constitutive, as disconnecting or empowering, as producers of materiality & meaning, language of science, language in science & technology, Feminist and Critical Race critiques of Science & Technology, controversies over transplants, implants, conception, reproduction, surrogacy, immunity, immunization, contested illnesses & so on. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    Prerequisite(s): ALS 2730  or ALS 3255 
  
  • ALS 4500 - Political Development: Problems of Nation-Building 3 s.h.


    An intensive study of political development in the developing world focusing on issues of civil society, state legitimacy, and political economy. Comparative examination of themes, including traditionalism and modernization, political culture, ethnic divisions, and economic development. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    BC3
    Cross-listed with POLS 4500 .
    Prerequisite(s): JrS.
  
  • ALS 4998 - Senior Seminar in Africana and Latinx Studies 3 s.h.


    Brings together various theoretical and methodological approaches associated with the study of the African-American and Latinx communities in the U.S. A-E Only. Offered once a year.
    LA
    BC3
    Prerequisite(s): JrS.

American Literature

  
  • ALIT 2000 - American Literature to 1865 3 s.h.


    Survey of the major writers of America from colonial days to the Civil War. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Fall only.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 .
  
  • ALIT 2001 - American Literature 1865 – Present 3 s.h.


    Survey of the major writers of America from the Civil War to the present. Pass/Fail Option. Offered Spring only.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 .
  
  • ALIT 2007 - Survey of Environmental Literature 3 s.h.


    There are two main components to this course. The first is a survey of American environmental literature (or nature writing) that will consider such topics as American attitudes towards nature and the wilderness, ecological history, the spiritual aspects of nature writing, literary movements such as Romanticism and Transcendentalism, the effects of nature writers on the growth of the conservation, and environmental movements and modern developments in literary environmentalism. The second component of the course will center on your own experiences in and writings about nature, as well as your research and ideas regarding the writers and works discussed in class. In both cases, our considerations will focus on nature and how we—both as individuals and as a species—interact with our environment. As befits a course on nature, outdoor experiences including field trips to sites such as Walden Pond or Slabsides (John Burrough’s writing cabin) will be included as part of the curriculum. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 2050 - African-American Literature 3 s.h.


    A study of works by African-American writers since 1890. The forms studied will include novels, short stories, plays, and poems. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALS 2050 .
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALIT 2094 - Special Topics in American Literature 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    Study of an area not covered by regular course offerings. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 2099 - Independent Study in American Literature 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    Special studies under department supervision for students who have shown unusual ability in English and other areas. May be continued in successive semesters. Admission by consent of department chair and instructor involved. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 ; COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 ; and permission of instructor.
  
  • ALIT 3010 - American Poetry 3 s.h.


    A study of works of significant poets from Dickinson through World War II. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 3016 - Modern American Fiction 3 s.h.


    Study of American fiction from the turn of the century to World War II. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 3017 - Contemporary American Fiction 3 s.h.


    Study of American fiction from World War II to the present. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 3026 - Contemporary American Poetry 3 s.h.


    Reading and discussion of contemporary poetry, with consideration of the function of poets in the contemporary scene. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 3040 - The American Renaissance 3 s.h.


    Study of American literature from about 1820 until 1860, including works by Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, Cooper, Whitman, Dickinson, and others. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 , and LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 .
  
  • ALIT 3051 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 s.h.


    A study of Black writers in Harlem between 1920 and 1929. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALS 3051 .
    Prerequisite(s): JrS; COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 ; ALS 2730  or LITR 3050 .
  
  • ALIT 3080 - Jack London 3 s.h.


    This course focuses on a well-known American author. London’s life is an essential part of his literary work—in fiction, non-fiction and journalism—and the course will contextualize London within the turbulent period from 1880 to WWI. Readings of primary texts and secondary sources will provide material for class discussions. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
  
  • ALIT 3086 - African-American Women Writers 3 s.h.


    This course is intended to acquaint students with the history and representative writings of African American women writers from the 19th century to the present, and celebrates the great tradition of African American women writers, from Phyllis Wheatley to Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, and Ntozake Shange. Seeking to increase our understanding of the particular obstacles, issues and social injustice faced by African-American women, as well as the richness, complexity and diversity of their writing, we will explore the poetry and fiction of writers both famous and little known, discovering their contribution to American Literature, to African American and Women’s literature, and to social critique and social consciousness over the years. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Cross-listed with ALS 3086 .
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  or ALS 1000 .
  
  • ALIT 4003 - The Literature of Imprisonment 3 s.h.


    A survey of the thematics of captivity, enslavement, and imprisonment as they inform the American literary experience. Topic coverage to include authors such as Mary Rowlandson, Jack London, Ken Kesey, and others. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4065 - Race and the American South 3 s.h.


    This course explores the rich literature of the American South related to race relations. Particular emphasis will be given to writers dealing with the struggle of African-Americans for equality and self-determination. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000 ; COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4069 - Rachel Carson 3 s.h.


    Most scholars of literary environmentalism point to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) as the single most important book spurring the development of modern environmentalism. However, Rachel Carson should not be remembered simply for one book but for a substantial body of literature about nature and the environment that has earned her a place as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. This course will consider Rachel Carson’s work from both literary and environmental perspectives and will examine all of her major works, including Silent SpringThe Sea Around UsUnder the Sea Wind, and her posthumously published book on introducing children to nature, The Sense of Wonder. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): LITR 1000  or LITR 1050 , and LITR 3050  or 6 s.h. of ALIT coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4071 - Cooper and His Country 3 s.h.


    The study of the works, life, and times of James Fenimore Cooper. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4072 - Mark Twain 3 s.h.


    This course centers on Mark Twain, one of America’s most beloved literary figures. Celebrated and censored, Twain’s work continues to be relevant to America’s preoccupations with its identity—especially in terms of race, region, and class—as well as its status among other nations. His role as literary innovator and cultural commentator will be examined through the lens of both the post-Civil War era and our own historical moment. Readings will include all of his major novels—Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Pudd’nhead Wilson, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court—as well as short stories, fables, and his enigmatic “dream tales.” Films, literary criticism, and other sources will situate Twain’s continued influence on both American literary history and popular culture. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): JrS; COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4073 - Upstate New York Writers 3 s.h.


    Reading of American writers who live in and/or write about Upstate New York of the present day. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4074 - Hawthorne and Melville 3 s.h.


    This course will examine the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, two of the key figures in the “American Renaissance” of the 1850s. In addition to several short stories and other works, two of the most powerful novels in American literary history—Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Melville’s Moby Dick—will be explored in depth. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    H3
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4075 - Burroughs and Nature Writing 3 s.h.


    This intensive one-week course is offered in conjunction with the biannual “Sharp Eyes” Conference on John Burroughs and Nature Writing held at SUNY Oneonta. A close friend of Walt Whitman and John Muir (founder of the Sierra Club), as well as public figures like Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Teddy Roosevelt, John Burroughs (1837-1921) was the most popular nature writer of the nineteenth century and had a significant influence on American nature study and literature. A-E Only. Offered every 2-3 years.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 1000  and 6 s.h. of literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4094 - Special Topics in American Literature 1 s.h. - 3 s.h.


    Study of an area not covered by regular course offerings. Pass/Fail Option. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.
  
  • ALIT 4099 - Independent Study in American Literature 1 s.h. - 6 s.h.


    Special studies under department supervision for students who have shown unusual ability in English and other areas. May be continued in successive semesters. Admission by consent of department chair and instructor involved. Pass/Fail Option.
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): COMP 2000  or COMP 2045 ; LITR 1050 ; LITR 3050 ; 6 s.h. 2000-level or above literature coursework.

American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 1001 - Introduction to American Sign Language I 3 s.h.


    Intro American Sign Language I is designed to simulate a “Deaf Community.”  The objective of this course is to attain a receptive and expressive understanding of the basic concepts of ASL. Specific topics of study will consist of sentences with predicate adjectives, use of third-person pronouns, sentences with verbs, sentences with pronouns and nouns, negative statements, negative questions, yes/no questions, sentences using past, present and future tense indicators, sentences using object-subject-verb structure, directional verbs, facial grammar, surrogating, markers, classifiers, quantifiers, vocabulary, fingerspelling and visual aspects that encompass the language. Students will also acquire and demonstrate their understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every semester. 
    LA
    FL3
  
  • ASL 1002 - Introduction to American Sign Language II 3 s.h.


    Intro American Sign Lang II will scaffold on the concepts acquired in Intro American Sign Language I.  This course will continue to simulate a “Deaf Community” via student usage of ASL and other various aspects that make up Deaf Culture.  Throughout this course students will further their attainment of receptive and expressive understanding of additional basic concepts of ASL.  Additional concepts to be covered will consist of imperatives, plurals, using numbers with time/age/objects, personal pronouns incorporating numbers, use of SELF as a personal or reflexive pronoun, noun-verb pairs, using subject as topic, sentences with modals, use of HERE/THERE or THIS/THAT, verbs that incorporate location, FINISH as a conjunction, existential HAVE, facial grammar, surrogating, markers, classifiers, quantifiers, vocabulary, fingerspelling and visual aspects that encompass the language. Students will also continue to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Spring. 
    LA
    FL3
    Prerequisite(s): ASL 1001 .
  
  • ASL 2001 - Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 s.h.


    Intermediate American Sign Language I will scaffold on the concepts acquired in Intro American Sign Language II.  This course will continue to simulate a “Deaf Community” via student usage of ASL and other various aspects that make up Deaf Culture. This is an intermediate level language course in Fingerspelling and American Sign Language. It will include among other aspects the study of hand location, rhythm, cultural loan signs, and the use of numbers in relation to context. Attention will be paid to theory and grammatical concepts as well as conversational fluency and aspects of Deaf culture. Students will also continue to acquire and demonstrate an understanding of Deaf Culture and Deaf Gain (evident in both the language of ASL and through video viewings featuring members of the Deaf Community) as various aspects of Deaf life are discussed. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Fall. 
    LA
    Prerequisite(s): ASL 1001  and ASL 1002 .

Ancient Greek

  
  • AGRK 1001 - Introduction to Ancient Greek Language I 3 s.h.


    This course introduces the basics of Ancient Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, with the goal of reading simple Greek texts such as the New Testament or texts by authors such as Plato, Homer and Herodotus in the Ancient Greek language. This course will be useful for those interested in European languages, classics, religion, ancient history, philosophy, English literature, linguistics, classical archaeology, political theory, and medicine. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Fall semester.
    LA
    FL3
  
  • AGRK 1002 - Introduction to Ancient Greek Language II 3 s.h.


    This course continues the introduction of Ancient Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, with the goal of reading simple Greek texts such as the New Testament or texts by authors such as Plato, Homer and Herodotus in the Ancient Greek language. This course will be useful for those interested in European languages, classics, religion, ancient history, philosophy, English literature, linguistics, classical archaeology, political theory, and medicine. Pass/Fail Option. Offered every other Spring semester.
    LA
    FL3
    Prerequisite(s): AGRK 1001 

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 1000 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 s.h.


    Using a cross-cultural approach, this course provides an understanding of human behaviors and beliefs, kinship systems, world view, social organization, and economic and political systems. Focusing on both cultural diversity and universal values, this course provides an understanding of contemporary human problems and needs, and stimulates concern about change and continuity in the global society. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    SS3
    OW3
  
  • ANTH 1300 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 s.h.


    An introduction to the study of the origin, evolution, and biological diversity of our species. Topics include the history of evolutionary thought; genetics and evolutionary theory; primate biology, behavior, and evolution; the fossil record of human evolution; and biological variation and recent human evolution. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    NS3
  
  • ANTH 1600 - Introduction to Archaeology 3 s.h.


    This class is an introduction to archaeological methods and theory. It defines the nature of archaeology as a social science including major events in the history of archaeology and the different approaches to the study of archaeology. In this class we will learn about the purpose and process of archaeological research and data acquisition and the methods used to date archaeological finds. We will identify and analyze the ways archaeologists reconstruct human behavior and explain the social relevance of archaeology to today’s world. We will cover certain key principles in gaining a better understanding of archaeology. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    SS3
  
  • ANTH 1650 - Prehistoric World Cultures 3 s.h.


    This introduction to world prehistory traces our shared human past from the emergence of human beings to the rise of ancient states and empires, with special attention to key developments such as the emergence of art, farming, urbanism and social complexity. Select ancient cultures from around the world are examined in-depth. Emphasis is placed on archaeology as anthropology and the relevance of archaeology to modern human society and politics. A-E Only. Offered Fall and Spring.
    LA
    OW3
  
  • ANTH 2030 - Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 s.h.


    Prehistory, cultural background, and culture patterns of selected Indian, Mestizo, and Creole groups in island and mainland societies. A-E Only. Offered irregularly.
    LA
    OW3
    Cross-listed with ALS 2030 .
    Prerequisite(s): SoS.
 

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