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Education Senior Methods Block
The general and special methods courses, taken just prior to student teaching, are considered an integrated block, with a team of college instructors working together with high school teachers to help students develop competence. The total experience includes regular field work, supervised by the college, in one or more schools where students observe, tutor, assist with small groups, and begin to teach. General and special methods courses must be taken during the same semester. These method courses and student teaching cannot be transferred from another institution.
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EDU 366 - Methods of Teaching Science in Secondary School
A study of aims, methods, and materials for teaching the physical and biological sciences. Content reading, technology and application of assessments for both lab and written work. Observation, demonstrations, and practice in presenting lessons. A minimum of 20 hours of fieldwork required.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval; Corequisite: EDU 360
2 hours a week 1 semester 2 credits.
Fall
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EDU 473 - Supervised Teaching in Secondary Schools
Observation and supervised practice teaching, a minimum of five mornings a week, in a secondary school for a full semester. Students will have experience in grades 7-9 and 10-12. Concurrent group and individual conferences, reports, self-evaluation, content reading strategies, drug and alcohol education, as well as workshops in Child Abuse and SAVE. Student teaching can only be entered into after the satisfactory completion of all coursework and fieldwork.
Prerequisites: Two approved speech courses; approval of Faculty Recommendations.
1 semester 6 credits.
Fall, Spring
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Education (Secondary) Career Education
The following courses are offered as a service to all students in the College by the Director of Counseling and Career Services. |
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EDU 180 - Self Exploration and Career Search I
An interdisciplinary approach to expanding the knowledge of oneself in relation to the choice of a career. Sources of information include the evaluation of one’s values, skills, aptitudes and abilities and how they pertain to a future profession. Suggested for sophomores and juniors.
75 minutes a week for 10 weeks 1 credit.
Offered when there is sufficient demand.
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EDU 181 - Career Search II
An interdisciplinary approach to career possibilities and the skills needed to secure employment in today’s market. Resume preparation, professional correspondence, the application process and interviewing skills are included. Suggested for juniors and seniors.
75 minutes a week for 10 weeks 1 credit.
Offered when there is sufficient demand.
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English Cassette Courses
To encourage independent work, the English Department offers courses in American and other literatures in which lectures are on tape and students respond by means of study guides. Permission of the instructor or chairperson required.
CO-CURRICULAR WORKSHOP IN YEARBOOK may be offered for academic credit in accordance with the policy that “students may earn 1/2 credit per semester for a total of two credits toward the degree for participation in co-curricular activities approved for credit by the faculty.’’ Consult the Moderator of the Yearbook. |
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ENG 102 - Basic Writing Skills
Geared to the needs of the professional, this course is an introduction to the basic principles of effective writing. Special attention is given to spelling, punctuation, tenses, cases, agreement, subordination, categorization, and modification. Idiomatic expression, vocabulary development, dictionary skills, sentence structure, and paragraph construction are stressed. Competence in all these areas is required.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Not offered in Patchogue.
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ENG 102L - Basic Writing Skills Lab
Based on the result of an applicant’s writing sample, certain candidates will be required to take a three-hour weekly lab in addition to ENG 102 .
No grade/0 credit.
Not offered in Patchogue
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ENG 103 - Writing for Effective Communication
Analysis and application of the principles of effective writing. Skill development in the performance of various writing tasks. Research techniques also implemented.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ENG 105 - Creative Writing
Introduction to creative writing: various exercises in prose fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and playwriting; opportunity to develop skill in gothic style, fantasy, and humor.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 or written permission of the chairperson.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 106 - Dramatic And Visual Writing
A course in script-writing designed to give students an opportunity to develop skill in the writing of short and/or long works for stage and/or screen. Students will also be expected to read work in progress and criticize each other’s writing in class.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 107 - Fiction Writing
A course in advanced writing designed to give students an opportunity to develop skill in the writing of the short story. Students will also be expected to read work in progress and criticize each other’s writing in class.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 108 - Journalism
Designed to introduce students to the principles of journalistic writing, the basic elements and issues of news stories, and the expository and investigative techniques essential for successful communication in the mode.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 109 - Analytical Writing
Emphasis on increasing student skill in the use of logical progression, clarity, analysis, and illustration in writing. Attention to grammar, sentence and paragraph structures, punctuation, and usage as backdrop to effective exposition, argumentation, and editing of written material.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 or equivalent.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring and Fall
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ENG 110 - Communication for Professionals
This course is designed to provide students with communication theories and proficiencies needed in professional organizations. Students will study the structural principles of this type of communication and its specialized writing techniques and formats, strengthen critical and editing skills, polish grammar and vocabulary, examine verbal and non-verbal communication modes, develop expertise in speaking and listening effectively.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring and Fall
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ENG 111 - The Language of Film
A study of what is probably the most current and most popular form of communication. Film lectures will center on the history and development of film as an art form; class sessions will also include the viewing of selected short and feature films as well as discussion and written evaluation.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 112 - Classical Literature
(CLA 122 )
A study of the human experience as reflected in the classic texts of East and West. Contributors to this study and to the foundations of culture are the authors of the Bhagavid Gita, Gilgamesh, and other eastern luminaries as well as Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Virgil. This course may be credited to Classics or English.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 113 - Introduction to Drama
Reading and discussion of plays representative of the richness in varying cultures and periods of World Drama designed to ask and answer the question: “What is the underlying, basic notion of the dramatic form?’’
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 114 - Introduction To Poetry
A study of selected poems which embody the varieties of cultural experience. Poetic techniques will be examined in the work of diverse voices such as Rios, Lord, Giovanni, Angelou, and Brooks.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 115 - The Short Story
Definition, characteristics, developmental history, and stylistic trends of the short story as a literary form in different cultural traditions. Reading and interpretation of representative modern short stories both in English and in translation.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 119 - A Rainbow of Voices
This course explores the ethnic richness which characterizes American literary history. Emphasis is placed on African-American, Native-American, and Asian-American literature, as well as on the Chicano and Puerto-Rican contributions to this complex and yet closely woven tapestry.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 123 - Fictional Narrative
An introductory survey of fictional narrative as exemplified in the novel and short story. Salient examples of each genre will be read and discussed.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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ENG 124 - Poetry And Drama
An introductory survey of poetic and dramatic forms. Exemplars will be chosen from diverse periods in literary history.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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ENG 125 - An Introduction to Magazine Writing
This course will focus on longer-length, non-fiction articles; it is not a course in creative writing. Students will read and analyze articles in mainstream consumer and trade publications, receiving feedback from professional freelance writers. Included are tips for breaking into the field of freelance writing, as well as the different types of rights pertinent to authors and publishers. Covered also are the writing of query letters, the formal proposal of article ideas, source lists, and the conducting of interviews. Course may not be used for the core curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 140 - Miracles and Massacres
(SPN 140 )
“Miracles and Massacres: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Early English and Spanish Literature,” examines ethnic, racial and religious identity as represented in English and Spanish literature of the 12-16th centuries. In addition to enduring questions of conflict, diversity, and cross-cultural exchange, the course explores political and social relations among the religious communities particular to the medieval world and the Renaissance. The course includes an active online component and culminates with a study abroad experience in southern Spain. Open to second semester freshmen.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 199 - Supervised Internship
Designed to give professional experience in a business organization whose activities require the communication and research skills developed by English majors. The student is expected to work 100 hours with or without remuneration during the internship, keep a log, and submit a paper applying the skills developed in various English courses to the internship assignment. A member of the English faculty will supervise the internship and will receive and consider the evaluations made by a representative of the business in assessing student performance.
1 semester 3 credits.
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ENG 211 - Film/Media Genre
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of genre (Westerns, gangster films, musicals, melodramas, science-fiction films, etc.) as the concept relates to film and media then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of Hollywood and of other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 212 - Film/Media Authorship
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of authorship as the concept relates to film and media then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of the processes of adaptation and/or the work of creative figures (directors, writers, producers, stars, etc.) within Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, and movements.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 213 - Film/Media and Society
Focused study of the history, criticism, and theory of film and media as social practices, with an emphasis on historical contexts and cultural ideologies, then and now. Approaches will vary among studies of Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 214 - Film/Media Form
Focused study of the narrative, dramatic, and poetic formal practices of film and media, with an emphasis on analyzing storytelling style among Hollywood and other selected national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 218 - Medieval Imaginations
(FORMERLY Medieval Literature)
This course provides an inclusive introduction to medieval literatures and cultures, surveying a range of texts and topics that situate medieval English literature within its global context. Readings will include Middle English literature as well as translations from Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, and European literatures produced between 500 and 1500AD. The instructor will focus the syllabus around major genres, questions, problems, or themes at his/her discretion.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 219 - Literature of the English Renaissance
Nondramatic literature of the English Renaissance as exhibited in the more important works in verse and prose of such representative writers as More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 221 - Seventeenth Century Literature
The prose and poetry of the seventeenth century with religious, political, and social backgrounds; the Puritan, the Cavalier, and the Metaphysical writers of the century; the Restoration and its literature.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 222 - The Age of Johnson
The prose and poetry of the eighteenth century with political and social backgrounds from the time of Pope through the days of Dr. Johnson; discussion of the beginnings of romanticism.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 233 - Prose and Poetry of the English Romantic Movement
A study of the works, including poetry and prose, of the six major Romantic poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 234 - Victorian Prose & Poetry
A study of representative Victorian poets and prose writers, such as Tennyson, Browning, Mill, Arnold, Newman and Hopkins; current social and intellectual movements with relation to the literature of the period.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 237 - Modern American Drama (Cassette Course)
A study of the major American dramatists of the twentieth century. By means of cassettes and study guides, plays from at least seven authors will be considered.
If offered in satisfaction of the core curriculum, course must be taken for 3 credits.
2 credits. A third credit can be obtained through the completion of an extended research paper. For the third credit, consultation with the supervising professor will be necessary.
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ENG 238 - Modern European Drama (Cassette Course)
This course will investigate the development of modern drama in the European tradition from Ibsen to the Absurdists. Tapes and study guides are provided. Independent study.
If offered in satisfaction of the core curriculum, course must be taken for 3 credits.
2 credits. An additional credit can be earned through the completion of an extended research paper. For this credit, consultation with the supervising professor will be necessary.
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ENG 243 - Nineteenth Century British Novel
A study of the major nineteenth century novelists from Jane Austen to George Eliot.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 245 - Modern British Novel
Beginning with Thomas Hardy, this course will explore the many and developing facets of the modern British novel. The novelists’ interest in experimental techniques of continental fiction will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits
Spring 2012
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ENG 253 - Modern Poetry
Detailed analysis of Eliot, Frost, Yeats, and Stevens with emphasis (shifting) on such poets as: Berryman, Brooks, Hughes, Larkin, Heaney, Moore, Sexton, Williams and others.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 255 - Comedy
This course will survey the richness of American and European comedy from ancient Greek and Roman drama through Theater of the Absurd to the contemporary television sitcom. Students will read, interpret, and apply theories of comedy from Aristotle to Henri Bergson to Larry David. Readings may include: Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wilde, Synge, Beckett, Ionesco (and others).
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 256 - The Bible as Literature
A study of the historical development of the Bible; literary analysis of selections from the Old Testament with emphasis on poetic and narrative elements.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 258 - American Renaissance
This course will include a study of the major fiction, non-fiction, and poetry of American writers from 1820–1890, the period of romanticism, transcendentalism, nationalism, abolitionism, and realism.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 259 - Modern American Novel
An examination of the new fictional techniques and thematic concerns of the American novel beginning with Henry James and including such writers as: Wharton, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dreiser, Lewis, Ellison, Wright, Momaday, and Morrison.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 261 - African American Literature
A study of the contributions of the African-American community to the literature of the United States. The course will include folktales, the lyrics of spirituals, gospel and jazz compositions, slave narratives, works from the Harlem Renaissance and works of major writers such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 262 - Resonant Voices
This course will introduce students to a range of writers representing the more contemporaneous international literary scene. It is intended to expand and deepen their knowledge of figures and genres outside the traditional canons of American and British literature. Longer and more sophisticated works of such diverse authors as the following will be studied: Chinua Achebe, Jorge Luis Borges, Nadine Gordimer, Tato Laviera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, V.S. Naipaul, Wole Soyinka, Derec Walcott, Naguib Mahfouz (and others).
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 263 - American Literature, 1890–1945
This course will include a study of the major fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama of American writers from the period of realism, naturalism, industrialism, immigration, World War I, modernism, the jazz age, the Depression, and World War II.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 264 - American Literature Since 1945
This course will include a study of the major fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama of American writers from World War II to the contemporary era.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 265 - Literature and the Environment
This course will survey important writings on nature and introduce students to “eco-criticism,” an approach to literature that emphasizes a study of the role of place and environment in the expression of important literary themes. Major authors of study may include Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Ursula Le Guin, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rachel Carson, and Derek Walcott.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2013
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ENG 303 - Continental Masterworks
An examination of acclaimed masterpieces (in translation) from Western literary traditions other than the English. Selected from the following: Song of Roland, Dante’s Comedy and other works, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Erasmus’ Praise of Folly, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Voltaire’s Candide.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring 2012
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ENG 305 - Chaucer
This course focuses on the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer and covers enduring themes and issues in Chaucer criticism, such as class, religion, politics, love, England, internationalism, and the authority of the vernacular.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 320 - Milton
Reading and interpretation of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, together with Milton’s minor poems and selections from his prose. Class discussions and reports suggested by the study.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 332 - Shakespeare
Reading and interpretation of some of Shakespeare’s best-loved and most widely known works; study of the types of Shakespeare’s plays, structure and character development, major themes.
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall 2012
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ENG 370 - Selected Themes or Topics of Literary Interest
This course deals with literary issues, developments, or problems not covered in depth in the regular course offerings. It enables students to take advantage of faculty expertise in diverse and mutually interesting areas. Recent offerings have showcased (or will highlight) such topics as: “African-American Women Writers,” “Out of Africa & India: Modern English Literature,” “The Immigrant Voice in America,” “The African-American Literary Consciousness,” “Thomas Malory and the Emergence of King Arthur in Medieval Literary Types.”
Prerequisite: a 100-level literature course
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 400 - Scholarly Writing about Literature
Introduction to the techniques of written textual analysis, including the role of literary theory in the production of scholarly writing. Required of English majors and concentrates by the end of their junior year.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 402 - Advanced Survey of English Literature and Literary Criticism
A capstone consideration of the literature of England from earliest Anglo-Saxon writing through the twentieth century. Historical, philosophic and social backgrounds are factored in, and theories of literary criticism are discussed where applicable. Required of English majors by the end of their senior year.
3 hours a week 2 semesters 6 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 403 - Advanced Survey of English Literature and Literary Criticism
A capstone consideration of the literature of England from earliest Anglo-Saxon writing through the twentieth century. Historical, philosophic and social backgrounds are factored in, and theories of literary criticism are discussed where applicable. Required of English majors by the end of their senior year.
3 hours a week 2 semesters 6 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 404 - Advanced Survey of American Literature to 1865
A detailed consideration of the diverse components of American literature, from its beginnings to the Civil War. Required of English majors and concentrates by the end of their junior year.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 405 - Advanced Survey of American Literature Since 1865
A detailed consideration of the diverse components of American literature, from the Civil War to the present. Required of English majors and concentrates by the end of their junior year.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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ENG 487 - The Senior Thesis
A focused, research-oriented project. Its product is the senior thesis. Required of English majors in their senior year.
Mentored, independent study 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall only
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FRE 151 - Elementary I
A communicative approach to the fundamentals of the French language with emphasis on listening comprehension, speaking, and cultural awareness. This course, along with FRE 152 , is designed to enable students to communicate in French in everyday situations. For students who have no previous knowledge of French.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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FRE 152 - Elementary II
A continuation of FRE 151 with increasing emphasis on oral communication, grammatical structures, reading, writing, and appreciation of French culture. Open to students who have completed FRE 151 or its equivalent.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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FRE 201 - Intermediate I
This course seeks to develop intermediate-level communication skills in French. Students will improve their proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing French through interactive activities in the classroom and study of more advanced grammatical structures, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions. In addition, students will acquire the linguistic and cultural insights which come with the study of a new language. Open to students who have completed FRE 152 or its equivalent.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II
A continuation of FRE 201 . In this course, students will communicate in French on a variety of topics from personal to literary to global. Knowledge of linguistic structures and cultural understanding will be deepened and expanded. Critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and cultural comparisons will be developed.
Prerequisite: FRE 201
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Spring
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FRE 211 - French Readings I
Readings and discussions based on French texts. Review of the language through literature, civilization, and the contemporary scene.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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FRE 212 - French Readings II
Advanced readings and discussions based on French texts. Continued study of the language through literature, civilization, and the contemporary scene.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 110 - Portfolio and Career Development Seminar
A course designed to facilitate the assessment of prior learning for the purpose of composing and constructing an experiential portfolio. The assessment process consists of individualized exercises designed to help the student idenify acquired skills and competencies and culminates in relating these to coursework as well as to career goals. Emphasis is placed on career planning, exploration, and development. This course is required of all students seeking prior experiential learning assessment credit. Students must take the GS 110 Portfolio and Career Development Seminar before their last semester. In order to register for the Seminar, students must be fully matriculated, have earned 36 credits towaqrd their program at St. Joseph’s or elsewhere, have attained a 2.5 index, have met with a P.E.L.A. advisor, and have obtained the advi8sor’s written approval. (See camp0us based registration procedures for application deadlines.) The P.E.L.A. Coordinator reserves the right to limit students’ programs during the semester in which the students are enrolled in the Seminar.
3 hours a week, 1 semester, 3 credits. Pass/No Credit
ENG 103 , approval of P.E.L.A. coordinator
3 credits
$250.00
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GS 111 - Experiential Portfolio Seminar
This course is designed to facilitate the assessment of prior learning for the purposes of composing and constructing an experiential portfolio as professional narrative. Emphasis will be placed on an exploration of the theoretical foundations of prior experiential learning for the adult student. Students must take GS 111 before their last semester. In order to register for the Seminar, students must be fully matriculated, have earned 36 credits toward their degree at St. Joseph’s or elsewhere, have attained at 2.5 index, have met with a PELA advisor, and have obtained the advisor’s written approval.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 , approval of P.E.L.A. coordinator.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit. Pass/No Credit
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GS 111L - Experiential Portfolio Seminar
This course is designed to facilitate the assessment of prior learning for the purposes of composing and constructing an experiential portfolio as professional narrative. Emphasis will be placed on an exploration of the theoretical foundations of prior experiential learning for the adult student. Students must take GS 111 before their last semester. In order to register for the Seminar, students must be fully matriculated, have earned 36 credits toward their degree at St. Joseph’s or elsewhere, have attained at 2.5 index, have met with a PELA advisor, and have obtained the advisor’s written approval.
Prerequisite: ENG 103 , approval of P.E.L.A. coordinator.
1 hour a week 1 semester 0 Credit
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GS 260 - Diversity And Sensitivity in the Workplace
This course is designed to explore the various unique differences among individuals and groups in our society and in the workplace; so that we will become culturally aware and respectful of these human differences. The students will learn how to identify personal prejudice and misinformation, enhance individual ability to effect change on the personal, interpersonal and cultural level and develop analytical and problem solving skills to understand and to deal constructively with problems that arise from cultural diversity or other types of differences. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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GS 261 - Disabilities in Society and the Workplace
This course explores the treatment of individuals with disabilities throughout history. It examines the attitudes, perceptions and emotional reactions toward disabilities, and how these may contribute toward marginalizing this population. It looks at the development of educational and employment rights, and reviews how technological adaptations have reduced barriers to full integration into society. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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GS 400 - Adults in Transition
Designed for adults, this seminar has two interrelated goals: 1) to provide the opportunity for self-exploration and understanding, and 2) to support the development of a life, career, and educational plan. Selected readings and exercises will focus on adult issues such as adult development through the life cycle, transitions, career exploration and development, life pattern differences between men and women, values and the creation of meaningful, realistic personal goals. Pass/No Credit.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
Fall and Spring
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GS 401 - Problem Solving for Professionals
This course focuses on the methodology of problem solving. Emphasis is placed on the application of various problem-solving models to life experience problems as well as to professional problems. Students will be asked to contribute problems from their own experience for analysis.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 402 - Critical Thinking for Professionals
The goal of this course is to teach students the analytical skills necessary for the assessment and evaluation of arguments, reports, newspaper articles, and editorials as well as the application of these skills to the decision- making process attending their professional activities.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 404 - Administration and the Liberal Arts
(HA 404 )
This course, designed for management and health administration majors, focuses on the relationship between the liberal arts and the issues related to administration. With perspectives provided by the social sciences and the arts and humanities, this course explores the rise of the management dynamic; the growth of technology and industrial power; administrative styles; the effect of corporate and organizational life on the individual and society; the conflict between power and responsibility. (Suggested antecedent course: BUS 100 or HA 481 )
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 406 - Community Service-Learning
This course is designed to provide students wilth the opportunity to engage in academic community service while reflecting on their experiences. Students will explore service-learning theory and civic engagement through class discussion and online forums. Together, the class will learn the processes of social change, community empowerment, and intervention strategies to remedy relevant social justice issues. An important focus of the course is on improving cultural sensitivity and fostering socioeconomic understanding. Current topics will be presented and analyzed in the context of service-learning.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 423 - Principles of Training and Staff Development
(CHA 423 )
This course provides a survey of the methods used in the training and career development of employees in the service of individual and organizational effectiveness. Central to the course is its focus on planning, designing, and implementing an overall training and development effort for an organization.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 424 - Training and Development Techniques
(CHA 424 )
This course focuses on conducting a specific training and development program, including developing a needs analysis, creating program objectives, selecting an appropriate teaching methodology, identifying instructional aids, and developing an evaluation instrument.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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GS 427 - Special Topics
This course provides students with the opportunity to participate in a focused exploration of a current topic pertaining to their field. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA 426 or GS 427. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three-credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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GS 468 - Practicum in Training and Staff Development
(CHA 468 )
A supervised internship in training and staff development is made available to students on an individual basis. Approval required. Placements are arranged by students and instructor. Prerequisites: Required courses for the Certificate in Training and Staff Development.
Hours to be arranged. Typically no evenings or weekends. 3 credits.
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CHA 240 - Developing A Non-Profit Organization
This course is designed to help supporters, proponents, advocates as well as managers and leaders in the human services fields learn the fundamentals of starting a non-profit organization or developing an existing one into a more viable and productive enterprise. It will provide a framework for helping those with an interest in nonprofits to translate ideas into action. This course can be taken as part of a sequence with Introduction to Fundraising and Introduction to Grant Writing, which specifically address skills utilized in nonprofit sector. Topics will include: legal requirements for starting a nonprofit organization, board recruitment and governance structures, developing mission, vision and value statements, soliciting support from stakeholders, permissible and prohibited activities under federal, state and local law, securing tax exempt status and an introduction to funding strategies. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 241 - Introduction to Fundraising
This course is designed to help managers and leaders in the not for profit sector develop strategies and implement campaigns and/or events for the purpose of reaching fundraising goals, as separate from grant writing. It is a companion course to the Introduction to Grant Writing, which specifically addresses specialized skills utilized in the not for profit sector. Topics include: designing a direct mailing, creating a database, using the internet and other networking resources, maintaining relationships with donors, managing a campaign, and planning events. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 242 - Introduction to Grant Writing
This course will introduce students to the proposal writing process. They will learn how to plan and research funding sources, and then how to organize and write a proposal. Combining instruction with interactive exercises, this one-credit course will help students become detail-oriented and develop concise, persuasive writing skills. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 243 - Medicaid
This course will give an overview of the Federal and New York State program of health insurance for the poor. Students will learn the current eligibility guidelines for Medicaid, how to advise a client regarding the Medicaid application process, and the role of legal assistance in the Medicaid approval process. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 244 - Health Care Policy
The intention of this course is to give students an understanding of how health care policy is developed and to identify key players in the development and implementation of health care so that they can use this knowledge to develop skills needed to positively impact health care policy as health care managers. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 245 - OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of the functions and requirements of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The course examines the federal mandate to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the OSH Act implemented in 1970 and revised in 2004. The course will address the federal government’s role in assisting and encouraging states in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health and for other purposes. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 246 - Health Care Providers as First Responders
This is an overview course that emphasizes the unique and daunting challenges faced by the health care delivery system and health care workers as first responders. It examines the health care manager’s responsibilities in terms of protecting public health, personal and professional risks, and the role of the health care manager in crisis and disaster planning and management. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 247 - Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to bioethics through critical analysis of contemporary issues related to health care delivery and management. The course will address human choices and actions that typically occur in medical practice, such as end-of-life decision-making and will extend to other areas where human life and health are involved, such as artificial reproduction, research ethics, cloning, and stem cell research, and the doctor-patient relationship. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA or GS one credit courses. Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 408 - Epidemiology
An introduction to the science of epidemiology dealing with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in the population. Concentration is directed toward health promotion and disease prevention at institutional and community levels. The role of public health and other agencies is also discussed.
This course is applicable to the liberal arts requirements of the curriculum.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 423 - Principles of Training and Staff Development
(GS 423 )
This course provides a survey of the methods used in the training and career development of employees in the service of individual and organizational effectiveness. Central to the course is its focus on planning, designing, and implementing an overall training and development effort for an organization.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 424 - Training and Development Techniques
(GS 424)
This course focuses on conducting a specific training and development program, including developing a needs analysis, creating program objectives, selecting an appropriate teaching methodology, identifying instructional aids, and developing an evaluation instrument.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 426 - Health Topics
This course provides students with the opportunity to participate in a focused exploration of a current topic pertaining to the health field. Students may not earn more than 5 credits by taking CHA 426 or GS 427 . Three one-credit options are not equivalent to a three-credit course, and cannot be applied to the requirement of major electives.
1 hour a week 1 semester 1 credit.
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CHA 430 - Health Care Delivery System
An in-depth study of the organization of the U.S. health care delivery system. Special attention is given to practices and problems affecting providers and consumers of health care. Recent changes in the financing mechanisms and their impact on distribution of services are discussed.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 432 - Ambulatory Care Administration
This course focuses on the delivery of health services on an outpatient basis, including the administration of other health services, including physician practice and management techniques provided in the ambulatory setting. Governmental regulations, organizational considerations, staffing patterns, quality issues, and reimbursement are examined. (Suggested antecedent course: HA 481 or HS 415 )
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 433 - Managed Care
An overview of the evolution of managed care and current trends, including systems terminology, public policy, and market performance issues. (Students who have taken the one credit course CHA 426 - Health Topics : Managed Care cannot take the 3 credit course.)
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 435 - Continuous Quality Improvement
The course will focus on the shift in health care to CQI, risk management, and client satisfaction. Emphasis will be placed on compliance with and accreditation by regulatory agencies. It will also examine the different strategies and evaluation techniques that can feasibly result in increased productivity and performance in the delivery of health care services from the development of CQI and TQM.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 437 - Home Care Administration
This course focuses on the operation and administration of the many types of home care providers. The evaluation and growth of home care is discussed. Also covered are such topics as: government regulations, financing, staffing, continuing education needs, and marketing. (Suggested antecedent course: CHA 430 )
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 438 - Hospice Concepts
This course explores the history and principles of the hospice movement, particularly within the context of New York State Regulations. Topics for study include administration/finance, the interdisciplinary team, the family as a unit of care, pain/symptom management, home/in-patient care, and bereavement care.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 439 - Practicum in the Hospice Field
A supervised field experience in a hospice setting, this course is made available on an individual basis. Approval required. Placements are arranged by students and instructor.
Prerequisites: Required and elective courses for the Certificate in Hospice.
Hours to be arranged. Typically no evenings or weekends. 3 credits.
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CHA 456 - Programs and Resources in Aging
This course examines government and private programs and resources in aging, at national, state, and local levels. Specific topics include income maintenance, public entitlements, housing options, crime prevention, and care management. Community programs presented include nutritional services, adult day care, senior centers and in-home services. In addition to addressing demographic political, and fiscal realities, this course will explore future trends and advocacy.
3 hours a week 1 semester 3 credits.
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CHA 459 - Practicum in Gerontology
A supervised field experience in gerontology, this course is made available to students on an individual basis. Approval required. Placements in the community, suitable to the student’s needs, are arranged by the instructor in consultation with the student.
Prerequisites: Required and elective courses for the Certificate in Gerontology
Hours to be arranged. Typically no evenings or weekends. 3 credits.
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