The Online Baccalaureate is offering a complement of 60 courses for the Fall 2008 semester.

Course:	[AFRS 101] Ethnology of Africa
Lead Faculty:	Charlanne Burke
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	In this course, students learn about traditional African societies and current African states, with emphasis on the impact of slavery and colonialism, current problems of economic and political development, and Africa's emerging place in 21st-century global interactions.

Course:	[ANTH 110] Urban Anthropology
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course considers the means for investigating large heterogeneous populations from an anthropological perspective. The problems of urbanization in emerging nations, ethnic and cultural differences within the city, and poverty in the urban setting will receive particular attention.

Course:	[ART 201] Arts and Civilization: Pre-history through the Middle Ages
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The course surveys the visual arts from the prehistoric epoch through the Middle Ages. Works of art are examined in their historical and cultural contexts. Throughout the course we ask: Can a picture or a sculpture tell a story? If so, how? And what story does it tell?

Course:	[AST 101] Introductory Astronomy
Lead Faculty:	Zohar Ris
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	Students learn about stars, and about the astronomical information that forms our model of the universe. Stars and collections of stars will be shown to have a birth as well as an anticipated death predicted by natural laws. Students will learn to understand and express scientific ideas.

Course:	[BUS 301] Managerial Economics
Lead Faculty:	Herve Queneau
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will develop students' ability to apply the tools of economic analysis to solve business problems relevant to current or aspiring managers. After reviewing fundamental concepts in economics, the course will cover the standard managerial economics topics of demand, production and cost, market structure, pricing, strategy, and incentives. Then it will examine how to use economic analysis to solve issues such as developing effective performance-evaluation systems and compensation plans, assigning decision-making authority among employees, attracting and retaining workers, motivating change within organizations, or creating organizational architectures that foster ethical behaviors.

Course:	[BUS 305] Accounting Fundamentals
Lead Faculty:	Tony Tinker
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The course provides a critical understanding of accounting, instilling high ethical standards even as it introduces the fundamental procedures of accounting in preparing and interpreting financial statements. Infused in this analysis is an examination of the historical and social antecedents of professional accounting, including the economic, technological, organizational, cultural, and public interest aspects. Attention is given to understanding the enormous upheavals presently underway in accounting marketplaces. The focus is on the origins of conflicts and vested interests, the prospects presented by these developments; and the ethical and professional meaning for living in and working in a community. Familiarization with contemporary issues and controversies currently under discussion in the public media is required.

Course:	[BUS 310] Foundations of Business Statistics
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of CIS 101
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course introduces students to the principles and methods of statistics and particularly the importance of using statistics in business decision making. They will learn about presenting data and descriptive statistics including measures of location, dispersion, and skewness. They will also learn discrete and continuous probability distributions including the binomial and normal distributions. Sampling, hypothesis testing, significance tests, correlation, and simple regression are covered with emphasis on business applications. The course also treats the use of the computer for data analysis. The importance of ethics in research will be focused on throughout the semester.

Course:	[BUS 315] Principles of Marketing
Lead Faculty:	Timothy Reinig
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This survey course explores the various environments in which contemporary marketers operate, including the online digital world of e-marketing, and the problems and practices related to the planning of marketing strategies in the exchange process. Students learn how successful marketers focus on domestic and global market opportunities while being sensitive to cultural differences, including ethical and socially responsible decision-making, while focusing on issues of quality and technological change.

Course:	[BUS 320] Principles of Management
Lead Faculty:	Dorothy Lang
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) in today’s rapidly-changing global environment. The course will emphasize the importance of effective and socially responsible management for all types of organizations. At the end of the course, students will understand the contribution of management process and the role of the manager at all levels of the organization.

Course:	[BUS 325] Principles of Management Information Systems
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of CIS 101
Lead Faculty:	Staff
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course introduces the student to the use of management information systems as a business resource for achieving competitive advantage. Topics covered include: the major information technology (IT) applications used in business; the central role of databases and data warehouses; the importance of IT in the growth of e-commerce; the role of decision support systems and artificial intelligence; the IT infrastructure; the impact of outsourcing; information security. Case studies will be analyzed and discussed.

Course:	[BUS 330] Business Law
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course examines the laws governing relationships between persons and business organizations, including Anglo-American Jurisprudence, Employment and Agency Law, Contract Law and The Uniform Commercial Code, as well as their application to the online world of e-Business. Students learn to identify and analyze relevant legal issues together with their implications for certain business transactions and relationships and apply the underlying principles of law to solve issues involving business operation and decision-making.

Course:	[BUS 331] Global Business
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 315 or BUS 325
Lead Faculty:	Carol Connell
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	An introduction and overview of the global business environment, this course treats issues involved in researching and entering foreign markets, identification and evaluation of risks and opportunities in foreign markets, ethical issues in outsourcing and globalization, and problems faced by firms seeking to expand into foreign markets. Designing global business strategies in light of historical, technological, economic, financial, sociopolitical, legal, and cultural environments. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility in global business.

Course:	[BUS 332] Electronic Commerce
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 315 or BUS 325
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of e-commerce from both a business and technical standpoint. Students learn about the history of e-commerce, including the development of the Internet and the World Wide Web, its impact on the business world and various approaches to creating e-commerce solutions utilizing tools and strategies such as Internet advertising and marketing and the legal and security issues critical to the success of any e-commerce venture.

Course:	[BUS 333] Corporation Finance
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 305
Lead Faculty:	Charles Stone
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course offers students a strong working knowledge of how managers of corporations raise, allocate and protect capital for the purpose of creating shareholder value within the constraints of the general market for capital and the specific market for the firm’s capital. The course covers corporate financial management in the context of competitive markets, the current tax and regulatory regime, and prevailing social limits and absolute social constraints. It also treats how value can be measured and how value creation is monitored by both managers and investors. Each topic in the class will be tied to actual cases looked at in depth as a focus of student problem solving.

Course:	[BUS 334] Great Works in Business
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of 75 or more credits.
Lead Faculty:	Carol Connell
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This intensive undergraduate seminar explores the essential concepts and theories embodied in a selection of the great works of business. Focusing on a selection of great works (The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker, for instance), the seminar provides a foundation for the study of business and "business literacy."

Course:	[BUS 335] Operations Management
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 310.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The course focuses on solving common operations and production management problems faced by business decision-makers. Use of the computer for solving operations management problems will be stressed. Topics covered include decision theory, project scheduling, linear programming, forecasting, inventory control, queuing models, simulation, and quality control. The course will stress the importance of integrating business decision making with corporate social responsibility.

Course:	[BUS 336] Special Topics in Business
Prerequisite:	Completion of 75 or more credits.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This allows for treatment of topics in business not covered in the regular curriculum. Topics vary from term to term and reflect the interests of faculty and students. Course description may be obtained by going to the college website and/or e-mailing the instructor before registration. Students may take this course more than once for credit but may not repeat topics.

Course:	[BUS 338] International Trade and Finance
Prerequisite:	ECO 202
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will examine the factors that have increasingly led to the economic interdependence among the nations of the world. The course will focus on fundamental economic principles and policies underlying international trade and finance. Course topics will include: trends in the flow of imports and exports; the theoretical foundations for trade in a global economy; current US trade policies with emphasis on regional trade agreements; exchange rate determination; foreign direct investment; the role played by economic institutions that have been established to monitor and promote trade.

Course:	[BUS 340] Small Business Management
Lead Faculty:	Ed Rogoff
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course treats the problems and decisions that owners of small businesses face and types of skills and solutions that can be applied in response. In addition to teaching students the essentials of starting and managing a new business, from the definition and screening of ideas to the development of a business plan, the course places a special emphasis on effective communication and networking, so essential to a successful entrepreneurial career.

Course:	[BUS 341] Contemporary Organizational Structure and Change [See also: CC 405]
Lead Faculty:	Barbara Walters
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The goals of the course include developing a foundation in traditional and contemporary organizational theories. Case materials, reflective writing assignments, and team projects aim at developing ethical-legal critical thinking skills as well as analytic skills for understanding and evaluating the interactive effects of technology, diversity, and the global reach of contemporary organizations on new organizational styles and types.

Course:	[BUS 342] Contemporary Accounting Topics
Lead Faculty:	Tony Tinker
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The course provides a critical understanding of contemporary issues in accounting. The course uses "live" cases to navigate through central historical and social antecedents of accounting. Specific attention is given to understanding the enormous upheavals presently underway in accounting marketplaces, focusing on the ethical and professional meaning presented by these developments and the politics of engaging these changes. Familiarization with contemporary issues and controversies currently under examination in the media is required, particularly Sarbanes-Oxley, Enron and the contrasting literature on the "New Assurance Services."

Course:	[BUS 344] Business Policy
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 315 or BUS 320.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the strategic management process in today's global business environment. The focus is the organization as a whole (macro processes) from the perspective of top management. At the end of the course, students will understand the principles of effective strategic management and its importance to organizations and society.

Course:	[BUS 345] Strategic Electronic Marketing
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 315 or BUS 325.
Lead Faculty:	Charles Stone
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will examine the new technological environment that marketers are facing by introducing strategic considerations related to technology and its implementation. The course will explore the basics of marketing exchange relationships utilizing the Internet and the World Wide Web, multimedia techniques, database marketing, interactive telecommunications and other e-Business techniques. In addition, the course will give students hands-on experience with relevant software.

Course:	[BUS 346] Investments
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 315.
Lead Faculty:	Charles Stone
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course offers a broad foundation in the structure and mechanics of all the major classes of debt and equity securities issued to fund public authorities and private enterprises. Students will learn what factors determine the relative value of each type of security and where each security fits on the debt/equity spectrum. The course will examine the cash flow and risk dynamics of individual securities and portfolios of debt and equity securities. Students will learn how to evaluate the performance of investment portfolios relative to a specific benchmark index, how fixed income and equity indices are constructed and their values are determined, how individuals should analyze investment choices and how fund managers select assets to include in their portfolios. Students will be expected to apply what they learn about security valuation and portfolio selection by constructing, managing and tracking a hypothetical investment portfolio.

Course:	[BUS 348] Real Estate Finance
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of BUS 301.
Lead Faculty:	Charles Stone
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	In this course students will learn how developers finance commercial, residential, and industrial real estate projects. They will study how individuals and companies search for, select, and finance real estate. Students will examine how various funding structures and instruments are used to fund real estate projects. The course examines the environmental and social issues that real estate developers must address to gain community support and financial resources. The sources of development and acquisition capital such as banks, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts (REITS), real estate partnerships and special purpose funding vehicles will be studied. Students will be expected to read and analyze parts of the financial documents filed with the SEC by publicly traded real estate developers and banks to learn how both commercial and residential real estate is financed and to use spreadsheets to solve real estate valuation problems. Students will study the primary and secondary residential mortgage markets in the United States, taking advantage of the in-depth resources provided by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) to learn about this very important sector of the capital markets.

Course:	[BUS 440] Internship
Prerequisite:	Completion of 75 or more credits.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This option consists of an off-campus business internship supervised by a faculty member. The venue must be approved by the faculty member and/or program and must be the focus of no less than 150 hours of student work. Weekly discussions of each student’s internship will be conducted online. This course requires students to write a paper based on their internship.

Course:	[BUS 460] Virtual Enterprise
Prerequisite:	Completion of 75 or more credits.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This option focuses on a business simulation where students experience the business world by creating and operating virtual firms and taking virtual products and services to market in the global economy. Activities include hands-on experience with concept development, business planning, e-commerce, marketing, strategic planning, finance, accounting and management in an interactive and realistic business environment. A portfolio, business plan, company quarterly reports and reflective blogs are required.

Course:	[BUS 480] Thesis
Prerequisite:	Permission of instructor.
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	In this option, the student will be required to write a scholarly paper suitable for publication on a research topic in business. Research for the thesis will be supervised by a faculty member. Weekly discussions of each student’s paper will be conducted online. Credit is not earned until the thesis is accepted.

Course:	[CC 401] Research Methods 1
Lead Faculty:	Sara Marcus
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course engages students in the planning, conducting, reporting and evaluation of research, A survey of methods characteristic of the social and behavioral sciences is included, with emphasis on those most closely related to the study of communication and culture.

Course:	[CC 402] Research Methods 2
Prerequisite:	Successful completion of CC 401.
Lead Faculty:	Cheryl Bluestone, Ellen Smiley
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course aims to enhance and extend the methodological competencies developed in the first course, with an emphasis on experimentation, advanced issues in design and program evaluation. Statistical procedures for analysis of response variability and for seeking patterns in highly variable data will be integrated into research presentations and practice. Students will learn how to coordinate the planning of a complex research project and lead a research team. One major research project will be required, along with completion of a detailed design plan for a second interdisciplinary project in an area linked to each student's focus of studies within the concentration.

Course:	[CC 403] Communications & Media
Lead Faculty:	John Driver, Phillip Ruiz, Robert Whittaker
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will examine theories and concepts of communication as well as the terminology of recent debates concerning issues such as the relationship between "high" and "popular" culture; how gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity and race shape and are shaped by visual culture; and the impact of new media and information technology.

Course:	[CC 404] Global Culture and Diversity
Lead Faculty:	Sallie Cuffee, Victoria Sanford
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The contemporary world features astonishing cultural diversity, easily accessed through communication networks and international trade. This course will examine classical and contemporary theories of cultural development and its stages, as well as problems posed by global diversity: inequality, imperialism, miscommunication, and intercultural strife.

Course:	[CC 405] Analyzing Organizational Structure and Change
Lead Faculty:	Joseph Pascarella
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The contemporary world has produced new organizational types and styles while at the same time perpetuating older, more traditional, bureaucratic forms. Students will analyze organizations using a combination of case study analysis and the application of contemporary and classical organizational models.

Course:	[CC 406] Studies in Mass Communication
Prerequisite:	CC 401 & CC 402
Lead Faculty:	John Breslin,James Carney, John Driver
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	Week of December 23rd
Course Description:	This course examines the historical development of print, broadcast and digital media as well as major theories of communication. Topics will include political and social effects, propaganda and public opinion, information versus entertainment. Students will write several short essays and develop research projects, individually or in groups, using a variety of presentation media and techniques.

Course:	[CC 407] Studies in Personality and Culture
Prerequisite:	CC 401 & CC 402
Lead Faculty:	Audrey Charlton, William Divale
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	Culture is expressed through individual personalities, the product of both genetic unfolding and interaction with others in a specific cultural context. Language is a means of communication, but it is also a culturally specific way of organizing perception and understanding. In this course students will study the interaction between broad genotypes, individual personality, communication and culture. Students will plan and conduct individual and group research projects in these kinds of issues.

Course:	[CC 408] Studies in Urbanization
Prerequisite:	CC 401 & CC 402
Lead Faculty:	William Divale
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course emphasizes the study of cities and societies from a variety of perspectives, and examines a broad range of theoretical and practical public policy issues, including race and gender, immigration patterns, economic growth and decay, and population distribution.

Course:	[CC 409] Studies in Communication & Cultural Change
Prerequisite:	CC 401 & CC 402
Lead Faculty:	Barbara Walters
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course examines cultural change resulting from new technologies, scientific discoveries, demographic changes, political conflict, and changes in the environment. Special emphasis will be given to how effective communication can help to resolve (and miscommunication can escalate) conflicts and stresses arising from such change.

Course:	[CC 499] Senior Research Project
Prerequisite:	CC401, CC402 and Permission of Faculty Mentor.
Lead Faculty:	Staff
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	All students will complete a senior research project under the direction of a faculty mentor. This capstone project builds upon work done in previous courses, allowing students to apply methods of scholarly and/or action research to issues of their own choosing. Work will be shared in a virtual "commons" open to all faculty and students working in the concentration.

Course:	[CIS 101] Computer Fundamentals and Applications
Lead Faculty:	John Morales
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is an introduction to computers and their use in information processing. Topics include hardware and software concepts, elements of telecommunications, networks, and the Internet. Emphasis is on using computer programs such as word processing, spreadsheets, and data base management, as well as Internet applications.

Course:	[COM 110] Digital Information in the Contemporary World
Lead Faculty:	Johel Brown-Grant, Kimon Keramidas, Wendy Williams
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	What does it mean to learn - to inquire, to investigate, to collaborate, to research - online? In this course, students will propose answers to these questions by exploring new communication technologies and probing their impact on contemporary understandings of identity and community. Students will find, examine, and evaluate online resources.

Course:	[EAS 201] The Nature of New York
Lead Faculty:	Staff
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This science course allows students to explore New York City's rich and diverse natural environment through a unique online learning experience. The course focuses on the city's origins and transformation over time, and provides students with a sound introduction to ecological thinking. The course includes assignments that explore urban ecosystems and habitats.

Course:	[ECO 201] Microeconomics
Lead Faculty:	Leon Battista
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is an investigation of the microeconomy as seen through the eyes of the individual consumer and firm. It includes an exploration of profits, employment, and resources via supply and demand as well as elasticity, utility, costs, and market structures. Students will apply these concepts to specific issues, including unions, rent control, job discrimination, the minimum wage, and education.

Course:	[ECO 202] Macroeconomics
Lead Faculty:	Paul Azrak
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is a study of factors determining national output, income, employment, and prices; the impact of government spending, taxation, and monetary policy; the banking system; economic growth; and international trade.

Course:	[ENG 101] College Writing I
Lead Faculty:	William Bernhardt
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course emphasizes expository and analytical writing, longer reading-based essays, attention to reading skills, and research methods in both physical and virtual libraries. Students completing the course should understand the conventions of academic writing and be increasingly fluent in those of computer-mediated communication (e-mail, discussion boards, etc.).

Course:	[ENG 102] College Writing II
Lead Faculty:	William Bernhardt
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course helps students develop the ability to write longer expository essays. While continuing to focus on the writing process, students are introduced to literary genres, and are expected to complete a research project that involves online research, documentation, and the use of source material in an essay that argues an opinion based on well-chosen and compelling evidence.

Course:	[ENG 201] Introduction to Literature
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course helps students develop the ability to write longer expository essays. While continuing to focus on the writing process, students are introduced to literary genres, and are expected to complete a research project that involves online research, documentation, and the use of source material in an essay that argues an opinion based on well-chosen and compelling evidence.

Course:	[ENG 301] Science Fiction
Lead Faculty:	Joseph Ugoretz
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course features works exemplifying many of science fiction's major ideas, including time travel, alien invasion/contact, biological/genetic manipulation, cyberpunk, space opera/future war, post-apocalypse, and utopia/dystopia. Students will explore science fiction's integration into contemporary culture and online resources that connect with the themes and authors.

Course:	[ENG 302] Shakespeare: - Negative Images of Renaissance
Lead Faculty:	Susan Quarrell
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	The richness of Shakespeare's range of work defies comprehensive coverage in a single course, but it responds to all sorts of perspectives (historical, cultural, psychological, and literary) as well as points of interests (character types, recurrent themes, dramatic genres, etc.). Consequently, the particular focus of the course will vary according to the instructor's interest.

Course:	[ENG 311] Writing for New Media
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	A writing intensive content creation course designed to teach competence in writing for recently evolved electronic media and to foster an understanding of the theory and practice of writing for those media. The course will cover writing content for Internet news, Internet information, as well as writing content for such applications as wikis, blogs, podcasts, vlogs, and webisodes. Other applications may include techniques for writing instant messages, writing headlines for news alerts, and some writing applications for other hand-held electronic devices. Students will individually create blogs, podcasts, Internet news items, and other content. As groups, they will participate in discussion boards, create wikis, webisodes, and online newscasts.

Course:	[GEOG 301] International Migration and Ethnicity
Lead Faculty:	Bradley Gardener, Ines M. Miyares
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course explores quantitative and qualitative examination of historic and contemporary international migration patterns. Emphasis is on spatial demographic impacts of immigration policy in the United States with a focus on major urban centers, including comparative analyses of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States.

Course:	[HIST 102] Origins of the Modern World, 1500 to the Present
Lead Faculty:	Jordi Getman, Howard Wach
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	Global relationships in the contemporary world stem from interactions between civilizations that began half a millennium ago. This thematic survey of modern world history introduces students to selected topics which illuminate these patterns and allow us to perceive our own world more clearly.

Course:	[HIST 201] The Ascent of Man: An Introduction to the History of Science
Lead Faculty:
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	Based on the BBC television series by Jacob Bronowski, this course traces the development of civilization through advances in science and technology. Through weekly writing assignments and exploration of the rich internet resources on the history of science, students will deepen their knowledge of the history of science and its significance for world history.

Course:	[HIST 302] History of the Dominican Republic
Lead Faculty:	Segundo Pantoja
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course surveys Dominican history from the Tainos to Balaguer. Through frequent short writing assignments based on weekly online discussion, students will analyze Haitian-Dominican relations since colonial times, political and economic conditions since the 19th century, and the impact of US influence.

Course:	[LANG 101] Language in the Multicultural Setting
Lead Faculty:	Cynthia Wiseman
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will introduce the student to the study of language in multicultural urban settings. The course will introduce related topics, such as bilingual/bidialectical families and bilingual education, language and gender, literacy in a changing, technological society, child language acquisition, and different dialects and registers. The readings will draw on works in linguistics, literature and related fields. Students will work on critical reading and produce writing based on the readings in connections with their own experiences and backgrounds.

Course:	[LANG 102] The Skills and Art of Translation
Lead Faculty:	Xuan-Nga Kam
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is an introduction to the techniques of translation, offering practice in translating texts of various types (scientific, technical, legal, medical, commercial, journalistic, and literary). Draft translations will be discussed online with a view towards determining the most accurate translation. Students will also engage in an online discussion of topics covered in the readings.

Course:	[LAS 101] Latin America and Caribbean Cultures
Lead Faculty:	Lorena Ellis
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	In this course, students learn about contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures by reading and discussing politics, customs, art, music, and cinema. Students will analyze film clips and music, evaluate performances, and conduct online research into selected cultural topics.

Course:	[MATH 101] Fundamentals of Mathematics
Lead Faculty:	Annie Han
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course will introduce students to various topics in mathematics: set theory, logic, counting and combinatorics (the branch of mathematics that studies finite collections of objects satisfying specified criteria) and historical or alternate base number systems. Students will be expected to apply these constructs to problems in the real world and not simply to consider them abstractly.

Course:	[MATH 102] Mathematics in Contemporary Society
Prerequisite:	MATH 101
Lead Faculty:	Joan Mosely
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	Designed to provide students with an understanding of the mathematical ideas and methods found in the social sciences, the arts, and business, this course covers the fundamentals of statistics, scatter plots, graphics in the media, problem-solving strategies, dimensional analysis, and mathematical modeling. Students can expect to explore real world applications.

Course:	[MATH 210] Business Math
Prerequisite:	MATH 101
Lead Faculty:	Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course introduces students to different quantitative methods needed to solve problems in business. Students will explore functions from the numerical, algebraic and graphical viewpoints, studying different linear models, equations with two unknowns, matrix addition, multiplications, inversion and its different applications. Students will also learn mathematics of finance such as simple interest, compound interest, annuities, amortization, and sinking funds.

Course:	[PHIL 101] Introduction to Philosophy
Lead Faculty:	Shing-Yn Tsay
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is a study of the basic issues and traditions in philosophy. Thinkers include Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Kant, Rawls. Issues include the soul, truth, god, reality, knowledge, ethics, mind, freedom, religion, social and political thought. Developing skills of critical analysis and dialectical thinking, students will identify some of the basic concepts in the field of philosophy, including vocabulary, concepts and theories; will be able to identify traditional and current issues in philosophy; and will demonstrate familiarity with the main areas of philosophical discourse and schools of thought, especially as manifested in ongoing discussions of these issues.

Course:	[PHIL 301] Computers, Society, and Human Values
Lead Faculty:	Philip Pecorino
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course explores the impact of computers and information networks on society. Topics include privacy and confidentiality, computer crime, harassment, identity, honesty, mechanization, secrecy, proprietary rights, and technological dependence. The course will help students identify and respond to moral issues and dilemmas related to information systems and communication networks.

Course:	[PHYS 301] Space, Time and Motion-Physical Science
Lead Faculty:	Charles Liu
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course traces changing understandings of motion, time, space, matter, and energy through the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Topics studied include the concepts of motion, relativity and gravity; and the discoveries and ideas of Einstein and other major thinkers in the field of physical science.

Course:	[PSY 101] General Psychology
Lead Faculty:	Marjorie Garrido
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course examines behavior and mental processes. Topics include research methods, biological bases of brain and mind, sensation-perception, sleep and states of consciousness, learning and memory, development, cognition-intelligence, motivation-emotion, personality, abnormal psychology, and social psychology. The focus is on findings and principles related to everyday life.

Course:	[SOC 101] Introduction to Sociology
Lead Faculty:	Beth King
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the theoretical perspectives, concepts, methods, and core research areas in sociology. Students will engage in active learning projects, and complete both formal and informal writing assignments.

Course:	[SPAN 101] Beginning Spanish I
Lead Faculty:	Jeanneth Sangurima, Mary Zamudio
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course in conjunction with SPAN 102 is designed to provide students with thorough grounding in Spanish grammar and vocabulary. The course will include intensive practice in speaking and listening through the use of audio-video resources. Students enrolled in this course will need a microphone and speakers (or a headset) and a web camera to interact online with the instructor and to record individual, pair, and group work.

Course:	[SPAN 102] Beginning Spanish II
Lead Faculty:	Jeanneth Sangurima, Mary Zamudio
Credits:	3
Start Date:	August 27th
End Date:	December 23rd
Course Description:	This course, a continuation of SPAN 101, is designed to provide students with thorough grounding in Spanish grammar and vocabulary. The course will include intensive practice in speaking and listening through the use of audio-video resources. Students enrolled in this course will need a microphone and speakers (or a headset) and a web camera to interact online with the instructor and to record individual, pair, and group work.