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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course introduces students to the dynamics of intercultural communication and enables them to communicate more effectively in multicultural settings. Through field trips, cultural research, and role-plays, students develop the skills needed to look objectively at other cultures. Using New York City as a laboratory, they gain experience identifying and analyzing dominant cultural patterns, thus improving their ability to understand the often perplexing behavior of people from cultures other than their own.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore photography as a journalistic tool, emphasizing the photograph as a recorder of newsworthy events. Students will be given assignments to use the photo-document as a visual illustration of the written word. The primary focus of investigation will be the multicultural urban center of New York City. Field trips, a term paper, and additional written assignments will be required. Students should expect to pay for additional materials for this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the relationships among various art forms and the societies out of which they arise. The focus is to establish the connection between the human drive to create and the social attitudes which influence that creation and provide it with a context. Using the rich cultural resources of New York City, students will have the opportunity to explore characteristics and functions of art in other historical and cultural settings. Field trips to various art institutes in the city will constitute a significant part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Through first-hand experience using the museums, galleries, critics, and collectors of New York City, students will examine the form and content of a multicultural range of painting, drawing, outsider art, craft, and sculpture. Museum and gallery visits, as well as a visit to a working artist's studio, will comprise major portions of this course. The class will discuss and write about the exhibits to explore the nature of art criticism.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the various cultural, historical, ethnic, class, and artistic dimensions of New York in feature films such as Musketeers of Pig Alley, Hester Street and Do the Right Thing, as well as in selected documentary and experimental films. The course also situates New York City within the corporate production and exhibition histories of American film. Particular attention is given to films produced in New York over the last two decades and the images of the city they project.
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3.00 Credits
(3experiences) This course involves the study of current professional and semiprofessional theatre in New York City. Students will be required to attend a series of Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway plays in order to compare their content, underlying aesthetic concepts and production techniques. (Plays may be seen on weekday evenings or weekend/weekday matinees.) Students should expect to pay for theatre tickets, tours, lectures, and workshops with theatre professionals and post-performance discussions.
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3.00 Credits
This course further explores the students' skills acquired in Illustration I, involving the interaction of visual imagery and verbal themes. Students will develop individual portfolios in specific illustration fields, e.g., book illustration, action comic illustration, the graphic novel, or editorial illustration. Students will also solve problems focused on the refinement of conceptual skills required to work with abstract and/or pictorial images. Technical skills with watercolor, inks, and pastel will be further enhanced. Class lectures and related reading will focus on the highlights of twentieth-century illustration and graphic narratives. Liberal Arts Departments Education and Language Acquisition, English, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural and Applied Sciences, and Social Science Departments
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the process of philosophical reflection. Utilizing the concept of freedom extensively, it seeks to develop the student's ability to analyze concepts and to explore life experience in a structured and coherent fashion. Students are encouraged to develop their perceptions by critically examining their own beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions in light of the philosophical analyses they encounter.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the process of thinking critically, and guides students in thinking more clearly, insightfully and effectively. Concrete examples from students' experience and contemporary issues help students develop the abilities to solve problems, ana-lyze issues, and make informed decisions in their academic, career and personal lives. Substantive readings, structured writing assignments and ongoing discussions help students develop language skills while fostering sophisticated thinking abilities.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the process of thinking creatively and guides students in developing the creative thinking process, opportunities to work on a variety of projects and activities requiring creative thinking, and personal appearances by creative people discussing their work.
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