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  • AS 3212: History of U.S. Social Thought

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Examines the emergence of the dominant intellectual traditions in the United States - Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, pragmatism, progressivism - which have sought to explain American society, as well as more critial visions, such as Black nationalism, populism, and socialism. The course emphasizes the relationships between ideas, society, and social change. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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  • AS 3222: History of City & Suburb

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    An examination of the growth and development of U.S. cities & suburbs in the 19th and 20th Centuries, including their physical form, economic conditions, social life and politics. Although the course will broad in scope, particular attention will be given to New York City and it's suburbs. Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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  • AS 3225: Long Island History

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Long Island History will explore the development of Long Island from Dutch Settlement days through 1980. Students will explore Long Island through a number of unique perspectives - literature, history texts, site visits, films and speakers. In literature, readings will focus on a series of Long Island writers from personal diaries to Walt Whitman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Susan Isaacs, and others. In history texts, selections will include African-Americans' and immigrants' experiences; The Revolutionary War; The Underground Railroad; maritime and agricultural history; Gold Coast hideaway of the rich and famous; Cradle of Aviation, road, railroads, the middle class, politics and Robert Moses; WWII and the rise of technology; suburban archetype, suburban Paradise; Racing to the Moon; and ethnic and religious diversity. Scheduled site visits - museums, places of worship, historical sites, working harbors, ethnic enclaves, and food emporiums - will enhance the reading materials. Selected films on Native Americans, the Brooklyn Bridge, mansions of the Gold Coast, the Baymen and major league baseball will round out our picture of Long Island, past and present. Finally, guest speakers will include two Long Island natives who will provide remembrances about "their Long Island". Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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  • AS 3242: Intro to U.S. History

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    Focuses on 19th & 20th Century U.S. history. The aim of the course is to provide students with background for understanding U.S. politics and society. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: BEII placement
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  • AS 3243: History of Long Island

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    This course will trace the history of Long Island from its first Native American settlements until the present. Special attention will be given to Long Island's historical relationship to New York city, and its importance as a model for the entire nation. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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  • AS 3247: Video Production

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    This course will provide students with an introduction to portable video equipment and a variety of production genres, including documentary, narrative and experi- mental forms. The course will focus on an in-depth under- standing of the portable video camera, including micro- phones and lighting equipment, and will provide an introduction to video editing. Students will explore using video as a communications tool and as a means of artistic expression. They will be encouraged to find stories that are important to them and to find ways to communicate these stories and ideas to others, using moving images and sound. The goal of this class is to use audio- visual tools to communicate in creative and effective ways, and not to just simply mirror television and commercial films. The class will meet once a week for lectures, hands- on practice with the video equipment and screenings of com- pleted works, which will help to illustrate different pro- duction values and develop a framework for critical analysis.
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  • AS 3252: U.S. Social Movements

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    This course explores the casual conditions, nature, and impact of progressive social movements in America. Varying sets of activist biographies and social movement histories related either by period or theme will be selected for study. Possible topics include the abolition, temperance, feminist, peace, labor, civil rights, reproductive rights, and environmental movements. Prerequisite: ECII placement.or equivalent
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  • AS 3262: African-American History I

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    A history of the African American experience, the origins in Africa, the slave trade, plantation slavery and the Civil War. Course covers major movements and figures during the period 1609-1865. Prerequisite: ECII placement or equivalent
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  • AS 3263: African American History II

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

    An historical survey of African American history from the Civil War to the present. The course examines Reconstruction, the rise of segregation, the migration to the north and west, protest organizations, the Civil Rights movement, and ongoing debates over the significance of race in America. Prerequisite: EMS.
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  • AS 3265: Civil Liberities&Civil Rights

    4.00 Credits
    SUNY College at Old Westbury

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