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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Examination of the stage child in western history with particular emphasis on the last one hundred and thirty years. Focus will be on the performer in society, rather than on the dramatic character. Emphasis on contemporary issues and diversity. Construction of popular views of the stage child through an examination of the regulations, laws, and mores applied at various junctures. Issues in children's employment such as health and safety, education, professional training and prospects, the role of organized labor, long-term psycho-social adjustment. Venues in which children work today. Regulation of these professional children through state laws and union work rules. Scholarly studies and individual histories of professional performing children. (Not open to students who have taken Children's Studies 25, Special Topics, during the spring 2000 or spring 2001 semesters.) Prerequisite: Core Studies 1, or 3, or 4, or permission of the program director.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A critical overview of children and disability using local, national and international perspective. Historical to contemporary based discussions on culture and policy demonstrated through education, media, and medical practices, specific to children and disability. Understanding of current policy, child centered research and practices specific to child and disability extending from the U.S. to China. (This course is not open to students who completed this topic as Children's Studies 25, Special Topics, during the fall 2006 and spring 2007 semesters.) Prerequisite: Core Studies 3 or 4; or Core Curriculum 2.2 or 2.3; or permission of the program director.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Examination of children's lives in New York and the institutions that affect them. Exploration of children's living conditions and lifestyles. Relevant demographic variables including: age, gender, ethnicity, race, geography, and socioeconomic status. Conditions and dynamics of housing, education, religion, family structure, and public health. Children's social organization in such activities as play, sports, music, video gaming, internet use, illegal music downloading, television, dance clubs, etc. Examination of demographic trends with focus on child welfare, including analysis of legal and social policies affecting children. (Not open to students who have taken Children's Studies 25, Special Topics, during the spring 2005 or fall 2005 semesters.) Prerequisite: Children's Studies 20 or 30 or 31, or permission of the program director.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture; 3 credits Political and legal history of children's issues in the United States, focused on the attitudes and actions of figures in power. Origins of public education and welfare; debate over child labor. Brown v. Board of Education, In re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines. Abortion, busing, welfare reform, and children's rights in the legal and political arenas. (This course is the same as History 43.21.)
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7.00 Credits
7 hours fieldwork, 1 hour conference; 3 credits Off-campus internships to explore careers in professional settings that focus on children, youth, and families. Placements include such institutional areas as the media, advertising, governmental and non-governmental organizations, medicine, law, and corporations whose activities have a bearing on the lives of children and youth. Final report required. Prerequisite: Children's Studies 20 or 30 or 31, or permission of the program director.
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5.00 Credits
5 hours, 1 hour multimedia laboratory; 4 credits First in a two-semester intensive sequence for beginners and those who have had one year or less of high school study. Introduction to phonetics and writing systems. Development of communicative skills and cultural awareness through extensive classroom interaction and a variety of multimedia materials. (Not open to heritage speakers or to students who have completed Chinese 1 or more than one year of high school Chinese.) Prerequisite: none.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Introduction to Chinese media, including newspapers, journals, speeches, essays, radio and television broadcasts, video documentaries, the Internet, and pop music lyrics. Prerequisite: Chinese 4.1 or 4.8 or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Development of advanced language skills for nonheritage speakers; analytical practice and self-expression in the written and spoken language; use of authentic literary and nonliterary texts. (Not open to heritage speakers.) Prerequisite: Chinese 4.1 or 4.8 or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Continued practice in advanced written expression and in textual analysis for heritage and nonheritage speakers; composition modeled on selected literary texts. Prerequisite: Chinese 4.8 or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Acquisition of the language skills, terminology, and procedures necessary to function in one or more specialized areas where Chinese is routinely used. Designed to familiarize students with common interactions within the professional environment and with problems arising from cross-cultural misunderstandings. Intensive practice in speaking and writing. Reading and discussion of authentic materials related to the topic. May be taken before or concurrently with Chinese 60.02. 11.31 Chinese for the Arts 11.32 Chinese for Business 11.33 Chinese for Criminal Justice 11.35 Chinese for the Media 11.36 Chinese for Social Sciences 11.37 Chinese for Social Work Prerequisite: Chinese 11.12 or permission of the chairperson.
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