Disciplinary Concentrations for Childhood, Bilingual, and Exceptional Education Majors

• AS2112 The American People I
• AS2122 The American People II

AND

Two American Studies courses at the 4000-level

• AS4160 Special Topics in Media Studies
• AS4170 Special Topics in American Studies
• AS4212 Early America
• AS4215 Critical Ideas in American History
• AS4218 Civil War and Reconstruction
• AS4222 The Emergence of Modern America
• AS4250 Immigration Today
• AS4252 Immigration History
• AS4253 Latino New York
• AS4280 Global Media
• AS4282 America in War and Peace: 1898 to 2001
• AS4283 America Between the World Wars
• AS4285 Vietnam and After
• AS4288 Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
• AS4290 Youth in America: A History
• AS4292 America Since WWII: 1945-1989
• AS4402 History of the Family in the U.S.
• AS4420 History of New York City and State
• AS4432 History of the Women’s Movement
• AS4435 Woman of Color Feminisms
• AS4715 African-American Thought and Culture
• AS4722 Film: Ideas and Aesthetics
• AS4725 The Photograph and American Culture
• AS4732 Political Film
• AS4850 Digital Revolution

AND

Two American Studies courses at the 5000-level

• AS5000 Topics in U.S. History in Global Perspective
• AS5112 American Voices
• AS5200 Environmental Journalism
• AS5212 Narrative and History
• AS5312 History of U.S. Culture
• AS5350 History of the Slave Narrative
• AS5412 Protest and Change
• AS5420 Propaganda and Mass Persuasion
• AS5712 Mass Media and Popular Culture
• AS5800 Research in American History and Culture
• AS5862 The Journalist as Creative Writer

AND

Two American Studies elective courses*

*Only one 1000 or 2000-level course may be counted among these courses.

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• BS2400 Basic Biological Science I with Lab
• BS2410 Basic Biological Science II with Lab
• CP2120/2121 Principles of Chemistry I with Lab
• CP2130/2131 Principles of Chemistry II with Lab
• One course in Physics with Lab
   

Three upper division biology courses (one course from each of the following areas:  Cellular and Molecular, Organismic and Population:

Cellular-Molecular Area:

• BS4400 Cell Biology
• BS4460 Genetics

Organismic Area:

• BS3400 Vertebrate Physiology
• BS3520 Comparative Anatomy

Population Area:

• BS4440 Evolution
• BS4470 Ecology

• CP2120/2121 Principles of Chemistry I with Lab
• CP2130/2131 Principles of Chemistry II with Lab
• CP3300/3302 Organic Chemistry I with Lab
• CP3400 Analytical Chemistry
• CP2220/2221 Structure of Physics I with Lab
• CP2230/2231 Structure of Physics II with Lab
• MA2090 Precalculus

Select one of these courses:

• CP2210 Physical Science
• CP2300 Weather Studies
• CP2400 Ocean Studies
• CP2500 Climate Studies
• CP 3450 Inorganic Chemistry

Distribution Requirements:

A. At least 2 courses primarily in literature written before 1800 (for the U.S., 1900)

B. At least 1 course in each of: British Literature; U.S. Literature; and World Literature. Either EL3500 or 3510 may be used to satisfy the British or U.S. Literature requirement, but not both.

1. Linguistic Foundations:

• EL3010 Structure and Grammar of English

2. Literary Analysis (choose two):

• EL3500 Literature Across Cultures I: Analysis and Interpretation
• EL3510 Literature Across Cultures II: Theory
• EL4400 Critical Theory

3. Literary Traditions (select one from Group A, one from Group B, and one from Group A, B, or C)

A. British and U.S. Literature:

• EL3600 U.S. Literature I: Colonial Period to Civil War
• EL3610 U.S. Literature II: Civil War to Present
• EL3800 English Literature I: Beowulf to 18th Century, inclusive of Shakespeare
• EL3810 English Literature II: Romantics to Present
   

B. World Literature:

• EL3560 Literatures of Europe Part I
• EL3561 Literatures of Europe Part II
• EL3700 Survey of World Literature

C. Genres and Traditions, Multicultural and World Literature:

• EL4200 Biblical-Classical Foundations of Multicultural Literature
• EL4300 20th-Century Literature: Colonialism and Postcolonialism
• EL4311 Greek Drama
• EL4312 Greek Mythology
• EL4325 Shakespeare: Selected Plays
• EL4380 The Novel
• EL4402 Sin and Sexuality in Literature
• EL4500 Topics in British/US Literature
• EL4510 Modern Drama and Theater
• EL4540 Epic: East and West

4. Perspectives: Choose Multicultural U.S.-British Literature OR World Literature Specialization 

Multicultural U.S.-British Literature Specialization:
 

a. Electives. Choose ONE course from any of these groups:

British/U.S. Literature

• EL4030 Women and Narrative
• EL4050 Lesbian and Gay Literature
• EL4060 Literature of Class and Class Consciousness
• EL4080 Extraordinary Bodies: Disability in Literature

U.S. Literature

• ML3410 Latino Writers in the US
• EL3811 Survey of African American Literature
• EL4000 Native American Literature
• EL4010 Harlem Renaissance
• EL4015 Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States
• EL4020 Asian American Literature
• EL4040 Black Women Writers
• EL4070 Topics in African American Literature
• EL4090 African American Novel
• EL4091 African American Poetry and Plays
• EL4405 Caribbean Literature

British Literature

• EL4550 Modern English Literature 1890-1960
• EL4560 Multicultural British Literature Since 1960

b. Required for all students in the specialization:

• EL4800 Major Authors

World Literature Specialization:
Note: Non-English Literatures are read in translation.

a. Surveys – Choose one:

• EL3865 Literature of Asia
• EL3870 Literatures of Africa
• EL3880/ML348 Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature

b. Electives – Choose one:

• EL4405 Caribbean Literature
• EL4600 Literature of India
• EL4630 Latin American Literature
• EL4640 French Literature
• EL4650 Literature of Russia and Eastern Europe

No more than 2 courses at the 2000 level; at least 3 courses at the 4000 level

Core: 4 required courses distributed as described below: 16 credits

1. One course (4 credits) on European History:

• HI2681 Introduction to European History
• HI2521 World History II: Western Civilization
• HI3002 Rise of Reason
• HI3011 Foundations of the Judeo-Christian Tradition
• HI3021 Europe in the Middle Ages
• HI3030 From God to Machine
• HI3102 Hispanic Heritage
• HI3455 Modern European Revolutions
• HI3558 Classical Greco-Roman History
• HI4415 Europe of the Dictators
• HI4420 Women and Witchcraft
• HI4557 Renaissance and Reformation Europe

2. One course (4 credits) on American History

• AS2112 American People I
• AS2122 American People II
• AS2262 African American History I
• AS2263 African American History II
• AS2640 U.S. Latina/o History
• AS3412 African-American Women's History
• AS3462 History of Women in the U.S.
• HI3700 Historical Geography of Latin America
• AS4212 Early America
• AS4215 Critical Ideas in American History
• AS4218 Civil War and Reconstruction
• AS4222 The Emergence of Modern America
• AS4252 Immigration History
• AS 4253 Latino New York
• AS4282 America in War and Peace, 1898 to 1975
• AS4283 America between the World Wars
• AS4285 Vietnam and After
• AS4290 Youth in America: A History
• AS4292 America Since World War II: 1945-1989
• AS4402 History of the Family in the U.S.
• AS4420 History of New York City and State
• AS4432 History of the Women's Movement

3. One course (4 credits) on the History of Africa, East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America

• HI2511 World History I: the Non-Western World
• HI3080 Asian Cultures

Africa

• HI3091 African Cultures
• HI3640 African History

East Asia

• HI4632 Japanese History
• HI4900 Modern China [study abroad]
• HI4905 Chinese Civilization

South Asia

• HI4800 History of India

Middle East

• HI3835 Islamic Cultures
• HI4306 Golden Age of Islam
• HI4308 History of the Modern Middle East

Latin America

• HI3110 Latin American Culture
• ML3430 Intro to the Pre-Columbian Culture
• HI3700 Historical Geography of Latin America

4. One course (4 credits) on Global Perspectives, Trans-regional Connections, Historiography or Geography:

Global Perspectives

• HI4001 Nineteenth Century
• HI4011 Twentieth Century

Trans-regional Connections

• HI3610 America’s African Heritage
• HI3840 Crescent and Cross
• HI4650 History of African Enslavement;
• HI4850 Domesticity 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• HI4910 Chinese Diaspora

Historiography:

• HI4062 Making History

Geography:

• HI2810 Geography, Earth and People
• HI3600 Global Geography
• HI4600 World Regional Geography

Electives: 16 credits

Any 4 courses listed above. Guidelines as to levels must be followed.

The mathematics concentration requires a minimum of 8 mathematics courses (32 credits). Students may transfer a maximum of four of these courses (16 credits) from other institutions. Completion in this concentration requires a grade of C or higher in all mathematics courses.

Students must complete 32 credits as follows:

A. Required Mathematics Courses: All of the following seven courses (28 credits)

• MA2010 Foundations of Mathematics I 4cr.
• MA3020 Foundations of Mathematics II 4cr.
• MA2310 Calculus & Analytic Geometry I 4cr.
• MA2320 Calculus & Analytic Geometry II 4cr.
• MA3030 Discrete Mathematics 4cr.
• MA3160 Linear Algebra 4cr.
• MA3210 Introduction to Probability & Statistics 4cr.

B. Required Elective: One Upper Division Mathematics Course (4 Credits)

Take any one 3000 or 4000 level mathematics course: MA3xxx OR MA4xxx.
 

• PE2430 Macroeconomics 4 cr.
• PE2400 Introduction to Political Economy 4 cr.
• PE2650 Introduction to U.S. Politics 4 cr.
• PE3400 Political Economy of the Third World 4 cr.
• PE3410 U.S. Political Economy 4 cr.
• PE4470 History of Economic Thought 4 cr.

OR

• PE4620 Political and Social Thought 4 cr.
• PE4580 Origins of the Capitalist Economy 4 cr.

OR

• PE4590 Global Economy in the 20th Century 4 cr.
• AND
• Two upper-division electives in PEL 8 cr.

This concentration consists of 8 courses starting at or above Basic Spanish II (ML 1110) and allows student to explore a range of topics including grammar, writing, linguistics, translation, culture, art, film and literature.

Students who select this concentration are expected to participate in the Spanish club and events sponsored by the Hispanic/Latino Cultural Center.

The selection of the first course in the concentration will based on Advanced Placement or CLEP scores, previous coursework from other institutions, or advisement by a Modern Languages faculty member.

Required courses:

• 4000 level course focused on Spain
• 4000 level course focused on Latin America

For those pursuing the bilingual extension the following course is also required:

• ED 5600. This course should be taken at the end of the program of study. Prerequisites: ED 3820, ED 4050 or ED 4850.

Foundation Courses (choose TWO) – 8 cr.

• VA2010 Introduction to Creative Thinking
• VA2020 Basic Design
• VA2030 Drawing
• VA2045 Color

Art History (choose ONE) 4 cr.

• VA2500 Art History Survey I
• VA2510 Art History Survey II

Art Tutorials with Faculty Mentor 12 cr.

• VA3200 Art Tutorials I
• VA4200 Art Tutorials II
• VA5200 Art Tutorials III

Advanced Requirements 8 cr.

• 2 VA Electives (3000 or 4000 level)

Students may take no more than 2 courses at the 1000 or 2000 level. At least 3 courses must be at the 4000 or 5000 level.

The core: 3 required courses distributed as follows from the courses listed below: 12 cr.

The Heritage of the West (choose one)

• HI1010 World Religions - West
• HI2681 Introduction to Europe History 1350-present
• HI3002 Rise of Reason—The Classical Origins of Western Culture
• HI3011 Foundations of Judeo-Christian Tradition
• HI3021 Europe in the Middle Ages
• HI3030 God to Machine 16th-18th Century
• HI3102 Hispanic Heritage
• HI4557 Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

The Heritage of Asia, Africa, The Middle East and Latin America (choose one)

• HI1020 World Religions – East
• HI3080 Asian Cultures
• HI3091 African Cultures
• HI3110 Latin American Culture
• HI3640 African History
• HI3700 Historical Geography of Latin America
• HI3835 Islamic Cultures
• HI4306 Golden Age of Islam
• HI4308 History of the Modern Middle East
• HI4632 History of Japan Through Literature
• HI4800 History of India
• HI4900 Modern China (Study Abroad)
• HI4905 Chinese Civilization

Methodological or Global (choose one from EITHER group below)

Methodological (Interdisciplinary, disciplinary, cross-cultural)

• HI2200 Science in Western Civilization
• HI2720 Introduction to Philosophy
• HI2810 Geography, Earth, and People
• HI3040 Analysis of Culture
• HI3600 Global Geography
• HI4062 Making History
• HI4600 World Regional Geography

Global

• HI4001 Nineteenth Century
• HI4011 Twentieth Century

Electives 20 cr.

5 courses selected from any of the courses listed above and/or from any of the courses listed below.
Guidelines as to levels must be followed

• HI3200 Contemporary Religious Experiences
• HI3323 Buddhism
• ML3430 Intro to the Pre-Columbian Culture
• HI3455 Modern European Revolutions
• HI3525 Ancient Greek Philosophy
• HI3558 Classical Greco-Roman History
• HI3703 Modern Philosophy
• HI3704 African Regions and Philosophy
• HI3710 Contemporary Philosophical Issues
• HI3752 Ethics
• HI3840 Crescent and the Cross
• HI4051 Logic and Scientific Reasoning
• HI4305 Islam and the Quran
• HI4306 Golden age of Islam
• HI4308 History of the Modern Middle East
• HI4395 Philosophy from the 20th to the 21st Century
• HI4650 History of African Enslavement;
• HI4850 Domesticity 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• HI4900 Modern China - A Study Abroad course
• HI4910 Chinese Diaspora Across the Pacific