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Spring 2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Students should consult an academic advisor when selecting courses to satisfy program requirements. Program Core Curricula require a combination of specific courses and elective courses. Click for details about how to select course that will Satisfy Core Electives . Click for a listing of the current SUNY General Education Requirements . |
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ELEC 125N - Electronic Systems 2 4 credits
Students practice the analysis and application of advanced electronic circuits as applied to the telecommunications industry. Topics include frequency modulation, communication techniques (digital, wired, and wireless), transmission lines, antennas, and fiber optics. Troubleshooting and analysis by computer simulation software is stressed throughout.
Class Hours: 4
Prerequisites: ELEC 124V - Electronics for Telecommunications.
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ELEC 128 - Electrical Circuits 3 credits
An introduction to electric circuit fundamentals, including Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s Law. Students analyze serial, parallel and combinations of circuits using circuits theorems, Thevinin, Norton and superposition. Introduction to AC circuits is included using simulation and hands-on laboratories.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Corequisite: MATH 93 - Beginning Algebra.
Prerequisites: High School Algebra or MATH 93 - Beginning Algebra.
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ELEC 129 - Digital Logic 3 credits
Binary number systems and codes, fundamentals of Boolean Algebra, algebra simplifications; BCD, ASCII and parity codes. Basic gates and OR, invert, NAND, NOR and XOR, XNOR Comparators; flip flops: Sequential circuits; parallel adders; Counter Design; registers, decoders, encoders, Multiplexers and Demultiplexers. Emphasis on Integrated circuits.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: High School Algebra or MATH 93 - Beginning Algebra.
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ELEC 130 - Co-op Education in Electrical Technology 1 3 credits
Co-op courses are designed to promote career awareness through cooperative work experience in the specific field. Students integrate classroom theory with a monitored and supervised work experience. Periodic meetings with faculty advisor and written assignments are required.
Notes: 225 work hours required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Curriculum or Department Chair; GPA of 2.5 or higher; 9 earned credits in curriculum-required courses and 3 credits in ENG 101 or equivalent for a total of 12 credits; and a major declared in this specific curriculum.
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ELEC 131 - Co-op Education in Electrical Technology 2 3 credits
Co-op courses are designed to promote career awareness through cooperative work experience in the specific field. Students integrate classroom theory with a monitored and supervised work experience. Periodic meetings with faculty advisor and written assignments are required.
Notes: 225 work hours required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Curriculum or Department Chair; GPA of 2.5 or higher; 9 earned credits in curriculum-required courses and 3 credits in ENG 101 or equivalent for a total of 12 credits; and a major declared in this specific curriculum.
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ELEC 134 - Power Circuit Analysis 3 credits
This course provides the electrical power student the capability to work with power circuits using electrical analysis methods and simulation and analysis tools. Topics include phasor analysis, three-phase circuits, real, reactive, and apparent power analysis, symmetrical components, and transformer action. An introduction to electronic devices as applied to power circuits is included. Emphasis is on SCR and TRIAC devices on three-phase circuits and applications.
Class Hours: 3
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ELEC 135 - Voice/Telephone Telecommunications 4 credits
This module covers in detail the principles, terminology, and basis for electronic communication. Voice communication is presented in detail. Included are public and private networks, including voice over Internet. Telecommunication equipment, switching and transmission technology are presented. The frequency spectrum, modulation methods, and multiplexing techniques are examined. Lectures, interactive learning and demonstrations are employed.
Offered spring semester.
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ELEC 136 - Data Telecommunications 4 credits
An introduction to the technique, principles, and terminology of Data Communication are presented. Transmission media, communication interfaces, network topologies, and packet transmission techniques are presented. Practical companions to the OSI model are discussed. Data Communication equipment, basic network configurations, multiplexing, and interactive learning demonstrations are included.
Offered fall semester.
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ELEC 137 - Alternating Current and Non-Sine Waves 3 credits
Alternating current circuits and different waveforms are analyzed: Sine/usoidal, exponential, rectangular, square, triangular and mixed waveforms. Average and effective values are calculated. Complex number algebra is used. Impedance, reactance, conductance, admittance and reactance concepts are studied. The laws of circuit analysis are applied to AC excitation. RL, RC, RLC circuits are studied; simulation and hands-on laboratories to illustrate theory.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Corequisite: MATH 135 - College Algebra with Trig.
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 Electrical Circuits.
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ELEC 138 - Intro Telecommunications 4 credits
This course introduces the student to the techniques, principles, terminology, and technology of telecommunications. Comprehensive coverage of current analog and digital data communications is featured, along with an extensive discussion of emerging technologies. For example, high-speed communications using xDSL, cable modems, satellites, ATM, and fiber are discussed. A study of LANS, WANS, and wireless networks is covered. The course material is taught through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.
Class Hours: 4
Offered fall semester.
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ELEC 139 - Solar and Geothermal Technologies 3 credits
This course will apply theory from thermodynamics and mechanics to the renewable technologies of solar thermal and geothermal. These systems will be analyzed for residential application using industry standard practices and guidelines the operation of various thermal components is covered for these systems including solar collectors, controllers, heat exchangers compressors, condensers, evaporators, throttling valves. The hands-on component includes the skills of connecting, operating, programming and troubleshooting of closed-loop thermal systems (drain-back and pressurized) and geothermal systems.
Class Hours: 4
Prerequisites: MECH 127 - Intro to Thermodynamics.
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ELEC 140 - Voice/Data Cabling Basics 3 credits
This course is designed for students interested in the physical aspects of voice and data network cabling and installation. The course focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks, as well as signal transmission.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Offered fall and spring semesters.
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ELEC 160 - Electronics 3 credits
Provides a basic knowledge of electronics using semi-conductor devices. A wide range of practical applications is studied. Experiments use discrete and integrated circuits. Basic circuit configuration using diodes, transistors, optical devices and operational amplifiers are studied. The course discusses trouble shooting techniques that are applicable to electronic circuits.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: High School Algebra or MATH 93 - Beginning Algebra.
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ELEC 204 - Electrical Machinery 3 credits
Electromagnetic induction; characteristics and analysis of DC generators and motors, shunt series, and compound efficiency i voltage regulation; torque; speed regulation starting a DC motor; standards and rating; polyphase system; characteristics and analysis of the alternator; synchronous impedance, power factor, correction, and applications. Different motor designs are presented.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 Electrical Circuits.
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ELEC 205 - Power Generation Systems 3 credits
This course provides an understanding of traditional power generation stations. Fossil fuel fired and hydroelectric power plants are studied. System thermodybnamic analysis of the combustion process, steam generation, turbines and condensate-feedwater systems principles are covered including auxiliary systems. Also studied is the performance and construction of powerplant generators.
Class Hours: 4
Prerequisites: MECH 204 - Thermodynamics for Engineers
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ELEC 206 - Powerplant Operation and Maintenance 3 credits
This course is designed to prepare students for understanding the procedures for powerplant operations and maintenance of equipment and systems. Both mains stystems and auxiliary systems are studied with detailed understanding of equipment such as pumps, valves, and piping while incorporating the use of process diagrams. Synchronous generator operation is studied with power flow control, startup and shutdown procedures, and maintenance. Powerplant safety training is included.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 207 - Instrumentation and Control Systems 3 credits
This is a course on electronic measurement and control techniques that are PC and processor based. An introduction to various sensors is given with associated electronic interfacing. Data acquisition methods are studied with PC monitoring and control software used. An introduction to programmable logic controllers is given with ladder logic programming. Control systems are studied and applications given to utility systems and supporting subsystems.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 208 - Computer Systems 3 credits
A combined lecture and laboratory course with hands-on exercises. Introduction to microcomputer operation. Function of motherboard components and I/O devices are covered. Personal computer networking with hardware and software components. Skills required to install, configure and upgrade microcomputer modules and peripherals are covered. Troubleshooting of common module problems and system malfunction. Structure and function of major DOS and Windows operating system components are covered.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
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ELEC 211 - Photovoltaic System Design 3 credits
This course covers the theory and design of (primarily residential) photovoltaic systems. The operations of subsystem components are explained, including PV modules, charge controllers and inverters, and battery systems. Methods of electrical interconnection, disconnects, over-current protection and grounding following NEC codes are outlined. Solar radiation, system sizing, and mechanical integration topics are included. The course provides hands-on installation training using industry equipment.
Class Hours: 4 (intergrated lecture/lab).
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 - Electrical Circuits
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ELEC 212A - Emerging Electronic Applications 3 credits
This course presents techniques in electronics as emerging applications develop. Students are taught the use of electronics in many areas such as health, biomedical, optical technologies, microwaves and other applications as they appear.
Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
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ELEC 217B - Electronic Devices and Test Equip. Lab 2 credits
A range of electronic devices are investigated and characterized, both discrete and integrated. Properties of analog circuits including gain, frequency response, loading effects, ringing and pulse response are studied. Students learn the proper use and familiarity of electronic test equipment such as the oscilloscope, signal generator, digital voltmeter, frequency counter, and function generator. Proper measurement techniques are explained.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 Electrical Circuits, and ELEC 137 Alternating Current and Non- Sine Waves.
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ELEC 218 - Introduction to Microprocessors 3 credits
This course introduces microprocessor architectures and microcomputer systems including memory type and organization. Topics include: buses architecture, serial/parallel I/O systems, memory systems, instruction set, timing operation, programming, and applications. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze programs and trouble-shoot basic microprocessor circuits.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
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ELEC 221V - Broadband Services 4 credits
Students will understand and use a range of upper level services supported by TCP/IP protocols and broadband transmission services. Emphasis is given to the design and operation of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP applications. Students will define VoIP architectures, protocols, and formats and evaluate and use VoIP, PC-based servers. Students will use IP phones and understand and configure soft phones. In Video over IP, students will describe a range of video basics and codecs and understand video compression technology. They will evaluate and select video players and describe and use different video delivery processes. They will also understand the evolution of the Internet, and its impact on network needs and technologies. Students will work in a networked environment with VoIP phones to set up an enterprise-level phone system as well as work with computer software simulations to model their system.
Class Hours: 5
Prerequisites: ELEC 121V - Network Infrastructure.
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ELEC 222V - Telecommunications Seminar 4 credits
Emerging technologies, by their nature, change over time. In this course, students will learn, research, and evaluate techniques needed to understand a wide range of technologies and their future roles in the telecommunications industry. This is a capstone course through which students will demonstrate the capacity for lifelong learning by researching emerging technologies, trends, and issues - building upon prior learning. Class activity will include research papers, whitepapers, hands-on projects, and team work.
Class Hours: 5
Prerequisites: ELEC 221V - Broadband Services.
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ELEC 223 - Digital Logic and Switching Circuits 4 credits
This is a transfer-oriented comprehensive course. A review of basic digital chips is performed. A review of computer arithmetic is performed. Boolean Laws are emphasized and studied. Combinational circuits are analyzed from given logical diagram; combinational circuits synthesized (built) from given logic algebraic equation. Sequential circuits analyzed with memory devices studied. Adders, counters, registers, etc. are analyzed. Encoders and decoders, multiplexing and generation of digital waveforms are studied. Solid state switching circuits are investigated. Simulated and hands-on experimentation performed.
Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
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ELEC 224 - Network Telecommunications 4 credits
This course is designed to train students in the organization, architecture, setup, maintenance, hardware and software aspects of computer networks. Topics include: Introduction to Networks, LAN to WAN topologies. TCP/IP networks are included. Material for certification is presented; including Intra- and Inter-Network devices, network operating systems, peer-to-peer and client server. The student is introduced to wireless networks. This course is modified as new Networks emerge. Lecture and demonstration are employed.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 227 - Electrical System Analysis 3 credits
Discussion of transients in electrical systems, first, second, and higher order systems; constant, exponential, sinusoidal, and multiple excitations; Introductory and intermediate circuit concepts reviewed. Computer solutions to problems illustrated. Time constants and transient intervals investigated. RC, RL, LC, RLC circuits analyzed and laboratory experiments performed. Complete electrical systems with multiple switching analyzed.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 Electrical Circuits.
Offered fall and spring semesters.
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ELEC 228 - Energy Conversion & Power 3 credits
Provides a basic knowledge of electrical distribution system principle and construction of a transformer. Losses, efficiency and transformer rating. Study method of control, electro-mechanical control, solid state control and microprocessor control. Basic concept of programmable controller and applications.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Not offered every semester.
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ELEC 229 - Distribution Systems Components 3 credits
This course introduces students to the theory and equipment used for power distribution networks to customers. Beginning with an overview of the components and layout topologies, distribution transformers are analyzed with construction techniques outlined. Various protective devices are described and their uses explained: such as circuit breakers, fuses, reclosers, sectionalizers, and special function transformers. An introduction to the concepts of prottective relaying is provided. Substations are then studied for location, power distribution and switchgear layout and operations.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 230 - Transmission Line Theory and Practice 3 credits
This course is designed to provide understanding of high voltage transmission systems. A system overview is provided including control of power and VAR flow, system stability issues, and corrective strategies. Computer power dispatching, VAR compensation, comparisons between AC and DC transmission systems are also studied. Fault calculations wtih symmetrical components and relay protection methods are introduced. Transmission line construction methods are overviewed.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 239 - Analog Circuits 3 credits
Covers several integrated circuit operations, including operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, phototransistors and selected IC devices. The course includes summing amplifiers, Opamp applications. The course includes trouble shooting, analog circuits, analog-digital and digital-analog conversions.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: ELEC 160 Electronics.
Offered fall semester.
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ELEC 240 - Advanced Electronics 3 credits
Review of diodes and transistors. Diode clipping and clamping. Small signal amplifiers using math models. Cascaded amplifiers, large signal analysis, class A, B amplifiers, FET amplifiers. Study of high, low and band pass filters. Laboratory experimentations.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
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ELEC 244 - Advanced Passive and Active Laboratories 1 credits
Laboratory experimentation in Capacitors, Inductors & Diodes in DC & AC Circuits, AC Function Generator, Diodes and rectification, Transformer operations, the Oscelloscope, Operational Amplifiers, Measuring in Steinmetzian Domain voltages and current, Time Constants and Transient Analysis, BH Magnetization Curve, Lissajous Patterns, RL, RC, and RLC Circuits, determination of impedance and admittance, series and parallel resonance, AC power measurements, frequency selective circuits; also computer simulation to illustrate concepts. This lab course is associated with corse ELEC 267.
Lab Hours: 2
Corequisite: ELEC 267 Advanced Circuits for Engineers
Offered spring semester.
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ELEC 245 - Nuclear Fundamentals 3 credits
This course covers the basic concepts associated with atomic structure, nuclear interactions and reactions, fission processes and reactor operation. Specific elements include radioactive decay processes, half-life determination, isotope identification processes, neutron flux effects on reactor power, and radiation from fission products.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 246 - Reactor Materials 3 credits
Part I of this course covers the basic concepts of the properties of metals and alloys, the strength of materials, brittle fracture, plant material problems, thermal shock stress, erosion, corrosion, and control. Specifics include causes and effects of thermal stress, effects of contaminants of corrosion and material properties, expansion/contraction, material strength, and radiation-induced embrittlement by neutron exposure. Part II covers water chemistry including corrosion, ion exchange theory, reactor coolant and secondary water chemistry control topics.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 247 - Radiation Detection 3 credits
This course covers the principles of radiation and monitors and the effect of radiation on matter, including body tissue. Contamination and exposure control procedures are discussed. Students shall perform calculations involving time, distance, shielding and dose rate. Also covered is the knowledge and skills necessary to select, operate, calibrate, and maintain radilogical measurement equipment.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 248 - Reactor Theory 3 credits
This course is intended to cover basic reactor operation, including basic reactor types, reactor core parameters and reactivity control methods. Response to control rods, reactor startup, operating parameters and shutdown procedures are detailed. Plant safety concepts, emergency procedures, their principles of operation and equipment maintenance.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 255 - Circuits for Engineers 3 credits
Circuits involving: Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s laws, voltage and current divider rules, superposition, Thevenin’s theorem, mesh and nodal analysis. Circuits involving resistance, capacitance and inductance, phasors.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Corequisite: MATH 165 - Technical Mathematics with Calculus.
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ELEC 258 - Computer-Based Instrumentation 3 credits
A laboratory-oriented course enabling the technology student to gain familiarity using the computer as a versatile test instrument with its inherent ability to automate measurement taking and control processes. Principles of signal acquisition and storage are covered and proficiency in use and interconnection of measurement equipment is gained. Applied topics include: programming techniques, instrument control, sensors and transducers and interconnection standards.
Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisites: ELEC 129 Digital Logic.
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ELEC 261 - Computer Diagnostics 3 credits
A combined lecture and lab course with hands-on exercises. Introduction to microprocessor operation with coverage of common PC architectures and various data transfer modes on system buses. Skills required to install, configure and upgrade microcomputer modules and peripherals are covered. Diagnose and troubleshoot common module problems and system malfunctions. Structure and function of major operating system components covered.
Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
Prerequisites: ELEC 129 Digital Logic.
Not offered every semester.
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ELEC 262 - Telecommunications Lab 1 credits
Experiments to reinforce the lectures on Telecommunications are performed. Requires at least two previous Telecommunication Modules or permission of the instructor to be admitted to this course.
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: Two telecommunications modules from: ELEC 135, 136, 224, 264.
Offered annually.
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ELEC 264 - Emerging Technologies 4 credits
This course stresses the emerging technologies in electronics and telecommunications. Some of the topics include IR transmission, wireless details, cordless phones, cell phone and satellite communication. The growth in optical and video transmission are included. This course is modified as new technology emerges. Interactive demonstrations are employed.
Class Hours: 4
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ELEC 265 - Network Transformation Analysis 3 credits
Network theorems and mesh and nodal analysis are performed, using determinants to solve simultaneous equations. The Laplace transforms and Fourier Series also introduced. Hands-on experiments are performed.
Class Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 4
Corequisite: Math 161 - Precalculus or MATH 165 - Technical Math with Calculus.
Prerequisites: MATH 135 - College Algebra with Trigonometry.
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ELEC 266 - Computer Applications for Electronics 2 credits
Basic computer orientation; a variety of software packages related to the workplace in the creation of documents, memos, spreadsheets, graphs, databases; utilization of Electronic Mail and technical web sites, imeasurement, and analysis; use of the computer to simulate electrical circuits to simulate circuit operations.
Class Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Not offered every semester.
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ELEC 267 - Advanced Circuits for Engineers 3 credits
Network theorems, mesh and nodal analysis, matrix solutions to circuit problems, the transformer, mutual inductance, magnetically coupled circuits, network topology, polyphase circuits, two-port networks and their interconnections, the Laplace Transform, Laplacian domain analysis, pole-zero plots, unit step, unit ramp, impulse function, doublet function, initial value theorem, final value theorem, translation techniques, the transfer function, introduction to the Fourier Series and the Fourier Transform.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Corequisite: ELEC 244 Advanced Passive and Active Laboratories.
Prerequisites: ELEC 255 Circuits for Engineers.
Offered spring semester.
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ELEC 271 - Special Project/Independent Study - A 1 credits
Special projects, independent study or technical paper in electrical technology. Supervised, evaluated, and adapted to the needs and interests of the especially qualified electrical technology student. Content and evaluation determined by the faculty sponsor, chairperson, and members of the Electrical Technology Department.
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ELEC 272 - Special Project/Independent Study - B 2 credits
Special projects, independent study or technical paper in electrical technology. Supervised, evaluated, and adapted to the needs and interests of the especially qualified electrical technology student. Content and evaluation determined by the faculty sponsor, chairperson, and members of the Electrical Technology Department.
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ELEC 273 - Special Project/Independent Study - C 3 credits
Special projects, independent study or technical paper in electrical technology. Supervised, evaluated, and adapted to the needs and interests of the especially qualified electrical technology student. Content and evaluation determined by the faculty sponsor, chairperson, and members of the Electrical Technology Department.
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ELEC 281 - Electrical Layout Laboratory 1 credits
Electrical drawing related to symbols, schematic diagrams, logic diagrams, highway, baseline and lineless diagrams, PC boards. Experimentation related to: diodes, zenes diodes, LEDs, transistors and biasing. Laboratory sessions and circuit simulations are used.
Lab Hours: 2
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ELEC 282 - Electronic Communication 3 credits
This course covers the basics for and understanding of communications systems and circuits. Circuit components include filters, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, phase locked loops and analog/digital converters. Various analog and digital modulation and multiplexing techniques are presented with emphasis on current technologies. System comparisons using information capacity relations , signal quality, as well as modulation and multiplexing methods are studied using time and frequency domain concepts. Wired and wireless data networks are studied (including LAN and WAN networks using the OSI model functionality) and explored using current networking devices.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisites: ELEC 128 Electrical Circuits.
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ELEC 285 - Emerging Digital Technology 3 credits
This course covers topics currently of interest in emerging digital technology. Examples include robot controls and circuitry that augments microcomputer control, and includes sensors and connections to microcomputers.
Class Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
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ENG 91 - Basic Writing 1 0 credits
Students are assigned to Basic Writing 1 based on the results of their writing placement entrance exam. This course is designed to address the needs of students who require intensive review of grammar and syntax. By completing exercises and assignments that teach sentence skills, paragraph structure, paragraph linkage, and test-taking skills, students improve their writing proficiency and gain skills necessary for success in ENG 101 Composition & Literature 1. Students are encouraged to gain additional support in the Writing Center and the Academic Support Center. A writing competency exam is administered during the semester.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: A score of 4 or below on Placement Essay Exam.
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ENG 92 - Basic Writing 2 0 credits
Students are assigned to Basic Writing as a result of the incoming student placement test results. The course is designed to for students who have entered college but who need to strengthen their writing skills in order to enroll and succeed in the first year English courses (Composition & Literature 1 & 2) without a distinct handicap. Students are expected to do additional work in the Writing Center. Upon successful completion of a writing exam, students may enter Composition & Literature 1.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: A score of 6 on Placement Essay Exam or Basic Writing 1 Exit Exam.
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ENG 101 - Composition and Literature 1 3 credits
The first semester of a two-semester sequence of reading and writing. Readings include essays and may also come from other forms of literature. Students write essays which demonstrate their ability to articulate personal response, to draw inferences, to synthesize, and to express informed opinion. Research and its proper documentation are included in this process.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: A score of 8 on Placement Exam or passing grade in ENG 92 - Basic Writing 2 or ESL 122 - Intro to Academic Writing 2.
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ENG 101H - Composition and Literature 1 - Honors 3 credits
Expository and argumentative writing is the focus of this course. Students read and discuss prose essays which present significant issues and respond to them in scholarly form and language. Research and its proper documentation are included in this process.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: Placement essay score of 9 or better.
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ENG 102 - Composition and Literature 2 3 credits
The second semester of a two-semester sequence of reading and writing. Students augment those skills emphasized in the first semester by writing essays which demonstrate their ability to read, to analyze, to interpret, and to evaluate works from different genres of imaginative literature, different historical periods, and different cultural traditions. Students are introduced to literary terminology and to the methods of literary analysis. Research and its proper documentation are included in this process.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Composition and Literature 1 or equivalent at another college.
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ENG 102H - Composition and Literature 2 - Honors 3 credits
Composition and Literature 2 introduces students to literary genre (short story, poetry, drama, novel). This course presents masterpieces in each of these forms which students read, discuss and write about in their journals and in critical essays. Some research is required.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Composition and Literature 1.
Offered spring semester.
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ENG 113 - Reading and Writing Poetry 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
A writing workshop which includes extensive reading in the traditions and current practices of poetry. Self-directed projects. Emphasis on growth of critical and poetic expression.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Composition and Literature I or permission of instructor.
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ENG 113H - Reading and Writing Poetry - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Reading and Writing Poetry-Honors integrates critical and creative modes of thought and expression. Students read extensively while working on their own poetry. The complementary acts of reading and writing poetry offer students a full experience of poetry as scholarly endeavor and creative practice. Writing exercises, discussion, workshop groups and individual conferences are designed to make poetry a more familiar language for students as they explore new imaginative territory.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I and II.
Offered spring semester.
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ENG 116 - Life Writing 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Life Writing complements the English Studies program, and provides comparable competencies as those within most creative writing programs; notably the creative writing curriculum at SUNY Purchase College and within the English Major concentration in Creative and Professional Writing at Manhattanville College, as two local examples.
Class Hours: 3.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 - Composition and Literature 1
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ENG 124 - Professional and Technical Writing 3 credits
Students work on writing projects designed to simulate real-world challenges. Writing tasks may include text for online media, presentations, proposals, instructions, and résumés. Students can expect valuable feedback on their writing, with emphasis placed upon communicating to readers, being clear and concise, and effective document design.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: A score of “8” on Placement Exam or Passing Grade in ENG 92 - Basic Writing/Westchester Community College.
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ENG 126H - Readings in Human Rights - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
The study of significant literary, historical and other texts related to human rights. Students read works that raise essential questions of social justice, individual conscience and human dignity. International in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, this course explores the role of writing in the development of human rights. Students supplement their reading through independent projects and participation in human rights activities.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Composition and Literature I.
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ENG 200 - American Literature Through the 19th Century 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
American literature from the Pilgrim diaries and Native American legends through the 19th Century poets, philosophers, and writers, among them Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, Whitman, Douglass, and Twain.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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ENG 201 - Modern American Writers 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Studies of American writers from the 20th century to the present. The rich cross-cultural selection of authors may include fiction writers such as James, Hemingway, and Hurston, contemporaries such as Russell Banks and Toni Morrison, as well as major poets and playwrights.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 202 - Children’s Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
An overview of major genres, periods, and themes of children’s literature. The focus is on writing done in English, but the class also considers some international developments in the history of children’s literature. In addition to books, other media is studied, including film and the Internet. This course also strengthens a student’s competence and confidence in literary analysis, scholarship, and writing. It also may satisfy a common requirement for undergraduate programs in teacher training.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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ENG 203 - African American Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Studies in African-American literature and backgrounds, including slave narratives and autobiography. Emphasis is on the best writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including many recent writers. Readings include novels, plays, essays, short stories, and poems.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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ENG 204H - Literature of New York - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
The greatest city in the world is in our backyard. How much do you know about it? Take a “bite” out of the Big Apple with this fascinating Honors course. Learn about the rich and important history of New York City as you read stories, poems and novels by New Yorkers and about New York.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Offered fall semesters.
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ENG 205 - British Literature 1 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Studies in English literature from Beowulf in the 8th century through Pope in the 18th. Although the major approach to the course is historical, attention also focuses on issues of class, race, and gender whenever relevant. Readings include novels, essays, and poetry. Students write interpretive essays.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature 1 & 2.
Offered fall semester.
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ENG 206H - Cambridge Literature - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course consists of ten days of intensive study with Cambridge University professors and an on-site, Westchester Community College Honors instructor. Students register for two specialized seminars in Literature Summer School at Cambridge and attend two classes per day, in addition to morning plenary lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by the Westchester Community College instructor. Students will receive a Certificate of Completion from Cambridge University.
Notes: Students register for two specialized seminars in Literature Summer School at Cambridge and attend two classes per day, in addition to morning plenary and evening lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by the Westchester Community College instructor. Certificate of Completion from Cambridge University; four Westchester Community College Honors English/Humanities credits.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature 1 & 2, and Honors permission.
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ENG 207 - British Literature 2 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Studies in English literature from Blake in the late 18th century through T.S. Eliot in the 20th. Although the major approach to the course is historical, attention also focuses on issues of class, race, and gender whenever relevant. Readings include novels, essays, and poetry. Students write interpretive essays.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature 1 & 2.
Offered spring semester.
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ENG 208 - Literature of the Americas 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
A survey of Anglophone literature(s) produced by key Chicano, Mexican, Asian-American, Asian-Canadian, Caribbean, Native-American and Native- Canadian authors. Focus is on the relationship between the cultures that these authors come from and the dominant white northern European culture that emerged from the early conflicts in the settlement of the American continent. A broad range of cultural and historical viewpoints are exposed through the diversity of the readings and attendant discussions.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 209 - Short Story 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
The development of the short story as a literary form. Reading, discussion, and analysis of short stories by major writers such as Chekhov, Gilman, Joyce, Hemingway, Wright, O’Connor, Baldwin, Carver, Oates, and others, in relation to their social and intellectual milieu.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Offered most semesters.
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ENG 210H - The American Dream - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Examination of political, social, and economic visions of America based on a selection of literature from the “discovery” of America to the present (Columbus, Bradford, Franklin, Douglass, Clemens, Yezierska, Fitzgerald, Ellison, Miller, Kingston, etc.)
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Offered fall semesters.
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ENG 211 - Modern Drama 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
The development of modern drama from Ibsen to the present. Studies include critical reading, discussion, and writing about plays as they relate to particular social and intellectual contexts. Attention focuses on issues of class, race, ethnicity, and gender whenever relevant. Students write interpretive essays.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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ENG 214 - Special Topics in Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course offers students an opportunity for specialized literary study. The topic of the course will change from semester to semester; at the instructor’s discretion. The focus of the course may be a particular time period or genre, a specific literary theme, a single author or group of authors, the literature of a region or nation (not examined in other courses), or other topics. The topic to be listed each semester within the semester course listings.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 102 Composition and Literature II.
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ENG 215 - Introduction to Shakespeare 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
An appreciation of Shakespeare’s plays as poetry and theatre, Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet, the intellectual milieu of Elizabethan England and its influence on Shakespeare’s use of dramatic forms and techniques.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 215H - Introduction to Shakespeare - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
An appreciation of Shakespeare’s plays as poetry and theatre, Shakespeare’s development as dramatist and poet, the intellectual milieu of Elizabethan England and its influence on Shakespeare’s use of dramatic forms and techniques.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II; permission of the Honors Program and the instructor.
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ENG 216H - Cambridge Shakespeare - Honors 4 English or 4 Humanities credits
Three-week intensive study with Cambridge University professors and an on-site Westchester Community College Honors instructor.
Notes: Students register for two specialized seminars in Shakespeare Summer School at Cambridge and attend two classes per day, in addition to morning plenary and evening lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by the college instructor. Certificate of Attendance from Cambridge University.
Class Hours: 4
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II and Honors permission.
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ENG 217 - Perceptions of the Holocaust 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Examination of various authors’ perceptions of the Holocaust from the points of view of both victims and perpetrators. Consequently, many forms of behavior during a low point in human history are studied. Students read widely in Holocaust literature. There are guest speakers when available.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 217H - Holocaust Studies - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course studies the Holocaust in particular and racism in general. It examines a number of major questions such as, “How could a ‘cultured’ people, the nation of Beethoven, commit such barbaric crimes?” Special attention is given to the roles of silence, complicity, and personal responsibility. Students complete a three-part project in which they investigate an aspect of the Holocaust. Guest speakers and films complement the material.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Offered fall semester.
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ENG 218 - Literature and the Environment 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course requires students to read, analyze, and write about novels, poems and prose that relate to our environment in order to explore American attitudes about current environmental issues and conditions. Through these readings students will examine how literature illuminates, influences, and reflects our environment.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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ENG 221 - Literature and Society 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
An elective course that explores interrelationships between literature and its social and cultural context. Selected readings include fiction as well as related non- fiction that serves as a key to interpreting literature.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 222 - Writing Projects Seminar 3 credits
This course is an opportunity for students to develop their own writing while helping other writers in a supportive student-centered environment. Students keep individual journals, work on a variety of writing projects of their own choosing (fiction or non-fiction), and contribute to a publication of their best writing. They work in small response groups, learning how to give constructive criticism while coming to understand what their writing means to a variety of readers. All students receive practical training and experience in tutoring. The seminar meets two to three hours a week for tutor training, reading, writing, and discussion. In addition, each student is scheduled for two hours of tutoring experience a week in the Writing Center.
Class Hours: 3
Misc. Hours: Tutoring hrs. 2
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 224H - Great Books - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course offers students the opportunity to read and to engage in intensive study and discussion of classic literary texts—works of enduring influence that stand among the sources of our intellectual tradition and have shaped the development of Western culture. Readings may include the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Moliere, Voltaire, Goethe, Shelley, Austen, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Joyce, Woolf, Hurston, Camus, Ellison, Achebe.
(Also offered online)
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 - Composition and Literature 1 & 2, and Honors permission.
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ENG 225 - World Literature 1 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
World Literature 1 is an introduction to acknowledged classics and lesser known masterworks from antiquity to modern times. Interrelations among works in their historical and cultural contexts guide our study. Selections in poetry, drama and fiction are drawn from a wide range of authors and eras, with emphasis on issues students raise through their own reading and inquiry.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature 1 & 2.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 226 - Leadership and the Humanities 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This is an interdisciplinary humanities course that examines leaders and leadership issues. The course will include: study of classic and current leaders as seen in a variety of literary, philosophical and historical readings and films; readings in leadership theories, case studies in leadership, and experimental learning exercises; a mentoring program and service learning projects.
Notes: May be taken for Honors credit.
Class Hours: 3
Misc. Hours: Service component.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 Composition and Literature 2
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ENG 227 - Contemporary Global Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
An in-depth exploration of the best contemporary poetry, drama, and fiction. Emphasis is on the close study of texts and authors, in particular those works that present provocative comparisons across cultures and history.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 239 - Modern Irish Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Explores the literature of this small nation, which has made a significant contribution to modern world literature. Focus is on major modern writers (James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, John Synge, Sean O’Casey) and contemporary writers. Readings are organized to reflect modern history and culture of Ireland.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 240 - Modern American Poetry 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
Studies in American poetry with reading, discussion, and analysis of major poets, among them Eliot, Frost, Hughes, Bishop, Ginsberg, as well as a number of contemporary poets, in relation to their social and intellectual milieu and considering the influences of earlier poets such as Whitman and Dickinson.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
Not offered every semester.
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ENG 241 - Latin-American Short Stories 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course offers the student a selection of short stories, “cronicas” and other literary genres produced in Latin America. The course will trace Latin-American literatrure from its beginnings to the present.
Notes: May be taken for Honors credit.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 - Compostion & Literature 2.
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ENG 242 - Caribbean Literature 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
In this course, students read novels, poems, essays, short stories, songs, film and drama produced by Caribbean artists living in the Caribbean and in diaspora. We will pay close attention to the ways in which the history and geography of the Caribbean influence its literary past and present. Students read and analyze a variety of literary texts and write critical essays, as well as conduct research.
Class Hours: 3.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 - Composition and Literature 2
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ENG 243 - Coming to America - Immigrant Lit 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
In this course students read novels, poems, essays, short stories, and narratives written by immigrants to the United States. The course begins with the works of the earliest immigrants, the pilgrims, and advances through the centuries to present day. Students read and analyze a variety of literary texts, do research, and write critical essays.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 & 102 Composition and Literature 1 & 2.
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ENG 298 - Women Writers 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course explores gender issues in novels, plays, poems, short stories, and essays written by women. Readings are primarily from modern American and British literature, with global literature in translation, along with historical and cultural perspectives. Students read and analyze literary texts, write critical essays, and relate the history and culture of women to the texts.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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ENG 298H - Women Writers - Honors 3 English or 3 Humanities credits
This course explores gender issues in novels, plays, poems, short stories, and essays written by women. Readings are primarily from modern American and British literature, with global literature in translation, along with historical and cultural perspectives. Students read and analyze literary texts, write critical essays, and relate the history and culture of women to the texts.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Offered fall semester.
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FILM 125 - Writing for Film 3 humanities credits
This course teaches the technical and esthetic foundations of screen writing. Students learn standard screenplay formatting as well as techniques for writing flashbacks, montages, parallel actions and telephone conversations. In addition, the course provides a foundation in narrative theory, in particular three-act structure. Presentations, exercises and demonstrations focus on visual narratives and dialog. Students produce one short group screenplay and one 15-page individual screenplay.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 - Compositions and Literature 1.
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FILM 125H - Writing for Film-Honors 3 humanities credits
Writing for Film-Honors is an intensive screenwriting workshop that incorporates critical as well as creative modes of expression. Students compare literary texts with motion pictures in order to gain a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between the two art forms. They then engage in a variety of writing exercises before composing their own screenplays. As part of the course requirements, students engage in a group screenwriting project that ultimately leads to the production of a student video.
Notes: Honors permission required.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 - Composition and Literature 1 and 2.
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FILM 220 - Fiction Into Film 3 humanities credits
This course approaches film as literature, one of the most popular and important forms of storytelling in our culture today. Students learn about the elements of fiction that link filmmaking to traditional literature as well as the technical and artistic features that make film so distinctive. By examining the heroes, stories, and cultural values at work in the movies, students learn how to become more informed, critical, creative viewers of fiction film.
Notes: May be taken for Honors.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 - Composition and Literature 1 and 2.
Not offered every semester.
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FILM 220H - Literature Into Film 3 humanities credits
This course explores film as a form of literature. Students study the similarities and differences between filmmaking and other forms of storytelling. They learn about the element of fiction common to movies and traditional literature as well as the technical and aesthetic features that make cinema so distinctive. By examining the heroes, stories, and cultural values at work in the movies, students learn how to become more informed, critical, creative viewers of feature films.
Class Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 - Composition and Literature 1 and 2.
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ESL 94 - Introduction to Academic Writing 1 0 credits
This course is intended for nonnative speakers of English whose English writing proficiency must increase before they are able to take Composition and Literature 1 and academic subjects that require essay examinations and term papers. Through practice in sentence structure and in planning, writing, and revising essays, students will continue to improve writing proficiency in English.
Notes: Was ESL 004 prior to Fall 2010.
Class Hours: 5
Prerequisites: A score of 5 or 6 on the Placement Essay Exam.
Offered every semester.
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