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Accounting
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ACC 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ACC 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
This is a course study that introduces financial accounting and financial reporting for business entities. It offers an introduction to accounting information systems with emphasis on measuring, reporting, and using accounting information related to operating, investing, and financing activities, and involves detailed discussion of accounting concepts and issues concerning the financial position, income statement, statement of stockholders’ equity and statement of cash flows.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ACC 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
This is a course of study that introduces managerial accounting for business entities. It offers an introduction to managerial accounting topics including cost analysis, cost allocation, job order and process costing systems, activity-based-costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, short-run decision making, budgeting, standard costing and variance analysis, capital budgeting decisions, and financial statement analysis. Accounting ethics and values are also emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 201 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ACC 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I (3 cr.)
The valuation of current assets, investments, plant and equipment, current liabilities, and their relationship with business net income.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II (3 cr.)
Continuation of ACC 301 . Liabilities, stockholder’s equity, and the statement of cash flows, income tax accounting, pensions and leases.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 301 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 305 - Cost Accounting (3 cr.)
Principles under which cost data are accumulated and communicated for managerial planning and control. Planning and control of materials, labor and factory overhead, determination of unit costs, process costs and job costs, standard costing, direct costing and cost-volume- profit analysis.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 or POI.
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 306 - Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.)
The analysis, design and control of accounting and other information systems with an emphasis on current issues and concerns.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 301 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 307 - Government and Nonprofit Accounting (3 cr.)
Concepts and principles of accounting applicable to governmental and nonprofit entities including fund accounting, budgeting and financial reporting.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 351 - Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
The impact of regulation by state and federal governments upon individuals, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in such areas as product liability, discrimination, unfair labor practices, pollution and consumer protection. Rights and responsibilities of the individual regarding contracts, torts and litigation. Ethical, social and political implications are explored as an integral part of each topic area.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ACC 352 - Business Law for Accounting Majors (3 cr.)
Designed for accounting students who intend to become certified public accountants. An in-depth examination of the more traditional areas of business law including contracts, sales, commercial paper, real and personal property, corporations, partnerships, bankruptcy and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the CPA.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 351 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 377 - International Accounting (3 cr.)
Accounting problems encountered in multinational business operations; differences in accounting principles among trading and investing countries; interactive tax systems and intercountry transfers and cost allocations.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 , ECO 111
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ACC 401 - Advanced Accounting (3 cr.)
Advanced financial accounting measurement and reporting issues including the following topics: mergers and acquisitions; consolidated financial statement; partnerships; governmental and not for profit organizations; accounting for financially distressed firms; foreign currency financial statements and foreign currency transactions.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 302 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 402 - Auditing (3 cr.)
Course consists of two major sections: a comprehensive conceptual understanding of the nature and purpose of auditing; the logical extension of the concepts to specific areas.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 302 , ECO 260 , and ACC 306 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 403 - Income Tax I (3 cr.)
The federal tax laws with emphasis on the individual taxpayer. The preparation and filing of tax returns.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 404 - Income Tax II (3 cr.)
The federal tax laws as applied to corporations, Subchapter S corporations, and partnerships, including the preparation of tax returns. Theory of the tax laws as they apply to gift and estate taxation and family tax planning.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 403 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 406 - Accounting Theory and Research (3 cr.)
Current issues in accounting theory and practices. Purpose is to synthesize students’ knowledge of accounting and to probe into the rationale behind accounting theory and practices.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 302 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 444 - Selected Topics in Accounting (3 cr.)
Selected accounting topics of particular current interest. The course may explore an area taken from another accounting course in greater detail and depth, or it may concentrate on an area of accounting not generally covered by existing courses.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic.
Semester(s) Offered: Every Three Years
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ACC 450 - Forensic Accounting & Fraud Examination (3 cr.)
This course presents forensic accounting and fraud examination fundamentals. It explores the anti-fraud and compliance efforts for fraud deterrence and covers fraud detection and investigative tools in complex financial crimes. Also, it discusses fraud in the digital environment (Cybercrime) and provides the tools for detecting and reporting fraud in the digital world.
Prerequisite(s): ACC 201
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ACC 496 - Instructional Practicum (1 to 15 cr.)
Felony Questionnaire Required
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ACC 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
Felony Questionnaire Required
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ACC 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ACC 500 - Financial Accounting and Reporting (3 cr.)
This course is an advanced-level accounting course that explores in-depth concepts and practices in financial accounting and reporting. This course will cover topics including the preparation and analysis of financial statements, revenue recognition, pensions, leases, business combination and consolidation, and other complex financial reporting issues. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying accounting standards and regulations.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 510 - Advanced Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.)
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with advanced concepts and automation tools that underlie accounting information systems. The course covers various topics, including the creation, documentation, and implementation of a REA (Resources-Events Agents) data model within a database management system. Furthermore, students will apply advanced statistical models to address analytical inquiries and decipher the outcomes. Additionally, the course delves into systems analysis techniques, employing the systems development life cycle model as a framework. Overall, this course equips students with the knowledge required to comprehend the functioning of accounting information systems and their potential evolution in the future.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 520 - Advanced Auditing (3 cr.)
The course covers various topics, including the independent auditing services that CPAs provide. Engagement planning and documentation, internal control, evidence accumulation for major categories of processes and accounts, reporting, statistical sampling, and audits of computer-based systems are the major topics.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 530 - Advanced Concepts in Taxation (3 cr.)
This course explores advanced concepts within corporate taxation with emphasis on tax considerations for formation, operation and termination of various businesses. This course also fosters a strategic comprehension of federal tax laws and IRS regulations pertaining to businesses, as well as hone skills in tax research and planning.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 540 - Accounting Analytics (3 cr.)
This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of accounting data analytic thinking and terminology as well as hands-on experience with accounting data analytics tools and techniques. Students should leave this course with the skills necessary to translate accounting and business problems into actionable proposals that they can competently present to managers and data scientists. While there will be some use of tools in this course, the focus of this class is on concepts, not algorithms or statistical math.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 550 - Data Visualization for Accounting Professionals (3 cr.)
This course advances the students’ understanding about data visualization through the usage of different applications that scrape the accounting big data from the online resources and build up a workflow that cleans and standardizes the accounting data before building up a dashboard that visualize the data. The course also presents the tools that examine the data for any fraudulent transaction. Finally, the course analyzes the universal principles of data visualization, accessibility, and inclusive design.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ACC 560 - Advanced Forensic Accounting & Fraud Examination (3 cr.)
This course outlines the aspects of forensic engagement including the types of financial crimes, consecutive damages, and the investigative process of collecting accounting and financial data and reporting in a legal setting. The course also sets the investigative framework in cybercrimes and the role of the IT audit that controls the access to financial and accounting information in the digital world. Finally, the course explains the scope of services that forensic accountant and fraud examiner can provide to different clients.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ACC 570 - Advanced Business Law (3 cr.)
This course provides a survey of legal topics accountants encounter in business. This course is designed to assist students in identifying legal issues associated with business operations and to impart to the student knowledge necessary to recognized legal pitfalls. This course will cover principles of insurance, securities regulations, cybersecurity laws, privacy laws, advanced real estate principles and transactions, as well as compliance issues for health care provides. Throughout the course students will explore the legal, ethical and social responsibilities of accountants and auditors.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ACC 580 - Financial Crimes and the Legal Process (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of the foundations of the legal framework governing financial crimes. The course is divided into three parts. Part one discusses specific financial crimes including, but not limited to, fraud, misappropriation, money laundering, corruption, and cybercrimes. The second part of the course explores the U.S. legal system, examining the law-making process, court structure and the procedures through which financial crimes are brought to trial, prosecuted, and resolved. Course will examine the rules governing the admission of evidence in financial crime proceedings including the specific types of evidence and the role of the accountant as an expert witness. The third part of the course involves accountant legal and ethical responsibility within the context of financial crime prosecution.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ACC 590 - Digital Forensics (3 cr.)
This course examines the cybercrimes especially those include accounting data and revises the regulatory framework for digital forensics. Further, the course compares the forensics tools and their application on the protection of evidence. The course also outlines the techniques for hiding and scrambling accounting data and formulate the ideal approach for data recovery. In addition, the course evaluates the different types of forensics (Windows, Mac, Mobile, and Network) and how data can be collected from their memory and logs.
Prerequisite(s): MS accounting grad student.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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Africana Studies
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AAS 102 - Introduction to Africana Studies (1 cr.)
This course will provide an overview of the field of Africana Studies, relevant theoretical perspectives, and the different disciplinary approaches to studying Africa and the African Diaspora. The course will also describe the historical formation and contemporary contours and conditions of the African Diaspora, with special attention to African American experiences
Liberal Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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AAS 207 - Inside Africa (3 cr.)
A course reviewing contemporary Africa in the context of both the developing and industrialized worlds. A critical examination of 21st Century Sub-Saharan Africa, and an exploration of the processes by which the current situation has occurred, the historical and present crises, as well as the successes and triumphs of the continent.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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AAS 209 - African Cinema (3 cr.)
A topical examination of contemporary African societies and cultures as expressed through the camera lens. Intensive study of selected films on the dynamics of change, gender issues, migrations, conflicts, globalization, and marginalization.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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AAS 211 - African Insurgency (3 cr.)
An interdisciplinary course reviewing culture, identity, politics, tradition, wars and warlords in modern Africa. An examination of the origins and spread of current “low-intensity” conflicts in Africa, and how unfinished agendas held in abeyance since independence are finally playing out. A look at an era that is by no means likely to end soon and the dynamics of unrest that in many cases are still imperfectly understood.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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AAS 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Can be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.
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AAS 305 - Afro-Caribbean Civilization (3 cr.)
Afro-Caribbean Civilizations introduces students to the history and culture of this geographically fragmented region and its representations in international culture. Comparative discussions of art and literature of the African Diaspora from a number of Caribbean islands introduce the multicultural societies of the region. Discussion topics include society, popular culture, and politics.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): AAS201 or ANT 102 or GEG 121 or HIS 101 or HIS 102 or PSC 100 or SOC 101 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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AAS 308 - Black Europe (3 cr.)
This course provides students with an understanding of how colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean shaped both post-colonial migration to Europe and European notions of race. The course will also examine contemporary issues surrounding immigration and international and local anti-racist movements linked to the Black Diaspora in Europe.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): Any lower-level course within the category, “World Cultures,” or Sophomore standing or higher.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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AAS 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Can be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.
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AAS 496 - Instructional Practicum (3 cr.)
Assist instructor in planning, preparation, class discussions, tutoring, and/or group projects/presentations. Pass/fail grade. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): POI, grade of B or better in course in which student will work, upper-level status.
Felony Questionnaire Required
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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AAS 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
Can be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.
Felony Questionnaire Required
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AAS 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. May be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.
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Anthropology
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ANT 101 - Introduction to Human Evolution (3 cr.)
An exploration of the scientific evidence related to the origins and evolution of human beings. Topics include the theories and processes of biological evolution, the biological and cultural bases of human variation, humans compared to other primates, and the fossil and archaeological record of human evolution over millions of years.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Natural World
SUNY Framework: Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 102 - Contemporary Cultures (3 cr.)
Cultural Anthropology is devoted to the study of human society in all of its diverse manifestations and across time and space. This course focuses on the dynamics and interpretation of culture and explores, from a cross-cultural perspective, how humans create diverse ways to survive, thrive and live in community with each other. Major areas of exploration include the impact of globalization and culture change on contemporary human society.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
SUNY Framework: Social Sciences
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 104 - Great Archaeological Discoveries (3 cr.)
This course covers major archaeological discoveries from around the globe that have helped shape our knowledge and understanding of the human past. Specific finds and sites will illustrate the varied, distinctive features and achievements of pre-industrial, non-Western cultures, as well as reflecting the intrigue and approaches involved in reconstructing and interpreting the evolution of human beings and their societies. Consideration is also given to the endangerment and conservation of important sites and monuments.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ANT 215 - Ancient Technology (3 cr.)
In this course we will explore the process of technological development and the methods by which ancient people could have produced tools. During the course of this semester, we will attempt to document and produce technologies that were once commonplace (Stone tools, Basketry, Leather, Wood, Food etc.), which are relatively unknown. Students will experimentally recreate ancient technologies, using only the materials and implements that would have been available to a pre-industrial culture.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 220 - Archaeology (3 cr.)
Introduction to method and theory of archaeology. Principles of site survey and excavation; techniques for dating prehistoric and reconstructing past environments; interpretations of social, economic, and ideological organization from archaeological remains; reconstruction of prehistoric events, and theoretical applications of archaeology to problems of culture change. Ethics of archaeological investigation.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 250 - Medical Anthropology (3 cr.)
An introduction to the ways that cultures approach medicine, disease, and the body. How do cultural ideas about health shape different approaches to diagnosis and treatment of illness? How do evolution, ecology, and resources shape different experiences and outcomes of disease? How do cultural distinctions like age, gender, ethnicity, and wealth affect human health? This course explores the many paths cultures take toward health and healing, illuminating the diversity of human medical systems and suggesting ways to improve our own.
Liberal Arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
SUNY Framework: Social Sciences
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ANT 303 - Sexuality and Culture (3 cr.)
Cross-cultural perspectives on sexual expression and practices, including an examination of sexual attitudes and behavior in contemporary cultures. Goals of this course include investigating the degree to which, and the ways in which, human sexuality and gender are culturally constructed and patterned. This course will introduce students to the basic methods and concerns of the social sciences, focusing primarily on the relationship of the individual to society and the institutions and beliefs that shape sexual behavior.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore Standing
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
SUNY Framework: Social Sciences
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ANT 307 - Tibetan Peoples and the Himalayas (3 cr.)
Why is it important to study Tibetan history and culture? Tibet is both emblematic of 20th century colonization and neglect by the international community and unique for its cultural contributions to the world in the global age. Who is the Dalai Lama? Why is Buddhism so important? Who are the Tibetans? Where is Tibet? We consider these and other questions from a critical anthropological perspective on history, culture, international politics and global processes.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): One Course in any CCC category except Quantitative Reasoning or POI.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 308 - Forensic Anthropology (3 cr.)
Introduction to the uses of anthropology in the investigation of human remains associated with unexplained deaths, including those from crime scenes, with a focus on skeletal remains. Topics include archaeological aspects of data recovery, and physical anthropology techniques used in identifying age, sex, stature, “race” and individual identity as well as analysis of trauma, pathology, cause of death and time elapsed since death. Course includes lab practicum with skeletons.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or SOC150 or SOC250 or any biology course.
Semester(s) Offered: Every other Year
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ANT 310 - Language and Culture (3 cr.)
Structure, patterns and regularities of language, comparing the language families and showing the mutual influence of language and culture.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 102 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ANT 318 - Anthropology of Human Rights (3 cr.)
We take a critical anthropological perspective to gain insight into the socio-cultural development of human rights. We explore their historical, cultural, political and legal parameters at the local, national and international levels. Our questions include: What are human rights, what are their historical roots, and how did they become embedded in our collective consciousness? How has human rights thinking in law and practice developed institutionally? We consider how human rights are deployed as a medium of moral, social and political power.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Any course in a CCC category except Quantitative Reasoning and Natural World.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 323 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3 cr.)
Introduction to the diversity and complexity of the peoples and cultures throughout Latin America. Special focus will be on the intersection of history, environment, politics, religion, gender, race, class, ethnicity, human rights, climate change and nationalism in post-colonial Latin America. Critical exploration of global processes and how current cultural, political and economic transformations are impacting indigenous, immigrant, and other critical sectors of contemporary Latin American society.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Every other Spring
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ANT 325 - Archaeology of Latin America (3 cr.)
This course will focus on the ancient people of Latin America from the earliest occupations of humans in the Americas to the Colonial Period. Topics will be organized by regions: Caribbean, Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America. By looking at Latin America we can begin to understand the cultures across 16 thousand years and 20 million square kilometers, so we can better understand our own place and the role Latin America has in the world.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 104 or ANT 220 or POI
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 328 - Archaeological Site Excavation (6 cr.)
Excavation of an actual archaeological site. Practical experience in field archaeology including techniques of survey, excavation, preservation, reconstruction and laboratory analysis of ancient materials. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 220 or POI.
Felony Questionnaire Required
Fees: Archaeological Site Fee $30.00
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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ANT 329 - Geographic Information Systems in Anthropology (3 cr.)
Cultural data can be understood spatially, and Geographic Information Systems, as a tool, can be used to make spatial patterns explicit and testable. Spatial patterning can make relationships clear that were once not. This course applies archaeology; culture, health and bioethics; museums and anthropology; and transnational and global issues within GIS. This course will include an orientation to GIS, and students will create projects on cultural data to define spatial relationships.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or POI
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Quantitative Reasoning
SUNY Framework: Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
Semester(s) Offered: Every Other Fall
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ANT 332 - The Archaeology of Death (3 cr.)
Death is the great leveler, and the recognition and memorialization of death is a human universal. The way in which ancient and modern human societies’ experience the death process is culturally defined. This course will examine the dead and the undead in a number of prehistoric, historic and modern case studies. The focus of the class revolves around the means by which humans individually and collectively ritualize the death process, both in terms of the quick and the dead.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or POI.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 333 - Coastal and Aquatic Archaeology (3 cr.)
A study of ancient human-environment interaction in coastal, marine, and freshwater ecosystems. Archaeological and ecological exploration of the relationship between cultural and natural systems. An examination of ancient human impacts to coastal ecosystems and their relationship to modern ecological issues.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or ANT 102 or ANT 104 or ANT 220 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ANT 335 - Plagues, People, and History (3 cr.)
This course will examine epidemic diseases within a biological and historical context. Topics covered include catastrophic infectious disease and the human body’s response, biological change over time, how scientists discovered the causes and developed controls for infectious disease, and the ways in which plagues and human culture interact to shape societal values, traditions, and institutions. Issues such as the impact of sedentism, malnutrition, disease constructs, warfare, and poverty on the behavior of infectious pathogens will be covered, including examples from Ancient (Greek, Roman, Egyptian), Medieval and Modern Ages.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 orANT 102 or BIO 101 or BIO 102 or HIS 121 or HIS 122 or HIS 285 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ANT 336 - Civilization and Health (3 cr.)
Examination of the relationship between cultural/biological factors and human health and disease, including topics such as group structure and size, the transition from hunter/gatherers (nomadism) to agriculturalists (sedentism), the rise of urban society, and the environmental and social factors that accompany different economic strategies. Problems of nutrition in the past and the evolution and history of infectious diseases will be examined as well as the recent emergence of new diseases. Methods of analyzing prehistoric health, and the problems with these methods, will be discussed.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or ANT 102
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ANT 339 - Psychological Anthropology (3 cr.)
This course explores the interaction between human cultural systems and the minds they inhabit. How do the norms and categories of different cultures shape the emotional experience of individuals? Is there a common mental framework that all human beings share, or are we fundamentally separated by the contexts in which we develop? Conversely, how do basic cognitive and emotional patterns shape the cultures that humans create? Examples are drawn from a wide range of ethnographic and theoretical contexts.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher, or ANT 102 , or PSY 101 , or POI
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category:
SUNY Framework: Social Sciences
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ANT 340 - Anthropology of Religion (3 cr.)
Wherever we find people, we find religion - ideas, symbols, and practices that connect our own experiences to the essential nature of the universe. Sometimes these are manifest as formal institutions, sometimes as complexes of myth, magic, and beliefs about spirits. This course explores the broad range of forms that religion can take. It considers how religion may have originated; the structure of ritual and myth; ideas about shamanism, healing, ghosts, and ancestors; and how religions change.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher, or ANT 102 , or POI.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ANT 354 - Cultural & Historical Perspectives on US Education (3 cr.)
This course explores educational patterns in socialization and schooling and brings a comparative and historical anthropological perspective to contemporary US American K-12 education. We examine the role that education plays in the transmission of particular knowledges, histories, values and attitudes to young members of society and the ways that the educational system may serve as an agent of social change and/or of stasis. We use a cross-cultural perspective to gain insight into other systems and to the particularities of the US educational system.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
SUNY Framework: U.S. History and Civic Engagement
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 362 - Global Issues (3 cr.)
Application of anthropological and global perspectives to problems including economic inequality, poverty, food insecurity, gender discrimination, environmental degradation, ethnic conflict, war and violence.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
SUNY Framework: World History and Global Awareness
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ANT 368 - Anthropology of Food (3 cr.)
The course is centered on the factors that determine our choice of diet. Students will examine the history of human’s relationship to food from the discovery of fire to corporate marketing and U.S. government food policy. Students will study the history and nature of the U.S. agricultural system, the meaning that food has in our lives and its religious and ceremonial significance. We will examine the global expansion of industrial food production and its effects on health, well-being, and food justice.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or POI.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
SUNY Framework: U.S. History and Civic Engagement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 373 - The Anthropology of Travel & Tourism (3 cr.)
Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries and is a major vehicle for bringing people from diverse socio-cultural, political, ethnic, and economic backgrounds into contact with one another. This course will consider, from an anthropological perspective, the complex relationships between hosts and guests, and will consider the multiple ways in which travel and tourism serve as vehicles for change and discovery for both.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 102 or LAS 111 or SOC 101 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring; Every Three or Four Semesters
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ANT 377 - Immigrants, Exiles, Refugees, and Transnational Communities (3 cr.)
This course explores the global forces that are driving contemporary movements of people across international borders and the transnational communities that result. anthropological case studies from Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia provide students with a critical understanding of the qualitative experiences of transnational and forced migration, or displacement, on origin, and countries of settlement. The course will consider the social, cultural, political, and economic contexts in which the population movements occur, as well as the complex cultural and political processes associated with integration, assimilation, alienation, deportation, and repatriation.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 102 or CAS 111 or HIS 132 or LAS 111 or PSC 220 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ANT 380 - Doing Cultural Research (3 cr.)
This is a hands on course on qualitative/ethnographic methods of research. Students gain practice in using these methods. Interviewing skills, observation and participant-observation, focus groups, and other approaches are introduced. A research proposal is the culminating assignment, which may be used to conduct independent research or as the basis for a future project.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
SUNY Framework: Social Sciences
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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ANT 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ANT 405 - Anthropology Laboratory and Analysis (1-6 cr.)
Anthropologists of all specialties practice laboratory analysis and are actively collecting, organizing, and interpreting data about humanity. This course will teach the methods of data processing, organization, analysis and interpretation. It may be offered with particular focuses, including Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Ethnography, Forensics, Linguistics, and Cultural Anthropology. The key aspect to this course will be active laboratory analysis and research with real-world data and collections.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or ANT 102 or ANT 104 , or POI
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 451 - Topics in Anthropology (1 to 3 cr.)
Topics of current interest in Anthropology for discussion and research. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or ANT 102 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 452 - Topics in Biological Anthropology (3 cr.)
The Topics course in Biological Anthropology is designed to provide students the opportunity to investigate, at an advanced level, the biological history of human beings. All courses offered under ANT452-Topics in Biological Anthropology, require that students participate in lab and seminar content that examines the diverse areas of Biological Anthropology as a discipline. May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credits.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit hours in ANT or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 453 - Topics in Archaeology (1 to 3 cr.)
Topics of current interest in Archaeology for discussion and research. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ANT 480 - Advanced Research Seminar (3 cr.)
Anthropology students undertake original anthropological research on a topic of their choice, putting into practice ethnographic research skills and anthropological analysis. This is the advanced writing course (AWR) for the major and involves peer review, writing revision, and final project write-up and oral presentation.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ANT 380 or POI.
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ANT 487 - Internship Seminar (3 cr.)
The seminar provides a community of practice, as well as scholarly and practical support, for students undertaking an internship that uses a social sciences perspective and a focus on community engagement. It is open to all students involved concurrently in an internship (need not be an anthropology internship) who would like faculty guidance and peer support while they hone their skills in social research and analysis. We use an anthropological perspective that is transferable to many other disciplines.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): POI
Corequisite(s): ANT 498
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ANT 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)
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ANT 496 - Teaching Practicum (1 to 3 cr.)
Assist instructor in planning, preparation, class discussion, tutoring, and/or group projects. Each student and instruction will complete a contract specifying the student’s duties. Can be repeated for different courses.
Prerequisite(s): ANT 101 or ANT 102 and POI.
Felony Questionnaire Required
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ANT 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
Felony Questionnaire Required
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ANT 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ANT 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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Art
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ART 102 - Introductory Art Symposium: New Majors (1 cr.)
The purpose of the course is to orient the new art major to the art program and the field of art. Students will be introduced to the art program through a series of art faculty presentations in their respective areas. Additional class activities will include films, demonstrations and discussion about facilities, career, graduate studies, etc. Pass/fail. Attendance at Visual Artist Series and museum exhibitions is required. (Restricted to new art majors).
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ART 104 - Basic Design: 2-D (3 cr.)
An introduction to two-dimensional design that emphasizes visual thinking through the development of a vocabulary of the elements and principles of design, a conceptual approach to applying them creatively, and a respect for craftsmanship in their applications.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Graphic Design $15.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 137 - Western Art: Ancient and Medieval (3 cr.)
This course surveys important developments in western art during Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It covers the visual arts and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt; Classical Greece and Rome; and the medieval period in western Europe and Byzantium. Particular emphasis is placed on architecture, freestanding and relief sculpture, fresco painting, and illuminated manuscripts.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: Humanities; The Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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ART 139 - Western Art: Renaissance to Modern (3 cr.)
This course surveys important developments in western art beginning around 1250 and continuing into the middle of the 20th century. It emphasizes the visual arts and architecture of western Europe, the United States, and Mexico. Emphasis is placed on painting, but sculpture, the graphic arts, and architecture are also discussed.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: Humanities; The Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 161 - Introduction to Drawing (3 cr.)
Introduction to Drawing teaches drawing concepts and skills through beginning-level drawing problems in line, shape, plane, form, space, tone, gesture, pictorial organization and content. The course develops personal expression and aesthetic, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic sensitivity. It examines form and content in works by great masters, past and present. The course requires both analytical and intuitive thinking with a variety of materials and subjects.
Liberal arts
Fees: Drawing Fee $22.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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ART 205 - Introduction to Graphic Design (3 cr.)
The course objective is to build a foundation of knowledge in graphic design. Introductory projects are intended to reflect a variety of visual and creative challenges in the field. This includes an introduction of the vector-based CSS Illustrator, as well as other design software. From this foundation students should be able to proceed to gain specialized specific knowledge in future course work or independently. An emphasis is placed on creative thinking and personal expression.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Graphic Design $45.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 208 - Computer Art (3 cr.)
An introduction to the use of the computer in visual art practice focusing on the basics of Photoshop as a tool for adjusting, composing, and manipulating images. Topics include ethics of appropriation, serial imagery, the importance of archival materials in professional presentation and the preparation of a digital portfolio.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ART 104 , ART 262 .
Fees: Graphic Design $45.00
Semester(s) Offered: Varies
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ART 211 - Introduction to Photography (3 cr.)
Photography I is an introductory studio art course for the beginning black and white photographer. The main emphasis of this course will be two-fold. The first will center on the understanding and operation of photographic equipment, including the camera, lens, photo accessories, film, lighting, filters, enlargers, archival film processing and darkroom printing processes. The second will focus on the aesthetic principles and concepts of black and white photography including: photographic composition and design, visual elements, tone and contrast, depth of field, conceptual considerations in photographic contexts, print analysis, semiotics, and spatial considerations in presentation.
An understanding and mastering of the above mentioned areas will allow a beginning student to approach the medium of photography as an art form in a more competent and creative manner.
You should set aside a minimum of four hours outside of class each week for completion of various assignments and photographic problems. Access to a 35 mm camera is essential. All students are responsible for providing their own camera and extra optional camera equipment such as flashes, tripods and shutter release cables, as well as the basic photographic supplies listed below.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Photography Fee $45.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 221 - Introduction to Painting (3 cr.)
The course introduces a variety of concepts and techniques of painting. A sequence of projects emphasizes the skills in observing color to translate dimensional forms and spatial relationships. Formal and conceptual concerns found in the history of painting are examined.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Painting Fee $25.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 231 - 3-D Design (3 cr.)
Introduction to formal, organizational, and expressive concerns related to the development of three-dimensional art forms. Subject matter, form, and content will be explored with relationship to the three-dimensional object and its unique spatial properties.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Sculpture Fee $50.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 232 - Introduction to Sculpture (3 cr.)
Fundamental problems in understanding materials, methods and ideas related to the development of sculptural concepts. Students will gain skill in bronze casting, mold making, welding, metal fabrication, wood working, assemblage and mixed materials.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Sculpture Fee $50.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 255 - Introduction to Ceramics (3 cr.)
A beginning studio course in ceramics. Introduction to the properties of clay, hand building techniques, the potter’s wheel, methods of decoration and glazing, historical and contemporary ceramics and creative problem solving in a three-dimensional medium.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Ceramics $55.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 262 - Drawing II (3 cr.)
The course deepens comprehension of materials, concepts, pictorial organization, and expression. An investigation of a variety of drawing experiences, subject matter, and drawing media broadens the definition of drawing.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ART 161 .
Fees: Drawing Fee $35.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 280 - Introduction to Printmaking (3 cr.)
Printmaking is the art of creating images by carving or etching into a matrix (wood, metal, etc.), covering that matrix with pigment and pressing it against paper, which transfers the picture to the new surface. Various processes will be used to develop students’ artistic statements and problem-solving skills. Students will be introduced to the history of the medium and will examine contemporary examples of artists’ prints and how they relate to their own artwork.
Liberal arts
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
SUNY Framework: The Arts
Fees: Printmaking Fee $65.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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