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| AFRSTY101 Introduction to Africana Studies | T Nelson | Feb 9 - May 4 | M-3-407
McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 407
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1005 |
Description for AFRSTY101: This course presents an overview of the major theories in the field of Africana studies. It seeks to explore the Africana experience in a way that is orderly, systematic, and structurally integrated; and to convey an understanding of the cultural, historical, and political roots of this experience. The course focuses chronologically on major historical episodes through a study of ancient African civilizations, slavery, colonialism, and African liberation movements.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus |
| AFRSTY270 The African-American Image on Stage, Screen and Television | C Oddle | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-020
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 020
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 3411 |
Description for AFRSTY270: The evolution and development of African-American characters and caricatures as they have been represented in theatrical, screen, and television presentations.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| AFRSTY310 Modern Caribbean Society | J Rene | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-107
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 107
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 5764 |
Description for AFRSTY310: This course undertakes a phenomenological and interpretive analysis of the organization and social structure of modern Caribbean societies. After a brief examination of the colonization and slavery period, it concentrates on the contemporary era with a special focus on key factors that have shaped the cultural parameters and the internal dynamics of the social systems of these Creolophone, Francophone, Anglophone Hispanophone and Dutch-speaking Caribbean societies. Special attention is therefore given to the salient racial, ethnic, social, political, economic and cultural issues that have significantly influenced and contributed to present day Caribbean societies.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International focus |
| AMST101 Popular Culture in America | S King | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-012
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 012
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 2550 |
Description for AMST101: This course introduces students to the varieties of popular culture in America, including popular literature, live entertainment, radio, movies, and television. In-depth case studies of such particular forms of popular culture as humor and music are included. In class viewing and listening accompany case studies.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Humanities |
| ARABIC102 Elementary Arabic II | A Berrahmoun | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-048
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 048
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 4 | 3220 |
Description for ARABIC102: Arabic 102 picks up where Arabic 101 left off. Our central tasks will be building vocabulary and mastering basic grammatical structures. Well also stress training in reading and writing Arabic sentences and in enhancing spoken skills necessary for a variety of daily activities. As the course progresses, more emphasis will fall on assimilating the language for more complex communicative purposes related to describing self, family members, career plans, and abstract matters like personal feelings and decisions.
Prerequisite: ARABIC 101 or equivalent.
Academic Information: Credits: 4 Distribution: World Languages
Lab Fee: The lab fee for this course is: $25 |
| ART100 The Language of Art | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | M-3-430
McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 430
| Sa | 12:00 - 3:00pm | 3 | 4580 |
Description for ART100: The course teaches students to begin to understand the processes of artistic creation. It enables the student to grasp the expressive content of works of art in a wide variety of media and to analyze how the artist creates his/her effect. It is not an historical survey. Through lectures, discussions, field trips, and museum visits, the student studies paintings, sculptures, and buildings; examples are chosen as often as possible from the Boston area. The course addresses such concepts as elements of composition, rhythm, symmetry, and space; and the possibilities of differing interpretations of subject matter. It offers a solid introduction to the arts by developing the student’s ability to see and analyze forms as the result of aesthetic and interpretive decisions.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Arts |
| ART102 Renaissance to Modern Art | C Scollans | Feb 9 - May 4 | M-3-430
McCormack Bldg, 3rd Floor, Room 430
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 3218 |
Description for ART102: An historical survey of Western art and architecture from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. The course deals with different aspects of the art of the Renaissance in Italy and the North, the Baroque and Rococo, Neoclassicism and Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Arts |
| ART281 Drawing I | K Dacey | Feb 9 - May 4 | H-8-009
Healey Library, 8th Floor, Room 009
| Sa | 11:00am - 2:00pm | 3 | 1009 |
Description for ART281: A comprehensive introduction to basic materials and techniques, with emphasis on drawing as a primary means for the description and interpretation of people and their environment. Problems in still life, landscape, and life drawing. Fundamentals of visual language are also addressed.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Arts
Lab Fee: The lab fee for this course is: $40 |
| COMSTU105 Oral Communication | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-054
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 054
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 1012 |
Description for COMSTU105: This course focuses on improvement of interpersonal, small group, and public communication skills. Through readings, journals, class discussions and activities, we explore the following: self-concept and perception, listening and responding, language and non-verbal behaviors, interviewing, problem-solving and decision-making, formal elements of speech-making, the evaluation of one’s own and others’ public messages.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| CRMJUS262L Criminology | L Holmes | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-009
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 009
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 2557 |
Description for CRMJUS262L: A general survey and analysis of adult crime. Attention to historical development of criminological thought, societal reaction to crime, and behavioral systems. Emphasis on theories of criminality and issues in the administration of justice by police and courts.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| CRMJUS321L Racial and Ethnic Relations | K Lischinsky | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-005
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 005
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1014 |
Description for CRMJUS321L: An examination of racial and ethnic relations in contemporary society, including the history and sociology of the immigration experience, bilingual education, the nature and character of discrimination, neighborhood change, and racial and ethnic conflict.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101. SOCIOL or PSYSOC or CRMJUS or ALCSUB students only.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity: United States focus Cross listed: SOCIOL 321L. |
| CRMJUS467L The Sociology of Law | R Tyler | Feb 8 - May 3 | W-1-034
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 034
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 1016 |
Description for CRMJUS467L: A general analysis of the social origins and consequences of law and legal process; special emphasis on law as a method of conflict resolution and as a social control structure, and on law and social change. Attention also given to law in other societies, including non-literate societies, to the evolution and development of legal structures, and to patterns of due process and criminal law.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 and CRMJUS/SOCIOL 262L.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Cross listed: SOCIOL 467L. |
| EEOS101 The Global Environment | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-054
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 054
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1017 |
Description for EEOS101: An analysis of the physical geographic environment including the globe, the atmosphere and ocean, climate, soils, vegetation, and landform. Positive and negative interaction of human beings with these aspects of the environment is examined where appropriate.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Natural Science |
| ENGL101 Freshman English I | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-037
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 037
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 4709 |
Description for ENGL101: English 101 is an introductory course in critical reading and writing that prepares students for working with the complex texts and ideas they will find in their college studies. English 101 teaches students to discover and shape their own perspectives in dialogue with challenging readings. Through carefully sequenced assignments, students are guided through various processes for constructing academic essays that may include journal writing, glossing texts, discussing student papers in class, peer reviewing, and especially revising. Readings and materials vary from section to section. Note: English 101 satisfies the first half of the College’s freshman writing requirements.
Prerequisite: Degree students only.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| ENGL102 Freshman English II | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-037
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 037
| Sa | 3:15 - 6:15pm | 3 | 4713 |
Description for ENGL102: Freshman English 102 is a more advanced course in critical reading and writing than 101; it is intended to help students prepare for their upper-level courses and the Writing Proficiency Requirement. Through sequenced assignments, students learn to sustain inquiries on particular themes or issues and to treat subjects from different perspectives, including their own. Through frequent reading and writing assignments, students learn to analyze the structures of essays and arguments so they are able to develop informed responses to them. As in 101, drafting and redrafting are emphasized. One of the course papers will be a researched essay that builds on course themes and issues. Note: English 102 satisfies the second half of the College’s freshman writing requirement.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Degree Students Only.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| ENGL210 Introduction to Creative Writing | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-057
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 057
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 4725 |
Description for ENGL210: An introduction to the arts through the medium of writing as well as reading poetry and fiction. Student writing is submitted weekly and discussed in class.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Arts |
| FRENCH102 Elementary French II | P O’Connell | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-052
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 052
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 4 | 1024 |
Description for FRENCH102: A continuation of FRENCH 101. Concentrated practice in the four language skills, with an audio-lingual approach, for students who have completed FRENCH 101 or its equivalent. Continued attention to French and francophone culture. Weekly laboratory attendance and assignments required.
Prerequisite: FRENCH 101 or equivalent.
Academic Information: Credits: 4 Distribution: World Languages
Lab Fee: The lab fee for this course is: $25 |
| HIST252 Africa before 1900 | T Johnson | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-158
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 158
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 4596 |
Description for HIST252: This course examines the history of Africa prior to 1900. The course emphasizes such themes as Islam in Africa, trade and politics in medieval Africa, slavery and the slave trade, the creation of European colonization, and early resistance to that colonization.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Cultures Diversity: International focus |
| LING152 Elementary American Sign Language II | D Ioannides | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-030
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 030
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 1028 |
Description for LING152: A continuation of LING 151 with emphasis on receptive and expressive skills. Note: LING 152 may be used as a distribution course only after successful completion of LING 153.
Prerequisite: LING 151 or permission of instructor.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Languages |
| MATH125 Introductory Statistics | C Agunwamba | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-198
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 198
| Sa | 11:45am - 3:00pm | 3 | 1030 |
Description for MATH125: Topics include introductory statistics, covering descriptive statistics; introductory probability sufficient to enable development of inferential statistics; and inferential statistics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or 124 or 129 or 130 or 140 or appropriate scores on the Math Placement Test.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Mathematics |
| MATH130 Precalculus | Z Djordjevic | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-057
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 057
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:30am | 3 | 1032 |
Description for MATH130: Preparation for first year calculus. Covers symmetry, graphs, functions, lines, parabolas and max-min problems, exponential and logarithm functions, exponential growth, and the trigonometric functions and their inverses. Note: No student receives graduation credits for MATH 130 if it is taken after successful completion of any higher math course. Students who have successfully completed MATH 130 may not subsequently take MATH 129 for credit. Students may take MATH 130 after MATH 129 only with explicit permission of the department, and then only for two credits.
Prerequisite: appropriate scores on the Math Placement Test or MATH 115 with a grade of B or better in the previous semester. Note: Students with grades lower than B in the pre-requisite course will be dropped from the class.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Mathematics |
| MATH134 Managerial Calculus | M Orhon | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-045
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 045
| Sa | 11:45am - 3:00pm | 3 | 1033 |
Description for MATH134: A one-semester course in calculus, with particular emphasis on applications to economics and management. Topics covered include limits, continuity, derivatives, and integrals. Students may not receive graduation credit for both MATH 134 and MATH 135. Students may take MATH 140 after MATH 134, but only with the explicit permission of the department and then only for two credits.
Prerequisite: MATH 129 or 130 or appropriate scores on the Math Placement Test.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Mathematics |
| PHIL100 Introduction to Philosophy | J Cooper-Wiele | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-019
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 019
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 4614 |
Description for PHIL100: An introductory examination of the problems and scope of philosophy.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Humanities |
| PHIL108 Moral and Social Problems | M Gunning | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-020
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 020
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1087 |
Description for PHIL108: Important moral and social issues of current concern are examined and debated. The course covers several problems each semester from a list including criminal punishment, war, abortion, racism, violence, the death penalty, private property, sexism, animal rights, the environment, and hunger.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Humanities Diversity: United States focus |
| POLSCI102 Government and Politics of the United States | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-019
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 019
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1090 |
Description for POLSCI102: An introduction to the structures, processes, and results of the American governmental system. The course focuses on the national government and national political behavior, although state, regional, and local structures and issues are also introduced. Topics include institutions of government, political principles and ideologies, public opinion, political socialization, political parties, mass media, elections, interest groups, civil rights and civil liberties, public policies and policy making.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| POLSCI202 Comparative Politics: Third World | Staff | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-012
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 012
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 2905 |
Description for POLSCI202: Introductory survey of political systems in non-industrialized nations, drawing on examples from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Course content focuses on the nature of the development process and the evolution of political institutions and practices.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Diversity: International focus |
| PSYCH100 Introductory Psychology | C Cohen | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-004
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 004
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 3867 |
Description for PSYCH100: A general survey of selected content areas in psychology, including personality and human development, physiological psychology, learning, intelligence, heredity and environment, and motivation and emotion. Please note: Students who have already earned credits for PSYCH 101 may not register for this course.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| PSYCH201 Introduction to Behavioral Research | M Krengel | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-2-107
Wheatley Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 107
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 3868 |
Description for PSYCH201: An introduction to the ways of discovering, describing and making warranted assertions about aspects of people and social life. The chief objectives are 1) to help students develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become intelligent critics of research in the behavioral and social sciences, and 2) to give them a rudimentary understanding of the design and evaluation of scientific research. Statistical material is treated in a conceptual manner. Classroom work and course examinations concentrate equally on research design and research evaluation.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 101.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| PSYCH341 Infancy and Childhood Development | R Hencke | Feb 4 - May 4 | M-2-404
McCormack Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room 404
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 3872 |
Description for PSYCH341: This course explores human development from infancy to middle childhood, i.e., from childbirth to ages seven or eight. Major emphasis is given to early perceptual, cognitive, social and affective development bearing the following questions in mind: How does the world of space and objects appear to the infant? How does he or she acquire knowledge and discover reality? How does the child experience the world of people and develop a sense of self? How does the child develop attachments to others and what role is played by the significant people in his or her life?
Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 101.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| PSYCH360 Behavioral Neuroscience | C Cohen | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-004
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 004
| Sa | 3:15 - 6:15pm | 3 | 3874 |
Description for PSYCH360: An overview of the field of neuroscience. Selected topics are neuroanatomy, brain physiology, communication in the central nervous system, immunology, and psychopharmacology. This course also includes a critical discussion of various research techniques. One goal for students is to develop critical thinking skills, as consumers of scientific information.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 101, and PSYCH 105 or any BIOL course.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 |
| SOCIOL101 Introduction to Sociology | K Lischinsky | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-006
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 006
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 1095 |
Description for SOCIOL101: The structure of society, cultural patterns, and group life. The individual and socialization, groups, institutions, social systems, and social change.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| SOCIOL262L Criminology | L Holmes | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-009
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 009
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 2558 |
Description for SOCIOL262L: A general survey and analysis of adult crime. Attention to historical development of criminological thought, societal reaction to crime, and behavioral systems. Emphasis on theories of criminality and issues in the administration of justice by police and courts.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| SOCIOL321L Racial and Ethnic Relations | K Lischinsky | Feb 6 - May 8 | W-1-005
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 005
| Sa | 8:15 - 11:15am | 3 | 1092 |
Description for SOCIOL321L: An examination of racial and ethnic relations in contemporary society, including the history and sociology of the immigration experience, bilingual education, the nature and character of discrimination, neighborhood change, and racial and ethnic conflict.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity: United States focus Cross listed: CRMJUS 321L. |
| SOCIOL467L The Sociology of Law | R Tyler | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-034
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 034
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 1094 |
Description for SOCIOL467L: A general analysis of the social origins and consequences of law and legal process; special emphasis on law as a method of conflict resolution and as a social control structure, and on law and social change. Attention also given to law in other societies, including non-literate societies, to the evolution and development of legal structures, and to patterns of due process and criminal law.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 and CRMJUS/SOCIOL 262L.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Cross listed: CRMJUS 467L. |
| SPAN106 Basic Spanish for Communication II | A Mogavero | Feb 9 - May 4 | W-1-047
Wheatley Bldg, 1st Floor, Room 047
| Sa | 11:45am - 2:45pm | 3 | 2451 |
Description for SPAN106: A continuation of SPAN 105. Note: Students may not take both SPAN 102 and 106.
Prerequisite: The instructor reserves the right to place you in the appropriate course level.
Academic Information: Credits: 3 Distribution: World Languages |