Course Descriptions

HIS 100 - The Rise of the West: 1500-Present

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Identify and describe the main political, economic, social, cultural, and religious conditions of late medieval/early modern Europe (1450-1789).
5.  Identify and explain the increasing conflicts between a traditional, aristocratic society and emerging “modern” movements in the economic, political, social, cultural, and religious arenas.
6.  Describe the industrial transformation and evaluate its consequences.
7.  Identify and describe of the 19th century age of “Isms,” including Imperialism, and evaluate their impact on European and non-European societies.
8.  Explain why WWI was the product of mounting tensions within an increasingly “modern” European nation-state system.
9.  Explain and assess how WWII grew out of a failed European peace and a series of interwar crises.
10.  Explain and evaluate the impact of communism and fascism on 20th century European civilization.
11.  Identify and analyze the competing historical interpretations of the Cold War and the subsequent collapose of the Soviet Union.
12.  Describe the factors giving rise to decolonization of the European empires and evaluate its consequences, especially focusing on the rise of globalization.

HIS 116 - The West and the World to 1500

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Identify some of the main features of human prehistory.
5.  Distinguish the general characteristics of civilizations.
6.  Identify the primary civilizations of the Old and New Worlds.
7.  Identify some of the main features of some of the major religious and cultural traditions of Asia, Africa, and europe to circa 1500 CE.
8.  Explain the rise of the state and the development of distinct social groups and gender roles.
9.  Locate the major trade routes of the Old World before 1500 CE.
10.  Describe the general conditions which existed in the Old and New Worlds on the eve of modernity, circa 1500 CE.

HIS 117 - The West and the World Since 1500

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Identify some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to study the past.
4.  Describe the general conditions which existed in the Old and New Worlds on the eve of modernity, circa 1500 CE.
5.  Identify the major changes in Europe and its relations with the rest of the world in the period 1500-1800.
6.  Describe some of the major developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas in the period 1500-1800.
7.  Explain the origins and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
8.  Identify the major political developments of the period 1800-1914.
9.  Describe the general crisis of the first half of the twentieth century and identify its global consequences.
10.  Identify some of the main themes in global history since 1950.
 

HIS 130 - United States History I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Write clearly, speak cogently, and think critically about historical events and issues.
2.  Identify some of the methods used by historians to study the past.
3.  Name and discuss some contributions made to historical knowledge by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geographers.
4.  Read primary historical sources and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
5.  Identify the cultural areas of native peoples in North America.
6.  Evaluate the impact of European exploration on Europe, Africa, and North America, for example, the Columbian Exchange.
7.  Explain the motivations of European powers and colonists and varying subsequent colonial developments.
8.  Describe the various measures used by the European powers to control and profit fromthe “New World” colonies, as well as patterns of colonial compliance and resistance.
9.  Identify some of the causes–long term and immediate, foreign and domestic–of the Revolutionary War[s] and independence from Great Britain.
10.  Describe the composition and distribution of the North American immigrant population in the 18th and 19th centuries.
11.  Discuss the Constitution and Bill of Rights as well as the process of development and approval.
12.  Distinguish the key issues between the federalists and anti-federalists and relate these issues to the development of political parties.
13.  Discuss the nature of Jacksonian democracy, including ethnic, class, and regional affiliations, and the status of white men, women, native peoples, and African American.
14.  Examine the causes and consequences of the market and transportation revolutions of the 19th century.
15.  Evaluate how sectional differences, including slavery and diverse economic, political, and social interests, propelled the nation towards Civil War.
16.  Recognize the short and long term consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

HIS 131 - United States History II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Write clearly, speak cogently, and think critically about historical events and issues.
2.  Identify some of the methods used by historians to study the past.
3.  Name and discuss some contributions to historical knowledge made by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geographers.
4.  Read primary historical sources and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
5.  Discuss the outcomes of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
6.  Identify and explain causes and patterns of immigration to America, internal migration, and cultural changes as a result of these movements.
7.  Explain the development of the West–motives for westward expansion, impact on indigenous peoples, and national economic change.
8.  Evaluate trends in industrialization, commercialization, and urbanization of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
9.  Identify and appraise the Progressive responses to the social, economic, and political problems of the Guild Age.
10.  Distinguish motives and consequences of American expansionism and imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
11.  Describe American economic, diplomatic and military roles abroad and at home during World War I.
12.  Review the economic, social, and political changes of the 1920s.
13.  Name and discuss the causes and outcomes of the Great Depression, including the New Deal response.
14.  Describe American economic, diplomatic and military roles abroad and at home during World War II.
15.  Examine the various concerns of the Atomic Age, the Cold War in American life and politics, and the post-war era of the 1950s.
16.  Discuss the various civil rights movements of American marginal populations, American Indians, women, sub-culture lifestyles, and African Americans in particular.
17.  Examine the technological, political and social changes caused by the Space Race, the conflict in Vietnam, and the Great Society.
18.  Evaluate the political and foreign policies of the 1980s and 1990s and understand the impact on America of the end of the Cold War.
19.  Debate recent events of the 1990s and early 21st century and discuss implications for the future of America and Americans.

HIS 141 - History of Modern Latin America and the Caribbean

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of colonial Latin American societies.
2.  Analyze the causes of the Latin American independence movements of the nineteenth century.
3.  Identify major themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin American societies in the nineteenth century, including reform, reaction, and revolution.
4.  Discuss the causes of political instability and economic backwardness in Latin America in the twentieth century.
5.  Identify some of the significant political leaders and movements in Latin America in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

HIS 155 - War and the Western World

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of warfare in the early modern West, including theories of the “military revolution” of the period.
2.  Identify some of the relationships between warfare and culture, politics, and society in the early modern West.
3.  Discuss the causes and consequences of the Age of Revolution in the West, including the rise of mass armies.
4.  Describe the nature of indurstrialization in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the development of new technologies and strategies of war.
5.  Identify the major belief systems of the nineteenth century West, including Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, and Nationalism.
6.  Discuss the nature of imperialism and imperial wars in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
7.  Analyze the political, social, cultural, and military causes and consequences of the two world wars.
8.  Discuss the period since 1945 in the West, including the Cold War, decolonization, and globalization, with a special emphasis on the nature of war in the contemporary world.

HIS 155-159 - SERIES Themes in Western Civilization

HIS 156 - Nature and Western Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify some of the major ideologies on nature in the history of Western thought.
2.  Examine some of the major developments in the human relation to nature in the West since 1500.
3.  Identify some of the historical trends in energy use since 1500.
4.  Identify some of the historical trends in pollution and other environmental issues since 1500.
5.  Examine the present-day state of global environmental issues.
6.  Discuss and analyze some of the various solutions proposed for energy and environmental problems today.

HIS 163 - Introduction to Chinese Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in Chinese history.
2.  Identify some of the major elements in traditional Chinese culture.
3.  Discuss some of the major social, cultural and political developments in ancient China.
4.  Describe some of the main features of social and political life in imperial China.
5.  Explain the origins of the Chinese Revolution.
6.  Describe the course of the Chinese Revoluton.
7.  Identify the major events and developments during the rule of Mao Zedong.
8.  Identify some of the major developments in China since 1976.

HIS 164 - Introduction to Japanese Civilization

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in Japanese history.
2.  Identify some of the major elements in traditional Japanese culture.
3.  Describe some of the major features of political, social, and cultural life in heian and medieval Japan.
4.  Describe some of the major features of polical, social, and cultural life in Tokugawa Japan.
5.  Account for the meiji restoration and describe its consequences.
6.  Identify some of the main features of Japan’s modernization (1868-1953).
7.  Identify some of the main developments in Japan since 1953.

HIS 175 - Local History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the main chronological divisions in the history of Broome County and the adjacent areas.
2.  Describe the main features of Native American life in the region before colonization.
3.  Discuss some of the major themes of the colonial and revolutionary periods in the local area.
4.  Describe the development of the local area during the nineteenth century, against the background of broader regional and national history.
5.  Discuss the growth of important local businesses in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Endicott-Johnson, IBM, and others.
6.  Identify the major themes of local history in the twentieth century, against the background of regional and national developments.

HIS 180 - Utopia: American Visions of the Good Society

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the general nature of utopian ideas and practices.
2.  Discuss the utopian impulse in American history.
3.  Examine experimental communities such as the Shakers, Owenites, Oneida Perfectionists, communes of the 1960s, and so on.
4.  Compare and analyze key works of utopian literature by such authors as Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W. Warren Wager, and others, including their place in American history and culture.

HIS 183 - Women’s History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the various women’s cultures in America as they change over time.
2.  Show an understanding of the influence in Western traditions, practices, and laws dealing with women upon developments in American women’s history.
3.  Demonstrate, through research, class discussion, and class presentations, a familiarity with research methods in historical records.
4.  Complete at least one project demonstrating in-depth knowledge of one aspect of American women’s history.

HIS 187 - The United States Civil War: Causes and Effects

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe conditions in the U.S. in 1815.
2.  Describe the development of sectional rivalries.
3.  Identify major political conflicts in the Antebellum period such as the Missouri Compromise and the Nullification crisis.
4.  Describe some of the major features of slavery and Southern society and culture.
5.  Discuss the major ideas of Abolitionism.
6.  Identify the consequences of Westward expansion such as the Wilmot Proviso.
7.  Describe the development of the Republican Party.
8.  Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of the election of 1860.
9.  Discuss the life and ideas of Abraham Lincoln.
10.  Identify the balance of forces in 1861.
11.  Discuss some of the major military aspects of the Civil War.
12.  Discuss some of the political, economic and social aspects of the war in the North and South.
13.  Describe African American experiences during the war, including Emancipation.
14.  Discuss reconstruction and some of the long-term consequences of the Civil War.

HIS 188 - Vietnam and America

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Distinguish primary and secondary sources in history.
2.  Read primary sources in history and formulate pertinent inferences and interpretations.
3.  Distinguish and evaluate principal interpretations of the lessons of the Vietnam War.
4.  Discuss the impact of Cold War events and American culture on the American response to conflict in Vietnam.
5.  Identify the major features of Vietnamese geography, culture and history.
6.  Identify the principal historical “turning points” in the Vietnamese wars.
7.  Distinguish and evaluate both actual and alternative military strategies of both Americans and Vietnamese.
8.  Describe the war and post-war experiences of soldiers on all sides.
9.  Explain how the United States military draft was organized and functioned and the impact of factors of race, class and gender on the creation of the American forces.
10.  Debate issues of the legality of this war and war generally, the nature of war crimes and the war powers of the branches of the federal govenment.
11.  Examine a variety of Vietnamese perspectives on the war.
12.  Describe the roles of women on all sides of this war.
13.  Explain the social, cultural and political developments in the United States in this period and their impacts on the outcome of the war.
14.  Debate the impact of the United States mass media in the support for the war and its outcome.
15.  Discuss the ways in which the war has been represented in popular culture.
16.  Examine social, political and economic effects on Vietnam and America after the war.

HIS 189 - First Peoples: Native American History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify various Native cultures and their regions.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of the outline of pre-historic development, historic interactions with European settlers and govenments, and modern Indian life.
3.  Demonstrate, through written research and class discussion, a familiarity with research methods in historical records.
4.  Complete at least one project demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of one aspect of the history of the First Peoples.

HIS 194 - Survey in African American History

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe and apply some of the methods used by historians and social scientists to understand the past.
2.  Identify important general concepts in the study of African American history.
3.  Describe the nature of the African slave trade.
4.  Describe conditions in colonial America with special reference to African Americans.
5.  Discuss African American roles in and responses to the era of the American Revolution.
6.  Identify conditions of slave and free African American life in the Antebellum period.
7.  Discuss the Civil War era with special reference to African American experiences.
8.  Identify the general conditions of African American life from Reconstruction to the First World War.
9.  Describe the Harlem Renaissance and related developments of the 1920s and 1930s.
10.  Discuss the ideas of key African American thinkers such as Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey, including their relation to conditions in Africa.
11.  Identify important features of African American experiences from the Second World War to the present.
12.  Compare and contrast the ideas of important African American thinkers in the Civil Rights and post-Civil Rights eras, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X.

HIS 210-280 - Special Topics in History

HIS 225 - Total War in the Twentieth Century

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify the conditions–political and military–leading to the outbreak of the First World War.
2.  Discuss the consequences–political and military–of the First World War.
3.  Identify the main causes of the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia and Europe.
4.  Describe the balance of forces in the two theaters of operation at the start of the war.
5.  Discuss the initial military strategies employed by all sides and describe how these strategies changed during the course of the war.
6.  Discuss the entrance of the United States into the Second World War.
7.  Describe the conditions of battle in the various theaters of operation.
8.  Discuss the end of the war and the military, technological, and political consequences of the Second World War.

HIS 299 - Independent Study

Learning outcomes will be developed by the instructor and approved by the department chair and the Dean of Liberal Arts.

HIT 101 - Introduction to Health Information Systems

HIT 101L - Introduction to Health Information Systems Laboratory

HIT 106 - Medical Terminology

HIT 107 - Medical Transcription and Correspondence

HIT 116 - Health Statistics

 

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  HIT 101 Introduction to Health Information Systems.

 

Credits: 3
Hours
2 Class Hours, 2 Laboratory Hours

HIT 116L - Health Statistics Laboratory

HIT 144 - Clinical Practicum I

HIT 203 - Computers in Health Care

HIT 204 - Inpatient Coding System

 

Credits: 4
Hours
3 Class Hours, 3 Laboratory Hours

HIT 204L - Inpatient Coding System Laboratory

HIT 205 - Coding Practicum

HIT 208 - Advanced Medical Transcription

HIT 210 - Management Principles for Health Information

HIT 210L - Management Principles for Health Information Laboratory

HIT 214 - Ambulatory Care Coding

HIT 214L - Ambulatory Care Coding Laboratory

HIT 220 - Survey of Healthcare Delivery

HIT 222W - Medical Legal Aspects

HIT 236 - Quality Improvement

HIT 236L - Quality Improvement Laboratory

HIT 245 - Clinical Practicum II

Corequisites:  HIT 210 Management Principles for Health Information, HIT 214 Ambulatory Care Coding, HIT 295 Health Information Seminar.

Credits: 6
Hours
12 Clinical Hours

HIT 295 - Health Information Seminar

HLS 111 - Introduction to Homeland Security

Provide a broad overview of Homeland Security;  Provide students with the goals and philosophy of Homeland Security;  Help students identify the the specific roles that individuals and government plays in Homeland Security;  Give students background information that will help them understand the historical development of Homeland Security;  Provide student with information relative to programs and methods tomeet Homeland Security needs in New York and the United States.

Outcomes:

List key events and people that have affected homeland security;  Outlined the specific roles that individuals and governmental agencies play in homeland security;  Summarize the programs and methods used to meet the homeland security needs of New York and the United States.

HLS 150 - Emergency Management

Provide students with information to develop a model emergency response plan;  Give students the tools they need to conduct an emergency drill;  Provide information to students so they have a working knowledge of development and maintenance of emergency plans.

Outcomes:

Identify the types of emergencies that require multi-agency response and the functions of those agencies in responding to disasters;  Describe the process used in impact assessment and the planning that goes into preparing for emergencies;  Identify steps in recovery effort and agencies that provide services to asist in post-disaster relief;  Develop a model emergency response plan for an individual, a family, a community, and an organization such as a service organization or church;  Conduct an emergency drill.

HLS 200 - Theory and Practice of Terrorism

Identify the economic and environmental impact on public administration and the private sector;  Document the legal changes required to combat terrorism;  Present research results on terrorism from the 1980s to the present either through internet sources, declassified documents, interviews, and text materals.

Outcomes:

Describe the evolving definition of the terrorist personality and the goals of terrorism;  Explain the identified roles within terrorist organizations;  Identify the various active terrorist organizations and their relationships to each other and their respective goals;  Explain various models for combating terrorism and the roles of government organizations in this effort;  Identify the terrorists’ organizations rationale for terrorism;  Compare and contrast terrorist goals to freedom fighters’ goals;  Identify the economic and environmental impact on public administration and the private sector;  Document the legal changes required to combat terrorism;  Present research results on terrorism from the 1980s to the present either through internet sources, declassified documents, interviews, and text materials.

HLS 210 - Special Security Issues

Identification and analysis of critical infrastructure systems including security and threat assessments.  Includes mitigation of threats as well as evaluation and revision of security measures in order to protect critical infrastructures.  Investigative and operational processes and procedures in Federal Law Enforcement operations for border security.  Basic principles of executive protection.  Tranportation of cargo throughout the United States, including highways, railways, waterways, pipelines and airports and basic security practices that can be applied to threats to these systems, including cargo theft and drug trafficking.

Outcomes:

List critical infrastructures;  Evaluate security measures;  Report methods to revise security of protection assets;  Demonstrate mitigation of a critical infrastructure threat;  Conduct information collection using the Internet and library resources;  Physical boundaries that establish the United States;  Explain the history of border establishment;  Identify territories and commonwealths of the United States;  Explain the history of Border Patrol and its role in Federal Law enforcement;  Define Border Patrol within the organizational structure of Homeland Security;  List the objectives of National Border Patrol Strategy;  Explain the operational duties of Border patrol agents;  Give details of technological advances in law enforcement for Border Patrol;  Explain processes used in detecting and investigatinig document fraud;  Record legal considerations for arrest, interview and interrogation;  Define jurisdiction, venue, and statutes related to prosecution;  Demonstrate rudimentary principles of executive protection;  Describe attributes of professional executive protection specialists;  Explain defensive driving principles and building search related to executive protection;  List legal liability issues in executive protection;  Explain the effects of 9/11 on transportation;  Define the role of TSA in transportation security;  Explain security issues related to:  Aviation security; Port security; Railway security; Busing security; Maritime security; Mass transit systems; Waterway security.

HMS 146 - Introduction to Gerontology

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the biological, social, and psychological characteristics of older individuals.
2.  Examine major national/international policies and understand their relationship to the process of growing older.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the services and resources available to an aging population that is changing in terms of needs.
4.  Critically reflect on personal issues with regard to aging.

HMS 147 - Eldercare Seminar and Internship

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the process of aging from a variety of developmental perspectives.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of the physical, psychological, social and environmental needs of older individuals.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose(s) of the various services provided in eldercare settings.
4.  Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which the provision of services in eldercare can conflict with the quality of life of older individuals.
5.  Conceptualize methods for improving both practice and policy in eldercare.

HMS 240 - Perspectives on Death and Dying

 

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an appreciation of the historical and sociocultural dimensions of death and dying.
2.  Describe psychological, emotional, and physical elements of the dying process for individuals and caregivers.
3.  Analyze concepts and theories related to end-of-life care including mourning and grief.
4.  Apply legal and ethical principles to the analysis of complex issues in end-of-life care.
5.  Explore multidiscriplinary communities of care for dying persons and their families.
6.  Evaluate appropriate resources for consumer decision-making regarding end-of-life care.

HMS 250 - Human Service Organizations

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the variety of services provided by human services organizations.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of the challenges, demands, expectations, and opportunities that human service organizations face.
3.  Appreciate the role of human service organizations and their importance to the social, economic, political, and cultural fabric of our society.
4.  Appreciate human service administration and practice and the factors associated with organizations becoming effective and efficient.
5.  Become better prepared to enter the human services as practitioner and professional.

HMS 260 - Special Topics on Aging

 

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

To be determined upon selection of course topics (which vary from semester to semester).

HMS 290 - Human Service Field Experience

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Correlate knowledge of Human Services theories.
2.  Demonstrate the ability to apply Human Service theories to actual practice environments.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of how the Human Service network of organizations functions to assess and meet client needs.
4.  Apply skills to maintain personal well-being while in a setting that may lead to professional fatigue.
5.  Critically reflect on Human Service values and professional ethics.

HST 100 - Seminar in Health Sciences

HST 101 - Cultural Aspects of Health Care

HST 110 - Personal Care Aide

HST 111 - Home Health Aide

HST 225 - Total War in the Twentieth Century

HUM 101 - Western Humanities I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe and apply some of the fundamental principles in understanding the arts and humanities.
2.  Identify some of the major periods in the history of the Western humanities from the ancient world to the Renaissance.
3.  Demonstrate the ability to identify some of the major stylistic conventions in the arts and humanities of each historical period.
4.  Identify some of the influences of the arts and humanities from these periods on the contemporary world.

HUM 102 - Western Humanities II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe and apply some of the fundamental principles in understanding the arts and humanities.
2.  Identify some of the major perods in the history of the Western humanities from the Renaissance to the present day.
3.  Demonstrate the ability to identify some of the major stylistic conventions in the arts and humanities of each historical period.
4.  Identify some of the influences of the arts and humanities from these periods on the contemporary world.

HUM 103 - The Shock of the New: 20th Century Culture

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify some of the major interpretations of the nature of modernism and postmodernism in the arts and humanities of the twentieth century.
2.  Describe some of the major movements in the arts humanities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century.
3.  Describe some of the major politcal, social, economic, and institutional influences on the arts and humanities in the twentieth century.
4.  Identify some of the influences of twentieth century arts and humanities on the contemporary.

HUM 104 - Introduction to Classical Mythology

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Describe some of the major interpretations of mythology in human culture.
2.  Discuss some of the chief characteristics of Greek mythology.
3.  Identify the major categories of Greek mythology.
4.  Summarize some of the major myths and legends of ancient Greece.
5.  Discuss the influence of Greek mythology in ancient Rome and on later works of art, music, literature, and film.

INT 110 - Interior Design Studio I

INT 120 - Surface Materials for the Interior

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Continue research for new design products that are appropriate for residential and commercial applications.
2.  Understand functional and aesthetic qualities of interior design products useful for a variety of applications.
3.  Develop an intuitive and analytical approach to choosing interior products that will function and visually work together.  Always consider the relationships between focal point, line, shape/form, color, texture and pattern, and quality of natural and aritficial light.

INT 210 - Interior Design Studio II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Develop a sense of responsibility towards the satisfaction of their client and the integrity of their own design work.
2.  Understand the importance of time management and meeting deadlines under less than optimal conditions.
3.  Strengthen their communication skills and learn to work with clients and other professionals enabling them to recognize the importance of team effort.
4.  Solve design problems transforming design theory into practical application.
5.  Develop a sensitive and critical eye strengthening their ability to suggest appropriate and inappropriate design solutions to clients therefore improving the human environment.
6.  Understand how to achieve a high level of self-sufficiency in the profession of Interior Design through self-motivation, self-discipline, organizational and research skills, negotiating skills, and decision-making skills.
7.  Produce tangible products in the form of presentation documents.

INT 299 - Independent Study: Interior Design

ITA 101 - Beginning Italian

ITA 102 - Beginning Italian

ITA 201 - Intermediate Italian I

ITA 202 - Intermediate Italian II

ITA 299 - Independent Study: Italian

LAW 110 - Survey of Paralegalism

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Recognize the jurisdictional structure of the New York State court system.
2.  Recognize the jurisdictional structure of the local court system.
3.  Recognize the original and appellate distinctions of the judicial system.
4.  Prepare legal documents pursuant to NYS statutory law.
5.  Apply the rules learned to the preparation of legal documents.

LAW 200 - Real Property Law

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Define the legal terminology regarding the ownership, acquisition and conveyance of Real Estate.
2.  Articulate an understanding regarding the distinction between Personal and Real Property.
3.  Understand the Law of Fixtures by identifying various legal texts used in fixture law.
4.  Understand the process of transferring title to Real Estate; including the use of deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, real estate contracts, and closing statements and prepare such statements.
5.  Close the Real Estate transaction.
6.  Articulate the difference between a buyer representation and a seller representation.
7.  Understand the role of the County Clerk Records in the Real Estate Transaction by recording various documents.

LAW 207W - Legal Writing and Research

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of legal research by preparing an assignment using the Westlaw database and preparing a legal brief.
2.  Demonstrate an ability to identify and argue legal issues by responding to a classroom legal fact pattern in written and oral format.
3.  Illustrate an understanding in drafting legal documents by preparing legal briefs, courtroom briefs and legal position papers.

LAW 215 - Estates, Probates and Trusts

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Articulate the mechanics of the disposition of testate property by analyzing a will and having a client meeting which discusses the disposition.
2.  Illustrate the substantive rules of will preparation by preparing a will.
3.  Illustrate an understanding of intestate distribution by distributing the proceeds and preparing a written document which outlines the correct distribution.
4.  Demonstrate an understanding of the probate process by filing a probate petition.
5.  Demonstrate an understanding of the creation and administration of a trust by creating a trust.
6.  Illustrate an understanding of the tax laws, both Federal and New York, which affect the estate by preparing an estate for file.

LAW 220 - Contracts

LAW 222 - Medical Law

LAW 225 - Family Law

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Articulate an understanding of the rules governing the doctrine of equitable distribution by explaining the rules to a client in need of legal advise.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of current case law in the Family Law substantive area of the law by reading and preparing legal briefs of particular case law.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the Divorce process by filing a petition in divorce and creating a separation agreement.

LAW 226 - Taxation Law for Paralegals

LAW 227 - Constitutional Law

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Illustrate an understanding of the role and jurisdictional position of the U.S. Supreme Court by preparing a jurisdictional chart.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of appellate and original jurisdiction by commencing a law suit in the jurisdictionally correct court.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the procedural history of a case by briefing the original and all appellate court decisions in the correct order.
4.  Articulate current laws based upon the established precedent.
5.  Use rules established by case law to demonstrate an understanding of the U.S. Constitution.

LAW 240 - Corporate Law

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the differences of the legal liabilities of the Corporation, Partnership, and Sole Proprietorship by preparing a chart which compares and contrasts those differences.
2.  Illustrate the Corporate formation process by preparing a Corporation application for filing in New York State.
3.  Use and demonstrate an understanding of the rules established by the Business Corporation laws of New York while meeting with a client.
4.  Demonstrate an understanding of the jurisdictional rules relevant to a Corporate entity by correctly filing a Corporate legal cause of action.

LAW 250 - Municipal Law

LAW 251 - Federal Civil Procedure

LAW 252 - Applied Real Estate

LAW 253 - Computers in the Law office

LAW 260 - Labor-Management Relations (Labor Law)

LAW 270 - Vehicle and Traffic Law

LAW 280 - Litigation and Trial Preparation

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of case file selection by preparing and getting a passing grade in a classroom simulation project which requires a selection of case files based upon law firm requirements.
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of legal confidentiality by reading and preparing position papers on confidentiality case studies.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the pleadings known as complaint and answer by preparing a complaint and answer in acceptable legal format.
4.  Demonstrate an understanding of the stages of a litigation proceeding by drafting, in proper format, various documents used to commence and proceed in a trial setting.

LAW 290 - Landlord-Tenant relations

LAW 295 - Paralegal Practicum

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the selected internship/practicum location by engaging in the workplace for a time frame of 100-125 hours during which time all rules, company policies, and company quality levels will be met or exceeded.  These levels will be ascertained by the instructor prior to the beginning of the internship/practicum and will continue throughout the internship/practicum.
2.  Illustrate an understanding of time sensitive work product by being assigned a time sensitive project and responding within the time frame with legally acceptable work produce.

LAW 299 - Independent Study: Paralegal

LIT 200 - Introduction to Literature

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express muliple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 201 - Crime and Punishment

LIT 210 - Studies in United States Literature I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive respondes.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 211 - Studies in United States Literature II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 214 - Studies in British Literature I

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their intrepertive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 215 - Studies in British Literature II

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 220 - The Short Story

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.

LIT 225 - United States Latino Literature

LIT 230 - American Drama

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Have improved their ability at oral discourse by discussing and explaining their interpretive responses.
2.  Have improved their ability to write analytically and argumentatively by composing applications of critical methods to literary works.
3.  Identify literary devices and define them.
4.  Use specific details to support a claim about a text.
5.  Express their interpretation of a work in clear expository prose.
6.  Utilize various literary analysis approaches toward literature.
7.  Express multiple viewpoints about the life questions dealt with in literature (even if they disagree with those viewpoints).
8.  Relate one literary work to another, and also to the culture from which it emerged.
9.  Learn and demonstrate competence in basic principles and techniques of literary research, using print as well as electronic sources.