Writing for Interdisciplinary Studies I and II are humanities-based writing courses. Reading includes a wide range of essays, each proposing a groundbreaking theory pertinent to a particular discipline. These essays will be matched with short fiction and shorter essays providing a social context for the theories proposed by writers such as Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, Dr. Martin Luther King, Carl Jung, Alice Walker and Virginia Woolf, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Darwin and others. In response to these combinations, text-based student essays of at least 750 words will pair interdisciplinary theory with a social context. These courses emphasize critical reading, thinking, and writing skills as well as various rhetorical approaches to the composition of the academic essay.
4 hr./wk.
Core Humanities II is an interdisciplinary humanities-based writing course built on critical reading, thinking and writing skills. Students read theoretical essays by authors such as Charles Darwin, Thomas Kuhn, Georg Simmel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Hannah Arendt, paired with social context writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marques, Flannery O'Connor and Michael Gold. Students will respond to these combinations by producing a text-based essay of at least 1250 words that includes proper citation of sources. This course will emphasize critical reading, writing and thinking skills as well as a number of more complex rhetorical approaches to the composition of text-based academic writing.
4 hr./wk.
This course examines the historical phenomena of globalization through the various lenses of the social sciences and the humanities from the year 1500 to the present. It is a foundational course for the department's concentration in History, Politics, and Society.
None.
4 hr./wk.
Designed as an overview of the basic concepts and experiments in the physical sciences and biology, this course provides students with the foundational knowledge required to decipher scientific methodology and contemporary scientific knowledge. Another important goal is to convey an appreciation of both the possibilities and limitations of science and technology.
IAS 10000, IAS 10100, IAS 10200, IAS 10300.
4 hr./wk.
This course will broaden students' understanding of fundamental ideas in physical science as well as the interaction of science with society. Students will use their understanding of scientific method and model building to explore the possibilities and limitations of science and technology. Students will also examine the origin and evolution of the universe, earth and life through research and hands-on explorations.
IAS 10000, IAS 10100, IAS 10200, IAS 10300.
4 hr./wk.
Doing Soc Research
4 hr./wk.
Public Administration as viewed through the lens of urban management. Explores the place of city governments in the system of intergovernmental relations; examines trends in the restructuring of urban governance and the delivery of public services; reflects on the politics of urban development and planning.
4 hr./wk.
Students read a variety of essays and memoir across disciplines, time periods, and cultures; discuss examples of published work that address issues of craft; write academic and personal essays; and learn to critique the writings of others.
4 hr./ wk.
This course builds on interdisciplinary reading, writing, and research skills by inviting students to apply a variety of critical modes to a number of interdisciplinary text (literature, art, film, the law, primary historical documents.)
4hr/wk
This course explores the establishment, growth, and transformation of academic knowledge in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. It exposes students to the diversity of academic inquiry and the different traditions and vocabularies of humanistic, scientific, and social scientific inquiry, while exploring the potential and limits of interdisciplinary inquiry.
None.
4 hr./wk.
A program of individual reading and interdisciplinary research under the guidance of faculty members specializing in the student's area of concentration. Approval of the Dean and program director required. Apply no later than December 10 for the Spring term and May 1 for the Fall term.
None.
4hr/wk
A changing series of innovative and experimental interdisciplinary courses on topics not covered in regular courses.
Credits
1- 4 cr. (variable)
Hours and credits variable. 1-4 hr (variable)./wk.
Is paper just for drawing? Works on Paper will encompass various ways that artists use paper to create and express visual and conceptual ideas. The course will use paper as the foundation for students to explore materials and methods by which they can develop various works of art. Through practice, theory, research and discussion, students will learn to use the artist's basic tools, nurture a creative perspective by which to engage in art, and develop artistic sensibilities. Materials fee in lieu of text.
4hr/wk
1 hour
The Seminar in Autobiography is the first step in the CWE Autobiography Program. This initial course introduces students to the genre of life writing, which encompasses different styles and forms of autobiography and memoir, such as the coming-of-age narrative, family history, the personal essay, and memoirs of illness, grief, trauma, and recovery. The course involves studying the basic types of life writing, completing some introductory life-writing exercises, reading and analyzing several autobiographies, and, finally, creating an autobiographical story.
4 hr/wk
This course examines the impact of women workers on contemporary U.S. society and the role of work in women's lives. Women are most unlike male workers because they have two work sites: in the paid labor force and in the household. This course focuses on the intersection, conflicts, and tensions within as well as between these work sites. The primary goal of the course is to provide students with the ability to understand the social, economic, and historical contexts of their lives as workers.
4 hr./wk.
This course will provide an overview of the field of developmental disabilities using interdisciplinary approaches to survey the nature, diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders as intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy, learning disabilities, and cerebral palsy. Advocacy, the role of the law, and education will be examined.
4 hr/wk
Have women come a long way? Through original source materials, including autobiography, fiction and film we will study the evolution of women's rights in the United States. Our study will include topics such as women and reproductive rights, women and the workplace, women in the American criminal justice system and in the law enforcement and legal professions.
4hr/wk
4 hours
The Book Talk Series was introduced in Fall 2008 by the Distinguished Lecturers and Endowed Chairs of CCNY and CUNY Lecture Series. Since then CWE has offered Book Talks on varied subjects such as: W.W. Norton Published Authors; Writers on Writing; Aesthetic and Cultural Expressions of African Derived Religions; The Child; and City on City. Book Talks offers students opportunities to explore topics through an interdisciplinary approach as they attend a series of lectures by authors whose works make up the course readings.
4 hr/wk
This capstone seminar provides a culminating experience for students completing an interdisciplinary concentration in the Department of Inter-disciplinary Arts and Sciences. The seminar will explore a theme through readings and a series of guest lectures that provide multiple disciplinary perspectives. Final research projects will synthesize and integrate the perspectives of these different disciplines. Course theme will vary but might include topics such as The City, The Child, or Human Rights. Repeatable for credit once.
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