Spring 2020 Learning Communities

Time	Tuesday	Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	HUC106
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	HUC106	HUC106
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	ENG101	ENG101
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	ENG101	ENG101

Receive an introduction to basic concepts in language diversity in the United States
Experiment with meshing English with other languages in written and spoken forms
Explore the language identifies of your own ethnic and cultural community and learn about those of your peers
Take field trips to cultural institutions like the United Nations

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to befull time
ENG101 fulfills your Required Core English
HUC106 fulfills your Flexible Core: Creative Expression or Program Core
CUNYFirst codes: 31141 (ENG101) and 29486 (HUC106)

Time	Monday	Wednesday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	ENG101	ENG101
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ENG101	ENG101
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	SSY101	SSY101
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM		SSY101

Examine various theories of mind, behavior, and identity through readings, discussions, and writing assignments
Explore how personal identity is shaped through perception, learning, memory, the environment, and communication
Consider how psychological practices and representations of mental health alter the ways in which people come to know themselves and their world
Develop research and critical thinking skills by collecting and analyzing data

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
ENG101 fulfills your Required Core English
SSY101 fulfills your Flexible Core: Scientific World or Program Core
CUNYFirst codes: 31142 (ENG101) and 31143 (SSY101)

Time	Monday	Wednesday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	EIS215	EIS215
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	EIS215	ENG103
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	ENG103	ENG103

Discuss the effects of bicultural and bilingual experiences on feelings of belonging
Question the relationship between institutionalized power, social groups and a person’s sense of identity
Examine the experience of “otherness” through memoirs, stories and research

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
ENG103 fulfills your Program Core for many Liberal Arts Options
EIS215 fulfills your Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues
CUNYFirst codes: 31144 (ENG103) and 31145 (EIS215)

Time	Tuesday	Thursday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	ENG102	ENG102
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	ENG102	SCP15
3:25 PM - 4:25 PM	SCP105	SCP105

Investigate the possibilities that life exists in the Universe beyond our Earth
Estimate the number of groups of intelligent life forms in the cosmos that may be able to communicate with us
Read and creatively respond to literature that imagines the cosmos and other intelligent life in the universe

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
ENG102 fulfills your Required Core English
SCP105 fulfills your Required Core Science
CUNYFirst codes: 31146 (ENG102) and 30937 (SCP105)

Examine the social context of the scientific revolutions in history and the social forces that surround them, beginning with the Copernican Revolution
Explore how scientific paradigms emerge
Link astronomy and history through exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History and TheIntrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
SCP140 fulfills your Required Core Science
SSH106 fulfills your Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues or Program Core
CUNYFirst codes: 30938 (SCP140) and 31149 (SSH106)

Time	Monday	Wednesday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	SSY101	SSY101
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	SSY101
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	MAT120	MAT120
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	MAT120	MAT120

Study Elementary Statistics contextualized with topic of the introduction to psychology course
Learn how to pose psychology research studies that can be answered with data

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
MAT120 fulfills your Required Core Math
SSY101 fulfills your Flexible Core: Scientific World
CUNYFirst codes: 31150 (MAT120) and 31151 (SSY101)

Contains 6 credits - add at least 6 additional credits in session I and/or session II to be full time
Fulfills two of your Program Core Requirements for Computer Science
CUNYFirst codes: 30160 (MAT231) and 31152 (MAC125)

Time	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	SCB201		SCB201
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	SCB201
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	MAT115	MAT115	SCB201
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	MAT115	MAT115	SCB201
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM			SCB201

Learn basic concepts covering General Biology I: chemistry of life, cell structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle and cell division, classical and molecular genetics and gene expression, DNA replication, genetic engineering, development, evolution, speciation and phylogeny
Learn how to use mathematical methods and equations to solve practical biological problems such as measurements, conversions, titration, enzymatic activity, chemical reaction rate, gene composition, Mendelian genetics, evolution process, allele frequency calculation, phylogeny mapping
Practice math in biological context and understand biological processes by numeric measurements

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