Liberal Arts Clusters | LaGuardia Community College

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
9:15 PM - 10:15 PM		ELF250		ELF250
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM		ELF250		ENG103
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	ENG101	ENG103	ENG101	ENG103
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	ENG101	LIF101	ENG101	LIF101
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM		LIF101		LIF101

Reflect on how you cross borders, enter and navigate new worlds
Research how identities are formed (and challenged) through migration, immigration
Write about your own multiple, intersectional, changing identities
Explore NYC as laboratory and museum revealing and shaping diverse identities

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	HUP107		HUP107	HUP107
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ENG103	ENG101	HUN192	ENG101
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	ENG103	ENG101	HUN192	ENG101
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	ENG103		HUN192

Explore creative works, such as literature, visual art, performance, and music, from different perspectives
Make meaningful connections between human creativity and society
Make meaningful connections between creative expression and theories across disciplines
Engage in creative writing and performance activities

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	ELL101	ENG101	ELL101	ENG101
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ELL101	ENG101	ENG103	ENG101
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	HUC106	HUC106	ENG103	HUC106
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM		LIF101	ENG103	LIF101
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM		LIF101		LIF101

Examine language attitudes and stereotypes and their power over us
Learn about the history of free speech and whether we need to curtail it to protect our political systems from hatred, bigotry and violence
Discover how many languages there are in the world, the number in Queens, and how the languages of Queens connect us to the global community
Discuss endangered languages and what is lost when a language is lost

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	MAT115		MAT115
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	MAT115		MAT115
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	LMF101	ENG101	LMF101	ENG101
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	LMF101	ENG101	LMF101	ENG101

Explore issues of gender and equity within the liberal arts
Examine a variety of texts that offer clear models for persuasive and expository writing
Use textual and analytical data to communicate an informed understanding of socioeconomic realities for underrepresented groups
Develop a customized career plan in STEM that makes use of critical inquiry

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	HUP102	ENG101	HUP102	ENG101
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	HUP102	ENG101		ENG101

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ENG101	SSH232	ENG101	SSH232
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	ENG101		ENG101	SSH232

Explore and evaluate a range of arguments about how gender identities are formed in various Latin American and Latino/a cultural contexts
Learn about the ways that gender influences and is influenced by politics, economics, immigration, revolution, urbanization, and populist movements in the history of Latino/Latin America
Examine and integrate cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of gender in Latino/Latin American Studies
Design and complete a research project to investigate your own interests relating to the themes of the pair

Use the lens of social justice to understand, develop, and appreciate various forms of music and literature performed and written across the world
Gain understanding of world music by listening to and discussing significant features of musical compositions, focusing on elements of musical organization, expression and style
Develop your writing skills through a critical reflection of your culture and its relationship with cultures from other parts of the world
Engage in enhancing writing and analytical skills through reading, listening, and persuasive communication across contexts, purposes, and media

Time	Tuesday	Thursday
4:35 PM - 5:35 PM	ENG103	ENG103
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM	ENG103	LBN105
6:55 PM - 7:55 PM	LBN105	LBN105

Time	Monday	Wednesday
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	HUA130	HUA130
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	HUA130	HUA130
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	SCC102	SCC102
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	SCC102	SCC102

Time	Tuesday	Thursday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	SCP105	SCP105
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	HUP105	SCP105
3:25 PM - 4:25 PM	HUP105	HUP105

Question the origin of life by examining how the Earth transitioned from chemical to biological? What caused the beginning of the universe, and is a god necessary to explain it? If the universe has a beginning, does it also have an end?
Explore the Big Bang Theory in the context of various religious doctrines and arguments
Discuss the atomist view of life, which stands in contrast to the Aristotelian cosmology
Embark on a field trip to the Rubin Museum of Art to see address questions like, “What is the purpose of life? Is human life special? Why do we suffer? What happens when we die?”

Time	Monday	Wednesday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	MAT115	MAT115
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	MAT115	MAT115
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	SSE103	SSE103

Be introduced to the American system of criminal justice and its core institutions (police, courts, corrections)
Explore contemporary challenges to social justice within the criminal justice system including mass incarceration, racial disparities, human rights violations, and barriers to reentry
Examine the role of criminal justice careers and other avenues for promoting social justice
Increase skill in formal public speaking with an emphasis on advocacy and enacting social change

Be introduced to the American system of criminal justice and its core institutions (police, courts, corrections)
Explore contemporary challenges to social justice within the criminal justice system including mass incarceration, racial disparities, human rights violations, and barriers to reentry
Examine the role of criminal justice careers and other avenues for promoting social justice
Increase skill in formal public speaking with an emphasis on advocacy and enacting social change

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