Spring 2020 Update 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
Spring 2020 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • EST (0836) 311 - Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Adolescence Ed


    Credits: 3.00

    Introduces the sociolinguistic perspectives on language use and language learning. Concepts of language contact, language variation and language acquisition in adolescent education are explored, particularly as related to English language learners.

    Free Note: Approval of Program Director or Department Chair Free Note 2: Cross-listed with: 0836-310 Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Childhood Education

  
  • EST (0836) 402 - Social Studies & Critical Literacies in Childhood Education


    Credits: 4.00

    Study the major issues in social studies, and the technology component will include tools for creating concept maps, webs, and timelines. Develop integrated curriculum units that thematically tie together issues in social sciences and artistic resources. Key aspects involve writing inclusive history for children, critical analysis of children’s literature and textbooks, and life history research.

    Free Note: 25 hours of Fieldwork.  Must be taken with EST 407 . Approval of Program Director or Chair is required. STEP students are required to register for the corresponding fieldwork. Free Note 2: 25 hours of fieldwork required. STEP students are required to register for corresponding lecture course.

  
  • EST (0836) 403 - Teaching and Learning Mathematics- Childhood


    Credits: 4.00

    This course addresses the methodology of inquiry-based teaching of mathematical thought and content incorporating the teacher’s pedagogical skills and the child’s cognitive and general development. Integration of mathematics across subject areas and technology use are introduced. 25 hours of fieldwork required.

    Free Note: 25 hours of Fieldwork.  Must be taken with EST 406 . Approval of Program Director or Chair required. STEP students are required to register for the corresponding fieldwork. Free Note 2: STEP students are required to register for corresponding lecture course.

  
  • EST (0836) 404 - Teaching and Learning Science- Childhood


    Credits: 4.00

    Study the content of science for grades 1-6, inquiry and process skills used by students, and the methodology of science instruction. Emphasis is on New York State Learning Standards, appropriate assessment, technology, and professional resources. 25 hours of fieldwork is required.

    Free Note: For Juniors and Seniors-Approval of Program Director or Chair required. 25 hours of Fieldwork Required. Students must post a completed fieldwork log to Moodle. STEP students are required to register for the corresponding fieldwork.

      Free Note 2: STEP students are required to register for corresponding lecture course.

  
  • EST (0836) 406 - Approaches to Literacy in Childhood Education I


    Credits: 3.00

    First of a two semester sequence of courses with focus on theory and application of best practices in literacy teaching and learning from pre-school through elementary grades. Students will learn foundations of literacy instruction and methods and materials for both reading and writing instruction. Ten hours field observation required.

    Prerequisite 2: EST 307  
    Free Note: 10 hrs of Fieldwork.  Must be taken with EST 403 .  Approval of program director or chair required.

  
  • EST (0836) 407 - Approaches to Literacy in Childhood Education II


    Credits: 4.00

    Second of a two semester sequence of courses with focus on theory and application of best practices in literacy teaching and learning from pre-school through elementary grades. Students will learn about organizing and differentiating instruction, using technology, and applying literacy across the curriculum. 25 hours field observation required

    Prerequisite 1: EST 406  
    Free Note: 25 hrs of Fieldwork.  Must be taken with EST 402 .  Approval of Program Director or Chair.  STEP students are required to register for the corresponding fieldwork. Free Note 2: STEP students are required to register for corresponding lecture course.

  
  • EST (0836) 574 - Teaching & Learning Aesthetics


    Credits: 3.00

    Explore aesthetic education in relation to models of intelligence, child growth and development, educational philosophy, curriculum design, and classroom instruction. Infusion of aesthetic theory and pedagogical practice are explored. Field experiences included.

  
  • EST (0836) 580 - Service Learning and Composition


    Credits: 3.00

    Explore the theories underlying inquiry-based learning, service learning, and critical literacy. Examine theory in light of actual practice, and analyze successful models of inquiry and service learning projects through course readings as well as through fieldwork with area educations that enact service learning as part of their curriculums.

    Free Note: 25 hours of fieldwork required.

  
  • ETH (0893) 502 - Exploring the Arts Series Fiction & Film:The Immigrant Experience


    Credits: 3.00

    Explore the immigrant experience in the United States. A cultural studies framework will structure the study of literature, and students will explore classroom implications for reading such literature with students, especially second language learners.

  
  • ETH (0893) 503 - Exploring the Arts Series: Educational Theater


    Credits: 3.00

    By linking content and pedagogy, participants will experience how educational theater enlivens curriculum and instruction. Students will participate in story dramatization, improvisation, directing, script writing, and reader’s theater techniques. They will explore the history of acting and the theater and apply educational theater strategies to different content areas.

    Free Note: 25 field hours required for Educational Theatre majors only.

  
  • ETH (0893) 504 - Exploring The Arts Series: Creative Movement


    Credits: 3.00

    Explore a range of movement experiences based on the art of Eurhythmy (harmonious movement) and other sources such as spatial dynamics and traditional games. Learn movement vocabulary, orientation in space, posture, and work for a skill level that can be transferred to the classroom for children and adolescents.

  
  • ETH (0893) 505 - Exploring the Arts: Writing our Lives in Networked Age


    Credits: 3.00

    Develop confidence and abilities in the written and spoken word. Survey a range of autobiographical texts including prose, poetry, film, and new media while developing skills across a range of modes and genres.

  
  • ETH (0893) 506 - Exploring the Arts: Women in Art and Lit


    Credits: 3.00

    Students will explore the social, cultural, and professional situations of women as seen through art and literature. Students will undertake a search involving studio experimentation and critical thinking to clarify their own position in our culture and generate initiatives for the innovative teaching of art and literature in the classroom.

  
  • ETH (0893) 507 - Exploring the Arts: Healing Arts of Spontaneous Painting


    Credits: 3.00

    Participants will engage in painting and writing exercises as well as group process activities. Students gain practice in mediation, communication skills that develop reflective and empathic listening and explore their multiple forms of intelligence: emotional, intuitive, symbolic, imaginative, spiritual, interpersonal and intrapersonal. Prior knowledge of painting technique is not necessary.

  
  • ETH (0893) 508 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Dramatics, Pre-K-6


    Credits: 3.00

    Using folk tales, fables, poetry, picture and chapter books for inspiration, students will explore story drama techniques themselves and learn how to effectively side-coach creative dramatics activities in the Pre-K-6 classroom using games, improvisation, mime, word play, readers theater and story drama.

    Free Note: 25 field hours required for Educational Theatre majors only (included in summer workshop format).

  
  • ETH (0893) 509 - Artistic Development and Creative Growth


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine artistic development with an emphasis on how sound art education can support, enrich, and nurture cognitive, emotional, and social development, and enhance general educational practice. Required to complete 25 hours of fieldwork in Pre-K-12 settings.

    Free Note: 25 Hours Fieldwork Required

  
  • ETH (0893) 511 - Exploring the Arts: Drama for Children with Special Needs


    Credits: 3.00

    Students will explore the rich potential of creative drama as an educational method for students with disabilities. They will examine special education terms and classifications within the context of drama for inclusive classrooms. Twenty-five field hours in an inclusive classroom are required.

    Free Note: Extended Instruction for 10 hours indicated in syllabus.

    25 field hours required for Educational Theatre majors only.

  
  • ETH (0893) 513 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Arts for All Learners


    Credits: 3.00

    This course prepares students to include visual art in the education of children with special needs, disabilities, giftedness, and other unique learning styles/differences. Students will explore interdisciplinary, expressive art activities for young people that build oral, tactile, visual, sensory and motor skills that complement learning across the curriculum.

  
  • ETH (0893) 515 - Integrating the Arts in Curricula: The Waldorf Method


    Credits: 3.00

    Students are introduced to ways in which to integrate the arts in learning, using the Waldorf educational practices as a case study. Students will study the impact of hands-on activities for integrated learning. Readings will support discussion and

  
  • ETH (0893) 516 - Exploring the Arts: Museums & Performance Spaces


    Credits: 3.00

    During this course we will explore the roles of art museums in elementary curriculum (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies). Students will be introduced to a range of public artworks, related theories of artistic development at the elementary school level, and interdisciplinary activities involving art history and aesthetics.

  
  • ETH (0893) 518 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Speech and Storytelling


    Credits: 3.00

    Students will tap the expressive capacities of their voices to gain a newfound feeling of confidence and ease while speaking before a group and discover imaginative, joyful ways to enrich all their teaching experiences.

    Free Note: Open to all majors.

  
  • ETH (0893) 525 - Exploring the Role of Arts in Education


    Credits: 3.00

    This course serves as an orientation to historical and contemporary practices in visual arts education. It considers issues related to educational policy, research, and practice. Students will examine their assumptions about artistic experience in early childhood and adolescent education and articulate a rationale for the role of arts in education.

  
  • ETH (0893) 526 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Literacies and Arts Education


    Credits: 3.00

    Practice introducing artist books, graphic novels, and performances into curricula to inspire curiosity and creativity.  Explore literacy skills and creative teaching activities across the arts.  Engage with interdisciplinary, meaningful methods of teaching theatre literacy, visual/media literacy, and museum literacy with selected poetry, performance, and other works of art.

    1. Students will build their skills in locating and integrating arts teaching and learning resources that build content literacy in the arts (e,g, Visual Thinking Strategies and Readers Theatre activities that build observation and writing skills through works of art and performance)
    2. Students will evaluate by compare/contrasting resources at the intersection of arts learning, media literacy, and literacy building (e.g. analysis of the Guggenheim’s Learning Through Art program or New Victory Theatre children’s performances and curricula)
    3. Students will practice curriculum planning that includes arts and literacy activities (specifically, students develop a mini-unit of instruction applying complementary resources, principles, and learning goals of arts and literacies)
  
  • ETH (0893) 788 - Masters Seminar in Arts Education


    Credits: 3.00

    Candidates conduct an inquiry project, which may include traditional research, new media curriculum development, action research, service learning, or field based inquiry.  Special topics will be offered.  Candidates also complete the cosynthesis phase of their portfolio.

    Free Note: Must be taken in final semester before Student Teaching.

  
  • ETH (0893) 789 - Master’s Seminar in Educational Theatre


    Credits: 3.00

    In this capstone course, students synthesize the pedagogical expertise developed throughout their educational theatre studies.  Capstone projects will be arranged with available arts education collaborations within the campus community or appropriate off campus venues.  Students will document their capstone teaching, performance, and research projects using digital media.


     

    Free Note: Extended instruction of 10 hours indicated in syllabus.  Must be taken at end of program and before Student Teaching, if Student Teaching is required.

  
  • ETH (0893) 790 - Student Teaching in Art Education: Pre-Certification


    Credits: 6.00

    Work with a cooperating art teacher and supervising university art educator who teaches a reflective practice seminar one evening each week during the student teaching semester. Eight weeks in a Pre-K-6 setting and eight weeks in a 7-12 setting. Five days a week for one semester.

    Free Note:  Written permission of advisor
     Seminar scheduled for 1 afternoon per week
     Apply in Advance by Dec.1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring

  
  • ETH (0893) 792 - Student Teaching in Theater Education


    Credits: 6.00

    Students will practice teaching theatre in an elementary and secondary classroom for eight weeks each, under the supervision of a certified mentor teacher. Each participant will student teach durning the day and meet for a weekly evening seminar with their university supervisor. Required for students in the theatre certification program.

    Free Note: Student must apply for Student Teaching 1 year before planned student teaching semester. Program work and undergraduate prerequisites must be completed prior to student teaching.

  
  • EYC (0814) 550 - Special Topics


    Credits: 1.00

    Explore key features of the Reggio Approach to early education including: the image of the child; the role of the environment; developing children’s capacity for self- expression through multiple “languagesâ€; the role of documentation; the teacher as co-researcher; the pedagogy of listening; and relationship between the school, family, and community.

  
  • EYC (0814) 551 - Speech and Language Development


    Credits: 1.00

    Learn about the nature of early speech and language development, birth to 5 years of age. Study the acquisition and interrelationships among phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax. Examine the identification of children with speech/language delays and teacher/parent strategies to facilitate language development in a variety of contexts.

  
  • EYC (0814) 552 - The English Language Learner Student


    Credits: 1.00

    Many children speak languages other than English and behave differently reflective of cultural customs and values. This intensive explores issues related to planning learning opportunities and outcomes for these children.

    Free Note: Open for Majors and Non-Majors

  
  • EYC (0814) 553 - The Gifted Child


    Credits: 1.00

    Students with high academic potential and exceptional abilities are part of a rich and inevitable diversity in our classrooms. The curriculum must be tailored to meet their needs. This intensive will provide access to theory and practice on issues related to the education of young children with high potential.

    Free Note: Open for Majors and Non-Majors

  
  • EYC (0814) 555 - Block Building


    Credits: 1.00

    Explore the values and uses of blocks as a material and block-play for extending children’s growth and development as well as a teaching/learning method in early childhood settings.

    Free Note: Open for Majors and Non-Majors

  
  • EYC (0814) 556 - Sensory Learning


    Credits: 1.00

    Examine the nature of normal sensory learning and integration. Study the topics of multi-sensory learning, identification of children with sensory integration problems, and learn strategies to support learning with hyper or hypo sensitivities, attention problems, and organization and transition issues.

  
  • EYC (0814) 650 - Facing History: Roots of Early Childhood Education & Foundations for Practice


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine the philosophical, historical, psychological, cultural, social, and ethical foundations of early childhood education. Study the historical overview of attitudes toward children, the emergence of developmental theories, contexts of development, and contemporary issues and future concerns in the field of early childhood education.

  
  • EYC (0814) 655 - Children’s Play: A Source of Development and Learning


    Credits: 3.00

    Develop an understanding of the historical evolution of play. Learn about the contributions that play makes to children’s development, gain familiarity with the play behaviors of young children with special needs, and examine the roles of teach and parents in play.

  
  • EYC (0814) 660 - Assessment,Observation and Documentation in Early Childhood Settings


    Credits: 2.00

    Understand assessment as a decision-making, collaborative process involving children, teachers, parents, and other professionals; explore different methods of assessing young children; understand the value of documentation as an on-going practice to gain insight into children’s development and to guide curricular decisions based on children’s needs, interests, and abilities.

  
  • EYC (0814) 665 - Artistic and Creative Expression in Young Children


    Credits: 2.00

    Examine artistic and creative expression from infancy through childhood with emphasis on how art education can support, enrich, and nurture cognitive, emotional, and social development and enhance general education as well as art education.

  
  • EYC (0814) 710 - Development of Mathematical Thinking in Young Children


    Credits: 3.00

    Understand the development of mathematical thinking and problem-solving competencies in young children. Emphasis is on planning instruction that promotes achievement in all children; leads toward an understanding of what students know and need to learn; incorporates different assessment methods; and incorporates technology to enhance students’ learning.

    Prerequisite 1: ECH 600  
    Free Note: No fieldwork hours required.

  
  • EYC (0814) 720 - Sci and Tech in Early Childhood


    Credits: 2.00

    Acquaint early childhood educators with curriculum, methods and materials for teaching science and technology concepts and skills. Emphasis is on how early childhood teachers can support infant through second-graders in developing strong experiential and conceptual foundations in early explorations of science and technology.

    Prerequisite 1: ECH 600  
    Free Note: 15 hours of fieldwork required.

  
  • EYC (0814) 730 - Integrated Content for Early Childhood Education


    Credits: 3.00

    This course builds on prior coursework in math and literacy, and introduces content in science, the arts, and the social sciences, to provide the foundation for integration of these different content areas into authentic educational experiences for young children.

    Prerequisite 1: EYC 710  
    Free Note: 25 hours of Field Work Required. 

  
  • EYC (0814) 790 - Field Experience and Classroom Management in Early Childhood Settings for Certified Teachers


    Credits: 4.00

    Field work experiences for the In-Service and Advanced certificate programs focusing on the linkage among educational goals, instruction and management in an early childhood settings. Spend a minimum of 50 clock hours with students in early childhood settings. Participate in 10 2-hour seminars.

    Free Note: Apply in advance by Dec. 1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring.

  
  • EYC (0814) 792 - Student Teaching in Early Childhood Settings


    Credits: 6.00

    Required sixteen weeks (two periods of eight weeks each) with two of the following age groups: pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 or 2. The placement is fulltime, five days a week for one semester. Work with an early childhood teacher and a university supervisor. Participation in 15 2-hour seminars required.

    Free Note: Written permission of advisor.  Seminar scheduled for one afternoon per week.  Spply in advance by Dec. 1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring.

  
  • EYC (0814) 793 - Practicum in Early Childhood Settings for Teachers Certified in Other Areas


    Credits: 3.00

    Spend eight weeks under the supervision of a certified early childhood educator. Experiences will cover one of the following age groups: pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 2, and will include practice teaching as well as individual and small group instruction. Participation in 10 2-hour seminars required.

    Free Note: Written permission of advisor.  Seminar scheduled for one afternoon per week.  Apply in advance by Dec. 1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring.

  
  • EYC (0814) 795 - Student Teaching I & II in EC Settings for Uncertified Early Childhood Teachers


    Credits: 6.00

    A minimum of eight weeks in fall or spring during which time they will be observed within their own early childhood classroom by a university supervisor. Undertake a student teaching placement under the supervision of a certified early childhood teacher in a different age group. Participation in weekly seminars required.

    Free Note: Written permission of advisor.  Seminar scheduled for one afternoon per week.  Apply in advance by dec. 1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring.

  
  • EYC (0814) 796 - Student Teaching I & II in EC Settings for Uncertified Early Childhood Teachers


    Credits: 6.00

    A minimum of eight weeks in summer during which time they will be observed within their own early childhood classroom by a university supervisor. Undertake a student teaching placement under the supervision of a cooperating certified early childhood teacher in a different age group. Participation in weekly seminars required.

    Free Note: Written permission of advisor.  Seminar scheduled for one afternoon per week.  Apply in advance by Dec. 1 for Fall, by March 1 for Spring.

  
  • EYC (0814) 797 - Applied Practicum in Early Childhood Settings


    Credits: 3.00

    Spend a minimum of 20 days under the supervision of a certified early childhood educator. Experiences will cover one of the following age groups: pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 or 2, and will include practice teaching as well as individual and small group instruction. Participation in 10 2-hour seminars required.

    Free Note: Written permission of advisor.  Seminar scheduled for one afternoon per week.

  
  • FIN (0209) 311 - Derivative, Capital and Money Markets


    Credits: 3.00

    Risk and return characteristics of financial securities and the role of market participants in the primary and secondary markets are discussed. Interest rates and yield curves, including the impact of the Federal Reserve, are covered. Derivatives, including futures, options, interest rate, FX, and credit default swaps, are analyzed.,,

    Prerequisite 1: FIN (0209) 330 - Managerial Finance  
  
  • FIN (0209) 330 - Managerial Finance


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine the concepts and tools required to make financial decisions in a corporate setting. Study time value of money, introduction to valuation of financial securities, capital budgeting, and risk and return.

    Prerequisite 1: ECA 111  and ACC 101  and ECA 112  and MTH 110  or MTH 140  or MTH 141  or MTH 142   
  
  • FIN (0209) 350 - Derivative, Capital and Money Markets


    Credits: 3.00

    Risk and return characteristics of financial securities and the role of market participants in the primary and secondary markets are discussed. Interest rates and yield curves, including the impact of the Federal Reserve, are covered. Derivatives, including futures, options, interest rate, FX, and credit default swaps, are analyzed.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 330  
  
  • FIN (0209) 412 - Student Investment Fund


    Credits: 3.00

    This course provides hands-on management of a portion of Adelphi’s endowment portfolio. Working individually and in groups, students make investment decisions based on thorough research. Students will complete the BMC module on Bloomberg. This course is open to a limited number of non-Business students with junior or senior standing.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 330  FIN 311   
  
  • FIN (0209) 434 - Managerial Finance I I


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine long-term financial management topics. Study extentions of capital budgeting models such as cash flow estimation and scenario analysis, weighted average cost of capital, capital structure decisions and dividend policy.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 330  
  
  • FIN (0209) 438 - Investment Analysis


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze investing in securities, basic investment concepts, and alternatives; focusing on debt and equities securities. Evaluate the organization of securities markets, mutual fund investing, efficient market hypothesis, and fundamental analysis and valuation.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 330  FIN 311  
  
  • FIN (0209) 441 - Financial Asset Valuation


    Credits: 3.00

    Students will explore the various valuation approaches to asset investment decision, including 
    discounted dividend valuation, free cash flow valuation, and market-based valuation

     

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 330  
    Upon completion of this course, the successful student should be able to:
    • Know the equity valuation process
    • Calculate returns essential for valuing an investment
    • Evaluate firm performance based on financial statements
    • Understand various approaches of valuation models, including Discounted dividend valuation, Free cash flow valuation, and Market-based valuation
    • Apply their understanding of the various valuation models

     

  
  • FIN (0209) 443 - International Finance


    Credits: 3.00

    Study major topics in macro and micro international finance, evolution of the international monetary system that is integrated with the nature of the balance of payments, the function of foreign exchange markets, the determination of foreign exchange rates, problems facing the transnational business firm and transnational bank.

    Prerequisite 1: ECA 111  ECA 112  ACC 101  FIN 330  
  
  • FIN (0209) 510 - Securities Markets


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine the institutions and operations of securities markets in the United States. Analyze the mechanisms of securities markets, establish prices, execute transactions, the relationship between speculative activities and securities price movements, the behavior of stock market prices, and the markets for corporate equities.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 630 - Corporate Finance I


    Credits: 3.00

    An introductory graduate core course in corporate finance covering the following topics: an overview of financial decision making, time value of money, risk and return, bond valuation, stock valuation, cost of capital, and capital budgeting.

    Prerequisite 1: DSC 670  ECA 520  ECA 521  
  
  • FIN (0209) 634 - Corporate Finance II


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine long-term aspects of corporate financial decision making. Study advanced techniques in capital budgeting and strategic investment decisions using discounted cash flow analysis, cost of capital, strategic financing decision models that determine optimal capital structure and distributions to shareholders.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 713 - Seminar in Finance


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine domestic and global issues in finance and complete research project(s) that relate to current issues. The nature and extent of the project(s) will be determined by the instructor and the students.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 730 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    Credits: 3.00

    Students will study the elements of entrepreneurial finance through a combination of case discussions and lectures. They will examine the following key areas: creating and recognizing value in ventures, structuring financing for the growing venture, and exit and turnaround strategies.

    •    Understand the entrepreneurial process and principles of entrepreneurial finance
    •    Apply different approaches to value early stage business opportunity;
    •    Understand the main ways that entrepreneurs are financed
    •    Understand the structure of venture capital funds and their fund raising process
    •    Understand how should founders exit

     

  
  • FIN (0209) 734 - Building Shareholder Value


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine the shareholder value creation process by evaluating competing concepts of equity valuation. Alternative approaches to valuation include dividend discount models, free cash flow valuation, capitalized EPS. Other alternative approaches to valuation may be considered, including valuation based on comparables and asset-based valuation.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 737 - Financial Theory and Practice


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze theories of risk and return in the financial markets and applications to asset valuation, option and futures valuation theory and practice, term structure theories, and applications to bond valuation.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 738 - Investment Analysis


    Credits: 3.00

    Study security analysis and valuation, focusing on equity securities and fixed income securities; principles of risk measurement, concepts of valuation, efficient markets, fundamental and technical analysis, and introduction to derivative securities.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 739 - Portfolio Management


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze portfolio objectives and investment policies, measuring portfolio risk and returns, and the concepts of diversification and market efficiency, stock selection philosophies and investment styles, and as active and passive portfolio management techniques. are examined.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 743 - International Financial Management


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze financial problems, opportunities, and questions that confront the management of international firms. Exploring forecasting in the foreign environment, multinational capital budgeting, affiliate financial structures, and managing international funds movements.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FRE (0128) 111 - Level I French


    Credits: 3.00

    Students learn through a communicative / participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. (Learning Goals:G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



  
  • FRE (0128) 112 - Level II French


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue work begun in Level I with an emphasis on the more advanced functions of the Language through a communicative/participatory approach and further development of cultural awareness.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 111  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or higher in Level I cannot continue to Level I I

  
  • FRE (0128) 121 - Level III French


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue to practice what they learned in Level II and focus on more advanced characteristics of the language and culture through a communicative/participatory approach. (Learning Goals:CO,G),,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 112  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- in Level I I cannot continue to the next level, Level III

  
  • FRE (0128) 122 - Level IV French


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue to practice listening, speaking, reading, writing and learning about culture and are introduced to literary selections. (Learning Goals:G,CO)

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 121  
    Free Note: Students who failed to receive a C- in Level III cannot continue to the next level, Level IV

  
  • FRE (0128) 231 - French Cross-Cultural Concepts


    Credits: 3.00

    Students examine the way of life of a people so as to understand their value systems as well as to achieve cross-cultural communication and understanding. They use a variety of sources in order to help them identify those cultural patterns intrinsic to a society.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 232 - Introduction To French Literature


    Credits: 3.00

    Students explore several aspects of literary composition, related to both form and content, especially as they apply to the specific works selected from various literary genres.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Distribution Requirement Humanities



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 246 - France Today


    Credits: 3.00

    This course is designed for students who wish to familiarize themselves with political and social structures as well as cultural attitudes in contemporary French society. Students will examine a variety of authentic documents.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 251 - French Conversation in Practice


    Credits: 3.00

    Students develop a more advanced vocabulary and practice the language through oral communication. They learn aspects of phonetics and acceptable standard French pronunciation.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
    Free Note: Prerequisite: FRE 122  or equivalent

  
  • FRE (0128) 252 - French Grammar And Composition


    Credits: 3.00

    Students review French grammar systematically, from rudimentary to more advanced concepts of usage and idiomatic expressions, in order to increase their competence in written and oral French.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–WRITTEN



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 263 - French for the Professional World


    Credits: 3.00

    Students focus on improving pronunciation and learning idiomatic forms, general and technical vocabulary related to the professional world, as well as those aspects of culture that are relevant in a professional context, such as meeting etiquette, resume writing and interview skills. Students practice both oral and written communication.

    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 292 - French Speaking World


    Credits: 3.00

    Students consider the new trends in French-speaking countries other than France: Africa, the Caribbean, Quebec, and their ties to France today.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 302 - Revolutionary France: 1750-1870


    Credits: 3.00

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the period beginning with the Revolution to the end of the 19th century.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 231  
  
  • FRE (0128) 303 - Republican France: 1870-1970


    Credits: 3.00

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the period beginning at the end of the 19th century to 1970.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 231  
  
  • FRE (0128) 310 - Strategies in French Oral Communications


    Credits: 3.00

    Students develop competence in a variety of informal and formal modes of oral expression, including group interaction, dramatic playacting, debating, declaiming, etc., with emphasis on appropriate pronunciation and vocabulary.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Free Note: At least 12 credits in French required fo ther majors

  
  • FRE (0128) 344 - French Translation Techniques


    Credits: 3.00

    Students review the idiomatic expressions, cognates (true and false) and common usage that give language its unique character. They practice translating, from English into French and from French into English, a wide variety of formal and informal texts.

    Free Note: At least 12 credits in French required for the major

  
  • FRE (0128) 481 - Seminar in French Literature of the 19th Century


    Credits: 3.00

    The course may focus on a movement, a genre, or an author depending on the interest of the instructor and of the students.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 302  
  
  • FRE (0128) 482 - Seminar in French Literature of the 20th Century


    Credits: 3.00

    The course may focus on a movement, a genre, or an author depending on the interest of the instructor and of the students.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 303  
  
  • GEN (0952) 100 - First Year Orientation Experience


    Credits: 1.00

    A one-credit course for incoming freshmen designed to serve as an introduction to the University. This orientation to Adelphi includes instruction in the use of the library and computer resources, the career services office, and the learning center. This course also addresses basic study and writing skills and community and social issues faced by new collegians.

  
  • GEN (0952) 110 - First Year Seminar


    Credits: 4.00

    What is the nature of human intelligence, and how will we know if a machine becomes intelligent? Together we explore the nature of “post-human†intelligence, considering what philosophers, psychologists, computer scientists, and novelists have written about our attempts create intelligent machines, and what they imply about our conception of the human.

  
  • GER (0130) 111 - Level I German


    Credits: 3.00

    Students learn through a communicative / participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. (Learning Goals:G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Free Note: No prerequisite. Additional work in the Language lab is required.Not opened to students with previous knowledge of German

  
  • GER (0130) 112 - Level II German


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue work begun in Level I with an emphasis on the more advanced functions of the Language through a communicative/participatory approach and further development of cultural awareness.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: GER 111  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or higher in Level I cannot continue to Level I I

  
  • GER (0130) 121 - Level III German


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue to practice what they learned in Level II and focus on more advanced characteristics of the language and culture through a communicative/participatory approach. (Learning Goals:CO,G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: GER 112  
    Free Note: Students who failed to receive a C- in Level II cannot continue to the next level, Level IV

  
  • GNA (0133) 100 - World of Ideas I


    Credits: 4.00

    An introduction to the seminal ideas of modern culture. By reading philosophical, historical, and literary texts, students will develop a more complete understanding of the way that ideas affect their lives.

    Distribution Requirement Social Sciences



  
  • GNA (0133) 101 - World of Ideas II


    Credits: 4.00

    Study seminal ideas of modern culture: By reading philosophical, historical, and literary texts, students will develop a more complete understanding of the way that ideas affect their lives.

    Distribution Requirement Social Sciences



  
  • GNA (0133) 102 - Critical Reading and Writing


    Credits: 3.00

    An elucidation of the main principles in reading and writing strategies, preparatory to the completion of a major research project in the second semester.

  
  • GNA (0133) 103 - Expository Writing and Research


    Credits: 3.00

    Engages students in consideration of and writing about specific themes, culminating in a research paper. Presents recommendations and approaches for writing, contemporary styles of citation, and academic norms for the assessing and compiling of sources.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–WRITTEN



  
  • GNA (0133) 104 - Western Civilization I


    Credits: 3.00

    Explores the meanings of history, concentrating on Western Civilization from its origins through the Renaissance. Pays special attention to the interplay of individuals and communities, including the functions of class, culture, ideology, and politics.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Distribution Requirement Humanities



  
  • GNA (0133) 105 - Western Civilization II


    Credits: 3.00

    Continues the examination of Western Civilization from the Reformation to the modern era.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Distribution Requirement Humanities



  
  • GNA (0133) 107 - Problem Solving Across The Curriculum


    Credits: 3.00

    A study of the application of mathematics to the solution of contemporary problems. Includes material in logic, graph theory, modular arithmetic, difference equations, and statistics.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 QUANTITATIVE REASONING Distribution Requirement Formal Sciences



  
  • GRK (0131) 111 - Level I Greek


    Credits: 3.00

    Students learn through a communicative/participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



  
  • GRK (0131) 112 - Level II Greek


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue work begun in Level I with an emphasis on the more advanced functions of the Language through a communicative/participatory approach and further development of cultural awareness.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: GRK 111  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or higher in Level I cannot continue to Level I I

  
  • GRK (0131) 121 - Level III Greek


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue to practice what they learned in Level II and focus on more advanced characteristics of the language and culture through a communicative/participatory approach.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION–ORAL Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: GRK 112  
  
  • HEB (0132) 112 - Level II Hebrew


    Credits: 3.00

    Students learn through a communicative/participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. (Learning Goals:G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL LEARNING/CIVIC ENGAGEMENT



    Prerequisite 1: HEB 111  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or better in Level 1, cannot continue to next level, Level II

  
  • HED (0834) 205 - Nutrition for Healthful Living


    Credits: 3.00

    This course examines the role of nutrition in healthy living and disease prevention.
    Students will explore contemporary nutrition issues, analyze dietary patterns as well as understand basic principles of nutrition.

     

    1. Students will be able to describe human nutrition requirements.

    2. Students will be able to use three nutrition education tools (The American Diabetes Association Exchange System(Guide to Good Eating), the Food Pyramid, and a computerized diet analysis program) to evaluate the quality of dietary intake.

    3. Students will demonstrate food and supplement label reading and interpretation skills.

    4. Students will be able to describe the characteristics and biological roles of macronutrients and selected micronutrients.

    5. Students will develop an awareness of the basic components of a nutrition assessment and diet prescription.

    6. Students will understand the rationale for nutrition therapy in the management of the following conditions: obesity, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes syndrome X, and osteoporosis.

    7. Students will understand how competitive physical activity influences requirements for macronutrients and how nutrient intake influences performance.

    8. Students will understand the mechanisms of energy metabolism and be able to establish energy expenditure.

    9. Students will understand the techniques of body composition analysis.

    10. Students will understand the impact of ergogenic aids on athletic performance.

  
  • HED (0834) 275 - Special Topics


    Credits: 3.00

    This course examines the role of nutrition in healthy living and disease prevention. Students will explore contemporary nutrition issues, analyze dietary patterns as well as understand basic principles of nutrition.

  
  • HED (0834) 372 - Human Sexuality


    Credits: 3.00

    Explore health issues in society and diverse aspects of human sexuality. Guided by student centered approach to enhance learning.

 

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