Courses

Students will study and report on survey and research papers dealing with various current topics in computer science selected by the instructor. Topics for each offering of the course will be announced at registration time.

Students will study and report on survey and research papers dealing with various current topics in computer science selected by the instructor.

The course will cover use of data sources, literature searches, analysis of data, presentation and interpretation of research results, and the process of writing and revision.

This class is required for high honors students in economics. The course will cover use of data sources, literature searches, analysis of data, presentation and interpretation of research results, and the process of writing and revision for economists.

Gives students of advanced standing an opportunity to engage in the detailed examination of the work of a major thinker or group of thinkers. The following list is representative of the seminar: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Scotus, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, the British Empiricists, the Continental Rationalists, the American Pragmatists, the Logical Positivists, the Existentialists. The seminar involves individual work in close cooperation with a member of the department and occasional meetings.

Gives students of advanced standing an opportunity to engage in the detailed examination of the work of a major thinker or group of thinkers. The following list is representative of the seminar: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Scotus, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, the British Empiricists, the Continental Rationalists, the American Pragmatists, the Logical Positivists, the Existentialists. The seminar involves individual work in close cooperation with a member of the department and occasional meetings.

Students participate in teaching the Freshman Humanities Colloquium with two other instructors: A Queens College professor and a Townsend Harris High School teacher. Includes planning and conducting seminar sessions, holding conferences, commenting on students' papers, and attending a weekly workshop.

Students participate in teaching the Freshman Humanities Colloquium with two other instructors: A Queens College professor and a Townsend Harris High School teacher. Includes planning and conducting seminar sessions, holding conferences, commenting on students' papers, and attending a weekly workshop.

The student will engage in significant research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and a thesis committee consisting of the mentor and two additional faculty members. The thesis proposal and committee must be approved by the department's Honors and Awards Committee. Upon completion of theresearch paper, an oral presentation of the results, open to the public, will be given.

An independent study in which the student will research and write an annotated bibliography, and an honors thesis of at least 25 pages.