Courses

With the information explosion and the advent of new technologies, information access and retrieval have become more complex. This course is designed to develop the student's ability to access and retrieve from a variety of information sources to meet college research needs. Students will receive an introduction to the organization, access and retrieval of information; a foundation for forming research strategies; and a basis for evaluating information sources.

Concepts of information retrieval: keywords and Boolean retrieval; text processing, automatic indexing, term weighting, similarity measures; retrieval models: vector model, probabilistic model; extended Boolean systems: fuzzy set, p- norm models; linguistic model; extensions and AI techniques: learning and relevance feedback; term dependence; document and term clustering;network approaches; linguistic analysis and knowledge representation.

An overview of the food service industry, and of theories and strategies of management. Topics to be discussed include staff selection and supervision, budget development, resource allocation, marketing and merchandising, and sanitation and safety.

This course explores teaching and learning strategies tailored to the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of middle childhood and high school students. Educators will deepen their understanding of middle childhood and adolescent development and learn to apply research-based instructional and assessment approaches within their science areas. The course also examines secondary school curriculum design and implementation.

This course explores curriculum development, teaching methods, and assessment strategies for science classrooms, aligning with New York State and NGSS standards. It builds on the foundational understanding of how middle childhood and adolescent students learn and develop across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains (covered in SEYS 362).

This course covers several processes used to create a printing matrix on a metal plate. Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and the use of soft and hard grounds will be demonstrated as well as printing techniques. Editioning papers, inks, care and the preservation of prints will be discussed.This course has an M&T Fee. For more info visit: http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JU9F

May be repeated for a maximum of six credits with permission of the department. Special Projects courses are designed for students who want more intensive work in any studio discipline, or to strengthen or advance their basic skills in intaglio.This course has an M&T Fee. For more info visit: http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JU9F

Intellectual disabilities are described in relation to their etiology. Emphasis is placed on environmental procedures designed to help integrate the person with intellectual disabilities into the mainstream of society. The impact of the person with intellectual disabilities on the family, as well as the roles that family members can play in helping a family member with intellectual disabilities achieve his or her potential are discussed.

The contents of German 111 and German 112 condensed into one semester.

Fulfills the language requirement in German.