Courses

The basic techniques of location digital video production. Emphasis is placed on visual storytelling. Students will produce individual and small group shooting and editing exercises targeted to learn how to operate and control the camera, 3-point lighting skills, and basic storyboarding techniques, along with recording and capturing audio. Students will learn nonlinear editing practices using Adobe Premiere.

CHIN 317 and 318 may be taken in either order. An introduction to topics in formal Chinese linguistics including the syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Chinese.

A linguistic overview of the formal structure of the Korean language whose topics include its writing system, sound pattern, and word and sentence structure. It also touches upon some socio-cultural aspects (speech styles and dialects) as well as the history of the language. The language of instruction is Korean. Readings and assignments will be in English and Korean.

Reading, discussion, and analysis of representative works from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. Required for majors and for others planning to take elective courses in the department.

Elements of mathematics of game theory. Foundational material, combinatorial games, zero and non-zero sum games. Two-player matrix games, pure and mixed strategies, pay-offs, equilibrium pairs. This is a proof-based course with an emphasis on examples and applications, especially in economics. Not open tostudents who are taking or who have received credit for MATH 555.

Introduction to the fundamental concepts and technologies of geographic information systems (GIS). The course will focus on providing basic and essential GIS functions and applications with a particular focus on applying GIS to different issues facing urban areas. We will primarily use ArcGIS software but the course will also introduce students to open-source GIS software such as QGIS and GeoDa.

Composition of the Earth; interior and surface processes; history of the Earth and evolution of life within the context of plate tectonics; relationships of humans and our environment. Required field trip(s).

An introduction to Hispanic fiction, poetry, and drama through readings by representative writers with the development of critical skills and familiarization with the basic tools and terminology of literary analysis.

Heredity, with special emphasis on human genetics. For non-science majors. May not be used to fulfill biology major or minor requirements.

How the human body works: support and movement, coordination and communication, digestion, excretion, and reproduction. For non-science majors.May not be used to fulfill biology major or minor requirements. 296 / 1272 Queens College