Courses

A study in the literatures and cultures of the nineteenth-century United States. Topics may include individualism, ecology, aesthetics, gender, imperialism, regionalism, frontier and territorial expansion, scientific advancement, slavery, and the Civil War, and literary genres and movements might include Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism, Transcendentalism, the novel, slave writings, short stories, and poetry.

NON-EUR MUS 87 / 1272 Queens College

Study of strategies of nonfiction film, television, and video. Includes examination of important theories of documentary production. 970 / 1272 Queens College

Intensive practice in the writing of nonfiction as an art form, with related readings. In some semesters the course may focus on one particular mode of nonfiction. May be repeated once for credit toward degree but may be applied only once to the major.

Iterative methods for solving nonlinear optimization problems; techniques for handling problems with and without constraints; termination criteria and convergence analysis.

An introduction to the management and operation of non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations have a long and respected history in the delivery of services to the communities of New York City and State. This course reviews their history and evolution to their current status and importance for the millions of constituents that depend on their existence.

Non-profit organizations play a vital role in the development, delivery, and assessment of public policies and services. This course will examine how non-profit organizations develop and deliver their programs and advocacy agendas to serve their communities. The focus will be on strategic planning, designing and creating service programs, and identifying the program’s intended beneficiaries.

Non-linguistic behavior and message systems with emphasis on communication by means of spatial relationships (proxemics) and body movement (kinesics) and with attention to communication by means of touch, vocal cues, personal adornment, and objects.

Examination of the conflict in Northern Ireland from the start of the Civil Rights Movement, through the war, peace negotiations, and power sharing of Catholics and Protestants in the current government. The armed struggle among official state forces and paramilitary groups from both Protestant and Catholic communities will be studied alongside the efforts of the various political parties to negotiate, share power, and recognize the civil rights of all.

Axiomatic development of the integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. Topics may include sets, relations, and functions; Peano systems; recursive processes; the natural numbers; integers and integral domains; rational numbers and fields; completeness and the real numbers; complex numbers. Not open to students who are taking or have received credit for MATH 617.