Courses

Advanced work in animation and 3-D modeling.

Students with a strong background in animation practices will apply this skillset to create an animated short film. Over the course of the semester students will be responsible for every stage of the process from conception of the idea to completion of the film, concluding with a public screening of the work. Combining multiple animation techniques, integration of other disciplines and experimentation are encouraged.

An analysis of the views on human nature and society by such major Renaissance thinkers as Petrarch, Pico, More, Erasmus, Machiavelli, and Montaigne. 813 / 1272 Queens College

Emphasis on basic writing principles covering planning, analysis of audience and purpose, generating and organizing ideas, grammar, the use of drafts, and effective presentations with applications to the types of documents used by finance 541 / 1272 Queens College pArcoafdeessmioicn Calasr. eSeprecific topics include effective writing for resumes, letters, memos, aUnndd reerpgroardtsu, aatse well as guidelines for professional email correspondence.

An introduction to the physical properties of thermionic and solid state electronic devices.This course has an M&T Fee. For more info visit: http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JU9F

Exploration of how genes can be used to understand human history, ancestry, and evolution while also allowing students to participate in this growing area of knowledge by optionally collecting genetic data from their own genome.

Third world and indigenous peoples are being incorporated more fully into the modern world system by means of processes generally labeled as "development." Through an examination of several cases, this course will analyze the economic, political, cultural, demographic, and ecological impacts of this process.

Introduction to Islamic practices and the diversity of Islamic traditions as well as to how anthropologists have engaged with these practices and traditions, in their local variations, transnational connections, and global representations.

Examination of the interplay of individual and collective memory and the processes through which representations of the past are produced and challenged. We will pay special attention to how the media of memory—images, rituals, stories, monuments, and landscapes—shape the ways the past is recalled and selectively forgotten.

This course explores theoretical debates in anthropology concerning religion. In doing so it addresses both the issue of general theories of religion and their applicability in specific cultural contexts.