Courses

An introduction to fiction through a reading of great novels and short stories from various periods. Designed for nonmajors.

An introduction to fiction through a reading of great novels and short stories from various periods. Designed for nonmajors.

An introduction to the diversity of modern and contemporary Anglophone literatures and related literatures translated into English. Students will explore representative selections of works encompassing the complex transnational and postcolonial nature of much writing in English from the pre-modern to the post- modern.

An introduction to the diversity of modern and contemporary Anglophone literatures and related literatures translated into English. Students will explore representative selections of works encompassing the complex transnational and postcolonial nature of much writing in English from the pre-modern to the post- modern.

Study of outstanding works in Korean literature, from earliest times to the present day. Selections represent a variety of older genres, such as hyangga, kayo, kasa, sijo, kodae, sosol, and p'ansori (these will be read in modern Korean), as well as contemporary poetry and fiction.

An in-depth exploration of the key ideas and figures in Spanish realist and naturalist literatures, studied in the context of ninteenth-century Spanish cultural history and European realism and naturalism.

Recital Attendance is a zero-credit course designed to expose music students to a variety of live performances at the Aaron Copland School of Music. Undergraduate music majors are required to complete six semesters of recital attendance starting in their first semester at Queens College. Students must attend a minimum of seven concerts or recitals for each of the six semesters, but it is encouraged that students continue to attend concerts even after the course requirement has been completed.

An introductory survey of modern music production and recording techniques. Students will learn basic techniques for creating digital audio content, including simple MIDI and virtual instrument techniques, stereo recording techniques, digital audio editing, and session file techniques. Students will complete a series of individual and group projects to understand the various aspects of the production process.

Examination of the dynamics of regional conflict and cooperation. It probes a variety of theoretical approaches to regional security and cooperation, the confluence of domestic and international politics, and the role of political, economic, and military factors in shaping conflict and cooperation in a regional context.

Late nineteenth- and twentieth-century expressions of the new styles, contents, and philosophies represented by these literary movements. Such writers as Mark Twain, Faulkner, and O'Connor; Howells, Wharton, and Lewis; and Crane, Dreiser, and Farrell.