Courses

A capstone course that brings management and leadership skills together. Students will learn how long-term strategic plans are formulated, implemented and evaluated in the business and not-for-profit spheres. The process of melding business analytics, intuition, social responsibility, and ethical considerations to form successful strategies will be explored.

This ensemble is for undergraduate music majors who play stringed instruments but are not sufficiently advanced to join the Queens College Orchestra. Aspects of string technique and ensemble playing are emphasized. May be repeated for credit. Satisfies the large-ensemble requirement for music majors in B.A. programs only. Permission of the instructor is required.

An introduction to the basic literary unit of the Talmud, the sugya, as a genre with its own structures, methods of argumentation and terminology. Students will learn to analyze this argumentation, will become familiar with the basic philology, and will understand how to identify the variety of historical layers.

This course provides an introduction to the structure of Spanish. Structural and semantic characteristics of major features of Spanish are studied at the sentence level. Use of these grammatical features is then studied in selected literary texts. No previous knowledge of linguistics is assumed.

In the seminar that accompanies the student teaching experience, emphasis is on practicing reflective teaching using several techniques including discussions and problem solving of daily classroom experiences, and peer review.

The student teaching experience must be at least 14 weeks, full time, and in alignment with the daily schedule and annual school calendar. Students will, to the extent possible, be assigned to both urban and non-urban settings. Students are expected to prepare daily lesson plans, and will develop and maintain student teaching portfolios.

Supervised teaching and observation in elementary and secondary schools. 750 / 1272 Queens College

Supervised student teaching in ESL classes at either the elementary or secondary level, plus a weekly seminar at the college.

Supervised student teaching in ESL classes at either the elementary or secondary level, complementing the level of student teaching in LCD 341, plus weekly seminar at the college.

100 hours in a school-based setting. The course provides undergraduate students in the Art Education program with school-based teaching experiences that prepare them to teach art at the PreK – 6th grade level. Students are expected to prepare lesson plans and update and maintain student teaching portfolios.