Courses

A non-major lecture course (supplemented with video) focusing on selected biological principles in genetics, development, evolution, physiology, and ecology which are discussed in the context of their impact on the human population. The approach throughout is to initially provide a scientific background of principles and processes and then relate them to human society in the most global sense.

A lecture and discussion course for senior biology majors focusing on a critical analysis of selected subjects encompassing current biological developments in the context of their ethical, scientific, and economic impact on human social systems. This course is designed to permit students to develop interpretative and analytical skills and to explore their own intellectual and practical responses to the impact of biological advances on society.

Mechanical principles and physical laws of motion as applied to human movement and motor skill development.

Probability models, statistical inference, design of experiments, and critical analysis of statistical applications in biology.This course has an M&T Fee. For more info visit: http://qc.cuny.edu/?id=JU9F

Introduction to the emerging field of Black Digital Humanities. This interdisciplinary course pays special attention to knowledge production, the role of archives, collections, research centers, the Black press, and digital technology. The course explores ideas related to power, memory, resistance, perspective and respectability politics in storytelling and control of the vehicles used to do so.Pre req AFST 100; ENGL 110; must be a junior or senior in good standing.

An introduction to the organized and systematic patterns of thoughts put forth by Black intellectuals and leaders from the Diaspora. The first part of the course will focus on political thoughts of Black leaders in the United States during the slavery and post slavery periods. The second part will explore the thoughts of other black leaders whose works have influenced black political and social mobilization of the greater Atlantic community.

Basic themes in contemporary black political and social literature concerning the appropriate forms of political and social organization for black society. The emphasis will be on African political thought. Some of the themes to be explored are the implications of "Blackness" (negritude, African personality, etc.) for political organization (Ujamaa, African Socialism, Consciencism, etc.) and the role of blacks in the world revolution (Pan-Africanism, Third Worldism, etc.).

An introduction to the field of African American psychology. Emphasis will be given to such issues as the African/African American worldviews and the manner in which cross cultural systems of social reality impact the African experience in America. The course will cover theories of African/Black personality, psychological health and mental disorder, identity, and family and social relationships. Moreover, the course will discuss issues that impact Africans in America and throughout the Diaspora.

Topics include rural-urban migration, blacks in the urban setting, position of blacks in the changing structure of the American economy, the question of the declining significance of race, and the relations among native and immigrant blacks.

This comparative study of women writers from Africa, the Caribbean and the United States will examine the ways in which these writers re-envision history and challenge traditional conceptions of gender, race, and class.