COM Core (in Foundational Courses) - COM stands for Communication
This core course requirement can be satisfied by the following courses. Please be aware that
these courses have differing prerequisites (see Course Catalog).
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ENG 1121 – English Composition II
ENG 1133 – Specialized Comm. for Technology Students
ENG 1141 – Creative Writing
ENG 1161 – Language and Thought
ENG 1773 – Weird Science: Interpreting and Redefining Humanity
ENG 3771 – Advanced Career Writing
ENG 3773 – Advanced Technical Writing
ESOL 1300 – Oral Comm. Skills for English Language Learners
*SPE 1320 – Voice and Diction
*SPE 1330 – Effective Speaking
*SPE 1335 – Group Discussion
*SPE 1340 – Oral Interpretation of Literature
*SPE 2401 – International Communication
*SPE 3401 – Comm. for Business, Industry and Professions
LIB 1201 – Research and Documentation in the Info. Age
*SPE is now COM
LA Core (in Intermediate Courses) - LA stands for Literature/Aesthetics
This core course requirement should be satisfied by an upper level Literature course. All these
courses have ENG 1101 as prerequisite.
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AFR 2201 – Black Writers in American Literature I
AFR 2202 – Black Writers in American Literature II
AFR 2211 – African Literature I
AFR 2212 – African Literature II
AFR 2221 – Black Literary Concepts
AFR 2222 – Current Caribbean Literature
AFR 2250 – Black Women In Literature
ENG 2000 – Perspectives in Literature
ENG 2001 – Introduction to Literature I: Fiction
ENG 2002 – Introduction to Literature II: Drama
ENG 2003 – Introduction to Literature III: Poetry
ENG 2100 – English Literature I
ENG 2101 – English Literature II
ENG 2150 – Introduction to Women Writers
ENG 2200 – American Literature I
ENG 2201 – American Literature II
ENG 2225 – Asian American Literature and Culture
ENG 2300 – Great Works I
ENG 2301 – Great Works II
ENG 3401 – Law Through Literature
PRS 2202 – Latin American Literature
PRS 2211 – Puerto Rican Literature
BS Core (in Intermediate Courses) - BS stands for Behavioral Science
This core course requirement should be satisfied by an upper level Behavioral Science course.
These courses also satisfy the BS/SS core requirement (see below). All these courses have PSY
1101 as prerequisite.
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PSY 2300 – Developmental Psychology
PSY 2301 – Child Psychology
PSY 2302 – Adolescence and Adulthood
PSY 2303 – Psychology of Aging
PSY 2401 – Social Psychology
PSY 2402 – Psychology of Personality
PSY 2403 – Abnormal Psychology
PSY 2404 – Personnel and Organizational Psychology
PSY 2501 – Child and Adolescent Development
PSY 2502 – Human Learning and Instruction
PSY 3407 – Psychology of Visual Perception
BS/SS Core (in Intermediate Courses) - BS/SS stands for Behavioral Science/Social Science
NOTE: courses listed in the BS Core (above) also satisfy this core requirement.
In addition to the courses listed in the BS Core above (PSY courses), the following courses can
also satisfy this requirement. Please be aware that these courses have differing prerequisites
(see Course Catalog).
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ANTH 1101 – Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 1102 – Comparative Religions
ANTH 1103 – Contemporary Women
AFR 1501 – Current Community Problems
AFR 1502 – Sociology of Urban Poverty
PRS 1503 – Puerto Rican/Latin Am. Child in Urban Setting
PRS 2501 – Puerto Rican/Latin Am. in NY and Urban America
SOC 1101 – Elements of Sociology
SOC 1102 – Urban Sociology
SOC 1103 – The Family
SOC 1104 – Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 2201 – Sociology of Aging
SOC 2401 – Society, Technology and Self
SOC 2403 – Law and Society
SOC 3301 – The Emerging Global Society
SOC 3402 – The Sociology of Social Problems
ECON 1101 – Macroeconomics
ECON 1401 – Microeconomics
ECON 2301 – Money and Banking
ECON 2403 – Labor Management Relations
AFR 1410 – Geography of Africa and the Diaspora
GEOG 1101 – Elements of Geography
AFR 1401 – African Governments
AFR 2402 – Heritage of Imperialism
GOV 1101 – American Government
GOV 1102 – State and Local Government
GOV 2401 – Constitutional Law
AFR 1460 – African History I
AFR 1461 – African History II
AFR 1462 – Blacks in Science, Technology and Business
AFR 1465 – African-American History I
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AFR 1466 – African-American History II
AFR 1467 – Afro-Caribbean History
HIS 1101 – Western Civilization I
HIS 1102 – Western Civilization II
HIS 1103 – Western Civilization III
HIS 1110 – History of U.S. I
HIS 1111 – History of U.S. II
HIS 1201 – Contemporary Civilizations and Cultures of Asia
HIS 1203 – English History Survey
HIS 1205 – Economic History of the U.S.
HIS 1208 – History of Immigration, Ethnicity and Nativism
HIS 3209 – History of Technology
HIS 3402 – Topics in 20th Century World History 1945-2000
PRS 1461 – Latin American History
PRS 1462 – History of Puerto Rico
STS 3401 – Science, Technology and Society