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2. Information Management
Students will:
• perform the basic operations of personal computer use;
• understand and use basic research techniques; and locate,
evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
BASIC COMMUNICATION
UNYP/41160 English Composition I (3)
Training in effective composition and correct writing. Readings.
Discussions about writing techniques. Papers assigned to
develop particular techniques. A first-semester freshman English
course.
UNYP/41180 English Composition II (3)
Training in effective composition and correct writing. Readings.
Discussions about writing techniques. Papers assigned to
develop particular techniques. Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better
in Composition I.
MATHEMATICS
UNYP/64152 College Algebra (3)
Factoring, multiplying and dividing algebraic expressions,
coordinate geometry, functions and functional notation,
polynomials, exponents, logarithms, and inequalities. Primarily
preparation for more advanced courses, but also open to
students desiring a background in college algebra.
UNYP/64245 Basic Calculus (4)
Survey of calculus useful to students of business, information
science, and the social and biological sciences. Differentiation
and integration of polynomial, rational, exponential and
logarithmic functions. Emphasis on techniques and applications,
chosen from such fields as economics, psychology, and biology.
Prerequisite: Pass Math Placement Exam or Grade of C- or better
in College Algebra.
UNYP/64241 Introduction to Statistics (3)
Descriptive statistics, measure of central tendency and
dispersion, population parameters and sample statistics, use of
probability distributions for statistical inference, binomial and
normal distributions, introduction to hypothesis testing.
Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in College Algebra or Basic
Calculus.
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
UNYP/41210 Great Books: Western (3)
Examination of great books which have shaped cultures &
values, or represent ways of life in the western tradition in
classical, medieval, and modern times such as the Iliad, Aeneid,
Bible, Divine Comedy, The Prince, Don Quijote, Faust.
Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in Composition I.
UNYP/71203 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Some main problems concerning human beings and their place
in the universe as discussed in a selection of classic
philosophical texts from Greek antiquity through the early
modern period.
UNYP/71312 Modern Philosophy (3)
Philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries: Bacon, Hobbes,
Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and/or Kant.
Topics may include: subject/object, mind/body, self/other;
theories of knowledge; ethical and political theories.
UNYP/77327 Classics of Political Thought (3)
Classical theory from the pre-Socratic period to that of
Machiavelli and the rise of the modern nation-state. Concepts
such as authority, legitimacy, law, justice, constitution, and public
good.
OTHER WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
UNYP/48240 World Geography (3)
A study of world patterns of physical environments, cultural
regions, and economic development, followed by a focus on
specific regions from among the following: Latin America, Africa,
Asia and/or the Middle East.
American History
UNYP/58221 US History to 1865 (3)
Beginning with colonial roots, traces the growth of the American
Republic from its birth in the War for Independence to its testing
under forces of sectionalism in the Civil War.
UNYP/58222 US History since 1865 (3)
Continuation of US History to 1865. Analysis of the forces that
shaped the modern industrial nation after the Civil War which
has resulted in the emergence of the United States as a world
power.
UNYP/77216 American Government and Politics (3)
Structure and processes of the American system of government
and politics. Basic constitutional principles of representative
government, and the organization and function of the political
system.
Social Sciences
UNYP/07214 Cultural Anthropology (3)
Principal concepts, data, and generalizations about the behavior
systems of human groups with emphasis on non-Western
cultures.
UNYP/33207 Macroeconomics (3)
Analysis of the interaction of the various sectors of the national
economy.
Prerequisite: Grade of C- or better in Microeconomics.
UNYP/77227 International Politics (3)
Policies of the great powers and smaller nations, and their
relationship to each other. Elements of national power and their
impact on world affairs.
UNYP/77229 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
Study of the major political systems of the world through the use
of comparative theories and techniques.