General Education Courses

The courses provided in the list below are courses listed as General Education for the current academic year. Note that this list is subject to change and that the most accurate course info is within the Student Information System. This list is only for informational purposes.

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CLA CRIM- 275
Crime and Violence
3.00

Course Description: This course focuses on the outbreak and prevalence of violent crime in the United States as one of the most important social realities of the past 100 years. In addition to a historical review, we will also scrutinize contemporary problems associated with violence. These problems include street violence, terrorism, riots, vigilantism, and how the criminal justice system has attempted to control these problems.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-275
Crime and Violence
3

Course Description: This course focuses on the outbreak and prevalence of violent crime in the United States as one of the most important social realities of the past 100 years. In addition to a historical review, we will also scrutinize contemporary problems associated with violence. These problems include street violence, terrorism, riots, vigilantism, and how the criminal justice system has attempted to control these problems.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 285
Minority Groups and the Criminal Justice System
3.00

Course Description: This course will investigate the roles played by racial minorities- African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans-- at each level of the criminal justice system in the United States of America and globally. The experience of African Americans will be emphasized since this group has been the subject of more extensive research by criminologists and criminal justice practitioners.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-285
Minority Groups and the Criminal Justice System
3

Course Description: This course will investigate the roles played by racial minorities- African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans-- at each level of the criminal justice system in the United States of America and globally. The experience of African Americans will be emphasized since this group has been the subject of more extensive research by criminologists and criminal justice practitioners.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 290
Computer Crime
3.00

Course Description: This course provides definitional, theoretical, and operational context for understanding computer-based competition, conflict and crime in the information age. Students study the history, nature and extent of computer-related crime, as well as differing types of computer criminals, their motivations and the methods they use to threaten, attack, compromise or damage physical, and cyber assets. The course considers legal and regulatory environments and the impact these have on policies and practices related to ethics in the management of information security, data encryption, privacy, and numerous other special topics.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-290
Computer Crime
3

Course Description: This course provides definitional, theoretical, and operational context for understanding computer-based competition, conflict and crime in the information age. Students study the history, nature and extent of computer-related crime, as well as differing types of computer criminals, their motivations and the methods they use to threaten, attack, compromise or damage physical, and cyber assets. The course considers legal and regulatory environments and the impact these have on policies and practices related to ethics in the management of information security, data encryption, privacy, and numerous other special topics.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 299
Crime, Justice and Ethics
3.00

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to ethical theories, consideration of justice as operationalized in contemporary criminal justice and emerging issues that accompany technological advancements such as video surveillance. Students will explore how ethical frameworks are embedded, implicitly and explicitly, in fundamental questions that are resolved by police, judges, and prosecutors. Conceptions of justice and criminal justice will be considered as they relate to criminological and criminal justice theories such as Procedural Justice/Legitimacy theories, Restorative Justice, as well as rationales for punishment. Implications for evaluation of technological changes in criminal justice will also be considered from the perspectives of ethical choices.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-299
Crime, Justice and Ethics
3

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to ethical theories, consideration of justice as operationalized in contemporary criminal justice and emerging issues that accompany technological advancements such as video surveillance. Students will explore how ethical frameworks are embedded, implicitly and explicitly, in fundamental questions that are resolved by police, judges, and prosecutors. Conceptions of justice and criminal justice will be considered as they relate to criminological and criminal justice theories such as Procedural Justice/Legitimacy theories, Restorative Justice, as well as rationales for punishment. Implications for evaluation of technological changes in criminal justice will also be considered from the perspectives of ethical choices.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 310
Seminar in Law
3.00

Course Description: Focuses on the nature, function and limits of the rule of law. This course traces the history and development of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution. This will be accomplished by reading and discussing approximately 100 United States Supreme Court decisions from the early 1900's through the present. Students will also be introduced to the concept of briefing a case.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-310
Seminar in Law
3

Course Description: Focuses on the nature, function and limits of the rule of law. This course traces the history and development of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution. This will be accomplished by reading and discussing approximately 100 United States Supreme Court decisions from the early 1900's through the present. Students will also be introduced to the concept of briefing a case.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 315
Evidence
3.00

Course Description: Provides the student with an awareness of what types of evidence are admissible in a criminal trial. Includes a comprehensive analysis of the most frequently used rules of evidence. There are readings and discussions pertaining to the nature of real, testimonial, hearsay and circumstantial evidence. Examines rules concerning the cross-examination of witnesses, exceptions to the exclusion of hearsay evidence, the burden of proof, the provinces of the judge and of the jury, legal presumptions, and the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-315
Evidence
3

Course Description: Provides the student with an awareness of what types of evidence are admissible in a criminal trial. Includes a comprehensive analysis of the most frequently used rules of evidence. There are readings and discussions pertaining to the nature of real, testimonial, hearsay and circumstantial evidence. Examines rules concerning the cross-examination of witnesses, exceptions to the exclusion of hearsay evidence, the burden of proof, the provinces of the judge and of the jury, legal presumptions, and the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 350
Theories of Crime and Criminality
3.00

Course Description: A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary theories of the causes of crime. Included are theories that derive from biological, psychological, sociological, geographic, economic, and political perspectives. Development of criminological theory reviewed; fundamental distinctions between classical and positivist theories and between theories of crime and criminality discussed.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-350
Theories of Crime and Criminality
3

Course Description: A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary theories of the causes of crime. Included are theories that derive from biological, psychological, sociological, geographic, economic, and political perspectives. Development of criminological theory reviewed; fundamental distinctions between classical and positivist theories and between theories of crime and criminality discussed.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM- 489
Major Issues in Criminal Justice
3.00

Course Description: Focuses on contemporary issues and topics not otherwise distinctly incorporated in established criminal justice courses. Concentrates on student discussion and interaction surrounding required readings on topics such as crime prevention and issues in the prosecution/court system. Recent examples include cyberlaw, prisoner re-entry restorative justice, wrongful convictions, crime mapping, crime analysis, non-traditional courts, legal controversies in the law, substance abuse, and legal research.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA CRIM-489
Major Issues in Criminal Justice
3

Course Description: Focuses on contemporary issues and topics not otherwise distinctly incorporated in established criminal justice courses. Concentrates on student discussion and interaction surrounding required readings on topics such as crime prevention and issues in the prosecution/court system. Recent examples include cyberlaw, prisoner re-entry restorative justice, wrongful convictions, crime mapping, crime analysis, non-traditional courts, legal controversies in the law, substance abuse, and legal research.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 101
Principles of Computing
3.00

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the central ideas of computing. Students will engage in activities that show how computing changes the world and impacts daily lives. Students will develop step-by-step written solutions to basic problems and implement their solutions using a programming language. Assignments will be completed both individually and in small teams. Students will be required to demonstrate oral and written communication skills through such assignments as short papers, homeworks, group discussions and debates, and development of a term paper.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-101
Principles of Computing
3

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the central ideas of computing. Students will engage in activities that show how computing changes the world and impacts daily lives. Students will develop step-by-step written solutions to basic problems and implement their solutions using a programming language. Assignments will be completed both individually and in small teams. Students will be required to demonstrate oral and written communication skills through such assignments as short papers, homeworks, group discussions and debates, and development of a term paper.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 140
Computer Science for AP Students
4.00

Course Description: This accelerated course covers material from the first-year sequence of courses and provides the foundation for all subsequent Computer Science courses. The course stresses problem solving while covering modern software development techniques and introducing essential software tools. Topics include tree and graph structures, nested data structures, objects, classes, inheritance, interfaces, object-oriented collection class libraries for abstract data types (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, and trees), and static vs. dynamic data types. Concepts of object-oriented design are a large part of the course. Software qualities related to object orientation, namely cohesion, minimal coupling, modifiability, and extensibility, are all introduced in this course, as well as a few elementary object-oriented design patterns. Input and output streams, graphical user interfaces, and exception handling are covered. Note: Requires department permission for registration.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-140
Computer Science for AP Students
4

Course Description: This accelerated course covers material from the first-year sequence of courses and provides the foundation for all subsequent Computer Science courses. The course stresses problem solving while covering modern software development techniques and introducing essential software tools. Topics include tree and graph structures, nested data structures, objects, classes, inheritance, interfaces, object-oriented collection class libraries for abstract data types (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, and trees), and static vs. dynamic data types. Concepts of object-oriented design are a large part of the course. Software qualities related to object orientation, namely cohesion, minimal coupling, modifiability, and extensibility, are all introduced in this course, as well as a few elementary object-oriented design patterns. Input and output streams, graphical user interfaces, and exception handling are covered. Note: Requires department permission for registration.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 141
Computer Science I
4.00

Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to computational thinking using a problem-centered approach. Specific topics covered include: expression of algorithms in pseudo code and a programming language; functional and imperative programming techniques; control structures; problem solving using recursion; basic searching and sorting; elementary data structures such as lists, trees, and graphs; and correctness, testing and debugging. Assignments (both in class and for homework) requiring a pseudo code solution and an implementation are an integral part of the course. An end-of-term project is also required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-141
Computer Science I
4

Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to computational thinking using a problem-centered approach. Specific topics covered include: expression of algorithms in pseudo code and a programming language; functional and imperative programming techniques; control structures; problem solving using recursion; basic searching and sorting; elementary data structures such as lists, trees, and graphs; and correctness, testing and debugging. Assignments (both in class and for homework) requiring a pseudo code solution and an implementation are an integral part of the course. An end-of-term project is also required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 142
Computer Science II
4.00

Course Description: This course delves further into problem solving by continuing the discussion of data structure use and design, but now from an object-oriented perspective. Key topics include more information on tree and graph structures, nested data structures, objects, classes, inheritance, interfaces, object-oriented collection class libraries for abstract data types (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, and trees), and static vs. dynamic data types. Concepts of object-oriented design are a large part of the course. Software qualities related to object orientation, namely cohesion, minimal coupling, modifiability, and extensibility, are all introduced in this course, as well as a few elementary object-oriented design patterns. Input and output streams, graphical user interfaces, and exception handling are covered. Students will also be introduced to a modern integrated software development environment (IDE). Programming projects will be required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-142
Computer Science II
4

Course Description: This course delves further into problem solving by continuing the discussion of data structure use and design, but now from an object-oriented perspective. Key topics include more information on tree and graph structures, nested data structures, objects, classes, inheritance, interfaces, object-oriented collection class libraries for abstract data types (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, and trees), and static vs. dynamic data types. Concepts of object-oriented design are a large part of the course. Software qualities related to object orientation, namely cohesion, minimal coupling, modifiability, and extensibility, are all introduced in this course, as well as a few elementary object-oriented design patterns. Input and output streams, graphical user interfaces, and exception handling are covered. Students will also be introduced to a modern integrated software development environment (IDE). Programming projects will be required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 242
Computer Science for Transfer Students
4.00

Course Description: This course serves as a means of bringing transfer students with some programming and data structures background to the same skill level that the computer science program's first year students have after completing CSCI 141 and 142. Problem solving skills and the choice and application of appropriate algorithms and data structures are at the core of the course. Assignments (both in class and for homework) requiring a design and an implementation are an integral part of the course. Larger programming projects are also required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-242
Computer Science for Transfer Students
4

Course Description: This course serves as a means of bringing transfer students with some programming and data structures background to the same skill level that the computer science program's first year students have after completing CSCI 141 and 142. Problem solving skills and the choice and application of appropriate algorithms and data structures are at the core of the course. Assignments (both in class and for homework) requiring a design and an implementation are an integral part of the course. Larger programming projects are also required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 262
Introduction to Computer Science Theory
3.00

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the theory of computation, including formal languages, grammars, auto-mata theory, computability, and complexity.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-262
Introduction to Computer Science Theory
3

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the theory of computation, including formal languages, grammars, auto-mata theory, computability, and complexity.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI- 420
Principles of Data Mining
3.00

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the major concepts and techniques used in data mining of large databases. Topics include the knowledge discovery process; data exploration and cleaning; data mining algorithms; and ethical issues underlying data preparation and mining. Data mining projects, presentations, and a term paper are required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSCI-420
Principles of Data Mining
3

Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the major concepts and techniques used in data mining of large databases. Topics include the knowledge discovery process; data exploration and cleaning; data mining algorithms; and ethical issues underlying data preparation and mining. Data mining projects, presentations, and a term paper are required.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC- 101
Fundamentals of Computing Security
3.00

Course Description: An introduction to the fundamental issues, concepts and tools common to all areas of computing security. Topics include identifying attackers and their motivations. Essential techniques will be introduced covering the areas of anti-virus, monitoring, virtual machines, account control, and access rights management. Various security models will be investigated. Concept areas such as confidentiality, integrity, availability and privacy will be studied.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC-101
Fundamentals of Computing Security
3

Course Description: An introduction to the fundamental issues, concepts and tools common to all areas of computing security. Topics include identifying attackers and their motivations. Essential techniques will be introduced covering the areas of anti-virus, monitoring, virtual machines, account control, and access rights management. Various security models will be investigated. Concept areas such as confidentiality, integrity, availability and privacy will be studied.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC- 123
Software Development and Problem Solving I
4.00

Course Description: A first course introducing students to the fundamentals of computational problem solving. Students will learn a systematic approach to problem solving, including how to frame a problem in computational terms, how to decompose larger problems into smaller components, how to implement innovative software solutions using a contemporary programming language, how to critically debug their solutions, and how to assess the adequacy of the software solution. Additional topics include an introduction to object-oriented programming and data structures such as arrays and stacks. Students will complete both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC-123
Software Development and Problem Solving I
4

Course Description: A first course introducing students to the fundamentals of computational problem solving. Students will learn a systematic approach to problem solving, including how to frame a problem in computational terms, how to decompose larger problems into smaller components, how to implement innovative software solutions using a contemporary programming language, how to critically debug their solutions, and how to assess the adequacy of the software solution. Additional topics include an introduction to object-oriented programming and data structures such as arrays and stacks. Students will complete both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC- 124
Software Development and Problem Solving II
4.00

Course Description: A second course that delves further into computational problem solving, now with a focus on an object-oriented perspective. There is a continued emphasis on basic software design, testing & verification, and incremental development. Key topics include theoretical abstractions such as classes, objects, encapsulation, inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism, software design comprising multiple classes with UML, data structures (e.g. lists, trees, sets, maps, and graphs), exception/error handling, I/O including files and networking, concurrency, and graphical user interfaces. Additional topics include basic software design principles (coupling, cohesion, information expert, open-closed principle, etc.), test driven development, design patterns, data integrity, and data security.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

GCCIS CSEC-124
Software Development and Problem Solving II
4

Course Description: A second course that delves further into computational problem solving, now with a focus on an object-oriented perspective. There is a continued emphasis on basic software design, testing & verification, and incremental development. Key topics include theoretical abstractions such as classes, objects, encapsulation, inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism, software design comprising multiple classes with UML, data structures (e.g. lists, trees, sets, maps, and graphs), exception/error handling, I/O including files and networking, concurrency, and graphical user interfaces. Additional topics include basic software design principles (coupling, cohesion, information expert, open-closed principle, etc.), test driven development, design patterns, data integrity, and data security.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CAD DDDD- 302
History of 3D Digital Design
3.00

Course Description: This course will focus on three-dimensional design, covering the development of digitally based 3D graphics and imagery from their prehistory to the present. Additionally, the course will explore related technologies and the growth of the computer graphics industry. Major pioneers and their contributions to the field are reviewed. The course traces the use of 3D digital tools in the creation of graphics for design, interactive media, fine art, animation, visualization, and performance: providing students with a solid foundation in the history and development of the discipline.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CAD DDDD-302
History of 3D Digital Design
3

Course Description: This course will focus on three-dimensional design, covering the development of digitally based 3D graphics and imagery from their prehistory to the present. Additionally, the course will explore related technologies and the growth of the computer graphics industry. Major pioneers and their contributions to the field are reviewed. The course traces the use of 3D digital tools in the creation of graphics for design, interactive media, fine art, animation, visualization, and performance: providing students with a solid foundation in the history and development of the discipline.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS- 101
Computation and Culture
3.00

Course Description: The course provides a basic introduction to the application of computation in the research and practice of the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The class offers students entry to work with archival theory and practice; textuality and electronic scholarly communication; data mining, analysis, and visualization; the spatial and temporal “turns;” game studies and digital arts. The course offers hands on experimentation with software platforms available to create scholarly and artistic production and theoretical approaches to digital presentation. Students will complete assignments requiring conceptual, aesthetic, and practical approaches to digital engagement with cultural materials. While no programming knowledge is required, students will design and create an online project using tools and platforms that are considered standard practice in the field, and reflect critically on the utility of digital techniques in their dialogue with the humanities.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS-101
Computation and Culture
3

Course Description: The course provides a basic introduction to the application of computation in the research and practice of the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The class offers students entry to work with archival theory and practice; textuality and electronic scholarly communication; data mining, analysis, and visualization; the spatial and temporal “turns;” game studies and digital arts. The course offers hands on experimentation with software platforms available to create scholarly and artistic production and theoretical approaches to digital presentation. Students will complete assignments requiring conceptual, aesthetic, and practical approaches to digital engagement with cultural materials. While no programming knowledge is required, students will design and create an online project using tools and platforms that are considered standard practice in the field, and reflect critically on the utility of digital techniques in their dialogue with the humanities.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS- 102
Industrial Origins of the Digital Age
3.00

Course Description: The central focus of this course will be the excavation of textual, visual, and sonic materials, obsolete or emerging. The archaeological metaphor evokes both the desire to recover material traces of the past and the imperative to situate those traces in their social, cultural, and political contexts. How does the digital age imagine backwards to the Industrial Age and vice versa? Is it true that virtually everything that is being invented now for a digital age had its origins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century industrial age? (inventions of telegraphy and telephony, electricity, photography, cinema, the automobile, the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems, muckraking and sensationalist journalism, celebrity culture, the skyscraper, the office, the typewriter, the Brownie camera). We will take a research approach that explores moments in which both familiar and unfamiliar devices have yet to emerge as significant or disappear as curiosities.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS-102
Industrial Origins of the Digital Age
3

Course Description: The central focus of this course will be the excavation of textual, visual, and sonic materials, obsolete or emerging. The archaeological metaphor evokes both the desire to recover material traces of the past and the imperative to situate those traces in their social, cultural, and political contexts. How does the digital age imagine backwards to the Industrial Age and vice versa? Is it true that virtually everything that is being invented now for a digital age had its origins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century industrial age? (inventions of telegraphy and telephony, electricity, photography, cinema, the automobile, the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems, muckraking and sensationalist journalism, celebrity culture, the skyscraper, the office, the typewriter, the Brownie camera). We will take a research approach that explores moments in which both familiar and unfamiliar devices have yet to emerge as significant or disappear as curiosities.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS- 103
Ethics in the Digital Era
3.00

Course Description: The course will examine various contemporary and global issues of digital citizenship and new ethical challenges raised by digital technology. The course will raise questions regarding how digital technology has changed citizenship practices: Who has access to full citizenship, and why? What responsibilities are entailed in digital citizenship? Themes may include the nature and value of digital technology; the relations between digital technologies and knowledge-making/meaning-making; the value of information privacy; the role of digital media in society and human interactions; issues arising from the life-cycle of new digital tools and data repositories; and questions broadly related to questions of accessibility, representation, and sustainability as applied to digital technologies. Topics may also include research ethics, piracy and file sharing, hacktivism, copyright and fair use, end-user license agreements, alternative news media, and participatory culture. Students will take up both broad ethical issues and specific professional codes and policy in diverse domains.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS-103
Ethics in the Digital Era
3

Course Description: The course will examine various contemporary and global issues of digital citizenship and new ethical challenges raised by digital technology. The course will raise questions regarding how digital technology has changed citizenship practices: Who has access to full citizenship, and why? What responsibilities are entailed in digital citizenship? Themes may include the nature and value of digital technology; the relations between digital technologies and knowledge-making/meaning-making; the value of information privacy; the role of digital media in society and human interactions; issues arising from the life-cycle of new digital tools and data repositories; and questions broadly related to questions of accessibility, representation, and sustainability as applied to digital technologies. Topics may also include research ethics, piracy and file sharing, hacktivism, copyright and fair use, end-user license agreements, alternative news media, and participatory culture. Students will take up both broad ethical issues and specific professional codes and policy in diverse domains.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS- 377
Media Narrative
3.00

Course Description: The contemporary understanding of communication and narrative is quickly shifting in a world where media is ubiquitous. The "language of new media" is the thematic used in this course to discuss contemporary and historic forms of non-linear narrative. Students will explore the properties of non-linear, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives. This course will survey some of the possibilities, examining both traditional and new media such as oral storytelling, literature, poetry, visual arts, museum exhibits, architecture, hypertext fiction, Net Art, and computer games. Writers on communication culture, gaming, television, digital aesthetics, contemporary art and film, as well as synchronic narrative will be addressed. The focus is to develop critical tools to analyze contemporary media as well as a minimal level of practical implementation. Students will produce a final media project.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA DHSS-377
Media Narrative
3

Course Description: The contemporary understanding of communication and narrative is quickly shifting in a world where media is ubiquitous. The "language of new media" is the thematic used in this course to discuss contemporary and historic forms of non-linear narrative. Students will explore the properties of non-linear, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives. This course will survey some of the possibilities, examining both traditional and new media such as oral storytelling, literature, poetry, visual arts, museum exhibits, architecture, hypertext fiction, Net Art, and computer games. Writers on communication culture, gaming, television, digital aesthetics, contemporary art and film, as well as synchronic narrative will be addressed. The focus is to develop critical tools to analyze contemporary media as well as a minimal level of practical implementation. Students will produce a final media project.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA ECON- 100
Foundational Seminar in Economics
0.00

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce new students in the economics program (freshmen and external and internal transfers) to the application of economic analysis in academia, business, government and the not-for-profit sector. Students will be exposed to the research and consulting activities undertaken by academic economists and economic practitioners as well as a discussion of the career outcomes of the alumni of the RIT economics program.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA ECON-100
Foundational Seminar in Economics
0

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce new students in the economics program (freshmen and external and internal transfers) to the application of economic analysis in academia, business, government and the not-for-profit sector. Students will be exposed to the research and consulting activities undertaken by academic economists and economic practitioners as well as a discussion of the career outcomes of the alumni of the RIT economics program.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA ECON- 101
Principles of Microeconomics
3.00

Course Description: Microeconomics studies the workings of individual markets. That is, it examines the interaction of the demanders of goods and services with the suppliers of those goods and services. It explores how the behavior of consumers (demanders), the behavior of producers (suppliers), and the level of market competition influence market outcomes.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.

CLA ECON-101
Principles of Microeconomics
3

Course Description: Microeconomics studies the workings of individual markets. That is, it examines the interaction of the demanders of goods and services with the suppliers of those goods and services. It explores how the behavior of consumers (demanders), the behavior of producers (suppliers), and the level of market competition influence market outcomes.

For prerequisites, availability, other details and to register, go to http://sis.rit.edu/.