Humanities and Social Sciences Electives List

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First-Year Writing Courses

EXPOS-UA 1 Writing the Essay 4 Credits
EXPOS-UA 2 The Advanced College Essay 4 Credits

Cluster 1: Culture, Arts and Media (CAM)

Courses in the CAM cluster explore how cultural practices and artifacts in a wide range of media reflect, influence and interact with developments in science and technology. Courses are based on the disciplines of philosophy, media studies, music, literary studies, art history, rhetoric and anthropology.

CAM Humanities and Social Sciences Electives:

The following satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective:

AH-UY 2114 History of Art as Techné 4 Credits
AH-UY 3214 Contemporary Art, Electronic Art and Technology 4 Credits
AH-UY 4911 Special Topics in Art History Variable Credits
AH-UY 4912 Special Topics in Art History Variable Credits
AH-UY 4913 Special Topics in Art History Variable Credits
CAM-UY 2384 Jade, the Stone of Heaven 4 Credits
CAM-UY 3004 Special Topics in Culture, Arts and Media 4 Credits
EN-UY 2324/W Technologies of Literary Production 4 Credits
EN-UY 2334/W The Invention of the Word 4 Credits
EN-UY 2114/W Machines Made of Words I: Poetry as Design 4 Credits
EN-UY 2354/W Inventing America: Nation, Culture, Self 4 Credits
EN-UY 2244 Shakespeare and the Creative Imagination 4 Credits
EN-UY 2174W The World’s Greatest Journeys 4 Credits
EN-UY 2134/W The Novella: Between the Short Story and the Novel 4 Credits
EN-UY 2194/W The Rise of the Graphic Novel 4 Credits
EN-UY 2414/W The City and Literature 4 Credits
EN-UY 2424W Medicine and Literature 4 Credits
EN-UY 3434W Machines Made of Words II: Designing Poetry 4 Credits
EN-UY 3194W Ethical Questions in Literature 4 Credits
MD-UY 2164/W History and Social Impact of Mass Media Communications 4 Credits
MD-UY 2214/W Cinema 1895-1950 4 Credits
MD-UY 3164/W Critical Studies in Media 4 Credits
MD-UY 3214/W Cinema 1948-2000 4 Credits
MD-UY 4164/W Critical Studies in Digital Art 4 Credits
MD-UY 4911 Special Topics in Media Studies 1 Credits
MD-UY 4912 Special Topics in Media Studies 2 Credits
MD-UY 4913 Special Topics in Media Studies 3 Credits
MU-UY 2124 Western Music Theory 4 Credits
MU-UY 2214 Non-Western Music Appreciation 4 Credits
MU-UY 3144 Music Since 1900 4 Credits
MU-UY 3134 Music Theory for Songwriters 4 Credits
MU-UY 3214 The Musical Instrument 4 Credits
MU-UY 3314 Phonography 4 Credits
MU-UY 4114 Musical Informatics Studio 4 Credits
MU-UY 4314 Psychoacoustics 4 Credits
MU-UY 4211 Special Topics in Music 1 Credits
MU-UY 4212 Special Topics in Music 2 Credits
MU-UY 4213 Special Topics in Music 3 Credits
PS-UY 3694 Humor and Modern Media 4 Credits
STS-UY 2454/W Digital Humanities 4 Credits

CAM Courses That Do Not Satisfy a Humanities and Social Sciences Elective:

The following are Studio Electives and/or Core Courses in the Integrated Digital Media major.

DM-UY 1113 Audio Foundation Studio 3 Credits
DM-UY 1123 Visual Foundation Studio 3 Credits
DM-UY 2113 Sound Design for Media 3 Credits
DM-UY 2123 Narrative Cinema 3 Credits
DM-UY 2133 3D Modeling 3 Credits
DM-UY 2143 Interaction Design Studio 3 Credits
DM-UY 2153 Intro to Game Development 3 Credits
DM-UY 2183 Contemporary Techniques in Digital Photography and Imaging 3 Credits
DM-UY 2193 Intro to Web Development 3 Credits
DM-UY 3113 Contemporary Techniques in Sound Art 3 Credits
DM-UY 3123 Documentary Cinema 3 Credits
DM-UY 3133 3D Animation 3 Credits
DM-UY 3143 Interaction Design Studio 2 3 Credits
DM-UY 3153 Media in Game Design and Development 3 Credits
DM-UY 3173 Visualization and Simulation Studio 3 Credits
DM-UY 3183 Photography and Words 3 Credits
DM-UY 3193 Dynamic Web Applications 3 Credits
DM-UY 3213 Computer Music Studio 3 Credits
DM-UY 4003 Senior Project in Digital Media 3 Credits
DM-UY 4034 Internship 4 Credits
DM-UY 4113 Sound Studio 3 3 Credits
DM-UY 4123 Experimental Cinema 3 Credits
DM-UY 4133 3D for Interactive Applications 3 Credits
DM-UY 4143 Interaction Design Studio 3 3 Credits
DM-UY 4153 Experimental Game Narratives 3 Credits
DM-UY 4193 Mobile Application Development 3 Credits
DM-UY 4911-3 Special Topics in Digital Media 3 Credits
DM-UY 4903-6 Undergraduate Thesis, Digital Media 3 Credits

Cluster 2: Science, Technology and Society

Courses in the STS cluster explore the interrelationships between science and technology and between science and society. STS unites a myriad of disciplines, including history, philosophy, rhetoric, literary studies and sociology, to investigate these interrelationships. How do science and technology shape society? How do social processes frame scientific and technological enterprises? What is the relationship between the content of scientific and technological knowledge and the social and intellectual context in which it is created?

STS Humanities and Social Sciences Electives:

The following satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective:

HI-UY 2204/W Medieval Technology 4 Credits
HI-UY 2364 History of Aviation and Aviation Technology 4 Credits
HI-UY 2234 Introduction to the History of Western Technology 4 Credits
HI-UY 3244/W The History of Light 4 Credits
HI-UY 2254/W From Heat Engines to Black Holes 4 Credits
HI-UY 2264 The Ship 4 Credits
HI-UY 3304 Science and Technology as a Strategic Resource in World War II 4 Credits
HI-UY 3434 History of Intellectual Property in America 4 Credits
PL-UY 2004 Symbolic Logic 4 Credits
PL-UY 2134 Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society in China and India 4 Credits
PL-UY 2144 Ethics and Technology 4 Credits
PL-UY 2204 Philosophy of Technology 4 Credits
PL-UY 2254/W Science and Pseudoscience 4 Credits
PL-UY 2274/W Space and Spacetime 4 Credits
PL-UY 3284/W Relativity and Spacetime 4 Credits
PL-UY 2294 Quantum Mechanics and Information 4 Credits
PL-UY 3004 Metalogic 4 Credits
PL-UY 3204 Philosophy of Technology: The Critique of Heidegger 4 Credits
PL-UY 3214 The Phenomenon of Life 4 Credits
PL-UY 3254/W Philosophy of Science 4 Credits
PL-UY 3264/W Physics Information and Computation 4 Credits
PS-UY 2614 Psychology of the Internet 4 Credits
PS-UY 2644 Creativity and Innovation 4 Credits
PS-UY 2664 Intelligence: Real and Artificial 4 Credits
PS-UY 3604 Psychology of Internet Security 4 Credits
STS-UY 2004 Science, Technology, and Society 4 Credits
STS-UY 2444 History and Philosophy of Internet Technology 4 Credits
STS-UY 2464W Public Policy Issues in Telecommunications 4 Credits
STS-UY 2264/W Addressing Public Policy Issues in the Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 4 Credits
STS-UY 2614/W Science Fiction for Innovation 4 Credits
STS-UY 2244/W Magic, Medicine, and Science 4 Credits
STS-UY 2624/W The Rhetoric of Science 4 Credits
STS-UY 2224/W Science and Sexuality 4 Credits
STS-UY 2314 It’s About Time 4 Credits
STS-UY 2724 Dinosaurs: Resurrecting an Extinct Species 4 Credits
STS-UY 2354 Evolution 4 Credits
STS-UY 2904 Special Topic in STS 4 Credits
STS-UY 3004/W Seminar in Science and Technology Studies 4 Credits
STS-UY 3624 Science and Technology in the Literary Sphere 4 Credits
STS-UY 3434/W Hypermedia in Context 4 Credits
STS-UY 3914 Independent Study in STS 4 Credits
STS-UY 3904 Special Topic in STS 4 Credits

STS Courses That Do Not Satisfy a Humanities and Social Sciences Elective:

The following are core courses in the Science and Technology Studies major that do not satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective:

STS-UY 3013 Directed Study in STS 3 Credits
STS-UY 4003 Study Abroad 3 Credits
STS-UY 4034 Internship 4 Credits

Cluster 3: Society, Environment and Globalization (SEG)

Courses in this cluster address how the critical areas of society, environment and globalization are interlinked and how they affect the experience of modern life. SEG courses, from the complementary perspectives of the humanities and social sciences, provide students with a broad, multicultural perspective on how environmental issues and global exchange in this “flat world” are changing society here and across the globe.

SEG Humanities and Social Sciences Electives:

The following satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective:

HI-UY 3254/W History of Mass Media 4 Credits
HI-UY 2514/W Introduction to New York City History 4 Credits
HI-UY 3034/W History of New York’s Urban Infrastructure 4 Credits
HI-UY 2353 A History of NYC Transit and the Development of NYC 3 Credits
HI-UY 2724 Urban Environmental History 4 Credits
HI-UY 4334W Seminar in Urban Infrastructure History 4 Credits
PS-UY 2324W Environmental Psychology 4 Credits
PS-UY 2724 Human Factors in Engineering Design 4 Credits
PS-UY 3724 Psychology of Sustainability 4 Credits
PS-UY 3754 Psychology of Living in Extreme Environments 4 Credits
PS-UY 3814 Social Psychology of Virtual Worlds 4 Credits
PS-UY 3834 Special Topics in Psychology 4 Credits
SEG-UY 2184/W Beyond Oil: Fueling Tomorrow’s Vehicles 4 Credits
SEG-UY 2194/W Writing About Nature and the Environment 4 Credits
URB-UY 2024/W Design of Cities 4 Credits
URB-UY 2034 Humans in the Urban Environment 4 Credits
URB-UY 2044 Methods for Studying Urban Environments 4 Credits
URB-UY 2054/W Introduction to Urban Policy 4 Credits
URB-UY 2224 Natural Environment of New York City 4 Credits
URB-UY 2234 Natural Environmental Catastrophes and Cities 4 Credits
URB-UY 3034 Evidence-Based Design 4 Credits
URB-UY 3234 Planning for Healthy Cities 4 Credits
URB-UY 3314 History and Design of Urban Parks 4 Credits
URB-UY 3354 Urban Impact Assessment 4 Credits
URB-UY 3834 Special Topics in Sustainable Urban Environments 4 Credits

SEG Courses That Do Not Satisfy a Humanities and Social Sciences Elective:

The following are core courses in the Sustainable Urban Environments major that do not satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective:

URB-UY 3014 Directed Study in SUE 4 Credits
URB-UY 4014 Study Abroad 4 Credits
URB-UY 4024 Capstone Project 4 Credits