Africiana Studies 41: The Black Urban Experience
3 hours; 3 credits
An interdisciplinary study of African-Americans and urban life.  Drawing on the methodological approaches of history, literature, and folklore primarily, although not exclusively, this course will examine the African-American experience in United states cities in the 19th and 20th centuries.  Where appropriate, comparisons will be made with non-United States cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, or London.  Topics chosen from: urban slavery, free blacks in Northern cities, race riots, Agreat migration, Caribbean migration, urban economics, urban politics, the urban novel, the black family in the city, the blues, contemporary urban folklore.  Prerequisite: two of the following: Core Studies 3, 4, and 9, or their equivalents.

American Studies 61: New York City Folklore
3 hours; 3 credits
Folklore of the streets and neighborhoods of New York City.  The urban environment as a region generating from its own folklore and traditions.  Customs, language, and symbols of urban life, past and present.  Introduction to problems of fieldwork and methods of collecting urban folklore.  This course is the same as English 25.4.  Prerequisite: sophomore and junior or senior standing.

Anthropology 37: Urban Anthropology
3 hours; 3 credits
Cross-cultural study of adaptation to the urban milieu.  Sociocultural influences on urban life, effects of migration experience, social stratification, class structure.  Ethnicity and the organization of multiethnic societies.  Methods and problems in the analysis of urban systems.  (Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Anthropology and Archaeology 37.5).  Prerequisite: Anthropology 1 or 2 or 2.1 or permission of the chairperson.

Archaeology 2.21: Archaeology Laboratory
4 hours; 2 credits
Analysis techniques in archaeology; recording and analysis of artifacts and features from a site in New York.  (Students who have completed Anthropology 70.1 may take this course only with permission of the chairperson.)  With the chairperson=s permission, students may take this course for credit twice, but may not repeat topics.  Prerequisite: Anthropology 2.2 or Classics 2.2 or 26 and permission of the instructor.

Art History 15.20: Modern Art
3 hurs; 3 credits
The art of the first half of the twentieth century, its precedents, and its political and cultural context.  The rise of abstraction, the liberation of color, and the interest in the subconscious.  Major
artistic movements in Europe: Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism.  Major artists: Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, Kandinsky.  (Not open to students who have completed Art 15.2).  Prerequisite: Art 1.3 or Core Studies 2.1.

History 44: The History of New York City
3 hours; 3 credits
New York City from its origins to the present.  Amerindian inhabitants before the European invasion; Dutch and English imperial periods; the American Revolution; slavery; mercantilism and capitalism; immigration, ethnicity, and neighborhood; ruling and working classes; parks and recreation; housing and architecture; crime and violence; the fiscal crisis of the 1970s.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 4 or permission of the chairperson.

History 44.1: Brooklyn History
3 hours; 3 credits
The history of Brooklyn with an emphasis on the Consolidation to the present.  The Lenape and early settlers; culture and community in rural Brooklyn; pre-industrial Brooklyn, New York=s Afirst suburb;@ industrialization and work in the nineteenth century; the Consolidation and urban growth; the borough=s icons: the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Dodgers; immigration, ethnic succession and race relations; deindustrialization and the post-World War II economic, political and cultural landscape.  Students will explore various methodological tools for the study of local history, and will use Brooklyn as their laboratory for examining its history and conducting research.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 4 or permission of the chairperson.

History 43.16: Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
3 hours; 3 credits
History of immigration to American from the first European settlers to the present.  Old and new waves of immigrants; immigration and citizenship in the age of Revolution; the rise of nativism; immigration policy; assimilation, ethnic resilience and cultural hegemony in immigrant communities; the impact of race on ethnic identities; culture, politics, work and gender in immigrant communities; post-World War II immigrants, migrants and refugees; America=s newest immigrants.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 4 or permission of the chairperson.

Judaic Studies 48.5: The Jews of New York
3 hours; 3 credits
Study of the history and structure of New York=s Jewish communitiies from the seventeenth century to the present.  Contributions to New York=s political, cultural, and economic life.  Their role in making New York City the nation=s empire city.  Prerequisite: Judaic Studies 47 or permissiof the chairperson.

Music 3: Music in New York City
2 hours lecture and 3 field hours per week; 3 credits
Exploration of music performance in the music institutions and resources of New York City.  Students will attend a minimum of nine concerts.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 2.2 or Music 11.1.

Political Science 25: Urban Government and Politics
3 hours; 3 credits
Structures, activities, and problems of contemporary urban government.  Changing nature of federal, state, regional, and local relationships.  Nature of decision-making process in an urban political environment.  New York metropolitan area.  Prerequisite: Political Science 1.5 or 1.51 or 1.6.

Political Science 38: Racial and Ethnic Politics in Urban America
3 hours; 3 credits
Comparative analysis of the politics of racial and ethnic groups in American urban areas.  Problems of assimilation and alienation.  Direct action and protest movements.  Political experience of African-Americans and other ethnic groups.  Prerequisite: Political Science 1.5, 1.51, or 1.6.

Political Science 75.2: Community Power Analysis
3 hours; 3 credits
Nature and distribution of power in American communitieis.  Power and political change.  Fieldwork in metropolitan New York.  Discussion of community power literature.  Prerequisite: Political Science 1.5, 1.51, or 1.6.

Psychology 10: Social Psychology
3 hours; 3 credits
Basic concepts and research findings in social psychology.  Areas covered include social perception, attitude organization and  change, interpersonal processes, group structure and processes, intergroup relations, socialization.  (Not open to students who have completed Psychology 31.)  Prerequisite: Psychology 2.

Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 32.5: Institutions of Urban Life and the Latino Experience
3 hours; 3 credits
Multi-disciplinary perspective on the evolution of Hispanics/Latinos as an urbanized segment of the United States population.  Cross-cultural understanding of the diversity among Spanish-speaking people within the urban context.  The role of urban institutions in the conflict between assimilation and cultural preservation, the dynamics of migration, immigration, settlement, and instritutionalized participation in the social processes of United States urban life.  Prerequisite: two of the following courses: Core Studies 3,4, and 9, or their equivalents.

Sociology 26: Urban Sociology
3 hours; 3 credits
Urban and rural communities.  Impact of community, social context, ecology on institutions and people.  Social structure
of the suburbs.  Sociological factors of planning in metropolitan areas.  (Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Sociology 26.4.)  Prerequisite: Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or better, or Sociology 5 or 7.