Nov 16, 2025

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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Journalism (JRNL)
	JRNL 016 - Producing TV News Packages Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Students will report, shoot, write, and edit broadcast-quality television news stories. The course emphasizes improving video shooting and editing skills along with developing advanced writing techniques for TV news. Students will learn how to do standups for packages and live shots for breaking news coverage. Students will also examine the unique ethical issues faced by TV journalists. Stories may be used on Hofstra’s news platforms. Outside community research and reporting time is required. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 014 . No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 017 - Advanced Multimedia Journalism Semester Hours: 3 Spring This course emphasizes interview techniques, the series, and short documentary news formats for television and the writing and production of the video story for television news. Professional and ethical issues for the broadcast journalist are considered. Outside community research and reporting time is required. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 014 . Lab fees additional. No liberal arts credit. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 023 - Great American Journalists Semester Hours: 3 s.h. Spring By examining the lives and works of a diverse group of influential American journalists, students will gain a deeper appreciation of the journalistic legacy in which today’s reporters operate. Through readings, TV and radio broadcasts, documentaries and biopics, students will explore how each journalist’s work intersected with contemporary political and social issues and impacted the profession itself. Journalists studied will be drawn from different eras and media, including Ida Wells, Frederick Douglass, Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Nelly Bly, Dorothea Lange, Ernie Pyle, Edward R. Murrow, John Hersey, Gloria Steinem, Tom Wolfe, Walter Cronkite, Woodward and Berstein and Manuel de Dios Unane. Students will do archival research through the Axinn Library, the Newseum’s online resources, and the International Center for Photography. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly JRNL 180X, Great American Journalists) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 025 - Sports Radio Reporting and Production Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring This course focuses on the theories and practices of radio journalism and will introduce students to the basic skills of reporting and producing radio news with an emphasis on sports reporting A wide variety of projects are intended to develop a student’s ability to produce, conceive and write sports radio newscasts, news wraps, and other radio news pieces of various lengths, including live spot reports and breaking sports news stories. This course will motivate students to think comprehensively about sports radio news and informational program production, to understand that technical proficiency, thematic clarity, and journalistic integrity go hand in hand in reporting and producing sports radio news. Outside reporting time is required, with projects to be produced for WRHU and Required Radio. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RTVF 021 or JRNL 015 . No liberal arts credit. Admission to class by permission of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations Department. Lab fees additional. Same as RTVF 023 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 026 - Feature Production for Radio and Podcast Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Through the application of theories of contemporary radio reporting and digital audio production, students produce complex, long-form radio features reflecting the various formats of today’s diverse digital audio market, both for terrestrial broadcasts and podcasts. Students gain competency in pre-production, researching, field reporting, interviewing, and post-production, including writing and editing elaborate radio scripts. Students master the skills of editing and multi-track mixing on the latest audio software. They employ a variety of online/mobile distribution techniques and are expected to develop a social media outreach component to reach diverse target audiences and get their work heard on a variety of platforms. Projects include the conception, writing, and production of radio features and short documentaries, many of which will be broadcast on WRHU. Students are required to be available for production and laboratory time beyond scheduled class time. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RTVF 021 . No liberal arts credit. Same as RTVF 041 . Admission to class by permission of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations Department. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 027 - Magazine Production for Radio and Podcast Semester Hours: 3 Spring Through the study and application of theories of audio production, contemporary radio, and digital audio programming, students conceptualize and produce a broad array of magazine programs reflecting the various formats of today’s diverse digital audio market, both for terrestrial broadcast and online/mobile services such as podcasts. Combining in-the-field production work, collaborative planning, and critical listening projects, students gain competency in the many areas related to the production of short- and long-form radio magazines. Students develop a thorough understanding of the links between program formats, marketing, and target audiences, and are expected to develop a social media outreach component to reach target audiences and get their work heard on a variety of platforms. Students will rotate in their roles to sample the elements of successful radio magazines and podcasts. Students must be available for production and laboratory time. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RTVF 021 or JRNL 015 or by permission of department. No liberal arts credit. Same as RTVF 042 . Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 031 - Sports Reporting Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Reporting and writing news, feature, and investigative stories from the world of amateur and professional sports. Students must be able to cover sporting events, particularly those of Hofstra University teams. Students will learn the special legal and ethical dimensions of sports journalism, along with an examination of the history and current best practices of sports journalism in digital and print publications. Students will also learn how to use social media including Twitter, Instagram, and others to help in the story-gathering process and for story promotion. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 011 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 041 - Photojournalism Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores the theory and practice of creating, editing, and presenting digital photographs in accordance with the highest ethical standards of journalism. Using both smart-phones and DSLRs, students learn the fundamentals of composition and content in order to generate still images. The lecture and seminar segments of the course stress ethical, historical, aesthetic and legal dimensions of visual journalism. The course includes out-of-classroom assignments, both in the field and in the computer lab. Students may provide their own digital cameras with manual controls for shutter speed and aperture. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 010 and 011 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 042 - Photojournalism for Sports Semester Hours: 3 Photography is a major part of the journalistic landscape. The ability to tell a story through images is an important tool. From action shots to portraits, students will learn how to find and capture interesting photographs in all elements of sports. Students will also learn how to use photography equipment, including cameras, lights, and photo editing software. The latest photography tools will also be used in this class, including GoPro and drones. Students will also discuss ethical issues related to photography. Outside assignments and photography time is required. Photojournalism student projects may be published in Long Island Advocate and other Hofstra student media outlets. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 010 or PR 106 or permission of the department. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. No liberal arts credit. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 050 - Feature and Magazine Writing Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Students report and write longform stories for multiple platforms, with emphasis on stories intended for magazine publication. The course explores advanced interviewing techniques and writing styles. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 013 . Outside community research and reporting time is required. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 053 - Copy Editing Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring An advanced course in preparing and editing content for hybrid media as students learn the skills required to edit for different platforms. Skills include writing headlines for static, shareable and SEO purposes, analyzing story structure, mastering research tools, spotting and filling “holes” in stories, improving language skills (punctuation, syntax, etc.) and sharpening news judgment. Students also learn how to spot and correct unintended bias, illogical argumentation, unwarranted conclusions, historical fallacies, discourse and writing. Strong language skills required Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 011 . Lab fees additional. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 054 - Magazine Production Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring This course gives students workshop experience in the preparation of content for magazines, from concept to final appearance digitally and in print. Students staff the nonfiction magazine Pulse; the staff will conceive, write, edit, shoot, design, and produce social media for the Pulse brand. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 011 or permission of the instructor. Outside community research and reporting time required. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 055 - Design and Visual Strategies Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Students learn the fundamentals of layout and design for effective presentation of the news across multiple platforms, including print, web, and mobile. The course explores basic typography, color theory, design principles, interactivity design and usability design. Students gain hands-on practical skills with industry software tools including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 056 - Publication Design Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course provides students with the opportunity to design, create, and publish their own publications to learn practical software skills and to gain an understanding of the design and publishing process. Students master Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to layout newsletters, newspapers, and other print material for communication. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 055 or permission of instructor. No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 072 - Investigative and Depth Reporting Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An introduction to investigative reporting and reporting in-depth is also known as explanatory reporting. Students study the role of investigative and public service reporting in the context of modern democracy. They learn advanced reporting techniques, compilation and analysis of data, and how to write and package extended stories and series for newspapers and magazines. Some material is presented in the lecture, but much of the course involves individual, team, and classroom projects. By permission only. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 013 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 074 - Television Sports Reporting and Producing Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Students will report, shoot, write and edit stories about sports events and figures, primarily on the Hofstra campus. The focus will be on developing story ideas and then producing television sports features and profiles as well as providing game coverage. Students will also be required to assist in the production of the sports segment of a weekly newscast. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 014 and 015 or RTVF 064 . Lab fee additional. Same as RTVF 085 . No liberal arts credit. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 075 - Newscast Producing and Anchoring Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Students will experience the excitement and deadline pressure associated with producing a live weekly newscast, Hofstra News Now (HNN). Students will first be introduced to the basic business principles of broadcast and cable news, including; programming, sales, marketing strategies, and rating measurements. This course will then instruct students on creating and managing a news program in a technical environment. They will learn how to apply editorial judgment to story selection, structure the program’s news rundown, and write and edit news copy. Video resources include original packages produced by students. A broadcast can consist of sports and/or entertainment segments. Anchors, whether news or sports/entertainment, will be coached in presentation skills, including how to read a teleprompter effectively. This class will work closely with a class from RTVF that handles the technical aspects of the production. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 014 and 015 . Lab fees additional. Not for liberal arts credit. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 076 - Advanced Broadcast Journalism Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course provides those concentrating in broadcast journalism with the opportunity to produce an in-depth, long-form project of journalistic significance. Working as a team, participants research, write, shoot, and edit a news documentary for broadcast. Participants also analyze and critique selected works produced by news organizations. Outside community research and reporting time is required. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 017 . No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 080 - Digital and Mobile Journalism Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring, Summer This is an advanced course focusing on digital, multimedia, and mobile journalism. Students explore methods of multi-platform storytelling using various media, while also examining the ethical and legal issues in journalism. There is a focus on searchable and shareable content, the roles of social media, and connections in journalism. Practical skills include writing, photo editing, podcasts, mobile video, and design and construction of mobile websites. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 014 . Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 083 - Data Journalism Semester Hours: 3 Periodically We are immersed in a world of data, from polls, budgets, and census reports; to personal finance, fitness trackers, and social media. Journalists need to know how to find stories in data and shape them into compelling narratives. This course teaches students to gather, analyze, and visualize interactive data-driven stories from databases and open records while examining the ethical and legal issues in the process. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 010 or permission of instructor. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Lab fees additional. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 115 - Social Media for Journalism Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Information is available to everyone, everywhere, all the time, creating challenges for, and this has transformed news gathering and reporting as well as the wider communications industries. This course will explore advanced theories and concepts in social media and apply these to journalism practice. Students will learn best practices in social media journalism for news organizations and brands as well as build their own social media identity. Ethics, accuracy, sourcing, and verification are important issues in social media and this course will explore these topics in-depth during the semester. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 010 and 011 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 116 - Sports Journalism and Social Media Semester Hours: 3 Social media have opened up many avenues to journalists, replacing the traditional “game story, sidebar, notebook” days of reporting. This course will examine the use of social media platforms in sports coverage and teach students the skills necessary to report sports news and events in a social media landscape. The instructor is the editor, and students are the reporters in this classroom. The classroom will be treated as a newsroom, and students will be held to newsroom standards. Ethics, accuracy, and sourcing are important issues in social media. This course will explore these topics in depth. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: JRNL 010 View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 150 - Independent Study/Readings in Journalism Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring, Summer Individualized projects in journalism including historical, critical and analytical studies. Projects may involve a production component. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of department chairperson. Open only to juniors and seniors in the Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations who secure, before registration, written permission of the instructor who will supervise the study. May be repeated up to 6 s.h. in different subject areas. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 151 - Independent Study/Readings in Journalism Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring, Summer Individualized projects in journalism including historical, critical and analytical studies. Projects may involve a production component. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of department chairperson. Open only to juniors and seniors in the Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations who secure, before registration, written permission of the instructor who will supervise the study. May be repeated up to 6 s.h. in different subject areas. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 170 - Internships Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring, Summer An internship program that affords students an opportunity to apply their classroom experience in a professional work setting appropriate to their major field of study. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: To register for the first s.h. of internships, students majoring in journalism must have satisfactorily completed JRNL 011 . Students taking 1 s.h. must work a minimum of 120 hours; students taking 2 s.h. must work a minimum of 150 hours; students taking 3 s.h. must work a minimum of 180 hours. Each student must also complete a paper or project relevant to their work experience and fulfill other requirements as designated by the sponsoring professor. May be repeated up to a total of 4 s.h. if internships are at different organizations. Permission of an adviser is required. Pass/Fail grade only. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 180 to 189 A-Z - Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-4 Periodically Designed to meet the needs of individual and specific groups of students interested in special topics not covered by other course offerings. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Current Special Topics JRNL 180B - Sports Journalism and Social Media In this class, we will examine and use social media to cover sports events and news. This does not mean the fundamentals of reporting and journalism will go by the wayside. Before you can understand 2022, you must understand 1962 and 1992 and the fundamental building blocks of how to report with accuracy. Social media have opened up many avenues to journalists, but there are skills that have been lost in the technological revolution that are critical to reporting and storytelling. In this class, the instructor is the editor and students are the reporters. This classroom will be treated as a newsroom and students will be expected to uphold newsroom standards. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Any course may be taken a number of times as long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Not all Special Topics courses in Journalism are for liberal arts credit. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 190 - Worldchange(r)s Rome Semester Hours: 3 Students will blend innovative journalism techniques with site-specific storytelling methods incorporating locative technologies, immersive media, and mobile practices. Students will report on socio-economic, cultural, and political developments, trends, and mindsets of local individuals and groups to gain perspective about larger national and international issues. Students will learn advanced new media writing and reporting techniques and new field technology such as GPS, mapping, and 360o video acquisition. Production work is supplemented by class instruction, lectures, and field practice. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	JRNL 199 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Research in and the writing of a significant publishable paper on a subject approved by the supervising professor. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Open only to seniors in the Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations who desire to graduate with departmental honors and who secure, before registration, written permission of the instructor who will supervise the essay or project. Cumulative grade point average must conform with departmental honors (see The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication .). View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
Labor Studies (LABR)
	LABR 001A - (IS) Jobs, Justice, and Society: Introduction to Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year This course examines life as it has been lived inside factories, corporations, and other work places, within communities, during leisure time, and in families and homes from the middle of the 18th century to the present. The primary focus is on the United States, but within an international context. Special attention will be paid to the processes by which working classes are created cross-culturally; the way in which gender categories are structured; the role of race and ethnicity; the recent global restructuring of industry and work; and unionization. We will also be interested in literary, theoretical and political views of work and labor. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 012F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Consult the class schedule for proper category listing. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 012S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Work, working people, and working class movements in modern Africa are the focus of this introductory course. Through contemporary and historical cross-country studies of workers in a wide variety of economic, political and institutional settings, we will evaluate rival perspectives on a host of interesting and controversial topics. These include: changing occupational and industrial formations, gender and racial gaps in jobs and income, poverty and inequality, immigration, urban informal employment, worker training and health care, labor unions, and government’s regulatory and job creation roles. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: One introductory economics course, or LABR 001A , or instructor’s permission. Credit given for this course or ECO 120 or AFST 120 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 141C - (BH) Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring The centrality of work in most people’s lives has made labor issues like job growth, unemployment, skills training, pay and benefits, occupational safety, work force diversity and inequality, immigration, trade unions, labor-management relations, and government employment and labor market programs subjects of great importance and debate around the world. This course introduces students to the main theoretical perspectives and empirical tools used by economists to explain and analyze the multifaceted interactions of workers, employers, labor unions, regulatory agencies, and other institutions. Through both historical and current cross-country studies, the course develops a comparative global framework for analyzing earnings and employment problems and policies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ECO 001 or 002 or LABR 001A , or the instructor’s permission. Same as ECO 141C . Credit given for this course or ECO 141C , not both. Not open to students who have taken ECO 141. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 155 A-Z - Special Topics in Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Exploration of important labor issues and their impacts on working people. Areas of investigation may include historical origins of and contemporary developments in labor-management relations, pay and benefit structures, occupational health and safety, employee participation, employment diversity and inequality, immigration, the youth work force, union organizing and leadership strategy, public sector collective bargaining, workplace rights and ethical issues, worker education and training, labor theory and research methods, unions’ role in politics, government labor regulations, labor-community relations, working class literature and film, media coverage of labor, human rights in the global labor market, comparative labor movements, and global unionism. Current Special Topics LABR 155C Migrant Labor in New York Potatoes were once one of the most abundant and lucrative crops on Long Island. This course explores the hidden history of the migratory labor system for potato farming during the first half of the 20th century on Long Island’s East End. We will explore the wide variety of structures used as labor camps, the adverse physical and psychological impacts on the lives of workers at these camps, corrupt recruiting practices and chronic workplace and economic exploitation, efforts by outspoken critics to improve the lives of migrant workers, and factors that led to the ultimate decline of this labor system. We will also assess contemporary farm labor practices, both locally and nationally, in comparison to this era. This course is designed to introduce students to a wide variety of topics including labor law, agriculture, environmental issues, labor history, and non-profit advocacy. This course counts for credit towards the Labor Studies major or minor. This course will also be cross-listed with Food Studies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Topics may change each semester. Students may repeat the course for credit when topics vary. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 161 - Readings in Labor Studies Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring Individualized and intensive reading, oral and written work in one area of labor studies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission from the chairperson and agreement of a faculty member who will serve as supervisor. Open only to students who are pursuing a labor studies major or minor . May be used in partial fulfillment of requirements for a major or a minor . in labor studies, with approval of chairperson. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 162 - Readings in Labor Studies Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring Individualized and intensive reading, oral and written work in one area of labor studies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission from the chairperson and agreement of a faculty member who will serve as supervisor. Open only to students who are pursuing a labor studies major or minor . May be used in partial fulfillment of requirements for a major or a minor in labor studies, with approval of chairperson. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 170 - Internship in Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3 or 6 Fall, Spring, Summer This course aims to deepen students’ understanding of fundamental issues in labor studies through practical work experience in a labor union, corporation, or other for-profit or not-for-profit organization. The three-credit option requires students to work at an approved off-campus site six hours per week, and to spend another three hours weekly in related academic activities specified by the faculty adviser. The six-credit option requires 12 hours weekly at the approved off-campus organization and six hours of related academic work. Each internship will be organized and supervised by a full-time faculty member from the Labor Studies Advisory Committee. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of labor studies director, a minimum GPA of 3.0 in labor studies courses and 3.0 overall, and completion of 18 s.h. of labor studies courses prior to beginning the internship. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 180 - Senior Seminar in Labor Studies Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring An interdisciplinary course focusing on a changing series of labor issues. Each semester, the course will be conducted by a full-time faculty member from the Labor Studies Advisory Committee, aided by occasional guest lecturers. Students produce a substantial research paper by the end of the course, after regular consultation with a member of the Labor Studies Advisory Committee. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Senior standing. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LABR 199 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Research for and the writing of a substantial essay in the field of labor studies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Open only to qualified senior Labor Studies majors who are eligible for and desire to graduate with departmental honors. Students should start work and develop a formal proposal under supervision of a faculty adviser in the semester preceding their registration for LABR 199. Written permission of the adviser and the director of labor studies is required prior to registration. This course also meets the requirement for LABR 180 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
Latin (LAT)
	LAT 001 - Elementary Latin Semester Hours: 3 Fall The elements of grammar and syntax. Selected readings. Latin as a source for English vocabulary. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 002 - Elementary Latin Semester Hours: 3 Spring The elements of grammar and syntax. Selected readings. Latin as a source for English vocabulary. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 002A - Intensive Elementary Latin Semester Hours: 6 Summer Intensive exposure to the fundamentals of elementary Latin; will be covered in one semester. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: No credit for both this course and LAT 001 and/or 002 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 003 - Latin Prose Semester Hours: 3 Fall Review of grammar and syntax. Readings in Cicero and other prose writers. Rome as a republic. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry Semester Hours: 3 Spring Introduction to Latin poetry. Selections from Catullus, Virgil, Ovid or other poets, with grammar review and discussion of cultural context. Rome at the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Research and writing of a substantial essay in the field of Latin. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 002 or a placement test into Latin 003. Open only to senior majors who are eligible for departmental honors and who secure, before registration, written permission of the faculty adviser who will supervise the essay. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 113 - Latin Readings Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically Readings from masterpieces to maintain the student’s interest and proficiency in the language and literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 114 - Latin Readings Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically Readings from masterpieces to maintain the student’s interest and proficiency in the language and literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 115 - Latin Readings Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically Readings from masterpieces to maintain the student’s interest and proficiency in the language and literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 116 - Latin Readings Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically Readings from masterpieces to maintain the student’s interest and proficiency in the language and literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 117 - Latin Readings Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically Readings from masterpieces to maintain the student’s interest and proficiency in the language and literature. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 118 - Prose Composition I Semester Hours: 1 Periodically Fundamentals of syntax and style. Translation of continuous passages into Latin. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 119 - Prose Composition II Semester Hours: 1 Periodically Fundamentals of syntax and style. Translation of continuous passages into Latin. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 120 - (LT) Lyric and Elegiac Poetry Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Poetry of Catullus, Horace, Tibullus and Propertius. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 121 - (LT) Roman Drama Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Reading of selected plays of Plautus, Terence and Seneca. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 122 - (LT) Roman Philosophy Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Main currents in Roman philosophical thought during the Republic and Empire. Selections from Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 123 - (LT) Roman Novelists Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examination of the style and form of Petronius’ Cena Trimalchionis and Apuleius’ The Golden Ass. Influence on the development of the novel. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 124 - (LT) Roman Historiography Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Development of Roman historical writing. Analysis of the style and attitudes of Caesar, Sallust, Livy and Tacitus. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry LAT 002 or a placement test in LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LAT 125 - (LT) Roman Satire Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Satires of Horace and Juvenal. Students will also deliver oral presentations on relevant scholarship. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LAT 002 or a placement test into LAT 003. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
	LACS 001 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin America and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course is intended to introduce students to the two diverse regions with which North Americans share the Western hemisphere, Latin America and the Caribbean. The course offers a multi-faceted approach to various dimensions of the countries lying to the south of the United States. The geography, history, politics, socioeconomic projects, cultures, languages and literatures of these societies will be analyzed in an interdisciplinary fashion. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively, will apply analytical reasoning across academic disciplines, and will demonstrate awareness of Latin American and Caribbean issues in a global context. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: This course may be used to fulfill either the interdisciplinary course or the cross-cultural course requirement at Hofstra. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 005 - (CC, IS) Latinx Communities of New York Semester Hours: 3 The City of New York is home to some of the largest and most vibrant Latinx and Hispanic communities in the United States: over 3 million people. Hempstead, Uniondale, and other parts of Long Island have recently been transformed and enriched by an influx of Spanish-speakers. In this course, you will deepen your understanding of some of these communities—Nuyoricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Cubans, Panamanians, Ecuadorans, and Colombians, among others—by reading about issues such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, migration histories, border politics, bilingualism, and code-switching. Sources for the course will include literary, historical, and sociological texts, popular music, films, and artistic projects. Class assignments have an important fieldwork component aimed at engaging with local Hispanic or Latinx communities, in addition to a research component. The course prepares you to work professionally with these growing communities at a local, national and transnational level. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 012F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Consult the class schedule for proper category listing. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 012S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Themes may include decolonization of knowledge, globalization and Latin American cultures, nation-building literature, travel writing, borderlands, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities and nation-states, or media and politics. Topics will vary. Current Special Topics LACS 015U: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA: GLOBAL RACISM Departing from the colonization of “the Americas,” this course explores the discourses and politics that led to the racialization of Natives, Africans, Jews, and Muslims throughout modernity. Topics will include colonialism and imperialism, the role of music, film, philosophy, and the internet in the construction of otherness, the Olympics of suffering, and the responses different collectives have had against their socialization. This class will be of interest to students exploring Latin American and Caribbean studies, religion, anthropology, philosophy, literature, history, Middle Eastern, and European studies. LACS 015V: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA: The Political Economy of Revolutionary Cuba: Crisis and Transition The course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the political economy of modern Cuba, covering the history, politics, and economics of Cuba, in particular since the revolution of 1959. The course will give special attention to the challenges of crisis and transition in the immediate post-revolutionary period, the restructuring of the post-U.S.S.R. period, and the contemporary period of monetary reunification and limited liberalization. This course will be cross-listed with ECO 145 – Comparative Economic Systems. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. [Formerly LACS 150 A-Z, (CC, IS) Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.] View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 100 - Internship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 1-3 Periodically This internship program provides students with an opportunity to apply academic and theoretical knowledge to practical on-site work experiences. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: A minimum of 28 hours per credit (84 hours for 3 credits) in an approved government, non-for-profit, research, or academic institution is required. This will be combined with a total of academic work (30 hours for 3 credits) in the form of reading and writing assignments, classroom, and one-on-one meetings between the faculty member and the student. A substantial final research paper that situates the internship experience within the broader framework of theoretical Latin American and Caribbean Studies scholarship is required. This course is intended for students with a major or a minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Permission of the LACS co-directors is required. Course may not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 3 s.h. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 110 - (CC, IS) Media and Journalism in Latin America Semester Hours: 3 Periodically The course critically examines media and cultural issues in the Americas, with a focus on contemporary developments in the press, television, and grassroots/citizens’ media, as well as cultural transformations caused by an increasingly globalized media environment. Historical perspectives are applied to examine contemporary developments in media policy and their impact on citizenship and democracy; the role of the media in local, national, and global contexts; cross-border flows of information and programming; perceptions and depictions of the south in the north; independent and investigative journalism in emerging democracies; media and social movements; and ownership and state relations with media institutions. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Same as MASS 181E. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 112 - (CC) Mass Communication and Social Movements in Latin America Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course examines the relationship between media, citizenship and democracy in Latin America, and explores how social movements in Latin America have deployed mass communication as a tool of their grassroots mobilizing efforts across the continent. Using historical and contemporary case studies in the region, students will be introduced to the variety of strategies that have been applied by indigenous, peasant, afro-descendant, worker, student and women’s organizations to contest the political, social and economic status quo in their respective countries. Using a variety of both contemporary and historic case studies, students will critically assess the successes and the challenges of constructing a bottom-up counter-narrative to the mainstream, corporate-commercial media system in Latin America, and within the Latino immigrant communities in the North. The potential impact on public policy is explored through the lens of the social organizations dedicated to media democracy and communication rights. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given to this course or LACS 015B, not both. (Formerly LACS 015B: Journeys Through Latin America – Mass Communication and Social Movements.) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 115 - (CC, IS) Latin America in Documentary Film Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course critically examines how Latin America as a region, and the people of Latin America as a whole – including the large Latino immigrant population in the U.S. – have been documented, viewed, and represented to global audiences through documentary film, both by domestic and international filmmakers. In presenting the myriad issues facing Latin America historically and today through the prism of social documentary film, the course places an emphasis on the relationship between non-fiction practices and questions of truth, history, knowledge, representation, and voice. In the process, students will explore how the aesthetics, form, and language of social documentary connect into the long and radical trajectory of Latin American cinema. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given for this course or LACS 150C, not both. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly LACS 150C, Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Latin America in Non-Fiction Film.) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 116 - (CC) Latin American Cinema Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores Latin American cinema over the past 65 years, examining its evolution from the so-called Third Cinema movement of the late 1950s-1970s, to the global success of more recent productions which have transformed the landscape of the rich national film industries and film cultures of the region. From Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement to the Revolutionary Cinema of Cuba, from the Argentine “neo-realists,” to the growth of Colombia’s national cinema this century, students will consider this diverse body of work as both social and aesthetic practices. Readings will reflect the national and cultural identities of the respective countries from which these films emerge, as well as how these varied cinemas are part of a dynamic film trajectory that has employed both indigenous and hybrid cinematic language. Classes will combine screenings of entire films every week, as well as periods of lecture and discussion. Students may be expected to view other films outside of regular class periods. This course is designed to meet the interests of students in Latin American Studies, Film Studies, Global Studies, Mass Media Studies, Journalism, Communication, RTVF, Sociology, Spanish, among others, and would satisfy the Cross Cultural distribution requirement. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit given to this course or LACS 015D, not both. (Formerly LACS 15D: Journeys Through Latin America – Latin American Cinema.) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 120 - (CC, IS) How Do You Say ‘Queer’ in Spanish? Gender, Sexuality, Identity and Citizenship Semester Hours: 3 Periodically The course seeks to explore the ways in which Spanish-speaking cultures have negotiated the categorizations of sexual orientation and gender identity. Materials for the course include literature, film, performance, and theory from Latin America, Latino USA and Spain. All readings and discussions will be in English. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Same as LGBT 120 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 198 - Honors Essay Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This honors course entails the research for and the writing of a substantial essay in the field of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), engaging with current theoretical frameworks in LACS, in any of the various disciplines comprising the LACS program. In consultation with the adviser, essays may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Open only to qualified seniors majoring in LACS who wish to graduate with departmental honors. Permission of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies co-directors, and of the professor who will supervise the essay. Candidates for departmental honors must attain a 3.4 cumulative GPA and a 3.5 in major course work. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LACS 199 - Senior Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year The Senior Seminar is an interdisciplinary capstone course that focuses on a changing series of issues fundamental to Latin American and Caribbean societies. Students are required to produce a substantial research paper by the end of the course, reflecting consultation with two Latin American and Caribbean Studies faculty members as well as the reading of primary and secondary source materials. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Open to seniors only. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
Legal Studies in Business (LEGL)
	LEGL 020 - Introduction to Legal Systems, Environment and Contracts Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Introductory course explaining the legal and ethical environment of domestic and international business. The course covers the following topics as they relate to business and business managers: sources of law, legal systems, alternative dispute resolution, constitutional issues, torts, and contracts, including contractual transactions in goods under Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 2. Other topics that may be covered include labor and employment issues, antitrust, regulatory agencies, environmental law, etc. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 023 - Contract Law Semester Hours: 3 Periodically A study of the fundamental elements of contracts as defined by the common law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); contracts and commercial transactions in contemporary business situations, including e- commerce; the relationship between contract law and the general legal environment, particularly ethical and international considerations; fundamentals of contract negotiations, drafting, damages, and dispute resolution. Actual contracts and cases are studied. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and sophomore class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 024 - Legal Aspects of Business Organizations and Activities Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Law and ethical considerations pertaining to profit and not-for-profit organizations. Topics include personal and real property and the acquisition thereof; laws relating to landlord-tenant relationships, wills, estates and trusts, and insurance; negotiable instruments, including commercial paper under UCC Article 3; credit oriented transactions, with emphasis on secured transactions under UCC Article 9, securing debt under state mortgage law, and bankruptcy under the Federal Bankruptcy Code; agency, partnerships, corporations and the regulation of securities; and the legal and professional responsibilities of CPAs and other financial professionals. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and sophomore class standing or above. Required for accounting majors . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 025 - Legal Research and Writing Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Provides the non-lawyer with the basic skills of law library research and legal writing. Covers methods of defining and researching legal issues; use of law library reference tools, such as codes, administrative regulations, digests, case law and computer information services; writing exercises stressing clear, concise legal expression, citation and terminology. Research in a selected area of business law is undertaken. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 114 - Labor and Employment Law Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Interplay of governmental regulation, legislation, and judicial interpretation in the context of labor and employment law. Topics include labor-management relationships and the role of the federal regulatory agency, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in this area. Other topics include worker protection, both physical and economic protection of employees and employment discrimination. The federal regulatory agencies, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are highlighted. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 115 - Wills, Trusts and Estates Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Provides students and those considering a planning career an awareness and overview of the legal concepts in financial and estate planning. An examination and analysis of the need for planning and family wealth conservation, the laws of gifts, intestacy, wills, nature and objectives of trusts and their implications on estate planning, incidents affecting distribution of property, analysis of funding plans, business planning as it relates to the estate and an examination of the fiduciary and ethical considerations of probate and estates. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 116 - Cyberlaw: Law for the Internet and Technology Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Legal principles applicable to the Internet and other advances in technology. Jurisdiction, trademarks, copyrights, contracts, privacy, defamation, security, global, and ethical issues. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 or permission of department chairperson and IT 015 or CSC 005 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 117 - Law in the Global Economy Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examination of the legal implications of various forms of international business; trade, licensing, trademarks and franchising, foreign investments, mergers, acquisition and joint ventures. Legal issues in the global marketplace and their impact on international organizations; international and regional cooperation. Examination of activities by American companies overseas, legal disputes with foreign states, international trade, United States trade laws, extraterritorial application of United States laws. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 118 - Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution Semester Hours: 3 Periodically A consideration of domestic and international litigation, negotiation, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration, and recently developed variations of the foregoing. Emphasis on the extent to which these various methods of dispute resolution can be developed and controlled by the disputing parties themselves and/or by the courts. Historical development of ADR and emerging ethical issues are considered. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. Same as MGT 118 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 119 - Advanced Legal Aspects of Business Organizations Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An examination and analysis of the laws of agency, partnership and corporations. Discussion and analysis of various business entities. Legal issues related to organization, management, fiduciary roles, authorities and governance are addressed. Analysis of interrelationship and duties of partners, officers, directors and shareholders. Issues affecting business planning, securities regulations, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and trade regulations, ethical issues, corporate responsibility, and international considerations are covered. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 120 - Immigration Law Semester Hours: 3 This course provides an overview of U.S. immigration law and procedure, its historical development and current statutory framework. Among the topics covered will be the various types of visas available to individuals who seek to enter the U.S. temporarily or permanently, adjustment of status, citizenship, removal proceedings, asylum and refugee status. Federal agencies with responsibilities for immigration law enforcement will be discussed, as will the political and ethical implications of immigration law. Special emphasis will be given to compliance with immigration laws in the employment context. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 or junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 121 - Law for the Entrepreneur Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course will explore salient legal issues faced by small business owners and entrepreneurs with limited resources in starting and operating a new business. Topics covered include selecting a form of business organization, raising money and securities regulation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, contracts and leases, e-commerce, employment regulations, risk management and insurance, intellectual property, raising venture capital, buying and selling a business, public offerings, and global expansion. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. Same as ENTR 121 . View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 122 - The Business and Legal Environment of Health Care Semester Hours: 3 Once a year This course introduces students to the legal and business issues related to health care organizations. Topics include: the organizational structures of health care businesses; financial issues and the healthcare reimbursement system; unique regulatory issues that impact health businesses, including health care fraud and abuse and government enforcement initiatives; not-for-profit/tax exempt business issues; and anti-trust issues. The course also will explore business and legal constraints that arise when non-health care entities conduct business with health care organizations. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 125 - Entertainment Law and Business Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course examines the impact of the business opportunities, economic risks, legal structures and regulatory environment associated with the entertainment business. The diverse elements of our legal system, such as contracts, employment, intellectual property, torts, etc., are applied to each of the major fields of entertainment, i.e., theater, motion pictures, television, music, publishing and advertising. Further, the entertainment industry is studied in conjunction with the business practices and industry standards of each particular field. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 or permission of the department chairperson and junior class standing or above. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 126 - Introduction to Compliance and Corporate Governance in a Global Environment Semester Hours: 3 This course introduces the fundamental elements of corporate compliance and governance in the global environment. Going beyond legal and regulatory requirements, the course focuses on fundamental elements of compliance in contemporary business situations, including financial issues (Dodd-Frank, Volcker rule), internal management (sexual harassment), sustainability and international concerns (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) so that the student gets a broad understanding of compliance as a multifaceted area that allows corporations to operate in a socially responsible manner (i.e., CSR). The course is also designed to introduce students to the different participants in corporate governance, including shareholders, directors, officers and outside professionals. Students will learn the role of each participant in corporate governance, the duties of each participant in corporate governance and any personal liability incurred as a result of a participant’s failure to perform duties sufficiently. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 or permission of the department. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 157 A-Z - Seminar: Special Topics in Legal Studies in Business Semester Hours: 3 Periodically An advanced in-depth treatment of special topics. Current topics are explored through a variety of methods such as lectures, projects and case studies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: LEGL 020 , junior class standing or above, and any additional prerequisites as stated in the course schedule. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Legal studies in business majors may take up to two of these courses to fulfill their major requirements so long as each seminar has a different letter designation. Students pursuing a legal studies in business minor may take only one of these courses to fulfill their minor requirements. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 174 - Business Internship Semester Hours: 1-3 Fall, Spring Actual practical experience in an approved setting open to junior and senior legal studies in business majors . Students work a minimum of 40 hours for 1 credit or a minimum of 80 hours for 2 credits or a minimum of 120 hours for 3 credits in a structured legal studies in business program offered by a law firm or not-for-profit organization. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of department chairperson, a minimum grade point average of 2.5 in legal studies in business courses and 2.5 overall, LEGL 025 , junior class standing or above. NOTE: Students may take this course for 1, 2 or 3 s.h., and may take the course more than once, with a maximum of 3 s.h. earned. Credits earned count toward general degree requirements but do not satisfy legal studies in business major requirements. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 185 - Internship in Legal Studies in Business Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring A work-study program open to senior legal studies in business majors . Students work a minimum of 120 hours in a structured legal studies in business training program offered by a law firm or a for-profit or not-for-profit organization. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of department chairperson, a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in legal studies in business courses and 3.0 overall. Corequisite: related course in the area of the internship. (Students who do not meet these requirements see LEGL 174 .) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LEGL 190 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Research for and the writing of a substantial essay in the field of legal studies in business. Open only to senior legal studies in business majors who are eligible for and desire to graduate with departmental honors and who secure, before registration, written permission of the department chairperson. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: A minimum grade point average of 3.5 in legal studies in business and 3.4 overall. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ Studies (LGBT)
	LGBT 001 - (IS) Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Using a breadth of works that have as their theme gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience and identity, largely in 20th-century America, we will examine the assumptions that underpin LGBTQ+ studies from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, being sensitive to the intersections between sexuality and race, ethnicity, class, gender and nationality. The course is organized by topics that will be contextualized chronologically and culturally, examining a wide range of LGBTQ+ depictions and their significance. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Studies, Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies.) View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LGBT 010 - Readings in LGBT Studies Semester Hours: 1 Periodically Individualized reading course designed to meet curricular requirements of the LGBTQ+ Studies minor in conjunction with a regularly scheduled 3 s.h. course. After consulting with the LGBTQ+ Studies program director, students ask an instructor, in the semester prior to a course offering, to design a modified version of the existing syllabus to include substantial LGBTQ+ content. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Student must register for the regularly scheduled 3 s.h. course in conjunction with this individual-study course. The regularly scheduled course and this INS (individually negotiated syllabus) earn the student a total of 4 s.h. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LGBT 012F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Consult the class schedule for proper category listing. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LGBT 012S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 1-3 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. Students may take only one 12F or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LGBT 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026
	LGBT 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4 Spring This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar. View Course Offering(s): Fall 2025 January 2026 Spring 2026

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JRNL 016 - Producing TV News Packages

JRNL 017 - Advanced Multimedia Journalism

JRNL 023 - Great American Journalists

JRNL 025 - Sports Radio Reporting and Production

JRNL 026 - Feature Production for Radio and Podcast

JRNL 027 - Magazine Production for Radio and Podcast

JRNL 031 - Sports Reporting

JRNL 041 - Photojournalism

JRNL 042 - Photojournalism for Sports

JRNL 050 - Feature and Magazine Writing

JRNL 053 - Copy Editing

JRNL 054 - Magazine Production

JRNL 055 - Design and Visual Strategies

JRNL 056 - Publication Design

JRNL 072 - Investigative and Depth Reporting

JRNL 074 - Television Sports Reporting and Producing

JRNL 075 - Newscast Producing and Anchoring

JRNL 076 - Advanced Broadcast Journalism

JRNL 080 - Digital and Mobile Journalism

JRNL 083 - Data Journalism

JRNL 115 - Social Media for Journalism

JRNL 116 - Sports Journalism and Social Media

JRNL 150 - Independent Study/Readings in Journalism

JRNL 151 - Independent Study/Readings in Journalism

JRNL 170 - Internships

JRNL 180 to 189 A-Z - Special Topics

JRNL 180B - Sports Journalism and Social Media

JRNL 190 - Worldchange(r)s Rome

JRNL 199 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay

LABR 001A - (IS) Jobs, Justice, and Society: Introduction to Labor Studies

LABR 012F - First-Year Seminar

LABR 012S - First-Year Seminar

LABR 014F - First-Year Seminar

LABR 014S - First-Year Seminar

LABR 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor Economics

LABR 141C - (BH) Labor Economics

LABR 155 A-Z - Special Topics in Labor Studies

LABR 155C Migrant Labor in New York

LABR 161 - Readings in Labor Studies

LABR 162 - Readings in Labor Studies

LABR 170 - Internship in Labor Studies

LABR 180 - Senior Seminar in Labor Studies

LABR 199 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay

LAT 001 - Elementary Latin

LAT 002 - Elementary Latin

LAT 002A - Intensive Elementary Latin

LAT 003 - Latin Prose

LAT 004 - (LT) Latin Poetry

LAT 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay

LAT 113 - Latin Readings

LAT 114 - Latin Readings

LAT 115 - Latin Readings

LAT 116 - Latin Readings

LAT 117 - Latin Readings

LAT 118 - Prose Composition I

LAT 119 - Prose Composition II

LAT 120 - (LT) Lyric and Elegiac Poetry

LAT 121 - (LT) Roman Drama

LAT 122 - (LT) Roman Philosophy

LAT 123 - (LT) Roman Novelists

LAT 124 - (LT) Roman Historiography

LAT 125 - (LT) Roman Satire

LACS 001 - (CC, IS) Putting Latin America and the Caribbean on the Map: Geography, Politics and Literature

LACS 005 - (CC, IS) Latinx Communities of New York

LACS 012F - First-Year Seminar

LACS 012S - First-Year Seminar

LACS 014F - First-Year Seminar

LACS 014S - First-Year Seminar

LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America

LACS 015U: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA: GLOBAL RACISM

LACS 015V: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA: The Political Economy of Revolutionary Cuba: Crisis and Transition

LACS 100 - Internship in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

LACS 110 - (CC, IS) Media and Journalism in Latin America

LACS 112 - (CC) Mass Communication and Social Movements in Latin America

LACS 115 - (CC, IS) Latin America in Documentary Film

LACS 116 - (CC) Latin American Cinema

LACS 120 - (CC, IS) How Do You Say ‘Queer’ in Spanish? Gender, Sexuality, Identity and Citizenship

LACS 198 - Honors Essay