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Course Descriptions

 

Journalism (JRNL)
  

  • JRNL 011 - News Writing and Reporting

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer 
    Students learn to report and write news across media platforms. The course explores the definition of news, its importance in a democratic society, structure of the news-gathering process, the elements of news, digital reporting and research tools, accuracy and fairness as journalistic imperatives and Associated Press style. Outside campus research and reporting time is required.
     

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    A passing grade on the Hofstra Writing Proficiency Exam. Lab fees additional.
  

  • JRNL 013 - Advanced News Writing and Reporting

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Theory and development of news stories, with special emphasis on interviewing, observation, document research, source development, and other standard reporting techniques. Students cover community beats and report and write news stories from these beats. The course concentrates on public affairs reporting and features field visits to criminal courts, in-class press conferences with government officials, and on-the-scene coverage of governmental meetings. Students are also versed in the theory, history, and use of Freedom of Information laws, shield protection laws, and open meeting laws, and are introduced to libel and invasion of privacy statutes.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 010 , 011 ; PSC 001 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. Lab fees additional.
  

  • JRNL 014 - Multimedia Journalism Video

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    This course introduces students to the concepts of shooting and editing video for a variety of journalism outlets, using digital video equipment such as shoulder-mounted cameras. Students will also learn the theories in class and then practice the concepts of shooting video for journalistic storytelling. They will also learn standard editing techniques for a variety of multimedia journalism applications including Adobe Premiere. Outside community research and reporting time is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 010  and 011 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional.
  

  • JRNL 015 - Broadcast News Writing and Reporting

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Students learn to tell broadcast news stories.  Students report, gather sound, write, and edit radio stories and learn how to use sound and video to create compelling television news stories.  In both radio and TV news writing exercises, the focus will be on creating stories that appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Outside community research and reporting time is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 010  and 011 . No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • JRNL 016 - TV News Reporting and Production

    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.
  

  • JRNL 017 - Advanced TV Reporting and Production

    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 016 . Lab fees additional. No liberal arts credit. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • JRNL 020 - Survey of News Issues

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An examination of six to 10 important, current news stories- regional, national and international-their contexts, the issues involved, and how these stories are being pursued, developed, and presented by newspapers, radio, TV, online, and other mainstream news sources. A critical assessment of the various approaches to these stories provides the focus to evaluate the various factors influencing news handling, writing, editing, and play. Outside community research and reporting time is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Prerequisite for Journalism majors : JRNL 011  or permission of instructor. Same as MASS 020 .
  

  • JRNL 021 - Entrepreneurial Journalism

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course provides a critical survey of digital media and the business environment in which it functions. Among the topics discussed are broadcast regulations and access, advertising, audience measurement and analytics. The digital media’s approach to current issues in journalism are also discussed.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 015  or permission of instructor. Outside research is required.
  

  • 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)
  

  • JRNL 025 - Radio Reporting and Production

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    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. A wide variety of projects are intended to develop a student’s ability to produce, conceive and write radio newscasts, news wraps, and other radio news pieces of various lengths, including live spot reports and breaking news stories. The course is designed to get students to think comprehensively about radio news and informational program production, to understand that technical proficiency, thematic clarity and journalistic integrity go hand in hand in reporting and producing radio news. Outside reporting time is required, with projects to be produced for WRHU.

    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 .
  

  • JRNL 026 - Feature Production for Radio and Podcast

    Semester Hours: 3

    Fall, Spring

    Through the study and application of theories of digital audio production and contemporary radio programming, students produce complex, long-form radio features reflecting the various formats of today’s diverse digital audio market, both for terrestrial broadcast and online/mobile services such as podcasts. Students gain competency in pre-production, researching, field production, 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 target audiences and get their work heard in 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.
  

  • 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 in a variety of platforms. Students will rotate in their roles to give them a taste of 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.
  

  • 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 such as Twitter 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.
  

  • 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.
  
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

     

     
  

  • 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.
  

  • JRNL 056 - Desktop Publishing

    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.
  

  • JRNL 057 - Web and Publication Design for Journalists

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    This is an advanced course in the comprehensive design of the news for web, mobile, and emerging platforms. Students learn to apply the principles of composition, color, and typography, and to include photography and illustrations for an effective and engaging presence. Students critically examine the different design challenges and trade-offs that are necessary to publish on various digital channels.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 055  or permission of instructor. No liberal arts credit. Lab fees additional.
  

  • JRNL 058 - Editorial and Review Writing

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The theory and practice of writing opinion and criticism. Examination of the work of leading editorial writers and critics. Emphasis is placed on the reporting and writing required to marshal evidence to build a cogent and convincing case. Requires several evening assignments of cultural events. Outside community research and reporting time is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 013 .
  

  • JRNL 059 - Information Design

    Semester Hours: 3
    Summer
    Understanding effective information design and acquiring graphical literacy are essential for successful communication, whether for the news, education, or advocacy. This course examines the burgeoning use of data visualizations, infographics, and innovative visual explanations in modern communication. Students will gain an understanding of the conceptual framework and the practical skills to research and create compelling explanatory charts, diagrams, maps, and other displays of information.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 011  or PR 100 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. No liberal arts credit. Lab fee additional. (Formerly Information Graphics.)
  

  • JRNL 071 - Health, Science and Environmental Reporting

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    This course teaches students to identify, report, and write stories on health, science, and the environment for various platforms. Students examine the work of leading science writers.  Ethical and public policy issues raised by the media’s coverage of science, medicine, and environment will also be addressed.  Off-campus community research and reporting time is required.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 013 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.
  

  • JRNL 072 - Investigative and Depth Reporting

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An introduction to investigative reporting and reporting in depth 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 longer stories and series for newspapers and magazines. Some material is presented in lecture, but much of the course involves individual, team, and classroom projects. By permission only.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 013 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • JRNL 075 - News Producing and Management

    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 at first be introduced to the basic business principles of broadcast and cable news, including; programming, sales, marketing strategies, as well as ratings measurements.  This course will then instruct students how to create and manage a news program in a technical environment. They will learn how to apply editorial judgment to story selection, how to structure the program’s news rundown, how to write and edit news copy.  Video resources includes original packages produced by students, national and international videos that are downloaded from CNN Newsource.  A broadcast can include sports and/or entertainment segments.  Anchors, whether news or sports/entertainment, will be coached in presentation skills, including how to effectively read a teleprompter.  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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • JRNL 080 - Online Journalism

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring, Summer
    An advanced course focusing on digital 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • JRNL 090 - Interactive Journalism

    Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

    Periodically

    Technology has dramatically transformed journalism and provides new opportunities to use interactivity to engage the audience in a story. This course introduces students to the essential concepts, tools, and emerging forms in interactive storytelling. Students learn to code in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and learn to use existing open-source code libraries from popular code sharing repositories. Students pitch, report, produce, and critique interactive, media-rich news packages. Students examine ways in which user interaction with content can create more compelling and personally-relevant stories. Students develop interactive multi-platform approaches to stories including quizzing, personalization, geo-referencing, and gaming which allow students to explore the different narrative potential of each, and to learn user-interface design, interactive design, wireframing, and essential coding practices.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    JRNL 010  and JRNL 011 .  Lab fees additional.
  

  • JRNL 115 - Advanced Social Media

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    Information is now available to everyone, everywhere, all the time, 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 practice in social media journalism for news organizations and brands as well as building 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.
  
  
  

  • 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.
  
  

  • 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.

    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.
  

Korean (KOR)
  
  

Labor Studies (LABR)
  

  • LABR 001A - (IS) 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.
  
  
  

  • 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.



  

  • 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.



  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

    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.
  
  
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

Latin (LAT)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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.
  
  
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 literatures, travel writing, borderlands, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities and nation states, or media and politics. Topics will vary.

    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.]
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.)
  

  • 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.)
  

  • 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.)
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

     

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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 .
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
 

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