English Composition 102 is the second course in the sequence of writing courses required of nontransfer students and must be taken immediately following the successful completion of English Composition 101. This course builds on the critical reading, thinking, and writing skills developed in 101 and further prepares students for the types of intellectual inquiry as well as critical analysis and writing required in upper-level courses offered at the university. Students engage increasingly complex texts of different genres and from a variety of disciplinary orientations. Emphasis continues to be placed on writing as a process as students are required to conduct and to critically evaluate research as well as to maintain an independent voice as they negotiate multiple primary and secondary sources.

A survey of the Gothic literature of horror and terror from its 18th-century origins to the present. Readings will include Shelley's Frankenstein, and works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Flannery O'Connor. Topics of discussion will include the feminist Gothic, queer Gothic, Southern Gothic, the sublime, and modern Goth culture.

An examination of the mimetic process in the transformation of fiction into film. Explored are such matters as fictional narratives and filmic narratives; strategies in both forms of flashback, flashforward, point of view, and temporal duration as well as spatial focalization. Historical/cultural contexts for mimetic alterations and emphases are central to the course's paradigm.

Geologic controls on environmental problems and methods for mitigation studied in a topical approach, with emphasis on urban-suburban settings. Topics include groundwater pollution and processes, soil pollution, air pollution and weather, slope stability, radiation, earthquake hazards, and coastal processes.Prerequisites: 21:460:103, 104.

Consumer theory and market demand; production theory and market supply; market equilibrium; income distribution; and international trade.Proficiency in 21:640:109 College Algebra for Science Business is highly recommended.

Laboratory exercises on the following: the physical properties and identification of earth materials (materials and rocks); the use of maps and aerial photographs in the study of landforms and earth processes. Field trips to field stations in New Jersey and New York.
Pre- or corequisite: 21:460:103.

Lab fee $15.00.

The earth as a dynamic, evolving planet; its origin and nature considered as the interaction of solid earth, hydrosphere, and atmosphere; physical geology of our planet and the complex problems of environment and natural resources.
Not open to students who have taken 21:460:101. To complete the laboratory science requirement, students taking 21:460:103 and 104 must select 21:460:206 and 207.

This course provides a critical and interdisciplinary examination of the current functioning of the American criminal justice system, focusing specifically on the procedures used by various criminal justice actors that can lead to errors in case processing and unjust outcomes. This course examines policies and practices of the United States' criminal justice system (e.g., police procedure, prosecution, jury selection, scientific evidence, appellate court procedures, etc.) that unintentionally contribute to the wrongful apprehension, prosecution, conviction, incarceration, and even execution of the innocent. The course explores the collateral consequences of punishing "false positives," including implications for undermining the legitimacy of the criminal justice system and allowing impunity for culpable offenders who remain at-large.

This course explores juvenile street gangs, when they exist, when they are illusory, and public reactions to them. It also considers co-offending by juveniles who are not necessarily gang members. The course considers what gang membership means, and when gangs are cohesive or not. It examines variations among juvenile street gangs, and contrasts these with other groups of youth that are sometimes called "gangs."