The main developments in the history of ideas and institutions from earliest times to the present; consideration of historical material serves as a point of departure for discussion of present-day problems.

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.

English Composition 101 is the first writing course required of all nontransfer students and is usually taken in a student's first semester. Designed to introduce students to academic discourse, this course provides instruction in reading and thinking critically and in writing analytically in response to primarily nonfiction readings. Through a series of sequenced assignments, emphasis is placed on writing as a process, which includes drafting, revising, and editing writings. Instruction is provided in recognizing and assessing the argumentative and rhetorical strategies of other writers and in students effectively constructing well-informed, sophisticated, and logical essays, while maintaining an individual voice and synthesizing increasingly complex academic essays.

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.