College Now Course Offerings and Descriptions

 

COLLEGE NOW FALL 2023 In-person

COURSE OFFERINGS 

 

WEEKDAY CLASSES meeting on-campus will commence the week of August 28th and conclude the week of December 18th.  Weekday sections meet twice a week. 

 

*WEEKDAY CLASSES meeting at a partner high school will commence the week of September 11th and conclude the week of December 18th.

 

SATURDAY CLASSES will commence August 26th and conclude December 16th, Classes meet 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., except BIO 10004 will meet 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.   

 

 

*Applications of Psychology in the Modern World:    Course number: PSY 10200 Credits: 3 

Days: Saturday or *Tuesday and Thursday       The Saturday section will be offered on the CCNY campus. The *Tuesday/Thursday section of the course will be offered at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics (MCSM), 260 Pleasant Avenue {at E. 116th Street}, NYC, 3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

An introduction to the study of human development and learning, personality and motivation, sex differences, attitudes, aggressions, interpersonal attraction, behavior in groups and work settings, abnormal behavior and its treatment.  Emphasizes on the ways in which psychological theory and research can be applied to individual and social problems. Students are responsible for submitting research papers on related topics.

 

Freshman Composition: Course number: ENGL 11000   Credits: Days: Saturday

The students will develop strategies for reading, drafting, collaborating, revising and editing ideas and points of view, thoughts, and arguments into different shapes, mediums, and genres.  Students will explore and analyze, in writing and reading a variety of genres and rhetorical situations Students will maintain a notebook to express their daily thoughts.

 

Human Biology: Course number: BIO 10004 Credits: 3 Days: Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

This course include scientific methods, tools used in modern biology with emphasizes on human systems, metabolism, genetics, physiology and bioethics. A varied of activities will be used to broaden the students’ awareness of living species and biological systems, including lectures, videos and online laboratory activities. The course is for non-science majors.

 

Introduction to Game Programming:  Course number:  SCI 31920   Credits: 3 Days:  Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.  

This course introduces the core concepts of video game programming using Unity and C#.  Students learn central features of programming including logic, functions, creating custom variables, and writing code that can store and retrieve data in real-time. Assignments in-class will go step-by-step through the process of writing your own custom C# scripts to understand how a game engine takes raw materials and turns them into financial, playable games. The course prepares students to understand the technical aspects of game development by introducing core ideas and foundational lessons.

 

*Introductory Workshop in Creative Writing:            Course number 22000             Credits: 3 Days: Monday and Wednesday, at Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning Schools (WHEELS), 511 W. 182nd Street (between and Amsterdam and Audubon Avenues) NYC, 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. 

The course is designed to sharpen students’ creative writing skills in the genres of short story, poetry and drama. Reading of work by established writers, discuss various structures and practice constructively critiquing peers’ work.

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