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Bachelor of Science
The BS in Public Administration is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful career in government (federal, state or local) or non-profit fields. They will learn the structures of government, how decision making is done in the non-profit world, and how to manage and budget for such organizations.
Explores the theory of the firm and consumer behavior within a market system. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between market structure and price and output determination. Current economic problems are used to clarify the development and application of economic models. Additionally, the course will cover foundations in macroeconomics, to include an introduction to economics systems, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, and the theories and measurement of national income, employment and international trade. Prerequisite: Quantitative Problem Solving Foundation course. Completes General Education Requirements:SC-R, LAS.
Short Title : COM 210
Course Code : COM 210
Course Description : This course enables students to collect, manage and translate technical information to prescribed audiences to increase broader understanding and facilitate action. In this information age we are deluged with large amounts of information. The process of technical communication involves, collecting, organizing and evaluating that information and then translating it into easily understood formats through a variety of media. Technical communication also involves writing to prescribed criteria such as grant applications, report specifications and other formats. Therefore this course requires consideration of research, visuals, format, audience-awareness, syntax, semantics, and most importantly, the ability to communicate ideas clearly and succinctly. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing Completes General Education Requirements: WC-R LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : COM 216
Course Code : COM 216
Course Description : The course provides a critical overview and analysis of how mass communication tools and systems have influenced our society and ourselves. By grounding our study in the founding principles of the First Amendment, the course will facilitate analysis of the following questions: What is meant by the term mass communication? What influence does mass communication have on our public discourse and the way we function as a society? How is a message crafted to fit a specific media format or to reach a specific demographic? What kind of messages are truly for the masses and what messages are for defined groups and why? How do new media formats compare to historic methods and what are the implications of these new trends? Through this analysis, students should become critical consumers of communication messages. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing Completes General Education Requirements:SC-F or SC-R, WC-R, RE-R, LAS.
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 102
Course Code : ENG 102
Course Description : This writing-intensive course complements Effective College Writing I (ENG 101). The main purpose is to develop critical thinking and expository writing skills through the study of and written reaction to various professional texts, literary, persuasive, or some combination thereof. The work will consist chiefly of written essays, with emphasis on audience awareness, ownership, clarity, organizational methods, and logic. The course will also include a research component. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:WC-R, LAS.
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 103
Course Code : ENG 103
Course Description : American democracy depends upon an informed and critically attuned citizenry. Advancement in one's career similarly depends upon critical thinking and eloquent advancement of one's ideas. In this course we will study classical and modern techniques of argument and persuasion and methods logical and illogical others use to influence our behavior. Class discussion of current issues will result in essays aimed at developing student argumentative and persuasive skills. Posters, advertising, video, and class debate may also be part of the course. Time or similar magazine and a polemical novel will be two of our texts. At semester's end students will prepare a lengthy written argument along with an oral presentation. Prerequisites: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:RE-R, WC-R, SC-R LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 105
Course Code : ENG 105
Course Description : Food writing plays an integral role in the culinary arts. Concise recipes and persuasive menus, for example, are tools for communication between the culinary professional and the consumer. In this course, students will build on the writing skills acquired at the foundation level while enhancing their knowledge of food. Students will compare and analyze the writing styles found in recipes, menus, essays, newspaper reviews, poetry, food in fiction, journal articles and internet blogs. Through this analysis students will develop their own preferences for expressing a point of view about food in these formats. Students will be expected to develop a culinary-based research project, a personal memoir enriched with recipes, and to participate in class discussions, critiques and formal presentations of projects. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:WC-R, SC-R LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 111
Course Code : ENG 111
Course Description :
This writing-intensive course develops critical thinking and expository writing skills through the study of, and written reaction to, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama classified as working-class literature. Students will examine how the working class is represented in American literature from 1900 to the present and will explore the characteristics that constitute working-class writing. This exploration will include analysis of the American social class system, issues of labor and work, changing American values, and notions of success and the American dream. Completes General Education Requirements: WC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101 Effective College Writing
Short Title : ENG 112
Course Code : ENG 112
Course Description :
This writing intensive course focuses on the westward movement (frontier exploration) as a means to explore human nature: fears, strengths, weaknesses, and bravery in the face of adventure and adversity. This will be accomplished by reading and film analysis. The main purpose here is to develop critical thinking and expository writing skills through the study of, and written reaction to, elements of the western genre (short story, drama, and poetry). The work will consist chiefly of discussion and written essays, with emphasis on audience awareness, clarity, organization, logic, articulation and fluency. Students will also have the opportunity to further develop their library research skills. Completes General Education Requirements: WC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101 Effective College Writing I
Short Title : ENG 115
Course Code : ENG 115
Course Description : This course will provide students with an analytical framework for interpreting perhaps our nation?s greatest contribution to world literature, nature-based writing. Particular emphasis will be placed on wilderness encounters as seen in its classic, mostly American, environmental writers from the early republic to more recent times. Explorers like Meriweather Lewis, naturalists like William Bartram, poets like Henry David Thoreau, artists like John James Audubon, adventurers like John Wesley Powell, scientists like E.O. Wilson, preservationists like John Muir, conservationists like Aldo Leopold, and philosophers like Thomas Merton will help the class dive into the issue that has always vexed us: how do we live rightly on this planet? (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:RE-R, WC-R, SC-R LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 200
Course Code : ENG 200
Course Description : In this course the student learns by writing and by analyzing essays, both professional models and student themes. Students will analyze contemporary writers as an aid to the study of style and technique. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:WC-R, LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 210
Course Code : ENG 210
Course Description :
From the Exploration and Colonial periods through the Civil War, this course surveys the writings of explorers and Americans of diverse backgrounds in an attempt to understand the character of the American experience. Along with such classic authors as Franklin, Thoreau, Poe, and Whitman students will read and discuss the journals of explorers, diaries of colonial settlers, slave narratives, and Native American poetry and prose. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I
Completes General Education Requirements:RE-R, WC-R, SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 211
Course Code : ENG 211
Course Description :
This course forms the second half of a survey of the rich literary life of the United States from Reconstruction, westward expansion, and the era of industrial and urban development to more recent times, the Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam era. The fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose of our many peoples will be examined as they comment on the nature of the American story. Selections from Native American, Hispanic, African-American, Jewish and other traditions will be read and discussed along with the works of such traditional figures as Mark Twain, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I Completes General Education Requirements:RE-R, WC-R, SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : ENG 220
Course Code : ENG 220
Course Description :
Combined lecture and workshop in the writing of poetry, fiction, and drama (emphasis may vary). As background to the writing itself, attention will be given to the creative process and to necessary elements of craft and of tradition. In addition, an emphasis will be given to creative non-fiction, often referred to as the fourth genre, and with a special focus on personal essay. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I (WC-F). Completes General Education Requirements: WC-R, RE-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101 Effective College Writing I (WC-F)
Short Title : EST 220
Course Code : EST 220
Course Description : Permaculture is defined as the conscious design of human systems, both natural and social, that have the diversity, stability, & resilience of natural ecosystems. Permaculture is a powerful and internationally-recognized form of design science that has become increasingly important since its emergence in Australia about 30 years ago. Working with nature, permaculture provides a well-established route to create human environments that mimic the sustainable, resilient, and energy-efficient natural environments we see all around us. Permaculture is concerned with the study and practice of the way human beings ? as individuals and societies ? can participate in the creation of ethical and ecological support systems. Incorporating traditional knowledge, modern science, and natural patterns of the living world, permaculture design is applicable to farms, gardens, neighborhoods, and towns in both rural and urban settings. Prerequisites: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I and an Analytical Reasoning & Scientific Inquiry Foundation level course. Completes General Education Requirements: WC-R, AR-R, SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: Lecture: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Corequisites : Coreq: EST 220 Lecture, EST 220 Lab
Short Title : HST 201
Course Code : HST 201
Course Description : This course studies the history of the United States to Reconstruction. Origin and development of America and its institutions from the discovery of the New World to the close of the Reconstruction Period. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:SC-F, WC-R, LAS
Short Title : HST 202
Course Code : HST 202
Course Description : This course studies significant cultural, economic, political, and social forces from 1877 to the present. Among the topics covered are industrialization, social and political reform movements, foreign policy, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression and the Cold War. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements: SC-F, WC-R, LAS
Short Title : REC 133
Course Code : REC 133
Course Description : This course focuses on the theory and practice of nature-based, experiential education programming in a variety of settings including nature centers, parks, classrooms, and the backcountry. Theoretical and strategic topics include learning theories, advancing environmental literacy, and the planning, implementation and evaluation of environmental education lessons, interpretive media, and experiences. Practical topics include practicing techniques of interpretation (interpretive talks, presentations, programs, trails, exhibits, visitor centers, digital imagery, etc.), writing and speaking in interpretive programs. The primary focus of the course is on techniques of personal interpretation. (3 credit hour) Completes General Education Requirements:WC-R, RE-R.
Short Title : SOC 210
Course Code : SOC 210
Course Description : This course will trace the roots of the change, unrest, protest and lifestyle shifts of the era known loosely as The Sixties, as well as delve into the sixties themselves and their consequences, both short and long-term. The focus will be on both political and social history. In addition to exploring the standard causes and effects of historical approach, the students will be exposed to popular music, writing and trends of that period. In-depth reading will be required, as will extensive student writing. There will be a research component, a mandatory final exam and quizzes. (3 hours lecture) Completes General Education Requirements:WC-R, SC-R, LAS
Short Title : BAK 410
Course Code : BAK 410
Course Description : Building on the practical experience gained through bakery operations, this next step in the baking management skill development will focus on planning and executing special events. Students will apply cost control concepts to develop appropriate systems for bakery operations, including costing techniques, yields, menu planning, prep lists, ordering and receiving product. Students will analyze and interpret financial documents related to a baking enterprise. They will assess staff abilities and all aspects of the operations, including customer service, industry trends and market date to develop effective business and strategic operations plans. Student will also take an active role in customer relations while planning events using analytica tools to measure customer satisfaction. Prerequisite: BAK 280 Retail Practical Experience.
Prerequisites : Prereq: BAK 280 Lecture Lab combined Min Grade: D Min Credits: 4.00
Short Title : BIO 101
Course Code : BIO 101
Course Description : This introductory course serves as a foundation for other life science courses. Students will review the process of science and the properties of life. The diversity of organisms across all domains and kingdoms will be studied using an evolutionary perspective. Students will learn about the structure and function of major organ and tissue systems in animals and plants. Ecosystem structure and evolutionary processes will also be covered. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Completes General Education Requirements:LAS, AR-F.
Corequisites : Coreq: BIO 101 Lecture, BIO 101 Lab
Short Title : BIO 102
Course Code : BIO 102
Course Description : This course provides an introduction to the molecular and cellular basis of life. Topics covered will include biomolecules and their behavior in living systems, cell structure and function, metabolism, inheritance and biotechnology. Laboratory exercises will introduce students to techniques and investigational approaches used in the field of cell and molecular biology. This course will provide a foundation for understanding scientific methods, models and hypotheses that form the basis of our current knowledge in the field of cell and molecular biology, and to appreciate the role this knowledge plays in society. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab) Completes General Education Requirements:LAS, AR-F.
Corequisites : Coreq: BIO 102 Lecture, BIO 102 Lab
Short Title : Biology I
Active Term : Fall
Course Code : BIO 110
Course Description :
This introductory course serves as a foundation for other life science courses. Students will review the process of science and the properties of life. The diversity of organisms across all domains and kingdoms will be studied using an evolutionary perspective. Students will learn about the structure and function of major organ and tissue systems in animals and plants. Ecosystem structure and evolutionary processes will also be covered. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements: LAS, AR-F.
Semesters Offered :
Fall
Short Title : Biology II
Course Code : BIO 112
Course Description :
This course provides an introduction to the molecular and cellular basis of life. Topics covered will include biomolecules and their behavior in living systems, cell structure and function, metabolism, inheritance and biotechnology. Laboratory exercises will introduce students to techniques and investigational approaches used in the field of cell and molecular biology. This course will provide a foundation for understanding scientific methods, models and hypotheses that form the basis of our current knowledge in the field of cell and molecular biology, and to appreciate the role this knowledge plays in society. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab)
Completes General Education Requirements:LAS, AR-F.
Corequisites :
BIO 113 Lab
Semesters Offered :
Spring
Short Title : BIO 210
Course Code : BIO 210
Course Description :
This course deals with the way the natural world works, or perhaps more accurately, how ecologists think the natural world works and how they reach that understanding. Ecology uncovers the factors that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms by focusing on principles of distribution, population change, community interaction, succession, and ecosystem dynamics. The laboratory provides students with the knowledge and foundational skills needed to carry out ecological research, such as hypothesis development, data collection, statistical analysis, and scientific report writing. Meets QP-R, AR-F and AR-R General Education requirements.
Prerequisites :
Prereq: Lecture: (BIO 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 4.00 Or BIO 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 4.00 Or BIO 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 4.00)
Corequisites :
Coreq: BIO 210 Lecture, BIO 210 Lab
Short Title : Chemistry I
Course Code : CHM 110
Course Description :
This course focuses on the fundamental principles and laws underlying chemical action, their integration with the theories of atomic structure and chemical bonding, and correlation with the position on the periodic chart. Students will study atomic structure, states of matter, chemical measurements (stoichiometry), nomenclature, gas laws, spectroscopy, periodicity, and chemical bonding. (3 hours lecture).
Completes General Education Requirements: AR-F, AR-R, LAS. *May count as a Foundation or a Reinforcing Experience, but not both.
Prerequisites :
MAT 125 College Algebra or Accuplacer placement.
Semesters Offered :
Fall
Short Title : CHM 141
Course Code : CHM 141
Course Description : This course focuses on the fundamental principles and laws underlying chemical action, their integration with the theories of atomic structure and chemical bonding, and correlation with the position on the periodic chart. Students will study atomic structure, states of matter, chemical measurements (stoichiometry), nomenclature, gas laws, spectroscopy, periodicity, and chemical bonding. (3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Prerequisites: MAT 125 College Algebra or Accuplacer placement. Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F, AR-R, LAS. *May count as a Foundation or a Reinforcing Experience, but not both
Prerequisites : Prereq: Lecture: MAT 125 Lecture (May be taken concurrently) Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or Accuplacer Math Placement 200.0000 Or MAT 180 Lecture (May be taken concurrently) Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or MAT 241 Lecture (May be taken concurrently) Min Grade: D Min Credits: 4.00 Or MAT 125 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00
Corequisites : Coreq: CHM 141 Lecture, CHM 141 Lab
Short Title : CUL 280
Course Code : CUL 280
Course Description : This course focuses on the functions that carbohydrates, fats, protein, water, vitamins, and minerals have in the body. The course will include measurement of nutritional status and labels as well as the application of dietary guidelines and recommendations. The student will study human nutritional requirements throughout the life cycle. Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F or AR-R, LAS *May be used for either Foundational or Reinforcing - but not both
Short Title : ENV 100
Course Code : ENV 100
Course Description : This course introduces non-science major students to key concepts in environmental science. Students will gain an understanding of the interrelationship between the economy and the environment, and the balancing of problems and solutions in an integrated manner on a personal, local and global basis. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F, AR-R, LAS. *May count as either a Foundation or a Reinforcing but not both.
Short Title : ENV 110
Course Code : ENV 110
Course Description : This course is for students entering the Environmental Science and the Ecological Restoration program. The lecture portion will cover three essential foundations: ecosystem patterns and process that govern the flow of energy and material resources, ongoing and emerging issues that affect these patterns and processes, and management approaches used to address these issues. Emphasis will be given to ecological restoration as a management approach to ecosystem recovery as a science and as a way of understanding and re-connecting people to the environment. The field portion will focus on comparisons of physical environments, biological assessment, and monitoring, and matters of scale in defining environmental problems and solutions. Students will become acquainted with current research and management approaches in the Adirondacks and other regions. (3 hour lecture, 3 hour lab). Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F, LAS.
Corequisites : Coreq: ENV 110 Lecture, ENV 110 Lab
Short Title : ENV 120
Course Code : ENV 120
Course Description : This course provides students with an overview of the foundations and scope of physical geology in the context of its influences on living organisms. Students will gain an understanding of major physical and chemical processes and events that have shaped today?s landscapes and ecosystems, will learn to identify and classify common rocks, minerals, and landforms, and will gain awareness of how physical geography influences the distribution and adaptations of Earth's life forms. (3 hours lecture) Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F or AR-R, LAS
Short Title : FOR 110
Course Code : FOR 110
Course Description : The identification, taxonomy, ecology, geographic ranges and uses of trees of North America with emphasis on the commercially-important species. Field trips survey native Adirondack trees, shrubs, and some introduced ornamentals. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Completes General Education Requirements:AR-F, LAS
Corequisites : Coreq: FOR 110 Lecture, FOR 110 Lab
Short Title : GEO 101
Course Code : GEO 101
Course Description : This course provides students with an introduction to the physical landscapes of the earth as seen by the geographer. It views the physical landscape as consisting of landforms, climates, and biomes, and provides students with an opportunity to understand the interactions among them. All three features of the landscape are presented as evolving over time; consequently, students will be introduced to dynamic processes associated with geomorphology, meteorology and climatology, and ecology. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirement:AR-F, SC-F, LAS
Students utilize the rules of debits/credits in preparing the step-by-step process incorporated in a full accounting cycle. Analysis and preparation of basic financial statements are included. Students will be able to complete an in-depth accounting of certain assets and liabilities. Completes General Education Requirement: QP-R.
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
If you’ve ever wondered how the vast apparatus of government keeps society on its rails, this course will answer your questions by introducing you to the field of public administration. By the end of this course you’ll understand how governmental administration works, become familiar with public sector management issues and understand how government administrators turn policy into process. This online class features optional live sessions.
This course studies human resource management as it relates to the contemporary employment environment. Human resources planning is emphasized and job planning, job design, recruitment, selection, hiring, training, evaluation, promotion, compensation systems and termination are discussed. Leadership skills are developed, and motivation theory is examined. The role of labor unions is discussed, and legislative requirements affecting employment practices are examined.
Meets General Education Requirement: SC-R
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Short Title : SOC 300
Course Code : SOC 300
Course Description : Anthropology involves the systematic study of humankind and the unique and diverse ways in which humans have successfully adapted to vastly different environmental settings throughout the world. Cultural Anthropology provides students with an opportunity to explore and understand the diversity of human thought and behavior that characterize different cultures. Through the application of theoretical frameworks developed by anthropologists and the use of case studies from five continents, students will learn how we, in the Western world, can understand and appreciate the diversity of cultures and cultural expression found throughout the world today. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Social Cultural Reinforcing and Written Communication Reinforcing level courses Completes General Education Requirements WC-I, SC-I, LAS
Short Title : SOC 302
Course Code : SOC 302
Course Description : The relationship Americans have with food has changed greatly in the last two decades. A number of factors have taken us from crowd sourced, mass produced, perpetually consistent, always available, widely distributed products to a rebirth of the interest in regional, unusual, small batch, artisanal and personally created items. The course explores this cultural phenomenon with specific attention paid to its effects on how Americans choose travel and leisure spending options in relation to it. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.
Short Title : SOC 305
Course Code : SOC 305
Course Description : Gerontology is the study of aging. This course will be an introduction to the social aspects of aging. Among the topics of interest are family relationships, health, economics, retirement, widowhood, public policy, social work, and planning for changing demographics and care of the elderly. This course will enable students to better communicate with the aging population and, therefore, anticipate their needs. Students whose career goals include working with people of various ages will benefit from this course which focuses on this growing segment of the population. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS
Short Title : SOC 315
Course Code : SOC 315
Course Description : A community is a group of people who share a common place, experience, or interest. Often communities or groups of communities come together to form collaborative partnerships to address an issue, provide a service, or produce some kind of project. This course will provide students with both a conceptual framework and the practical skills for organizing effectively in and across communities. Different types of community organizations such as grassroots citizen action groups, non-profit social service agencies, issue coalitions, and government-sponsored councils will be explored. Concepts of organizing philosophy, advocacy strategies, decision making models, power-structures, institutional change, community control, diversity, and leadership will be considered. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 Organizational Behavior and COM 201 Interpersonal Communication. Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I.
Prerequisites : Prereq: PSY 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 And COM 201 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : SOC 320
Course Code : SOC 320
Course Description : This course will explore how gender has historically been defined and subsequently communicated through images, language and myths through the media which tends to socialize, educate, and discipline sometimes in the guise of entertainment. Such stereotypes impose upon men and women the expectations of society telling them how they should act, what they should desire, who they should strive to be, and how they should value themselves; those who don't conform are often conesored. Awareness of these issues should motivate students to incorporate different pointes of view into their own thinking and behavior, specifically to intervene when they hear others perpetuate biases, to advocate for continued parity, and to make informed personal decisions about how to live, work and vote. Pre-requisite: A Social Cultural Foundation course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I, LAS
Short Title : SOC 325
Course Code : SOC 325
Course Description : Achieving higher rates of gender diversity in the C-Suite will require deeper cultural shifts within organizations in order to overcompotential biases and hurdles to gender equality. This course will examine several important questions: Is there still a glass ceiling? Where are the women leaders? Do men have better leadership skills than women? Do women lead differently from men? What is the role of gender roles in the balance between family and work? Do people resist women?s leadership? How do some women suceed in leadership roles? The course concludes with an examination of trends for future participation by women in professional and cultural leadership roles. Prerequisites: ENG 101 Completes General Education Requirements: WC-I, SC-I, RE-I
Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : PSY 300
Course Code : PSY 300
Course Description :
Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought. This course will investigate current research in the areas of behavior disorders as attributed to abnormal psychology. Topics will include, but not be limited to: depression, anxiety, personality disorder, and aging effects on the brain. Adaptive and maladaptive responses to such conditions will be considered. Prerequisites: PSY 101 Psychology or PSY 110 Organizational Psychology. Completes General Education Requirements:WC-I, SC-I, LAS
Prerequisites :
PSY 101 Psychology or PSY 110 Organizational Behavior
Short Title : PSY 310
Course Code : PSY 310
Course Description : This course provides an investigation into cognitive psychology, the scientific study of mental processes: how people acquire, store, transform, use, and communicate information. Topics include perception, attention, language, memory, reasoning, problem solving, decision making, and creativity. Prerequisites: PSY 101 Psychology or PSY 110 Organizational Psychology. Completes General Education Requirements:WC-I, AR-I, LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: (PSY 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or PSY 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or PSY 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00)
Short Title : PSY 330
Course Code : PSY 330
Course Description :
This course addresses the theory and practice of psychological counseling, introducing students to the realities of working in the counseling profession. Students will explore a number of methods of assessment, strategies for interviewing patients, and approaches for therapeutic intervention. Specialty areas within clinical practice and the need to attend to high standards of personal and professional ethics will also be addressed. Completes General Education Requirements: WC-I
Prerequisites :
PSY 101 Psychology or PSY 110 Organizational Behavior
Short Title : PSY 335
Course Code : PSY 335
Course Description :
Have you ever wondered why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures: why do good people sometimes do bad things, or smart people sometimes do foolish or irrational things? This course studies the intersection between two traditional disciplines: Sociology and Psychology. By analyzing individuals' thoughts, feelings and behavior as they affect or are affected by other individuals we will understand how our affiliation with a group shapes us. Prerequisities: SOC 2XX or PSY 2XX. Completes General Education Requirements: RE-I, SC-I, LAS.
Prerequisites :
SOC 2XX or PSY 2XX
Short Title : PSY 340
Course Code : PSY 340
Course Description : In this course students will study the physiological basis of human and animal behavior, with a particular focus on injuries to the brain through trauma or stroke and how such injuries impact behavior and change the brain. Both traditional theories and approaches to treatment, and more recent developments will be included. Course will consider what injury and recovery can teach us about ?normal? mental/physical functioning and address the ethical issues of how the medical system and society treat patients with brain injuries. Prerequisities: PSY 101 Psychology or PSY 110 Organizational Behavior Completes General Education Requirements: AR-I, SC-I LAS
Prerequisites : Prereq: BIO 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 4.00 Or BIO 102 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 4.00 And PSY 210 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : PSY 350
Course Code : PSY 350
Course Description : This course provides a general orientation to therapeutic recreation and its role in serving the needs of persons with varying abilities. This course content emphasizes the history of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and recreational therapy, areas of practice, and considerations for treatment of a wide range of common disorders. Through the use of recreation therapy, psychological as well as physical benefits will be explored. Prerequisities: REC 105: recreation and leisure in the US and PSY 101: Psychology or PSY 110: Organizational Behavior.
Prerequisites : Prereq: PSY 210 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or SOC 220 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
Short Title : PSY 361
Course Code : PSY 361
Course Description : This course prepares students for the research in psychology. Students learn to view a situation from a critical perspective, and are guided to apply the scientific method to systematically explore a complex research question. Students will execute literature searches, apply various data collection methods, analyze data, and learn to present reports in written and oral formats. Prerequisite: MAT 210 Statistics and SOC 220 Social Research. Completes General Education Requirements: AR-I, QP-I, SC-I.
Prerequisites : Prereq: (MAT 210 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or MAT 210 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00 And SOC 220 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00)
Short Title : Foundations of Neuroscience
Course Code : PSY 371
Course Description :
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
This course introduces students to the field of neuroscience, explores the cellular and molecular basis of neural systems, and discusses the neural basis of cognition. Students are expected to leverage their understanding of biology and chemistry to build a working knowledge of neuroscience fundamentals.
LAS
Prerequisites :
PSY 101 Psychology,
BIO 110 Biology, BIO 111 Biology Lab,
BIO 112 Biology, BIO 113 Biology Lab,
CHM 110 Chemistry I, CHM 111 Chemistry I Lab.
CHM 112 Chemistry II, CHM 113 Chemistry II Lab
Short Title : Biological Basis of Perception and Movement
Course Code : PSY 372
Course Description :
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
Perception and Movement are fundamentally driven by biological processes. This course provides students with an understanding of the various systems and organs that play a role in the human ability to perceive the world and move through it. It builds upon PSY 371, Foundations of Neuroscience to allow students to understand the impact of core neuroscience concepts.
LAS
Prerequisites :
PSY 371 Foundations of Neuroscience
Short Title : Cognitive Neuroscience
Course Code : PSY 373
Course Description :
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
Cognitive Neuroscience is the study of the biological processes which underlie behavior, learning, thought and experience. This course builds on students’ understanding of neuroscience and psychology to explore information processing, behavior, language, and more. Special attention is paid to the neurological factors which drive behavior and give rise to a range of disorders.
LAS
Prerequisites :
PSY 371 Foundations of Neuroscience,
PSY 372 Biological Basis of Perception & Movement.
Short Title : PSY 399
Course Code : PSY 399
Course Description : Students will engage in more in-depth study within a major sub discipline of the course. In most cases, student demand and/or faculty expertise are factors that influence the selection and timing of this course. Students enrolling in the course will be expected to have foundational knowledge. This course is intended to supplement those designated courses described in the PSC catalog. Topic selection varies.
Short Title : PSY 400
Course Code : PSY 400
Course Description : This course provides an overview of theories on addictions and the approaches to identification, prevention, and treatment. Addictive behaviors are studied from theoretical and research perspectives. Therapeutic interventions and legal issues are also considered. Additionally, current issues within the field of addictions and mental health treatment will be explored.
Short Title : PSY 410
Course Code : PSY 410
Course Description : Positive Psychology is the scientific study of personal growth, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being. The course will examine the history and literature of positive psychology beginning with humanistic/transpersonal psychology developed in the late 60s and continuing to modern day research. Of special importance will be investigation of how research is applied to individual development, higher education, career development, and specifically to support programs at Paul Smith?s College (e.g., Fellowship Program of the TRiO-SSS project, Peer Leadership Initiative of the Academic Success Center, Peer Educator Program of the Counseling Center). Students will serve as facilitators of small support groups (intentional communities) focused on developing non-cognitive competencies related to holistic, personal growth. Prerequisite: any PSY 200 course.
Short Title : Clinical Neuropathology
Course Code : PSY 415
Course Description :
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
This course captures foundational concepts in modern psychiatric care and neuroscience and makes them clear and accessible. It provides students with a broad knowledge base covering many of the latest developments in the field of neuroscience, including our most modern understanding of developmental disorders, various pathologies of neurological systems, the role of microbiology in neurological care and more. Upon completion, students will be well prepared to pursue graduate study or work in the sciences, armed with a strong understanding of the current state of both Neuroscience and Mental Health and the connections between both.
Prerequisites :
PSY 372 Biological Basis of Perception & Movement,
PSY 373 Cognative Neuroscience
Upper Division Psychology (PSY) course.
Short Title : ENV 340
Active Term : Spring
Course Code : ENV 340
Course Description :
Watershed science is a field of study with a focus on the quantity and quality of water moving through a watershed. In this course, students will learn how a watershed as a basic ecosystem unit provides a useful framework for the study and analysis of watershed patterns and processes. Students will learn how watershed science integrates climate, geology, hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, ecosystem process, and land cover. Important topics include hydrological processes and their alterations; calculation of water budgets; the origin, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients; and river and stream dynamics. Students will learn how these scientific underpinnings inform policy related to integrated watershed protection and restoration. Related topics will include the US EPA TMDL process, and best management practices and low impact development. Problem sets will reinforce critical watershed concepts through the application of mathematical skills to watershed analyses. LAS
Prerequisites :
QP-R and (BIO 210 or ENV 110 or FOR 101)
Short Title : ENV 473
Course Code : ENV 473
Course Description :
Students will gain the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate wetland ecosystem processes as governed by the interactions of hydrology, soils, vegetation, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling. Students will apply this knowledge to wetland delineation procedures used in wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation. The significance and role of vegetation in wetland dynamics will be studied with a focus on physiological and morphological adaptations, models of vegetation succession, and plant classification. Classification of North American wetlands and the relevance of wetland ecosystems to functioning landscapes, watersheds, and coastal regions will be examined through case studies.
Prerequisites :
BIO 210: General Ecology
Short Title : HUM 201
Course Code : HUM 201
Course Description :
“Game” is one of those words we all use, generally without a clear idea of what it means. In this course students will explore the nature of games (videogames and others), their social role, and their social impacts. Students will be asked to reflect on the games they play and how an identity as a “gamer” relates to their place in society. Particular attention with be given to “gamification”—the effort to turn everyday activities such as shopping or exercising into games. Completes General Education Requirements: SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101
Select any Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) course.
This course addresses project management of diverse activities. The course offers a practical approach to managing projects, focusing on organization, planning, and controlling the efforts of the project such as budgeting, time management, staffing and resource management. The course will focus on aligning project goals and strategies with organizational strategic objectives and culture. Students will establish and evaluate measures of success, quantify value commensurate with costs, optimize the use of organizational resources, and consider risk management. Completes General Education Requirements:QP-I, AR-I.
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
This course provides students with an understanding of the structure and function of state and local governments in the United States. Students will explore local and state level policy issues and administrative processes. They will also explore urban issues in the U.S. and discuss solutions to all of these challenges. Prerequisite: PAM 200 Introduction to Public Administration.
LAS
PAM 200 Introduction to Public Administration
Select any course.
Short Title : ENV 340
Active Term : Spring
Course Code : ENV 340
Course Description :
Watershed science is a field of study with a focus on the quantity and quality of water moving through a watershed. In this course, students will learn how a watershed as a basic ecosystem unit provides a useful framework for the study and analysis of watershed patterns and processes. Students will learn how watershed science integrates climate, geology, hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, ecosystem process, and land cover. Important topics include hydrological processes and their alterations; calculation of water budgets; the origin, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients; and river and stream dynamics. Students will learn how these scientific underpinnings inform policy related to integrated watershed protection and restoration. Related topics will include the US EPA TMDL process, and best management practices and low impact development. Problem sets will reinforce critical watershed concepts through the application of mathematical skills to watershed analyses. LAS
Prerequisites :
QP-R and (BIO 210 or ENV 110 or FOR 101)
Short Title : ENV 473
Course Code : ENV 473
Course Description :
Students will gain the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate wetland ecosystem processes as governed by the interactions of hydrology, soils, vegetation, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling. Students will apply this knowledge to wetland delineation procedures used in wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation. The significance and role of vegetation in wetland dynamics will be studied with a focus on physiological and morphological adaptations, models of vegetation succession, and plant classification. Classification of North American wetlands and the relevance of wetland ecosystems to functioning landscapes, watersheds, and coastal regions will be examined through case studies.
Prerequisites :
BIO 210: General Ecology
Short Title : HUM 201
Course Code : HUM 201
Course Description :
“Game” is one of those words we all use, generally without a clear idea of what it means. In this course students will explore the nature of games (videogames and others), their social role, and their social impacts. Students will be asked to reflect on the games they play and how an identity as a “gamer” relates to their place in society. Particular attention with be given to “gamification”—the effort to turn everyday activities such as shopping or exercising into games. Completes General Education Requirements: SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101
Select any Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) course.
Short Title : ENV 340
Active Term : Spring
Course Code : ENV 340
Course Description :
Watershed science is a field of study with a focus on the quantity and quality of water moving through a watershed. In this course, students will learn how a watershed as a basic ecosystem unit provides a useful framework for the study and analysis of watershed patterns and processes. Students will learn how watershed science integrates climate, geology, hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, ecosystem process, and land cover. Important topics include hydrological processes and their alterations; calculation of water budgets; the origin, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients; and river and stream dynamics. Students will learn how these scientific underpinnings inform policy related to integrated watershed protection and restoration. Related topics will include the US EPA TMDL process, and best management practices and low impact development. Problem sets will reinforce critical watershed concepts through the application of mathematical skills to watershed analyses. LAS
Prerequisites :
QP-R and (BIO 210 or ENV 110 or FOR 101)
Short Title : ENV 473
Course Code : ENV 473
Course Description :
Students will gain the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate wetland ecosystem processes as governed by the interactions of hydrology, soils, vegetation, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling. Students will apply this knowledge to wetland delineation procedures used in wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation. The significance and role of vegetation in wetland dynamics will be studied with a focus on physiological and morphological adaptations, models of vegetation succession, and plant classification. Classification of North American wetlands and the relevance of wetland ecosystems to functioning landscapes, watersheds, and coastal regions will be examined through case studies.
Prerequisites :
BIO 210: General Ecology
Short Title : HUM 425
Course Code : HUM 425
Course Description :
| Students will explore the environmental humanities as a discipline emerging out of a necessity to bring another framework of critical thinking and expression to problems around ecological issues. Students will begin by comparing and contrasting a dominant framework that views our ecological crises as a problem to be solved by scientific knowledge and technology, with a new, emerging framework offered by the environmental humanities that views our ecological crises as problems to be solved by understanding cultural differences, historical events, worldviews, values, ethics, and socioeconomic inequality. Under this framework, science, technology, and policy are shaped by these factors and though needed are recognized as being inadequate for addressing environmental crises. To facilitate this exploration, each student will take on an environmental narrative project of their design (e.g., creative writing, art, music, sculpture, film) that unsettles dominant narratives or envisions new bridge-building narrative in their professions, communities, or personal lives. |
Select any Upper Division (300 or 400 level) Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) course.
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
This course covers fiscal and budgetary policies and practices in public sector and governmental organizations. Students will improve their understanding of revenue, expenditure, deficit spending, and debt, specifically as they relate to government. They will also examine the functions of accounting in the public sector and learn to create financial reports. Prerequisite: POL 200 Origins of American Government and PAM 200 Intro to Public Administration and ACC 101 Financial Accounting
POL 200 Origins of American Government
PAM 200 Intro to Public Administration
ACC 101 Financial Accounting
Short Title : ENV 340
Active Term : Spring
Course Code : ENV 340
Course Description :
Watershed science is a field of study with a focus on the quantity and quality of water moving through a watershed. In this course, students will learn how a watershed as a basic ecosystem unit provides a useful framework for the study and analysis of watershed patterns and processes. Students will learn how watershed science integrates climate, geology, hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, ecosystem process, and land cover. Important topics include hydrological processes and their alterations; calculation of water budgets; the origin, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients; and river and stream dynamics. Students will learn how these scientific underpinnings inform policy related to integrated watershed protection and restoration. Related topics will include the US EPA TMDL process, and best management practices and low impact development. Problem sets will reinforce critical watershed concepts through the application of mathematical skills to watershed analyses. LAS
Prerequisites :
QP-R and (BIO 210 or ENV 110 or FOR 101)
Short Title : ENV 473
Course Code : ENV 473
Course Description :
Students will gain the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate wetland ecosystem processes as governed by the interactions of hydrology, soils, vegetation, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling. Students will apply this knowledge to wetland delineation procedures used in wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation. The significance and role of vegetation in wetland dynamics will be studied with a focus on physiological and morphological adaptations, models of vegetation succession, and plant classification. Classification of North American wetlands and the relevance of wetland ecosystems to functioning landscapes, watersheds, and coastal regions will be examined through case studies.
Prerequisites :
BIO 210: General Ecology
Short Title : HUM 201
Course Code : HUM 201
Course Description :
“Game” is one of those words we all use, generally without a clear idea of what it means. In this course students will explore the nature of games (videogames and others), their social role, and their social impacts. Students will be asked to reflect on the games they play and how an identity as a “gamer” relates to their place in society. Particular attention with be given to “gamification”—the effort to turn everyday activities such as shopping or exercising into games. Completes General Education Requirements: SC-R, LAS
Prerequisites :
ENG 101
Select any Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) course.
Short Title : ENV 340
Active Term : Spring
Course Code : ENV 340
Course Description :
Watershed science is a field of study with a focus on the quantity and quality of water moving through a watershed. In this course, students will learn how a watershed as a basic ecosystem unit provides a useful framework for the study and analysis of watershed patterns and processes. Students will learn how watershed science integrates climate, geology, hydrology, geomorphology, soil science, ecosystem process, and land cover. Important topics include hydrological processes and their alterations; calculation of water budgets; the origin, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients; and river and stream dynamics. Students will learn how these scientific underpinnings inform policy related to integrated watershed protection and restoration. Related topics will include the US EPA TMDL process, and best management practices and low impact development. Problem sets will reinforce critical watershed concepts through the application of mathematical skills to watershed analyses. LAS
Prerequisites :
QP-R and (BIO 210 or ENV 110 or FOR 101)
Short Title : ENV 473
Course Code : ENV 473
Course Description :
Students will gain the basic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate wetland ecosystem processes as governed by the interactions of hydrology, soils, vegetation, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling. Students will apply this knowledge to wetland delineation procedures used in wetland protection, restoration, and mitigation. The significance and role of vegetation in wetland dynamics will be studied with a focus on physiological and morphological adaptations, models of vegetation succession, and plant classification. Classification of North American wetlands and the relevance of wetland ecosystems to functioning landscapes, watersheds, and coastal regions will be examined through case studies.
Prerequisites :
BIO 210: General Ecology
Short Title : HUM 425
Course Code : HUM 425
Course Description :
| Students will explore the environmental humanities as a discipline emerging out of a necessity to bring another framework of critical thinking and expression to problems around ecological issues. Students will begin by comparing and contrasting a dominant framework that views our ecological crises as a problem to be solved by scientific knowledge and technology, with a new, emerging framework offered by the environmental humanities that views our ecological crises as problems to be solved by understanding cultural differences, historical events, worldviews, values, ethics, and socioeconomic inequality. Under this framework, science, technology, and policy are shaped by these factors and though needed are recognized as being inadequate for addressing environmental crises. To facilitate this exploration, each student will take on an environmental narrative project of their design (e.g., creative writing, art, music, sculpture, film) that unsettles dominant narratives or envisions new bridge-building narrative in their professions, communities, or personal lives. |
Select any Upper Division (300 or 400 level) Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) course.
Select any Upper Division (300 or 400 level) course.
This online course is offered via Paul Smith's College's partnership with the LCMC, a national consortium of private colleges. The partnership allows students to earn PSC credit toward job-focused degree programs. Courses are designed by top academics, reviewed by industry leaders, and taught by qualified faculty from other colleges within the consortium.
This course is the culmination for Public Administration majors and should be taken as the final course in the set of PAM courses for the major. It is intended to synthesize all of a student’s learnings in the field into one public-sector focused project. Students will work in groups with a public sector organization, such as a non-profit, or their local government.
Senior Status
Select any Upper Division (300 or 400 level) course.
Select any Upper Division (300 or 400 level) course.
Select any course.
