Electives

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a varied and flexible elective program that provides rigorous study while responding to the changing needs of students. The complete Cooper Union course catalog with course descriptions, academic standards and other useful information is available online and maintained by the Registrar's office.

The following courses fulfill Humanities, Free Elective, and Non-technical Elective requirements for students in Engineering; they fulfill General Studies requirements for students of Architecture; and they fulfill General Studies and Free Elective requirements for students of Art.  In addition, courses with the prefix “HTA” fulfill the distributional requirements for Art students in Art History. Electives marked “G” satisfy a “global” art history distribution requirement; electives marked “P” satisfy a “pre-1700” art history distribution requirement. Some courses may satisfy either requirement, but may not be used to satisfy both.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for all courses with the prefixes “H” and “S” are HSS1,2,3,4.  Except with special permission, HTA101A and HTA102B, are pre-requisites for Art History courses.  Certain courses have additional pre-requisites.

Credits

Courses with the prefix “H” and “S” carry three credits.  Courses with prefix “HTA” carry two credits. 312 Islamic Aesthetics (3 credits), open to all students, may also satisfy an  history distribution requirement (either G or P)

Electives: Fall 2013

   Humanities

HUM105
HUM306
HUM311
HUM323
HUM333
HUM343
HUM356
HUM373
HUM394
M 10-12:50
W 9-11:50
Th 6-8:30
T 11-11:50, Th 9-10:50
T 6-8:50
M 3-5:50
T 6-8:50
W 6-8:50, Th 6-7:50
Th 9-11:50
Fundamentals of Music
Native America
New Media
Presence of Poetry
The Age of Augustus 
Decadence & Modernity 
Issues in Cont.Fiction 
East Asian Cinema
World Religions
Oakes
Swann
Sava
Swann
Steiber
Weir
Sayres
Park-Primiano
Chaudhary
LL210
502
503
305, 502
106
LL210
801
Rose, LL210
506

 

    Social Sciences

SS308
SS334
SS345
SS361
SS368
SS371
SS384
SS385
SS391
T 9-11:50
W 6-8:50
W 6-8:50
W 1-3:50
F 10-12:50
M 2-4:50
Th 6-8:50
M 9-11:50
F 2-4:50
Public Policy in Cont. America 
Microeconomics
Future of the American Economy
Urban Archaeology
History of Modern Asia
Women & Men: Power & Politics
Anthropology and the Other
Science & Technology in the Modern World
Introduction to Mind & Brain
Griffin
Sarich
Madrick
Bergoffen
TBA
Grossmann
Taylor
Lowengard
Keenan
801
427
505
427
104
201
201
LL101
LL210

 


    Art History

HTA101A
HTA101B
HTA101C
HTA101D
HTA209
HTA220
HTA231
HTA264
HTA313
HTA329
HTA335
HTA336
 
T 3-4:50
F 10-11:50
Th 3-4:50
W 3-4:50
M 1-2:50
W 6-7:50
Th 10-11:50
Th 6-7:50
T 7-8:50
Th 10-11:50
M 6-7:50
Th 6-7:50
 
Modern to Contemporary
Modern to Contemporary
Modern to Contemporary
Modern to Contemporary
Medieval Art & Architecture
Japanese Art
History of Industrial Design
Black Artists of the Americas
History of Self-Portraiture (seminar)
19thC Printmaking
Art & Arch. Ancient Near East
Site-Specific Art
 
TBA
Cole
Cole
Sava
TBA
TBA
Weinstein
Wylie
Binstock
Simpson
Zimmerman
Reiss
 
305
LL210
LL210
503
LL210
LL210
215F
LL101
502
305
305
105
 

 

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