Fall I 2025 Courses – Honors Student Advisory Committee

REQUIREMENTS: 12 college credits completed, and a minimum GPA of 3.2. If you meet these requirements, you can register automatically via CUNYfirst. Just look for the correct code for each section or use the CUNYfirst numbers in parentheses.

Please make sure to select only classes that are identified as “Honors” in the “Enrollment Information” box of each course section. Only classes on the following list are designated as Honors classes for the Fall I 2025 semester. There are no Honors courses during the 6-week sessions.

Accounting

Principles of Accounting II BTA 112 – 0028 (8305)

Lee Boyar | Tues and Thurs. 2:15-4:25 PM

This course introduces the student to the partnership and corporate forms of business organization with topics relating to their formation, operation and dissolution. In the area of corporation accounting, further topics explored are stock transactions, long-term liabilities and retained earnings. Cash flows and financial statement analyses are also covered as are an introduction to manufacturing concern accounting, related statements, and cost and revenue relationships.

English

Composition II: Writing Through Literature ENG 102 – 0893 (8481)

Karlyn Koh | Tues 1:00-3:15 PM; Thurs 2:15-3:15 PM

This course builds on skills introduced in Composition I. Students write critically and analytically about culturally diverse literature and read poetry, drama, and fiction. Students closely read literary texts and are introduced to techniques of literary criticism. They utilize research methods and documentation procedures to write assignments in various academic formats, including a research essay that engages literary critics.

Pathways: Required Core

The Research Paper ENG 103 – 0925 (8477)

Allia Abdullah-Matta | Mon 2:15-5:35 PM

In this course, students engage in the process of developing an
independent academic research project. The course emphasizes strategies for
selecting an appropriate academic research topic; formulating research
questions; conducting, integrating and citing research; and developing an
argument. Students deepen their sense of audience awareness, as they engage in
the recursive writing process and consider different genre conventions and
rhetorical appeals.

British Literature I (Honors Option) ENG 290 – 0966 (6920)

Noam Scheindlin | Mon 11:45 AM-12:45 PM; Tues 10:30 AM-12:45 PM

This course covers the development of early British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon era to 1660. Authors include, among others, the Beowulf poet, Chaucer,
Mary Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. In addition to exploring
evolving literacy genres and styles, students will study key social, political, and
cultural influences on the works and their historical periods. They will also study
and reflect on the emerging women voices of the age.

Pathways: Flexible Core — Creative Expression

Humanities

Introduction to Art HUA 101 – 1009 (7363)

Fern Luskin | Tues 1:00-3:15 PM; Thurs 2:15-5:35 PM (Online Synchronous)

This course is designed to develop the student’s ability “to see,” while it examines the fundamental nature, meaning, and humanistic value of art. Attention will be given to an examination of the creative process and to the role of the spectator as an active participant in the understanding of Art. Relevant readings will be discussed in relation to specific works of Art. The function of basic compositional elements will be examined.

Pathways: Flexible Core — Creative Expression

Introduction to Philosophy HUP 101 – 1332 (7247)

Dana Trusso | Tues 6:00-7:30 PM (Hybrid Course)

This course introduces students to the process of philosophical reflection. Utilizing the concept of freedom extensively, it seeks to develop the student’s ability to analyze concepts and to explore life experience in a structured and coherent fashion. Students are encouraged to develop their perceptions by critically examining their own beliefs, attitudes and assumptions in light of the philosophical analyses they encounter.

Pathways: Flexible Core — Individual and Society

Math, Engineering and Computer Science

Engineering Lab I MAE 101 – 3042 (7747)

Yves Ngabonziza | Mon 1:00-4:25 PM

This is the first of two engineering laboratory courses. Students meet once a week and are introduced to engineering design through hands-on laboratory work using computer applications. They are introduced to programming a robot to perform a specific task and to basic structural analysis. Additionally, they work in groups on design projects and are expected to use computers for documentation, data analysis, and for maneuvering robots.

Pathways: Program Core

Elementary Statistics I MAT 120 – 3265 (6981)

Frank Wang | Tues and Thurs 1:00-3:15 PM

This course presents the fundamental concepts and computational techniques of elementary statistics. Topics studied include statistical graphs, measures of central tendency, standard deviation, percentiles, probability, binomial and normal distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and linear correlation/regression. Students will use a statistical software package to obtain basic sample statistics and graphs for data analysis; a calculator may be used for routine computations.

Pathways: Required Core

Calculus I MAT 201 – 3228 (7438)

Reem Jaafar | Tues and Thurs 11:45 AM-2:00 PM

This course is the first of a three-course sequence designed to provide students with an appreciation of the usefulness and power of calculus. The course covers the fundamentals of the differential calculus of elementary functions and includes an introduction to integral calculus. Among the topics studied are limits, derivatives, applications of the derivative, and integrals.