Prattsburgh Central School

An introduction to the visual arts emphasizing the understanding and appreciation of art through a review of the elements and principles of art and design, as well as an examination of two- and three-dimensional art forms, methods and media.
Meets SUNY General Education requirements in The Arts.  
Credits: 3

U.S. macroeconomic goals, the American market system, price determination, distribution of income, government taxation and spending, national income accounting, fiscal policy, and monetary policy.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Social Sciences.
Credits: 3

Essay writing designed to sharpen the student's perceptions of the world and to facilitate communications with correctness, clarity, unity, organization, and depth. Assignments include expository writing, argumentation, and research techniques.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Written Communication and Information Literacy.
Credits: 3

Essay writing course designed to advance critical, analytical, and writing abilities begun in ENGL 1010. Literary analysis essays and interpretation on works of fiction, poetry, and drama.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Humanities.
Credits: 3

Theories and practices of American Federal Government with emphasis on the national level. Changing relationships between the branches of the national government, policy formulation, political parties, pressure groups, and the growth of presidential powers.
Credits: 3

Surveys the foundations of the major cultures of today's world from the beginning of recorded history to the early modern age, with an emphasis on how these developments continue to shape the human experience. Students will utilize methods of the social sciences by researching, interpreting, and communicating an understanding of primary and secondary historical sources. This world history course studies human patterns of interaction with a particular focus on change over time, global exchange, and those phenomena that connect people, places and ideas across regional boundaries.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World History/Global Awareness. 
Credits: 3

Surveys the cultural and continuities of selected world societies during the early modern and modern eras, from the sixteenth century CE to the present. Students will utilize methods of the social sciences by researching, interpreting, and communicating and understanding of primary and secondary historical sources. This world history course studies human patterns of interaction with a particular focus on change over time, global exchange, and those phenomena that connect people, places and ideas across regional boundaries, with an emphasis on the shaping of the modern age and the implications for the future of the global community.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World History/Global Awareness.
Credits: 3

Dreams and concepts brought to the New World and their development into America's institutions and social fabric. Conflict and consensus among groups, dilemmas facing revolutionaries and reformers, and ways economic, political and social changes have occurred.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in US History/Civic Engagement.
Credits: 3

End of Civil War to the present. Topics include industrial-urbanization, racism, sexism, the new manifest destiny, political changes, and the growth of a modern nation.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in US History/Civic Engagement.
Credits: 3

Development of facility in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the language through a systematic review of its structure. Representative readings as an introduction to Spanish civilizations.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.
Credits: 4

A thorough analysis of the language; intensive discussion of grammar, usage, style and vocabulary, enhancing expression through composition, oral reports, and more informed class discussions and conversations.
Credits: 4

An introduction to the art and craft of performance. Considers contemporary approaches to the craft. Emphasis on acting exercises and basic principles of the actor's process: centering, focus, breathing, vocal energy, stimulation of the imagination, listening, memorization techniques, harnessing the state of play, the collaborative nature of acting. Introduction to character analysis, monolog, scene study, finding audition materials.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in The Arts and Humanities.
Credits: 3