Winter Session

{alt} Thursday, December 19, 2024 – Friday, January 17, 2025

Take an accelerated online course at affordable NY state tuition (if eligible) over the semester break and earn up to 4 credits in four weeks! Delve into a topic, explore a potential major, or earn needed credits before the spring semester.

Convenient online asynchronous courses, mean no scheduled class time, so you can plan around your winter break schedule and complete coursework remotely via Brightspace at your own pace (but be sure to check Brightspace for assignment deadlines). Maintain your Excelsior Scholarship eligibility, get ahead, or stay on track for graduation from the comfort of your home.

Registration begins on Monday, October 21, 2024

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Winter Session 2025 Courses

To find courses that satisfy Purchase College Core Curriculum (Core) and SUNY General Education (GenEd) requirements use the Course Search. Courses open up for viewing on December 15, for registered students only.

Need a syllabus? Contact us at winter@purchase.edu

Arts Management

Social media is integral to effective business communication and marketing. Students develop and analyze social media strategies, content and campaigns while gaining a better understanding of how to build individual and organizational brands utilizing social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Other topics include influencer campaigns, budgeting, analytics, and split testing.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Davies, Annette
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View AMG 3610 in MyHeliotrope.

Communication, Cinema & Television

Throughout the history of cinema, the comedy film has been one of the most financially profitable genres, producing some of the biggest movie stars. Topics include various comedy film styles and performers, and the role of the comedy film genre within the context of world history, especially during darker periods like the Depression and World War II.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Marine, Samantha
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View CMS 3210 in MyHeliotrope.

Television is much more than a passive, incessant means of diversion—it is a powerful environment of ideas, emotions, and values that influences people’s thoughts, actions, and relationships. Students become acquainted with current issues concerning television in society and explore the impact of television on society. Aspects examined include the 1950s and mass culture, viewer response, serial/episodic structure, and the rise of cable.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Resnick, Adam
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View COM 3710 in MyHeliotrope.

Environmental Studies

Students explore the source, fate and effect of contaminants on wildlife, along with what we can do to help through education, science and policy. Through the pairing of introductory ecotoxicological concepts with key case studies, this course spans political, scientific, and public relations realms and teaches the importance of being good global stewards of the environment.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Jackson, Allyson
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View ENV 2050 in MyHeliotrope.

Global Studies

This interdisciplinary course examines ethical, technical and workplace issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). By discussing conceptual dilemmas about human-AI interaction from science fiction, TV and film, considering the rise of workplace automation, and exploring specific cases from self-driving cars to intelligent systems that (un)lock front doors and control household items within the internet of things, students tackle policy implications.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Moore, Lisa Jean
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View LBS 3015 in MyHeliotrope.

History

Mathematics

Students learn basic concepts in quantitative reasoning (number systems, data manipulation, basic statistics), with emphasis on problem solving using computational methods. This course uses a textbook and focuses on applications related to consumer issues to develop computational and problem-solving skills. Students learn to transform data into information and apply quantitative methods to evaluate information and solve real-world problems.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: McMullen, Barbara
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View MAT 1060 in MyHeliotrope.

Photography

An introduction to the techniques, current practices, and history surrounding digital photography. Editing techniques are covered, with attention to image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop and RAW files. Composition, lighting, point of view, and use of narrative are explored. A digital camera is required; cameras may be borrowed, as available, from Campus Technology Services. Students may not earn credit for both PHO 1100 (offered by the School of Art+Design) and PHO 1101.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Mesa-Pelly, Deborah
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3

View PHO 1101 in MyHeliotrope.

Psychology

Empirical and theoretical approaches to the basic physiological, cognitive, and social mechanisms underlying behavior. Topics include learning and conditioning; sensation and perception; memory, thinking, and language; psychological development; social processes; and personality and psychopathology.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
Meeting Times:
Instructor: Williams, Christopher
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View PSY 1530 in MyHeliotrope.

Students study classic experiments and contemporary research in the areas of conformity, obedience, helping behavior, attributions, aggression, persuasion, close relationships and attraction, attitudes and social influence, ethics, and prejudice. This material is applied to both current and historical examples in social research.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Carnevale, Jessica
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View PSY 2170 in MyHeliotrope.

An examination of the biological processes by which the sensory systems pick up information from the environment and the psychological processes by which that information is coded, transformed, and integrated to form perceptions. Emphasis is on the visual systems and visual perception. Aspects of perception in the visual arts and music are also discussed.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Clarke, Jason
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View PSY 2250 in MyHeliotrope.

Science in the Modern World

An understanding of scientific principles is essential for an educated and engaged citizenry. This course investigates the substance and process of modern science and its role in society, including the scientific method and nature of scientific inquiry; scientific principles, analysis, and critical thinking; sources of scientific information, critical reading, and evaluation of authenticity; and distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Each course section focuses on a different topic or theme and considers some of the important scientific issues of our times. The discussion is required.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
Meeting Times:
Instructor: Middleton, Elizabeth
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View FRS 1200 in MyHeliotrope.

Sociology

Given the ethnic complexity of society, major social institutions—including education, criminal justice, health care, social services, and business—face many challenges. This course explores the past, present, and future of race and ethnicity in American society, and how immigration, culture, religion, education, and income play parts in prejudice, discrimination, and racial inequalities.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Ward, Sophia
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View SOC 3415 in MyHeliotrope.

Spanish

For students who have had little or no previous exposure to the language. Presents the essential structures of spoken and written Spanish by involving the student in situations that concretely represent the concepts of the language.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Gondra, Ager
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

View SPA 1010 in MyHeliotrope.

Registration Details

Purchase College uses Brightspace as its Learning Management Platform. Registered students sign in with their network login and their course will be visible to them starting on December 15, 2024.

Registration begins on Monday, October 21, 2024

Winter Session 2025 Courses

Arts Management

Communication, Cinema & Television

Environmental Studies

Global Studies

History

Mathematics

Photography

Psychology

Science in the Modern World

Sociology

Spanish

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Winter Session

Registration begins on Monday, October 21, 2024

Winter Session 2025 Courses

Arts Management

AMG 3610: Social Media and the Arts

Communication, Cinema & Television

CMS 3210: The Comedy Film

COM 3710: A Critical Look at Television in Society: From “I Love Lucy” to Honey Boo Boo

Environmental Studies

ENV 2050: Wildlife Toxicology

Global Studies

LBS 3015: Artificial Intelligence

History

HIS 1020: Western Civilization II

Mathematics

MAT 1060: Mathematics for Contemporary Life

Photography

PHO 1101: Introduction to Digital Photography

Psychology

PSY 1530: Introduction to Psychology

PSY 2170: Social Psychology

PSY 2250: Sensation and Perception

Science in the Modern World

FRS 1200: Science in the Modern World: Food Science

Sociology

SOC 1500: Introduction to Sociology

SOC 3415: Racial Inequalities

Spanish

SPA 1010: Beginning Spanish I

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