Course Descriptions

School of Humanities

Undergraduate Courses:
Art History (ARH)
Cinema Studies (CIN)
Creative Writing (CWR)
Drama Studies (DRA)
Expository and College Writing (LWR)
History (HIS)
Jewish Studies (JST)
Journalism (JOU)
Language and Culture: Arabic (ARA)
Language and Culture: Chinese (CHI)
Language and Culture: French (FRE)
Language and Culture: German (GER)
Language and Culture: Hebrew (HEB)
Language and Culture: Italian (ITA)
Language and Culture: Spanish (SPA)
Literature: 1000–2999 (LIT)
Literature: 3000–3999 (LIT)
Literature: 4000–4999 (LIT)
Philosophy (PHI)

Graduate Courses:
Art History (ARH)

School of Natural and Social Sciences

Undergraduate Courses:
Anthropology (ANT)
Biochemistry (BCM)
Biology (BIO)
Chemistry (CHE)
Economics (ECO)
Environmental Studies (ENV)
General Natural Science (NSC)
Mathematics/Computer Science (MAT)
Media, Society, and the Arts (MSA)
Physics (PHY)
Political Science (POL)
Psychology (PSY)
Sociology (SOC)

Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts

Undergraduate Courses:
Lesbian and Gay Studies (GND)
New Media (NME)
Women’s Studies (GND)

School of the Arts

Undergraduate Courses:
Arts Management (AMG)

SOA Undergraduate Courses:
Many courses offered by the School of the Arts are open to students in other disciplines at Purchase College without audition or permission of instructor. These courses begin with an SOA prefix:

Conservatory of Dance: SOA courses
Conservatory of Music: SOA courses
Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film: SOA courses
School of Art+Design: SOA courses

Conservatory of Dance

Undergraduate Courses:
DPB 1000–4999
DPC 1000–4999
DPD 1000–4999
DPM 1000–4999

Graduate Courses:
DPC 5000–5999
DPD 5000–5999
DPG 5000–5999

Conservatory of Music

Undergraduate Courses:
Composition (MCO)
Performance, Ensemble (MPE)
Music History, Theory, and Musicianship (MTH)
Additional Studies (MUS)

Graduate Courses:
Composition (MCO)
Performance, Ensemble (MPE)
Theory and Analysis, Performance Practice (MTH)
Additional Studies (MUS)

Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film

Undergraduate Courses:
Acting (TAC)
Design/Technology (TDT)
Dramatic Writing (DWR)
Film (TFI)
Theatre History/Critical Studies (THC)

Graduate Courses:
Design/Technology (TDT)*
Theatre History/Critical Studies (THC)*

*Graduate course numbers and titles are online. For graduate course descriptions, please contact the Design/Technology Office in the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film, destech@purchase.edu, (914) 251-6580.

School of Art+Design

Undergraduate Courses:
General (VIS)
Design (VDE)
Drawing (VDR)
Painting (VPA)
Photography (VPH)
Printmaking/Art of the Book (VPR)
Sculpture/3-D Media (VSC)

Graduate Courses:
Graduate (M.F.A.) Courses

School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education

Undergraduate Courses:
Humanities
Includes art history, drama studies, history, general humanities, Jewish studies, journalism, language and culture, literature, philosophy, and writing
Interdisciplinary
Arts management (CAM)
Natural Sciences
Includes biology, chemistry, environmental studies, mathematics, general natural sciences, and psychology
Social Sciences
Includes anthropology; arts management (CSS); business; communications; economics; legal studies; media, society, and the arts; political science; general social sciences; and sociology
Performing and Visual Arts
Includes acting, film/media studies, film/video production, music, design, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture/3-D media

Undergraduate General Education

Student Affairs

English as a Second Language (IDI)
Fundamentals of Leadership (IDI)
Physical Education (PED)
Practicum in Peer Advising (IDI)