Category:History
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Interdisciplinary and global Alfred University's history program offers students a challenging and unique perspective because the faculty emphasize interdisciplinary and global learning. Students have an opportunity to take courses in a variety of fields, including...
Category:Gerontology
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Program goal The goal of the global studies major is to increase understanding not only of the variety and complexity of modern human patterns, within the particular environments, histories, and traditions of populations ranging from ethnic groups to nation-states,...
Category:Gerontology
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The student majoring in Gerontology studies psychological, social, political, and biological aspects of aging. The major also provides for the application of classroom knowledge to real-life situations through a supervised internship. Major Requirements GERO...
Category:Geology
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Firm foundation Alfred University's geology major provides an educational framework that allows students, no matter what their background, to pursue an understanding of our planet, the processes acting on it, and its history in order to gain a better appreciation...
Category:Sciences
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Alfred University's General Science major is designed for students who are looking for a broad background in the sciences, without the depth of focus on a single science required for an individual science major. It includes courses in biology, chemistry, geology...
Category:Environmental Studies
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Increasing population, technological demands, and the continued quest for a higher standard of living impose expanding demands on finite global resources. Environmental Studies students and faculty study the effects of these stresses on the earth and its...
Category:English Language and Literature
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The English major at AU is an integrated program in literature and creative writing. The English faculty offers traditional survey and period courses, as well as topics courses reflecting their wide-ranging interests. Offerings include Tales of Terror, Black...
Category:Early Childhood Education
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Alfred University's Early Childhood/Childhood Education major is field-based, with two practicum placements, taken the semester prior to student teaching. These experiences provide an excellent opportunity to observe and model a variety of instructional strategies...
Category:Economics
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Options Alfred University economics majors study economic problems, theories, and policies within the context of the liberal arts educational tradition. Economics majors are encouraged to take advantage of the various minors in business administration subjects...
Category:Anthropology
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Interdisciplinary approach The comparative cultures major at Alfred University is a unique interdisciplinary program that allows students to learn how people in various parts of the world find meaning in their lives through their social, cultural and religious...
Category:Communications
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A firm foundation Alfred University's Communication Studies program stresses fundamental skills that allow our graduates to thrive in a rapidly changing media world: * Critical thinking * Effective writing ...
Category:Chemistry
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Chemistry major The core major provides a firm background for entry into the chemistry job market, for advanced study in the discipline, for advanced study in a related discipline, or a foundation for various professional schools such as medicine, dentistry,...
Category:Biology
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The Biology Division promotes and supports hands-on, interactive learning through laboratory and field courses, inquiry-based instruction, research activities, internships, and discussions/seminars concerning modern biological research. Students at AU have many...
Category:Photography
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The broader curriculum of this school, and the Division of Drawing, Painting and Photography in particular, encourages a cross disciplinary approach to media. At the sophomore level, students will learn basic photographic skills including camera functions, film...
Category:Visual Art
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Our painting program provides a balance between structured learning experiences and each students unique expression. The rich history of painting is the foundation from which students build their painting language, and contemporary art is the context in which...
Category:Visual Art
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The School of Art & Design offers a 4-year, professional degree program leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA). This program provides opportunities to combine studies in ceramic art, art history, drawing, painting, photography, expanded media,...
Category:Media Studies
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The Interactive Media program at Alfred University
has recently developed out of an interest in the technological
art object's ability to be potentially manipulated
by the...
Category:Media Studies
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Sonic Arts grew out of the Video Arts program at Alfred University and is an integral part of the Division of Expanded Media. Sonic Art is a relatively new and rapidly expanding artistic practice. It has been said by many that there is currently a sonic boom...
Category:Media Studies
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The Print Media program creates a context for students to negotiate the challenging and complex issues embedded in the making of contemporary printed images. It historically grows out of an experimental approach to image making that was closely aligned to both...
Category:Art
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The Video Arts program at Alfred University is one of the oldest, most diverse, and well-developed video art programs in the country. Emerging out of the intensive discussions concerning art, technology, and structuralism mapped out in the late sixties and early...
