Spring 2025 at QCC College Now

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Eligibility: High school recommendation/minimum of 65 on ELA Regents, or if regents not yet taken, a passing high school average.

Structure and character of modern business; business and its relationship to other social organizations; how businesses and organizations are organized and managed; human factors in business and industry; management and the decision-making process; organizing and controlling processes; production, financing and marketing considerations in operation of business enterprises.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Eligibility: Minimum score 75+ ELA Regents or 480+ Verbal SAT, or if the Regents have not yet been taken, a GPA of 80+ after four semesters of high school English.

A survey of the institutions and processes of the criminal justice system. Special emphasis on police, courts and corrections.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Eligibility: Greater than a 75 on any Math Regents/Common Core

A survey of topics in Computer Science, including history, hardware components, software components and the use of computers in society. Introduction to the programming language, Python.

Expansion Class

3 credits 2 class hours 2 laboratory hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:10 pm – 4:00 pm

Eligibility: High School Recommendation/minimum score 65+ ELA Regents and Permission of the Department

Introduction to the use of computers in business, concepts of computer hardware and software, elements
of problem solving. Designed to provide “hands-on” experience with the IBM personal computer. Software
packages are applied to business applications including spreadsheets, word processing, database and graphics.

Expansion Class

3 credits, 4 class hours - Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:10 pm to 4:00 pm

Eligibility: High School Recommendation/minimum score 65+ ELA Regents and Permission of the Department

Introduction to algorithmic thinking, problem solving and computer fundamental programming for business
applications. Use of hierarchy chart development, flowcharting, pseudo-code and computer language statements for program development. A current computer programming language (i.e. Python) will be utilized for hands-on experience in developing, writing, running and debugging computer code.

Expansion Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Eligibility: An ELA Regents score of 75 or higher; if the Regents have not yet been taken, an ELA average of 80+ over four semesters

A study of factors determining national output, income, employment, and prices; the impact of government
spending, taxation, and monetary policy; the banking system; economic growth; international trade.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, 1 recitation hour, Saturdays 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Eligibility: Minimum score 75+ ELA Regents or 480+ Verbal SAT, or if the Regents have not yet been taken, a GPA of 80+ after four semesters of high school English.

Process for producing intelligent essays that are clearly and effectively written; library work; 6,000 words of writing, both formal themes written for evaluation and in informal writing such as the keeping of a journal. During the recitation hour, students review grammar and syntax, sentence structure, paragraph development and organization, and the formulation of thesis statements.

Expansion Class

3 credits 2 class hours 2 laboratory hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:10 pm – 4:00 pm

Eligibility: Greater than 75 on any math Regents/Common Core

The course introduces computer programming, network programming and elementary data science using the
Python programming language. Topics include: procedural programming, Python data structures and aspects
of object oriented programming. Introductory examples of network socket and security programming, data
analysis, data visualization and machine learning will be explored. Hands-on lab activities will complement
lecture topics.

Expansion Class

3 credits 2 class hours 2 laboratory hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Prerequisite: High School Recommendation/minimum score 65+ ELA Regents and Permission of the Department

This course focuses on students developing competency in coding the user experience and user interaction (UI/UX) for front-end, browser-based web applications using HTML, CSS, Frameworks and industry tooling. The student will publish static websites to the internet using traditional web servers and modern object storage while learning current best practices and design patterns for UI/UX website implementation. Topics include: the HTML & CSS languages, Frameworks, responsive web design, source code/version control, an introduction to routing, application programing interfaces (API), API query languages and the fundamentals of cloud computing. Hands-on lab activities and projects complement lecture topics.

Expansion Class

3 credits, 6 hours per week, Saturdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (In person) & Thursdays 4:00pm – 5:40pm (Online)

Eligibility: This Elementary Algebra and remedial math course is for students who earned between 65 and 69 (no higher) on any Math Common Core Regents.

This course will cover signed numbers, polynomials, geometric concepts, graphing, solution of linear and quadratic equations by graphing and algebraic methods, word problems, slope and y-intercept, and factoring. Students receive extra support through instruction on Thursdays.

Expansion Class

3 credits, 4 hours per week - Saturdays, 9:00am – 1:00 pm

Eligibility: This math course is for students who earned a score of 70 or better on any Math Common Core Regents.

This course will cover signed numbers, polynomials, geometric concepts, graphing, solution of linear and quadratic equations by graphing and algebraic methods, word problems, slope and y-intercept, and factoring.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 4 hours per week, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Eligibility: This math course is for students who earned a score of 70 or better on any Math Common Core Regents.

This course will cover signed numbers, polynomials, geometric concepts, graphing, solution of linear and quadratic equations by graphing and algebraic methods, word problems, slope and y-intercept, and factoring.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 6 hours per week, Saturdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (In person) & Thursdays 4:00pm - 5:40pm (Online)

Eligibility: This Elementary Algebra and remedial math course is for students who earned between 65 and 69 (no higher) on any Math Common Core Regents.

This course will cover signed numbers, polynomials, geometric concepts, graphing, solution of linear and quadratic equations by graphing and algebraic methods, word problems, slope and y-intercept, and factoring. Students receive extra support through instruction on Thursdays.

Expansion Class

3 credits, 3 class hours – Tuesdays and Thursday, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Eligibility: An ELA Regents score of 75 or higher; if the Regents have not yet been taken, an ELA average of 80+ over four semesters

This course is a study & analysis of American government; its historical, intellectual origins and development; special consideration of its structure; functions of President, Congress, and Judiciary.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 hours per week, Saturdays 9:00am - 12:00 pm

Eligibility: 75 or greater on the ELA Regents or 480+ Verbal SAT, or if the Regents have not yet been taken, a GPA of 80+ after four semesters of high school English.

This course is an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include research methods, biological basis of brain and mind, sensation perception, sleep and states of consciousness, learning-memory, development, cognition-intelligence, motivation-emotion, personality, abnormal psychology-therapy and social psychology. Research findings and principles related to everyday life.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Eligibility: 75 or greater on the ELA Regents or 480+ Verbal SAT, or if the Regents have not yet been taken, a GPA of 80+ after four semesters of high school English.

Focus is on personal adjustment in an ongoing process of the normal individual. An examination of individual adjustment in terms of the psychological, developmental and socio-cultural dimensions of everyday living. A major concern is the practical application of psychological principals to the enhancement of personal adjustment. Main topics include the origins of adjustment, adjustment and identity, individual growth and change, social adjustment and problems of adjustment.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Eligibility: Minimum score 75+ ELA Regents or 480+ Verbal SAT, or if the Regents have not yet been taken, a GPA of 80+ after four semesters of high school English.

An introductory analysis and description of structure and dynamics of human society; special emphasis on application of scientific methods of observation and analysis of social groups, inter-group relations, social change, social stratification.

Saturday Class

3 credits, 3 class hours, Saturdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Eligibility: High School Recommendation/minimum score 65 + ELA Regents, or if the Regents/Common Core has not been taken yet, a passing high school average.

Study of oral communication and its role in contemporary society. Emphasis on listening, interpersonal communication, small group decision-making, and public speaking. Informative and persuasive speaking.