Fall 2023 Course Information
College Now will continue to accept applications until all classes are full (up until the first day of classes). Students who have already applied will be notified of their acceptance status via email by early August.
Classes BEGIN September 23, 2023 and END on January 13, 2024
FNC 111 — Personal Financial Management – 3 CREDITS – LOCATION: St. George Location, 9:30am – 11:40am
Discussion of the problems involved in handling personal financial matters: Topics will include managing credit and money, financial planning, asset allocation, taxes, life insurance, investments and securities, annuities, wills, trusts, retirement and estate planning, and budgeting.
Prerequisite: There are two prerequisites for this course:
1. A grade of 75+ on the ELA Regents OR a 480+ on the SAT Verbal OR 20+ on the ACT English OR 27+ on the PSAT Reading Portion OR 85+ high school GPA OR C or better in a College of Staten Island College Now course.
2. A grade of 70+ on the Algebra Regents
PSY 100 — Psychology – 3 CREDITS – LOCATION: TBA, this course may be fully on-line
A study of the important facts and theories concerning human behavior and its motivation. Included will be research methodology; at least three topics from learning, cognition, testing, physiology, and phenomenology; and at least three topics from personality, psychopathology, emotion and motivation, history and systems, development, and social factors. Topics will be related to major trends in recent cultural history and to current social and moral issues.
Prerequisite: A grade of 75+ on the ELA Regents OR a 480+ on the SAT Verbal OR 20+ on the ACT English OR 27+ on the PSAT Reading Portion OR 85+ high school GPA OR C or better in a College of Staten Island College Now course.
SOC 100 — Sociology – 3 CREDITS LOCATION: CSI Willowbrook campus, 9:30am – 11:40am
An introduction to sociological approaches used to study human societies. The course explores the interaction between the individuals, groups and societies; the development and role of social institutions such as health care, education, criminal justice, the economy and the family; the causes and consequences of social inequalities, as structured by factors like social class, race, gender and sexuality.
Prerequisite: A grade of 75+ on the ELA Regents OR a 480+ on the SAT Verbal OR 20+ on the ACT English OR 27+ on the PSAT Reading Portion OR 85+ high school GPA OR C or better in a College of Staten Island College Now course.