The College of Arts and Sciences is home to NYIT's new Discovery Core Curriculum. The Discovery Core is a result of the long-term 2030 planning process and is transforming undergraduate education at NYIT.

Full titles and descriptions of Foundations and Seminars available in the NYIT Catalog.

Foundations (Year 1-2)

FCIQ 101 Foundations of Inquiry

FCSC 101 Foundations of Scientific Process

FCWR 101 Writing I: Foundations of College Composition

FCWR 111 Writing I: Composition for International Students

FCWR 151 Writing II: Foundations of Research Writing

FCWR 161 Writing II: Composition for International Students

FCSP 105 Foundations of Speech Communication

Seminars (after completion of all Foundation courses, except Professional Communication)

Students choose one Seminar from each area:

Behavioral Science Seminars

ICBS-301        Cross Cultural Dating   
ICBS 302        Intergroup Relations    
ICBS-303        Dynamics of Violence            
ICBS-305        Gender Identity         
ICBS-306        Real New York   
ICBS-307        Documentary and Still Photography
ICBS 308        Parenting and Culture           
ICBS-309        Anthropology of Health      

Literature Seminars

ICLT-301        American Immigrant Literature  
ICLT 302        Strange Creations       
ICLT 303        Science Fiction 
ICLT 304        Children's Literature   
ICLT-305        America, The Promised Land      
ICLT-306        American Nervousness    
ICLT-307        Fantasy Literature      
ICLT-308        Contemporary Poetry     
ICLT-309        Literary Journalism of the 1960s        
ICLT-310        Latino Culture in NY    
ICLT-311        What was Modernism?     
ICLT-312        Shakespeare     
ICLT-314        Modern Drama as Protest 
ICLT-315        Revolution      
ICLT-316        Literature and Medicine 
ICLT-317        Gothic Literature       
ICLT-318        Romantic Literature and Science        
ICLT-319        Art of the Detective Novel

Philosophy Seminars

ICPH-301        Philosophy of Human Nature       
ICPH-302        Legacy of Socrates      
ICPH-303        Birth of Philosophy & Science     
ICPH-304        Ethics and Social Philosophy    
ICPH-305        Beauty and Philosophy of Art    
ICPH-306        Bioethics       

Social Science Seminars

ICSS-301        Environmental History              
ICSS-303        American Character              
ICSS-304        Great City History         
ICSS-305        Vietnam on Film                                                 
ICSS-306        Modern New York 
ICSS-307        Seminar in Eco Crises   
ICSS-308        Seminar in Eco Sustainability
ICSS-309        Technology and Global Issues    
ICSS-310        Modern Middle East      
ICSS 311        Conspiracy Theory       
ICSS 312        Revolution, Theory and Culture  
ICSS 314        Seminar Global Conflict         
ICSS 315        Filming American History

Professional Communication Courses (students choose one 3rd, 4th, or 5th year)

FCWR 301 Business Communication

FCWR 302 Communication for Health

FCWR 303 Communication for Arts and Design

FCWR 304 Communication for Technical Professions