NareshDhanpat’s Profile Student Toggle navigation

This course is a chrono­log­i­cal and the­matic in­tro­duc­tion to the his­tory of West­ern in­ter­ac­tions with the wider world from the late 1800s to the pre­sent, em­pha­siz­ing the fol­low­ing events: the rise of na­tion­al­ism in Eu­rope and the race for em­pire in the late 19th cen­tury, the First World War, the in­ter­war years, the Sec­ond World War, the Cold War, the post-Cold War world and the ef­fects of glob­al­iza­tion. It ex­plores how the United State en­gaged with the So­viet Union via proxy wars and spheres of in­flu­ence via third par­ties in Eu­rope, Asia, Africa, Latin Amer­ica and the Mid­dle East. It shows stu­dents the cul­tural, so­cial and po­lit­i­cal back­ground and im­pli­ca­tions of this im­por­tant pe­riod in his­tory.

This course is a chronological and thematic introduction to the history of Western interactions with the wider world from the late 1800s to the present, emphasizing the following events: the rise of nationalism in Europe and the race for empire in the late 19th century, the First World War, the interwar years, the Second World War, the Cold War, the post-Cold War world and the effects of globalization. It explores how the United State engaged with the Soviet Union via proxy wars and spheres of influence via third parties in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. It shows students the cultural, social and political background and implications of this important period in history.

Eng­lish 1101 is a writ­ing- in­ten­sive course de­signed to strengthen your com­po­si­tion skills. Writ­ing a va­ri­ety of es­says, in ad­di­tion to a re­search paper, will help you de­velop skills such as build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adopt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial ef­fec­tively, and mas­ter­ing the me­chan­ics of quot­ing, cit­ing, and doc­u­ment­ing sources. The poems, short sto­ries, es­says, and news­pa­per ar­ti­cles we will read to­gether are fo­cused on New York City and urban is­sues. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary value and also as mod­els of com­po­si­tion that you may em­ploy in your writ­ing as­sign­ments. Re­flect­ing on your own ex­pe­ri­ences along­side these texts will en­sure ac­tive dis­cus­sion re­gard­ing com­mu­ni­ties, pub­lic space, urban art forms, ed­u­ca­tion, class, race, gen­der, crime, gen­tri­fi­ca­tion, and other top­ics of de­bate.

English 1101 is a writing- intensive course designed to strengthen your composition skills. Writing a variety of essays, in addition to a research paper, will help you develop skills such as building an argument, adopting your writing for different needs and situations, interpreting and responding to a text, incorporating secondary source material effectively, and mastering the mechanics of quoting, citing, and documenting sources. The poems, short stories, essays, and newspaper articles we will read together are focused on New York City and urban issues. We will be reading pieces both for their inherent literary value and also as models of composition that you may employ in your writing assignments. Reflecting on your own experiences alongside these texts will ensure active discussion regarding communities, public space, urban art forms, education, class, race, gender, crime, gentrification, and other topics of debate.

This is a 4 credit course. Top­ics in­clude an in-depth study of func­tions such as poly­no­mial func­tions, rad­i­cal func­tions, ra­tio­nal func­tions, trigono­met­ric func­tions, ex­po­nen­tial and log­a­rith­mic func­tions; con­nec­tions to vec­tors and com­plex num­bers; solv­ing trigono­met­ric equa­tions, and iden­ti­ties in­volv­ing sum, dou­ble and half-an­gle for­mu­las; Bi­no­mial The­o­rem and pro­gres­sions.

This is a 4 credit course. Topics include an in-depth study of functions such as polynomial functions, radical functions, rational functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; connections to vectors and complex numbers; solving trigonometric equations, and identities involving sum, double and half-angle formulas; Binomial Theorem and progressions.

This is a course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques, in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings are as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Pre­req­ui­sites: CUNY cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in read­ing and writ­ing. Taken to­gether, the courses (EN­G1101 and EN­G1121) in the First-Year Writ­ing Pro­gram at the New York City Col­lege of Tech­nol­ogy seek to de­velop stu­dent com­pe­ten­cies in five gen­eral cat­e­gories: rhetor­i­cal knowl­edge; writ­ing and read­ing processes; crit­i­cal think­ing, read­ing, writ­ing, and re­search; com­pos­ing in man­ual and dig­i­tal en­vi­ron­ments; and knowl­edge of aca­d­e­mic con­ven­tions. In­di­vid­ual fac­ulty in­cor­po­rate these com­pe­ten­cies into their courses in dif­fer­ent ways, but all fac­ulty are able to demon­strate how their courses at­tend to these mat­ters. 4 hours, 3 cred­its

This is a course in effective essay writing and basic research techniques, including use of the library. Demanding readings are assigned for classroom discussion and as a basis for essay writing. Prerequisites: CUNY certification in reading and writing. Taken together, the courses (ENG1101 and ENG1121) in the First-Year Writing Program at the New York City College of Technology seek to develop student competencies in five general categories: rhetorical knowledge; writing and reading processes; critical thinking, reading, writing, and research; composing in manual and digital environments; and knowledge of academic conventions. Individual faculty incorporate these competencies into their courses in different ways, but all faculty are able to demonstrate how their courses attend to these matters. 4 hours, 3 credits