Faizan Haq is a professor for several courses at Buffalo State College and at the University at Buffalo.
1. Faculty, Cora P. Maloney College (08/96 – 05/16)
State University of New York at Buffalo
Courses Offered:
i. USA and The Muslim World (CPM 250) (Cross listed with Religious Studies Program)
An undergraduate course that addresses cross cultural issues, historical influences, and international factors that continue to shape the current state of relationship between the USA and the Muslim world.
ii. Islamic Cultural History (CPM 390) (Cross listed with Religious Studies Program)
This course approaches the history of Islamic civilization from cultural perspective. The contributions of Muslims to the modern and post-modern discourse are discussed. Historical facts about Muslim art, architecture, and scholarship are analyzed.
iii. Islam and Democracy (CPM 295) (Cross listed with Asian Studies)
This course focuses on theological basis for democracy in Islam. Democracy’s compatibility with established Islamic schools of thought in the context of traditional and contemporary scholarship is discussed.
2. Lecturer/Instructor (Department of American Studies) (8/96 - 6/98)
State University Of New York At Buffalo
Courses Offered:
i. American Lives and Environment (AMS 114) (Fall ‘97, Spring '98)
Diversity at Work and Multiculturalism at Home
This course was designed to understand the complexity of working, living and interacting with people of different backgrounds and cultures. ‘Affirmative Action’ is discussed as a policy and also as an issue.
ii. American Lives and Environment (AMS 114) (Fall ‘96 - Spring ‘97)
Survey of U.S. Education System in Inner Cities
These courses were designed to survey the education System of the United States and in-depth analyses of the consequences of such a system. The issue of Affirmative Action in American educating was also part of the discussions.
iii. Independent Study (AMS 499) Spring & Summer ‘97, Fall '97, Spring ‘98
Designed and directed independent study and research projects of senior undergraduate students in the following areas:
iv. US in the World (AMS 207) (Spring '98)
Global Markets and Technology
This course was designed to educate undergraduate students about:
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1. Faculty, Department of Communication
Buffalo State College (08/04 - Present)
Courses Offered:
i. Intercultural Communication (SPC 311)
Undergraduate level course that deals with complexities of intercultural communication. Students learn the analytical approach to understand the process and skills to apply for desirable outcomes in intercultural exchanges.
ii. Organizational Communication (SPC 407)
Theory and practice of communication within task-oriented organizations; focus on the interaction of structure, behavior, and message; role of communication in organizational change.
iii. International Communication (COM 310)
Analysis of the role of international communication in today's global society through a comparative study of the world's press and broadcasting systems. Includes journalistic values of other countries, differing philosophies of broadcasting, and the process of international communication within the framework of North-South, social, economic, and political divisions of the late twentieth century.