How has blue, white, and pink collar work changed in the U.S. across the past century? This course focuses on the historical experiences of American workers, beginning with the Massachusetts mills of early industrialization and ending with the global corporations and big box chain stores of the contemporary U.S. We will study workers' unions, and also look at how workplaces have changed with the liberation movements of women, people of color, and gay and lesbian workers. We will use histories, autobiographies, films and paintings to look at the impact of industrialization and globalization, and we will conclude the semester with a unit on college students and their role in shaping the new economies of labor.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

This course will examine the many ways that American popular artists (musicians, filmmakers, comedians, writers, and others) have responded to the 9/11 attacks. From the angry patriotism of country singer Toby Keith, to the complex grief articulated by Native American writer Sherman Alexie, the range of artistic expressions has been broad and challenging. In this class students will be asked to examine these specific contributions as well as more general questions about cultural trauma and recovery.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

January 3,4,7,9,10,14 - Final on January 18th

AMS3691 9/11 Culture: The Response on Film "In this course we will examine the many attitudes and strategies that American filmmakers have brought to the question of how to respond to the events of 9/11. From the high seriousness of Steven Spielberg to the high comedy of Team America, students in this course will be exposed to a range of ways that 9/11 has entered the American film vocabulary. The class will require some out of class viewing, as well as a number of research-oriented essays. Other films to be studies might include Spike Lee's 25th Hour, Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, and the Showtime miniseries Sleeper Cell

The focus of this course will be on the lived experience and worldviews of diverse religions vital in the world today. By looking at world religions in specific cultural contexts, we will gain an understanding of the diversities within a religion as well as among them. Among the kinds of questions we will address are: How do particular religions influence ideas and practices concerning gender, marriage, family, child rearing and aging? How do they influence health practices and the symbolic presentation of the body? How do they impact career, workplace and economic practices? How do particular religions in different cultural contexts interact with political structures and ideologies? In addition to using fiction and non-fiction, film, music, visual arts and architecture to explore contemporary religious expression, we will also do field research in the many world religions represented in the greater Boston area.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Why has the Federal Reserve been changing interest rates lately? Will the budget and trade deficits of the US have negative effects on the economy? The answers to these and other policy issues are analyzed in this course.

Many of the subjects mentioned in Foundations of Economics are studied in considerable depth with the objective of providing the student with the analytical tools to understand fluctuations in macroeconomic variables and be able to comprehend the relationship among such concepts as income determination and employment theory, economic growth and business cycles, aggregate analysis, inflation, exchange rates, and balance of payments.

Linkage: finance, political science, further study in economic

Prerequisite: ECN2300 or IME2311

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall

This course builds on the Foundations of Economics core, examining the macroeconomy. It explains in greater detail the banking system, credit, money and interest rate determination, as well as exploring the interrelationship between domestic and international financial markets and institutions. For anyone in business, it is important to understand the influence that domestic and global financial markets have on the business environment and its associated volatility. Students learn to interpret the business and financial press and inform decision-making through a deeper understanding of the banking system, macro policy debates, and the drivers of interest rates, economic growth, exchange rates, international trade and capital flows, prices, and employment stability.

Prerequisite: ECN2300 or IME2311

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall, Spring and Summer I

Econometrics is a science of estimation and evaluation of economic models by applying mathematics, statistical inferences, and economic theory. In addition to economic analysis, this course provides students with valuable knowledge base for management decision making, conducting market research, and carry out in-depth financial data analysis. The course also enhances students' quantitative and computer skills which are relevant for other disciplines.

Linkage: finance, market research, management Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321) and QTM2420 This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Spring

This course explores the link between market structure and a firm's decisions and strategies: how market structure imposes exogenous parameters on firms, and also how firms can endogenously affect market structure to their advantage. Topics such as vertical integration/separation/restrictions, barriers to entry, product proliferation and preemption, R&D, pricing, advertising, antitrust, and information are discussed. The course integrates theory with other disciplines through discussion of "industry modules" based on HBS cases.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Spring

This course offers a rigorous analysis of the "deceptive act" or the patterns of "deceptive acts" typically encountered in business settings. This course breaks new ground as an economics major course by departing from the traditional equilibrium approaches (1) of dealing with equilibrium as a "moment in time" and also (2) assuming that all parties have complete and accurate information. This departure from the traditional equilibrium approach is no better illustrated than by the scientific work of George Arthur Akerlof whose insights are especially relevant to the problems of consumer protection and the financing and promotion of entrepreneurial ventures. A business manager should take this course because it will make him or her much more "street smart" about how the business world operates. Prerequisite:(ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Summer I

This course will examine the economic environment that businesses face in developing countries and policies that governments in these countries can adopt to promote economic growth. Topics will include macroeconomic policy, exchange rate policy, how to avoid or to survive financial and exchange rate crises, international trade, foreign direct investment, industrial policy, taxation, population, health, and education policies, corruption, and state enterprises and privatization. Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

Whereas ECN3615 provides a more thorough understanding of the financial institutions, which are a very important sector of the macro economy, ECN3655 provides the analytical tools for managerial decision making and policy formulation for businesses and governments. Quantitative skills are emphasized and strengthened throughout the course of study. Many of the skills learned in this course are applicable to marketing research, financial analysis, and management strategy.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Spring and Summer I

This course explores the theory behind international trade relationships, exchange-rate mechanisms and trade policies among the various major trading economies of the world. As international trade becomes a more important consideration for all countries, it is important to understand the rationale, costs, and benefits of trading relationships, as well as the incentives (often conflicting) behind trade policies. This course combines very nicely with ECN3665 for a more complete coverage of international economics.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring

This course is for any individual interested in the political, financial, historical, and social determinants of economic development in Latin America. Both theoretical and policy issues in development are covered. Analyzing the characteristic volatility of the region's business environment, the course provides an in-depth examination of the workings of Latin America's economies, which in combination with courses in the liberal arts, leads to a greater appreciation of this region's global distinction and diversity.

Prerequisite: ECN2300 or IME2311

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall

This course provides broad and deep exposure to the (a) global financial institutions and markets, (b) quantitative and analytical tools, which are valuable for firms operating in the global marketplace, and (c) the costs and benefits of living in an increasingly interdependent world. This is a very valuable course for anyone with international interests and/or anyone who would like to work in a globally oriented job.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME232)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall, Spring and Summer I

For anyone studying all functional areas of business and planning to go into business, this course is very important. The course explores the economic foundations of formulating and evaluating business strategy. Various influences upon the successful implementation, market and competitive position, strategic position within the market environment, and sustainability of competitive advantage, are all considered.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring & Fall

Prerequisite: ECN2300 and (MCE3212 or IME2321)

Understanding of the environment in which business is conducted is the key to successful business operations. Government policies and regulations directly or indirectly influence the business environment. Both high level and lower-level managers are faced with a wide range of regulations and rules in domestic arenas and often unfamiliar regulatory environments abroad. This course is designed to enhance student understanding of how government policy influences business activity. We will examine broad range of issues likely to determine the relation between business entities and government in the new century.

These issues will be evaluated from the perspective of the company decision maker concerned with national regulation and incentive policies, to the home government policy maker, to the host government policy maker in the emerging markets, each dimension is considered and analyzed in light of the others. Finally we will evaluate the role of additional stakeholders such as labor groups, shareholders, non-government organizations, local governments, and regional organizations.

Prerequisite: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

Provide students with the knowledge, skills, and tools for building an environmentally sustainable economy. Basic aim is to educate students about economic systems and human choices as they relate to environmental resources and business operations. It aims to identify and provide an understanding of the tradeoffs inherent in managing natural systems, particularly within the global framework. Finally, we will concentrate on how markets and policies affect economic and environmental outcomes.

Prereq: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)

This advanced writing course has two main goals. One: reviewing the fundamentals of grammar, style, and voice will help you face future writing situations in the professional world with greater confidence. Two: expanding your repertoire of expressive choices will help you articulate ideas more clearly and will connect you more effectively with intended audiences. This is an "expository," not a "creative" writing course, with a focus on the tasks of explanation and persuasion, and on the genre of the essay. But it will also push generic boundaries and examine the role of creativity and imagination in non-fiction prose. While this course is not for the faint-hearted, it can be richly rewarding for those who want to learn. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Students learn to act as peer consultants in writing and work on improving their own writing, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. They accomplish these objectives by addressing their writing problems; writing extensively; developing criteria to evaluate the writings of others; studying various writing processes and theories of composition; examining pedagogical approaches to teaching writing; reading extensively about, and becoming acquainted with, the dynamics of peer tutoring; and working in the Writing Center as peer consultant trainees.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Flannery O'Connor said there is "a certain grain of stupidity that the writer of fiction can hardly do without, and this is the quality of having to stare, of not getting the point at once." This class (while not demanding that you cultivate stupidity!) develops and nurtures close attention to how short fiction is made. You will study the art and craft of making short stories. This course emphasizes reading, whereby we will study practitioners of the short story form in order to understand the elements of fiction: character, dialogue, place/setting, plot, and so on. In class, we will take stories apart to see just 'how they tick'. In addition, we will (as pleasure-seekers) look for enjoyment in what we read. By and large, this course runs on writing. You will write short stories of varying lengths, aiming for authority over language, characterization and plot, and authenticity. Your fiction will be closely analyzed by your peers and professor. So you must be a willing, open and active participant, prepared to discuss the work of others, and to reflect on responses to your own work.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

This course will provide you the opportunity to learn about Russian business and culture as Russia continues her transition from Communism to Capitalism and struggles to build new political, economic, and social institutions.

The course will begin with a series of pre-departure meetings at Babson in February and April followed by two weeks in St. Petersburg, hosted by the International Relations Faculty at St. Petersburg State University (SPSU).

The pre-departure sessions will provide students with the historical background needed to understand how Russians are coping with the transition to a new business environment and a new political, sociological, and economic system.

While in St. Petersburg, you will visit many of the famous cultural and historic sites in the city (including The Hermitage and Peterhof), the Mayor's office, and the regional headquarters of the largest bank in Russia. You will break into industry groups so that you can more intensively learn about that industry. Examples of previous industry groups have been arts management, marketing, entrepreneurship, import/export, tourism, banking, high tech, and telecommunications. Companies visited in the industry groups were big and small, foreign companies and Russian companies that are either brand-new or Soviet-era companies that needed to adapt to the new economic climate, and owned by Russians or with participation of foreign investment. Students were able to see how Russian companies are run and what opportunities and obstacles for growth and development exist.

Focusing on the 20th century backdrop, the liberal arts component of the course will address the cultural and historical aspects of this transition.

However the most unique aspect of the course is the work you will do with students from SPSU. The SPSU students will be your interpreters, your tour guides, your restaurant and menu consultants, your friends, and they will teach you about Russian life better than any professor ever could.

This course will count as EITHER 4 credits of general management -or- 4 credits of advanced liberal arts, dependent upon the topic of your final paper. The GPA requirement for this course is 2.5. Applications with lower GPAs will be considered on a case-by-base basis.

This experiential, global service learning course will introduce students to the culture, history, politics, and economy of South Africa. Students will engage in in-depth study of South Africa's culture, history, politics, and economy before leaving for a 3 week in-country experience. The pre-trip phase will consider the effects of colonialism and apartheid rule on South Africa, as well as its development in the post-apartheid period (1994 - present). We will pay particular attention to the role of small-scale entrepreneurship in restoring balance to the segregated, oppressed communities of people classified as "black" and "colored" under the apartheid regime. Students will consider approaches to economic development in the post-apartheid period, including the effects of community and government programs and policies.

While in South Africa, students will teach two week-long developmental entrepreneurship classes to students at eight local high schools in impoverished communities. We will travel to Capetown to visit major cultural, geographic, and historical sites on the weekend between teaching sessions, and students have the option of doing a safari experience at the end of the trip.

Course credits will be divided into pre- and post-trip work: half of the credits will be earned through reading, writing, and other coursework in preparation for the in-country experience, and half of the credits will be earned through a reflective research essay to be produced upon returning from the trip.

Prerequisites: Completion of 3 intermediate Liberal Arts courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Active use of contemporary spoken and written French through dialog practice, oral presentations, class discussions, and written exercises. By becoming more aware of the French speaking world and the relationship between culture and language, students increase their ability to communicate in international environments. The program features web-based audio and video interaction with native speakers.

Prerequisite: FRN1200 (Equivalent of one year of college French as demonstrated through a required placement test)

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall

A continuation of the fall semester, this course emphasizes understanding French values, attitudes, and ways of thinking. Audio recordings, videos, and the analysis of short literary texts encourage the articulation of ideas, and serve to engage students in substantive discussions in French

Prerequisite: FRN2600 (Intermediate French I at Babson, or equivalent program demonstrated through a required placement test, or permission of the instructor. Not open to native speakers of French.)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

This course provides a forum to examine and discuss contemporary womens and girls roles and positions. The course will address the following topics: first and second waves of feminism, sexuality, psycho-social influences on gender construction, paid work and structures of inequality, women and social protest and family configurations. At the beginning of the course, we will read some historic documents as background to the womens movement in the United States. Although the main focus will be on women and girls in the United States, we will also discuss womens positions in other countries as well. Because femininity and images of women are balanced, and often countered, by masculinity and images of men, we will spend time discussing men in relation to women. Integral to this course is recognition of how race, class, ethnicity and sexuality converge to influence how women negotiate their political, social and cultural roles. Finally, we will attempt to become enlightened witnesses to the social construction of femininity and masculinity, and use our understanding to notice stereotypical portrayals as well as new, liberating images of women and men.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

How have generations of Americans used business to define their ambitions and identities? How has commerce influenced the nation's mythology and ideals? What are the social and personal costs of the U.S.'s veneration of the marketplace? In this advanced-level history course, students will examine how business has shaped American culture and society. Selected subjects for the class include the rise of the corporation, the icons of American business, the power and politics of consumption, ethnic and immigrant entrepreneurship, and the role of the marketplace in the nation's economic and cultural development.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts (CVA, LVA & HSS)

This course enables students to gain an understanding of historical events in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean through an examination of revolutions. Topics include such events as the Mexican, Cuban, and Nicaraguan Revolutions, and the role of the United States in the region. In addition to addressing theoretical issues concerning the definition and nature of revolutions, the course covers the historical causes and results of specific upheavals. Because the class is a seminar, the amount of reading is substantial, discussion is prevalent, and students are required to offer individual presentations and papers about specific revolutions. Moreover, we will attempt, with theoretical models as our guideposts, to make connections among the various historic events in order to see how these revolutions are part of a larger historical process in the Caribbean and Latin America as a whole.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts courses (CVA, LVA, HSS) or Instructor Permission

This advanced history course will focus on the city of Beijing to assess the history of late imperial China (Ming and Qing dynasties) through the beginnings of the 21st century. Some topics we will analyze are The Forbidden City as political center and home to emperors and as art and architecture, the effects of imperialism and nationalism, the rural poor in Beijing pre-1949 and today, Beijing culture, Tiananmen and student protests, and Beijing as an Olympic city.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts courses (HSS, LVA, CVA)

HIS3687 CONTEMPORARY CHINA 2 Credit Advanced Liberal Arts

This advanced history course analyzes the impact of the Chinese Communist Revolution on the state and culture of the Peoples' Republic of China (P.R.C.) from 1949 to the present. We will focus on attempts during the Mao period to transform China through campaigns of social mobilization, industrialization, rural collectivization, and cultural policies. The second half of the course examines the Economic Reform Era, including the rise of consumer culture, development of a modern legal system, and increased tension between the majority Han Chinese and minorities, particularly in Tibet and Xinjiang.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts courses (HSS, LVA, CVA)

Prerequisite: JPN1201 (Elementary Japanese II at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test.)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall

A continuation of the fall semester, this course develops students language skills in practical, functional Japanese as it is used in contemporary Japanese society. Exposure to Japanese culture is provided through various media, activities, and participation in off-campus cultural events. Students learn approximately 150 Kanji writing symbols and use hiragana and katakana extensively in the classroom and with computer word processing. 4 Liberal Arts elective credits

Prerequisite: JPN2600 (Intermediate Japanese I at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test.)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

This course explores the meaning of the "rule of law" in a global context by exploring three themes. First, the classic form of international law, including the concept of statehood and sovereignty, the relationship of nations to each other, and the growth of international organizations. Second, the role and responsibility of individuals in international law, especially in the area of human rights. Third, the developing international law of the earth's common areas, specifically the oceans, space, and the environment. Prerequisite: Foundation Law course, (LAW1003 or LAW1004 or LAW 1300 or LAW 1301)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall

The course will explore the many ways in which the law reflects, challenges and shapes cultural attitudes that people hold about difference. There will be a special focus on how differences based on religion, race, gender, and sexual orientation have been addressed in the courts. We will gain further insight into these issues by examining legal and historical texts, and readings on cultural criticism. Although the main focus will be on US law, we will also study the international aspects of these issues from time to time. This is a writing intensive course, so class size is limited. Prerequisites: Foundation Law course, (LAW1003 or LAW1004 or LAW 1300 or LAW 1301) Permission of the professor required if student has not had business law. This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

Explores the specific limitations imposed upon federal, state, and local governments by the United States Constitution in the areas of civil and political rights. These include the rights to free speech and a free press; the right to practice one's religion; the rights of the criminal defendant to counsel and trial by jury, and against self-incrimination, cruel and unusual punishment, and unreasonable searches and seizures; the rights of privacy and due process; and the right to equal protection under the law. Students will study significant United States Supreme Court cases of the past, as well as cases currently pending. Prerequisite: LAW1300, LAW 1301, LAW 1003, or LAW 1004

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

Meeting Times: M-F 9:15am-11:15am (Jan 3 - Jan 16) Final Friday January 18 9:15am-11:15am

More than half the planets population watches World Cup soccer. The passion accompanying the sports globalization has led, both on and off the field, to political confrontation; to both unity and divisiveness; to nationalist and racist issues an to a host of ethical issues.

Through the prism of World Cup soccer and its organizing body, FIFA, this course examines ethical, legal and societal issues facing businesses and other organizations. We will study concepts relating to rule-making and rule-compliance, fairness, evidence, culpability, apology and punishment. We will probe questions of national and ethnic identity. We cover some tort, contract and intellectual property law issues. Finally, we examine questions relating to public relations and sports marketing, as well as the extent and limitations of gaining competitive advantage in sports and business. Prereq: LAW1300 or LAW1003

This course explores the profound impact of industrial capitalism on English writers of the nineteenth century. Many novels, poems, and essays of the period consider the acquisition and management of money: how are fortunes made and what are the ethical implications of making them? We will read texts that represent both the middle and working classes caught in the machinery of industrial capitalism, by such authors as Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and George Eliot. Themes to be explored include: money and art, class and power, the ethics of labor, and the Victorian Captain of Industry. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

It was an age of chivalry and courtly love. It was an age of violence and torture, of abduction, adultery, and rape. It was an age of piety and promise. It was an age of despondency and despair. It was an age of God. It was an age of war. In this course, we will explore these and other topics that feature so prominently in much of the rich literature of the Middle Ages. We will read about warrior-heroes like Beowulf, chivalric knights like Yvain and Gawain, and tragic lovers like Abelard and Heloise, and Lancelot and Guinevere. As well as reading this exciting medieval literature, we will look at some of the art of the Middle Ages and at some contemporary films that so vividly represent that time.

Prerequisite: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Although there has been a recent resurgence in interest in World War Two (Spielberg´s "Saving Private Ryan" and Tom Brokaw´s "Greatest Generation"), it may be argued that the First World War has had more far-reaching historical significance. This conflict, the first general European land war in a century, was of an unprecedented scale. In this course, we will examine the literary response to what was called at the time "The Great War" and investigate its impact the rest of the twentieth century. List of key readings might include: Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory Poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms Virginia Woolf. Mrs. Dalloway Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier Pat Barker, Regeneration

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

The history of basic human rights originates with the earliest records of humans, and humans have struggled to define and defend these most basic rights ever since. In the wake of the events of September 11, 2001, the international community faces urgent and increasingly complex problems of defining and defending human rights. This course will focus upon "grave" human rights abuses: torture, disappearance, genocide. We will begin with philosophical definitions of human rights, then move quickly to specific cases, paying special attention to the role of art, literature, and film in addressing human rights. Authors and artists studied may likely include Marjorie Agosin, Claudia Bernardi, Assia Djebar, Ariel Dorfman, Nadine Gordimer, Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje, Alicia Partnoy, Nawal El Saadawi, Desmond Tutu, and Thich Nhat Hahn. We will study human rights cases from places such as Sri Lanka, Morocco and Egypt, Chile and Argentina, Iraq, South Africa, and the U.S.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

"First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage." This childhood ditty seems to inculcate the "right" order of things in the act of family-making in America. But lives played out in times of cultural transition aren't always as neat as nursery rhymes. Mid-twentieth-century America was characterized by changing gender roles and definitions, geographic and demographic shifts, war, and burgeoning technology, among other things. This course looks at fiction and drama to see how great American authors such as Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor and Richard Yates portrayed and, perhaps, shaped the mid-century American understanding of love, sex, and family. We will supplement literary readings with relevant non-fiction from the time period. Students will propose, research, and develop a major essay about an author and/or a concept related to the course materials. Students will also formally present their ideas to the class.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

An elegy is a poem of mourning, a lament that can express both private and public grief. Reading elegies offers insight into cultural attitudes towards life and death while featuring the resilience of poetic form. From antiquity to the present, poets have used this shaping form to memorialize, describe, reflect, critique, and witness. In this course we will examine the origins of the form and study pivotal poems and poets in its development. We will also explore the contemporary elegy-certainly in the shadows of 9/11 and the war in Iraq-both as a private expression of feeling and as a public need for decorum and custom. Texts may include poetry by John Milton, Anne Bradstreet, Thomas Gray, Thomas Hardy, W.H. Auden, Langston Hughes, Adrienne Rich, Yusef Komonyakaa, Carolyn Forché, Mark Doty, Marie Howe, and Brian Turner, as well as lyrical prose elegies by Joan Didion and Philip Roth.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (HSS, LVA, CVA)

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Teaches students the relevance of, purpose to and means behind establishing higher security levels for computers and associated networks. The nature of various security breaches including hacker attacks, email worms and computer viruses are explored. Managements responses including policy and procedure creation, risk management assessment and personnel training program design among others are examined. The tools of both security violators and protectors are explored. This course probes deeply into technical aspects of the hardware and software required to support computer networks. The course uses a combination of readings, case studies, class discussion and guest speakers for learning.

Prerequisites: FME1001 or MIS1000 and QTM1300

Students who have taken MIS3671 (Computer and Network Security) cannot take this course.

Teaches students assorted techniques and strategies to identify, approach and solve problems in business and personal areas. Students also learn how to program a computer in order to offer an efficient solution. These efficient solutions are created in tools that are used in real companies. These tools may include Visual Basic and C++ among others. While some problems are solved individually, others are solved collectively as a group such as in the capstone project. This course emphasizes hands-on computer skill development in a computer lab setting.

Prerequisites: (QTM1310 OR QTM1311) and (MIS1000 or FME1001)

MIS3660 teaches students the fundamental information management skills that are essential for every business professional. More specifically, students will learn various methods, frameworks and tools that facilitate effective and efficient information management activities. The information management skills are put into practice through the building of an information system prototype. The prototype supports a business process of the student's choosing, and it is built using advanced features of current software tools, such as Microsoft Access. This course emphasizes hands-on computer skill development.

Prerequisite: FME1001 or MIS1000

This course explores the design and development of dynamic web sites (sites that do not use static html pages but instead create unique, data-driven pages on-the-fly). The course builds on your HTML and JavaScript skills, to explore the methodologies and technologies that are required to create dynamic web experiences that will attract and keep visitors. During the semester you will explore creating personalized web sites, ones where each visitor has a different experience based on their preferences. You will look at techniques to gather and store information from the users and then leverage that information during future site visits. You will also explore non-HTML user interfaces that provide a potentially richer web experience.

Through a combination of hands-on programming, lecture, and presentations, you will learn how to design and build sites that are appealing and useful. During the semester you will generate dynamic pages that can interact with databases using Microsoft's Visual Studio ASP.net and learn programming using the Visual Basic.net programming language. You will also explore other technologies such as XML and XSL that allow you to store and present information to a range of formats.

Prerequisite: MIS1110 or MIS3690

MIS3690 introduces students to web site development. Students will learn general design and programming skills that are needed for web site development. Students will explore languages and tools of the world wide web (WWW), including the hyper-text markup (HTML), cascading style sheet (CSS), and JavaScript languages. Some related design concepts are also discussed, in addition to aspects concerning design methodology and project management. As part of the course requirements, each student will publish a website to a hosting service, which charges a hosting service and domain registration fee of $20-30. (Students will be responsible to pay this fee separate from the tuition charges during the term.) The various tools may include FrontPage, text editors, and graphics design editors. This course emphasizes hands-on computer skill development in a computer lab setting.

Prerequisite: MIS1000 or FME1001

Students who have taken MIS1110 or MIS1170 (Introduction to Web Site Development) cannot take this course.

This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall, Spring and Summer I

What is God like? How can an all-powerful, wholly good God permit evil? Why do some religions and denominations tolerate the beliefs of other faiths, while others do not? If my religion is "true", does that mean other religions are "false"? How can I have free will if God knows what I am going to do?

The goal of this course is to encourage clear thinking about some of the major philosophical issues in religion and religious belief. This is NOT a comparative religions course, nor is it a history of religions class. It is, rather, a course that considers some of the problems that arise from a variety of religious doctrines and teachings. Some of those problems include claims about the attributes of God, the existence and nature of evil, the nature of scriptures and revelations, free will and responsibility, religious pluralism and exclusivism, and some others. We will focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition, but we will consider problems from other traditions, as well. The course will involve serious analytic philosophical tools and reading from some classic texts and articles. We will have regular, in-class evaluative exercises and write two papers. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Existentialism is a philosophical movement loosely held together by sensitivity to the paradoxes and meaningful ambiguities of human experience. With a common emphasis on the tension between freedom and the fateful power of circumstance, existentialist tend to view the practice of life from the standpoint of the challenges facing the construction of individual and intersubjective identity. Some existentialists are deeply religious, while others are fervently atheistic. All, however emphasize the significance of the situated nature of freedom, which translates into a philosophy of responsibility and engagement with the world. Be prepared to question yourself. That is not a joke.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

This course uses philosophical theory to evaluate our experience of art forms such as film, painting, literature, and music. Through these theories, we will consider questions such as: Is art simply a matter of taste, or can it be held to objective standards? What is beauty? Are artworks that are not beautiful still art? Is art valuable because it gives us pleasure, or because it educates us? How do various forms of art-painting, music, literature-differ from each other? Does art have social or political value, or is its value purely in the delight it gives the individual? Our study of philosophical theory will be supplemented by consideration of specific works of art.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Art Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

After beginning with theories of communal identity, this class will explore the origins, dynamics, and settlement of ethno-political conflict. Cases such as Northern Ireland, former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Islamic communities in Europe will be used to examine the role of socio-economic factors and political institutions, conceptions of justice, and actions by international actors in determining when and why ethnic violence occurs. The course will conclude with a focus on current developments in Iraq.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts courses (LVA, CVA, HSS)

This political theory course examines the intricate connections between three important political concepts; justice, revenge and defeat. Most examination of political and cross-cultural histories center on the victor, and to a smaller extent resistance. The experience of defeat or domination, however, scarcely elicits examination, in spite of its prevalence. In this course, we are interested not only in the factors contributing to defeat in political and social relations, but also in how it is interpreted in terms of new or reconfigured ideas of justice, and how the widely observed desire for revenge is based on a conception of defeat as a violation of justice. By addressing these issues, we will be able to grapple with the complex political matter of how defeated or dominated people conceptualize and practice resistance, if they can at all. The course examines these concepts and concerns in terms of their immense presence in political and social history, and with regards to how they function in our time. We will make this theoretical journey through texts such as Tzvetan Todorovs The Conquest of America, Friedrich Nietszches On the Genealogy of Morals, Carols Frieres Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Aeschyluss The Oresteia, Rigoberta Menchus I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala, Taiaiake Alfreds Peace, Power and Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto and James Scotts The Weapons of the Weak.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

In this course we will examine the origins, development, and political power of the US presidency, the institutional context in which presidential leadership takes place, and the role of the president as a symbolic figure. The Constitutional basis of the American Presidency is the same today as it was in George Washington's time, but the role the president plays today is very different than it was in 1789. We will look at the success of presidents from Washington to George W. Bush in meeting the country's leadership expectations and will analyze why some presidents have been more successful than others. The accomplishments of different presidents will be reviewed and the contributions they made to the development of the office evaluated. Given that that the Presidential campaign will be taking place during this semester, with the election in early November, we will pay close attention to the campaign as it occurs, including assessing the status of the race, the major issues, and the complicated politics and strategies pursued by the major candidates in 2008. This class will expose students to a variety of perspectives and methods that can be employed to analyze the institution of the Presidency, the decision-making process of its occupants, and the effectiveness of specific presidential administrations. Among the questions we will explore are the following: How did the founders conceive the role of the presidency, and how has that role changed over time? How does the institutional context expand or constrain presidential power and influence? How does presidential rhetoric shape national priorities? By what standard do we measure any particular presidency to have been great, near-great, unsuccessful, or a failure? In particular, what assessment might we make of the Presidency of George W. Bush now that we have almost two terms of his administration to analyze?

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Advanced Liberal Arts

This course will examine major theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of personality within the different domains of psychology. Classic theories of personality (e.g., psychoanalytic, behavioral, trait, humanistic, cognitive, and social roles) are explored and evaluated through lectures, readings, case materials, and films. Lectures will expand upon ideas and concepts presented in the text.

Prerequisite: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

This course introduces dynamical systems, that is, it investigates how quantities (such as the size of a population, the supply and demand for a certain product, the amount of money in an account, and the amount of a certain drug in the bloodstream) change over time, by analyzing a mathematical relationship between the "present" and the "near future" to make predictions about the "distant future." You will use the mathematical models developed to study problems in finance, cost accounting, economics, population fluctuations, arms race, gambling, fractals, and chaos theory among others. In developing these models we introduce the foundations of Linear Algebra and Markov chains. Prerequisite: QTM1300 or QTM1301

Discrete mathematics is used whenever objects are counted, when relationships between finite sets are studied, and when processes involving a finite number of steps are analyzed. The kind of problems solved include: How many ways are there to choose a valid password on a computer system? What is the shortest path between two cities using a transportation system? How can a circuit be designed that adds two integers? How can you send secret messages? You will learn the discrete structures and techniques (found in mathematical logic, combinatorics, graph theory, Boolean algebra, and cryptology) needed to understand and solve these problems. You will develop mathematical maturity and problem solving skills by studying models in such diverse areas as computer science, data networking, business, engineering, chemistry, and biology. Prerequisite: QTM1300 or QTM1301 This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

This course will examine the methods and challenges faced in competing on analytics in business. As databases become data warehouses, extracting meaningful information to successfully compete is essential. You will accomplish this by learning new techniques for data gathering and data analysis as well as in discussion with companies currently trying to turn the information in their databases into increased business opportunities. We will examine the changing data privacy landscape and learn a variety of new methodologies for finding patterns in large datasets as well as how to create data warehouses from internet data and legacy systems. Guest speakers will be executives and consultants in the field of competing analytics. We will discuss both the methodologies and software they are using as well as the ethical issues they face in using this data.

Prerequisite: QTM2420 or QTM2421

This course will introduce time series models and discuss advanced forecasting methods in the context of real financial data and decision-making situations. The objectives of the course are to provide experience in using time series data (e.g., sales, profits, stock prices, economic indicators, industry sector indicators) to explain the impact of various internal and external factors and predict future trends; to provide a framework for comparing alternative forecasting models for validity, accuracy, and feasibility; to enhance an appreciation for the limitations of forecasting models; to provide exposure and experience in using statistical software to develop forecasting models; and to develop skills at communicating statistical results, and inferences effectively in a managerial context. Teamwork and professional presentation of analysis and recommendations will be required during this course.

Prerequisite: QTM2420 or QTM2421 or permission from instructor

QTM3625 (Formerly QTM3673) Financial Modeling (Advanced Liberal Art) QTM3625 (FINANCIAL MODELING WITH SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION) Advanced Liberal Arts

Provides an introduction to quantitative techniques that enable finance professionals to make optimal decisions under uncertainty. Such techniques include simulation of random processes and advanced optimization, and have roots in engineering and the sciences. Selected applications covered in the course Optimal asset allocation; Risk management; Hedging and arbitrage; Financial derivative pricing; Quantitative assessment of investments and company growth opportunities. Examples of future career opportunities Portfolio management and risk analysis at investment companies; Sales, trading, strategy, research, and risk management at major Wall Street firms and hedge funds; Financial and management consulting; Investment banking. Additional information about the course QTM3625 is a Babson College course, but will be offered on the campus of the Olin College of Engineering in the Fall semester of 2008; The class will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:00pm?6:35pm. Students who take the course are expected to have had courses in basic probability and statistics. QTM2420 is a prerequisite for Babson students. While some background in basic financial topics is helpful, it is not required. Please feel free to contact the instructor, Professor Dessislava Pachamanova (dpachamanova@babson.edu), with any questions.

Prerequisites: Students who take the course are expected to have had courses in basic probability and statistics. QTM2420 is a prerequisite for Babson students. While some background in basic financial topics is helpful, it is not required. Please feel free to contact the instructor, Professor Dessislava Pachamanova (dpachamanova@babson.edu), with any questions.

The fundamental objective of this course is to prepare students for the successful completion of the first level probability examination (Exam P) of the Society of Actuaries. While the necessary theory is addressed, this course focuses on problem solving, so it is well suited for any student with an interest in applied probability concepts and how they are related to a wide variety of situations within and beyond actuarial science, finance, and economics. Topics include general probability and univariate and multivariate probability distributions.

Prerequisites: QTM2420

The Meteorology course at Babson College is designed to help students become knowledgeable about the science behind the physical atmospheric phenomena which dramatically affect their own daily lives and the lives of peoples all over the planet. In addition to causing minor joys and annoyances from day to day, atmospheric phenomena such as ozone depletion, air pollution and the potential for global warming present us with challenges to our basic existence. It is hoped that students will emerge from this course with a better understanding of atmospheric phenomena and how, as future managers, their actions can affect our environment. In addition, students will learn how to apply the scientific principles they have learned to create competent and accurate weather forecasts.

Prerequisite: SCN 13% % - Wildcard

Natural disasters can affect us wherever we go. Disasters might be localized or far-reaching, and may come from severe weather, seismic events, biological catastrophe, or outer space. In this course we will examine the causes of different types of natural disasters, the regional and global effects of disasters, and the recovery process after a disaster occurs. We will also assess risks of disaster and explore how preparation can mitigate the effects of some disasters. Prerequisite: SCN13% % - Wildcard

The study of ethical problems faced by researchers in dealing with each other, with the organizations for which they may be developing products, and with society at large. Specific topics will include plagiarism, medical/genetic research, useless or dangerous industrial products, and weapons of mass destruction.

Prerequisite: SCN13% %=wildcard

Prerequisite: SCN13% % - Wildcard

Every day we are bombarded with information about diet and health, often confusing and contradictory. As consumers, it is difficult to separate fact from fad, truth from fiction. This course will provide a foundation in basic nutrition, including anatomy and physiology of the digestive tract and the development of disease. We will also explore the impact of nutrition on social policy. Ultimately, our goal is to apply this information to aid in making informed choices in the treatment and prevention of nutrition related disease.

Prerequisite: SCN13% % - Wildcard

Credits = 2 Advanced Liberal Arts

Meeting Times: M-F 11:30am - 1:30pm (Jan 3 - Jan 16)

Final Friday January 18 11:30am- 1:30pm

Global climate change has become a hot topic in the news and one of today's most pressing concerns for businesses. In this course we will discuss the scientific evidence for human-induced changes to the earth's climate and the role of global warming in politics, the business world, and popular media. We will examine the current and potential future impacts of climate change on human health, the food supply, natural ecosystems around us, and the global economy. In addition we will explore renewable energy options, green technology, carbon emission trading, carbon storage projects, and ethical concerns for the environment and the global population. Pre-req: Science A Science & Society concentration

Though entrepreneurship is ordinarily situated in a business context, in this advanced Sociology class we examine the ways in which businesses, products, services and monetary exchanges are contextualized in a matrix of self-identity and societal values. Therefore, we investigate entrepreneurship within and outside of the realm of economic exchange. The postmodern, democratic emphasis on the inclusion of a multiplicity of perspectives resonates with entrepreneurship: each provides an opportunity for the valuation of minority voices encourages and relies upon, diverse, even subversive, views. Entrepreneurship can be understood not only as accessing the economy, but also as promoting self-expression and the representation of group values as they are communicated in philosophies, analyses, cultural understandings, practices, products, and services. Entrepreneurial visions reflect subjective, but not individual, ways of interpreting and imagining the world. These visions are informed by a range of group identities and by various configurations of minority and majority perspectives. Through the collaborative processes of peer review and class discussion, we will work to create an understanding of entrepreneurship as a way of thinking, responding and interacting that can be applied within enterprise development and beyond - to the construction of personal identity and to approaches in relationships, community involvement and political activism.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Grammar review and an in-depth cultural exploration of the Hispanic world supports active use of spoken and written Spanish. Selected readings and films provide a point of departure for conversation, discussion, group work, skits, and class presentations based upon research.

Prerequisite: SPN1200 (Accelerated Elementary Spanish II at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test. Not open to fluent speakers of Spanish.)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall

A continuation of the fall semester, this course includes advanced grammar and advanced readings dealing with the culture, literature, geography, and history of the nations that form the Hispanic world. Except on rare occasions when a complex explanation requires the use of English, this course is conducted in Spanish. Discussions focus on an exploration of socio-cultural issues and business language and contexts in the Spanish-speaking world.

Prerequisite: SPN2600 (Intermediate Spanish I at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test. Not open to fluent speakers of Spanish.)

This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring

This course introduces the major styles of painting, sculpture and architecture in 19th century Europe including Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Symbolism in the context of the cultural, economic, political and social forces that shaped them. Students will develop visual literacy through the examination of these styles in active class discussions.

Significant works of art by 19th century European and American artists, sculptors (Ingres, David, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Sargent, Hassam, Saint Gaudens, La Farge, Rodin, Cezanne) and architects (H.H. Richardson, William Law Olmstead, McKim Mead & White) can be seen in museums and buildings in and around Boston. This course will benefit from this amazing richness with numerous field trips to local museums and buildings. Typically we will spend Monday's class studying the history and significance of the art and artists we will visit on our Wednesday field trip. Among the field trips planned are the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Davis Museum(Wellesley College), The Fogg Museum(Harvard University), and walking tour of Back Bay Boston Victorian Mansions with a visit to one of them, Other trips might be to The Worcester Museum of Art, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem among many others.

Course grading will be based on encounter papers researched during our museum trips as well as frequent in-class essay quizzes. Some of the museums are free, but for others there will be admission fees ranging from $5.00-$18.00. The total cost for these admissions should be about $50.00 - $75.00 depending on where we chose to go. Carpools will be arranged for travel to these off-campus locations.

Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Between 1900 -1938, artists grappled with; the discovery of the subconscious, Einstein's physics, a war of unprecedented scope and destructiveness that was followed by the collapse of social and economic order. Styles such as Symbolism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressivism, Dada and Surrealism were created by artists responding to enormous changes in established ways of thinking and being that marked the beginning of the 20th century. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)

Dwellings are physical structures that house us and provide the external conditions for our development: We dwell in a body, a home, and a village, town, or city. Paradoxically, however, dwelling is also a mental and emotional activity. When we dwell on an idea, an event, a person, or a place, we find it difficult to let it go: it quite literally occupies us. Our dwellings-both in space and in time-shape the ways we identify with ourselves and others. In this course we will analyze works of art and philosophy that help us explore questions about dwelling: How do our bodies as lived in and as represented influence how we view ourselves and are viewed by others? What is the nature of home? What do our dwellings have to do with our own and others' sense of belonging in the world? How do the forms and voices that artists and philosophers invent encourage new ways of understanding dwelling in relation to such structures as family, education, class, gender, and race?

Prerequisite: NONE AHF1300 (Spring) Nature, Culture, Progress (A&H Foundation)

Humans are part of nature yet distinct from it in complex ways. Our natural instincts do not completely define us; we are also cultural beings with traditions, identities and technologies that distinguish us from nature. This distinction has led to the claim that humans are superior to nature and so are entitled to manipulate it. Humans' divergence from nature also suggests that we are capable of progress: of bettering ourselves intellectually, morally, technologically. In this course, we will examine these claims by asking questions such as: to what extent are humans a product of nature and to what extent are we formed by culture? How does our answer to this question affect our perception of ourselves, others, and the world around us? When is progress good, and when does it instead decrease the quality of human life and harm nature? We will explore these questions through readings of literature and philosophy, and through film and the visual arts.

Prerequisite: NONE

Dwellings are physical structures that house us and provide the external conditions for our development: We dwell in a body, a home, and a village, town, or city. Paradoxically, however, dwelling is also a mental and emotional activity. When we dwell on an idea, an event, a person, or a place, we find it difficult to let it go: it quite literally occupies us. Our dwellings-both in space and in time-shape the ways we identify with ourselves and others. In this course we will analyze works of art and philosophy that help us explore questions about dwelling: How do our bodies as lived in and as represented influence how we view ourselves and are viewed by others? What is the nature of home? What do our dwellings have to do with our own and others' sense of belonging in the world? How do the forms and voices that artists and philosophers invent encourage new ways of understanding dwelling in relation to such structures as family, education, class, gender, and race?

Prerequisite: NONE AHF1311 (Spring) Nature, Culture, Progress (A&H Foundation)

Humans are part of nature yet distinct from it in complex ways. Our natural instincts do not completely define us; we are also cultural beings with traditions, identities and technologies that distinguish us from nature. This distinction has led to the claim that humans are superior to nature and so are entitled to manipulate it. Humans' divergence from nature also suggests that we are capable of progress: of bettering ourselves intellectually, morally, technologically. In this course, we will examine these claims by asking questions such as: to what extent are humans a product of nature and to what extent are we formed by culture? How does our answer to this question affect our perception of ourselves, others, and the world around us? When is progress good, and when does it instead decrease the quality of human life and harm nature? We will explore these questions through readings of literature and philosophy, and through film and the visual arts.

Prerequisite: NONE