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| ACC1300 |
INTRO TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING |
3.00 credits |
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ACC1300
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Foundation Management
ACC 1300 is the required introduction to financial accounting course. Financial accounting
involves the complete range of activity a company uses to prepare the financial statements it
provides to people outside of the company, including shareholders, creditors, the government,
customers, and suppliers. Students will learn how financial events (transactions) are identified,
recognized, classified, recorded, and summarized into financial reports. These financial reports
consist of the income statement, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows, and the
statement of stockholders' equity (as well as the associated explanatory statement footnotes).
Students will learn both how to prepare and how to analyze and interpret these financial reports.
Students will learn the language and terminology used in financial accounting that is prevalent in
the financial press. Finally, the role ethics plays in the reporting of financial results will often be
discussed. Many business scandals (such as Enron, WorldComm, and Tyco) result from
falsifying financial accounting reports.
Course offered each fall and spring.
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| ACC3500 |
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I |
4.00 credits |
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ACC3500
Intermediate Accounting I
(General Credit)
Broadens the base of financial accounting concepts introduced in ACC1300 and delves more deeply into accounting concepts, techniques and procedures. Topics include inventory, tangible and intangible assets, statement of cash flows, accounting changes, revenue recognition and current and long-term debt. This course is essential for those who plan a career in accounting and recommended for anyone whose career will involve the extensive use of financial statements.
Prerequisite: (ACC 1300 or ACC1301) or IME2310
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| ACC3502 |
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I: FINANCE |
4.00 credits |
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ACC3502
Intermediate Accounting for Finance
(General Credit)
This course is especially designed for finance majors who want to become more proficient in the financial accounting skills necessary to effectively read and interpret financial reports. The course is recommended for students interested in careers in financial management and Wall Street. Topics such as inventory, deferred taxes, inter-corporate investments, and pensions will be explored through study of accounting principles, transaction analysis, financial statement disclosure, and through financial statement analysis as it applies to corporate finance, credit analysis, and aspects of investment banking
Prerequisite: (ACC1300 OR ACC1301) OR IME2320
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| ACC4510 |
MANAGEMENT PLAN & CONTROL |
4.00 credits |
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ACC4510
Management Planning and Control
General Credit)
ACC4510 is not a technical accounting course! It is a management-oriented examination of the
development and use of strategic planning and control systems. Thus, classroom discussions
incorporate knowledge of strategy, marketing, finance, operations, and organizational
behavior as well as accounting.
This course is especially relevant for students who expect to pursue careers as entrepreneurs, as
consultants, or in general management. Also, students interested in management positions in
functional areas like corporate finance, management accounting, operations, and human
resources are likely to face issues related to strategic control and performance measurement
systems throughout their careers.
Prerequisites: IME 3 or (OEM and MCE) or permission of instructor
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| ACC7035 |
AUDITING |
4.00 credits |
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ACC7035
Auditing
(General Credit)
This course examines the interrelation of audit standards, procedures, and internal control techniques with the final auditor's certificate; auditing techniques, statistical sampling methods, and the impact of electronic data processing (EDP) procedures on the auditor.
Prerequisite: ACC3501
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| AHF1300 |
A&H FOUNDATION |
3.00 credits |
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AHF1300
(Fall)
Dwellings: Body, Home, and City
(A&H Foundation)
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
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| AHF1311 |
HNRS A&H FOUNDATION |
3.00 credits |
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AHF1311
(Fall)
Dwellings: Body, Home, and City
(A&H Foundation)
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
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| ART1171 |
MIXED MEDIA DRAWING |
4.00 credits |
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ART1171
Mixed Media Drawing
(General Credit)
Course Description: This is an introductory level course designed to bring students through basic aspects of drawing in a wide range of media. No previous experience is required. Issues such as line, tone, mark making, gesture form, light sources, figure/ground relationships, and perspective to overall compositions will be addressed separately and in the many ways that they relate to one another in a drawing. Students will draw observationally from life and from their own drawings, learning how to use each of these concepts as tools in order to draw and see more analytically. We will work with a wide range of materials from basic graphite pencils and charcoal, to ink washes, conte crayon on gesso treated paper, silverpoint, collage, and printmaking. Slides of various artists' work will be discussed in relation to concepts and processes explored in class. Student work will be discussed in group critiques with full class participation. Students should be committed to expanding their skills and can expect project deadlines. There will be some expense for materials.
Prerequisites: NONE
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| ASM3300 |
STRATEGIC PROBLEM SOLVING |
4.00 credits |
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ASM3300 Strategic Problem Solving
4 credit (general credit)
This is the required advanced management course that builds on the required foundation (FME, Business Law, Microeconomics, Financial Accounting, and Probablity, Statistics and Quantitative Methods) and intermediate management courses previously taken (OEM and MCE). The course develops skills in critical and integrative thinking and strategic problem solving. After introducing essential concepts and frameworks in strategy, the course will introduce problem solving techniques. The latter part of the course provides occasion for practicing these skills. A project is an important part of the course to further apply and demonstrate these skills. ASM3300 is a new pre-requisite for all strategy electives as IME is phased out. Students concentrating in strategy are urged to take this course in the fall of their junior year. Students who have completed IME3 are ineligible to register for this course.
Pre-requisites: OEM, MCE, ECN2300, LAW13xx, QTM2420, ACC1300
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| CVA2401 |
ETHICS (PHL) |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2401
Introduction to Ethics
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
Discussions relate morality to the life and circumstances of contemporary society by offering a solid grounding in the major concepts of ethical theory and in the basic skills for analyzing ethical issues and making sound moral judgments.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| CVA2402 |
REBEL ICONOGRAPHY: DEPICT ADOLSNT DISCNT |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2402 Rebel Iconography: Depicting Adolescent Discontent
(Intermediate Liberal Arts).
Youth rebellion has been a popular theme in fiction, advertising, music, and films since the 1950s. This course will examine the concept of the "teenager," delving into debates about its meaning and analyzing "young rebel" texts from Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. We will question the notion of a universally shared adolescent experience and investigate how cultural and historical contexts shape rebel imagery. Texts may include the sociological study Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century, the novels Tea in the Harem, Wild Kids, and A Clockwork Orange, the graphic novel The Complete Persepolis, and the films Rebel Without a Cause, La Haine, and Boys Don't Cry. Globalization provides a backdrop for looking at variations in rebel iconography, which ranges from an overused marketing device to a powerful tool for opposing repressive regimes, hostile institutions, racism, and inflexible gender roles. At the same time, the rebel icon frequently represents a surrender to nihilism and despair. This is not surprising, since adolescents are consistently blamed for social ills rather than recognized as their victims. Drawing on novels, graphic novels, films, music, theories of adolescence, and cultural critique, we will gain knowledge about rebel imagery and the dilemmas faced by actual adolescents.
"There will be required evening film screenings of Rebel Without a Cause, Boys Don't Cry, and La Haine. They will be held in the Foc'sle room (Park Manor North) on [dates TBA]."
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation AHF & HSF
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| CVA2407 |
INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY (PHL) |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2407
Introduction toPhilosophy
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
Introduction to Philosophy treats the most basic and pervasive human questions: Does God exist? What is the nature of the self? What is the relationship between our mind and our body? Do human beings have an immortal soul? Do we have free will? What is the difference between a human being and a computer? How can value judgments be justified? What is the proper relationship between the individual and the community? What is the best kind of human life?
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall
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| CVA2414 |
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES(AMS) |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2414
African American Studies
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
The aim of this course is to explore what W. E. B. Du Bois called "the strange meaning of being black" in the United States. In doing so, we will also inquire about the meaning of being "American." We will attend to the specificity and to the heterogeneity of African Americans' experiences, noting how they have shaped and been shaped by American experiences as a whole. Among the questions we will ask and attempt to answer are the following: Who is an African American? What unites the women and men identified as African Americans? What divides them? What is their relationship to Africa? What is race? What is racism? We will raise these questions by examining how African Americans have survived extraordinary hardship and how they have transformed their history into a rich variety of cultural expression. After addressing the central themes of the course through our reading and discussion of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, we will organize our course around three major themes: race and racism, the question of gender, and the cultural life of African Americans. Our goal will be to understand how African Americans have given voice to their experiences in literature, in religion, in music, in film, and in politics. Because the authors we will encounter are not only novelists and poets and historians but also social critics, we will pay special attention to their demands that American society live up to the ideals of freedom and equality it professes. Their work will push us to consider what would be required to make the dream of multi-racial democracy possible.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| CVA2418 |
THE MIDDLE EAST:PEOPLE & CULTURE |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2418
The Middle East: Peoples and Cultures
(Intermediate LiberalArts)
This course will give you basic geographic and cultural literacy about the complex and importantregion called the Middle East. Common overgeneralizations and stereotypes will be replaced with knowledge and perspective. In the first half of the course we will master the physical and political map, the nation-states and major ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. In the second half of the course, using a variety of different kinds of resources including ethnography, fiction, music, film, food and guest speakers, we will pursue an in depth study of two specific societies in the Middle East. We will explore how the dynamics of gender, family, religion, politics and economics impact the real lives of real people in the Middle East in dramatically different ways. By the end of the course, you will be able to understand current events in the Middle East in a more sophisticated way and you will also have the tools of inquiry to become geographically and culturally literate about other regions of the world.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| CVA2458 |
AFTER THE DICTATOR |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2458 After the Dictator: Cultural Transformations in Spain, Argentina, and Chile
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
In this course, we will look at artistic responses (film, narrative, art, popular culture) that reflect and inform the post-dictatorship societies of Spain and two Latin American countries. Through texts and films that explore questions of history and the representation of national and individual identities, we will consider cultural responses to both the consequences of dictatorship and the new political, economic, and social realities of these nations. The scope of democratic changes in Latin America in recent years has been of great interest to individuals in a wide range of disciplines and fields. Scholars, policymakers, and business leaders are among those interested in addressing the causes, character, and possibilities of these transformations, as well as the new political, economic, and social realities that have emerged. The democratic transition in Spain, which began with the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, provides a valuable point of comparison to the political transitions in Argentina and Chile. What are the differing strategies used to come to terms with the past and the legacy of dictatorship? What elements remain unresolved, and how do they continue to play out or find expression in the culture and society?
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation A&H and H&S
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| CVA2459 |
MEDIA & CULTURE |
3.00 credits |
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CVA2459 Media and Culture
Intermediate Liberal Arts
This course will use specific topics within media studies to
interrogate media as it affects cultural identities, and, inversely, culture as it affects media. We will analyze numerous examples of media from various times and places.
Prerequisites: RHT & Foundation A&H and H&S
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| ECN2300 |
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS |
3.00 credits |
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ECN2300
Principles of Macroeconomics
(Intermediate Liberal Arts Elective)
Macroeconomics is concerned with developments in the national economy such as the level of output, prices and employment, and with the behavior of the national economy and the business cycle. Students will study national account aggregates such as GDP, GNP, exports, imports and balance of trade, and will learn about the US banking system, money creation and the use of monetary and fiscal policy to combat inflation and unemployment and manage stable growth.
Prerequisites: None
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| ECN3610 |
INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3610
Intermediate Macroeconomics
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| ECN3615 |
MONEY, BANKING & THE ECONOMY |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3615
Money, Banking, and the Economy
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| ECN3645 |
BUSINESS & ECON POLICY IN DEVEL COUNTRY |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3645 (formerly ECN3674)
Business and Economic Policy in Developing Countries
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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)
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| ECN3655 |
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3655
Managerial Economics
(Advanced Lib Arts)
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
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| ECN3660 |
INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY & POLICY |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3660
International Trade Theory and Policy
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| ECN3662 |
POLITICAL ECON LATIN AM DEV/UNDRDEV |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3662
Political Economy of Latin American Development and Underdevelopment
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| ECN3665 |
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3665
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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
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| ECN3666 |
ECONOMICS OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGY |
4.00 credits |
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ECN3666
The Economics of Competitive Strategy
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| ENG3605 |
WRITING FICTION |
4.00 credits |
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ENG3605 Writing Fiction
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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)
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| EPS1210 |
THE ULTIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE |
4.00 credits |
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EPS1210
THE ULTIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE
(Free Elective)
Formerly EPS3510 and EPS3579
This highly competitive course, patterned after the Donald Trump TV show, "The Apprentice,"
involves intense TEAM competition and problem solving of "real world businesses." Students will be
divided into teams and compete for ten weeks to determine the ultimate winner.
Subjects include marketing, negotiation, management, finance and "out of the box thinking." The
assignments will be based on actual Business and case studies with the entrepreneurs, or their representatives involved in that particular case present in class to judge the students on their solutions.
Details
It will be open to both graduate and undergraduate students who possess "out of the box thinking"
abilities and are creative and want to be successful entrepreneurs.
The class will utilize the case method and some advice from experts in that field.
The class will utilize teams that will be in direct competition with each other.
Answers to solutions will be discussed in class.
The students will have "one on one" time provided with the professor.
Subjects to be covered:
1. Starting and Growing a Business
2. Creating the Entrepreneurial Team
3. Obtaining Capital
4. Selecting the Right Management Style for Yourself
5. Negotiations
6. Ethics
7. Eureka Ranch Creativity
8. Financial Analysis and Tax Planning
9. Guerrilla Marketing
10. Succession
11. Harvesting
12. Real Business Computer Simulation Event
Prerequisites: FME1001 or (MIS1000 and MOB1000)
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| EPS3501 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURES |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3501
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
(General Credit)
EPS3501, EPS3502 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses.
Course concentrates on starting and growing new businesses. There are two primary course objectives:
1. To investigate the concepts, tools, and practices of entrepreneurship. We will concentrate on:
-Identifying new venture opportunities (versus ideas),
-Evaluating the viability of a new venture,
-Writing a business plan,
-Understanding which skills are necessary for success and building a team that possesses those attributes, and
-Financing, starting, and operating a business.
2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classroom debate and assignments.
Upon your completion of Entrepreneurship & New Ventures you will:
-Be superior opportunity assessors and shapers,
-Understand the integration of people and process in entrepreneurship,
-Be able to write, articulate, and present a business plan that will be ready for investor review
-Have a better understanding of your personal entrepreneurial capacity.
Case studies are used as the primary tool for discussion, and are augmented with readings, guest speakers, videos, and software simulations. Student teams will write a business plan for a new venture.
Prerequisites: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)
EPS3501- T
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (technology)
(General Credit)
Course concentrates on starting and growing new businesses. (See description for EPS3501 above.) While the course will deal with a variety of types of ventures, there will be a particular focus on technology based businesses.
Prerequisite: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)
EPS3501T Usually offered in the Spring
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| EPS3502 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURES |
0.00 credits |
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EPS3502
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (ACE)
(General Credit)
EPS3501, EPS3502 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses.
This course is only for the students accepted into the ACE program. Course concentrates on starting and growing new businesses. There are three primary course objectives:
1. To investigate the components, tools, and practices of entrepreneurship. We will concentrate on:
- identifying new venture opportunities,
- evaluating the viability of a new business concept,
- writing a business plan, and developing an investor presentation
- building a team that possesses the attributes necessary for success,
- obtaining appropriate financing,
- creating an entrepreneurial culture that increases the odds of success, and
- creating liquidity for shareholders.
2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classroom debate and assignments.
3. To introduce students to a variety of entrepreneurs.
Case studies are used as the primary tool for discussion, and are augmented with readings, guest speakers, videos, and software simulations. Student teams will write a business plan for a new venture.
Prerequisite: FME1000 OR MIS1000 AND MOB1000
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| EPS3503 |
NEW TECHNOLOGY VENTURES |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3503
New Technology Ventures
(General Credit)
EPS3501, EPS3502 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses.
Creating a new venture that has technology as a basis for its products or services presents special challenges. On one hand is the "push" of new technology, as evidenced by the plethora of scientific invention and technological innovation. On the other hand is the "pull" of the market as it presents new entrepreneurial opportunities. Other key challenges present themselves in areas of intellectual property protection, team building and funding opportunities. In this course we will explore entrepreneurship in technology industries in depth with the hope of penetrating the popular veneer, and uncovering the guts of starting a growing new technology ventures. Of course, there is a lot about new technology venturing that is common to all new venture creation, and also the qualities entrepreneurs demonstrate are valuable in a wide spectrum of life's activities.
A unique aspect of this course is its desire to include students from both Babson as well as the F.W. Olin College of Engineering. Particular value from this intermingling will be evidenced in the true interdisciplinary nature of the course field project teams that are formed, and the ability for students to begin to develop networks of relationships outside their individual domains of business or engineering.
Primary Course Objectives:
1. To investigate the components, tools, and practices of technology entrepreneurship: identifying new venture opportunities, evaluating the viability of a new business concept, calibrating risk of successful technology development, protecting intellectual property, building a team that possesses the attributes necessary fro success, obtaining appropriate financing, writing a business plan, and developing an investor presentation, creating an entrepreneurial culture that increases the odds of success, and creating liquidity for shareholders.
2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classrooms debate and assignments.
3. To introduce students to a variety of technology entrepreneurs. Case studies are used as tools for discussion, and are augmented with readings and guest speakers.
The core project for this course will be the development of a technology based business plan. Students will form teams to explore a business opportunity, and develop a business plan and investor presentation.
Prerequisites: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)
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| EPS3515 |
ENTREP: KEY TO SUCCESS FAMILY BUS ENTRPR |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3515
Entrep: Key to Success Family Business Enterprises
(General Credit)
We at Babson believe that entrepreneurship is the key to family business success. We also believe that to be successful, a family business enterprise must view each challenge from a multigenerational perspective. The business must also examine its goals, objectives, ability to reinvent itself and its
growth.
This is a unique course in that:
a. It is designed by the students, who are the customers for this class;
b. It is also 100% case method;
c. The students form teams and grades are team scores;
d. Most of the case studies come from actual experiences of family businesses or start ups.
The students decide on what subjects are stressed. The course is most useful for students interested in the issues, challenges and unique concerns of family business involvement and management and in starting up businesses with family members. It is intended for those who are now affiliated with family firms or may be in the future.
The course draws heavily on the personal experiences, cases, videos, and guest speakers, and it
focuses on the critical aspects of family business success.
The course is organized around the following themes: mentoring, reinvention, individual development and career planning; management of family structure, conflicts, and relationships; and organizational issues including succession and estate planning, strategic planning, and formalizing the firm.
It is designed for those students who will be entering a family-owned business, now or in the future, or expect to someday establish a business which they can leave to their children. The classes
emphasize the tools and techniques that provide the entrepreneur with the greatest opportunity for
success. The foundation of learning for the classes comes from case studies, readings, and lively
class discussions that focus on practical methods of handling the challenges unique to business
owned and managed by families. No formal textbook is used and the students make the decisions as to what subjects will be covered and how the class is graded.
Some of the topics covered in prior classes include succession planning, handling conflicts, dealing with non-family members, re-invention of the business, management styles, strategy, leadership,
SWOT analysis, performance expectations, family risk profiles, the family issue, building teams,
fairness, taxes, estate planning, negotiation, passing the baton, etc.
We also spend considerable time on the practical challenges facing our students, involving the
evolution of the enterprise from the first generation entrepreneurial stage into the family business of
the second, third and succeeding generations. We work hard to find methods whereby these entities will be successful in the future.
The students will have "one on one" time provided with the professor. The students will also participate in a "Real Business World Computer Simulation" event.
A special feature is a Family Business Weekend involving students, siblings, friends, alumni, family and professors in which actual situations are discussed and solutions offered.
Prerequisites: IME 2 or (MCE and OEM)
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring.
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| EPS3520 |
MANAGING A GROWING BUSINESS |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3520
Managing Growing Businesses
(General Credit)
This course covers the growth phase of an entrepreneurial business, focusing on the nature and challenges of entrepreneurial businesses as they move beyond startup. The primary task for entrepreneurial firms in their growth phase is to build an organization capable of managing this growth, and then ensure the organization can sustain growth as the market and competitive environment changes. The entrepreneur needs to create a professional organization both responsive to external change and entrepreneurial enough to continually create new businesses through innovative thinking.
Issues of particular importance to rapidly growing companies include: getting the right people and systems in place, managing with limited resources, cash flow planning, leadership and delegation, professional zing the business, turning around a troubled business, establishing and communicating culture, and creating a vision to drive the organization toward the future.
Prerequisites: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE) and EPS350%
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| EPS3525 |
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3525 (formerly EPS3575)
Social Enterprise Management
(General Credit)
This course is about the opportunities and challenges of using your managerial skills and entrepreneurial talents creatively and appropriately to help solve social problems and to make a difference in the lives of others. To that end, we focus on organizations with an explicit civic mission or social purpose, from well known nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and City Year to widely regarded for profits like Ben & Jerry's, Newman's Own, and Timberland. Course materials include readings, cases and films (where relevant). Periodically throughout the semester leaders of social enterprise organizations will join the class to explore the subject matter in more detail and from a practitioner's perspective. The chief aims of this course are to: (1) provide a historical context for considering social enterprises; (2) engage participants in institutional efforts to create a good society through direct exposure and experience with the work of these organizations; (3) develop the skills and competencies necessary to respond positively to the managerial challenges faced by these organizations; and (4) prepare participants for leadership roles in their communities. Social Enterprise Management is offered as a four-credit entrepreneurship elective to upper level students who have completed all management core requirements.
Students who have taken EPS3575 INTRO TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT may not take this course.
Prerequisite: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)
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| EPS3530 |
LIVING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3530
Living the Entrepreneurial Experience
(General Credit)
This is a practical course in which students work in the field, individually or occasionally in pairs, on real entrepreneurial projects. Students will apply concepts that students have learned in class by either implementing students own business plan or working with an entrepreneur on a specific project. Students are guided by the instructor, but are expected to provide most of the initiative to complete the project. Contact time for this course will be split between in-class sessions and out-of-class individual meetings with the instructor.
Prerequisite: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE) and EPS3501
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| EPS3550 |
CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
4.00 credits |
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EPS3550
Corporate Entrepreneurship
(General Credit)
This course focuses on entrepreneurship in existing organizations, taking the position that, in order to compete in today's dynamic, highly competitive business environment, organizations will need to spur and promote entrepreneurship as a way of doing business. The three main topics covered are: (1) how established organizations can be entrepreneurial, (2) how the corporate entrepreneurship process works, and (3) the role of individuals in promoting entrepreneurship in their organizations. Students will study the various approaches leading companies in the US and elsewhere use to create entrepreneurial businesses within their organizations. We will also examine how entrepreneurs can recognize and investigate business opportunities for established firms. In addition, we will study how entrepreneurs gain support for their ventures, given an organizational context with various enablers and inhibitors to entrepreneurship.
Prerequisite: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE) and EPS350%
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| EPS3580 |
MKTG FOR ENTREPRENEURS |
4.00 credits |
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EPS 3580
Marketing for Entrepreneurs
(General Credit)
This course provides an in-depth study of entrepreneurial marketing strategies for the 21st century. It examines how start-up and small/medium-size companies reach the marketplace and sustain their businesses, within highly-competitive industries.
Recognition is given to the need of management to operate flexibly, make maximum effective use of scarce resources in terms of people, equipment and funds, and the opportunities that exist within new and established market niches.
Classes focus on a combination of brief lectures, extensive case study analyses and a term-long group assignment involving student-generated entrepreneurial product or service offerings.
Prerequisites: IME 2 or (OEM AND MCE) and EPS350%
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| EXC3000 |
BABSON STUDY ABROAD |
16.00 credits |
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|
| FIN3515 |
CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT |
4.00 credits |
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FIN3515
Corporate Financial Management
(General Elective)
This course is designed for students interested in corporate financial management. Its principal
goals are to provide the concepts and techniques required to make long-term investment and
financing decisions within the firm. At the end of the course, students will be able to make real
asset investment decisions by valuing a proposed investment project or acquisition. Students will
also be able to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the appropriateness of a firm's financing
policy. Topics covered include alternative valuation methods, estimating cost of capital, real
options, capital structure, and corporate payout policy. Recommended: ACC3502
Prerequisite: IME 2 or MCE
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| FIN3520 |
SECURITY VALUATION |
4.00 credits |
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FIN3520
Security Valuation
(General Elective)
This course is designed for students interested in investment banking, fixed-income valuation or equity analysis. Students develop tools and techniques for the valuation of different securities. Topics covered include: bond pricing, bond duration, the term-structure of interest rates, financial statement analysis, equity valuation models, and firm valuation. A major focus of this class is the valuation of specific firms and securities using finance theory and applications. Recommended: ACC3502
Prerequisite: IME 2 or MCE
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| FIN3555 |
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT |
4.00 credits |
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FIN3555
Real Estate Investment
(General Elective)
This course is designed for students interested in learning to evaluate real estate investment opportunities. The focus is on commercial property, not single-family homes, and on U.S. real estate. Using readings and case studies, students examine real estate as an asset class and explore its similarities and differences from other investment types.The foundation for this course involves understanding the industry terminology, legal rights and restrictions, and basic techiques for financial projections and analysis.
Expanding from this base, students explore the use of debt and the implications of taxes on real estate investment returns.
Prerequisite: IME2320 or MCE
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| FIN3560 |
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTRUMENTS |
4.00 credits |
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FIN3560
Financial Markets and Instruments
(General Elective)
This course provides the student an understanding of the role the financial markets can play in managing the firm. The topics covered include the major financial markets and their associated structures, quantitative techniques for valuing various financial securities and their cash flow streams, and factors affecting interest rates. This course also provides an introduction to derivatives and risk management. Topics include: instruments/markets, issuing securities, organized exchanges vs. OTC, stock valuation, bond valuation, cost of equity capital, interest rate determination (term structure), risk management, an introduction to derivatives, pay off profiles, binomial option pricing techniques, and an introduction to Black-Scholes.
FIN3560 is a prerequisite to many advanced finance elective courses. This is also a good course for students who do not intend to pursue Finance as a specialization but want to supplement their IME coursework with additional Finance.
Prerequisite: IME2320 or MCE
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| FIN4510 |
CORPORATE FINANCIAL MODELING&DECIS TOOLS |
4.00 credits |
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FIN4510
Corporate Finance Modeling and Decision Tools
(General Credit)
This course is designed to provide a practical application of corporate finance skills to a variety of analyses commonly performed by investment bank and commercial bank financial analysts. Mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, private equity placements, senior and mezzanine debt issuances, leveraged buyouts, and other common financial transactions will be covered. We will explore the process of each transaction and place heavy emphasis on the role of the financial analyst in analyzing each situation. Students will gather source data, and build and apply models typically used in practice by investment banks, commercial banks, and corporate finance consultants. The course is designed for those interested in careers in investment banking, commercial banking, corporate finance consulting, and strategic planning.
Prerequisite: (IME2320 or MCE) and any 3000 level Finance Course.
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| FIN4520 |
BABSON COLLEGE FUND I |
4.00 credits |
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FIN4520
Babson College Fund 1
(General Credit)
The Babson College Fund is a student managed portion of the Babson College endowment. The Trustees of the Babson College Fund select undergraduate and graduate students to be portfolio managers. Undergraduate students may apply to be portfolio managers in the spring of their junior year. If selected, students may receive up to six credits for this activity.
Further information and applications can be obtained from Professor Steven Feinstein (Babson College Fund Office).
Prerequisite: (IME2320 or MCE) and Instructor Permission
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| FIN4530 |
INVESTMENTS |
4.00 credits |
| |
FIN4530
Investments
(General Credit)
This course is designed for students interested in investment or portfolio management. Students explore the simultaneous management of multiple securities, using statistical and other mathematical tools. Topics covered include: risk and return, allocation of risky assets, setting portfolio objectives and strategy, portfolio optimization, risk crafting, and portfolio performance evaluation. Through case studies, investment tools, projects, and readings, students will explore investment and portfolio theory and practice.
Prerequisites: (IME 2 or MCE) and any 3000 level Finance course.
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall
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| FIN4560 |
OPTIONS & FUTURES |
4.00 credits |
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FIN4560
Options and Futures
(General Credit)
This course is an introduction to options, futures, and other derivative securities. We examine
the nature of the instruments, the theory of how they are priced, and strategies in which they are
used. Cases address applications in both investment management and corporate finance,
covering such topics as risk management, financial engineering, speculation, and arbitrage.
Recommended: ACC3502.
Prerequisites: IME2 or MCE and any 3000 level Finance course and senior status
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| FIN4570 |
GLOBAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT |
4.00 credits |
| |
FIN 4570 Global Financial Management
(General Elective)
The central theme of this course is how to manage the finances of a multinational firm. It devotes attention to managing the short-term finances of a multinational, including topics like centralizing cash management, netting, and transfer pricing. It then deals with long-term financial management of the multinational. That section includes capital budgeting in the multinational context, capital structure decisions, and also studies how a multinational can sometimes have a lower cost of capital than a single-country firm of the same size. The third major theme is how the multinational can optimize its relationship with the capital markets, including the national stock markets where its subsidiaries operate. This section includes a discussion of the opportunities created for multinational companies by international portfolio investment. If time permits there will be a section on how to operate in countries with inconvertible or hyperinflationary currencies. The course deals with the international financial environment, meaning topics such as exchange rates, balance of payments, and cross-border capital flows, only to the extent necessary to put the financial decisions for firms operating in more than one currency into proper context.
Prerequisites: (IME2 or MCE) and any 3000 level Finance course
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| FME1000 |
FOUNDATIONS OF MGMT & ENTREPRENEURS |
3.00 credits |
| |
FME1000
Foundation Management Entrepreneurship (2 semesters)
(Foundation Mgmt)
This full-year, introductory course exposes students to key management and information systems principles, vocabulary, and techniques. Central to the course is a "learn by doing" approach and sensitivity toward social responsibility and ethical behavior. Students organize into groups of 30 and are responsible for developing and implementing an actual business that the College funds. Profits generated by the business activity are used to support a charitable project that the students must coordinate as well. Students are introduced to the central concepts of finance, accounting, management, operations, and human resource management. In addition, they learn how information systems are used to manage and control business organizations and how to use productivity tools such as spreadsheet and database programs to manage business organizations more effectively.
Prerequisites: NONE
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall
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| FRN2600 |
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I |
4.00 credits |
| |
FRN2600
Intermediate French Language and Culture I
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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
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| FYS1300 |
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR |
1.00 credits |
| |
FYS1300 First Year Seminar First Year Seminar
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of skills necessary to be an engaged and participative member of the Babson community. This program will challenge students to critically examine important aspects of college student life (from exploring issues of ethics and diversity to the benefits of student organizations). In addition, this program will focus on many significant life skills such as effective communication and problem solving techniques. Students will earn one academic credit for their successful participation in this program. Participation in the First Year Seminar (FYS) is required for all Babson students.
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| FYS1301 |
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR |
1.00 credits |
| |
FYS1301 First Year Seminar First Year Seminar
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of skills necessary to be an engaged and participative member of the Babson community. This program will challenge students to critically examine important aspects of college student life (from exploring issues of ethics and diversity to the benefits of student organizations). In addition, this program will focus on many significant life skills such as effective communication and problem solving techniques. Students will earn one academic credit for their successful participation in this program. Participation in the First Year Seminar (FYS) is required for all Babson students.
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| HFE1311 |
HONORS FOUNDATION EXPERIENCE |
4.00 credits |
| |
HFE1311-01
Honors Foundation Experience: Equality, Persuasion, and Ethics: The Practice of Democracy
This two-semester, 9-credit course satisfies the first-year requirements for AHF, HSF, and Rhetoric B.
This uniquely designed course explores the ways democracy is enacted in the face of natural, social, economic, and cultural inequalities. How can individuals and citizens agree on what is just and good? How can democracy retain the support both of the masses and of powerful elites, such as aristocrats, the wealthy, or those with special knowledge. What role does dissent play in the practice of democracy and how can political equality coexist with the right of individuals to make choices for themselves? How are personal and intimate relations affected by the practice of democracy?
We will explore these themes in two ways. First we will examine the works of relevant artists, philosophers, and other writers. Then we will try to practice democracy in the classroom itself by re-enacting two charged moments in history when democracy was being shaped and tested: fall semester will focus on Athens in 403 B.C. and spring semester will focus on Paris in 1791. Students will be assigned roles to play and will give speeches and write position papers based on the issues critical to the assemblies of that time. During these sections of the course, which last from 4 to 6 weeks, the class will be run entirely by you, the students, as you attempt to advance the objectives of your particular roles and as the instructors offer advice and guidance. This unique approach improves speaking, writing, and leadership skills, promotes engagement with classic texts, and builds a strong learning community.
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| HIS3686 |
BEIJING: EMPERORS TO OLYMPICS |
2.00 credits |
| |
This course will meet on the following Fridays:
Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10
HIS3686 BEIJING: EMPERORS TO OLYMPICS
2 Credit Advanced Liberal Arts
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)
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| HIS3687 |
CONTEMPORARY CHINA |
2.00 credits |
| |
This course will meet on the following Fridays:
Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov 7, Nov 14, Dec 5.
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)
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| HSF1300 |
H&S FOUNDATION |
3.00 credits |
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HSF1300
Crises in Community and Citizenship
(Fall Semester)
(Foundation Liberal Arts)
That the United States is a "nation of immigrants" is a truism ingrained in American culture and public disclosure. To it we might add another: Americans are people "on the move". If such characterizations are commonplace, however, unpacking them is anything but simple. This course endeavors to unpack these ideas, introducing students to college-level work in the Liberal Arts through an explorations of the construction of "American" identity in the 20th century.
Prerequisites: NONE
HSF1300
Memories, Stories, Histories: Constructing Self in the 20th Century
(Spring Semester)
(Foundation Liberal Arts)
This first-year History and Society course features the social and psychological construction, destruction, and reconstruction of identity set in the context of major 20th century international, national, and social conflicts. These include imperialism, World War I, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and the lingering conflicts of race, class, and gender inequality in America.
Prerequisites: NONE
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| HSF1311 |
HNRS H&S FOUNDATION |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSF1311
H&S Honors Foundation
Bodies in Motion: Meaning of Migration in the 20th Century United States
(Fall Semester)
(Foundation Liberal Arts)
That the United States is a "nation of immigrants" is a truism ingrained in American culture and public disclosure. To it we might add another: Americans are people "on the move". If such characterizations are commonplace, however, unpacking them is anything but simple. This course endeavors to unpack these ideas, introducing students to college-level work in the Liberal Arts through an explorations of the construction of "American" identity in the 20th century.
HSF1311
H&S Honors Foundation
Memories, Stories, Histories: Constructing Self in the 20th Century
(Spring Semester)
(Foundation Liberal Arts)
This first-year History and Society course features the social and psychological construction, destruction, and reconstruction of identity set in the context of major 20th century international, national, and social conflicts. These include imperialism, World War I, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and the lingering conflicts of race, class, and gender inequality in America.
Prerequisites: NONE
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| HSS2401 |
INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY (PSY) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS2401
Introduction to Psychology
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course offers a survey of psychology, the scientific study of human thought, feeling, motivation, and behavior. Among the subtopics to be explored are: perception, learning memory, emotion, stress & coping, social influence, personality (normal and abnormal), and psychotherapy. This is primarily a lecture course, with class time occasionally devoted to in-class demonstrations discussion, and films. Final grades are based on frequent (around 6) objective tests, an analytic paper, and a comprehensive final examination. The course addresses competencies such as: understanding the individual and the relationship between individual and social realities; understanding and critically appreciating and weighing quantitative and qualitative information from scientific sources; and applying these types of information to the task of reflecting on oneself and others.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| HSS2403 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY(HIS) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS2403
Latin American History
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course will be an introduction to the main themes, actors, and ideas in Latin American history. The central focus will be on Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, with an attempt to develop a comparative understanding of the Latin America's diversity, as well as common patterns, from pre-Columbian times to the present. In other words, this course is not an exhaustive history of Latin America; rather, it intends to develop familiarity with key concepts, developments, and issues in the region's history.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
This course is typically offered in the following semester: FALL
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| HSS2411 |
AMERICAN POLITICS(POL) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS2411 American Politics
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course provides an introduction to American politics and the American political system. Throughout the course the principles and institutions of American politics will be critically approached, with a view to such concerns as the relationship between liberty and obligation, politics and culture, and democracy and governance. Since the US Presidential and Congressional elections occur during the Fall 2008 semester, the events, developments, campaigns, issues and candidates of these elections will form a backdrop and consistent theme of the course. As we assess and learn about the process and politics of the Fall 2008 elections, we will work towards understanding the foundations, functions, and ideological bases and practices of American politics. In this way, this course will help inform and be informed by our active assessment of the political events in the United States as they occur. Upon this basis we will then have substantial discussions about some of the more controversial domestic and foreign policy issues of our time, including the so-called culture war, the war in Iraq, the role of interest groups and money in politics, the role of race, ethnicity and gender in American politics, and so on. Along with the required texts and on-line readings for the course, all students must read the newspaper on a daily basis to stay up to date on current events relevant to our discussions and debates about American politics.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| HSS2418 |
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY(SOC) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS2418
Introduction to Sociology
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
Sociology explains human behavior in terms of group activities. The solidarity of a social group allows group members to work cooperatively towards common goals. But the dark side of group solidarity is that it often leads members to feel hostility towards individuals who are not a part of the group and for non-members to experience feelings of resentment towards the group and its members. How is solidarity achieved? How is the formation of social identity affected by group solidarity? How do groups competing for scarce resources construct a view of their group's needs, hopes, and desires? Where are group members and nonmembers situated in this view of social life? This course examines the relationship between group solidarity, resource scarcity, and the formation of social identity in everyday life.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Spring and Summer I
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| HSS2420 |
MEDIA STUDIES (MDS) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS2420
Media Studies
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course explores the structure and functions of the mass media in contemporary society, looking at social, cultural, economic and political issues relevant to television, film, radio, recorded music, books, newspapers, magazines, internet and new communication technologies. Exploration of relationships between media and individual, media structure, media policy, law and ethics, and globalization of communications media is emphasized.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| HSS2433 |
COMPARATIVE POLITICS(POL) |
3.00 credits |
| |
HSS24333
Comparative Politics
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course will use comparative methods to explore a variety of issues at the heart of modern politics. Through investigating the politics, economics, and societies in a wide variety of countries, including Britain, Russia, China, Iran, and Brazil, the course will examine the impacts of different political institutional structures, the relationship between capitalism and democracy, causes of revolutions, the role of ideas in politics, and how strong communal identity can strengthen or weaken states as well as other related topics.
Prerequisites: Foundation Program
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| IME2330 |
IME3 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING |
3.00 credits |
| |
IME2330
IME3 Managerial Accounting
(Intermediate Mgmt)
Business Strategy and Implementation
In IME3, Business Strategy and Implementation, you will develop an understanding for setting the strategy for the business and recognize how the tools learned earlier in IME1 and IME2 can be used to support the implementation of that strategy. IME3 encourages you to think as leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset and an integrated view of the entire organization. There are three streams: (1) Strategy, (2) Managerial Accounting and (3) Technology and Operations Management and Organizational Behavior.
Course Description
Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting builds off of Financial Accounting in IME1. Where Financial Accounting is focused on use of financial statements by external constituencies, Managerial Accounting is focused on providing information to managers inside the company for decision making and performance measurement. We will start by understanding cost - cost type, cost behavior, cost of products and services, cost analysis - and then move to use of revenue and cost information for decision analysis. We will then study management control processes that allow company managers to plan and execute their business strategies and operations and provide a basis for evaluating management performance. During the semester, we will integrate Management Accounting with Strategy, Operations and Organizational Behavior through a series of five industry focused integration days.
Prerequisite: IME2
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| IME2331 |
IME3 STRATEGY |
3.00 credits |
| |
IME2331
IME3 Strategy
Business Strategy and Implementation
(Intermediate Mgmt)
In IME3, Business Strategy and Implementation, you will develop an understanding for setting the strategy for the business and recognize how the tools learned earlier in IME1 and IME2 can be used to support the implementation of that strategy. IME3 encourages you to think as leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset and an integrated view of the entire organization. There are three streams: (1) Strategy, (2) Managerial Accounting and (3) Technology and Operations Management and Organizational Behavior.
Course Description
Strategy
This is a foundational course in strategy. Using in-depth case discussions, background readings, and a final project, the course will familiarize you with essential and widely used concepts in strategy analysis. We will move from macro to micro analysis as the semester progresses: from considering factors external to a company to those internal to it; from focusing on the environment, industry, and competition to looking at a company's resources, capabilities, structure, systems, and processes; from competitive interactions to business and corporate strategy; and from issues of strategy content to those dealing with strategy execution.
Prerequisite: IME2
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| IME2332 |
IME3 OB/TOM |
2.00 credits |
| |
IME2332
IME3 OB/TOM
Business Strategy and Implementation
(Intermediate Mgmt)
In IME3, Business Strategy and Implementation, you will develop an understanding for setting the strategy for the business and recognize how the tools learned earlier in IME1 and IME2 can be used to support the implementation of that strategy. IME3 encourages you to think as leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset and an integrated view of the entire organization. There are three streams: (1) Strategy, (2) Managerial Accounting and (3) Technology and Operations Management and Organizational Behavior.
Course Description
Technology and Operations Management / Organizational Behavior
The Technology and Operations Management / Organizational Behavior stream in IME3 builds on material you learned in IME2. The technology and operations management piece shifts its focus to product design, production and delivery. Typical product organizations we consider may include manufacturers of computers, automobiles, clothes or food products. We will dig into the differences between service and manufacturing companies and study topics such as process analysis, six-sigma, supply chains and new product development. The organizational behavior portion will focus on the frameworks and skills required to become effective leaders and managers in organizations. This builds on what you learned in IME2 where you gained an understanding of organizations and becoming effective team members. Topics include leadership, job and group design, culture, human resource fundamentals, managing change, and negotiation skills.
Prerequisite: IME2
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| IMH2312 |
HONORS SEMINAR |
1.00 credits |
| |
|
| IND4504 |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
| |
|
| IND4604 |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
| |
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| IND4614 |
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
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| INH4514 |
HONORS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
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| INH4524 |
HONORS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
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| INH4614 |
HONORS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
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| INH4624 |
HONORS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH |
4.00 credits |
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| JPN1200 |
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE LANG & CULT I |
4.00 credits |
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JPN1200
Elementary Japanese Language and Culture I
(General Credit)
An introduction to a practical, and functional knowledge of Japanese as it is used in contemporary society. Students will learn the fundamental use of the Japanese language by exercising all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Two basic writing systems, hiragana and katakana, are taught to promote literacy in Japanese environments. An introduction to Japanese culture, which is inseparable from learning the language, is provided through demonstrations, videos and films.
Prerequisite: None
This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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| JPN2600 |
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I |
4.00 credits |
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JPN2600
Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture I
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
The course teaches effective communication with the Japanese as well as cultural awareness. Using an interactive approach, students learn to converse on non-technical topics, write and read 100 Kanji symbols, recognize additional symbols, and become fluent in using approximately 200 hiragana and katakana symbols.
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
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| LAW1300 |
BUSINESS LAW |
3.00 credits |
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LAW1300 BUSINESS LAW Foundation Requirement
This course is an introduction to the legal system. Survey of agency employment, torts, crimes, and contracts; formation, management, and financing of corporations and partnerships; sales; consumer protections; and securities law.
Prerequisite: NONE
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
This course is a prerequisite to: Integrated Strategic Management (ISM)
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| LAW1301 |
HONORS BUSINESS LAW |
3.00 credits |
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LAW1301
Honors Business Law
This course is the honors version of the required introduction to the legal system. Survey of agency employment, torts, crimes,
and contracts; formation, management, and financing of corporations and partnerships; sales;
consumer protections; and securities law.
Prerequisite: NONE
This course is a prerequisite to: Integrated Strategic Management (ISM)
This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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| LAW3515 |
ENTERTAINMENT LAW |
4.00 credits |
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LAW3515 Entertainment Law
(General Credit)
The entertainment industry is by far one of the most lucrative sectors of the global business economy. It encompasses everything from the latest Oscar winning film and Tony award winning play to books on the New York times best seller list and start up rock bands with their own free on line music downloads. This course will explore legal and business issues relating to the development, production, exploitation and regulation of the entertainment industry. Topics to be addressed will include such things as the intellectual property rights of artists, producers and publishers; negotiation and formation of entertainment business contracts; fiduciary responsibilities of agents, managers and lawyers; and 1st amendment issues relating to free speech and obscenity laws. All of this will be covered against the backdrop of examining entertainment products such as films, DVDs, live/recorded/on line music, and printed/on line books and other forms of new media.
Prerequisite: LAW13XX or LAW1XXX
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| LAW3601 |
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW |
4.00 credits |
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LAW3601
Public International Law and World Order
(Advanced Liberal Arts Elective)
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
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| LIT3671 |
WARRIORS&LOVERS:GNDR&IDENT LIT MDL AGES |
4.00 credits |
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LIT3671
Warriors and Lovers: Gender & Identity in Literature of Middle Ages
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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)
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| LIT3681 |
LITERATURE OF WW I |
4.00 credits |
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LIT3681
Literature and World War One
(Advanced Liberal Arts)
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)
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| LVA2405 |
ART AS A VISUAL LANGUAGE(VSA) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA2405
Art as a Visual Language
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
Develop experience in learning to read the visual language of art painting, sculpture and architecture and develop personal aesthetic standards through study and discussion of slides, field trips, readings and museum visits.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| LVA2409 |
AMERICAN FILM HISTORY(FLM) |
3.00 credits |
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SCREENING: Tuesdays 3:25 - 5: 25 in the Fo'c'sle
LVA2409
American Film History
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course offers an overview of American film history and explores the basic techniques used by film directors to express their ideas and tell their stories. The goal of the course is to introduce students to film history, theory, and terminology while simultaneously discussing the relation between cultural values and popular culture forms. As an introduction to cinema studies, the course will teach students to "read" filmed texts and to consider popular culture as a gauge of collective values. Through readings, discussions, and weekly screenings, students will consider film's influence on American cultural myth and on individual and social identities. This is a writing intensive course that addresses the following competencies: Creativity, Ethics, and Rhetoric.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| LVA2432 |
FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN ART (VSA) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA2432
Foundations of Western Art
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course is designed to introduce students to painting, architecture, and sculpture from the Renaissance to the early 20th century and to give students an understanding of the general principles governing the visual arts. Topics such as the role of the artist, the functions of art in society, and the nature of visual language, among others, will be discussed as major artists and their works are presented in this survey of Western art. Class lectures and discussions are based on the presentation of slides.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| LVA2445 |
MODERNISM & THE MAKING OF THE NEW(LIT) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA2445
Modernism and the Making of the New
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
The British novelist Virginia Woolf declared that human nature underwent a fundamental change "on or about December 1910." The first few decades of the twentieth century are characterized by a fervent desire to break with the past and to reject traditions that seemed outmoded and too genteel to suit an era of psychological and technological breakthroughs and violence on a grand scale. This class will look at works that reflect ideas of experimentation, in both form and content, and that engaged new understandings of time, space, and human subjectivity. We will read writers such as Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, E.M. Forster, Djuna Barnes, and Katherine Mansfield, as well as the theories of Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein (this is a tentative list). Be prepared; there is a lot of reading. These are difficult and challenging texts that do not rely on straightforward plot and narrative; they require careful analysis and critical engagement.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation H&S and A&H
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| LVA2453 |
BUSINESS IN AMERICAN DRAMA (LIT) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA 2453 Top Performers: Business in American Drama
Intermediate Liberal Arts (3 credits)
Ever since Willy Loman walked on stage with his sample cases in Arthur Miller's 1949 masterpiece Death of a Salesman, it has been thought axiomatic that American playwrights have painted a bleak portrait of sales professionals in particular and businesspeople generally. But a close look at American dramatic treatments of business shows something more complicated. Over the past century American playwrights have located in the world of business and the world of drama a shared preoccupation with the sometimes tricky distinctions between word and act, authenticity and performance, the "real" and the symbolic. This course will look at a selection of American plays from the early twentieth century to the present, focusing on those plays' treatment of business and economic life. In addition to close scrutiny of dramatic texts and theatrical performances, we will also explore the role of performance in business. In other words, we'll look at both business in American drama and drama in American business. Your performance will be assessed through two papers, a mid-term and a final exam.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation A&H H&S
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| LVA2455 |
FRENCH NOVEL INTO FILM (LIT) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA2455
French Novel into Film: Lust in Translation?
(Intermediate Liberal Arts)
This course examines the film adaptations of four short, classic French novels by Balzac, Zola, Duras and Queneau. It is conducted in English, using translated texts and subtitled French films. The theme of lust appears in all four novels: lust for power, lust for the city of Paris, lust for non-traditional relationships. What happens when these novels move to film? Is the uniqueness of the original text preserved or transformed? Does the film measure up to the literary work? And how does the role of the reader differ from that of the viewer in assigning meaning to the text or film? We will address these questions as both readers and viewers in this course.
Prerequisites: RHT and Foundation A&H and H&S
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| LVA2458 |
MAGICAL AMERICAN STORIES(LIT) |
3.00 credits |
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LVA2458 Comparative Ethnicity: Magical American Story (LIT)
Intermediate Liberal Arts
In this course, we will think and write analytically about stories, films, and critical essays that explore the magical realist mode and the ethnic American experience. We will c | | | | |
