Catalog: Boston College 2003-2004 Catalog | |
| , a student group primarily elected to represent student views to the ... , is located in Lyons 313. In addition to its 32 listening/recording stations and ... , and BC community members who wish to use the Language Laboratory facility and ... day, in the evening, and on weekends to assist them in the operation of ... network 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to students officially enrolled in courses ... services, which are described below, to support the teaching and research ... system, provides convenient access to the Libraries collections, digital ... , 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users can interact with the system and ... a new book right from their desktop. Users can also initiate and track requests ... materials that are currently charged to them. The web interface and expanded ... | |
| in 1998. The goals of the Center are to promote research on retirement issues, ... to transmit new findings to the policy community and the public, to ... help train new scholars, and to broaden access to valuable data sources ... confronts the myriad issues surrounding how best to ensure adequate retirement ... explore possible policy changes related to Social Security, private pensions, and ... http://www.bc.edu/crr, send an e-mail to crr@bc.edu, or call 617- 552-1762. ... recognized for its work in the policy uses of tests. This research center is a ... School of Management. CWF is committed to enhancing the quality of life of todays ... companies and communities will work together to ensure their mutual prosperity and ... : The Centers research focuses on how organizational leadership, culture, and ... | |
| booklet. Students are expected to be familiar with the contents of these ... It is the students responsibility to know and comply with all requirements ... Nursing Student Loan are expected to accept responsibility for the ... in the students status must be reported to the Office of Student Services as it ... Federal Title IV funds are subject to the following Withdrawal/ Refund ... and the student will be required to return to the federal aid programs the ... period (semester) are considered to have earned 100% of the aid received ... funds. If the University returns funds to the Title IV aid programs, it could ... . Students may also be required to return funds released to them for ... expenses. Monies will be returned to the Title IV programs and not to ... recipients. Monies returned to the Title IV aid programs will be ... | |
| the unauthorized use of University academic facilities or ... recording, sale, purchase, or use of academic lectures, academic computer ... or peer review of work submitted to journals, or in proposals for funding ... is defined as assistance or an attempt to assist another student in an act of ... courses, and students are expected to consult with their instructor if they ... Students have a responsibility to maintain high standards of academic ... in their own work, and thereby to maintain the integrity of their degree ... . It is their responsibility to be familiar with, and understand, the ... , students should bring their concerns to the attention of the instructor, or to ... violations by students reported to members of the faculty or to an ... dean will be handled according to the procedures set forth below. ... | |
| major, it is possible, in some of them, to develop a major or minor program. All ... of them are designed to provide a coherent grouping of courses ... circumstances, students are advised to follow the formal educational programs ... Independent Major. Students who wish to apply for an Independent Major must ... should be equal in depth and coherence to a typical departmental major and should ... Each proposed major should be submitted to the Deans Office before March 1 of the ... year. The Dean will then present it to the Educational Policy Committee for ... aim for a coherent shape appropriate to the subject matter. It should offer ... sense of movement from a beginning to a mid dle and an end, from introductory ... to advanced levels, or from general to specialized treatments. Students must ... | |
| required A laboratory course designed to accompany BI 304 and to introduce ... students to basic techniques in cell biology, ... required A laboratory course designed to accompany BI 305. The course is the ... approval. This course is not open to students who have taken MC 140 and MC ... audience consists of students who plan to take Computational Biology BI 507 later ... a rapid, comprehensive introduction to the main concepts of programming, data ... structures, probability, and statistics used in computational areas of biology, ... in ecology, but then shifts its focus to human-oriented problems. How does the ... environment affect our society? How do we impact the environment? These are ... questions this course strives to answer. Built around student interests ... in constructing the course syllabus to make sure that the course addresses ... | |
| the instructor This course is designed to introduce biology and biochemistry ... majors to the subject with an emphasis on ... understanding how a knowledge of biochemical principals ... is useful to those engaged in biological research at ... , lipids, and nucleic acids, and (2) how the biochemical processes meet the ... of the cell. Reference will be made to alterations in these processes in ... Biology (Spring: 2) Enrollment limited to 8 students. Prerequisites: BI 304, BI ... seminar-type course focuses on current topics in cell biology as introduced by ... landmark papers. Topics include: the cell cycle, genome ... in specific areas, enabling students to gain a refined understanding of the ... function of proteins and nucleic acids. Topics will include the following: physical ... | |
| for problems generally related to genomics. Sample topics include ... molecular and cell biology are leading to discoveries of the transport signals ... and the major carriers. Topics covered in this course include the ... . In addition, the course will describe how different viruses (HIV, ... : 3) Prerequisites: BI 304, BI 305 Topics covered include: cell division cycle ( ... and irreversible degredation as means to control cell cycle progression, ... immune response at the molecular level. Topics include: the regulation of B and T cell ... emphasis on experimental approaches to study immune regulation and will make ... extensive use of the research literature in order to ... areas such as, lymphocyte activation, tolerance, and clonal deletion. Thomas Chiles BI ... : BI 200-202 This is a course about how animals function as well as why they ... | |
| material of eukaryotic organisms. Topics covered include chromatin structure and ... under faculty supervision. In addition to formal lab training and discussion ... sections, students will have access to the lab outside class hours to work on ... projects intended to produce publication quality data. ... , polymerase chain reaction, and the use of computers and national databases for ... This course presents selected topics in the broad field of neuroscience, ... on the mammalian nervous system. Topics include historical foundations of ... an undergraduate genetics course. Topics include the principles of DNA ... and macromolecular assemblies. Topics include the elements of protein ... and macromolecular assemblies. Topics include the elements of protein ... undergraduate course in cell biology. Topics include the principles of cellular ... | |
| through these turbulent years and those too young to remember them will come to ... classical music from the early 1900s to the present. Records, tapes, and audio- ... music from the early New Orleans period to present day Jazz/Rock and music videos ... will be used throughout the course. Hubert Walters ... /SC 268 The purpose of this course is to increase participant awareness of the ... and institutional forms of racism and to deepen participant understanding of how ... to combat racism today. The course will survey historical forms ... in Boston from its inception in 1683 to the present. Topics covered include: ... of the Black music that has come to be known as jazz. The socio-political ... : 3) This course reviews the literature to discern why victims of oppression ... | |
| for a teaching program best suited to his/her overall program of studies. ... principles and their application to environmental issues. Topics covered ... depletion, hazardous waste, energy use and alternative energy sources. The ... goal of the course is to develop a knowledge base from which one ... issues as well as formulate solutions to the ever-increasingly complex problems ... of todays technological society. The second ... principles of organic chemistry and topics covered include the chemistry of life, ... . It offers a rigorous introduction to the principles of chemistry, with ... in CH 109-110. Discussion of lecture topics and problem-solving methods, in small ... Thermodynamics and Kinetics are studied to understand why chemical reactions occur ... start they cant go all the way to completion, and how molecules act as ... | |
| 230, or CO 231 This course will examine how an editorial staff produces a newspaper ... daily process as decisions are made as to what stories to cover, what stories and ... photographs to publish (and not to publish), and on what page to display ... . Thomas Mulvoy CO 235 Introduction to Advertising (Fall/Spring: 3) This ... in society, both as a marketing tool and as a communication process. ... the subject, the course includes such topics as advertising history, regulation, ... /advertising research, and the creative uses of various advertising media. Students ... in the Theater Arts Department. Howard Enoch CO 240 Introduction to Public ... Fall/Spring: 3) This course is designed to be an examination of the technical, ... analyzes a wide-range of issues related to the First Amendment, intellectual ... | |
| this exploration, students will be able to critique the impact of television, ... phenomenon. The course continues to investigate how the seemingly anarchic ... software and hardware, and default set user preferences attempt to delineate the ... series of on-line workshop assignments, to question the political and social ... the Internets most popular functions. Topics include privatization of search engines ... on-line databases, web cookies and user privacy, virtual identities, the ... one of the indispensable communication tools in contemporary society. Students will ... be introduced to basics of the WWW so that they can (1) ... Research methods are often considered tools for creating knowledge. This course ... will equip students with a veritable toolbox of methods for researching mass media ... | |
| the BI 304, BI 305 sequence may wish to consider completing the requirement ... Record Exam (GRE) usually needs to be taken by the fall of their senior ... following courses, which cover material used heavily in the GRE, should be taken by ... who enjoy using computers and who wish to gain a deeper understanding of ... technology. Both majors are designed to provide a solid foundation in the ... in Computer Science should plan to complete the programs Calculus ... in MT 100 in fall semester and continue to MT 101 in spring semester. Students who ... semester. First year students wishing to double major in Computer Science and ... strong technical skills are encouraged to take Computer Science I (MC 101) their ... , MC 130 and MC 201. MC 021 is designed to teach students how to use computers ... | |
| Economics, Sweden; Ph.D., Universite de Toulouse, France Fabio Ghironi, Assistant ... ; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University Tommaso Monacelli, Assistant Professor; B.A., ... provides a critical examination of how the economic system works in the United ... provides a general background that is useful to those planning careers in law, ... first if necessary. It is possible to take only one of these courses, but the ... for a well-rounded introduction to the U.S. economy and current policy ... year. The Economics major is meant to be structured. Students should take ... that late starters may not have time to follow this sequence precisely, but at ... | |
| lecture format, with enrollments up to 40, and a smaller writingintensive ... format, with enrollments capped at 15 to 25, depending on the size of the ... writing component. Students are urged to take advantage of the writing-intensive ... courses, and to check with the department before the ... registration period to learn which courses will be offered in ... the major, but all majors should know how to take derivatives of simple functions ... and to solve maximum and minimum problems. MT ... courses and the 300-level electives may use some basic elements of calculus. Any ... training in economics. Entrance to the program is ideally in the sophomore ... good Principles grades will be urged to consider the Honors Theory sequence (EC ... standard theory sequence (EC 201-202). However, students who have already completed EC ... | |
| Samuelson. Attention will also be given to contemporary developments. Francis ... already taken EC 201 are encouraged to take EC 375 instead of this course. ... factor flows, then analyzes adjustments to the institutional interaction of states ... problems and the policies that were used to confront them. Examples include: the ... among others. We will also examine the tools macroeconomists use to provide policy ... the buyer. This class provides a set of tools to analyze such situations. After a ... general introduction to basic theory, the course will cover a ... organization of firms, regulation, and topics in industrial organization. Ingela ... is the social science that analyzes how to think (and act) strategically in ... Game Theory with its applications to real world situations. Hideo Konishi EC ... | |
| techniques of microeconomic analysis to the transportation industry: wheels, ... passenger transportation are examined. Topics to be covered include (1) pricing ... subjects treated are location and land use, urban transportation, housing, and ... entails applying urban economic theory to some aspect of the Boston urban scene ... 131-132 Cross listed with UN 535 Open to non-majors Enrollment limited; ... guidance in developing a thesis topic and preparing a detailed proposal. EC ... 497 must be completed prior to registering for EC 498 Senior Honors ... , difference equations, and various topics in dynamic optimization. Peter Ireland ... maximization. Also covered are special topics in consumer theory such as welfare ... theory. The second is an introduction to non-cooperative game theory. The third ... | |
| in human experience, and its primary use is for the development of those who ... of behavior is valued. The tools used, because they deal with language and the ... English majors can develop these skills to a considerable degree while ... major at Boston College is designed to introduce students to a wide range of ... of the past and present. It aims to help undergraduate students develop a ... strengthened ability to work critically and sensitively with ... texts in poetry and prose, to write with clarity and grace, and to ... , and they will have the opportunity to choose from an array of courses ... covering topics from the medieval period to ... Year Writing Seminar helps students use their writing as a source of learning ... forms of nonfiction prose. In addition to regular conferences, the class meets ... | |
| . Scott Cummings EN 246 Introduction to Asian American Literature (Fall: 3) ... peoples. This course also seeks to foreground the literary, as well as ... and drama, and will introduce students to the various histories literar y, social ... American that shaped that litera ture. Topics to be addressed include: Anglo-Irish ... of the Irish Literary Revival. Marjorie Howes EN 262 Comparative Constructions of ... (Fall/Spring: 3) An introduction to the interpretation and teaching of ... , transforms, or engages. He asks us to form new modes of reading, thwarting ... the tools we often use to make texts intelligible. In the ... : 3) This course offers opportunities to explore the current crisis in the ... the university and the press as rivals to the church for cultural authority, and ... | |
| essence, the course will ask students to explore the narrative forms within ... , and modern media conventionally used to repr esent the most senseless of ... 3) Myth, legend, and history conspired to make the most popular and enduring set ... contributions of Puritan culture to the creation of an American self and a ... . People just do whatever they have to do. This course would like to get an ... idea of how true the statement is by studying the ... ; Richard Wright, Native Son and Uncle Toms Children. Henry A. Blackwell EN 404 ... Wyck Brooks, has contributed more to world culture than some empires. The ... , Thoreau, James, Marquand, OConnor, Howells, the Lowells, Beston, Langton, and ... of womens writing in Islamic cultures? How do Muslim women imagine change in their ... | |
| , Jamaica Kincaid, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison, Luis Rodriguez, Leslie Marmon ... (Raymond Carver), A Good Man is Hard to Find (Flannery OConnor), and Selected ... be the starting question. What special uses of language are employed in this story ... to present character and emotion? Paul ... (Dostoevsky). It will consider how the nature of an artists work is ... background, with some attention to the issue of the relationship between ... Wallpaper and beyond. In addition to Poe, we will read representative work ... (Fall: 3) From the legendary Amazons to the witches of Macbeth, groups of women ... issues and can pose unique problems to mainstream cultural beliefs. At their ... and early modern periods, asking how different types of all-female groups ... . Contrasts between the two leap first to the eye; startling and fertile ... | |
| . Writers may include Jhumpa Lahiri, Toni Morrison, Lorrie Moore, Gish Jen, ... View (Fall: 3) In this course we will use the mode of nonfiction to describe, ... course examining innovative approaches to identifying and evaluating traditional ... , multi-genre researched writing. Lad Tobin EN 526 Shakespeare: Early Plays (Fall: ... plays. The syllabus is likely to include selections from his early ... literary texts from the period in order to put the plays into cultural context. In ... addition to learning about how the plays were produced and put on, we ... will consider how they were playing with notions of ... the novelty of the genre and its ties to previous forms of discourse, tensions ... . In this workshop we will explore ways to write about family using traditional ... and meet frequently with the instructor to discuss their work. Rachel Kadish EN ... | |
| theories in composition studies; and to examine ways in which contemporary ... (Fall: 3) This course proposes to provide a seedbed of common readings ... history from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Our readings ... , pulp magazines, and so forth adjacent to (and often constituting) what we now ... studying both psychoanalytic approaches to narrative fiction, and psychoanalytic ... uses of narrative techniques in clinical ... and contemporary critical responses to these works. Readings will include ... (Fall: 3) Our effort here will be to define and trace the development of a ... Leaves of Grass. We will first attempt to place Whitman in the context of his own ... , and Dickinson. Then we will move on to consider how twentieth-century writers ... Williams, and Allen Ginsberg reacted to and otherwise made use of Whitman in ... | |
| art of the past, we will also consider how it has been interpreted by historians ... and buildings which artists make to enrich our environ ment and expand our ... awareness of important issues. To get the artists message, we learn the ... Islam, the religion revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in seventh-century ... fastest growing religion in the world today, practiced by some one-fifth of the ... and monumental architecture, through to Egypt and Greece. From the Neolithic, ... , animal representations and sacrifice to the gods, permeate the early art of the ... Core requirement This course focuses on how specific visual attributes serve to ... identify mythological characters and how the development of narrative in Greek ... art helped to relate their stories. Inquiring into ... | |
| CL 250 In 2004 the Olympics will return to Greece where they originated around 776 ... depicting athletics, we will consider how the ancient games played a role not ... late eighteenth-century revival styles to modernism, post-modernism, and ... , and Gehry, among others, and explore how their work embodies social, political, ... and Post-Impressionism. Artists to be studied include David, Goya, Turner ... , Monet, Van Gogh and Rodin. Jeffery Howe FA 258 Early Twentieth Century Art ( ... artistic manifestations from 1900 to 1945 in Europe, with special emphasis ... and others considered their connections to their European roots. American artists ... seascapes, and Documentary photographs to express who they were as individuals ... artists responded and contributed to the larger social, political, and ... | |
| within its social and cultural context to understand how it served sacred and ... of the professor and presents it to the class. Jeffery Howe FA 403-404 ... may be given on an as-needed basis to allow students to study a particular ... topic not included in courses that are ... FA 453 Psychoanalytic Approches to Art (Fall: 3) The focus of this seminar ... ides that have been, and have yet to be applied to art. Our particular ... Meyer Schapiro and others have noted, to the historic, iconographic and ... of artistic expression. We will explore how the formal means of the artist might be ... used toward a psychoanalytic interpretation. ... FM 171 Filmmaking I (Fall/Spring: 3) How observations and visions are turned ... into images. How images are connected to form ideas. Projects in silent ... | |
| hands-on experience. Field trips to New York and Cape Cod allow students to ... and collect fossiliferous rocks and to tell an interesting story in a field ... and origins of Earth. Field trips to caves, Boston Harbor, and upstate New ... interpret and explain geology and show how geological discoveries influence public ... interested in a thorough coverage of topics in the geological sciences. Topics ... Requirement The course makes extensive use of the Internet as a learning resource ... components of the Natural Sciences touch upon this topic. The course lectures ... the study of fossils as a record of how life has evolved on earth. Paul K. ... observations and theories date back to before the beginning of recorded ... of astronomy is closely tied to the growth of physics, mathematics, ... | |
| entirety, for students at all levels. Topics include: factors that govern climate ... , weighing the uncertainty, and actions to slow and stabilize climate change. ... integrate what they have learned with how they choose to think and act. Course ... and unmanned space programs will be used to help develop models for the ... the curse, the fundamentals of how science works will be emphasized. J. ... Christopher Hepburn GE 180 Introduction to Earth Science I (Fall: 3) Corequisite: ... Core Requirement Course is designed to introduce the non-science student to a ... variety of topics in the geosciences. The nature of ... cause earthquakes and volcanos, and on how the earth compares with other planets ... in the solar system. Topics include the age of the earth, minerals ... | |
| enrollment. For undergraduates wishing to pursue independent study in the area of ... problem. The possibility exists to work with actual problems in ... enrollment. For undergraduates wishing to pursue independent study in the area of ... enrollment. For undergraduates wishing to pursue independent study in the area of ... vertebrates. The goal of this course is to give students a better understanding of ... forming minerals, and an introduction to crystal chemistry and crystallography. ... of polarized light and its application to mineral identification using a ... of the polarizing miscroscopy to identify minerals in thin sections and ... , a continuation of GE 372, is devoted to an understanding of the petrology and ... rocks. Lectures on the petrology of how rocks form will be integrated with the ... | |
| The emphasis is on the methods that are used in environmental site assessments and ... and methods studied are also applicable to petroleum and mineral exploration. The ... science majors and graduate students to global change biogeochemistry. Topics ... , climate change, and ozone. These topics show interactions between terrestrial, ... geochemical cycles will be discussed to set the stage for how living organisms ... , environmental sciences, land use, and other related fields. Students will ... laboratory assignments (GE581) will use ArcView and ArcGIS software packages ... , environmental studies and land use/city planning, marketing and other ... underlying methods that are commonly used to analyze digital signals. Methods of ... signal processing that are used in geophysical applications will be ... | |
| Germany, England and the U. S., second, to examine ways in which studying ... historically makes it possible to approach what has been called History ... history of heterosexuality, and third, to examine some of the features and ... Latin America from the colonial regime to the twentieth century. Our goal will be ... to analyze the ideas and deeds of Latin ... of HS 001 through HS 094 Not open to students who have taken HS 224 Of what ... use is archeology to the historian? How do the goals and techniques of ... of traditional historical research? How has historical archeology developed ... Diversity Core Requirement Not open to students who have taken HS 268 This ... , and indigenous cultures and races, to the birth of Latin Americas independent ... | |
| course explores the relation of Islam to the religions of late antiquity, the ... . Why did Constantine the Great convert to Christianity? What role did the ... German barbarians have on the empire? How does one compare this impact to that of ... most horrific event in all of history. Topics include both the long term origins of ... . Particular attention will be given to debates and controversies, including ... of the law from the tenth century to the present by focusing on courts, ... , secondary literature on particular topics. Robin Fleming Alan Rogers HS 285 ... has meaning. This course examines how these kinds of moments shaped ... of personal and racial identity, and uses narratives and autobiographies to ... analyze how meanings of blackness are shaped by ... considered. Attention will be devoted to the question of why women were so ... | |
| Roman Empire. Before that they were not tolerated and subject to intermittent persecution ... for reasons that seemed quite logical to Roman officials like Pliny the Younger ... . How Romans viewed Christians from around 45 ... A.D. to around 400 A.D. is explored, along with ... questions about what it meant to be a Christian (e.g., a Gnostic ... Christian as opposed to a martyr), why important persons like ... remained pagans. Emphasis is given to analyzing primary sources by ... and Christian writers, in an attempt to explore what one modern historian, ... seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries? How and why did Puritanism become such a ... force in early modern politics? How did Puritanism motivate Englands ... ) and its greatest philosopher (Hobbes) to write their greatest works? This ... | |
| ARTS AND SCIENCES crises led to civil war and the first revolution in ... brought British thought and culture to the forefront of Europe. Burke Griggs ... of famine in Ireland and attempt to place Irish experience in a wider ... 434 History of Northern Ireland, 1912 to the Present (Fall: 3) Prerequisites: ... . Particular attention will be paid to political, economic and social ... the new Northern Ireland Assembly and how that body will function within Northern ... of Ireland in the twentieth century. Topics covered will include the Gaelic and ... . Particular attention will be devoted to the unfolding peace process and the ... , Irish and American leaders in trying to find a solution to TheTroubles. Thomas ... by recent scholars. Students are urged to enroll in both semesters of this course ... | |
| the rise of the modern urban West to a position of power in the twentieth ... An interdisciplinary approach will be used to examine the historical, social, and ... historical and cultural analysis to bear on a single work of fiction, this ... in African-American life from 1899 to 1950 including migration, urbanization ... ness in mind, the course explores how the black subject is in many ways both ... outside of, yet central to, the modern experience. Davarian Baldwin ... monographs, and government publications to explore how the federal government has ... struggled to balance its responsibility to provide for the common defense with its ... responsibility to protect individual liberties during ... national security crises. Specific topics include: passage of the Alien and ... | |
| in the Honors Program are required to take Western Cultural Tradition I-IV ( ... two 3-credit courses each semester (a total of 24 credits), and they substitute for ... ) Social Science. They are open only to students in A S (about nine percent of ... . The course describes what happened to the tradition in the twentieth century ... , how it got criticized and rethought, and ... how it absorbed new forms of knowledge and ... first semester deals with the period up to World War II and focuses on both the ... , and gender. The crucial question to be addressed is whether, and on what ... terms, it is possible to construct a reliable identity and an ... HP 252 Senior Seminar: Odysseus to Ulysses (Spring: 3) Timothy Duket HP ... and human issues as they relate to disease, death, suffering, and healing ... | |
| Ethnicity Electives Select according to one of the following options: Global ... communications that focus on a thematic topic such as the study of technology, race ... : Two courses PO 500 Introduction to International Studies One comparative ... Religious Quest PO 400 Introduction to Comparative Politics SC 093 ... . The senior seminar can be counted toward meeting a students thematic or regional ... Freshmen who are considering applying to become International Studies majors in ... consider taking the following courses to fulfill their social science University ... Core requirement and to fulfill the core requirement in ... in Theology and History, and may be used to fulfill the International Studies ... writing a senior honors thesis who plan to be abroad during the spring of their ... | |
| Core course it includes speculations on how musical discourse informs our ... of the world around us. Students learn to acquire skills in music notation and ... study in music theory and will begin to question broader issues concerning the ... meaning and use of music. Margaret McAllister Sandra ... . Emphasis on the basic steps needed to execute ceili dances and demonstration ... . Emphasis on the basic steps needed to execute ceili dances and demonstration ... . Emphasis on the basic steps needed to execute ceili dances and demonstration ... , fingerings, and ornamentation. Learn to read and play the airs and dance music ... is by audition only. From one to three credits will be awarded for ... is offered without credit and is open to any qualified student. It will fulfill ... Irish Fiddle Class/Experienced to Intermediate (Fall/Spring: 1) ... | |
| and range. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of orchestral music and ... will learn how instrumental color and texture ... contribute to the compositional process. Original ... and Analysis: Methodological Approaches to the Study of Music from Bach to Webern ... on a number of different approaches to the analysis of tonal and atonal music ... on Schenkerian analyses of short forms to large-scale structures like the sonata ... its rise from a court entertainment to a statement of philosophical ideals. ... thought from the eighteenth century to the present. T. Frank Kennedy, S.J. ... (Spring: 3) Composers An introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), ... heroic style of his best known works, to his feelings and expressions of musical ... . Jeremiah McGrann MU 301 Introduction to World Music (Fall/Spring: 3) Satisfies ... | |
| following features: the careful effort to uncover logical and philosophical ... structure of statements in ordinary uses of language, pursuit of clarity in the ... PL 577 Symbolic Logic: An Introduction to Its Methods and Meaning (Fall/Spring: 3 ... ) An introduction to the powerful ways the logical forms ... and consistent. A number of interesting topics of twentieth century logic will be ... Fall: 3) This intent of this course is to provide an introduction to the central ... history and philosophy of science and to contemporary studies of science that ... of the sociological studies to understanding scientific knowledge will ... course will be a systematic issue of how scientific theories may be taken to ... West. In the late twentieth century, however, the problem of ethics has reached a ... | |
| -culture. The aim of the seminar is to develop a new, critical hermeneutics of ... of John Rawls, who was often referred to as the most important political ... philosopher of the twentieth century. Toward the end of his life, Rawls worked very ... hard to complete his work publishing a series ... of the early Theory of Justice to the later Political Liberalism. David M ... Lonergan wrote his major work, Insight, to address what he regarded as the great ... unmoved mover. Using this as a bridge to Metaphysics XII, we will consider the ... with Being and Time Heidegger came late to certain practical consequences of his ... (1959-1969), he invited Heidegger to lead seminars on his thought for ... will examine that notion and attempt to evaluate its import, not simply for ... on eros ranging from Platos Symposium to certain modern accounts offered by ... | |
| 2003-2004 programs are flexible as to fields and courses, and they allow ... students to study in other departments and at other ... of the program. A student is allowed to take two or, with permission, three ... writing a thesis. If a student chooses to write a thesis, the written part of the ... is usually appropriate only when needed to offset a deficiency in a students ... non-graduate courses are required to do additional work beyond the ... of recommendation must be submitted to the Department at the time of ... application, in addition to the transcripts and results of the ... applications should be submitted to the department by February 1, so that ... Aid The Department is usually able to provide financial support to our ... candidates for a period of four to five years, although the Departments ... | |
| litigation and constitutional claims to cutting-edge issues of complex ... . In addition, the course studies how states shape society. Finally, the ... decline of the modern state in response to globalization. Gerald Easter PO 301 ... US (Fall: 3) This course is designed to acquaint students with the major ... issues. Each student will be expected to become familiar with at least three ... for enacting these reforms. Possible topics include social security, environmental ... , affirmative action, welfare, and use of public lands. Shep Melnick American ... and elections. Investigation of such topics as minor parties, the life and death of ... a focus on the federal bureaucracy. The topics covered are theories of organization ... , or can bureaucracy be reformed to make it easier to live with? Dennis ... | |
| Catalog 2003-2004 cal institutions, and to how the contemporary context differs ... examination of various policy responses to the continuing controversy over ... PO 344 American Legal System (Fall: 3) Topics include historical origins and basic ... ); some substantive manifestations (torts, contracts, property); and current ... strategies and tactics groups employ to advance their political interests in ... : 3) The purpose of this course is to examine through the use of specific ... that occur when political leaders have to balance considerations of morality with ... include Abraham Lincolns efforts to deal with slavery, Randolph Bournes ... World War I, the response of the West to the Nazi genocide, Hiroshima, the cold ... rights of the accused, and the right to vote as well as rights-based assertions ... | |
| -Present (Spring: 3) This course seeks to trace the political development of ... Ireland from its creation in 1921 to the present, examining in particular ... -present, with special attention given to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. There ... in Ireland from the early 1600s to the late 1800s. Robert K. ONeill PO ... Soviet) and one discontinuous (British) to establish a theory of imperial ... change in Russia from Gorbachev to the present. After reviewing the main ... of its collapse, the course turns to specific reforms and the social impact ... of rapid systemic change. Topics include shock therapy, nationalism, ... . Paul Christensen PO 500 Introduction to International Studies (Spring: 3) Cross ... listed with IN 500 This course is open to undergraduates who have not yet taken ... of security, business, and ideology. To understand these and how they have ... | |
| and terrorism. In additional to reviewing key theoretical works in the ... ? Will Japan become a normal nation? How will 9/11 influence the region? ... relations so that theory can be used to answer these questions. Christopher ... Constitutional Issues (Spring: 3) Open to undergraduate students with permission ... The American Founding (Spring: 3) Open to undergraduates with permission of the ... parties, and the appropriate way to understand the presidency, the Congress ... courts. Dennis Hale PO 713 Approaches to the Study of American Politics (Fall: 3 ... ) Open to undergraduate students with permission ... instructors. This seminar is designed to provide graduate students with a ... of American government and politics and to introduce them to competing approaches ... to the study of American politics. Topics include American public opinion and ... | |
| the M.S.W. Students apply for admission to the five-year program during their ... psychology faculty advisement prior to each University registration period. ... consult with the Chairperson prior to registration. Social Science Core ... the course has no prerequisites. Guide to Psychology Course Numbering PS 000-PS ... requirement and do not provide credit toward completion of the Psychology major. ... requirement but do not provide credit toward completion of the Psychology major. ... majors. PS 200-PS 299: Introductions to various subdisciplines of psychology, ... serving as prerequisites to more advanced courses. PS 300-PS 399: ... in various areas of psychology limited to Psychology majors. PS 500-PS 599: ... Seminars and Advanced Topics courses open to advanced undergraduates ... and to graduate students. PS 600 and above: ... | |
| Catalog 2003-2004 183 cognitions come to be shared; how social categories, such ... program typically requires four to five years of training and requires ... 100 percent of their time and effort to their graduate studies. Also, graduate ... students are typically expected to spend their summers working on research ... , ability, maturity, and motivation to pursue a demanding program of ... Program accepts both students who wish to pursue academic careers and those who ... Programs emphasis on tutorial relations to the faculty, a principal criterion for ... the faculty. Each student is admitted to work with a faculty member as his/her ... , two other faculty members are added to form the students advisory committee. ... , there are certain elements common to the work of all students in the Program ... | |
| small groups with a faculty facilitator to explore the integration of their ... with their spiritual growth. Groups use an adult model of learning in which ... program in conjunction with activities to enhance their spiritual growth, such as ... and writing which students will adopt to complete a project of their own ... choosing. Topics include: how to raise, formulate and refine research ... questions, topics and problems; how to move from questions to sources and how ... to use those sources; how to make research claims and support them; ... how to prepare and revise drafts with special ... attention to organization and pastoral style; and ... how to frame introductions and conclusions. ... : 3) Issues of embodiment relating to theology, spirituality and ministry ... | |
| dying. Special attention will be given to the ministers own process, as well as ... for providing effective pastoral care to those experiencing loss, grief, dying, ... human life, including Christian efforts to spread the Good News and form people of ... for Religious Educators hoping to reach the Digital Generation. This on- ... line course will explore the use, and sometimes misuse, of radio, ... , satellite technology and the Internet to form people in faith. Julie Lytle TH ... approaches, encouraging students to formulate their own approach to ... of texts and practical application to the students own contexts will be ... understandings of what it means to be church, focusing specifically on the ... During the course we will be attentive to the challenges and opportunities of the ... | |
| and the past, visual and verbal arts, to explore how the middle ages and its ... greatest stories continue to inspire retellings through their ... in French. Counts as an elective towards the French Major. Reading works by ... . Intended as an introduction to the literary personality of each area, ... , identities and race as a response to the legacy of colonial France. The ... RL 376 Conversational Approach to Contemporary France (Spring: 3) Counts ... as an elective towards the French Major Conducted in French ... This course is designed to familiarize students with the political ... contemporary France while helping them to develop oral communication skills in ... minors. Priority for enrollment given to Hispanic Studies majors and minors, but ... with limited enrollment, designed to increase students proficiency in ... | |
| Conducted in French This course seeks to examine the idea of Lumi res in eigh ... . We will analyze the concepts central to the French Enlightenment: tolerance, ... conception of the character and use of the symbol, this course will ... role in the universe, his relationship to his fellow human beings and to nature, ... and his response to the challenges posed by the ... century. The course will indicate how and why this titanic man of letters, ... who managed to surpass in prestige and influence his ... course will ask what literature has to do with the concept and practice of ... taken as one sense of the word fiction. How do literary texts interrogate and ... and/or pitfalls do such acts hold out to us? Readings will be taken from texts ... . This course introduces students to foreign language pedagogy. Although ... | |
| from approximately the year 800 c.e. to the present. Special attention will be ... paid to folklore, religion, literature, and ... . Thomas Epstein SL 308 Dostoevskij and Tolstoj (Fall: 3) Conducted in Russian A study ... EN 527 This course is an introduction to the history and techniques of the ... provides an intensive introduction to the study of what languages are and how ... course provides a coverage of specific topics in the linguistic analysis of the ... English with some reference to earlier versions of the language: sound ... This course is an introduction to the phonological, morphological, and ... the classical and medieval periods up to neo-Latin. M.J. Connolly SL 357 History ... 362 Offered Biennially An introduction to the study of language in its social ... listed with EN 127 Offered Biennially How are human languages similar, and how ... | |
| . The class will introduce students to the most essential concepts, ideas, ... , lecture, and readings will be to convey the distinctive features of the ... questions about what it means to be a human being living in a society at ... This is a survey course designed to familiarize students with basic ... on the family with particular attention to (1) the family and the broader society ... cycle; (5) contemporary alternatives to the good provider/cult of domesticity ... debates about consumer society: How does advertising work? Are consumers ... in the constitution of identity? How is consumption affecting the ... environment? How is consumer culture going global? ... Special attention will be paid to the ways in which consumer culture ... Requirement Students are introduced to the sociological perspective through ... | |
| radiates outward from views on family to those on activities in the community. ... Science Core requirement The major topics of discussion include: sources of ... attaining justice. We will seek answers to the following questions (and many ... , do ethnic nationals abroad contribute to ethnic conflict at home, and how are ... states limited in their ability to prevent ethnic conflict? Robert ... and social responsibility, and impact how individuals prepare for employment, ... the future. This course is designed to enable students to focus on the ... paradigms, and social policies related to various social problems such as war, ... and paradigms. We will also examine the usefulness of newly emerging and alternative ... American society. It not only describes how the rich, the poor, and the middle ... | |
| for theatre majors but is also open to interested non-majors. Crystal Tiala ... course for those students approved to work on Department of Theatre ... . Crystal Tiala CT 180 Introduction to Black Theatre (Spring: 3) Cross listed ... critics and scholars as they respond to developing trends in African- American ... This course presupposes some exposure to the actors basic rehearsal disciplines ... own choosing. Although not restricted to majors, this course is not recommended ... for students unwilling to devote considerable effort to the ... techniques, the actors abilities to work moment by moment and to truthfully ... the actor from simple improvisations to advanced ones that challenge the ... developed through these exercises to two scenes from the modern theatre ... | |
| the arts, especially theater, in todays increasingly competitive economic ... , and economics and the arts. Howard Enoch CT 239 Principles of Theatre ... (Fall: 3) This course is designed to address the issues involved in the ... of a performing arts center. Areas to be covered in the course are: basic ... management theory as it relates to arts management, strategic planning and ... financial management. The course will use case studies to test theories and ideas ... developed by the class. Howard Enoch CT 248 Computer Aided Drafting ... technology is an indispensable design tool for theatrical, architectural, ... and landscape design. This course will use VectorWorks software to introduce ... students to two-dimensional drafting and ... (Fall: 3) This class is recommended to anyone interested in education and is ... | |
| and model-making, skills that then are used to create a culminating final design ... William Shakespeare wrote his plays to be performed. Consequently, the most ... social and historical context in which to view the playwright and his work. The ... read, analyze, and discuss some ten to twelve Shakespearean plays, including ... plays. Students will also be expected to perform scenes from Shakespeares plays ... , not to show off their acting skills, but ... rather as a means to explore how each play works. Stuart J. Hecht CT 368 ... ) will be considered as well. Special topics include the legacy of the off-off ... with EN 248 Students are expected to complete a fully scripted long play, ... readings will be arranged in order to test a script under performance ... enrolled in Directing I with a setting to test out ideas and develop directorial ... | |
| Spiritual Paths: A Critical Approach to Modern Spirituality (Spring: 3) This ... Jewish, the methodology can be applied to many other religions. Rabbi Rifat ... 438 Spirituality and Work (Spring: 3) How does our spirituality connect with our ... the meaning of their work. We shall use contemporary spiritual writers, ... , sociologists, and historians to explore a theme at the heart of every ... life. James Weiss TH 466 Introduction to Judaism (Fall: 3) This course is ... : 3) This course introduces students to the historical roots of feminist ... that weakened the churches response to Hitlers policies. It will also analyze ... resistance that emerged in response to totalitarianism and to the Holocaust as well as ... J. Dietrich TH 485 From Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in the Jewish- ... | |
| meaning of life and the pathway of total liberation. Rooted in older traditions ... thinkers, and their significance for us today. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. TH 551 Hindu ... from the Hindu religious traditions to see how gender has been constructed ... possible; second, and without prejudice to other Christian options, by consequent ... theology This course enables students to begin to make Christian sense of ... interpretation and pastoral-pedagogical uses of popular culture. While attention ... will be directed to the influential media of music and ... of the major works of John of the Cross to determine the nature, conditions, and ... with God. The course brings inquiry to bear upon the issues raised by these ... writings and by their application to the lives of the students. Michael J. ... | |
| Doctoral Comprehensive, but prefer not to assume the status of a non- ... student for the one or two semesters used for preparation for the comprehensive. ... 0) All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree are ... required to register and pay the fee for doctoral ... only, the Capstone program is designed to cap off college by facing the questions ... and learning of the past four years to the life and learning ahead. The ... Seminars take seriously the struggle to integrate four crucial areas of life: ... inevitable questions now, not later. How did my education prepare me to live? ... With everything I want to do, what will I have to compromise? How ... departments Each section limited to 15-20 Class meetings held in leisurely ... requirements in certain departments. To register for a Capstone Seminar You ... | |
| decision making. Students are asked to develop autobiographical responses to a ... series of questions about their lives to find themes related to possible careers ... . Students completing the course ought to do so with a better and fuller ... understanding of what it means to live a balanced life. Robert F. ... values and hopes. It invites students to review their education in order to ... task of integrating their commitments to work, relationships, citizenship, and ... of several contemporary films relevant to course topics. Ann M. Barry UN 513 ... and seek through writing and discussion to discern ways in which the process of ... remembering can unfold toward the future. Carol Hurd Green UN 514 ... /philosophy This is an opportunity to reflect on your personal development in ... | |
| sequence (PY 030-PY 031) designed to introduce students to the multiple ... in view of their application to educational and other applied settings ... PY 030-PY 031) that introduces students to the multiple dimensions of child ... resources for an integrated approach to serving children and families. The ... development precede learning (readiness to learn). Also looks at role of ... for ED 151 and arrange their schedules to be on site in a school Tuesday or ... on the translation of learning theories to instruction and curriculum practices at ... . Consideration will be given to the impact that rapid cultural change ... discusses adolescence in other cultures to provide a better perspective on ... : 3) Introduces pre-service teachers to the wide range of diversity that exists ... across todays general school population and to the ... | |
| ing particular attention to the hidden curriculum aspects of most ... programs. Demonstrates the use of original sources, development of ... critical thinking, and use of inquiry learning. The Department ED ... : 3) Presents methods and materials useful in teaching mathematics to elementary ... ways in which technology can be used in the elementary school classroom. ... the teaching of mathematics and use of technology from both theoretical and ... ; working directly with students to demonstrate model application; and ... on curriculum areas applicable to the learning environments of young ... and discusses models and methods useful for inclusion, early intervention, ... differences that young children bring to the learning environment. Specific ... that support young childrens (birth to grade 3) language and literacy ... | |
| the delivery of strategic instruction to children with special needs. The ... /Spring: 3) Provides an introduction to secondary teaching practices as well as ... and structure of secondary schools. Topics include curriculum theory and ... of human development and education to understand, design, and conduct ... of research investigations related to applied topics. Provides students with ... necessary strategies and techniques to read and evaluate research studies. ... underlying different approaches to research design and analysis. ... on socio-cultural contributions to conceptualizations of mental illness ... and to distress. First half of course reviews ... forms of mental illness, with attention to the causes and subjective experience of ... , provides students with an opportunity to reflect systematically on classroom ... | |
| , and evaluation. Requires students to develop and present sample lessons and ... 3) Corequisite: ED 258 or ED 429 Covers topics and concerns for the teaching of ... acquisition and its application to the secondary school classroom. ... audiovisual materials and learn how to integrate these ancillaries into their ... and strategies for teaching mathematics to middle school and high school students ... the teaching of mathematics and the use of technology from both the theoretical ... and practical perspectives. Includes topics regarding performancebased assessment ... . Each student will be expected to take a particular issue related to ... , and sociological aspects of how we control ourselves. We will explore ... as, the following: what does it mean to say I control me and how does self- ... | |
| appropriate software and technology tools. Students will develop a curriculum ... website, use hypermedia authoring systems, graphic ... relevant software programs to create classroom-specific projects. The ... or cooperative strategies for classroom use. Alec Peck ED 384 Teaching Strategies ... (Spring: 3) This course is designed to assist the special educator in ... . The students should be prepared to participate in a one-day-per-week field ... ). The Department ED 386 Introduction to Sign Language and Deafness (Fall/Spring ... with an exploration of the use of body language and natural postures, ... Language. Theoretical foundations of total communication will be investigated. ... Issues related to deafness are also presented. The ... with a continued exploration of the use of body language and natural postures, ... | |
| and affective development as they apply to classroom practices. Will focus on the ... of strategies that enable teachers to assess and understand how they and ... development in education who plan to work with children. The Department ED ... for standard certification. Apply to the Office of Professional Practicum ... into selected families with regard to perception of knowledge, the learner, ... evaluation. Each student will be asked to survey models in his/her own field(s) ... and to select, describe, and defend a personal ... theory in light of todays educational settings based upon ... , and contemporary issues central to the education of all learners. The ... teachers with numerous opportunities to both experience art, music, movement, ... and photography and to examine how such activities can be made appropriate ... | |
| and cognitive personality theories and how they become operationalized person- ... models, respectively. In addition to examining the theoretical foundations, ... and counseling, students examine how socio-cultural context contributes to ... Fall: 3) This course is an introduction to the theory and research that provide ... protective factors as they contribute to childrens resilience and vulnerability ... to childhood problems. Implications for ... theories. Continues introduction to major theories of personality in the ... field of psychology and how those theories are applied in ... ingredients of change that each model uses in bringing about change. The ... School (Fall/Summer: 3) Designed to address the subject of teaching reading ... concepts, strategies and issues related to assessment. The Department PY 447 ... | |
| ; probability; and an introduction to hypothesis testing. Provides computer ... follows ED/PY 468 or its equivalent.) Topics and computer exercises address tests of ... will be explored. Students are expected to participate in extensive writing as ... of legislation and litigation relating to special services for individuals with ... . Students complete a project relating to services for persons with multiple ... and observation will permit the student to understand the most prevalent ... of literacy criticism applicable to using literature in elementary and ... course presents methods and materials useful in teaching mathematics to early ... ways in which technology can be used in the elementary school classroom. The ... the teaching of mathematics and the use of technology from both theoretical and ... | |
| for enhancing communication and learn how to develop and implement a variety of ... and higher education. Included are such topics as religious freedom, free speech, and ... (Spring: 3) This course offers topical issues in higher education, taught on a ... institutions. It focuses on specific topics such as: ethical issues in higher ... higher education, and others. The topic of the course will be announced during ... (Fall: 3) This course is designed to introduce Ph.D. students to conceptual ... is based. The course is intended to help students become aware of the major ... students in Curriculum and Instruction to the major curriculum movements in ... , using primary source materials to place them within the academic, ... (Fall: 3) This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with PY 667 and ... | |
| 20th century. Attention is also paid to the impact of federal and state ... Education (Spring/Summer: 3) Focuses on how the American university is organized ... the American university. Considers such topics as models of governance, locus of ... post-secondary institutions contribute to student learning and personal ... student development and contribute to the academic mission of higher ... . Special attention will be given to the history, philosophy, and ethical ... of the student affairs profession, and to the relation of theory to contemporary ... . In addition, the course will examine how changing forces in the demographic, ... of higher education in order to explore research on pedagogy in ... colleges and universities. We examine how college learning is assessed and how ... | |
| complements the Law I I ntroduction to Law course, providing broad coverage of ... topics related to law in business. The content includes ... . The Department MJ 031 Introduction to Law Honors (Fall: 3) This course is a ... of federal powers, state power to regulate, state power to tax, ... transaction. Course objectives include how to assess the risks of doing business ... and what legal steps may be taken to minimize or assign risk. Topics covered ... business, from exporting and importing to direct foreign investment, issues in ... /Spring: 3) Considerations pertaining to organized labor in society are examined ... . Discussion of leading cases relevant to the legal controls that are applicable ... to intra-union relationships and the legal ... safety and health law are studied. Topics including laws prohibiting ... | |
| courses are prefixed by the letters MC. However, because the department serves both the ... management-oriented and are considered to be CSOM courses, whereas others are ... considered to be Arts and Sciences courses. However, ... MC 074. The purpose of this course is to teach students how to use computers ... or in other areas. Students learn to use spreadsheet, database, and Internet- ... browsing applications. They also learn how computers work, how they are used in ... and philosophical implications of such use. The course is currently taught using ... . James Gips MC 074 Introductory Topics in Computer Science (Fall/Spring: 3) ... for those students who know little to nothing about computing. Topics are ... computer applications, an introduction to programming, the World Wide Web, and a ... | |
| Science majors, introduces the student to the fundamental notions of discrete ... on graph theory and applications. Topics include the basic notions of set theory ... serve as intermediaries between users, managers, and implementors, helping ... each to understand the needs and problems of ... will learn about the major methods and tools used in the systems development process ... 021, MC 201 This course covers advanced topics in the design and use of spreadsheets ... and databases. Topics include macros, Visual Basic, ... generating summary reports, user interface controls, multi-table ... computing. The goal of the course is to turn users into power users; people who ... have the knowledge and skills to use the computer to their advantage in any ... | |
| and research for students who wish to study topics not covered in the regular ... and build simple digital circuits. Topics include combinational and sequential ... . Cross listed with BI 507 Introduction to computational molecular biology with ... for problems generally related to genomics. Sample topics include ... : MC102 or MC697 An introduction to the algorithms and techniques involved ... corresponding programming techniques. Topics include design patterns, database ... MD 812 This course prepares students to work with or become an information ... systems analyst, either internal to a corporation or as a consultant, and ... to manage systems development projects. ... of methodologies and techniques used for systems analysis and design and ... technologies used during the development of information ... | |
| teams competing for the opportunity to manage live money. CIRM-Phase I (MF 727 ... course addresses the issues that seem to determine the relative values of ... and the techniques available to assist the investor in making risk/ ... students understand the steps necessary to create a fund, to attract and to ... analyze venture capital investments, to create value within the portfolio ... companies, and to coordinate exit strategy. This course ... help those interested in small business to better understand this popular source ... company or in venture capital to better understand the venture business ... course has three broad objectives: (1) to examine relevant theories and empirical ... evidence pertaining to the construction, management, and ... of securities portfolios, (2) to provide exposure to the practical ... | |
| 2003-2004 MANAGEMENT service businesses to be studied include TV and radio ... : MK 021 This course is designed to integrate the disciplines of psychology ... , and sociology with marketing to explain, understand, and predict ... retail outlet?) and a business to business perspective (e.g., how does ... the retailer decide which supplier to use?). Additionally, the course examines the ... and mortar, bricks and clicks) and how these methods have evolved and will ... and consumer behavior and then proceeds to treat advertising, sales promotion, re- ... methods are considered as variables to be used concurrently and interactively ... to meet strategic marketing objectives. ... The study of advertising is a major topic in this course, although its role will ... : MK 021 This course will focus on how new technologies will affect marketing ... | |
| focuses on the managerial skills, tools, and concepts required to produce a ... focuses on the managerial skills, tools, and concepts required to produce a ... . Students in this course will come to understand the critical links between ... of securing information essential to reducing risk in management decision ... , and the applications of research to the task of managing the marketing ... and permission of instructor Limited to 24 students Designed for students ... , or sales management. Exposes students to the product development process and the ... Students work in teams and are assigned to live companies new ventures or ... influences on thinking about, feelings toward, buying, using, and disposal of products ... and their interrelationships. Uses case discussions, lectures, and group ... | |
| ) Students are strongly encouraged to take additional courses from those ... prerequisites needed in order to qualify for study abroad, the usual ... still apply. There is no limit to how many courses taken abroad will be ... is the integrative capstone course to the Carroll School of Management core ... senior year. All students wishing to study abroad must first meet with ... will be placed on the development and use of quantitative models to assist ... This course provides an introduction to the management of business operations ... management area that are needed to facilitate efficient management of ... is placed on the development and use of quantitative models to assist ... of the CSOM Core. This course attempts to provide future leaders and strategists ... management that will enable them to function effectively in a complex, ... | |
| : 3) Prerequisite: Previous exposure to statistics and an ability to use ... with linear algebra and the ability to use a computer are desirable. This course ... is an introduction to the theory and the use of linear ... models particularly as they are applied to the analysis of data for forecasting ... management. Covers the most frequently used quantitative tools of management: ... This course is an introduction to building computer models of decision ... systems. Students will be required to design and program a model of their ... choice. Specific computer languages used for simulation modeling will be ... : 3) Prerequisite: Previous exposure to statistics and an ability to use ... /perform ance models with respect to behavior, price, output, and welfare ... | |
| (Fall: 2) Focuses on the analytical tools of statistics that are applicable to ... practice. The student will learn how to deal with masses of data and convert ... data into forms which will be the most useful for management decision making. This is ... measures. The student will learn how to distinguish important signals in the ... (Spring: 1) This course will show how the analysis of mathematical models ... organization. Using mathematical models to represent complex decision situations ... a manager with a valuable set of tools which aid management decision making. ... , and managerial skills needed to manage the operations function found in ... and manufacturing organizations. Topics include both strategic and design ... : 1) This course introduces students to some of the salient issues concerning ... | |
| strategic planning concepts and skills to an industry that is characterized by ... , with a particular focus on how the global convergence of ... commerce. Mary Cronin MD 831 Advanced Topics: Managing Projects (Spring: 3) ... infrastructure. It emphasizes the use of effective interpersonal and ... communication skills to organize, plan, and control the project ... (Fall/Spring: 3) This course seeks to give students an overview of ... . Nigel Melville MD 835 Advanced Topics: New Product Development (Fall: 3) Larry ... Meile MD 840 Advanced Topics: Social Entrepreneurship (Fall: 3) ... Andrew Wolk MD 844 Advanced Topics: International Entrepreneurship (Spring ... , and covers the development of skills to identify, evaluate, start, and manage ... the semester, students will travel to more than fifteen countries on five ... | |
| an independent field project relating to an actual organization, as well as ... professional functions, processes and tools of human resource management, including ... The primary purpose of this course is to improve students skills in preparing ... that affect which styles are likely to be used. Richard Nielsen MB 135 Career ... This course focuses on helping students to discover careers. Careers are ... and industries, and know others to and from whom they can provide and seek ... , interviews and self reflection to help students identify their interests ... and talents. Our second task will be to learn about the processes of becoming a ... of industries. Our third task will be to examine our social networks to assess ... and dilemmas, and develop a capacity to distinguish a monolithic organization ... | |
| and Philosophy courses completed Open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students ... of statistics as it relates to quantitative research. Descriptive and ... addressed. The basic knowledge needed to understand, apply, and interpret ... questions and/or hypotheses relevant to nursing and health-related research ... will be included. Students will learn how statistics are used, when to use them, ... how to interpret SPSS printouts of common ... and inferential statistics, and how to critically appraise statistics in ... Women and Health (Fall/Spring: 3) Open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students ... health care of women. Some of the areas to be included are the influences of ... , their families, and society. Crimes to be studied include robbery, burglary, ... | |
| .bc.edu/courses /. SW 600 Introduction to Social Work (Fall/Spring: 3) Cross ... listed with PS 600/SC 378 Available to non-M.S.W. graduate students An ... and the relevance of values and ethics to its practice, the course then takes up ... and their problems. In addition to a discussion of the theories of human ... behavior that apply to social work inter | |
