Selected page of Boston College 2006-2007 University Catalog
General Management ..............................................335
Honors Program .....................................................336
Information Systems ...............................................336
Marketing................................................................340
Operations and Strategic Management ....................344
Organization Studies ...............................................349
Graduate Carroll School of Management
Introduction ....................................................................317
M.B.A. Program ..............................................................318
M.B.A. Curriculum .........................................................318
Dual Degree Programs.....................................................319
M.S. in Accounting .........................................................319
Master of Science in Finance............................................320
Ph.D. in Management with Concentration in Finance
| placement. The readmission decision will include a review of the students
prior academic and field performance, the length of his or her absence, current admission policies, enrollment, and changes in the program or degree
requirements that may have taken place during the period of absence.
Study Abroad Center for International Programs and
Partnerships (CIPP)
Boston College international programs are open to Boston
College undergraduate and graduate students who meet all the requirements for study abroad as outlined by their associate dean. In order to
be eligible for admission, students must be in good academic standing
with a GPA of 3.2 or higher and have a clear disciplinary record. Final
approval is at the discretion of the CIPP, deans, and ODSD. Many programs have additional requirements and applicants are selected competitively to most. Students should consult the CIPP Catalog for specific admission information.
Students remain subject to the academic policies of the
| Undergraduate Course Offerings
Note: Future course offerings and courses offered on a periodic
basis are listed on the World Wide Web at http://www.bc.edu/courses/.
CO 010 The Rhetorical Tradition (Fall/Spring: 3)
Required course for all Communication majors
This is an introductory course that is designed to examine the
classical periods of rhetoric as well as the Enlightenment and modern
periods. The course focuses on pivotal concepts in rhetoric and their
application to contemporary discourse. This is a foundation course in
the field of communication. It introduces students to perennial issues
and concerns in rhetoric, and looks at communication as a way of
knowing about self and society.
Bonnie Jefferson
CO 020 Survey of Mass Communication (Fall/Spring: 3)
Required course for all Communication majors
This is a survey course in mass communication. It explores the
political, social, and cultural forces that have influenced the development of the media. Among the topic
| The department believes strongly that the study of art history in
a location where there are first-class museums and programs will greatly enhance the student's understanding of the works of art in context.
We will try to accommodate most worthwhile programs and make suggestions for the most effective ones based on former students' past
experiences. For Art History, Professor Claude Cernuschi, Professor
Pamela Berger, and Professor John Michalczyk, Chairperson, are
department Study Abroad Advisors and contacts for course approval.
Film Studies
Although there are no prerequisites, students are encouraged to
take the Introduction to Film Art (FM 202) and/or History of
European Cinema (FM 283) to serve as a strong foundation for film
studies, prior to going abroad.
Normally, the student should take up to two (2) film studies
courses abroad. With the approval of the co-directors, the student may
take other courses where there are solid, established programs, e.g.,
Paris. Thes
| problems of theory, method, and organization. Students will be expected to report on their dissertation proposal and to present, by the end
of the semester, a section of the dissertation itself.
Kevin Kenny
Graduate Independent Study
HS 799 Readings and Research (Fall/Spring: 3)
The Department
HS 801 Thesis Seminar (Fall: 6)
The Department
HS 888 Interim Study (Fall/Spring: 0)
The Department
HS 997 Dissertation Workshop (Fall/Spring: 1)
All history graduate students, except non-resident students, who
have finished their comprehensive examinations are required to enroll
in the Dissertation Workshop.
The Department
HS 998 Doctoral Comprehensives (Fall/Spring: 0)
The Department
HS 999 Doctoral Continuation (Fall/Spring: 1)
All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D.
degree are required to register and pay the fee for doctoral continuation
during each semester of their candidacy. Doctoral Continuation requires
a commitment of at least 20 hours per
| and local communities will be examined with the help of public officials
of those communities. Junior and senior majors are selected on a competitive basis, based on their fitness for assignment to public offices.
Marie Natoli
PO 202 Environmental Policy (Spring: 3)
This course is an introduction to emerging issues in environmental
management and politics. The course also will provide an introduction to
the central institutional actors in environmental governance at the local,
state and federal levels. The course will examine the intersection between
science, policy and the law in current critical environmental issues and
conflicts such as the management of public land, urbanization and sprawl,
global climate change, natural resource management and public health.
Charles Lord
PO 220 Political Leadership (Spring: 3)
This course probes the nature of political leadership by reading
the biographies of significant political leaders from different historical
epochs and diffe
| School, various types of structuralism, and deconstruction. The study
of Russian literature in its native context receives special attention, with
readings from Belinskij, Shklovskij, Baxtin, Lotman, and others.
Cynthia Simmons
SL 311 General Linguistics (Fall: 3)
Cross Listed with EN 527
An introduction to the history and techniques of the scientific
study of language in its structures and operations: articulatory and
acoustic phonology, morphological analysis, historical reconstruction,
and syntactic models. This course provides an intensive introduction to
the study of what languages are and how they operate.
M.J. Connolly
SL 323 The Linguistic Structure of English (Fall: 3)
Cross Listed with EN 121, ED 589
Offered Biennially
An analysis of the major features of contemporary English with
some reference to earlier versions of the language: sound system, grammar, structure and meanings of words, and properties of discourse.
Margaret Thomas
SL 328 Classical Armenian
| Teaching English Language Learners (TELL) Certification
The Lynch School offers a certificate in Teaching English
Language Learners. Candidates should hold or be working toward a
licensure in an education field (early childhood, elementary, secondary,
reading and others). This program is designed to prepare mainstream
teachers to work with bilingual learners/English Language Learners in
their mainstream classroom settings. The certificate requires two courses
and a free non-credit workshop taken during one of the field experiences.
In addition, candidates need to do a field experience in a classroom that
includes bilingual learners.
Minors for College of Arts and Sciences Majors
Some Arts and Sciences majors are eligible to minor in Secondary
Teaching (see more information below). All Arts and Sciences majors may
minor in General Education. More information on these minors is below.
Minor in Secondary Education
Students who follow a major in Biology, Chemistry, Geology
| Summer
MF 808 Financial Policy
One elective
M.S. in Finance Curriculum, Part-Time
Fall
MF 801 Investments
MF 852 Financial Econometrics
Spring
MF 807 Corporate Finance
MF 820 Management of Financial Institutions
Summer
MF 880 Fixed Income Analysis or MF 803 Portfolio Theory
One elective
Fall
MF 860 Derivatives and Risk Management
MF 881 Corporate Finance Theory
Spring
MF 808 Financial Policy
One Elective
PH.D. IN MANAGEMENT WITH A
CONCENTRATION IN FINANCE
The Ph.D. in Management with a concentration in Finance provides
graduates with the knowledge and analytical abilities they need to teach
and to pursue research of the highest quality. These goals require an education that combines theory, applied research, and teaching experience.
The program begins with systematic and rigorous training in
quantitative methods and economic and financial theory. A research
paper, due at the end of the students first summer in the program,
begins t
| Pamela J. Grace, Associate Professor; B.S.N., M.S.N., West Virginia
University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lois A. Haggerty, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean
Graduate Programs; B.S., Simmons College; M.S., Ph.D., Boston
College
Loretta P. Higgins, Associate Dean Undergraduate Program; B.S.,
M.S., Ed.D., Boston College
Ellen K. Mahoney, Associate Professor; B.S.N., Georgetown
University; M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; D.N.S., University of
California, San Francisco
Sandra R. Mott, Associate Professor; B.S., Wheaton College; M.S.,
Boston College; Ph.D, University of Rhode Island
Anne E. Norris, Associate Professor; B.S., Michigan State University;
B.S.N., Rush University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Rita J. Olivieri, Associate Professor; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Boston College
Joyce A. Pulcini, Associate Professor; B.S., St. Anselms College; M.S.,
Boston University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Catherine Yetter Read, Associate Professor
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