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3.00 Credits
Topics in Modern American History examines themes emerging over the course of the American 20th century. Topics might include the nation's rise to global power, immigration, war and society, social movements, the role of government, or changes in the family. Prerequisite: HTY 202 or permission of instructor. 3 Cr
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This course explores the role of the United States as a global power in the 20th century. Students are asked to weigh the role of economic, strategic, and moral concepts in the formulation of American policy. Topics the course may cover include the end of World War One, the rise of fascism, Pearl Harbor, the decision to drop the atom bomb, the Cold War and Vietnam, the post-Cold War era and the War on Terror. Prerequisite: HTY 115 and 116, or permission of instructor. 3 Cr
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the practice of the craft of history from the ancient Greeks to postmodernism. We discuss how and why people have thought about, investigated, and used the past, as we explore changing ideas of the purpose, value, meaning, and method of historical inquiry. Prerequisite: junior or senior history major, or permission of instructor. 3 Cr
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to representative works across the humanities: literature, visual art, music, theater, and philosophy. Though the major emphasis falls on literature, half of the class focuses on the other disciplines. With primary interest in the Western tradition, non-Western cultures will also be examined. Students will investigate the ways works speak for and against the times that created them. The study promotes independent thinking skills and cultivates careful communication. Prerequisite: ENG 101, or permission of instructor. 3 Cr
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15.00 Credits
This semester-length study at the University of Bath Spa in England is individually designed, in collaboration with the student's advisor, to further the student's program of study while providing the unique opportunities of a study abroad experience. Please see the Office of Academic Affairs for further information. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and 2.5 minimum cumulative grade point average. 15 Cr
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary studies offer models of how informed people educate themselves by examining ideas, issues, and values through gathering, analyzing, and integrating new information; and through recognizing their own and others' assumptions with discernment and sympathy. The course exposes students to a variety of disciplines outside their own specialties. It introduces students to a diversity of views, peoples, and ideas, and connects these diverse phenomena to each other and to the individual. Topics vary and include different cultures, historical periods, human values, viewpoints, and problems. Recent topics have included Views of the Sea; Paradigms of Conflict, Health and Disease; Conspiracy Theories; and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Time. May be taken pass/fail or for a letter grade. 3 Cr
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Focusing on the daily activities of a first-line supervisor providing potential and practicing supervisors practical knowledge for developing supervisory skills and applying management theory through decision making. Since first-line supervisors are responsible for implementing middle managers' operational plans, they supervise employees who do not hold management positions, but who make the products, wait on the customers, perform repairs, etc. First-line supervisors are often titled employment supervisor, head nurse, office manager, or shift manager. This course enables the student to gain an understanding of what supervisors do through application questions, skill-building exercises to simulate situations commonly faced in business. Models for performance for the basic functions of supervision, as well as how to solve common supervisory dilemmas, are studied. Application situations and cases applying knowledge from text to actual life situations, and learning how to make a smooth transition from worker to supervisor considered. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and a 100-level literature course, or permission of instructor. 3 Cr
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3.00 Credits
Designed to present management as a science, an art, and a profession. The course emphasizes both the theoretical and the practical, presenting management as a process of utilizing organizational resources to achieve specific objectives through the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. 3 Cr
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for business majors but is not exclusive to them, as other students may elect the course. The course focuses on small business and entrepreneurial process. Topics include, but are not limited to, such areas as: entrepreneurship opportunities, starting from scratch or joining an existing business, developing a business plan, the customer, growth strategies and managing growth. 3 Cr
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3.00 Credits
The interaction of formal organization structure with the human intellect and personality, which includes studying cultural diversity as it pertains to human behavior in organizations. The course is designed to enable the student to understand and examine important characteristics of an organization. The concepts enable the student to analyze, understand, predict and influence human behavior in that organization, thus creating a personal tool that will help increase personal effectiveness and achievement. 3 Cr
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