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3.00 Credits
All people make investments, but most people do not really know if their investment choices are appropriate. Hence, many people invest way too conservatively while others blindly follow the advice of investment professionals who may be more concerned with their commissions than their customers' well-being. This course will help individuals choosing an overall investment portfolio to meet various long-term and short-term goals. Various investments will be examined, including: CD's, savings bonds, treasury issues, corporate bonds, real estate, preferred stock, common stock and mutual funds. The risks and returns of each type of investment will be discussed in terms of specific goals and time frames. This course may be taken by marketing, management or accounting majors by petition only.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to heighten the student's awareness of some current health care dilemmas confronting our society. Using the case study approach, this course will explore the ethical aspects of these dilemmas that result from our modern medical technology, a technology that makes almost anything possible today in terms of health care. With this kind of possibility, the dilemma soon arises: what should we do when there is very little we can not do? Further complicating this issue today is the growing concern over health care costs and attempts to keep these costs down through various managed care plans. The dilemmas explored in this course include: 1) quality versus quantity of life, 2) care of the hopelessly ill and the right to die, 3) mercy killing/euthanasia and assisted suicide, 4) health care costs and accessibility and 5) the impact of technology on our health care delivery and options. The purpose of the course is to provide the student a framework within which to analyze these issues based on ethical theories, principles and rules. These are issues which individuals and society must address. Audiovisuals and guest speakers will be used. No prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to enhance spiritual development. Students also are invited to explore how God works through the "poorest of the poor" to strengthen faith and offer opportunities forgrace. While exploring the corporal and spiritual acts of mercy as modeled by Jesus Christ, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and others, students will have opportunities to perform such acts, gain a deeper understanding of personal abilities and beliefs, and explore how society treats the poor. During a weeklong travel experience, students will assist indigent persons from various cultural backgrounds within an urban environment, such as inner-city Chicago.
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3.00 Credits
A socio-political analysis of women's role in the developing world. The course primarily deals with issues like gender equality, political and social participation, role of the women in traditional and modern setting, and how the social change has altered the role and responsibilities of the women in the developing world.
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3.00 Credits
Women's health and health issues are a concern of women and health care providers. Women are living longer and want to remain healthy over their lifetimes. For healthy aging, a woman must develop good life-style habits while young. Some of the topics included are: healthy living, sexuality (puberty, family planning, sexually transmitted infections, childbearing, and menopause), mental health, eating disorders, violence, and cancers.
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3.00 Credits
This course will help students recognize personal health habits and explore methods to establish healthy lifestyles. Strategies for improving overall health and physical fitness will be utilized. The classroom compenent addresses a variety of topics related to emotional physical health. An aerobic exercise component to this class is included.
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3.00 Credits
Alternative and complementary therapies are being "rediscovered" to enhance wellness and restorehealth. Health care consumers are asking for a partnership with their health care providers to integrate complementary approaches to the traditional medical care. This course is designed to introduce common complementary therapies, review studies of effectiveness and evaluate practitioners' qualifications. Students will select three therapies to experience/evaluate. The course is open to all majors.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students are given the opportunity to learn about mental disorders from the perspective of patients, families and professional caregivers as described in popular films and in literary works such as autobiographies and novels, as well as from personal accounts by guest speakers and from case studies from the textbook.
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey course designed for non-business or undecided majors desiring an understanding of the fundamentals of business. Topics covered in the course will include the current business environment, the functional areas of business, practical business skills, core business terminology and current issues in business. Contemporary business issues to be discussed include business ethics and social responsibility, doing business in a global environment, e-business and customer relationship management. Not recommended for business majors and does not count toward any of the business majors.
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3.00 Credits
A child's relationship with his/her father is one of the most influential in his/her life. Fathers are the first men children ever love, and fathers ultimately teach children what men are. This course is designed to enable students to develop an understanding of a wide range of issues related to fatherhood and the father-child relationship in contemporary America. The course will examine the impact fathers have on children's development, various styles of fatherhood, father/daughter and father/son relationships, single and divorced fathers, gay fathers and stepfathers. The class will include lecture/ discussion, speakers, and films. There will be required readings, a final exam, and a short documented paper. No prerequisites.
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