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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits FLM3690 The Matrix: Film & Philosophy 2 credit Advanced Liberal Arts "Welcome to the desert of the real," says Morpheus in The Matrix, the 1991 film that has achieved cult status. Its technological innovations and dazzling visual style reinvigorated the science-fiction film genre. The Matrix raises many philosophical questions: How do we perceive the external world How can we know if our experiences are illusory Would it matter if they are What is the relationship of dreams to waling life How do our actions express moral choices What is self-knowledge These and other questions explored by ethics, metaphysics, Existentialism, mysticism, Buddhism, and postmodernism permeate the film. This class will analyze the philosophical issues raised by the film and relate them to its densely layered visual style. Readings will include the book Philosophers Explore the Matrix (Christopher Grau, ed. Oxford UP, 2005) and the chapter titled "Postmodernism and Aesthetic Production" from the book Screening Space (Vivian Sobchack, Rutgers UP, 1999). Our analysis will center on The Matrix, which will be screened, and not its two sequels. Prerequisites: (3 Intermediate Liberal Arts; HSS, LVA, CVA)
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits FME1000 Foundation Management Entrepreneurship (2 semesters) (Foundation Mgmt) This full-year, introductory course exposes students to key management and information systems principles, vocabulary, and techniques. Central to the course is a "learn by doing" approach and sensitivity toward social responsibility and ethical behavior. Students organize into groups of 30 and are responsible for developing and implementing an actual business that the College funds. Profits generated by the business activity are used to support a charitable project that the students must coordinate as well. Students are introduced to the central concepts of finance, accounting, management, operations, and human resource management. In addition, they learn how information systems are used to manage and control business organizations and how to use productivity tools such as spreadsheet and database programs to manage business organizations more effectively. Prerequisites: NONE This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits FME1001 Foundation Management & Entrepreneurship (2 semesters) This full-year, introductory course exposes students to key management and information systems principles, vocabulary, and techniques. Central to the course is a "learn by doing" approach and sensitivity toward social responsibility and ethical behavior. Students organize into groups of 30 and are responsible for developing and implementing an actual business that the College funds. Profits generated by the business activity are used to support a charitable project that the students must coordinate as well. Students are introduced to the central concepts of finance, accounting, management, operations, and human resource management. In addition, they learn how information systems are used to manage and control business organizations and how to use productivity tools such as spreadsheet and database programs to manage business organizations more effectively. Prerequisite for IMC I Prerequisite: FME1000 and ACC1300 (may be co-requisite) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits FRN1200 Accelerated Elementary French (General Credit) Accelerated Elementary French. This course is based on the belief that effective use of a language requires cultural understanding as well as a command of linguistic structures and vocabulary. It is designed to develop basic skills in understanding, communicating, reading and writing authentic French. Utilizing the innovative, web-based multimedia course, Parallèles: communication et culture, assignments will include extensive video experiences, listening exercises, and exercises requiring a creative use of spoken French. Web-based activities such as audio programs, self-tests, on-line flashcards, and games accompany the text. This course is ideal for students with some previous exposure to French and/or the motivated Beginner. Prerequisite: NONE.
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits FRN2600 Intermediate French Language and Culture I (Advanced Liberal Arts) Active use of contemporary spoken and written French through dialog practice, oral presentations, class discussions, and written exercises. By becoming more aware of the French speaking world and the relationship between culture and language, students increase their ability to communicate in international environments. The program features web-based audio and video interaction with native speakers. Prerequisite: FRN1200 (Equivalent of one year of college French as demonstrated through a required placement test) This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits FRN2601 Intermediate French II (Advanced Liberal Arts) This course centers around the feature-length film, Chemin de la retour, a film that deals with a young journalist's quest to unravel the mystery of her grandfather's activities during World War II. In combination with the accompanying advanced level grammar text, Bien vu bien dit, the course serves to engage students in substantive discussions, and provides a context for critical reading, writing and thinking. Prerequisite: FRN2600 (Intermediate French I at Babson, or equivalent program demonstrated through a required placement test, or permission of the instructor. Not open to native speakers of French.) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits GDR3610 Topics in Women's Studies (Advanced Liberal Arts) This course provides a forum to examine and discuss contemporary women's and girls' roles and positions. The course will address the following topics: first and second waves of feminism, sexuality, psycho-social influences on gender construction, paid work and structures of inequality, women and social protest and family configurations. At the beginning of the course, we will read some historic documents as background to the women's movement in the United States. Although the main focus will be on women and girls in the United States, we will also discuss women's positions in other countries as well. Because femininity and images of women are balanced, and often countered, by masculinity and images of men, we will spend time discussing men in relation to women. Integral to this course is recognition of how race, class, ethnicity and sexuality converge to influence how women negotiate their political, social and cultural roles. Finally, we will attempt to become "enlightened witnesses" to the social construction of femininity and masculinity, and use our understanding to notice stereotypical portrayals as well as new, liberating images of women and Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)
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5.00 Credits
5.00 credits HFE1312 Honors Foundation Expereince 5 credit Foundation Liberal Arts Honors Foundation Experience: Equality, Persuasion, and Ethics: The Practice of Democracy This two-semester, 9-credit course satisfies the first-year requirements for AHF, HSF, and Rhetoric B. This uniquely designed course explores the ways democracy is enacted in the face of natural, social, economic, and cultural inequalities. How can individuals and citizens agree on what is just and good How can democracy retain the support both of the masses and of powerful elites, such as aristocrats, the wealthy, or those with special knowledge. What role does dissent play in the practice of democracy and how can political equality coexist with the right of individuals to make choices for themselves How are personal and intimate relations affected by the practice of democracy We will explore these themes in two ways. First we will examine the works of relevant artists, philosophers, and other writers. Then we will try to practice democracy in the classroom itself by re-enacting two charged moments in history when democracy was being shaped and tested: fall semester will focus on Athens in 403 B.C. and spring semester will focus on Paris in 1791. Students will be assigned roles to play and will give speeches and write position papers based on the issues critical to the assemblies of that time. During these sections of the course, which last from 4 to 6 weeks, the class will be run entirely by you, the students, as you attempt to advance the objectives of your particular roles and as the instructors offer advice and guidance. This unique approach improves speaking, writing, and leadership skills, promotes engagement with classic texts, and builds a strong learning community.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits HIS3610 THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CORPORATE POWER IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Advanced Liberal Arts This course focuses on challenges and opportunities for socially responsible action by corporations. Topics covered include the question of the legitimacy of corporate power, challenges of managerial power to personal character, the ideology of corporate leadership, corporate global citizenship, corporate social responsibility, civil regulation versus governmental regulation, and the changing relation of the corporation and the state. Prerequisites: AHF, HSF, 3 of 4 intermediate liberal arts.
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits HIS3665 Revolution and Terror In Modern Latin America (Advanced Liberal Arts) This course enables students to gain an understanding of historical events in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean through an examination of revolutions. Topics include such events as the Mexican, Cuban, and Nicaraguan Revolutions, and the role of the United States in the region. In addition to addressing theoretical issues concerning the definition and nature of revolutions, the course covers the historical causes and results of specific upheavals. Because the class is a seminar, the amount of reading is substantial, discussion is prevalent, and students are required to offer individual presentations and papers about specific revolutions. Moreover, we will attempt, with theoretical models as our guideposts, to make connections among the various historic events in order to see how these revolutions are part of a larger historical process in the Caribbean and Latin America as a whole. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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