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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits SCN3692 Sports Doping (Advanced Liberal Arts) The use of illegal performance enhancing drugs and technologies in sports had been publicized by allegations and admissions of doping by high-profile athletes. This course will explore the science and ethics pf performance enhancement, including exercise physiology, the various drugs and procedures used by athletes in various sports, how testing is done to expose doping (and how reliable the testing is), the inconsistent rules and sanctions governing drug use in diverse sports and financial and other pressures that encourage illegal means of performance enhancement. Focus will be placed on those professional and amateur sports notorious for drug abuse, such as cycling, baseball, and the Olympics. Additional topics include legal use of biotechnology for athletes, drug use in college sports, and future "hi-tech" methods of performance enhancement Prerequisite: SCN13% % - Wildcard
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits SCN3697 Global Warming, Business & Society Credits = 2 Advanced Liberal Arts Global climate change has become a hot topic in the news and one of today's most pressing concerns for businesses. In this course we will discuss the scientific evidence for human-induced changes to the earth's climate and the role of global warming in politics, the business world, and popular media. We will examine the current and potential future impacts of climate change on human health, the food supply, natural ecosystems around us, and the global economy. In addition we will explore renewable energy options, green technology, carbon emission trading, carbon storage projects, and ethical concerns for the environment and the global population. Pre-req: Science A Science & Society concentration
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits SCN3698 Energy: Past, Present and Future; Promise and Reality 2 credit Advanced Liberal Arts The importance of having a reliable safe supply of energy has been made apparent by the recent extreme volatility in price and vulnerability in supply. New technologies such as electric cars, LED lighting, and alternative supplies are forcing us as individuals and as a society to make choices that will have a profound effect on shaping the future. To aid in making informed choices this course explores the fundamental principles necessary to understand energy: its nature, types, production, transportation, storage, conversion, measurement, and use. We examine new technologies in such areas as biological processes, nanomaterials, solar cells, and battery technology and discuss how these will widen our choices. There will be a combination of virtual and physical labs. Each student will select a company and report on the likely impact of its ongoing research and emerging products. Prerequisite: QTM1300 and SCN13%%
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits SPN1200 Accelerated Elementary Spanish (General Credit) Accelerated Elementary Spanish is a fast-paced, introductory course which prepares students for Intermediate Spanish in the subsequent semester. Through engaging, meaningful activities that develop real-world skills and abilities, the course integrates a wide variety of interactive materials to put language into practice. Accelerated Elementary Spanish is the first course in the Proficiency Sequence, a program of study designed to bring students to proficiency in 3 semesters. As the course adopts an intensive approach, it is recommended for students with some previous exposure to language learning and/or the highly motivated rank beginner. Prerequisite: None
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits SPN2600 Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I (Advanced Liberal Arts) Grammar review and an in-depth cultural exploration of the Hispanic world supports active use of spoken and written Spanish. Selected readings and films provide a point of departure for conversation, discussion, group work, skits, and class presentations based upon research. Prerequisite: SPN1200 (Accelerated Elementary Spanish II at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test. Not open to fluent speakers of Spanish.) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Fall
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits SPN2601 Intermediate Spanish II (Advanced Liberal Arts) A continuation of the fall semester, this course includes advanced grammar and advanced readings dealing with the culture, literature, geography, and history of the nations that form the Hispanic world. Except on rare occasions when a complex explanation requires the use of English, this course is conducted in Spanish. Discussions focus on an exploration of socio-cultural issues and business language and contexts in the Spanish-speaking world. Prerequisite: SPN2600 (Intermediate Spanish I at Babson, or equivalent proficiency as demonstrated through a required placement test. Not open to fluent speakers of Spanish.) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits TAX3500 Taxes (General Credit) Studies tax administration; income, deductions, and credits; treatment of gains and losses; income taxation of individuals, businesses, estates, and trusts, with an emphasis on income taxation of individuals; and estate and gift taxation fundamentals. Prequisites: IME2330 or (OEM and MCE)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits VSA3600 Art Religion & Politics in Ancient Egypt Advanced Liberal Arts This course will present major monuments, sculptures and paintings of Ancient Egypt and Kush. In order to understand their meaning and their (to us) sometimes unusual appearance, Egyptian and Nubian religion, history and philosophy will also be closely examined. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits VSA3610 (formerly VSA3672) The End of Certainty: Early 20th Century Art (Advanced Liberal Arts) Between 1900 -1938, artists grappled with; the discovery of the subconscious, Einstein's physics, a war of unprecedented scope and destructiveness that was followed by the collapse of social and economic order. Styles such as Symbolism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressivism, Dada and Surrealism were created by artists responding to enormous changes in established ways of thinking and being that marked the beginning of the 20th century. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)
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