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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. This course examines how economic theory assists in examining and explaining the social policy choices we all make as citizens. This integrated liberal arts and professional course will cover policy issues such as welfare reform, healthcare, Social Security, and immigration. Student debates will be required. 3 cr.
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Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. This course combines social work professional knowledge, values, and skills that relate to community organization and the promotion of social justice with psychological and sociological explanations of why some people choose to act in the face of oppression, while others become bystanders, victims, or collaborate with the aggressor. The course will be taught using films based on true stories of people who took action to combat oppression. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing. This course will examine the history, sociology, aesthetics, economics, and inventions related to textiles. We will move through time looking at the change in choice of textile production from natural fibers to manufactured fibers exploring what drove these changes and the applications of various textiles as they became available. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MATH 123 or MATH 133. Managerial economics is part of the education of managers, engineers, and other professionals who are involved in decisionmaking. It provides a framework for assembling information and analyzing alternative decisions. The principle problems studied are those of optimization, forecasting, risk avoidance, and business decision making. Its principle tools are drawn from economic theory and statistics. Calculus and numerical calculations are used to develop and analyze the data that theory has demonstrated to be relevant. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. This course provides an introduction to the skills necessary when writing for the media in various forms-non-fiction, speech-writing, broadcast and print journalism, and film documentaries. Students will do research and preparation to enable them to create their own media products, considering how their ideas can be translated creatively into effective sound and moving images, into something functional in the everyday world. They will also learn to transform the purely functional into a product with satisfying aesthetic, educational, and ethical dimensions. 3 cr.
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Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. This course seeks to explore the various relationships between baseball and American culture, focusing on the role of business and baseball; the way in which baseball has been used to define boundaries for American identity, particularly along the lines of race, gender, and ethnicity; the uses to which baseball has been put within different art forms, including fictional literature, poetry, music, theater, and film; and how baseball has played a significant role in the creation and maintenance of print and broadcast media institutions. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. This course is intended for all majors. The course will focus on systematic approaches to problem-solving through design. Design is the process to achieve desired transformation from the current state to an improved state. Everyone does this, whether it is a simple activity or finding the solution to a complex problem. Students will gain understanding of defining criteria and restrictions that influence designs and how designs influence culture and society. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. This 300-level course is targeted at both nonscience and science majors intrigued by the potential this new research has for affecting their lives, and the lives of their friends and family, particularly regarding health issues. The current learning objectives for this course include, but are not limited to: (1) a basic understanding of how genetics works; (2) a basic understanding of the history of the HGP; (3) an understanding of some of the potential benefits of new genetic and reproductive technologies; (4) an understanding of the inherent conflicts associated with new genetic technologies and the ethical issues associated with these conflicts, for example, concerns about access - who is denied benefits, who gains the benefits; and (5) an understanding of the civil responsibility in guiding both the research and its ultimately applications. Students will be introduced to the history and motivation for the project, the fundamentals of genomics, and applications of the HGP. The second part focuses on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of the research. 3 cr.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines numerous social, cultural, economic, and political issue areas from the vantage points of global community and global citizenship. Areas such as the regulation of business, the spread of technology, environmental pollution, health, poverty, crime, human rights, immigration, education, and democracy as well as war and peace, are analyzed within the context of globalization. This course is equivalent to POSC 101. 1-3 cr.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Topics in international studies that are not offered on a regular basis are examined. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic varies. 1-3 cr.
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