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4.00 Credits
Beginning with the fundamentals of international currency markets, risks incurred in international transactions are defined and analyzed. Various methods of covering for such risks through portfolio adjustments, international trade practices and banking instruments are described. The impact of international lending on the balance sheets of banks, as well as the balance-of-payments of nations, are explored. Some suggested guidelines for lending institutions in the wake of recent lending crises and the potential for their recurrence are also evaluated. Prerequisites: Economics 200 and 201, or permission of the instructor.
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An exploration of the macroeconomics of an open economy. Topics include the balance-of-payments, exchange rate markets, and external borrowing for developing countries. The production and consumption possibilities of trading partners are analyzed in a general equilibrium framework. The roles of tariffs, trade quotas, and pegged exchange rates as appropriate policies for the achievement of domestic and international economic goals, as well as means of international economic cooperation, are discussed. Prerequisites: Economics 200 and 201.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of a significant topic that characterizes the literature of Victorian Britain (1837-1901). The focus may be on a major theme such as power and gender, a figure such as that of the outcast, or a controversial debate such as that which occurred between science and religion. Authors discussed may include Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Dickens, the Bront?s and Hardy. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, one of English 201-204.
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4.00 Credits
A study of any of the literatures that emerge in postcolonial sites and that address issues of colonial literary, linguistic, and cultural legacies as well as the challenges of literary self-determination and re-invention. Examples might be the literature of India after 1948 or the literature of various African nations after 1960. Contem-porary theories about the process of decolonization are also explored. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, one of English 201-204.
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A study of American literature as it reflects and participates in a particular period of the 19th century. Topics vary from year to year and may include the American Gothic, American Romanticism, the Literature of Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction, the Rise of Realism and Regional Fiction. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, one of English 201-204.
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4.00 Credits
Regression analysis, its basic assumptions, and the consequences of the violations of those basic assumptions. Related problems, such as collinearity, identification, autocorrelation, and tests of significance, are included. These techniques are used to measure the relationships between and among selected microeconomic and macroeconomic variables. Applied econometric research with computer usage in areas of student interest is included. Prerequisites: Economics 200 or 201 and 202 and 203 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A study of American literature as it reflects and participates in a particular period of the 20th century. Topics vary from year to year and may include Literary Naturalism, the Southern Renaissance, the Beat Generation and Fiction of the Vietnam War era. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201 and one of English 201-204.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the literature and culture of the modernist and/or postmodernist periods. Topics are likely to span a variety of genres and cultures and may venture into media other than literature, such as painting and film. Authors studied typically include Mann, Eliot, Yeats, Stein, Joyce, Woolf, Gide, Barth, and Pynchon. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, and one of English 201-204.
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4.00 Credits
An extensive examination of a particular aspect of film art such as a national cinema, a movie genre, an individual director, or a specific critical methodology. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, English 304 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of material taught in Intermediate Theory and specific 400-level field courses. Within the field considered, students become familiar with current problems and developments in theory and/or empirical research. Possible topics include Production Theory, Business Cycle Models, Regional Economics, and Time Series Analysis. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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