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3.00 Credits
Involves review of the discipline of sociology and focuses on key issues including review of the tools of the discipline and the role of sociology in the student's future role as individual, employee, and citizen. Prerequisite: must be sociology major with senior standing and have completed or currently are taking the methods and theory requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Provides opportunity to develop, implement, and evaluate an action research or action service project related to identification, psychology, education, and/or treatment of individuals whose development is exceptional. Provides intensive seminar; instructor and peers share the research/problem-solving process and prepare written and oral reports that describe the project and document the student's accomplishments. Prerequisite: senior standing. Offered infrequently.
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3.00 Credits
Integrates reading and writing of poetry and fiction at the highest levels. The issue or problem organizing the course is applicable to both fiction writers and poets; readings in both poetry and fiction illustrate, problematize and/or offer solutions to the issue under discussion. Students read and think as writers and respond to the issue or problem in both an analytic and creative manner. Specific requirements vary according to instructor and topic. Prerequisite: ENG 226 and at least two of the required upper-level writing courses; four of the five literature courses; one of the other two theory and practice courses; at least one foreign language or literature in translation course; senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Students apply problem- solving methodology by consulting selected local small businesses that have requested management assistance. Each selected company demonstrates a wide range of problems crossing the fields of finance, marketing, accounting, production, human resources, information systems, computer systems, strategic and tactical planning, growth and downsizing, procurement, control of inventory, quality control, and forecasting. Students learn to integrate and apply their business knowledge in "real world" settings and test their analytical skills by confronting and solving complex business problems.
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3.00 Credits
Provides basic skills needed to conduct applied sociological research. Emphasis on issues that need to be addressed in such research and processes used to answer questions. Prerequisite: SOC 262. Offered infrequently.
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4.00 Credits
Applied study of toxicology from the molecular to the ecosystem level of organization. Materials presented in the context of toxicology as an interdisciplinary, problem-solving science utilizing the principles of ecological risk assessment. Three hours of lecture and one hour of student-led discussion per week. Prerequisite: ZOO 204 and 305, or equivalent, and a year of organic chemistry or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Explores legal aspects of business decision-making from an ethical perspective. Focuses on the business manager as an ethical decision-maker and on the corporation as a social moral agent. Conducted in seminar style using cross-functional cases from the core business disciplines. Prerequisite: Farmer Business School core courses and senior standing or permission of instructor. This course may not be used as a finance major elective.
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4.00 Credits
Evolutionary approach to the study of animal behavior with emphasis upon the description, measurement, and interpretation of behavior of animals. Emphasizes a problem-solving approach to help students understand how and why behavior influences the ways in which animals live and reproduce. Emphasizes examination of behavior using a combination of lectures, discussions, and laboratory experiences. Students gain experience in evaluating published scientific research as well as data gathered in lab exercises and an independent research project. Prerequisite: nine hours of advanced courses in biological science and a course in statistics or permission of instructor. 2 Lec. 2 Lab. CAS-D/LAB.
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3.00 Credits
Final course in the public administration required core. Study of the stages of policy process including problem definition, policy formulation, implementation, impact, evaluation, and termination, and the role of the policy analyst in these processes. Corequisite: POL 409 required. Prerequisite: POL 261, 306, and senior standing. Others who may take this Capstone include students who have completed the Public Management Thematic Sequence or those with permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-disciplinary and integrative approach to the identification of unmet market opportunities and the creation of new ventures that capitalize on these opportunities. Case-oriented approach. Students create business plans for ventures based on original concept. Student teams compete in the Miami Business Plan Competition with finalists selected to compete in a national business plan competition. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
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