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  • CUL 499: Special Topics in Culinary Arts

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours d.b.a. Culinary Arts have become legitimate areas of study that encompass not only technical skills, but also an understanding of history, anthropology, geography, agriculture, customs and language. This special topics course will provide an opportunity for faculty, with unique backgrounds in academic and technical areas of culinary arts, to offer instruction. Sample topics might include: artisan bread baking, chocolate centerpieces, sugar work, ice carving techniques, historical influences of foods on various cultures, the impact of ethnic backgrounds on cuisine, etc. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the Dean of the Division.
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  • ECN 101: Macroeconomics

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. An examination of macroeconomics, including an introduction to economic systems, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, and the theories and measurement of national income, employment and international trade. (3 hours lecture).
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  • ECN 102: Microeconomics

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall/Spring Sems. Explores the theory of the firm and consumer behavior within a market system. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between market structure and price and output determination. Current economic problems are used to clarify the development and application of economic models. (3 hours lecture).
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  • ECN 400: The Global Market

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. Students will develop an understanding of the global nature of all business and how much of our future lies outside the boundaries of the United States. This course will evaluate recent paradigm shifts from isolationism to regionalized and global economics. Additionally, students will reflect on agreements that have forced the issues of the global market into political debate. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisites: Macroeconomics (ECN 101) or The Service Economy (HOS 300).
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  • ECN 410: Resource Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course describes several conceptual tools and the conventional analytical framework used to characterize the optimal allocation of natural resources over time. While neo-classical resource economics forms the focus, an important component of the course includes an introduction to the field of ecological economics and the three-fold framework of resource management decisions (biophysical constraints and opportunities, economic feasibility, and institutional acceptability). The goal is to enable students to understand and appreciate the economic component of a sustainable relationship between the natural environment system and the political and economic systems of the global society. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Microeconomics (ECN 102).
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  • ENG 101: English Composition I

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall/Spring Sems. This course consists chiefly of expository writing with emphasis on rhetoric, grammar, and mechanics, which may be studied as ends themselves. Effective revision strategies will be taught. Instruction in the use of the library and the writing of a library research paper are included, and attention is given to literature (essays, poems, short stories, etc.) as time permits. (3 hours lecture).
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  • ENG 102: English Composition II

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall/Spring Sems. This writing-intensive course complements English Composition I (ENG 101). The main purpose is to develop critical thinking and expository writing skills through the study of and written reaction to various professional texts, literary, persuasive, or some combination thereof. The work will consist chiefly of written essays, with emphasis on audience awareness, ownership, clarity, organizational methods, and logic. The course will also include a research component. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Communication Foundational Experience.
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  • ENG 103: Hearts and Minds:Making Good Arguments

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours d.b.a American democracy depends upon an informed and critically attuned citizenry. Advancement in one's career similarly depends upon critical thinking and eloquent advancement of one's ideas. In this course we will study classical and modern techniques of argument and persuasion and methods logical and illogical others use to influence our behavior. Class discussion of current issues will result in essays aimed at developing student argumentative and persuasive skills. Posters, advertising, video, and class debate may also be part of the course. Time or similar magazine and a polemical novel will be two of our texts. At semester's end students will prepare a lengthy written argument along with an oral presentation. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Communication Foundation
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  • ENG 104: Social and Political Issues in American Films

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours d.b.a Students will view major American films covering an array of topics and themes at the core of the national debate. Controversial feature films such as Dead Man Walking, Thelma and Louise, and Philadelphia, will be studied for their insights as well as biases. Building on the skills learned in the Communication Foundation, students will write a variety of papers on issues raised by these films, such as racism, censorship, sexual discrimination, environmental destruction, and war making. A research paper and an oral presentation on a matter of controversy will culminate the semester. (3 lecture hours, 2 film showing hours). Prerequisite: Communication Foundation
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  • ENG 115: Wilderness in American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

    3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course will provide students with an analytical framework for interpreting nature writing or wilderness literature, i.e., writings in which the common theme is the natural world and humankind's relationship to it. Particular emphasis will be placed on the American experience in wilderness, and culture's response as seen in its literature. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Communication Foundational Experience.
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