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| AF201 Personal Finance | S King | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 2441 | $1020 | |
Description for AF201:
Introduces students to planning and managing personal and family finances. Topics include insurance and estate planning, relationships with banks, issues in home ownership and real estate, the fundamentals of investing in stocks and bonds, tax planning, leasing as compared with buying automobiles, and financing college education. This course cannot be counted toward the finance or accounting concentration in the College of Management.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| AF210 Financial Accounting | M Sharif | Feb 5 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 4572 | $1020 | |
Description for AF210:
Presents the theory and techniques of financial accounting. The course encompasses the basic functions of collecting, processing, and reporting accounting information for interested third parties (e.g. owners, investors, and government) and enables students to analyze, interpret, and use accounting information effectively.
Prerequisite: a minimum of 30 credits. MGT students only.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| ANTH262 Dreams & Dreaming | J Pasto | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3610 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH262:
A cross-cultural exploration of dreams and dreaming across cultures, with general attention to the western Pacific, and the Mekeo people of Papua New Guinea in particular: review of the anthropology of dreams in the context of theoretical works by Freud and Jung, and recent neurobiological studies; and , the relationship of dreams to notions of the self, person, and individual.
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Credits: 3 |
| ANTH274 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean | J Rene | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3611 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH274:
An ethnographic and historical overview of the Caribbean, examining the impact of external forces on local economic organization, domestic life, religion, and migration, with attention to the importance of transnational communities and migrations that link the islands with the North American mainland.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: World Cultures |
| BIOL108 Introduction to Nutrition | A Bradley | Feb 5 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1010 | $1020 | |
Description for BIOL108:
Introduction to the elements of nutrition with emphasis on nutrition for humans; examination of food stuffs and nutritional quality, physiology of food utilization, food quality regulations, and the global ecology of food production. No background in the natural sciences is required.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: Natural Science |
| CRMJUS104L Introduction to Systems of Criminal Justice | C Monteiro | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3615 | $1020 | |
Description for CRMJUS104L:
The goals of the course are to give students a theoretical and empirical foundation of the criminal justice system. Topics will also include the nature of victimization, the inner workings of the criminal justice system and the outcomes for offenders leaving the system. The student will be exposed to the critical issues in justice, be involved in discussions of their impact on American society, and be asked to consider alternative approaches to addressing these issues. In addition, during the discussion of each segment of the American system of justice, comparisons will be made with other developed and developing nations’ justice systems.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| CRMJUS363L Corrections | Staff | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1015 | $1020 | |
Description for CRMJUS363L:
Prisons, jails, parole, and probation. Attention to inmate social structure, and philosophy underlying the correctional system and modern treatment approaches.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 and CRMJUS/SOCIOL 262L.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Cross listed: SOCIOL 363L. |
| ECON101 Introduction to Microeconomics | K Carlson | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1019 | $1020 | |
Description for ECON101:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to the functioning of markets and to the behavior of individual economic units such as the business firm and the consumer (microeconomics). Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include industrial organization, income distribution, international trade, economics of the environment, and other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| ECON102 Introduction to Macroeconomics | K Carlson | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1021 | $1020 | |
Description for ECON102:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to examining the overall functioning of the economy and to such matters as unemployment, inflation and recession. Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include economics of government spending and taxation, economic development, alternative economic systems, and other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| EEOS225 Weather and Climate | M Mensoian | Feb 5 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1018 | $1020 | |
Description for EEOS225:
This course investigates atmospheric processes forming the basis for weather patterns and climatic development on a global scale. Major topics include earth-sun relationships, heating and cooling of the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, pressure patterns, air mass formation and frontal systems, episodic storms, vertical zonation of climate, and the Koppen System for evaluating and classifying climatic phenomena.
Prerequisite: 30 credits.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Natural Science |
| ENGL101 Freshman English I | Staff | Feb 4 - May 8 | Copley | MW | 7:30 - 9:00pm | 3 | 4708 | $1020 | |
Description for ENGL101:
English 101 is an introductory course in critical reading and writing that prepares students for working with the complex texts and ideas they will find in their college studies. English 101 teaches students to discover and shape their own perspectives in dialogue with challenging readings. Through carefully sequenced assignments, students are guided through various processes for constructing academic essays that may include journal writing, glossing texts, discussing student papers in class, peer reviewing, and especially revising. Readings and materials vary from section to section. Note: English 101 satisfies the first half of the College’s freshman writing requirements.
Prerequisite: Degree students only.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| ENGL102 Freshman English II | Staff | Feb 4 - May 8 | Copley | MW | 6:00 - 7:30pm | 3 | 4712 | $1020 | |
Description for ENGL102:
Freshman English 102 is a more advanced course in critical reading and writing than 101; it is intended to help students prepare for their upper-level courses and the Writing Proficiency Requirement. Through sequenced assignments, students learn to sustain inquiries on particular themes or issues and to treat subjects from different perspectives, including their own. Through frequent reading and writing assignments, students learn to analyze the structures of essays and arguments so they are able to develop informed responses to them. As in 101, drafting and redrafting are emphasized. One of the course papers will be a researched essay that builds on course themes and issues. Note: English 102 satisfies the second half of the College’s freshman writing requirement.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Degree Students Only.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| ENGL200 Understanding Literature | Staff | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 5763 | $1020 | |
Description for ENGL200:
This course offers guided practice in the close reading of three major literary genres-poetry, fiction, and drama-with works to be drawn from various historical periods. (A fourth genre may be added at the instructor’s discretion.) The course explores the distinctive features of each genre, along with the concepts and terminology necessary to understand it accurately and communicate about it effectively. Close reading is integrated with aesthetic and evaluative responses to the literary works. A bridge to Literary Studies II (ENGL 300) is provided through focused study of at least one work from a biographical, historical, cultural, or other perspective. This course requires intensive writing.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or 102.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Arts |
| ENGL202 Six American Authors | Staff | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 4722 | $1020 | |
Description for ENGL202:
The achievements of American literature in articulating the American mind is illustrated by works from some well-known American writers-Thoreau, Dickinson, Faulkner, for example-as well as from those who deserve to be better known, such as William Wells Brown, Kate Chopin, Zora Neale Hurston.
Prerequisite: English 101.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Humanities
Diversity: United States focus |
| HIST211 Foundations of Western Civilization | G Miller | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 4589 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST211:
A survey of European history from the golden age of Greece in the 5th century BCE to 1715, laying particular stress on politics, culture and religion. Major topics examined will include the culture of ancient Greece; the rise of Rome and the ideology of the Roman Empire; the early development of Christianity and its impact on the ancient world; the evolution of new political forms in the Middle Ages; medieval Christianity; the impact of Renaissance efforts to revive Greek and Roman civilization; the Protestant Reformation and Catholic responses to it; and the scientific and intellectual culture of the seventeenth century. In addition to broad coverage the course will devote attention to critical examination of a selection of key historical texts.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Humanities |
| HIST212 Modern Western Civilization | G Miller | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1025 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST212:
This course traces the history of Western Civilization from the enlightenment of the 18th century up to the transformations that took place in the 1990s. It is a history of revolutions and wars, ideologies and institutions. It is also a history of people, the lives they led and the decisions they made. In this period Western European nations, and a former colony, the United States, became the dominant powers in the world. During the last three centuries, Western Civilization has influenced the lives of all people whether they lived in the west or in other parts of the world. By studying western civilization we therefore come to understand a great deal about our present day world and the lives we lead.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Humanities |
| HIST214 Modern World History | T Johnson | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1026 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST214:
This course offers an examination fo the processes of modernization and globalization sicne the late eighteenth century; their connections to imperialism, colonialism, and war; and their relationships to changing perceptions of society, politics, economics, gender, and culture in different regions of the world.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Diversity: International focus |
| MATH125 Introductory Statistics | Z Djordjevic | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:15pm | 3 | 1031 | $1020 | |
Description for MATH125:
Topics include introductory statistics, covering descriptive statistics; introductory probability sufficient to enable development of inferential statistics; and inferential statistics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or 124 or 129 or 130 or 140 or appropriate scores on the Math Placement Test.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Mathematics |
| MGT130 Introduction to Business | J Evereteze | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 2445 | $1020 | |
Description for MGT130:
Familiarizes students with the nature of business and its relationship to other institutions in society. The course examines business ownership, organization, management, marketing, human resources management, production, and finance. In addition, it explores issues in the relationships between law and business and government and business.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| PHIL100 Introduction to Philosophy | M Gunning | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1085 | $1020 | |
Description for PHIL100:
An introductory examination of the problems and scope of philosophy.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Humanities |
| PHIL108 Moral and Social Problems | J Cooper-Wiele | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1086 | $1020 | |
Description for PHIL108:
Important moral and social issues of current concern are examined and debated. The course covers several problems each semester from a list including criminal punishment, war, abortion, racism, violence, the death penalty, private property, sexism, animal rights, the environment, and hunger.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Humanities
Diversity: United States focus |
| POLSCI101 Introduction to Politics | Staff | Feb 5 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1089 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI101:
This course introduces and explores the conceptual vocabulary of politics. Though concerned with problems of political theory, it is designed not for theorists but for anyone who thinks, talks, or worries about the public world. A series of brief case studies is used to show how real-world outcomes are affected by our political ideas and assumptions.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| POLSCI220 International Relations (B) | Staff | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1091 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI220:
This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: International focus |
| PSYCH100 Introductory Psychology | A Seery | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3866 | $1020 | |
Description for PSYCH100:
A general survey of selected content areas in psychology, including personality and human development, physiological psychology, learning, intelligence, heredity and environment, and motivation and emotion. Please note: Students who have already earned credits for PSYCH 101 may not register for this course.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| PSYCH330 Social Psychology | Staff | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3871 | $1020 | |
Description for PSYCH330:
A scientific attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others; focuses on the drama of social interaction.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 101.
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Credits: 3 |
| PSYCH350 Learning and Memory | J Centi | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3873 | $1020 | |
Description for PSYCH350:
An introduction to current views of behavioral change, learning, and remembering. The course focuses on concepts, theoretical issues and applications of current research.
Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 or 101.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| SOCIOL101 Introduction to Sociology | B Michels | Feb 5 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 2820 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL101:
The structure of society, cultural patterns, and group life. The individual and socialization, groups, institutions, social systems, and social change.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| SOCIOL104L Introduction to Systems of Criminal Justice | C Monteiro | Feb 7 - May 9 | Copley | Th | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3616 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL104L:
The goals of the course are to give students a theoretical and empirical foundation of the criminal justice system. Topics will also include the nature of victimization, the inner workings of the criminal justice system and the outcomes for offenders leaving the system. The student will be exposed to the critical issues in justice, be involved in discussions of their impact on American society, and be asked to consider alternative approaches to addressing these issues. In addition, during the discussion of each segment of the American system of justice, comparisons will be made with other developed and developing nations’ justice systems.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| SOCIOL316 Family Violence | R Steinberg | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3226 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL316:
This course seeks to help participants develop a critical understanding of force and violence within the family structure. Emphasis is on violence between spouses, and between children and parents; and on the prevalence, the character, and the causes of such violence. Topics also include society’s reaction to family violence, and its policies of control and treatment; and the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and women.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
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Credits: 3 |
| SOCIOL362 Juvenile Delinquency | C Monteiro | Feb 4 - May 7 | Copley | Tu | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 3459 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL362:
The nature and extent of delinquency. Consideration of theories, delinquent subculture, and programs for control and prevention.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3 |
| SOCIOL363L Corrections | Staff | Feb 4 - May 6 | Copley | M | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 1093 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL363L:
Prisons, jails, parole, and probation. Attention to inmate social structure, and philosophy underlying the correctional system and modern treatment approaches.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101 and CRMJUS/SOCIOL 262L.
Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Cross listed: CRMJUS 363L. |
| WOST240 Educating Women | L Benson | Feb 6 - May 8 | Copley | W | 6:00 - 9:00pm | 3 | 5765 | $1020 | |
Description for WOST240:
This course studies the lives and ideas of women in the U.S. who have been educators and activists in struggles for equality in, and transformation of, education. Central themes include how women learn; education as a means of self-realization and empowerment for women in different ethnic, race, and class contexts; how gender affects experience in educational institutions.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: United States focus |
