2001-2002 Academic Catalog

11 Studies HON-314 A Philosophical View of Mathematics 3 hours Study and discussion of chance and chaos, the concept of math– ematical trnth, the issue of incompleteness, doubt and uncertainty, the conflicting viewpoints ofdiscovering and creating mathematical trnths, the use of mathematics in modeling the "real world", and the concept of infinity. HON-318 Aesthetics 3 hours Introduction to the study of aesthetics through an exploration of classical writings and the accounts of contemporaty theorists, critics, and artists. HON-319 Postmodernism 3 hours An interdisciplinaiy analysis, critique, and response to postmodernism as it is reflected in contempora1y culture. HON-320 Romanticism and Its Offspring 3 hours Study of the development of poetry and music from 1800 to the present postmodern pop culture. HON-491 Honors Senior Colloquium 1 hour Development of a generic understanding of the integration of faith, learning, and life. HON-492 Honors Senior Colloquium 1 hour Development of a disciplinaty understanding of the integration of faith, learning, and life. HON-493 Honors Senior Colloquium 1 hour Development of an essay demonstrating the integration of faith and learning applied to a contemporaty issue. HON-495 Honors Senior Research Project 1-3 hours The writing of an interdisciplinaty research project. International Studies The international studies major utilizes courses from several academic disciplines to prepare students for a variety of internationally-focused careers. A distinct international studies core provides the foundation for all the concentrations available in this major. Courses in anthropology, business, communications, culture, geography, history, linguistics, and political science provide students with the basic understanding they need to appreciate the diverse international community. Concentration options enable students to focus upon a particu– lar area of interest within the international context. Three concentrations are available. The global economics and international business concen– tration provides students with an economic view of the international community. Utilizing courses in business, economics, and political science, this program prepares business-oriented students for careers in international manage– ment, marketing, finance, comparative economics, missions, and the foreign service. Course requirements involve 111 quarter hours including: International studies core requirements ................................ 32 1 • 2 ANTH-180 Cultural Anthropology ...................................... 5 2 BEPH-226 Religion and Culture ............................................ 5 BUS-291 International Business ............................................. 3 2 COM-314 Intercultural Communication ................................ 4 GE0-250 Introduction to Geography ..................................... 2 GE0-351 World Regional Geography-West ............................ 4 (orGE0-352WorldRegionalGeography-East ...................... 4) 3 HIST-203 Hist01y ofCivilization ............................................. 4 LING-308 Linguistics for Language Leaming ......................... 5 Business administration core requirements ...................... 53 ACCT-211,212 Principles of Accounting I, II ..................... 10 BUS-100 Business Prologue .................................................. 1 BUS-211,212StatisticsI,II ....................................................... 6 BUS-218BusinessLawI .......................................................... 4 BUS-299 Personal Development (3 quarters) ........................... 0 BUS-399 Professional Development (3 quarters) ..................... 0 BUS-442 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility ............... 3 BUS-499 ExecutiveDevelopment (3 quarters) .......................... 0 ECON-233 Microeconomics ..................................................... 4 ECON-234Macroeconomics .................................................... 4 FIN-371 FinancialManagementoftheFim1 ............................. 4 MGMT-350Prin. ofOrganizationandManagement ................ 4 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ...................... 4 MIS-120SoftwareTools .......................................................... 2 MIS-220 Computer Information Systems ................................. 3 MRKT-360PrinciplesofMarketing ......................................... 4 Global economics and international business requirements .......................................................................... 26 ECON-335 ComparativeEconomic Systems ............................. 4 ECON-336Intemational Trade and Economics ........................ 4 ECON-338Developmenta1Economics ..................................... 4 MGMT-357Internationa1Management ................................... 4 (or MRKT-462 International Marketing ................................ 4) Electives (selectedfi'Dln}: ...................................................... 10 HIST-405 Great Power Diplomacy in the ModernWorld ...... 4 MGMT-357 International Management ................................ 4 MRKT-462 InternationalMarketing ..................................... 4 POLS-365 InternationalRelations ......................................... 5 Regional studies elective ...................................................... 3 Additional required cognate: 4 GMTH-190 Calculus for Business .......................................... 5 1 satisfies social science General Education Requirement 2 satisfies humanities General Education Requirement 3 satisfies hist01y General Education Requirement 4 satisfies mathematics General Education Requirement In addition to these requirements, students must fulfill a foreign culture experience. Possible options include: Living abroad Foreign work-study program Foreign internships Approval should be obtained from the business department chairperson. This requirement is generally not fulfilled by travel overseas or minimum Missions Involvement Services experience.