经济学 Emphasis

• Liberal 艺术s Core
• 39-44单位

• ART 311: 艺术 历史 I
• 3

This is a survey course of Western art from the Prehistoric Period through the Renaissance, employing illustrated lectures, independent 研究, 博物馆参观, 和讨论. This class is offered alternate years in the spring semester.

OR

• ART 312: 艺术 历史 II
• 3

This course is a survey of Western art from the Renaissance up to the 20th century employing illustrated lectures, independent 研究, 博物馆参观 和讨论. This class is offered alternate years in the spring semester.

• CENG 201: World 文学 to the Renaissance
• 3

This course will focus on critical thinking and 研究-based writing through comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. Alongside lectures and class discussion, the study of representative great works of Western and non-Western literature from Antiquity, 中世纪, and the Renaissance will emphasize the 文学, 文化, and religious significance of these texts. Co-requisite: 因此201年; permission from Academic Advising is needed to take 201年曾 as an unlinked course.

• COM 324: Inter文化 Communication
• 3

Social and 文化 variables in speech communication processes and strategies for resolving communication problems in inter文化 settings with an emphasis on variables such as perception, 角色, 语言代码, and nonverbal communication will be examined in this course.

• HST 410: Mythology
• 3

The reception of classical antiquity depends on both the stories the ancients told themselves, as well as their interpretation and reinscription in subsequent times and places. This course traces the debt moderns owe to the earliest recorded stories that shaped civilizations, both to appreciate the stories in their own historical context as well as consider the responses (both those that identify with antiquity and those that assume its alienation) of succeeding eras, culminating in critical consideration of contemporary 文化 evocation of the classical tradition. 先决条件: 因此201年 or 因此202年 or HST 201.

• HUM 495: Senior Project (1-3 units)
• 1

In this capstone course students will meet with an instructor once per week in order to formulate, 研究, and discuss an appropriate topic for their written project. Topics must be interdisciplinary, combining their emphasis within the major with another discipline within the major. 先决条件: Liberal 艺术s major and senior standing.

• MUS 352: 音乐 of World Cultures -OR- MUS 482: 音乐 Cultures: 音乐al Expression in Christianity
• 3

MUS 352: 音乐 of World Cultures - This course will introduce students to the study of music as a universal 文化 phenomenon and the discipline of ethnomusicology with exposure to the musical and 社会 aspects of folk, 传统的, and art music of regions from Asia, 非洲, 中东, 欧洲, 拉丁美洲, and North America. Experience in music is encouraged but not required.

OR

MUS 482: 音乐 Cultures: 音乐al Expression in Christianity - This course will survey of the role, 发展, and function of music in the Christian church from its roots in the Old Testament to the present day, with attention given to biblical, 神学, 社会, and 文化 considerations. Offered alternate years.

• REL 321: World Religions
• 3

This survey course of the world's major non-Christian religions will include motifs, 信仰模式, ritual and worship, 道德, 社会模式, origin and 发展, and sacred writings.

• THR 251: Introduction to 剧院
• 3

This course will provide an overview of the various conventions, 形式, 风格, and genres of the theatre, including principles of play analysis and exploration of theatre criticism from dramaturgical, 文学, and 文化 perspectives through the thematic discussions of representative plays. There may be an additional charge for required field trips.

• 经济学 Emphasis
• 18个单位

• ECO 201: Macroeconomics
• 3

This is a survey course of the scope and methods of the study of the principles of macroeconomics. Topics will include decision-making by households and firms, supply and demand, operation of markets and the determination of prices, the evaluation of 社会 welfare within alternative economic systems, international 贸易 and foreign exchange, financial markets, the role and objectives of government in economic policy.

• ECO 202: Microeconomics
• 3

This is a course covering principles of microeconomics. Topics will include decision‐making by households and firms, supply and demand, operation of markets and the determination of prices, international 贸易, elements of industrial organization and varying degrees of competition, and the evaluation of 社会 welfare within alternative economic systems.

• ECO 221: 历史 of Economic Thought
• 3

This is a survey course of the history of economic thought from 1600 to 2000, focusing on primary works 和讨论 of their historical context. Major authors covered will include Smith, Marx, Marshall, and Keynes. Specific policy areas surveyed include internal improvements, money and banking, 关税, 贸易, 反垄断, 和监管. Recommended prerequisite: ECO 201.

• Choose three of the following courses:

• ECO 321: Econometrics
• 3

This course is the study of Econometrics, providing techniques for the quantitative measurement and analysis of actual economic and business phenomena. Prerequisites: fulfillment of the general education math requirement, ECO 201 and ECO 202 and (MTH 252 or MTH 271).

• ECO 323: Money and Financial Markets
• 3

This course is an overview of financial markets and institutions, 货币市场, 股票, 债券, 外币, 和衍生品. 先决条件: ECO 201 or ECO 202.

• ECO 421: Intermediate Microeconomics
• 3

This course uses principles of economic and statistical analysis in management decision making and practical problem solving; demand evaluation and sales forecasting; cost and profitability analysis; pricing policy; uncertainty and risk, and use of case studies. Prerequisites: fulfillment of general education math requirement and ECO 202.

• ECO 428: Intermediate Macroeconomics and Public Policy
• 3

This course uses economic methodology to evaluate the economic methods used in, and the purposes driving, the 发展 of economic public policies in the U.S., focusing on the role of government in shaping 社会 policy and its impact on individuals. Students will (a) complete an essay describing a recent U.S. economic policy event, and (b) an essay describing the economic justification for recent public policy in one (1) of the following three (3) topics: Environmental and Natural Resource 经济学; 经济学 of Health; or 经济学 of Education. Prerequisites: fulfillment of general education math requirement and ECO 201 and ECO 202 and (MTH 252 or MTH 271).

• ECO 429: Environment, Climate and Sustainability
• 3

This course is an overview of topics surrounding the assessment of humankind’s interaction and use of the environment, the effect on 气候, and assessment of long term sustainability. Using environmental and economics concepts and methods, the course will cover topics such as means to value natural resources, methods for appropriately mitigating externalities (such as pollution), and assessing 发展 activities. The course will also evaluate the availability and use of natural resources, depletable and renewable, 比如能源, 水, 土地, 和森林. 最后, the course will assess relevant topics surrounding 气候 change, including its measurement, 原因, effects (magnitude and geographic distribution), and potential responses. Throughout the course students will learn the relevant government agencies and legal processes surrounding the environment, 气候, and sustainability. Recommended 先决条件: ECO 201 or ECO 202.