SUMMER 2022 Course Offerings
For course descriptions and syllabi, click a course code below. Links to syllabi for upcoming semesters are added as they become available.
The University reserves the right to change course offerings and scheduling.
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ECN 101 | 1 | Principles of Microeconomics | Stack | MTWT | 08:30 - 11:05 |
Principles of Microeconomics This is an entry-level course in economics, covering fundamentals of microeconomics and aimed at students who choose it as an elective or plan to continue their studies in economics. This course helps students develop basic analytical skills in economics and microeconomics. It provides students with a basic understanding of the market system in advanced capitalist economies. It examines the logic of constrained choice with a focus on the economic behavior of individuals and organizations. After a theoretical analysis of the determinants and the interaction of supply and demand under competitive conditions, alternative market structures will be investigated, including monopolistic and oligopolistic forms. The course examines the conditions under which markets allocate resources efficiently and identifies causes of market failure and the appropriate government response. The introduction to the role of government includes its taxing and expenditure activities as well as regulatory policies.
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BUS 243 | 1 | Personal Finance | Suleiman | MTWT | 11:30 - 14:05 |
Personal Finance This course introduces students to the basic concepts and tools needed to make wise and informed personal financial decisions. The content of this course is presented from a practical point of view and with an emphasis on the consumer as the financial decision-maker. The primary objective of this course is to help students apply finance practices to their own lives. For example, students will learn how to plan and manage personal finances, how to obtain credit to purchase a home or a car, and how to invest personal financial resources in stocks, bonds, and real estate. Students will also learn how to interpret financial and economic news that have an impact on personal finances.
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ECN 297 | 1 | Financing Sustainable Development | Duroy | MTWT | 11:30 - 14:05 |
Financing Sustainable Development In its most basic definition, sustainable development is described as “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” As countries around the world struggle to tackle the issues of climate disruption, water scarcity, resource exhaustion, population growth and socioeconomic conflicts, attention to methods of sustainable development is paramount, and financing those methods is increasingly important. In this context we posit the question: Is it possible for the current system of financial markets to facilitate the shift from an unsustainable world fueled by fossil hydrocarbons to a more desirable one powered by renewable energy? This course will examine how financial and capital markets operate on a transnational scale; and investigate the type of international governance over markets that would be needed to potentially produce fair and sustainable outcomes. The course will also examine the role individuals must perform as World Citizens motivated by a sense of responsibility towards the well-being of others beyond national boundaries.
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ENV 297 | 1 | Science, Media, and Storytelling | Staff | MTWT | 11:30 - 14:05 |
Science, Media, and Storytelling In this course, students will combine critical approaches to science communication with their own creative vision to explore the world of environmental storytelling. Bringing together visual culture and communication studies, natural history and environmental science, and technical skills in narrative and visual storytelling, this course offers a bridge between theory and practice, equipping the twenty-first student to enter into the emerging intersection between environmental debates and digital screen content production. Students will immerse themselves in local heritage and natural science history sites including surrounding parks and museums, developing knowledge of surrounding environmental issues to be expressed and dramatized. In addition to studying the rhetoric and aesthetics of visual language, students will learn skills in hands-on story development, construction of messaging strategies, and contemporary trends in environmental storytelling.
(In addition to the designated class times, there will be optional excursions on Thursday afternoons.)
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VCA 295 | 1 | Foundations of Digital Video Production | Ferrari | MTWT | 11:30 - 14:05 |
Foundations of Digital Video Production This course introduces students to the technical, conceptual, and aesthetic skills involved in video production through the single camera mode of production. Still the most dominant mode of film and video production, the single camera mode places an emphasis on using the camera to fullest capacity of artistic expression. In addition to the multiple skills and concepts involved with the camera, the course also introduces students to the principles and technologies of lighting, audio recording and mixing, and non-linear digital video editing. Special focus is given to producing content for successful web distribution. This course will provide students with an intensive overview of the entire filmmaking process as they work with a production unit to produce a short narrative or documentary film for web distribution. Learning outcomes include understanding how a film is made from conception through distribution, and how to develop a story for maximum audio-visual impact.
The course carries a fee for art supplies and equipment:TBA
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COM 295 | 1 | Media Consumption, Fashion, and Identity | Sugiyama | MTWT | 14:30 - 17:05 |
Media Consumption, Fashion, and Identity This course examines how people, particularly young people, consume media technologies and their contents in contemporary media-saturated life. Employing essential readings on media consumption, fashion, and identity as the theoretical backbone, students will engage in active site-based research project throughout the course. By offering an opportunity to undertake a field study in Milan, the course seeks to develop in-depth theoretical knowledge of the intersections of media consumption, fashion, and identity, as well as to cultivate critical reflection of students’ own consumption of media technologies. (Additional fee: 250 CHF, for transportation and related activities in Milan)
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POL 101 | 1 | Introduction to International Relations | Bucher | MTWT | 14:30 - 17:05 |
Introduction to International Relations This course provides the basic analytic tools necessary for the understanding of international relations. After a brief introduction to the realist and liberal approaches to the study of international relations, the course covers various fundamental concepts, such as national power, foreign policy, conflict, political economy, international trade, and international organizations.
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REL 296W | 1 | Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christia | Novikoff | MTWT | 14:30 - 17:05 |
Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam The three most influential religions of the world all originated within a small geographical area that we now call the Middle East. To many it is the Holy Land; to others still it is the root of modern wars. This course surveys the rise and historical development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from their modest beginnings to their global influence, with particular emphasis on the historical and intellectual forces that made these growths possible. Readings in primary and secondary sources will consider the ancient kingdom of Judaea, the Jewish origins of Christianity, the philosophies of medieval Christianity and Islam, the earliest conflicts between Christianity and Islam (including the Crusades), and the search for religious identity in a globalized and pluralistic modern world.
(This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.)
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POL 297 | 1 | European Union Issues and Policies | Filic | MTWT | 17:30 - 20:05 |
European Union Issues and Policies The aim of the course is to introduce students to the multiple European realities and
to provide the necessary tools for understanding how the EU can face these
challenges in an ever-changing world. This interdisciplinary course will allow students
to approach these major issues through the lenses of political science, economics, and
history. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify the main
competences of the European Union as well as the current challenges.
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