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Commerce - International Business |
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COMM 384N - Foundations of International Business
An introduction to the field of international business through an examination of the practice and theory of international business, focusing on managerial, operational, strategic, ethical, and environmental factors. The student develops an understanding of global trade theory and the various forms of global and regional economic integration; examines the major functions of managing an international business; becomes familiar with the instruments, procedures, and processes of international business; ascertains the modes of international market entry and foreign direct investment; generates an appreciation of the importance of culture on international business; and evaluates ethical issues in international business. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Non-Commerce students. Note: See course descriptions for other international courses available for a concentration in international business. These courses include: COMM 451 International Marketing; COMM 465 Business, Politics, and Culture in the European Union.
Credits: 3
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Commerce - Management |
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COMM 460 - Managing Sustainability in the Developing World
This course will study sustainability issues across three levels of development: 1) the extreme poor, 2) working poor people/nations, and 3) emerging economies with moderate and growing income levels. We will use popular press books in addition to case discussions, current articles in the business and academic press, and a substantial project to study sustainable development from multiple angles. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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COMM 460C - Critical Thinking on Business Issues
This books-based seminar course is designed to encourage students to think deeply and become more analytical about complex problems. The weekly discussions tackle topics such as market solutions, low-wage workers, virtues and costs of globalization, technology and privacy, women’s images, immigration policy and defining career success. The weekly assigned books are designed to provoke debate and experimentation with new ideas. The goal is to broaden students’ thinking beyond conventional wisdom. The course is concerned with questions instead of answers, and encourages a free flow of ideas through open, thoughtful discussions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 462 - Topics in Organizational Behavior
Courses focusing on specific topics in organizational behavior—for example, “Managing and Leading” and “Managing the Knowledge-Based Organization.” (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 462F - Managing and Leading
This course focuses explicitly on leadership from a managerial perspective trying to understand what it is, what factors contribute to doing it effectively, and how you can develop your promise as a leader. The course deals with leadership concepts from an applied perspective rather than a strictly theoretical perspective. The goals of this course are to: a) Give you a richer understanding of what managerial leadership involves; b) Help you formulate your own model of leadership; and c) Give you some feedback about your own leadership characteristics and skills. The course is a mixture of lecture, discussion, experiential learning, projects, and case analysis. The emphasis is on exploiting diverse ways of learning. Class time will be spent in exploring ideas from the reading, applying them to experience, interpreting and feeding back data from exercises, and applying knowledge to case discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 463 - Human Resource Management
Examines the fundamentals of human resource management. Topics include job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation, and employee and labor relations. Explores the implications of increasing legal pressures (e.g., equal employment opportunity laws, sexual harassment liability) and the complexities of managing a global work force. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 464 - Advanced Managerial Communication
Develops writing and speaking skills while increasing student understanding of how managers communicate with diverse audiences. Covers communication with the public, investors, and employees. Special topics will include media relations, communication ethics, and crisis communications. Students practice for communication events such as speaking at a press conference, briefing a small group, telling professional anecdotes, and preparing for a media interview. (Y)
Credits: 3
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COMM 465 - Business, Politics, and Culture in the European Union
Classes are held in England, Belgium, and France. Focuses on political and management issues related to European integration. Activities include classroom lectures at the University of Bath, briefings by government and business officials in London and Brussels, and cultural side trips in all three countries. (SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Third- or fourth-year Commerce standing.
Credits: 3
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COMM 466 - Strategic Management Consulting
Develops basic strategic-consulting skills while exploring the dynamics of consulting work and lifestyles. Integrates practical knowledge, simulated experience, and active discussion of the consulting engagement lifecycle, various methodological approaches and tools used by strategy consultants in structuring and solving clients’ problems, thinking and behavioral techniques that facilitate the consulting process, and considerations for managing a consulting career. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 467 - Organizational Change and Development
Develops an in-depth understanding of key concepts and theories in organizational behavior and development. Focuses on developing the diagnostic skills necessary for effective management of organizational change. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 468 - Entrepreneurship
Explores the entrepreneurship process as well as basic concepts and analytical tools that facilitate new-venture success with a focus on a start-up’s ability to make money and its ability to generate attractive financial and personal returns for the entrepreneur compared to alternative career options. Examines various considerations for generating, screening, and evaluating new venture ideas, creating and presenting compelling business plans, acquiring early-stage funding and other required resources, as well as measuring value. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 469 - International Management
Explores the strong influence of culture on business practices and cultivates skills for developing and implementing strategies in multicultural environments. Topics include culture and its implications, interpersonal effectiveness, organizational systems, political and economic environments, and corporate social responsibility. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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Commerce - Taxation and Law |
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COMM 341 - Commercial Law I
Introduces the American legal system, emphasizing contracts, torts, agency, corporations, and partnerships. May be taken prior to enrollment in the McIntire School. (S, SS)
Credits: 3
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COMM 342 - Commercial Law II
Further introduces the American legal system, emphasizing debtor-creditor law, bankruptcy, product liability, and sale of goods, property, and commercial paper. (S, SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: COMM 341.
Credits: 3
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COMM 444 - Tax Factors in Business Decisions
For non-accounting concentrators who want to learn enough about the federal tax system to recognize the tax problems and planning opportunities inherent in common business and financial transactions. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Non-accounting concentration.
Credits: 3
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COMM 545 - Federal Taxation I
Analyzes the federal income tax law and its application to business, investment, and personal transactions. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: COMM 202 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 546 - Federal Taxation II
Analyzes the federal income tax law and its application to corporations, shareholders, partnerships, partners, and estate and gift transactions. Considers the basic concepts and tax attributes relating to alternative forms of operating a business. Provides the basic skills necessary to do tax research. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: COMM 545 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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Commerce Marketing |
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COMM 351 - Fundamentals of Marketing
Study of the business and behavioral activities involved in marketing goods and services in both profit and not-for-profit enterprises. Examines and analyzes marketing activities from the planning stage to the consumption stage. Emphasizes concepts that facilitate an understanding of client behavior, marketing practices, environmental factors, ethical issues, and global relationships in marketing. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 201, 202.
Credits: 3
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COMM 351N - Fundamentals of Marketing - Non Commerce
Studies business and behavioral activities involved in marketing goods and services. Examines marketing activities from the planning to the consumption stage. Emphasizes understanding client behavior, marketing practices, environmental factors, ethical issues, and global relationships in marketing. (Y, SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 201, 202 and Non-Commerce students.
Credits: 3
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COMM 353 - Marketing Research Techniques
The basic objective of this course is to develop a general understanding of research methodology as a prerequisite to the intelligent use of research results in marketing management. Thus, the course is designed to provide an introductory background that enables the student to evaluate the potential value of proposed research and to assess the relevance, reliability, and validity of existing research. This research-evaluation ability requires knowledge of the language and techniques of marketing research, including research designs, data collection instruments, sample designs, and varieties of data analysis. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Second-semester, third-year Commerce standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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COMM 361 - Learning to Lead
This is a case-based, experiential, customized approach to learning how to lead. Student involvement, including in-class participation in discussion and contributing to one another’s leadership development, will be a key to having a fun, successful course. We will study real leadership scenarios and real leaders, gain substantive knowledge, and generate written proposals for next year’s personalize, field-based leadership experiences. Completion of the course sets the stage for next year’s leadership practicum, in the form of a field experience with surrounding assignments (self-assessment and other papers).
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Comm 260/Soc 260.
Credits: 3
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COMM 450 - Brand Management
Brand management is the process of developing and nurturing a brand while leveraging strong brands across line extensions and categories. This course exposes students to these and other contemporary challenges facing product and brand managers as they launch new products, create and maintain brand equity, and manage their product lines. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 451 - International Marketing
Examines the concept of global marketing and the institutions, literature, managerial processes, models and/or frameworks, strategies, tactics, and theories related to marketing in the global arena. The impact of international economics, culture, and nationalistic governmental policies, global and regional trade alliances, and other multilateral entities on trade patterns and marketing decision-making in global firms are considered. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 452 - Entertainment Marketing
This course is designed to offer students important perspectives of Marketing Management for Entertainment Services. Entertainment services, encompassing motion pictures, television, broadcasting, publishing, music, sports, tourism, Internet, gaming, performing arts, and theme parks, are rapidly growing and taking a center stage in today’s service-driven economy. As the leading U.S. export category, they generate $500 billion worldwide. Entertainment services share several unique features, such as highly uncertain demand, short lifecycles, experiential nature, and sequential distribution. These features require in-depth understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in managing their new product introductions, pricing, media planning and promotion, and distribution. This course will merge real-world knowledge of how various entertainment services operate, conceptual framework of marketing strategies, and hands-on analytical tools that aid practical decision making. The course is suitable for students who intend to pursue a career in the media, entertainment, or more generally, service industries; and for those who simply wish to gain a better understanding of marketing management for entertainment service industries in general. (F)
Credits: 3
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COMM 453 - Negotiating for Value
Introduces students to the subject of negotiation by exposing them to various activities of negotiations such as: general tactics, preparation, promoting relationships, managing tension, creating and claiming value, and closing a negotiation. Case studies, supplemented by readings, will be used liberally and role-play from time to time will be used to demonstrate actual negotiating situations, simple, complex, and spontaneous. (S)
Credits: 3
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COMM 454 - Principles of Advestising
This is a course designed to give the student a working knowledge of Advertising. The course is targeted to students who want to understand the inter-workings of an Advertising Agency but do not want to pursue Advertising as a career. It will develop the tools of advertising to sell goods and services as well as brand and image. Students will be expected to gain knowledge of the issues facing the advertising agency and clients of today. The course will slant toward the advertising agency side of the agency/client partnership. The topic of creativity will be discussed; however students will not be required to design final ads or write final copy in any other than an occasional assignment to conceptually highlight and describe the direction of their ideas. Emphasis will be on the understanding of the business of Advertising and planning the advertising campaign. The overriding theme will be to demonstrate how Advertising fits into integrated Marketing Communications. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 455 - Customer Equity Management
Examines how firms can employ predictive analytics and customer insights to 1) acquire more profitable customers, 2) provide customers with innovative goods and satisfactory service experiences, and 3) effectively manage customer relationships. The course examines market strategies for using customer equity management to maximize the return on marketing expenditures and to enhance revenue performance and customer perceptions of service quality. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 456 - Topics in Marketing
Seminar on issues currently drawing attention in the marketing literature and business community that affect marketing management. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 457A - Promotional Aspects of Marketing
This course is designed to introduce you to the field of advertising and integrated marketing communications. The emphasis in this course will be on the role of integrated advertising and promotion in the marketing communications program of an organization. As with any specialized field of marketing, we will analyze how this area of advertising and promotion fits into the overall marketing process. Our major thrust will be to study how various factors (creative, media, etc.) should be considered in planning, developing, and implementing advertising and promotional campaigns and marketing programs. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 457B - Advertising Campaigns
This course is designed to allow students to analyze integrated marketing communication campaigns. In addition, this course will take a critical look at strategic decisions associated with media choice as part of any integrated communication plan. The course will be taught utilizing industry experts to present via teleconferencing. Students will work on the National AAF case competition and develop a selling strategy, creative development, and media analysis. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: COMM 457A and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 457L - Promotions/Advertising Lab
Lab trains students in the various digital media software for developing advertising campaigns. Software studied includes PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Avid video editing. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: COMM 457A or COMM 457B.
Credits: 1
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COMM 458 - Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy
This course focuses on how consumers meet needs through the evaluation, acquisition, and use of goods and services. Covers major influences on the consumption process, including psychological, situational, and socio-cultural factors. Specific topics include perception, attitudes, values, consumer decision-making, and customer satisfaction, among others. The marketing implications of understanding the consumer are emphasized, but social factors are also considered. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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COMM 459 - Marketing Strategy in Global Markets
A second research-oriented course in the Marketing concentration, curriculum that blends relevant classroom discussions, executive presentations, company visits, and marketing research to explore Global consumer behavior, market dynamics, and cross-cultural marketing strategies. The course will expand some of the topics addressed in COMM 302 and 353, with special attention given to the different aspects of marketing in specific Global Markets. (SS)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Fourth-year Commerce standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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Common Course - Humanities |
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CCFA 200 - The Mind of the Artist
This course looks at the arts in new ways, and examines common views about the arts and creativity. For instance, what is the role of emotion in the creation and reception in works of arts? Are great artists prone to mental illness? What do we mean by genius and inspiration, and how do we recognize it? What (if any) such categories seem to be universal and which are culturally determined? What can art express, and how does it do so? (Y)
Credits: 3
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CCFA 202 - Arts and Cultures of the Slave South
An exploration of the interrelations between history, material and visual cultures, music, and literature in the formation of Southern identities. The course covers subjects ranging from the archaeology of seventeenth-century Virginia and the formation of African American spirituals, to creolization and ethnicities in Louisiana, to the plantation architectures of the big house and outbuildings and the literary traditions of antebellum women. Students are introduced to the interpretive methods central to a wide range of disciplines, from archaeology and anthropology, to art and architectural history, to material culture, literature, and musicology. (Y)
Credits: 3
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Common Course - Science |
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CCSC 202 - Food for Thought
In this course we will examine man’s quest to meet his basic nutritional and dietary needs and the issues facing mankind as it tries to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of an expanding world population. Integrating scientific, socio-economic and anthropological writings, we will pursue four major themes: the human diet and what limits the acquisition of nutrients and other compounds in our food supply that are necessary for growth and development; historical and contemporary views of how society deals with providing stable sources of food and nutrition to individuals and populations; how scientists are trying to improve nutrition and human health through genetic engineering; and the socio-economic and political factors that affect food production and distribution on a local, regional, and global basis. (Y)
Credits: 3
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Comparative Literature |
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CPLT 201 - History of European Literature I
Surveys European literature from antiquity to the Renaissance, with emphasis on recurring themes, the texts themselves, and the meaning of literature in broader historical contexts. (Y)
Credits: 4
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CPLT 202 - History of European Literature II
Surveys European literature from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, with emphasis on recurring themes, the texts themselves, and the meaning of literature in broader historical contexts. (Y)
Credits: 4
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CPLT 351 - Literary Theory
An introduction to literary theory, required of all Comparative Literature majors. This seminar will normally be taken in the third year. (Y)
Credits: 3
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CPLT 493 - Seminar for Majors
Offered in the fall semester for fourth-year distinguished majors. The seminar topic normally changes from year to year. (Y)
Credits: 3
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CPLT 497 - Fourth Year Thesis
Two-semester course in which the student prepares and writes a thesis with the guidance of a faculty member. After being accepted to the distinguished majors program, the student should decide on a thesis topic and find an advisor by the end of the third year. In the fall semester (497), the student engages in an extended course of reading and produces at least 20 pages of written text; in the spring (498), the student completes and submits the thesis. (S)
Credits: 3
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CPLT 498 - Fourth Year Thesis
Two-semester course in which the student prepares and writes a thesis with the guidance of a faculty member. After being accepted to the distinguished majors program, the student should decide on a thesis topic and find an advisor by the end of the third year. In the fall semester (497), the student engages in an extended course of reading and produces at least 20 pages of written text; in the spring (498), the student completes and submits the thesis. (S)
Credits: 3
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Comparative Politics |
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PLCP 101 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
Provides a basis for understanding and explaining similarities and differences in the character of political life as observed in different settings. Issues include the political role of parties and interest groups, management of political conflict, establishment of legitimate political authority, and the consequences of federal and unitary systems of government. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 201 - The Politics of Advanced Industrialized Countries
Surveys politics in industrialized societies including Japan, North America, and Western Europe. Focuses on the rise of social movements in response to industrial and social change, the changing bases of political parties and democratic rule, attempts to manage increasingly international economies, and prospects for political cooperation and integration. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 212 - The Politics of Developing Areas
Surveys patterns of government and politics in non-Western political systems. Topics include political elites, sources of political power, national integration, economic development, and foreign penetration. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 242 - Politics of Modernity
Introduces key analytical concepts used by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkeim in their analysis of how the development of modern society has shaped the nature of modern politics. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 311 - The Politics of Western Europe
Surveys recent developments in selected political systems of Western Europe, as well as the European Union. Emphasizes the impact of political culture on governmental institutions and political processes. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Europe.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 313 - Political Economy of Development
Examines the political prerequisites (and impediments) to economic development, focusing on agricultural exporters in the 19th century and manufactured goods exporters in the 20th century. Draws on empirical material from North and South American, Europe, Asia and Africa. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLIR 205 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 317 - Development, Conflict and Democracy in Latin America
Development, Conflict and Democracy in Latin America
Credits: 3
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PLCP 321 - Russian Politics
Analyzes the political system of the former USSR and Russia from 1917 to the present. Focuses on evolution of the Soviet state, modernization and social change, efforts to reform the system, the collapse of the USSR, as well as the economic and political transformation taking place in the newly independent states. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Russia.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 324 - Post-Soviet Political Challenges
This course compares the origins and consequences of the rise of nationalism, separatism, secessions, and irredentist claims in the Russian Federation and other former Soviet republics, at the end of the Cold War. (J)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: one class in PLCP or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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PLCP 335 - Gender Politics in Comparative Perspective
Gender Politics in Comparative Perspective
Credits: 3
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PLCP 341 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Introduces contemporary political systems of the region stretching from Morocco to Iran. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of the Middle East.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 351 - Chinese Politics
General introduction to Chinese politics in its societal context. Conveys a concrete appreciation of China’s societal reality and how it interacts with the political system. Covers China’s changing role in Asia and the world. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or the history of China.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 363 - Politics in India and Pakistan
Surveys political development in India and Pakistan examining the process of nation-building, the causes of democratization and authoritarian rule, the development of ethnic and religious conflict, environmental politics, the political impact of cultural globalization, and gender-related political issues. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or study of history and society in South Asia.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 364 - Women and Politics in South Asia
This course examines the role of women in politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the colonial to the modern period. Particular attention is paid to issues of democracy and authoritarian rule; identity politics (including religion, nationalism, and caste); women political leaders; and political violence. Cross-listed with SAST 364. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 401 - Theories of Comparative Politics
Critical examination and analysis of basic approaches to the study of political systems. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 412 - Rights, Identity and Gender
Investigates the conflict over culture and women’s rights and examines a number of proposed solutions. Issues addressed include the claims of minority communities in liberal states, marriage practices in Africa and U.S. domestic violence in India and female genital mutilations. Cross-listed with SWAG 424.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 413 - Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Economies
Examines how the U. S., Germany, and Japan politically organize their major industries, and the economic consequences of this regulation. Compares financial systems, unionization, and firms’ internal organization, looking at relations between firms and labor, labor and the state, and firms and the state. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLIR 205 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 414 - Democracy and Dictatorship
Surveys and critically evaluates theories of origins of democratic and authoritarian governments, and the causes of subsequent transitions to, and away from, democratic regimes. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 415 - Comparative Public Policy
Investigates why policies in areas like social welfare, education, and trade differ across time and across countries in advanced industrialized nations. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 418 - Politics of the Holocaust
An introduction of major competing explanations for the Nazi genocide of Europe’s Jews, and critical consideration of those theories. Also examines other major genocides of the 20th century. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 420 - Comparative Legislatures
Examines how and why legislators and legislative parties make the decisions they do. Compares legislative decision-making processes and outcomes in a variety of institutional settings. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: At least two courses at the 300 level in American politics and/or comparative politics.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 421 - Comparative Elections and Voting
Examines the conditions necessary for democratic elections, the impact of electoral systems and rules on political representation and behavior, the role of political parties and the media in election campaigns, and the determinants of election outcomes and voting behavior in elections around the world. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
One PLCP course or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 424 - Seminar: Topics in Comparative Politics
Intensive analysis of selected issues and concepts in comparative government. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 435 - Gender and the Public Sphere
Gender and the Public Sphere
Credits: 3
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PLCP 441 - Nation-Building in Iraq
Intensive study of America’s role in the political and economic reconstruction of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Analysis of the nation-building project in historical (earlier efforts at Iraqi nation-building) and comparative (earlier American efforts at occupation-based nation-building) perspective. (J)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 443 - Politics of Corruption
An examination of the causes and consequences of corruption around the world. Assesses the impact of corruption on political and economic development and explores the relationship between corruption and factors such as culture, institutions, economic policies, and natural resources. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLCP 101, PLCP 212 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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PLCP 498 - Senior Thesis
Supervised work on a thesis in comparative politics for especially motivated students. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Three courses in PLCP and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 499 - Honors Core Seminar in Comparative Politics
A critical analysis of important issues and works in comparative politics from diverse perspectives. Students are required to write weekly analytical essays and actively participate in small seminar discussions on issues including: democratic and authoritarian regimes, political economy of development, and ethnic and religious conflict. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Admission to Politics Honors Program
Credits: 9
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PLCP 502 - Comparative Political Systems of Southern Europe
Comprehensive survey of selected political systems in Southern Europe, such as France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLCP 201, 311, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 506 - Political Development and Developmental Politics
Critical examination and analysis of the basic theories of political development. Emphasizes development of the modern nation state in Europe and the Developing World from 1400-2000. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One course in PLCP or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 511 - Government and Politics of Western Europe
In-depth analysis of the institutional structures and policy processes of selected political systems in Europe today. Focuses on legislatures, political executives, administrative bureaucracies and their interrelationships as they effect policymaking and policy implementation. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 520 - Comparative Political Parties
Examines political parties in a variety of institutional and socioeconomic settings, focusing on parties in the democratic political systems of Europe, the United States, and Japan. (IR)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 521 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics
Studies the political institutions and processes in the former Soviet Union and its successor states from 1917 to the present. Focuses on modernization, social change, changing structures and institutions, political mobilization, political cultures, nationality issues, and the problems of reform, system transformation and democratization. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 522 - Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy
Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy
Credits: 3
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PLCP 522 - Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy
Comparative Budgeting and Economic Policy
Credits: 3
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PLCP 523 - Politics of Eastern Europe
Studies the development of political institutions in Eastern Europe since 1989. Comparative analysis of the differing paths of development taken by the East Europe regimes. Includes the history of the region. Examines the transitions, the development of political parties, economic reforms, and institutional development, as well as security issues, including the Yugoslav conflict and the expansion of Western security arrangements into Eastern Europe. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Eastern Europe.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 525 - Politics of Economic Reform
A wave of economic change has swept across countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe over the last 15 years. The unfolding of these changes has been structured by and, in turn, has shaped the politics of the countries in which they have occurred. Formulates an analytical framework for understanding the politics of economic reform. Studies cases in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Previous course in PLCP, PLIR, or economics is recommended.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 531 - Politics of Latin America
Studies the constitutional, political, and administrative system of the major countries of Latin America; the political implications of economic development and social reform; and nationalist theories of socio-political development. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Latin America.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 533 - Political Parties and Movements in Latin America
Studies the origins, activities, and contemporary position of the major political parties and movements in Latin America and Spain, and their relationship to economic development, social reform, and the conduct of government in the principal Latin American states. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Latin America.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 535 - Democratic Theory and Democratization in Latin America
Investigates the various democratic theories and the democratization process in Latin America. Evaluates these theories and the democratization process in the contemporary global environment. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLCP 536 - Role of the Military in Latin America
Studies the impact of the military on government and society, the conditions effecting military intervention against constitutional governments, and the circumstances in which military intervention occurs and is likely to occur in Latin America and Spain. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Latin America.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 541 - Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
Studies the prospects for democratic transitions in Middle Eastern states, emphasizing the role of Islamic political movements. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLCP 341 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 551 - Politics of China
Studies the structure and process of the Chinese political system, emphasizing political culture, socio-economic development and political socialization. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of China.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 553 - Politics of Japan
Surveys contemporary Japanese society and political behavior including such topics as political culture, interest groups, political parties, parliamentary democracy, decision-making, and public policy. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Japan.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 563 - Politics of Vietnam
Comprehensive introduction to Vietnamese politics, including its domestic political development and its international relations. Focuses on contemporary Vietnam, but also considers the historical development of Vietnamese politics. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Asia.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 581 - Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
Studies the government and politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Includes the colonial experience and the rise of African nationalism; the transition to independence; the rise and fall of African one-party states; the role of the military in African politics; the politics of ethnicity, nation- and state-building; patromonialism and patron-client relations; development problems faced by African regimes, including relations with external actors; and the political future of Southern Africa. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Some background in comparative politics and/or history of Africa; not open to students who have taken PLCP 381.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 583 - Modern South African Politics
Examines twentieth-century South African politics with a focus on the rise and fall of apartheid, in the context of the historical circumstances that produced it, the personal experiences of South Africans under apartheid, the local and international networks and movements of opposition it generated, and its enduring legacies. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIAF 302 or at least one course in economics, African history, political economy/development, or African literature.
Credits: 3
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PLCP 595 - Selected Problems in Comparative Politics
Independent study, under faculty supervision, for intensive research on a specific topic. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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CS 101 - Introduction to Programming
Introduces the basic principles and concepts of object-oriented programming through a study of algorithms, data structures and software development methods in Java. Emphasizes both synthesis and analysis of computer programs. (S)
Credits: 3
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CS 110 - Introduction to Information Technology
Provides exposure to a variety of issues in information technology, such as computing ethics and copyright. Introduces and provides experience with various computer applications, including e-mail, newsgroups, library search tools, word processing, Internet search engines, and HTML. Not intended for students expecting to do further work in CS. Cannot be taken for credit by students in SEAS or Commerce. (S)
Credits: 3
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CS 120 - Introduction to Business Computing
Overview of modern computer systems and introduction to programming in Visual Basic, emphasizing development of programming skills for business applications. Intended primarily for pre-commerce students. May not be taken for credit by students in SEAS. (S)
Credits: 3
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CS 150 - From Ada and Euclid to Quantum Computing and the World Wide Web
Introduction to computer science with no previous background. Focuses on describing and reasoning about information processes using language and logic. Uses motivating examples from liberal arts and sciences areas such as art, biology, economics, narrative, physics, and sociology.
Credits: 3
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CS 201 - Software Development Methods
A continuation of CS 101, emphasizing modern software development methods. An introduction to the software development life cycle and processes. Topics include requirements analysis, specification, design, implementation, and verification. Emphasizes the role of the individual programmer in large software development projects. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 101 with a grade of C- or higher. Note: Students may not receive credit for both CS 201 and CS 205.
Credits: 3
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CS 201K - Software Development Methods
Covers tools and techniques used to manage complexity needed to build, analyze, and test complex software systems including abstraction, analysis, and specification.
Credits: 3
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CS 202 - Discrete Mathematics I
Introduces discrete mathematics and proof techniques involving first order predicate logic and induction. Application areas include finite and infinite sets and elementary combinatorial problems. Development of tools and mechanisms for reasoning about discrete problems. Cross-listed as APMA 202. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 101 or 150 with a grade of C- or higher.
Credits: 3
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CS 205 - Engineering Software
Covers tools and techniques used to manage complexity needed to build, analyze, and test complex software systems including abstraction, analysis, and specification. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 150 Note: Students may not receive credit for both CS 201 and CS 205.
Credits: 3
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CS 216 - Program and Data Representation
Introduces programs and data representation at the machine level. Data structuring techniques and the representation of data structures during program execution. Operations and control structures and their representation during program execution. Representations of numbers, arithmetic operations, arrays, records, recursion, hashing, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and related concepts. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CS 202 and either CS 201 or CS 205 with all grades of C- or higher.
Credits: 3
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CS 230 - Digital Logic Design
Includes number systems and conversion; Boolean algebra and logic gates; minimization of switching functions; combinational network design; flip-flops; sequential network design; arithmetic networks. Introduces computer organization and assembly language. Cross-listed as ECE 230. (S)
Credits: 3
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