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Labor Economics I   (LAS-240)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Analysis of the political economy of labor and the role of organized labor within it. Emphasis on the effect on workers, unions, and collective bargaining of unemployment, investment policy, and changes in technology and corporate structure. Patterns of union political and bargaining responses.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain the dynamics of the political economy of labor and role of organized labor within it
  • Describe the employment relationship
  • Explain the collective bargaining process of unemployment
  • Discuss what the factor market is, and how it is different from the output market
  • Outline the status of the labor market; employed, unemployed and not in labor force
  • How labor supply is defined
  • Identify how to use utility maximization theory to derive labor supply
  • Summarize how profit maximization behavior of firm determines the demand for labor
  • Explain the differences between short-run and long run demand for labor
  • Briefly list how the equilibrium in the labor market occurs
  • Summarize the impact of the minimum wage on labor market outcomes
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the patterns of union political and bargaining responses.

 
Chinese History and Culture I   (HIS-261)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Introduction to Chinese History and Culture provides an opportunity to examine in depth the Chinese people, their history, and the challenges they face—political, social, economic, and cultural—in their search for a Chinese pattern of modernity.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Identify and discuss the major geographic regions of China.
  • Discuss the cultural diversity of China.
  • Identify and explain the Chinese political and legal systems.
  • Analyze the structures of political dissent and unrest in the 1980s.
  • Discuss the scope of economic reform in China, focusing on agriculture, industry, and trade in imperial and Communist China.
  • Discuss the Chinese family, as a social and economic unit, its traditional moral values, customs, and rituals.
  • Compare and contrast literary, artistic, scientific, and technological trends in modern Chinese culture.

 
American Government   (POS-110)   3 credits  
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Course Description
American Government provides you with a broad general introduction to the American political system. The course thoroughly examines the way the American political process operates. As you progress through the course, you will improve your ability to think critically about American politics.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Describe democracy and what it means in the United States today.
  • Briefly describe the United States Constitution, and explain what is meant by a "living" Constitution.
  • Identify the many ways citizens participate in government, especially through public opinion, interest groups, political parties, and the media.
  • Describe the roles of the three branches of American government: executive, legislative, and judicial.
  • Explain citizens' rights and the concept of "due process."
  • Summarize the movement toward equality under the law for minorities.
  • Identify ways in which thinking critically allows citizens to help elected officials find solutions to current and potential problems in the democracy.

Available by CLEP exam. 
History of the Theater II   (THA-401)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Survey of theater history from romantic period to the present, via close examination of stylistic evolution and influential socio-cultural factors. Particular emphasis upon the styles of romanticism, naturalism, realism, symbolism, expressionism, surrealism, futurism, epic theater and theater of the abs.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Comprehension of the socio/political factors that influenced theatre of the English Restoration including theatrical practices of the time
  • Comprehension of the socio/political factors that influenced theatre of the Enlightenment, including theatrical practices of the time
  • Comprehension of the socio/political factors that influenced theatre of modern times, including theatrical practices of the time, with special emphasis on Ibsen, Stanislavski, and the rise of Realism.

 
History of Western Art I   (ART-166)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The History of Western Art I course examines the greatest works of the Western visual tradition, highlighting issues of social content, form, and iconography. The course is a survey of Western European art and architecture from antiquity to 1600 CE. The course provides an excellent introduction and general overview of the seminal works of Western art. The social, political, and philosophical influences on the art and architecture are also examined. Students will gain a knowledge and appreciation of the great works, their artists, and the cultures that produced them.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Identify and discuss works of art that represent the greatest achievements of Western civilization and define the Western visual tradition from antiquity to 1600 CE.
  • Identify key periods or movements and summarize their essential visual features.
  • Identify important artists and political figures and associate them with their works.
  • Discuss the social, political, and historical events that influenced art history.
  • Discuss the technological advances that influenced art history.
  • Compare and contrast artists, artworks, and styles.
  • Analyze the qualities that distinguish the great works, great artists, and styles.

Available by DSST exam. 
History of Western Art II   (ART-167)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The course History of Western Art II is a survey of Western art and architecture from 1600 CE to the present. Students will learn about the artists, architects, and social, political, and historical events and figures who formed the history of European and American art and architecture of this period. The course examines and compares the great masterworks, from Night Watch to Guernica, and examines the trends and art periods from Baroque through Pop art. This course is an excellent introduction to modern art and a good complement to the History of Western Art I course (ART-166).

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Identify and discuss works of art that represent the greatest achievements of Western civilization and define the Western visual tradition from 1600 CE to the present.
  • Identify key periods or movements and summarize their essential visual features.
  • Identify important artists and political figures and associate them with their works.
  • Discuss the social, political, and historical events that influenced art history.
  • Discuss the technological advances that influenced art history.
  • Compare and contrast artists, styles, and techniques. .
  • Analyze the qualities that distinguish the great works, artists, and styles

Available by DSST exam. 
Chinese Literature II   (CHI-341)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Selections from representative literary, historical, and ideological works of modern China; emphasis on stylistic and linguistic variations

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of a survey of modern Chinese literature.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the social, political, and cultural history associated with the works you focus on.
  • Build an annotated bibliography or literary database of texts, authors and genres, with a minimum of 20 entries. Literary texts must have been read in the original Chinese.
  • Submit portfolio narrative written in Chinese.

 
Survey of French Literature I   (FRE-241)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Survey of French literature focusing on significant themes, genres, and literary movements. Students will be able to express ideas in French, connect French history and literary movement with the literary trends of the time.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of a survey of introductory French literature as well as knowledge of the history associated with the literature of the time
  • Select time period to be studied (e.g., early, Renaissance, seventeenth century, French Revolution, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, or contemporary). If the student elects to cover more than one time period, (s)he will choose three relevant authors of each period; if (s)he elects to cover a single time period, (s)he will choose seven authors from that period.
  • Select and identify relevant texts from France and Francophone countries including poems, plays, opera, and short stories
  • Select topic(s) to be addressed (e.g., connect authors' lives to historical context, history of time relative to literary trends, political and social implications of author's work, analysis of the political climate of the time)
  • Select topic(s) to be addressed (e.g., connect authors' lives to historical context, history of time relative to literary trends, political and social implications of author's work, analysis of the political climate of the time)
  • Discuss their historical, social and cultural contexts in your narrative
  • Build an annotated bibliography or literary database of texts, authors and genres, with a minimum of 20 entries. Literary texts must have been read in the original French
  • Submit portfolio narrative written in French.

 
Western Civilization I   (HIS-101)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Western Civilization I is the first semester of a two-semester survey of the history of Western societies, institutions, and ideas, and the impact they have had on global culture over time. Starting with the emergence of a European civilization that was distinct from the classical world on whose foundations it was partly built, this course traces the major developments in the formation of Western Civilization to the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815.Western Civilization I offers a broad overview of events that played an important role in shaping the development of western thought, culture, and tradition as we know them today. The course synthesizes various approaches to the telling of history by focusing on political as well as social events. Integrating such diverse disciplines as religion, government, and economics, it aims to provide a foundation of knowledge that will allow you to better understand the origins of social, political, and religious institutions of the present day.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • The major contributions of the Greeks and Romans to Western Civilization
  • The factors that led to the decline and fall of Rome.
  • The emergence after the fall of Rome of a vibrant and distinct European culture centered north of the Mediterranean.
  • The influence of Christianity on the development of Western Civilization and the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • The Renaissance and the profound changes it brought about in Europe.
  • The development of modern nations with strong central governments built on the foundations of feudal kingdoms in England, France and Spain.
  • The reasons for the Reformation and the fundamental religious, social, and political changes brought about by this movement and the resulting 'Wars of Religion.'
  • The economic, social, and political impact that the discovery of the New World had on Europe.
  • The emergence of a global economy during the eighteenth century and the political and economic consequences.
  • The policy of 'balance of power' practiced by European Powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
  • The struggle between kings who believed their power was absolute and granted by God, and representative bodies, such as parliament.
  • The fundamental differences that separated West and East Europe.
  • The Westernization of Russia under Peter the Great and the rise of Prussia as a major power.
  • The fundamental and far-reaching changes that the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment set in motion starting during the seventeenth century.
  • The "Democratic Revolution" that took place in Europe and the Americas during the late eighteenth- early nineteenth centuries.
  • The causes and consequences of the American and French Revolutions.
  • The rise and fall of Napoleon.

Available by CLEP exam.  
Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining   (HRM-321)   3 credits  
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Course Description
This is a survey of the historical contexts and current characteristics of United States labor unions. Topics include: political and social aspects of unionism; significant labor laws; the role of collective bargaining; changing union issues; and the impact of globalization on U.S. labor unions.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Outline key early steps and reasons for the emergence of labor unions in the United States.
  • Summarize the content of major labor laws and the significance of each law.
  • Discuss political aspects of U.S. unionism with examples of government involvement.
  • Explain social aspects of being a labor union member.
  • Describe the role of collective bargaining in union affairs.
  • Identify factors that today influence employees to join a union.
  • Explain why the decline of union memberships in the private sector is different from the decline in the public sector.
  • Identify specific types of occupations that today are the primary sources of labor union members, replacing industrial workers.
  • Describe elements of the current social accountability issues many U.S. unions are addressing.
  • Explain why a number of unions are exploring the possibility of global networks of labor unions.

 
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