May 18, 2024

2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Core Curriculum Requirements
Please visit www.providence.edu/academic-affairs/core-curriculum/Pages/approved-core-curriculum-courses.aspx for a listing of courses that have been approved for specific Core Curriculum requirements (Class of 2016 and beyond). The list is updated on a regular basis. In addition, students in the Class of 2013, 2014, and 2015 can search the Course Catalog or Semester Course Offerings in CyberFriar to locate courses with a specific Core Curriculum attribute. Need assistance? Please contact Alyssa Marton at aneubeck@providence.edu or 401.865.1765.

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English
	ENG 301 - Intermediate Writing 1 semester, 3 Credits Emphasizes argumentative writing. Students will write and discuss essays in order to master the art of persuasion. Considerable attention will also be given to matters of style and organization. Prerequisite: Intensive Writing Level I Proficiency. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 304 - History of the English Language 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the historical and linguistic development of the English language as revealed through selected literary texts from the Middle Ages to the present. We will examine the technical aspects of language (semantics, syntax, phonology), as well as larger literary concerns. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 305 - Medieval Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Varies in organization: sometimes concentrates on a major genre (Romance, Drama, Dream Vision); sometimes surveys the period (Beowulf to Malory); sometimes focuses on the richness of the last quarter of the 14th century (Gawain-Poet, Chaucer, Langland). Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 307 - Chaucer 1 semester, 3 Credits Concentrates on Chaucer’s major work, The Canterbury Tales, from multiple perspectives: linguistic, historic, comparative, and iconographic. The Tales are read in Middle English but no previous experience with that language is required. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 308 - Sixteenth-Century Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Surrey, Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Drayton. The course may include prose romances, especially Sidney’s Arcadia. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 310 - Milton 1 semester, 3 Credits Samples Milton’s works from his early poetry on, culminating in his great epic, Paradise Lost. The focus is on Milton’s ability to create moving experiences in his verse, as well as his original concerns about 17th-century English culture. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 311 - Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies 1 semester, 3 Credits Concentrates on Shakespeare’s early plays, primarily comedies and histories, with close analysis of the texts in the light of relevant political, social, and cultural contexts, and with some attention to stage history and film productions. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 312 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances 1 semester, 3 Credits Concentrates on Shakespeare’s later plays, primarily tragedies and romances (or tragic-comedies), with close analysis of the texts in the light of relevant political, social, and cultural contexts, and with some attention to stage history and film productions. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 313 - Renaissance Drama 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys non-Shakespearean drama from 1585-1700. Authors include Marlowe, Dekker, Jonson, Webster, Middleton, Wycherly, and Congreve. The plays are read against the invigorating and turbulent political era that shaped modern England. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 314 - Spenser 1 semester, 3 Credits Provides us with the universe according to the great allegorist of Elizabethan England, Edmund Spenser. He is placed within the context of authors whom he quarried (Vergil, Ovid, Petrarch, Ariosto, Tasso, Castiglione, Sidney; two or three of these will be studied each semester) to construct his monumental poem The Faerie Queene. We will read that poem in its entirety. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 316 - Chaucer’s Love Poetry 1 semester, 3 Credits Students will read Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde alongside its sources and analogues, representing a range of medieval approaches to love. These texts may disagree with themselves and each other about where our final happiness might be found, and about what kinds of consolations are allowed by literature-but they all acknowledge love’s role in understanding ourselves. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 317 - Seventeenth-Century Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores three remarkable eras of British literature: the late Renaissance (1600-1642), the Interregnum (1642-1660), and the Restoration (1660-1700). The literary works of this century are as magnificent and eclectic as the culture they reflect, popularizing and refining such genres as the play, the novel, the epic, the lyric, the masque, the essay, the newspaper, and the joke book. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 320 - Early American Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines early American texts, particularly the literature of colonial New England. Inquires how early New World encounters, as recorded and interpreted in the era’s autobiographical and other writings, shaped the lives and identities of Native Americans, conquerors, settlers, slaves, and post-Revolutionary Americans. Topics include the impact of emerging print culture on the development of American democracy. Same as AMS 320. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 321 - Age of Satire 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores a range of works published during the Restoration and early 18th century, but concentrates on satire. We shall consider the works of major and minor writers, including Dryden, Rochester, Defoe, Swift, Pope, and Fielding. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 322 - Age of Johnson 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines changes in the definition, use, and manufacturing of literature that took place from roughly 1745 to 1800.We shall consider the works of major and minor writers, including Fielding, Gray, Sterne, Blackstone, Gibbon, Boswell, and Burns. Special attention will be paid to the writings of Samuel Johnson. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 349 - Nature and the Arts 1 semester, 3 Credits Looks at the poems of Virgil and 17th-century continental landscape painting, then examines the ways 18th and 19th century British writers and artists adapted these models to express their own attitudes towards nature and rural life. Writers include Milton, Gray, Wollstonecraft, and Wordsworth; artists include Claude, Rubens, Gainsborough, Constable, and Turner. Usually includes fieldtrips to the Hay Library at Brown to view their works on 18th-century landscape gardening, to the RISD Museum to view their collection of British landscape watercolors, and to the Yale Center for British Art to view the collection of Constable and Turner landscapes. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 351 - Romantic Age 1 semester, 3 Credits From semester to semester, Romantic Age has different thematic emphases, such as Romanticism and Nature, Romantic Representations of Women, Romanticism and Revolution, and Romantic Ballad and Song. The reading list may include Austen, Baillie, Blake, Byron, Coleridge, Keats, Scott, Mary and Percy Shelley, Wollstonecraft, and Wordsworth. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 353 - The Victorian Age 1 semester, 3 Credits Social reform, shifting perceptions of religion and science, expanding empires, and aesthetic experimentation defined the Victorians and produced new literary genres. Thematic emphasis of this course varies but always connects Victorian literature and its social context. Authors combine the canonical (Dickens, Tennyson, the Brownings, Wilde) with pioneers of sci fi, detective fiction, and children’s literature (Wells, Conan Doyle, Carroll, etc.). Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 354 - Nineteenth-Century British Novel 1 semester, 3 Credits Focuses on 19th-century novels in a variety of styles: realistic, Gothic, sensationalistic, comic, and horror. Students will investigate how these novels fit, develop, or disrupt novelistic conventions and social expectations of their day, particularly those concerning social class, gender roles, and imperialistic British nationality. Major authors may include Austen, Dickens, Eliot, the Brontës, Trollope, Collins, and Stoker. Same as WMS 354. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 355 - American Literature to 1865 1 semester, 3 Credits Concentrates on the period of the American Renaissance (1836-1860), with some attention to earlier writings. Authors include Franklin, Poe, Emerson, Cooper, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. The central topic is the variety of responses to the question of American democratic opportunity. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 356 - American Literature 1865 - 1914 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys American literature through some of the most difficult years in our history, the years of industrialization and urbanization. Major authors include Twain, James, Dickinson, Crane, Robinson, Wharton, Frost, and Adams. Some regionalist and naturalist works are also read. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 357 - Modern Drama 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of drama including authors such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Wilde, Chekhov, Lorca, Yeats, Giraudoux, O’Neill, Pirandello, Albee, Miller, and Williams. The course explores the development of drama in its social, political, and psychological contexts. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 358 - Communications Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits Juniors and seniors may obtain internships at local businesses and agencies to develop and apply skills in writing and analysis in the workplace. In addition to the 10-15 hours per week of supervised experience, students must compose and fulfill a contractual learning agreement. Pass/Fail credit only. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 359 - Communications Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits Juniors and seniors may obtain internships at local businesses and agencies to develop and apply skills in writing and analysis, in the workplace. In addition to the 10-15 hours per week of supervised experience, students must compose and fulfill a contractual learning agreement. Pass/Fail credit only. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 360 - Modern Irish Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of Irish literature from 1880 to the present. Emphasis is placed on the Literary Revival (1880-1940). Authors include Yeats, Synge, Joyce, O’Casey, Lady Gregory, O’Faolain, O’Connor, O’Flaherty, Beckett, Bowen, Heaney, and Friel. Topics include the appeal of the past, literature and politics, the formation of a new Ireland, and the problem of violence. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 363 - Twentieth-Century British Novel 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys the pre-World War I period, the inter-war years, and the post-1945 period. Authors include Conrad, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Forster, Woolf, Greene, Ford, Orwell, Waugh, Burgess, and others. Occasionally, non-British works are included. Topics for discussion range from the modernist revolt and the age of crisis, to the tensions between tradition and change. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 364 - Modern American Fiction 1 semester, 3 Credits Covers American fiction since World War I. Authors include Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cather, Dos Passos, Faulkner, Welty, O’Connor, Salinger, Heller, Percy, Pynchon, Morrison, and Bellow. Topics include the search for identity through tradition, the disillusionment of the ’30s, the Southern Renaissance, and the problematics of mass society. Same as AMS 364. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 365 - Twentieth-Century African-American Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits A reading-intensive introduction to 20th-century African-American fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry, with particular attention to social and cultural contexts. Writers include Nella Larsen, Ralph Ellison, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, John Edgar Wideman, and Anna Deavere Smith. Focus on race, class, and gender, and on the authors’ approaches to the role of literary art in society. Same as AMS 365 & BLS 365. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 366 - Developments in Twentieth-Century Fiction 1 semester, 3 Credits The focus is high Modernist prose fiction—Joyce, Proust, Stein, Woolf, Beckett, and others—with a glance at the predecessors—Balzac and Flaubert—and at the post-Modern followers. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 367 - Modern Poetry 1 semester, 3 Credits A close reading of poets in the English-speaking world from about 1890 to 1940. Yeats, Eliot, Frost, Pound, H.D., Stevens, and Moore are among the authors included. Topics pursued are the reactions of Modernists to 19th century style and subject, the underlying trends of dislocation and pessimism, and the search for new values and expressions. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 368 - Twentieth-Century American Drama 1 semester, 3 Credits Surveys American drama from O’Neill to the present. Dramatists include O’Neill, Miller, Williams, Albee, Hellman, Wilder, and others. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 369 - Women in Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores great works of fiction, poetry, and drama by women. Critical analysis of literature considers differing forms of literary criticism, including psychoanalytical theory, feminist theory, Marxist criticism, and historicism. Emphasis on the analytical categories of gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, physical condition of writers, and the societies they depict. Victorian to Contemporary writers. Same as WMS 369. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 370 - Global and Postcolonial Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines contemporary global and postcolonial literature. Focuses on novels and short stories from countries and regions that were formerly part of the British Empire, with an emphasis on Anglophone Caribbean, African, and Indian fiction. Key themes: globalization; the effects of colonization and decolonization on the identities of the decolonized; and migration, exile, diaspora, displacement, and belonging. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 371 - Contemporary Poetry 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of poets in the English-speaking world from about 1940 to present. Auden, Thomas, Lowell, Plath, Bly, Levertov, Heaney, Kinnell, Brooks, Olson, Creeley, and Walcott are representative of the new post-Modernism, a definition of which is still evolving. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 372 - Contemporary Drama 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of drama from 1960 to the present. Emphasizes the relationship between the theater and national identity, and discusses how issues involving race, gender, language, and culture are represented in plays from a variety of nations. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 373 - U.S. Fiction Since 1960 1 semester, 3 Credits The focus is on prominent writing done or recognized in this period with attention to the infection of nonfiction with fictional techniques and the “democratization” of the term literature to include sci-fi, mystery, reportorial writing, and the wide range of ethnic and gender concerns. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 376 - Toni Morrison 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines a selection of novels by the 1993 Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. Analyzes her dialogue with African American and American history, with an emphasis on individual and communal trauma, memory, and healing. Selected, accessible Morrison scholarship will be studied as well, with a focus on race, class, and gender, and on Morrison’s strategies as a creative writer. Same as AMS 376, BLS 376 & WMS 376. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 380 - Creative Writing in Fiction 1 semester, 3 Credits Helps students learn to write short stories. Exercises are designed to strengthen students’ skill in rendering the elements of fiction. All work is discussed in a workshop situation. An anthology of short stories is read along with students’ work. A folio of exercises, short stories, and revisions provides the basis for the course grade. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 381 - Creative Writing in Poetry 1 semester, 3 Credits Helps students learn to write poetry. Exercises are designed to sharpen students’ skill in rendering the elements of poetry. All work is discussed in a workshop situation. An anthology of poetry is read along with student work. A folio of exercises, poems, and revisions provides the basis for the course grade. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 384 - Contemporary Rhetorical Theory 1 semester, 3 Credits Familiarizes students with a range of key issues, questions, and debates in contemporary rhetorical theory. Writing focuses on applications of theoretical ideas to the analysis of contemporary cultural texts, civic concerns, current events, and issues of academic and/or personal interest. Students learn to collaborate, revise, and compose in diverse genres and modes. Prerequisites: Completion of Level I Writing Proficiency. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 385 - Advanced Writing 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores the art of the essay by reading selected works of major essayists, analyzing carefully their prose style, and using their works as models for imitation. By semester’s end, students will write original essays that demonstrate their control of the essay form, and their understanding of various techniques of prose style. Prerequisite: Intensive Writing Level I Proficiency. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 390 - Law and Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduces students to both literary and legal texts, careful to identify and consider similarities and differences in literary and legal expression. Explores how both lawyers and writers handle legal matters. What, if anything, do they or can they learn from one another? Why are so many great writers drawn to the law? Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 400 - Literary Criticism and Theory 1 semester, 3 Credits An intensive examination of major works of literary criticism, from Plato to the present. Students will learn to write theoretically about literature and will be asked to apply specific critical methods to literary works. Readings may include Plato, Aristotle, Coleridge, Nietzsche, Freud, Derrida, Foucault, Nussbaum, and Cixous. Prerequisite for students writing a senior thesis. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 440 - Studies in Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores special topics not covered in regular offerings; may not be repeated from year to year. The following Studies in Literature topics have been offered recently: Nature and the Arts, 18th-Century Novel, Medieval Romance, and Law and Literature. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 441 - Studies in Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Explores special topics not covered in regular offerings; may not be repeated from year to year. The following Studies in Literature topics have been offered recently: Comedy in American Poetry, Holocaust Literature, and Romantic Novel. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 442 - Seminar: The Prose Poem 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to be both a literature and a creative writing course. Introduces students to prose poetry, and traces the development of its tradition both here and abroad. Scrutinizes this hybrid form and traces its enigmatic history. Students will also write some prose poems. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 460 - Tutorials 1 semester, 3 Credits Tutorials provide individualized, independent study of a particular concept, topic, theme, or author, as well as advanced creative and/or expository writing. The student and instructor agree upon a mutual area of interest, the direction of study, and the nature and frequency of the meetings. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 461 - Tutorials 1 semester, 3 Credits Tutorials provide individualized, independent study of a particular concept, topic, theme, or author, as well as advanced creative and/or expository writing. The student and instructor agree upon a mutual area of interest, the direction of study, and the nature and frequency of the meetings. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 480 - Seminars 1 semester, 3 Credits Seminars explore intensively a selected literary concept, genre, topic, or author. Classes are small in size and offer students the opportunity for oral presentations, leadership of class discussion, and a major research project. Recent seminar topics include Wordsworth, Literature of Spiritual Crisis, The Prose Poem, Women and Slavery, Yeats and Joyce, and New York Avant-Garde. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 481 - Seminars 1 semester, 3 Credits Seminars explore intensively a selected literary concept, genre, topic, or author. Classes are small in size and offer students the opportunity for oral presentations, leadership of class discussion, and a major research project. Recent seminar topics include Wordsworth, Literature of Spiritual Crisis, The Prose Poem, Women and Slavery, Yeats and Joyce, and New York Avant-Garde. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 488 - Seminar: Poetry Capstone 1 semester, 3 Credits Students will synthesize what they have learned in their previous English and Creative Writing courses, and write a final critical/craft paper and a portfolio that reflect this synthesis. Classes will concentrate on close readings of assigned poetry and workshops. Students will present oral reports on three contemporary poets of their choice. Prerequisite: ENG 381. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 489 - Seminar: Fiction Capstone 1 semester, 3 Credits Students will synthesize what they have learned in their previous English and Creative Writing courses, and write a final critical/craft paper and a portfolio that reflect this synthesis. Classes will concentrate on close readings of assigned fiction and workshops. Students will present oral reports on three stories of their choice. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 490 - Independent Study 1 semester, 3 Credits Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 498 - Senior Thesis 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for seniors wishing to undertake a significant research project. Students work with a faculty advisor who will guide them from the planning stages of the thesis to its completion. A written proposal must be approved by a faculty advisor and department chair before registering. The thesis will be evaluated by the advisor and a second reader. Prerequisite: ENG 400. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ENG 499 - Senior Thesis 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for seniors wishing to undertake a significant research project. Students work with a faculty advisor who will guide them from the planning stages of the thesis to its completion. A written proposal must be approved by a faculty advisor and department chair before registering. The thesis will be evaluated by the advisor and a second reader. Prerequisite: ENG 400. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Finance
	FIN 200 - Principles of Investing 1 semester, 3 Credits An introduction to the investment process through the study of various financial assets and their characteristics. The concepts of risk, portfolio diversification, and the analysis of financial data will be stressed. Non-finance majors only. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 201 - Principles of Finance 1 semester, 3 Credits An overview of the basic concepts of finance that surveys financial markets and institutions, corporations, and investments. The course emphasizes interest rate determination, financial analysis, capital budgeting, and investment valuation. Not open to finance majors or minors. Prerequisites: ACC 103 (or ACC 101-102). Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 203 - Monetary Management 1 semester, 3 Credits The effect of money and monetary policy on economic activity. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship between monetary policy and the behavior of financial markets. Prerequisites: ECN 101-102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 207 - Managerial Finance I 1 semester, 3 Credits The fundamental theory and practice of corporate financial management. Covers the basic tools and techniques of financial analysis, valuation, capital budgeting, long-term financing, and risk and return. Prerequisites: ACC 203 and ECN 101 or 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 210 - Introduction to the Finance Profession 1 semester, 1 Credit Introduces finance majors to the various career opportunities in finance including banking, wealth management, securities sales and trading, corporate treasury management, insurance and risk management, management consulting, as well as careers in the legal profession and information technology. Provides valuable information to students as they prepare for internship and field experiences in finance. Prerequisite: FIN 207 or concurrent with FIN 207. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 211 - Personal Financial Planning 1 semester, 3 Credits A review of the major components of a sound personal financial plan designed to maximize current wealth while providing for a secure financial future. Coverage includes topics such as cash budgeting, individual income taxes, insurance, retirement planning, and investment principles. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 217 - Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions I 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduces students to the basic statistical methods used to support problem-solving and decision-making in business and economics. Emphasis is placed upon understanding elementary concepts and procedures which include: descriptive statistics, basic probability rules, discrete and continuous probability distributions, the central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, regression, and correlation. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 218 - Financial Markets and Institutions 1 semester, 3 Credits An introductory study of the financial system in capitalist societies, which includes analyses of the structure and functions of financial intermediaries and markets, financial instruments, and financial variables such as securities prices and returns. Also covers the Federal Reserve System, regulation, and financial stability. Prerequisites: ECN 101 and 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 308 - Managerial Finance II 1 semester, 3 Credits Intermediate-level study in corporate finance. The course investigates financial concepts and theories in greater depth. General topics include capital investment analysis, capital structure, dividend theory, decision-making under uncertainty, and firm ownership structure. Prerequisite: FIN 207. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 310 - Operations Management 1 semester, 4 Credits Students will learn to identify customer value, and to effectively manage the processes that translate the input of resources into the desired output. Prerequisite: MGT 201. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 317 - Investments 1 semester, 3 Credits A survey of various investment assets from the viewpoint of the investor and the security analyst. Emphasizes a blend of theoretical and practical applications and covers such topics as the investment environment, financial asset valuation, market efficiency, portfolio management, and derivative asset markets. Prerequisites: FIN 207 and 218. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 320 - Insurance and Risk Management 1 semester, 3 Credits A presentation of the fundamental principles of insurance. The course examines various types of insurance contracts, their risk-shifting nature, and evaluates basic features such as cost, exclusions, caps, deductibles, and co-payments. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 325 - Entrepreneurial Finance 1 semester, 3 Credits The practice of finance in an entrepreneurial setting. Students will explore the continuum of the entrepreneurial process from identifying opportunities to raising venture capital to exit or “harvesting” strategies, such as initial public offerings and acquisitions or mergers. Students will examine valuation and financial forecasting techniques at the various stages of venture capital. Prerequisites: FIN 207 or FIN 201. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 419 - International Finance 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of the assessment and management of risk faced by multinational corporations with emphasis on problems emanating from fluctuating currency values. Additional sources of risk, such as political risk, also will be considered. A variety of techniques such as forecasting, hedging, and international financial management principles will be examined. Prerequisites: ECN 101-102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 420 - Corporate Treasury Management 1 semester, 3 Credits Covers the treasury management principles and practices used to manage a company’s global liquidity, capital, and risk management functions. Fundamental concepts of treasury management, working capital management, and managing corporate global liquidity will be discussed. Treasury management principles for the profit corporation, not-for-profit, and government entities are discussed. Prerequisites: FIN 218 and FIN 308. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 440 - Options and Futures 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of options and futures contracts markets including a rationale for the existence of these assets, an historical perspective on their development, various hedging and speculative strategies, and their impact on the underlying financial markets. Prerequisite: FIN 200 or FIN 317. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 445 - Portfolio Management 1 semester, 3 Credits The theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. Among topics examined are modern portfolio theory, managing portfolio risk through hedging, and measuring portfolio risk and return. Prerequisite: FIN 200 or FIN 317. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 450 - Finance Internship 1 semester, 3 Credits A mechanism by which students engage in professional work in an external environment for academic credit. Internships must consist of academic and experience components and will be supervised by a sponsoring faculty member. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chairperson. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 470 - Special Topics in Finance 1 semester, 3 Credits Open primarily to senior finance majors; provides in-depth study of advanced topics in finance, not otherwise covered in the finance curriculum. Topics will be based on current issues, student interest, and/or faculty research. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 480 - Seminar in Finance 1 semester, 3 Credits Taught by a team of finance professors. Exposes the student to advanced topics in finance through a combination of lecture, critical discussion, and case analysis. Prerequisite: ACC 203/204, ACC 110/111, FIN 207, FIN 308, FIN 310, MKT 205, MTH 217 or FIN 217, and MGT 301. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 490 - Independent Study in Finance 1 semester, 1-3 Credits Open primarily to senior Finance majors. The student is provided the opportunity to explore advanced topics in finance outside of the regular departmental offerings. The number of credits is determined by consultation with the faculty member responsible for the project and the chairperson. Prerequisite: Permission of the chairperson. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 495 - Student Managed Investment Fund I 1 semester, 3 Credits First course of two-semester sequence. Involves hands-on learning experience in security analysis and portfolio management. Provides valuable real-time experience in investment research, asset allocation and valuation, investment management, and the dynamics of the financial markets. Permission of the department chairperson is required prior to registration. Prerequisite: FIN 317. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FIN 496 - Student Managed Investment Fund II 1 semester, 3 Credits Continuation of FIN 495. Involves hands-on learning experience in security analysis and portfolio management. Provides valuable real-time experience in investment research, asset allocation and valuation, investment management, and the dynamics of the financial markets. Permission of the department chairperson is required prior to registration. Prerequisite: FIN 495. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Foreign Language Studies-Arabic Courses are conducted in the target language unless specified otherwise.
	ARB 101 - Elementary Arabic I 1 semester, 3 Credits An introduction to formal and spoken Arabic for those students who have never studied the language. Introduces the sound system of Arabic and basic grammatical structures. Students also learn how to read and write Arabic characters. Seeks to develop the student’s oral and written expression, listening and reading comprehension, and understanding of the cultures of the Arab world. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ARB 102 - Elementary Arabic II 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for students who have had prior formal exposure to modern standard Arabic; a continuation of ARB 101. Presents basic grammatical structures, reinforces and extends reading skills, techniques for vocabulary building, and writing at the sentence and paragraph level. Emphasizes intensive conversational practice and communication in context. Additional material prepared by the instructor will serve to supplement the textbook for conversations and drills. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ARB 103 - Intermediate Arabic I 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for students who can read and write the Arabic alphabet, construct basic sentences, and are familiar with basic Arabic grammar concept and vocabulary; a continuation of ARB 102. Students learn how to introduce themselves and to conduct simple conversations on a range of everyday subjects. Students will learn to correctly use present, past, and future tenses, along with more complex vocabulary and grammar. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	ARB 104 - Intermediate Arabic II 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for students who have had prior formal exposure to modern standard Arabic; a continuation of ARB 103. Continues the process of presenting basic grammatical structures and reinforces and extends reading skills, techniques for vocabulary building, and writing at the sentence and paragraph level. Emphasizes intensive conversational practice and communication in context. Additional material prepared by the instructor will serve to supplement the textbook in such matters as conversations and drills. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Foreign Language Studies-Chinese Courses are conducted in the target language unless specified otherwise.
	CHN 101 - Elementary Chinese 1 semester, 3 Credits An introduction to modern Mandarin Chinese for those who have never studied the language. Introduces the sound system of Mandarin Chinese and basic grammatical structures. Students also learn how to read and write Chinese characters. Seeks to develop oral and written expression, listening and reading comprehension, and understanding of the culture and society of China. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	CHN 102 - Elementary Chinese II 1 semester, 3 Credits Aims to further develop the basic oral and written skills in Mandarin. Students will gain a greater flexibility of expression, and be able to communicate in familiar everyday situations such as life at school and other social interactions. Culture perspectives will be examined in order to foster a better understanding of the language. Prerequisite: CHN 101. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	CHN 103 - Intermediate Chinese I 1 semester, 3 Credits Introduces more sophisticated grammatical concepts and vocabulary from daily life. Emphasizes vocabulary building and greater fluency in utilizing communication skills in everyday situations such as talking about the weather, asking directions, celebrating someone’s birthday, and seeing a doctor. Students begin to learn different strategies to express similar ideas and feelings, thereby gaining a greater flexibility of expression. Prerequisite: CHN 102. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	CHN 104 - Intermediate Chinese II 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to further develop students’ communicative competence in aspects of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Through various activities and assignments, students are expected to understand and conduct conversations concerning dating, renting apartments, sports, travel, and at the airport. Students will be able to read simple texts related to the above topics and write essays with the more sophisticated words and expressions learned in the class. Prerequisite: CHN 103. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
Foreign Language Studies-French Courses are conducted in the target language unless specified otherwise.
	FRN 101 - Elementary French I 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to introduce the French language to students who have no previous experience with the language. The course is communication-centered and develops oral, aural, reading, and writing skills concurrently. The active learning approach emphasizes pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical structures in the context of improving student’s oral and written expression. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 102 - Elementary French II 1 semester, 3 Credits A continuation of French 101, this course also is appropriate for students who have previously studied French but are not prepared to resume study of the language at the intermediate level. The course emphasizes pronunciation, vocabulary building, and practice of fundamental grammar points. The format of this course is designed to improve students’ oral and written expression skills. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 103 - Intermediate French I 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed to further improve students’ oral and written communication skills through the introduction of more complex grammar points and the acquisition of more extensive vocabulary. Class discussions and essay topics related to cultural and contemporary issues provide opportunity for students to express themselves with more sophisticated and individual style. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 104 - Intermediate French II 1 semester, 3 Credits Provides students with the opportunity to practice, in speaking and in writing, more complex and nuanced linguistic elements in order to achieve a more advanced level of expression. Regular writing assignments and class discussions based on a variety of texts enhance students’ ability to express themselves clearly and intelligently. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 201 - French Composition 1 semester, 3 Credits Development of more sophisticated reading and writing skills, with emphasis on accuracy of expression and development of personal style through practice of complex grammatical structures and several types of writing: description, narration, expression of opinions, and others. Introduction to literary terminology and practice of literary analysis through examination of texts from various genres, with particular attention to stylistic techniques. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 210 - Conversational French 1 semester, 3 Credits Designed for students who aspire to engage in normal conversation with confidence, ease, and near-native fluency. Classes are discussion-centered, based on readings and CD’s on topics of interest to students, and emphasize listening skills, intonation, pronunciation, speech patterns, and conversational strategies. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 212 - French Civilization 1 semester, 3 Credits Examines the development of French civilization from the perspective of the arts as catalyst and mirror of the changes that transformed an occupied Roman territory into a major political and cultural force of the 21st century. Includes museum visits as well as individual and collaborative projects. Prerequisites: FRN 201 and 210. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 304 - French Culture 1 semester, 3 Credits A study of contemporary French society through analysis of French customs, values, attitudes, expectations, and responses to various situations and events. Prerequisites: Two FRN courses at the 200-level or above. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 307 - French for Business 1 semester, 3 Credits Intended primarily for students considering careers in international business or foreign service, course provides an active study of commercial, banking, and legal practices and terminology, business letter writing and translating. Prerequisites: Two FRN courses at the 200-level or above. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 311 - Masterpieces of French Literature 1 semester, 3 Credits Recurring themes in French literature are studied through close reading of selected literary masterpieces. Class discussions include examination of the relationship between literary works and the historical and socio-cultural context in which they are produced, as well as the evolution of particular literary themes over the ages. Conducted in English. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 321 - Survey of French Literature I 1 semester, 3 Credits Close reading of selections from major works of the Middle Ages through the 18th century with attention to the development of literary genres and to the social/historical context in which they emerge. Includes oral and written work, explications de texte, and an introduction to a variety of critical perspectives. Prerequisite: FRN 212. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 322 - Survey of French Literature II 1 semester, 3 Credits Critical examination of selections from works of the major literary movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with emphasis on developing students’ analytical skills. Includes oral and written work, explications de texte, and the study of critical theory. Prerequisite: FRN 212. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 370 - Special Topics in French Studies 1 semester, 3 Credits Provides the opportunity for in-depth study of a particular topic not treated in existing course offerings. Topics will vary and may be drawn from current issues or other related areas of interest to students of the discipline. Prerequisite: Varies according to topic but always includes at least two FRN courses at the 200-level or above. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings
	FRN 401 - French Poetry: Origins Through the Age of Enlightenment 1 semester, 3 Credits A critical examination of major works of French poetry from the Middle Ages through the 18th century pre-Romantic era. Prerequisites: FRN 321 and 322. Click here for the Semester Course Offerings

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Course Descriptions

ENG 301 - Intermediate Writing

ENG 304 - History of the English Language

ENG 305 - Medieval Literature

ENG 307 - Chaucer

ENG 308 - Sixteenth-Century Literature

ENG 310 - Milton

ENG 311 - Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies

ENG 312 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances

ENG 313 - Renaissance Drama

ENG 314 - Spenser

ENG 316 - Chaucer’s Love Poetry

ENG 317 - Seventeenth-Century Literature

ENG 320 - Early American Literature

ENG 321 - Age of Satire

ENG 322 - Age of Johnson

ENG 349 - Nature and the Arts

ENG 351 - Romantic Age

ENG 353 - The Victorian Age

ENG 354 - Nineteenth-Century British Novel

ENG 355 - American Literature to 1865

ENG 356 - American Literature 1865 - 1914

ENG 357 - Modern Drama

ENG 358 - Communications Internship

ENG 359 - Communications Internship

ENG 360 - Modern Irish Literature

ENG 363 - Twentieth-Century British Novel

ENG 364 - Modern American Fiction

ENG 365 - Twentieth-Century African-American Literature

ENG 366 - Developments in Twentieth-Century Fiction

ENG 367 - Modern Poetry

ENG 368 - Twentieth-Century American Drama

ENG 369 - Women in Literature

ENG 370 - Global and Postcolonial Literature

ENG 371 - Contemporary Poetry

ENG 372 - Contemporary Drama

ENG 373 - U.S. Fiction Since 1960

ENG 376 - Toni Morrison

ENG 380 - Creative Writing in Fiction

ENG 381 - Creative Writing in Poetry

ENG 384 - Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

ENG 385 - Advanced Writing

ENG 390 - Law and Literature

ENG 400 - Literary Criticism and Theory

ENG 440 - Studies in Literature

ENG 441 - Studies in Literature

ENG 442 - Seminar: The Prose Poem

ENG 460 - Tutorials

ENG 461 - Tutorials

ENG 480 - Seminars

ENG 481 - Seminars

ENG 488 - Seminar: Poetry Capstone

ENG 489 - Seminar: Fiction Capstone

ENG 490 - Independent Study

ENG 498 - Senior Thesis

ENG 499 - Senior Thesis

FIN 200 - Principles of Investing

FIN 201 - Principles of Finance

FIN 203 - Monetary Management

FIN 207 - Managerial Finance I

FIN 210 - Introduction to the Finance Profession

FIN 211 - Personal Financial Planning

FIN 217 - Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions I

FIN 218 - Financial Markets and Institutions

FIN 308 - Managerial Finance II

FIN 310 - Operations Management

FIN 317 - Investments

FIN 320 - Insurance and Risk Management

FIN 325 - Entrepreneurial Finance

FIN 419 - International Finance

FIN 420 - Corporate Treasury Management

FIN 440 - Options and Futures

FIN 445 - Portfolio Management

FIN 450 - Finance Internship

FIN 470 - Special Topics in Finance

FIN 480 - Seminar in Finance

FIN 490 - Independent Study in Finance

FIN 495 - Student Managed Investment Fund I

FIN 496 - Student Managed Investment Fund II

ARB 101 - Elementary Arabic I