College of Arts and Sciences

English

ENG-L 101 – English Lab: Writing and Reading Skills

A course designed to give extra practice in reading and writing skills to freshmen who lack facility in English. Required of students with low SAT verbal scores.
1 term – non-credit bearing course.
Offered fall semester.

ENG 101 – Freshman English I

The fundamental course, designed to increase the student’s capacity to read and write correctly and logically. Study of the essay as a literary form, and frequent writing assignments, both expository and argumentative.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Offered every semester.
MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 25 students per class.

ENG 102 – Freshman English II

A continuation of ENG 101 or 103. Training in critical reading and writing, the mechanics of research, the writing of a term paper, and additional writing based on assigned readings in imaginative literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 100 or 103.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Offered every semester.
MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 25 students per class

ENG 215 – American Literature

Study of major American writing and thought from the Puritan age to the present. Regularly assigned essays on reading provide the basis for individualized instruction in clear, correct, and persuasive writing.
Prerequisite: ENG 102.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Offered every semester.

Humanities

HUM 101 – Art, Literature, Music I

Presentation and analysis of artistic, musical and literary works of Western Civilization from the Ancient World through the Renaissance. Discussion of the cultural value systems that produced particular movements in the visual arts, literature and music.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Offered every semester.

Economics

EC 101 – Principles of Microeconomics

Introduction to the organization and operation of a market economy with a focus on how it allocates scarce resources; the analysis of consumer demand and profit-maximizing behavior of business; examination of pricing and output decisions under conditions of competition, monopoly and imperfect competition in a global marketplace. Analysis of markets for labor and capital. Examination of policy issues includes price ceilings and floors, competition and monopoly.
No prerequisites.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every semester.

EC 102 – Principles of Macroeconomics

Introduction to the theory of income determination, national income analysis and international trade and finance; the role of labor and capital in aggregate economic activity; problems of unemployment and inflation; functioning and impact of the monetary system. Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies for economic stabilization. International transactions and their influence on the domestic economy. Examination of U.S. balance of trade deficits and exchange rate fluctuations.
No prerequisites.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every semester.

Communications & Journalism

CJN 177 – Business Communication

Introduction to the communication process with emphasis on public speaking and presentation of oral reports in a business environment. Required of all Sawyer Business School students.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every semester.

Mathematics

MATH 130 – *Topics in Finite Mathematics

Topics to be chosen from: linear equations, graphing, linear programming, sets, Venn diagrams, counting and combinatorics, probability theory, conditional probability, Bayes theorem.  Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra or Math 104 or Math 108. Students may not use this course alone to satisfy the College math requirement.
*This course cannot be applied toward a departmental concentration in Mathematics by Sawyer Business School students.
This course cannot be taken for credit by a student who already has credit for a more advanced course.

MATH 134 – *Calculus for Management and Social Sciences

A one-semester introduction to differential and integral calculus. Theory is presented informally and topics and techniques are limited to polynomials, rational functions, logarithmic and exponential functions. This course cannot be used to satisfy core or complementary requirements by students majoring in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics.
Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra, MATH 104 or MATH 108.
1 term – 3 credits.
Several sections offered each semester.
*This course cannot be applied toward a departmental concentration in Mathematics by Sawyer Business School students.

MATH 161 – Calculus I

Functions, graphs, analytic geometry of lines and circles, limits, continuity, derivatives, differential calculus of algebraic and trigonometric functions; applications to rate problems, maxima and minima and curve sketching.
Prerequisite: Solid preparation in high school algebra and trigonometry or MATH 121.
1 term – 3 credits.
(3 lecture hours plus 1 recitation hour per week.)
Normally offered each semester.

Statistics

STATS 250 – Applied Statistics

Application of statistical analysis to real-world business and economic problems. Topics include data presentation, descriptive statistics including measures of location and dispersion, introduction to probability, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions including binomial and normal distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, statistical inference including estimation and hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression analyses. The use of computers is emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisites: MATH 130, 134, 146 or 161.
1 term – 3 credits.
Normally offered each semester.

History

HST 181-182 – American History I, II

A survey of such topics as colonial politics and society; Native Americans; the American Revolution; the age of Jackson; sectionalism and slavery; industrialization; America’s rise to world power; race in America; the Great Depression; the two World Wars and Vietnam; culture and counter-culture.
2 terms – 6 semester hours.
Offered every year.

Science

SCI 101 – Introduction to Physical Science I

Topics in the physical sciences treated at a level appropriate for non-science majors. Newton’s laws, circular motion, heat, electricity and magnetism, optics and atomic physics are discussed with problem sets required to illustrate the concepts.
Prerequisite: MATH 130 or 134 or 146 or 161.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Normally offered each semester.

Psychology

PSYCH 114 – General Psychology

Surveys the concepts and representative findings in the major sub-fields of psychology: history and systems; physiology; perception; thinking; emotion; learning; motivation; development; personality; psychopathology; psychotherapy; and social behavior.
Required for psychology majors.
1 term – 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every semester.

Sawyer Business School

Accounting

ACCT 201 – Accounting and Decision-Making I

The first of a two-course sequence designed to provide a user of accounting information with the skills to appraise and manage a business. Students are introduced to the accounting cycle, the financial statements, and the theory underlying accounting as information. Coverage addresses current accounting topics, including relevant ethical and international issues found in the financial press.
Prerequisites: MATH 134, ENG 102, and SOM 120.

ACCT 202 – Accounting and Decision-Making II

Enables students to apply the concepts and skills from the preceding course. They learn how to analyze the financial condition and performance of a firm, and how to use accounting information in business planning, decision-making, and control. Relevant current ethical and competitive issues found in the financial press are discussed in the course.
Prerequisite: ACCT 201.

ACCT 550 – Special Topics in Accounting: Computerized Accounting

The rapid development of computer and information technology in the last 20 years yields the demand for professional human resources.  The course is designed to equip students for this new demand by incorporating manual accounting knowledge and applying it to computerized accounting.  It balances real-world tasks with hands-on computer activities.  The course provides a practical method of processing accounting transactions, receivables, and payables, general ledger, payroll, and inventory management.  Students will also learn the theoretical foundations for database accounting systems with practical examples of applying database theory.  They will learn about the connection between accounting systems and database systems, and why relational database systems are the best choice for capturing accounting information.  Finally, students will also be taught Microsoft Excel and how it is used in accounting.

Computers

SOM 120 – Information Technology & Productivity Tools

This introductory General Education core course covers computing technologies and develops skills. Topics include hardware and software terminology, Microsoft Office applications (i.e., word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics), and the Internet; and the ethical, legal and social concerns about computers in society. A hands-on laboratory is integrated into the
course. Students are encouraged to acquire their own personal computer.

Management

SOM 101 – Business Organization and Leadership

A broad introduction to business organization and business leadership using the Harvard case study method and group presentations of case analyses to real executives. Introduction to major functional areas of business including accounting, finance, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, business ethics, strategic management, and leadership. Class participation is stressed.
Prerequisite: ENG 101, or may take concurrently.

SOM 203 – Ethical Responsibility

This course examines current questions including: What is an ethical concern? An ethical climate? Most people know what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ but in the “gray area” of personal and professional decision-making, where is guidance and understanding found? What decision-making tools are available in applied ethics so that organizations of integrity can be built? What applied ethical approaches are available to individuals who provide guidance for their decisions? Examining these and other questions define one part of this course. Selecting options, resolutions and answers to these queries guides the other.

BLW 214 – Introduction to Contracts and Legal Studies

Required Course.
An introduction to the field of legal studies including the organization and operation of the American legal system together with an examination of the law of contracts and agency as examples of the legal system in practice. Particular attention is given to the ways in which contract and agency law manifest important ethical precepts concerning various social interactions.

FIN 310 – Business Finance

A study of the functions of business finance. Focuses on basic financial principles such as time value of money, risk and return tradeoffs, and asset valuation.
Prerequisites: ACCT 202; EC 101-102 and STATS 250.

MGT 317 – Organizational Behavior

Explores the application of sociological, psychological and anthropological concepts in domestic and international business settings.  Attention is given to the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the organization itself, their interaction, and small group process.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 and SOM 101.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

MKT 310 – Principles of Marketing

This course addresses the topics that remain relevant and important, while simultaneously emphasizing new thinking and approaches to marketing practices. Students need to be prepared to operate in the complex and dynamic marketing world of the future, they need to develop the capacity to think and act like marketers in a difficult and uncertain environment. This requires the ability to assess complex and changing marketing situations, to determine the best marketing strategies for these situations, and to execute the strategies effectively. This course serves two purposes: as a foundation for those intending to major/minor in marketing, and potentially as the sole background in marketing for other majors/minors.
Prerequisites: ENG 102, EC 101 and 102.