SUMMER 2012 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ACCT 201 Accounting for Decision Making I (3 credits)
Professor Ariel Markelevich
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. This course will discuss relevant current ethical and competitive issues found in the financial press. Additionally, this course will analyze the similarities and differences in the accounting systems between the U.S. and Spain (Europe in general), specifically comparing the US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Prerequisites: ENG 102; ISOM 120; MATH 130, or MATH 134, or MATH 146, or MATH 161, or MATH 165.

ADI S303/S603 Contract Design Studio I (3 credits)
Professor Nancy Hackett
This commercial design studio focuses on the design of work environments. Students will develop programming and space-planning skills unique to these environments through a series of small- to medium-sized projects. Emphasis will be placed on commercial precedents, programming, design process, human factors, building codes, ADA, spatial organization, detailing, presentation techniques, office furniture systems, equipment, finishes, and lighting. Prerequisites: ADF S102, ADI S201, ADI 242, ADI 244, and ADI S264.

ADI S305/S605 Contract Design Studio II (3 credits)
Professor Nancy Hackett
This studio focuses on adaptive re-use and renovation of commercial interiors with attention given to historical buildings. Creative problem-solving methods and a philosophical approach to medium- and large-scale hospitality and retail design projects will be emphasized. Students will incorporate their skills and knowledge as they create a comprehensive project, including presentation drawings, models, material and furniture boards, and a set of construction documents and specifications. Prerequisites: ADI S303/603.

CJN 301 Documentary Film & the Image of Conflict in the Middle East (4 credits)
Professor Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber
This course will introduce students to some of the divisions and conflicts within Israeli society. We will focus mainly on the Mizrahi (Sepharadic) -Ashkenazi conflict, reviewing historical affairs as well as current events. Our analysis will compare the mainstream media discourse to the alternative representation in documentary film. We will also trace some of the historical roots of the Jewish Sephardic community in Spain, especially the communities that ended up in Morocco, Algeria, and later in Israel. While the course will focus on conflicts within the Jewish population in Israeli society, we will also devote some time to examining how these divisions are connected to the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

CJN 355 Media Production (4 credits)
Professor David Reeder
Want to see the world and shoot video? This course provides students from all fields with hands-on experience in modern digital video production and editing. Students will create a variety of videos on life at Suffolk Madrid, Spanish society and customs, and issues of special interest. They will complete their projects as individuals and as members of small production teams. This course may be taken in conjunction with CJN 491.

CJN 491 Telling Television Stories (4 credits)
Professor Dana Rosengard
Telling stories on television is a unique challenge and students in this course will tackle it.From idea to production, students will identify, report, write, and produce pieces for TV and social media. The language of television will be covered, as will the pace and flow of television production. We’ll tell stories in and around Suffolk Madrid and will conduct video and interview shoots in conjunction with CJN 355 students.

EHS 267 U.S. Immigration Law & International Perspectives (4 credits)
Professor Allan Tow
This course offers an exciting study of US immigration law and international law in Madrid, the site of some of the world’s most important multilateral treaties. Topics include an overview of the visa process, grounds for removal (deportation), refugees, asylum, citizenship, state recognition, diplomatic immunity, international crimes, and the European Union (EU). Human rights will be emphasized. We will visit the University de Alcala, a well-known center for the study of human rights, and the US embassy and consulate, where we’ll witness US immigration and international law in action. We will also visit the European Council Office of Foreign Relations and a prominent Madrid law firm. There is no prerequisite.

ENG 124 Great Books of World Literature II (4 credits)
Professor Gerald Richman
This survey of world literature from 1600 to the present satisfies the College’s humanities requirement. We will focus on Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Working from the new English translation by Tom Lathrop, we will thoroughly examine the novel and travel to Toledo and the La Mancha region. Next we will focus on two literary descendants of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza—Gustave Flaubert’s quixotic Madame Bovary and Emily Habiby’s Sancho Panza-esque Saeed the Pessoptimist, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.

GVT 392/893 The Rise and Fall of Global Powers in Times of Crisis: From the BRICS to the PIIGS (4/3 credits)
Professor Roberto Dominguez
This course assesses how still-dominant powers (US, EU); the rising economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (known as the BRICS); and countries in long-lasting crisis like Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain (the PIIGS) face globalization from political and economic perspectives. It opens with an overview of globalization and how economic and political crises have affected the international system in the past five decades. The course then explores how countries and regions have embraced, rejected, or transformed the conditions set by the international system. In the final section of the course, students will develop informed comparisons of these regions’ performance.

MGT 320 Small Business Management (3 credits)
Professor David Hartstein
Interested in working for or owning a small business? This course covers the role and importance of small business in an economy. Students will learn how to apply management functions— start-up, operations, marketing, supply chain (logistics and marketing), financials, risks, growth, and human resources—to operate a small business. Prerequisites: MGT 101 or SBS 101; MKT 210 or 310.

PAD 201 Social Change (3 credits)
Professor Jerry Gianakis
This course will examine social change in the U.S. and abroad. The course will also examine the role of business, nonprofits, and the public sector in addressing social problems. Topics studied may include civil rights, environmental issues, gender issues, and health care reform. Also discussed will be issues related to the European Union as well as recent changes in European democracies, including Spain.

PSYCH 222 Human Sexuality (4 credits)
Professor Gary Fireman
An introduction to the academic field of human sexuality, the interdisciplinary study of human sexual behavior, and sexual identity. After briefly addressing anatomical and physiological bases of human sexuality, we will explore the variety of ways that sexuality influences the lives of all people throughout the lifespan. We will also take advantage of Madrid’s renowned art museums by visiting the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia to examine cultural and national influences on the expression of sexuality.

SCI 112/L112 Astronomy II with Lab (4 credits)
Astronomy of the Cosmos; sun, stars, interstellar materials, galaxies, pulsars, quasars, black holes; nature of time relativity cosmology. For non-science majors.

SOC 327 M1 / CJ 695 M1 The European Prison Experience (4/3 credits)
Professor Gini Mann-Deibert
This comparative class focuses on people sentenced to serve time in European jails and prisons. After surveying differences between the American and European prison systems, students will discuss how the European media affect conviction rates and prison conditions, and how Americans react to these convictions. We will focus on recent infamous cases, including those of Amanda Knox (the American college student convicted of murder in Italy) and Anders Breivik (the Norwegian mass shooter and bomber). Finally, we will examine how American interests in fighting terrorism and drug trafficking have shaped the European justice and prison experiences. There is no prerequisite. 

SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (4 credits)
Study and practice of oral and written language skills. Class activities are organized around cultural themes that reflect the diversity of the Hispanic world.

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I (4 credits)
Systematic review of Spanish grammar and study of Spanish through texts of cultural interest. Development of written and oral skills through compositions and audiovisual materials. Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or instructor’s permission.

SPAN 301T Business Spanish Tutorial (1 credit)
This tutorial—designed to help all students thrive at their Madrid internship sites—provides a solid foundation in the Spanish vocabulary and discourse used in organizations and companies conducting banking and finance, marketing and advertising, and international commerce. It will also develop critical thinking skills and listening, speaking, reading and writing, and translation/interpretation skills. Prerequisites: SPAN 290 or instructor’s consent.

SPAN 350 Spanish Cultural Studies (4 credits)
This is an interdisciplinary course, focusing on fundamentally important themes in the development of Spanish culture. This course includes field trips, lectures, and visits to the theater and cinema. Please note, this course is taught in English.

STATS 250 Applied Statistics (4 credits)
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, sampling and sampling distributions, statistical inference including estimation and hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression analyses. Prerequisites: MATH 130, MATH 134, MATH 146, or MAT 165.