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College of Arts and Sciences

ARH 208 Modern Art and Architecture
Tuesdays and Thursdays; 12:30pm-1:45pm

This course offers a survey of the history of European and American art and architecture, with a focus on the first half of the 20th century. Students are introduced to a wide range of artistic practices, styles, and media, including painting, drawing, prints, photography, sculpture, film and architecture. The class examines major movements within the history of art, including such artists as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, and Salvador Dalí. It takes advantage of the many rich collections of art and architecture in the Philadelphia area by visiting these institutions and analyzing works firsthand.


ECN 302 Macroeconomic Theory
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 10:10am-11:00am

This course examines a complete model of the economy to show the forces that determine the rate of unemployment, the rate of inflation, the rate of growth, and the international financial position of an economy. This model is used to show the logic of, and the limitations of, monetary, fiscal, and other stabilization policies.


HIS 154 Forging the Modern World
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 11:15am-12:05pm; 12:20pm-1:10pm

Students will analyze primary and secondary sources to understand the predominant structures and relationships that have transformed our world from the early modern era to the twentieth century. Topics will include the development of political and economic ideas and systems (e.g., democracy, liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, fascism, colonialism, capitalism, socialism), changing conceptions of culture and identity (e.g. race, gender, ethnicity, art), and the conflicts and opportunities born of this transformation (e.g., anti-colonial movements, social revolutions, world wars, international organizations, globalization, religious and cultural conflicts). Readings and discussions will emphasize understanding how modern systems of political, economic and social meaning and exchange, including Western dominance, emerged.


HIS 357 History of Islam in Asia
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 2:30pm-3:20pm

The early history of Islam, and the ways it grew beyond the Arabian peninsula and ultimately took hold in Central, South, Southeast Asia and East Asia. The course examines the expansion of Islam throughout Asia, its relationship with existing systems and geo-politics, the relationship between Islam and statecraft, and questions of gender, identity, belonging as well as the pressures of globalization, including the most current events affecting Asian Muslims.


HIS 386 American Environmental History
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 12:20pm-1:10pm

Our historical place in the natural landscape. It will tell that story through the methods of "environmental history," examining ecological relationships between humans and nature, political and economic influences on the environment, and cultural conceptions of the natural world. Drawing on methods from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, the course will survey over 500 years of North American environmental history, with topics ranging from urban pollution and suburban sprawl to agricultural practices and wilderness protection.


MAT 155 Fundamentals of Calculus
Tuesdays and Thursdays; 12:30pm-1:45pm; 2:00pm-3:15pm

This course covers the fundamentals of differential calculus (limit, continuity, and the derivative) and introduces the antiderivative and the indefinite integral. In addition, we discuss the historical roots of calculus and the challenges faced in establishing a rigorous logical foundation for its concepts.


PHL 284 Philosophy and Personal Relationships
Mondays and Wednesdays; 5:05pm-6:20pm

This course is a philosophical exploration of relationships between individuals, particularly friendship and love, but including sex, marriage, and family, as well as any other ways in which individuals relate. Building on theories of philosophers and other thinkers, this course may consider, for example, what makes personal relationships valuable, how personal life relates to social context, how personal relationships like love and friendship have changed over time, how gender, race, age and other differences figure in personal relationships.


PHL 354 Philosophy of Religion
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays;1:25pm-2:15pm

Philosophical analysis of some of the following topics: religious experience, testimony, belief, human destiny, evil, knowledge of and language and arguments about God. Readings from classical and contemporary sources.

POL 117 Intro to Political Thought
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays;11:15am-12:05pm

When is it justified to overthrow a tyrant? Do men and women have different virtues? Are markets just? Political theorists ask questions about justice, equality, law, property, community, and duty. This course examines questions that affect today’s political world by examining the foundations of political thought - Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Adam Smith, Madison, Rousseau, Marx – as well as contemporary theorists such as Foucault, and feminist Wendy Brown.


PSY 100 Introductory Psychology
Mondays;6:50pm-9:15pm

This course introduces the student to the research problems, methods, findings, and basic theory that constitute the scientific investigation of human and animal behavior.

 

Haub School of Business

ACC 101 Concepts of Financial Accounting
Tuesdays; 6:30pm-9:15pm

An introduction to the discipline of accounting from a user’s perspective. Emphasis is on how accounting information and financial statements are used in business decisions, particularly in decisions by people outside the organization. Students will access corporate websites to retrieve and analyze externally published financial information of publicly traded companies.


DSS 220 Business Analytics
Mondays and Wednesdays; 3:35pm-4:50pm

Every organization, must manage a variety of processes. In this course the student will development an understanding of how to evaluate a business process. Additionally, the art of modeling, the process of structuring and analyzing problems so as to develop a rational course of action, will be discussed. The course integrates advanced topics in business statistics—linear and multiple regression and forecasting, production and operations management—linear programming and simulation, and project management. Excel software is used for problem solving.


MKT 301 Integrated Marketing Communications
Mondays and Wednesdays; 2:30pm-3:20pm

Breaking through the "clutter" to gain the customer’s attention is a never-ending challenge. An inclusive review of the various elements of Integrated Marketing Communications and how they are used to successfully engage the target audience. Topics such as advertising, digital/alternative media, social media, public relations and sales promotion are addressed from creative development to media selection to execution with the goal of communicating to constituents with one clear voice.


DSS 330 Database Management
Tuesdays and Thursdays; 11:00am-12:15pm; 2:00pm-3:15pm

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the database environment. Besides covering the important process of database design, this course comprehensively covers the important aspects of relational modeling including SQL and QBE. Students will be required to design and develop a database application using a modern fourth generation language system.


FIN 200 Intro to Finance
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 9:05am-9:55am

This course provides a survey of financial theory and practice as it relates to the management and valuation of firms. Topics include: organizational forms, the role of capital markets, the determination of interest rates, financial statement analysis, the time value of money, stock and bond valuation, risk and return, and capital budgeting. 


FIN 401 Student Managed Funds
Mondays and Wednesdays; 3:35pm-4:50pm

This course provides students an opportunity to manage investments. The objective is to earn risk-adjusted returns competitive with a benchmark index. The class decides early in the semester the style of investing and chooses the appropriate index for performance evaluation. Each student is a research analyst and a sector specialist, participates in the construction of the portfolio, and has a functional role. Each sector is represented by a sector team.


MKT 341 Music Marketing
Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9:30am-10:45am

A course for individuals considering a career in Music Marketing or the Music Industry minor. Examines the use of music in marketing often called audio branding. Using popular press and case studies, this course looks at the integration of music in advertising, television, sports, film and other media.


MKT 353 Sports Marketing
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 8:00am-8:55am; 9:05am-9:55am

Sports Marketing has become increasingly sophisticated over the last decade as teams compete for the entertainment dollar. A study of marketing, promotion, sales and sponsorship strategies utilized in the sports industry by both sports properties and brand partners.


MKT 363 Sports Analytics
Mondays; 6:30pm-9:15pm

The use of data and quantitative methods to measure performance and make decisions in the competitive sports arena. The analytical skills learned in this course can be applied to various industries beyond sports.


MKT 365 eSports
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 10:10am-11:00am

This course will provide an overview of the Esports industry including history, current status and future. Course will focus on sales and marketing as well as event management.

School of Health Studies and Education

IHS 201 Skill Assessment and Instruction
Tuesdays and Thursdays; 8:00am-9:15am

This course is designed to provide research-based interventions in the field of autism for skill assessment and instruction, utilizing applied behavior analysis, a natural science approach to studying behavior. It covers principles of learning and behavior in relation to skill deficits in autism spectrum disorders, from relatively simple concepts such as prompting procedures to more complex treatment such as Discrete Trail Training (DTT). Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the steps necessary to utilize applied behavior analysis principles in skill assessment and intervention, and how these principles guide building an individualized social skills curriculum for children and adolescents with autism (ages 2 – 21 years old).


IHS 469 Adult/Transition Autism Services
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 9:05am-9:55am

This course focuses on understanding the issues facing adults with autism spectrum disorder. Students will learn about issues adults with ASD face including independent living skills, friendships, sexual relationships and marriage, finding and coping with employment, secondary education, post-secondary education, psychiatric disturbances in adulthood, legal issues, and enhancing independence. Students will learn the newest research and intervention techniques to promote a successful transition to adulthood.