Business Society And Culture Courses

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  • BSC 10 / Corporations in Context (4) - view
    This course examines the institution of the for-profit business corporation in its economic, legal, political, and social contexts. The course will develop critical perspectives on the corporation and use case studies to illustrate key issues such as competition, cooperation, corporate culture, shareholder value, employee motivation, community relations, public relations, labor relations, lobbying and political influence, and corporate governance, leadership, information management, finance, retail and manufacturing operations, environmental impact, globalization, corporate philanthropy, and business ethics. Offered annually.
  • BSC 29 / Business, Society & Culture Special/Selected Topics (4) - view
    Description developed and proposed by course instructor and approved by the BSC Director and BSC Committee. Course may be repeated. Student may only take one BSC special/selected topics course for credit. Open to BSC minors only. Signature of BSC Director required. Offering to be determined.
  • BSC 101 / Business, Society, & Culture Capstone (4) - view
    An examination of business enterprise utilizing the different intellectual frameworks provided by the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences, and the mixed and complementary pedagogies of class lectures, off-campus field trips, and guest-speaker colloquia. Students will investigate the relationships between the competitive strategies of business firms, their organizational and technical capabilities, and the historical, social, ethical, cultural, ideological, scientific, ecological, and legal and political traditions, contexts and norms within which they operate. In examinations of firms---large and small, corporate and entrepreneurial, for profit and not-for profit, producers of cultural services and of material goods, and private, state regulated and publicly owned---students will explore the roles of, and interactions between employers, employees, customers, investors, patrons, clients and other stakeholders (including citizen's groups, civic and religious organizations Open to seniors and juniors who have completed the Core requirements for the BSC minor. Signature of BSC Director required. Prerequisite: Four of the following five courses: BSC 10/ Corporations in Context, SOC 117/Sociology of Management, REL 127/Business Ethics, CSCI 2/Impact of computing technology, HIST 124/Business History or HIST 108/The History of Work. Offered every semester.

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  • CSCI 70 / Computing Technology, Society and Culture (4) - view
    This course will survey the principal computing technologies that are in use today or on the horizon, then investigate individual topics in more technical and cultural depth. Topics will vary in light of new developments, and could include blogging, RFID, intelligent systems, GPS, data mining, Google, and eBay. Other aspects of computing technology, society, and culture to be addressed will include legal and political issues such as regulation, jurisdiction, internationalization, and standardization, and broader questions such as how and why new computing technologies are developed and accepted. Enrollment priority: Given to juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Offered fall semester.
  • ENGL 65 / Writing For and About Business (4) - view
    Concentrates on the development of a clear, precise writing style and practice in dealing with specific types of business writing problems. Students complete writing projects, individually and in teams, in the context of hypothetical business situations, such as preparing and presenting a report, preparing and presenting a project proposal, applying for a job, and reviewing a report or project proposal. Prerequisite: Satisfaction of the College writing requirement. Offered every semester.
  • HIST 124 / A History of Business in America (4) - view
    A study of the role of business in American history, emphasizing the significance of the corporation and "big business. Focuses on the corporation between the Civil War and the First World War as the formative period in the development of modern business values, techniques, and institutions. Offered fall semester in alternate years.