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2014-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Global Studies |
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GS 1000 - Introduction to Global Studies
(3)
This course will take a contemporary globalization issue and analyze it through cultural, social, political, economic, and environmental lenses. This interdisciplinary approach using primarily, but not limited to, the social sciences will help the student better understand, analyze, and evaluate the problems of the modern world.
(SRI)
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GS 3850 - International/Intercultural Reflection
(1)
This course requires that students integrate their international or intercultural experience with the student’s other coursework and the goals of the Global Studies program through reflection and research. Students must enroll in this course concurrent with or in the semester immediately following the international/intercultural experience. Details of this course will be arranged in consultation with the Program Director.
Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
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GS 4940 - Global Studies Capstone
(3)
The Global Studies capstone is an individual project in which students will integrate their coursework and experiences. Details of the project will be arranged in consultation with the Program Director.
Prerequisite: Global Studies major; senior standing.
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Honors |
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HON 4500 - Honors Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar
(3)
In the Honors Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar, students will draw on their own individual disciplines and join a collaborative inquiry into an issue or problem with contemporary relevance, allowing each student to apply his or her own emerging expertise in a discipline and to value the contributions made by students in other disciplines. Each time the course is offered, the instructor will define the thematic focus of the seminar. The seminar will afford students purposeful opportunities for group projects and individual research, both of which will help students develop the skills required for graduate research, professional collaboration, and effective communication in the public realm. The seminar may incorporate travel modules or other experiential components. HON 4500 or HON 4940 are required for graduation from the Honors Program.
Prerequisite: Honors Program Admission and junior status.
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History |
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HS 1100 - Survey of Western Civilization I
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
An introduction to various themes in the history of western civilization from the rise of Egypt to the Renaissance and Reformation. Students examine the development of western ideas and society in their formative periods and are exposed to a number of the most significant peoples, works, events, ideas, and institutions in the western tradition.
(HSI)
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HS 1150 - Honors Western Civilization I
(3)
This course examines the development of Western Civilization from the societies of Ancient Egypt to the European Renaissance of the fifteenth century. Particular attention will be paid to the societies of ancient Greece and Rome, Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Carolingian Period, the rise of Islam, the Twelfth Century Renaissance and the transformation of society during and after the fourteenth century. Students will approach premodern history through analysis of primary sources.
Prerequisite: Honors standing.
(HSI)
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HS 1500 - Survey of Western Civilization II
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
An introduction to various themes in the history of western civilization from the 17th century to the present. This course examines such developments as the rise of the modern nation state, the French and Industrial Revolutions, the influence of 19th century liberalism and nationalism, World Wars I and II, and contemporary society and culture. Students are introduced to some of the major ideas, events, and personalities in the modern era and to the value of the historical perspective in considering the human condition.
(HSI)
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HS 1701 - World Civilizations to the 17th Century
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
This course will survey the growth and development of world civilizations and history from the earliest times until the emergence of new global European dominance in the seventeenth century. It was an exciting time that saw the initial development of systems such as politics, economy, religion, culture, and education that have played such an important role in shaping the world of today. These changes will be examined over the wide chronological and geographical scope of world civilizations.
(HSI)
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HS 1702 - World Civilizations Since 1492
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
This course examines the history and diverse cultures of the world since ca. 1492—the era of the rise of European political, economic and cultural worldwide dominance—until the present day. It is organized chronologically and thematically. Themes include the individual and society, autocracy and constitutionalism, the formation of new global economies and empires, racism, nationalism, colonialism, world wars, tensions between tradition and modernization, and internationalism.
(HSI)
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HS 2100 - History of the United States I
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
A survey of the history of the United States from the age of Columbus to Reconstruction. Special emphasis is placed on the causes of the Revolution, constitutional foundations, westward movement, and the Civil War crisis.
(HSII)
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HS 2500 - History of the United States II
(3)
Fall and Spring semester
A survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Themes include industrial development, immigration, the Depression, the World Wars, and the development of contemporary American society and culture.
(HSII)
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HS 3000 - The Classical World
(3)
This course surveys Greco-Roman history, focusing on the period from the first millennium BCE to the collapse and transformation of the Roman Empire. Topics addressed include the development of the ancient Greek city-states, especially Athens and Sparta; slavery; the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars; the conquests of Alexander; the development of the Roman republic; Augustus Caesar and the Roman Empire; urban conditions and daily life; the status of women; Christianity and paganism; the legacy of Rome in Late Antiquity.
(HSII)
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HS 3055 - Europe in the High Middle Ages
(3)
Western European society during the high medieval period, from approximately the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries, witnessed fundamental changes. Growing papal power clashed with newly centralizing monarchies, creating new tensions; the Crusades and the culture of chivalry influenced the European imagination; theology, law, and medicine were re-examined in the new universities; and new modes of artistic expression gave voice to a transforming society in the Gothic period. The course will also examine cross-cultural contacts between Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities as it follows economic, cultural and intellectual developments from the Urban Revolution to the Black Death.
(HSII)
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HS 3060 - The World of the Italian Renaissance
(3)
This course examines the history of Italy and the Mediterranean World in the period of the Renaissance from approximately 1300 to 1600. Topics examined include humanism; Italy, the communes, and statecraft; artists and their environment; science and natural philosophy; religion and popular belief; war and mercenaries; Jewish, Christian and Muslim relations in the Renaissance; relations with the Ottoman Empire.
(HSII)
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HS 3110 - Reformation Europe
(3)
A review of events in Europe from 1500 to 1650, focusing on religious reform movements that ultimately divided the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant denominations. Topics to be addressed include the context of the northern European Renaissance; the movements of various Protestant reformers, including Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII, and the radical reformers; the Catholic Reformation, including the Council of Trent and the early history of the Society of Jesus; the role of the state in religious reform; and religious conflicts up to and including the 30 Years War.
(HSII)
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HS 3120 - Law and Justice in the Pre-Modern World
(3)
This course will explore the relationship between law, justice and society from the ancient world until the 17th century. The course will emphasize law as it developed in medieval Europe, particularly the revival of Roman law and its influence. In addition to the development of secular and canon law, students will also examine methods of dispute resolution and social control in the pre-modern world, both formal methods, in the development of criminal justice systems, and informal methods, such as the vendetta. Topics will also include women in pre-modern law, the development of laws of proof and evidence, incarceration and punishment.
(HSII)
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HS 3150 - Early Modern Europe
(3)
A review of events in Europe from 1648 to 1789, focusing on the interplay between traditional and modern culture. Topics to be addressed include the development of the modern state (in both absolutist and constitutional forms), the expansion of trade and commerce, the advance of modern scientific and secular thought in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, balance of power diplomacy and warfare, and the nature of the pre-Revolutionary society of orders.
(HSII)
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HS 3180 - Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1776-1870
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This course reviews events and developments in Europe during an era marked by popular revolutions and reform movements. Topics addressed include the eighteenth century American and French Revolutions, the rule of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, the Irish nationalist movement from the Revolution of 1798 to the Fenian uprising of 1867, the Revolutions of 1830, the Great Reform Act and the Chartist movement in Britain, the Revolutions of 1848, and the course and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
(HSII)
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HS 3200 - Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1870-1945
(3)
This course reviews events and developments in Europe in an era dominated by the influence of popular nationalism. Topics include the national unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of European alliance systems, the Second Industrial Revolution, the New Imperialism, the First World War and Russian Revolution, the Depression, the rise of totalitarian regimes, and the Second World War.
(HSII)
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HS 3250 - Europe Since 1945
(3)
This course deals exclusively with events after 1945 while reviewing the problems attached to the study of contemporary history. Topics include the postwar political and economic reconstruction of Europe, the origins and course of the Cold War, the emergence of the welfare state, the decline of colonialism, the student revolts of 1968, the economic difficulties of the 1970s, the fall of Communism in eastern Europe, the reunification of Germany, and prospects for greater European unity.
(HSII, GPR)
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HS 3320 - History of Modern Britain
(3)
A survey of British history from 1714 to the present with special emphasis on the development of Parliamentary government and political reform, the creation of a colonial empire and its demise, the social and economic effects of industrialization, prominent developments in British thought, culture and religion, the relationship of Britain and Ireland, and the contemporary state of the United Kingdom.
(HSII)
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HS 3440 - Modern France
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A survey of French history after the Revolution of 1789 and the fall of Napoleon I through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Central to the course will be the social and political impact of the Great Revolution and France’s evolution toward liberal democracy. The main topics of the course may include the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, Bonapartism as a political movement, industrialization, the rise of left-wing political forces, colonialism, the two world wars, and the demise of the French Empire from 1945 to 1962. The course will conclude with post-World War II developments such as the rise of Gaulism and the advent of the Fifth Republic.
(HSII)
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HS 3600 - Colonial America
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The history of North America up to the 1770s, including an examination of pre-Columbian Native societies, the exploration and invasion of the continent by Europeans and the resulting different patterns among the Spanish, French, and English colonizers of their own colonial development and of their relations with Native peoples. Developing patterns of the thirteen colonies which rebelled from Britain in the 1770s is another area of particular focus. Social, political, economic, constitutional, cultural, religious, gender, and geographic factors are considered.
(HSII)
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HS 3620 - The Early American Republic
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This course will investigate the history of the early American republic from the American Revolution through the imperial expansions of the 1840s. Prominent topics may include: the evolution of popular sentiment and American ideologies, the establishment of economic and political structures, the malignant growth of the institution of slavery and the rise of abolitionist challenges to the status quo, the maturation of a distinctly African American culture despite the shackles of slavery, the divergent development of the societies of the North and South, Indian Removal and U.S. Indian policy, Amerindian responses to American hegemony, the solidification of American legal and political institutions, the rise of popular politics, the roles of women and non-Anglo groups in creating and recreating American society, American use of land and resources, and the birth of American industrial capitalism.
(HSII)
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HS 3650 - Civil War and Reconstruction
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This course is an examination of the causes, methods, conflicts, and outcomes of the American “War between the States,” focused on the period between the 1845 annexation of Texas and the partisan electoral bargain that ended federal reconstruction of the South in 1877. Was the Civil War avoidable? Did the outnumbered and outgunned South really expect to win? Did the Union fight to free the slaves, or rather to condemn the South to “wage slavery” as Southerners claimed? Points of emphasis include the constitutional, political, economic, and social factors that led to sectional conflict between North and South, the war as a “second American Revolution,” the brutality and technologies of the war years, emancipation, and the unmet goals of Reconstruction.
(HSII)
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HS 3660 - History of the American West
(3)
This course will investigate the history of the American West through a variety of interpretive lenses. Prominent topics may include: relations between American Indian peoples and the Europeans and Americans who colonized their lands; sociocultural adaptation and development; issues of ethnicity, gender, race, and religion; the roles of flora and fauna in the West; the utilization of natural resources and environmental impacts; political and economic trends; American imperial expansion; urbanization; and the image of the American West in the minds of Americans and the wider world.
(HSII)
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HS 3670 - American Indian History
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An exploration of the history and culture of indigenous peoples in North America both before and after contact with Europeans and Africans, to the modern era. The variations in cultures, pattern of development, and patterns of relations with the Spanish, French, English, and with the U.S. government, are major topics within the course. A major goal is to see history “from the other side”—from a Native perspective—to understand Indian people’s actions, motivations, viewpoints, and reactions.
(HSII)
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HS 3690 - Modern America
(3)
This course will examine the social, cultural, political, and economic transformations of the United States that took place from the late nineteenth century. Using a variety of sources, it will explore and interrogate crucial issues that continue to shape the contemporary era. Topics may include World War I and the postwar decade, the Depression, New Deal, World War II, and the postwar era.
(HSII)
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HS 3700 - The United States Since 1945
(3)
The course is a study of the development of America’s social, cultural, and political history since World War II, beginning with Harry Truman’s presidency to the administration of Ronald Reagan and the politics of the 1980s. Topics explored are the United States as a post-war power, McCarthyism, Cold War politics, the civil rights movements (ethnic, racial, and gender), the Great Society, Vietnam, counterculture, Watergate, and the New Right.
(HSII)
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HS 3710 - Protest Movements in 1960s United States
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The course is designed to provide a systematic study of the history and legacy of protest movements in the United States during the decade of the 1960s. Primary and secondary materials will be used to facilitate (a) an in-depth study of major protests of the period and of the people who participated in and led the movements, (b) a comprehension of the interconnections that existed between the movements, and (c) an understanding of the legacy for post-1960s American society. Some of the topics to be discussed include student protests on college campuses, the Chicano movement, Asian American solidarity, the feminist movement, Vietnam War protests, and the Black civil rights movement.
Prerequisite: Sophomore or above standing.
(HSII)
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HS 3750 - The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975
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A survey of the United States’ presence in Vietnam and what became America’s longest war. The course provides a brief background of France in Southeast Asia, then it examines America’s earliest involvement in the region and the resultant war between South and North Vietnam and the United States’ participation in the conflict.
(HSII)
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HS 3800 - The Immigrants’ Experiences in America
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A survey of the history of immigration to the United States. The course examines the impact of immigration on American society and culture. Several groups are studied in some detail as the topics of family, the workplace, urban politics, nativism, religion, and assimilation are explored. Kansas City’s immigrant groups are used as a laboratory.
(HSII)
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HS 3810 - History of Women in America
(3)
This course introduces and examines the various conditions and factors affecting the female experience in North America from pre-Columbian Native societies to the modern setting. Important issues of this history from a gender perspective include ideology, gender economics, the legal status of women compared to that of men, involvement of women in institutions such as churches and schools. Other variables which are considered are ethnicity, class, and geographic differences.
(HSII)
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HS 3820 - Urban America
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This course explores the significance of the city to the people and the nation. Some topics studied are urban growth, the neighborhood, urban reform, politics, the workplace, racial composition, and the Sunbelt phenomenon.
(HSII)
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HS 3892 - The History of African Americans since the Civil War
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A survey of the history of African Americans since the Civil War, this course examines the social, economic, and political patterns of the lives of African American women and men as they sought to shape their presence in the United States following the war between the North and the South. Some of the topics to be discussed are the Great Migration, the church in the African American experience, migration to the urban north, the Harlem Renaissance, the industrial age, and the civil rights movement.
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HS 3900 - Modern China and Japan
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A survey of Chinese and Japanese development from the Manchu and Tokugawa periods of the fifteenth century to the present, stressing traditional domestic policies, confrontation with the West, participation in World War I and II, revolution and the current status of both Asian countries.
(GPR, HSII)
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HS 3910 - Ottoman Empire
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This course will survey the history of the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings around 1300 through its dissolution and the establishment of Middle Eastern successor states in the 1920s. At its apex the Ottoman Empire, which was a major force in the European and Islamic worlds, claimed territory on three continents (Africa, Europe, and Asia) and its population was multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-lingual. The course will explore those political, economic, and social institutions that supported the expansion and the structure of the Empire, Ottoman interactions with other world powers, the modernizing and Westernizing reforms of the late Ottoman period, and the creation of Ottoman successor states in the Middle East.
(GPR, HSII)
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HS 3912 - History of Modern Middle East
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This course is an introduction to the history and civilization of the modern Middle East since ca. 1600. Considerable attention is devoted to the region since 1945 and to the problems and prospects of the present day. Topics covered include a brief survey of the early history of the region, the origins of Islam, the renaissance of Middle Eastern culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the move toward independent states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and resurgent “Islamist” and “Pan-Arabist” ideologies of this century.
(HSII, GPR)
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HS 3920 - Modern South Asia
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This course will survey the history of the nations of modern South Asia – that is, the history of the contemporary nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Myanmar (Burma) – in the years since 1600. While much of the course will focus on pre-1947 India, attention will also be given to the post-independence period and to other nations. The thematic emphases will be on the collapse of the pre-European Mughal Empire, the establishment of British imperial rule in the Indian subcontinent, the growing opposition to that rule which culminated in independence in 1947, and the establishment and maintenance of the modern nation-states of the subcontinent.
(HSII, GPR)
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HS 3922 - Nationalism in the Middle East
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This course will examine the history and diverse development of nationalism(s) in the Middle East beginning in the second half of the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day. Nationalism in the Middle East is one of the most important issues in the contemporary world as evidenced by the controversies over Palestinian statehood and the attempts of expansionist nationalism by Iraq in the 1990’s. After considering various theories of nationalism and their applicability to the Middle East, the course will address nationalism as manifested in the region with particular reference to case studies such as Arab, Turkish, Jewish, Palestinian, and Kurdish nationalism.
(HSII, GPR)
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HS 3925 - Colonialism, Nationalism, and Decolonization
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This course will involve students in an examination of the concepts of colonialism and nationalism and the implementation and ramifications of those ideas in Asia and Africa beginning in the nineteenth century. Topics to be discussed include: the concepts of imperialism, nationalism, and neo-colonialism; the motivations behind European colonization efforts; the variety of approaches to colonial administration; nationalist movements for independence; the challenges of the decolonization process and the postcolonial period, including the legacies left by the colonial experience on newly independent nation-states and on former colonial powers. Readings will include primary and secondary sources as well as fictional treatments of colonial experiences.
(HSII, GPR)
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HS 4000 - Colloquium on the Great Historians
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An introduction to the theory and practice of the historian’s craft, this course reviews acknowledged masterpieces of historiography and examines important issues raised in the writing of history. Readings in the great historians are supplemented by consideration of such topics as the nature of history and the problems of historical causation, objectivity and use encountered by historians. Required for history majors.
Concurrent: HS 4900 .
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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HS 4100 - History as Biography
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This course examines the lives and historical impact of selected individuals who have significantly influenced the history of western and/or world civilization, or who have embodied much that is representative of the periods in which they lived. The course also discusses the value of biography as a literary genre and a contribution to historical scholarship. Students read a number of historical biographies and are introduced to varieties of historical interpretation.
(HSII)
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HS 4900 - Senior Seminar in History
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A one credit-hour seminar on research methods in history including regular presentations and discussion of issues and problems in historical research and the completion of a major research paper conducted under the supervision of a history department faculty member and presented orally near the end of the semester. Required for history majors.
Concurrent: HS 4000 .
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
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HS 4970 - Internship
(2-3)
The internship provides opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of history and historical methods by working in areas and institutions related to historical study. Internships may be pursued in education, government, museums, archives, not-for-profit organizations and other areas. The internship experience may be conducted in Kansas City, surrounding communities or other approved locations. The work will be supervised or monitored by a departmental faculty advisor and will require on-site work as well as a log of hours worked and types of work performed and a journal and/or paper reflecting on the experience. The internship may be counted as upper-division credit toward the history major or minor; the internship may be repeated once but only for elective credit.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of the department chair and approval by the departmental internship faculty advisor.
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Humanities |
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HU 2110 - Integrated Humanities I
(4)
Fall
A level one interdisciplinary sequence focusing on significant epochs from Classical Greece to the early 21st century as expressed in the primary texts and works of the culture: artistic, historical, literary, and philosophical. An additional component provides the opportunity for students to attend cocurricular events and productions that are relevant to the course.
Prerequisite: 1) Freshman standing with one of the following: a) a score of 24 or above on the ACT English test; b) completed writing proficiency or equivalent, or c) honors standing. 2) Sophomore standing or above.
(Enrollment in both semesters is necessary to satisfy ARI, HSI, and LTI core curriculum requirements.)
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HU 2120 - Integrated Humanities II
(4)
Spring semester
A level one interdisciplinary sequence focusing on significant epochs from Classical Greece to the early 21st century as expressed in the primary texts and works of the culture: artistic, historical, literary, and philosophical. An additional component provides the opportunity for students to attend cocurricular events and productions that are relevant to the course.
Prerequisite: 1) Freshman standing with one of the following: a) a score of 24 or above on the ACT English test; b) completed writing proficiency or equivalent, or c) honors standing. 2) Sophomore standing or above.
(Enrollment in both semesters is necessary to satisfy ARI, HSI, and LTI core curriculum requirements.)
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HU 2210 - Honors Integrated Humanities I
(4)
Fall
The Honors version of Integrated Humanities I and II includes HU 2210 and HU 2220 . Additionally, the Honors version provides students the opportunity to discuss related readings in a biweekly seminar setting.
Prerequisite: Honors standing.
(Enrollment in both semesters is necessary to satisfy ARI, HSI, and LTI core curriculum requirements.)
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HU 2220 - Honors Integrated Humanities II
(4)
Spring semester
The Honors version of Integrated Humanities I and II includes HU 2210 and HU 2220. Additionally, the Honors version provides students the opportunity to discuss related readings in a biweekly seminar setting.
Prerequisite: Honors standing.
(Enrollment in both semesters is necessary to satisfy ARI, HSI, and LTI core curriculum requirements.)
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Japanese |
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JA 1100 - Elementary Japanese I
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Integrates a study of basic Japanese with its culture using a conversational approach. Vocabulary and grammatical structures needed for basic communication is emphasized. Practice is given in a variety of everyday situations.
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JA 1150 - Elementary Japanese II
(4)
A continuation of JA 1100 .
Prerequisite: JA 1100 or approval of instructor.
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JA 2100 - Intermediate Japanese I
(3)
A course designed to develop speaking, listening, writing and reading skills needed to perform everyday tasks such as asking for and giving directions, descriptions, eliciting and providing information.
Prerequisite: JA 1150 or approval of instructor.
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JA 2150 - Intermediate Japanese II
(3)
A continuation of JA 2100 .
Prerequisite: JA 2100 or approval of instructor.
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JN 1030 - Publications: Newspaper
(1)
Practice in actual newspaper production. Includes writing of news stories, features and editorials; copy editing and rewriting, layout and preparation of camera-ready copy for press. Maximum credit hours possible: six.
Prerequisite: membership on college newspaper staff and advisor approval. (Activity course)
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JN 1040 - Publications: Yearbook
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Practice in actual book publication includes copywriting, photography, layout and preparation of camera-ready material for the press. Maximum credit hours possible: six.
Prerequisite: membership on yearbook staff and advisor approval. (Activity course)
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JN 2000 - Introduction to Journalism
(3)
This course is required as a prerequisite for subsequent journalism courses. It provides a basic survey of the field and instruction in the fundamentals of journalistic writing, interviewing, and editing. Journalism ethics and libel law are included.
Prerequisite: EN 1110 /EN 1120 , or EN 1140 , or EN 1150 .
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JN 3030 - Feature Writing
(3)
Study of the various forms of feature writing and practice in the same. Included are human interest, personal profiles, news features, as well as features in social, political, educational and urban affairs.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
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JN 3040 - Advanced Reporting and Editing
(3)
Building upon the skills acquired in JN 2000 , this course involves theory and practice in writing and editing the longer news story and other types of journalistic writing. It includes interviewing, research, in-depth coverage, editing copy, and writing headlines. Student work may appear in campus media.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
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JN 3050 - Editing and Design
(3)
Theory and practice in editing copy, writing headlines and designing the layout of newspapers and magazines. Design theory and typography styles are included.
Prerequisite: JN 2000 .
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JN 3450 - Photojournalism
(AR 3450 )
(3)
This course explores the ability of photography to record news events, stories of human interest, and contemporary social issues. Photographic techniques with 35mm Black-and-White film and printing are introduced and reviewed. The analysis and criticism of images, the editing of photos and text, and the creation of narrative through the combination of word and image are primary areas explored. In addition, ethical and legal issues in photojournalism are introduced and examined. A 35mm, fully adjustable, single lens reflex (SLR) camera is required.
Lab fee.
Prerequisite: AR 1400 or JN 2000 or instructor approval.
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JN 3500 - Introduction to Public Relations
(CT 3500 )
(3)
This course will examine the history, theory, philosophy, and functions of public relations practices and programs in organizations. The course may provide case study and/or service learning opportunities for students to identify, analyze, and critique public relations practices.
Prerequisite: CT 2000 , JN 2000 .
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JN 4170 - Principles of Advertising
(CT 4170 )
(3)
A general survey of the field of advertising. Includes focus on conception and execution of creative, effective advertising for print, online, and broadcast media. Introduces stategic planning, media selection, buyer behavior, campaigns, ways to measure advertising effectiveness, and career opportunities. Case studies and prizewinning advertisements may be included.
Prerequisite: CT 2200 or JN 2000 or MK 3000 .
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JN 4180 - Broadcast Journalism
(CT 4180 )
(3)
A course in gathering, writing and producing news for radio and television. Included are skills in interviewing, editing news for broadcast and identifying news sources. Special problems unique to broadcast journalism are discussed.
Prerequisite: CT 2200 and JN 2000 .
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JN 4970 - Journalism Internship
(2-3)
Opportunities to work in magazine, newspaper, radio, television and Internet site journalism.
Prerequisite: Junior standing, a 3.0 GPA in the student’s major, JN 2000 , two upper-division journalism courses related to the specific internships, and internship faculty advisor approval.
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Leadership Studies |
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LS 2000 - Introduction to Leadership
(3)
This course provides an introduction to and overview of leadership theories and practice. Students will examine leaders whose lives illuminate timeless leadership qualities, as well as learn about, and reflect on, their own leadership styles, strengths and weaknesses.
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LS 3000 - Leadership Theory and Practice
(3)
This foundation course introduces the student to common elements of leadership in the Jesuit tradition. Students will study the genesis of these principals and their efficacy in leading contemporary organizations, as well as how these concepts are related to commonly held elements of leadership such as legitimate authority, expert knowledge, power, social responsibility, charisma and influence. Examples of effective leadership, taken from history and contemporary society, are studied.
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LS 3200 - Women and Leadership
(3)
This course probes and explores the leadership contributions of women, along with the leadership styles and approaches they bring to the leadership arena. It visits the substantial social prejudice experienced by women, along with their inroads—first in championing social and political causes, and today as indispensable innovators, entrepreneurs, professionals and achievers. Partnering with current women leaders in Kansas City, students will explore a variety of preferred leadership styles, experiencing how those styles are shaped to fit the leadership challenges at hand. Self-assessment of the student’s own leadership style will be included. This course, though focusing on women leaders, is valuable to both women and men seeking insight and advancement in leadership.
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LS 4100 - Organizational Change
(3)
This course will explore the evolution of organizations through various life cycles, how they undergo significant change during those cycles, promoting healthy change that results in socially responsible growth. Further, students will analyze the basic systems and structure of organizations; understand respective leadership and management roles; identify priorities, learn how to promote successful and significant change to address those priorities, and do so with attention toward the good of its people, constituencies and society. Finally, an historical example of monumental social change led by a preeminent political leader will be examined.
Prerequisite: LS 3000 .
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LS 4600 - Conflict Resolution
(3)
This course examines human conflict in organizations by evaluating the background, attitudes, and behaviors that cause and perpetuate disputes; and prepares the student to help resolve disputes using negotiation and mediation techniques. Contemporary philosophies and styles of conflict resolution are examined.
Prerequisite: CT 2000 , CT 2040 .
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LS 4930 - Research in Leadership
(3)
This course studies and applies research techniques to leadership issues: identifying contemporary leadership questions, researching answers to those questions and presenting findings through a properly constructed research paper. As part of the seminar process, students will identify a leadership question to be explored, develop a hypothesis and share in the research responsibilities of a literature review and testing the hypothesis. An oral, shared presentation of findings concludes the course.
Prerequisite: LS 3000 , PY 2100 .
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LS 4940 - Leadership Capstone
(3)
This course engages the student in a practical, individual research project demonstrating the pragmatic use of theory and knowledge. As such, it is taken in the final semester of course work. The student will complete a research paper posing a pertinent research question, advancing a hypothesis, reviewing current literature, conducting research leading to a conclusion. The culmination of the project is an oral presentation of the paper and findings.
Prerequisite: LS 3000 , LS 4930 .
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Latin |
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LT 1100 - Elementary Latin I
(4)
Integrates a study of basic Latin with its culture. A variety of methods are used to develop competence in vocabulary, sound patterns, forms, structure and elementary texts. A perceptive approach to language in general is gained by seeing English in relationship to Latin and how its linguistic root system is applicable.
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LT 1150 - Elementary Latin II
(4)
Continuation of LT 1100 with selected reading.
Prerequisite: LT 1100 or approval of instructor.
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LT 2100 - Intermediate Latin I
(3)
A systematic review and expansion of Latin grammar with increased knowledge of history and culture through study of Latin narrative from major prose works.
Prerequisite: LT 1150 or approval of instructor.
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LT 2150 - Intermediate Latin II
(3)
Development of reading skills, cultural awareness and linguistic base. Selections from the writings of a major poet are included.
Prerequisite: LT 2100 or approval of instructor.
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Management |
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MG 1900 - Business Leadership and Social Issues
(3)
This course introduces the student to business. First, it will engage students in managerial concepts and skills relating to functional integration and the managerial processes of planning, organizing, and implementing. Second, students will deal with leadership issues, especially at the micro level, of influencing, working in teams, and developing self-awareness. Finally, these skills will be learned in the context of the external environment. That is, there is an emphasis on examining and analyzing social issues as they relate to corporate social responsibility and the firm’s role in the macro social and community environment.
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MG 3010 - Principles of Management
(3)
Students will be immersed in a Management experience requiring them to make business decisions that involve all functional areas (e.g., finance, marketing, advertising, human resources, etc.). This experience will have students doing the work of managers. Using this common experience as a reference point, students will explore the systemic context of management, including study of contemporary organizations. In addition, students will learn about important contextual variables of managers at various levels (top, middle, low). The traditional functional areas of finance, marketing, production/service, R&D will be explored within the possible organizational structural designs (simple, divisional, combination, virtual) and students will learn the internal and external constraints on managerial decision-making. Further managerial topics include strategy, structure, alignment, and their importance in addressing external environmental uncertainty.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and MG 1900 .
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MG 3091 - Global Issues in Business and Culture
(3)
This course explores the culture and business practices in other countries and requires international travel. Through travel and participation in business and cultural activities with lectures by government officials, business managers and university faculty, students study the similarities and differences among the different cultures and business practices. Aspects examined include accounting, financing, marketing, and management methods. There is a course fee to cover partial travel costs.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
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MG 3100 - Management Information Systems
(3)
This course provides an historical and evolutionary introduction to management information systems, what they are, how they affect the organization and its employees, and how they can make businesses more competitive and efficient. Managing information requires understanding, designing, and controlling the information processing activities of an organization. This course focuses on the management of information and explores how firms (a) gather, (b) represent, (c) process, and (d) distribute information and knowledge to employees and customers. A sample of the topics covered in the course includes business intelligence, knowledge management, knowledge-worker productivity, data modeling, and group decision support systems.
Prerequisite: BUS 1800 or equivalent.
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MG 3201 - Introduction to Operations Management
(3)
This course provides a study of the operations functions within industrial and service organizations. Topics covered include operations strategy for competitive advantage, forecasting, quality, aggregate planning, project management, and philosophies to manage inventory control. Emphasis is placed on the quantitative techniques needed to improve decision making in the operations environment.
Prerequisite: Introductory statistics and BUS 1800 .
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MG 3300 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
(3)
The course investigates how individual and group behavior impacts the performance of an organization. Topics include perception, personality, values, job satisfaction, emotional intelligence, learning, communication, motivation, culture, conflict, stress, and power/politics. The purpose of this course is to increase students’ awareness of the impact that these topics have on leadership effectiveness.
Prerequisite or Concurrent: MG 1900 .
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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MG 3350 - Business Issues in Global Environments
(3)
This course examines the international and corporate responsibility/ethical contexts in which trade, investment, and business decisions are made. It introduces the legal, economic, political, and cultural differences among countries and it examines how these differences affect the conduct of international business. It discusses a range of topics highlighting sustainability and corporate social responsibility as well as bilateral, regional, and world trade agreements, foreign direct investment, and exchange rates. Finally, it introduces some of the strategic issues surrounding where companies should engage in international business and how they should expand into these markets.
(GPR)
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MG 3400 - The Law of Commercial Transactions
(3)
An introduction to the study of law as it affects the business enterprise. The focus is on commercial transactions with special emphasis on contracts, contractual liabilities, sales contracts and secured transactions. Where appropriate, the connections between ethics and law are explored.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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MG 3500 - Leadership Development
(3)
This course will assess the student’s level of practical leadership behaviors (some of the behaviors may cross over and include management skills and abilities). The activities and study in this course will build on these existing skills and abilities. The course will also focus students on improving their skill and proficiency in the following leadership areas: decision-making (programmed and non-programmed), conflict resolution for/with others, influencing/persuading others, structuring uncertainty/ambiguity for others, coaching/developing others, delegating/following-up, building effective teams, and negotiating skills. Another outcome of the course will be for students to build self-awareness and acquire tools for life-long learning and self-exploration, including the ability to solicit and give feedback from and to peers.
Prerequisite: MG 3300 .
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MG 3800 - Competitive Analysis: An International Perspective
(EC 3800 )
(3)
A comprehensive course applies modern business and economic principles to study a firm’s international strategic position. The class integrates insights from the theory of the firm, industrial organization, game theory, and complexity analysis which are used in may fields besides Economics. The broad sweep of modern economics and strategy research is organized and presented on a wide variety of issues, such as defining boundaries, “make or buy fallacies,” competitor identification, rivalry, commitment, cooperation, and strategic positioning.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above, MG 3350 or equivalent, and EC 1100 .
Recommended: MK 3000 .
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MG 4170 - Leadership in the 21st Century
(3)
Students will explore leadership issues as they relate to societal and business trends. Topics will include technology, the environment, and globalization as well as economic, political, cultural, and spiritual trends. The course will use historical and future perspectives to explore ways in which we might improve our world and the contributions business makes to this future. This course will follow a seminar format using a variety of resources including texts (non-business or business), periodicals, guest speakers, films, etc., to help inform the discussions and activities of the course.
Prerequisite: MG 3300 .
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MG 4350 - International Management
(3)
This course builds upon several key concepts introduced in MG 3350 - Business Issues in Global Environments . It extends the discussion of how political, economic, legal, and technological developments are affecting the management of international business operations. It pays special attention to the role of culture and the challenges inherent in managing employees, operating facilities, and targeting markets across cultures. Finally, it examines the managerial and ethical implications of various international entry modes.
Prerequisite: MG 3350 .
(GPR)
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MG 4400 - Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship
(3)
This course focuses on the unique issues facing the small business owner, as well as extensive coverage of unique business functions that the small business owner is likely to deal with. The course also focuses on 1) how to assess a potential business opportunity and 2) how to prepare a business plan for use as both a strategic document and a document for dealing with potential financial backers.
Prerequisite: MG 3300 , MK 3000 , FN 3000 , senior standing.
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MG 4940 - Business Leadership: Strategy, Policy and Ethics
(3)
This course is an integrative capstone experience focusing on strategy and policy development for organizations within the context of sometimes conflicting ethical constraints. Strategy implementation challenges are also explored. The course provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge drawn from functional area courses in the solution of problems discovered by the analysis of both published cases and live interactions with the managers of companies and organizations within the Kansas City region.
Prerequisite: MG 1900 , MG 3350 , FN 3000 , MG 3300 , MG 3100 (or AC 3500 ), MK 3000 , senior standing.
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MK 3000 - Principles of Marketing
(3)
This course briefly covers all the aspects of marketing that are covered in depth in the subsequent marketing courses. The student is introduced to marketing’s 4Ps (Product, Price, Promotion, and Physical Distribution)—something that everyone needs to know, no matter the career choice made. In this course you will learn the essential marketing vocabulary, basic principles and concepts, and how to use these principles when running your own business or working in an organization. The text is very important in this course and the student’s learning is aided through the use of videos, presentations, class activities and discussions.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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MK 3200 - Consumer Behavior
(3)
This course is an application of behavioral scientist research into the field of marketing. Research conducted by psychologist, sociologists, social psychologists, economists, cultural anthropologists and other behavioral scientists are use to help us solve marketing problems. Students will learn why they tend to buy the products and services they do; and, how marketing practitioners can anticipate and predict buying behavior. In this course students give oral presentations, participate in team discussions, write short papers, do some critical thinking and view videos that demonstrate the application of marketing principles.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 and junior standing.
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MK 3300 - Advertising and Promotions
(3)
Advertisements and promotions use applied communication techniques. Because organizations must tell their story to the public, effective marketers must become proficient in the use of oral and written communications, nonverbal communications, listening skills, music, theatre, art and other techniques to get their message to the target audience. Specifically the students study how advertising, sales promotions, public relations, personal selling, direct marketing, and Internet is used as part of the overall marketing plan. Each student will invent or select an existing product or service and then develop an Integrated Marketing Communication (an advertising campaign) for it. Students then present their IMCs to the class both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 and junior standing.
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MK 3350 - International Marketing
(3)
This course addresses the global issues that impact concepts relevant to companies engaging the international marketplace. It introduces the student to the cultural, economic, geographic, political and legal issues that affect the where, when and how to enter foreign markets. The course uses contemporary materials to expand beyond the text and bring real life problems and solutions into the classroom for student discussion.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 and MG 3350 .
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MK 4100 - Marketing Research
(3)
A thorough study of the various types of market research. Problems related to planning research, gathering and summarizing data and interpreting the findings are discussed and analyzed. The emphasis is on the practical use of market research in making market decisions. Actual market research projects are used to further this process.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 , introductory statistics, BUS 1800 , and senior standing.
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MK 4400 - Personal Selling and Sales Management
(3)
Assess your own behavioral style and how to adjust it in order to influence others to accept your ideas. Learn the different ways of attracting and retaining customers. Discover how to obtain information from potential customers and use it to create a persuasive and dynamic sales presentation. Use the spin technique so that your customers handle their own objections and close their own sales. This is an experientially based course designed to improve all of your selling skills.
Prerequisite: MK 3000 , senior standing, and marketing concentration or instructor approval.
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MK 4500 - Marketing Policy
(3)
Learn how to run all aspects of a business, including what research is best to determine your customer needs, how finance impacts on marketing, and how does marketing and production need to be integrated to achieve your corporate goals. Compete against other students groups in the exciting microcomputer industry. Develop your own leadership style and learn how to transform your team into a high performing group which will enable them to achieve high profits and exceed customer expectations.
Prerequisite: Senior standing, marketing concentration.
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Music |
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MS 1000 - Introduction to Music
(3)
A basic introduction to the art of music, including a survey of the elements of musical composition and the historical styles of Western music, with emphasis on the development of effective listening techniques and critical skills.
(ARI)
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MS 1030 - Concerts in Kansas City
(3)
Attendance at live performances is the focus of this music appreciation course. Supplemental studies in listening techniques and music literature provide significant insights into modern concert life in Kansas City.
(ARI)
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MS 1050 - Live Concert Experience
(1)
Students select and attend six live concerts in classical and jazz styles and then submit a short paper for each summarizing and evaluating their experiences. Students must meet categorical requirements to ensure a varied experience that includes professional, community and academic music performances.
(ARI – To satisfy the core this course must be taken in combination with other AR, MS, or TA courses to equal at least 3 hours.)
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MS 1110 - Introduction to Music Theory
(3)
A course that explores the structural elements of music for the purpose of enhancing performance, composition or improvisation. Exercises in music reading, writing, and sightsinging provide a basis for developing essential skills. The course begins with construction of scales, and proceeds with the study of intervals, chords, rhythm, non-harmonic tones and thematic development.
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