Infused Courses
Infused Course (Choose 2 courses)
ARTH 313 Art of Islam
COMM 228 Intercultural Communication
ECO 351 Environment of International Business
ECO 375 International Economics
ECO 465 Development Economics
ENLT 348 Colonial and Post-Colonial Fiction
HIST 130 World History I
HIST 131 World History II
HIST 227 (D) The Civilization of Islam
HRS 331 Globalization and Human Resources Management
MKT 475 International Marketing
PS 217 Comparative Government
PS 313 Classical Political Ideas
PS 314 Modern Political Ideas
T/RS 219 Religions of the World
(D) Intercultural Communication
Designed to provide a framework for understanding diversity in communication patterns among cultures and co-cultures. Topics include high- and low-context patterns, verbal and nonverbal communication across cultures and co-cultures, persuasion, dialects, organization of verbal codes, and the structure of conversations.
(D) Environment of International Business
(Prerequisites: Eco 153-154 or ECO 101, junior standing) This course introduces the student to the growing field of international business, touching on the economic, social and political environments of international trade and multinational corporations. International institutions and agencies that impact on international business are discussed and practical aspects of these topics are emphasized.
International Economics
(Prerequisites: ECO 153-154 or ECO 351 or permission of the instructor)
This course explains the rationale for international trade and gains from trade and discusses various trade policies. Topics covered in the course include: comparative
advantage, free trade and trade restrictions (tariffs, quotas, etc.), the trade policy of the United States, exchange rates and their determinants, balance-of-payments analysis and the significance
of multinational corporations.
Development Economics
(Prerequisites: ECO 153-154)
This course introduces students to contemporary development economics. Topics include: the concept and measurement of economic development, the problems and prospects of the less developed countries, and the alternative theories and processes of economic development.
(CL,D,W) Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction
(Area G) Through detailed study of such authors as Achebe, Conrad, Forster, Kincaid, Kipling, Naipaul, Orwell, and Rushdie, this course explores the myths and meanings of 19th- and 20th-century European colonialism in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.