Experiential Learning: Internship (12 Credits) Non-classroom experiences in the field of business. Placements are generally off-campus, and may be full-or part-time, and with or without pay. Credit for experiences must be sought prior to occurrence, and learning contracts must be submitted before the end of the first week of the semester. A maximum of 15 credits of 287/487 can be used to meet graduation requirements. See the experiential learning: internship section of this catalog for details. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. Graded CR/NC.

Courses on topics of interest to business students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click on the Section Details in VitNet.

The purpose of this course is to strengthen personal life management skills by providing students with a complete perspective on personal economics. This topical course features financial planning, budgeting, cash and credit management, housing decisions, balancing work and home life, major purchasing decisions, investments, social responsibility, tax planning, retirement planning, estate planning, community service, and related ethical and legal issues. Students with little background in finance, economics, or mathematics welcome.

Students learn about scarcity, opportunity costs, and production possibilities; the supply and demand behavior of markets; and optimal behavior of consumers and producers under market structures perfect competition, monopoly, and monopolistic competition. Students learn about how labor markets behave, including an understanding of how labor demand and labor supply curves are derived, and how government intervention can influence employment and wages.

Students learn about the aggregate behavior of national and international economies, and how to measure aggregate levels of production, consumption, employment, and inflation. Issues discussed in the class include how countries can benefit and lose from international trade; what are the immediate, short run, and long run effects from shocks to the economy such as exogenous changes in aggregate spending, factors affecting production, or government intervention; and what are the goals of fiscal and monetary policy, and what are some of their positive and negative impacts on the economy.

Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of an ethics, culture and society faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.

Non-classroom experiences in fields related to ECAS. Placements are off-campus, and may be full- or part-time, and with or without pay. Credit for experiences must be sought prior to occurrence and learning contracts must be submitted before the end of the first week of the semester. See the experiential learning: internship section of this catalog for more details. Restricted to students with junior or senior standing. Graded CR/NC.

Courses on topics of interest to ethics, culture, and society students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Development of the ECAS interdisciplinary capstone proposal, research, the capstone project, and presentation of the project over the course of two semesters with faculty mentoring and guidance. Prerequisite: 310 or 311.

Team-based transdisciplinary problem-solving addressing a variety of issues, from those in the local community to national and global challenges. The course seeks to address the many stakeholders, assumptions, and values that shape how we evaluate and resolve disagreements, showing students the positive value philosophy brings in supporting transdisciplinary problem-solving. The community issues addressed will change from year to year, in connection with the theme of the D.B. Reinhart Ethics Institute Conference and/or in response to emerging community needs and current events.