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Possible Courses for 2018

At Oxford, you have the opportunity to take either two or three courses. Because these are regular courses found in the SBU catalog, grades will be transferred directly to your St. Bonaventure transcript and degree audit.

While you can take three courses, you might be much better off taking two. Much of the learning while you are at Oxford comes outside the classroom — the experiences of being in the U.K., of formal dinners of elegant food paired with the perfect wine, of traveling to other countries, and of the daily learning that comes from living abroad. You might want to optimize the time you have away from class and the library. That time, too, is invaluable learning time.

Many courses do not have prerequisites. However, if you plan to take an upper-level course offered at Oxford, prior to participating in the summer program you must ensure all course prerequisites have been met or secure permission to participate through the assistant director.

When the weather is nice, classes are often held outside in the gardens of Trinity College.The exact courses that will be offered in 2018 will be determined by student interest early in the spring semester. In all probability, they will be very similar to the courses offered in 2017, which are listed below for your reference.
  

Oxford 2017 Courses

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

CLAR 103. Foundations of the Western World: Art, Religion and Politics
Tutor: Dr. Clemena Antonova
An introduction to the historical, intellectual and religious roots of Western culture traces major changes in the development of Western culture from ancient times to the present. 
3 credits

CLAR 105. Inquiry in the Social World/ECO 101: Microeconomics
Tutor: Prof. Giles Bootheway
CLAR 105 introduces the fundamental methods of formal inquiry into the social world, offering definitions of the “social world” from the points of view of several social sciences. ECO 101 delves into that social world from the point of view of an introductory investigation of economics relating to individual economic units (e.g., the firm) and emphasizing price theory within the context of various market structures. 
3 credits

CLAR 111. Composition and Critical Thinking II
Tutor: Prof. Anne Lee
CLAR 111 extends abilities learned in CLAR 110 by directing students to special writing assignments (argumentation, research, and aesthetic criticism), accompanied by an intensive examination of critical thinking itself. The reading of essays serves as a foundation for students’ own work. 
3 credits

CLAR 208. International Economics 
Tutor: Prof. Giles Bootheway
CLAR 208 is an interdisciplinary introduction to major issues in various world regions, with special attention to global diversity of experiences and perspectives. It is designed to help students understand the basics of international trade and finance and the effects of various international economic policies on domestic and world welfare, highlighting sources of comparative advantage, gains and losses from trade, the impact of trade on economic growth, and effects of trade policy interventions such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints, and export subsidies. International agreements on regional trade liberalization (such as EU and NAFTA) and on multilateral trade liberalization (e.g., WTO) will be also discussed. Other topics on international finance include balance of payments, determination of foreign exchange rates, and the international monetary system.
3 credits

CLAR 209. Arts and Literature/The Age of Shakespeare: A Cultural History 
Tutor: Dr. Clemena Antonova
CLAR 209 courses are interdisciplinary, bringing together material from literary texts (theology, poetry and drama) and the visual arts (painting and architecture) with a focus on the aesthetic and thematic connections of text and image. Specifically, The Age of Shakespeare aims to study different aspects of the culture of England in the 16th century, a time of crucial and lasting importance for defining English identity. The course will place artistic, religious, and political developments within the larger context of European cultural history and will look at the unique contribution of England during the so-called “Golden Age,” under the reign of Elizabeth I, with the poetry of Shakespeare as its towering achievement. 

CLAR 302. Inquiry in the Natural World and CLRL 302. Inquiry in the Natural World Laboratory
Tutor: Dr. Adam Ritchie
Popularly known as Natty World and Natty Lab, the 3-credit course and 1-credit laboratory must be taken concurrently. Inquiry in the Natural World is an introduction to what is known about the physical universe and how that knowledge has been discovered. The course, a combination of lecture and classroom discussion, looks at major discoveries in the history of science. Topics include the nature of scientific knowledge, energy and climate change, the use of energy by living things, the nature and property of DNA, and biological evolution. Inquiry in the Natural World Laboratory introduces students to the study of selected phenomena within the natural sciences by means of problem-based experiences.

QMX 211. Introduction to Statistics
Tutor: Prof. Giles Bootheway
The course involves analysis of descriptive statistics. Emphasis is placed on graphical methods, measures of central tendency, measures of variability and their application to the “real world.” Major emphasis is placed in presenting an introduction to probability and its applications. Random variables and their distribution are discussed along with mathematical expectation and useful discrete probability distributions. The course concludes with a detailed discussion of the normal probability distribution, sampling distributions, and the use of confidence intervals for statistical inference. Computer usage is required throughout.
Prerequisite: MATH 122 or MATH 151 
3 credits

GRADUATE COURSES

The following graduate courses may be taken by both MBA and IMC graduate students and by undergraduates as part of either the 4+1 BBA/MBA program or the 4+1 IMC program.


IMC 650. Public Relations Seminar
Tutor: Dr. Richard Lee 
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of public relations practices in a global society. Topics include researching, defining, developing, and delivering effective public relations campaigns; using social media platforms for brands; working with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and managing and mitigating crisis communications situations on the local, regional, national and/or international levels. Finally, the course examines the use of computer technology and dialogue through social media as they apply to the public relations executive and the IMC practitioner.
3 credits

IMC 698. Corporate Social Responsibility
Tutor: Dr. Richard Lee 
The movement for corporate social responsibility reflects a global trend emphasizing a new role for organizations in society, one in which they are more accountable for societal and environmental matters once left to governments and non‐profit organizations. Communication plays a central role in the way that CSR programs and initiatives are adopted, implemented, promoted and evaluated. This course examines a variety of strategies and instruments relative to the relationship between communication and CSR including advertising, public relations, business communications, promotions, direct marketing, package design and e-commerce.
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