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The Miami Plan for Liberal Education
Field
Descriptions of Thematic Sequences (PAGE 3 OF 6)
ECO 6 Microeconomic Perspectives.
Introduces theory and practice of microeconomics and develops, both intuitively and formally, the prevailing paradigm for describing decision-making processes of microeconomics agents. Students see how the "microeconomic way of thinking" can be applied to a wide variety of topical political and social issues and discover how it provides a coherent and consistent structure for understanding, analyzing, and dealing with "real world" problems.
- ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (MPF) (3); and
- ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (MPF) (3); and
- ECO 315 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3); and
- One of the following:
ECO 321 Economic Institutions and the
Competitive System (3), or
ECO 325 Economic Analysis of Law (3), or
ECO 331 Public Sector Economics (3), or
ECO 332 Health Economics (3), or
ECO 356 Poverty and Income Distribution (3), or
ECO 361 Labor Economics (3), or
ECO 385 Government and Business (3), or
ECO 462 Economics of Compensation (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Economics.
EDL 1 Cultural Studies and Public Life.
Assists in understanding how culture helps construct public life through deliberate and unwitting actions of people; therefore, reveals one way that you can play an active role in public life of your society. Cultural studies is concerned with the struggles over meaning that reshape and define cultures; therefore, this sequence studies contemporary cultural productions and attempts of people to participate in public life. Emphasis on mass and popular cultures, youth subcultures including minority subcultures such as those associated with African American and Latino cultures.
- EDL 204 Sociocultural Studies in Education (MPF) (3), or
PHS 292 Dance, Culture, and Contexts (MPF) (3), or
COM/FST 205 American Film as Communication (3); and
- EDL 282 Culture Studies, Power, and Education (3); and
- EDL 334 Youth Subcultures, Popular Culture, and the
Non-formal Education (3), or
ARC 427 The American City Since 1940 (3), or
SOC/ Social Perspectives: Images of Women (3)
Note: Open to all majors. Students must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major
EDP 1 Developmental, Social, and Educational Patterns in Individuals with Exceptionalities.
Enhances critical understanding of issues surrounding individuals who fall outside the "norm." Issues include societal values and moral practices related to development, identification, socialization, education, and treatment of these individuals. Explores exceptionality among individuals from the perspectives of psychological "disorder," developmental or educational "difference," and/or "deviance" from socially defined norms. Prerequisite: EDP 101 Psychology of the Learner (MPF) (3), or PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology (MPF) (4), or EDP 201 Human Development and Learning (MPF) (3).
- EDP 256 Psychology of the Exceptional Learner (3); and
Two from the following:
EDP 402 Characteristics/Assessment of Gifted/Talented
Individuals (3), or
EDP 457 Individuals with Mental Retardation (3), or
EDP 492 Individuals with Severe Behavior Disorders and/or
Emotional Disturbance: Social, Educational, and Legal
Issues (3), or
EDP 493 Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities:
Social, Educational, and Legal Issues (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Educational Psychology.
ENG 1 Victorian Literature and Culture.
Introduces the culture broadly defined as "Victorian" and focuses on the responses of artists, political leaders, and writers to various historical events and movements that have helped shape the 20th and 21st centuries: ideas of progress, democracy, nationalism and imperialism, religious doubt, theories of evolution and natural selection, impressionism and post-impressionism.
- Life and Thought in English Literature, 1660-1900
(MPF) (3); and
- Two courses in any order from the following:
ENG 343 Victorian Literature, 1830-1860 (3), or
ENG 344 Victorian Literature, 1860-1900 (3), or
ART 486 Art of the Late 19th Century (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the Department of Art must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.
ENG 2 Women and Literature.
Assumes the importance of gender as a category for analyzing authors and texts. Attention to how various literatures that constitute "English literature" represent women and the feminine, how these representations differ, and the various agendas pursued through these representations. Most important, emphasizes women as themselves authors and readers. Builds new knowledge of non-canonical writers and texts; reconsiders canonical writers and texts by focusing on depictions of women or your relation to women's writings.
- WMS 201 Introduction to Women's Studies (MPF) (3), or
ENG/ Feminist Literary Theory and Practice (3); and
- ENG/ American Women Writers (3), or
ENG/ British Women Writers (3); and
- ENG 390 Studies in American Regionalism: Women's Local
Color Fiction (3), or
ENG/ Gender and Genre (3), or
ENG 490 Special Topics in Literary Study (3)*, or
FRE 350.B The Woman-Centered Text (3), or
SPN/ Minority Women Writers in the U.S. (3), or
WMS 370.A Black Women Writers (3), or
WMS 370.C Lesbian Fiction (3), or
WMS 370.D Gender, Class, and Culture in 20th Century U.S. (3)
*ENG 490 topics may vary from semester to semester. Consult the sequence coordinator or the Office of Liberal Education to see if the topic can be applied.
Note: Open to all majors.
ENG 3 American Life and Culture Since World War II.
A cross-disciplinary study of the changing forms of American culture since World War II.
- ENG 143 Life and Thought in American Literature,
1945 to Present (MPF) (3), or
MUS 135 Understanding Jazz, Its History and Evolution
(MPF) (3); and
- Two courses from the following:
ARC 427 The American City Since 1940 (3)
ART 489 Contemporary Art (3)
ENG 293 Contemporary American Fiction (3)
ENG 355 American Literature, 1945-Present (3)
ENG/ Contemporary Black American Writers (3)
HST 223 Assassinations in U.S. History (3)
HST 367 The U.S. in the 1960s (3)
HST 369 20th Century America Since 1933 (3)
.M God, Man, and the Crisis of Modernity (3)
.X A History of Jewish/Christian Religious Thought in the 1960s (3)
Note: Nine hours minimum must be taken outside your department of major.
ENG 4 Film in Popular Culture.
Introduces cultural studies, specifically the analysis of contemporary popular culture. One of the central objectives is to develop analytical tools to examine how film, popular literature, and other mass media (ordinarily "taken for granted" elements of everyday life) have shaped our modern sensibility. In its very nature, the study of popular culture is interdisciplinary, examining both the text and the context of such cultural creations as mass-market literature and film.
- FST 201 Introduction to Film History and Criticism
(MPF) (3); and
- Two courses from among the following:
ENG/FST 220 Literature and Film (3), or
ENG/FST 221 Shakespeare and Film (3), or
ENG/FST 236 Alternative Traditions in Film (3), or
ENG/FST 350.A Topics in Film (3),or
ENG/FST 350.B Topics in Film (3), or
ENG/FST 350.C The Art Film (3), or
ENG/FST 350.D The Satiric Film (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English.
ENG 5 Language and Literacy.
Examines how structure, history, and social aspects of language affect how we learn to write and how schools teach literacy skills. Uses formal reasoning skills, research and writing, and ethnographic case studies to develop a sense of the synchronic structure and diachronic background of the English language so that you understand how concepts of literacy have changed through the ages, how literacy functions in contemporary society, and how societies, schools, and communication technologies interact to shape our concepts of literacy, rhetoric, and language standards. Studies grammatical structure of modern English, social and cultural history of the language, and either rhetorical theory (COM 239) or contemporary notions of teaching writing (ENG 304). Although ENG 301 and 302 are recommended to be taken before ENG 304 or COM 239, three courses may be taken in any order.
- ENG 301 History of the English Language (4); and
- ENG 302 Structure of Modern English (4); and
- ENG 304 Backgrounds to Composition Theory and
Research (3), or
COM 239 Rhetorical Theory (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the Department of Communication must select a minimum of nine hours of English courses.
ENG 6 Modernism.
Examines the intellectual and cultural movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries commonly called modernism. In the visual arts, modernism marks the progression from natural representation to abstraction, best shown in the transition from the French impressionists to the cubists. In the literary arts, especially poetry and fiction, modernism moves from the realists and naturalists to the symbolists and imagists, and on to the fugitives and ironists. By taking these courses, you observe the significance of changes in attitude toward experience that are revealed in the transition from an external and objective outlook and expression to a more internal and subjective outlook and expression.
- Life and Thought in American Literature: Civil War
to World War II (MPF) (3), or
ENG 133 Life and Thought in English Literature:
20th Century (MPF) (3); and
- ENG 283 Modern Poetry (3), or
ENG 345 British Modernism (3), or
ENG 354 American Literature, 1914-1945 (3); and
- ART 486 Art of the Late 19th Century (3), or
ART 487 Art of the Early 20th Century (3), or
HST 332 Europe, 1914-1945 (3), or
RUS/ENG 256 Russian Literature in Translation: From Tolstoy to Nabokov (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the departments of Art, History, or Russian must select a course outside their department of major at the third level.
ENG 7 The Romantic Era.
Through methods and perspectives of at least two disciplines, introduces the culture characterized as "romantic," which emerged in the later 18th century, flourished in the early 19th century, became domesticated in the Victorian era, was repressed by the modernists, revived by the counterculture of the 1960s, and newly historicized by post-modernists. Focuses on the response of artists and writers to economic, political, and social change (particularly change resulting from industrialism and revolution) and the role of artists and writers in shaping that change. Begin with or RUS 255, then take two of the remaining courses from at least two disciplines.
- Life and Thought in English Literature, 1660-1901
(MPF) (3), or
ENG/RUS 255 Russian Literature from Pushkin to Dostoevsky
in English Translation (MPF) (3); and
- Two courses from at least two disciplines from the following:
ENG 339 Writers: Early Romantic Period (3), or
ENG 342 Writers: Later Romantic Period (3), or
ART 485 Art of the Early 19th Century (3), or
FRE 452 The Romantic Movement in French Literature
(readings and classes in French) (3), or
POL 303 Modern Political Philosophy (4)
Note: Nine hours minimum must be taken outside your department of major.
ENG 8 African American History and Literature.
Provides a sustained encounter with the African American experience from the arrival of African Americans to North America through their contemporary cultural and literary accomplishments.
- BWS 151 Introduction to Black World Studies (MPF) (4); and
- Two from the following:
BWS/ENG 336 African American Writing, 1746-1877 (3)
BWS/ENG 337 African American Writing, 1878-1945 (3)
BWS/ENG 338 African American Writing, 1945 to Present (3)
BWS/HST 221 African American History (3)
ENG 355 American Literature, 1945-Present (3)
Note: Open to all majors.
FIN 1 Law and Commerce.
Provides a study of legal theory, history, and institutions as they relate to American culture, society, and business. Focuses on why and how "American law" developed, how and why it is applied, how and why the law is evolving, and how and why it impacts on commerce. Applies legal principles to analyze, identify, and solve legal problems arising in common business activity. Emphasizes in-depth study of legal rules, rationale, and application in substantive areas of law and commerce. Acquaints potential law students with legal thinking and concepts.
- FIN 342 Legal Environment of Business (3);* and
- FIN 442 Commercial Law (3); and
- ECO 385 Government and Business (3), or
FIN 443 Property Law (3), or
FIN 462 Estates, Wills, and Trusts (3), or
FIN 464 International Business Law (3), or
FIN 483 Comparative International Business Law (4), or
MGT 402 Environment Law (3)
*Certain sections of FIN 342 have seats designated for non-business majors who wish to enroll in this sequence. Please check with the Department of Finance for admission to these sections.
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Finance. Majors in the departments of Economics and Management must complete a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.
FIN 2 Risk Management and Insurance.
Focuses on the life and health insurance industry, the property and casualty insurance industry, and the employee benefits area. Provides an in-depth study of the risk management process and the operational, legal, moral, and social issues surrounding these insurance industries and the employee benefits area. Explores the financial consequences for individuals and businesses exposed to pure risk. Tools for handling these exposures are critically analyzed along with the process of implementing financial and other strategies to prepare for possible outcomes.
- FIN 351 Principles of Insurance (3); and
- Two from the following:
FIN 451 Risk Management and Insurance (3)
FIN 452 Life Insurance and Advanced Personal
Financial Planning (3)
FIN/MGT 463 Employee Benefits (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Finance.
FIN 3 Financial Decisions in Corporation.
Exposes students to corporate financial theory and its application in modern commercial activities. There is an emphasis on making sound decisions that recognize the risk return trade-offs in these decisions and the sometimes conflicting interests of the corporate stakeholders.
- FIN 301 Introduction to Business Finance (3); and
- FIN 302 Intermediate Financial Management (3); and
- FIN 408 Commercial Bank Management (3), or
FIN 475 Financial Policies of Corporations (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Finance.
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