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Cat. I
This course is to provide students with the fundamentals of
entrepreneurship. It is designed for students interested in starting
their own business, or for those interested in leading an
entrepreneurial group within an existing business. Topics include: new
product development; sources of venture capital; patents and
copyrights; market research for new ventures; organization and control
for new ventures; management stages in an entrepreneurial
business.
Cat. I
This course is open to students conducting IQPs in the Washington,
London, and Puerto Rico off-campus Project Centers, and may count
towards their Social Science distribution requirement. The course
introduces students to the basic tools for social science research and
for economic analysis such as cost-benefit analysis. It also provides
practice in specific research skills using the project topics students
have selected in conjunction with the sponsoring agencies. Students
learn to develop social science hypotheses based upon literature
reviews in their topic areas, construct and administer questionnaires,
conduct interviews, analyze data using computerized statistical
packages, and make recommendations based upon their findings. Students
make presentations, write an organized project proposal as well as
develop a written model for reporting their project
findings. Examinations will cover the social science text and lecture
material, while the project proposal will serve as the term paper.
Cat. I
By using material from the sciences and the humanities this course
examines the ways in which ideas of knowledge and of human nature have
been fashioned. The specific topics include physical theories about
light, biological and psychological theories of visual perception, and
artistic theories and practices concerned with representation. The
mixing of material from different academic disciplines is deliberate,
and meant to counter the notion that human pursuits are "naturally"
arranged in the neat packages found in the modern university. The
course draws upon the physical and social sciences, and the
humanities, to examine how those fields relate to one another, and how
they produce knowledge and self-knowledge. Cultural as well as
disciplinary factors are assessed in this process.
Light, Vision and Understanding is conducted as a seminar. The diverse
collection of reading materials includes a number of primary texts in
different fields. In addition, the students keep a journal in which
they record the results of numerous individual observations and
experiments concerning light and visual perception. The course can fit
into several Sufficiency areas as well as serve as a starting point
for an IQP. There are no specific requirements for this course,
although some knowledge of college-level physics, as well an
acquaintance with the visual arts, is helpful.