Kettering University

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: NA
A presentation of art emphasizing significant periods of stylistic and aesthetic developments in human creative experience. Particular topics, periods and styles may vary from term to term. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: None
Minimum Class Standing: FR
This course is designed to help students write and speak effectively in academic settings and in their work organizations. Basic principles underlying practical communication techniques are taught, with an emphasis on skills for conveying technical and business information. Students engage in writing and speaking assignments that familiarize them with appropriate formats for those kinds of communication. Student performance is analyzed as a means of promoting individual improvement. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: COMM-101
Minimum Class Standing: JR
The course prepares students to launch their thesis projects and to perform other advanced writing and speaking tasks. Thus students will employ the concepts and skills gained in the foundational course Written and Oral Communication I (COMM101). Emphasis is placed on helping students to communicate effectively in regard to the technologies and business purposes of their own workplace and profession. Students' development of the required skills is demonstrated in writing assignments and oral presentations. Credit must be received for the course before a student's Senior Thesis Assignment Proposal will be processed for its approval. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
Theories of persuasion, techniques of argumentation, and the analysis of persuasive texts. Topics include political speeches and campaign messages, rhetorical interpretation of advertising and business communication, and persuasive elements of popular culture. Verbal and visual elements of persuasion will be addressed. Students will apply these concepts by written analyses of persuasive texts and by composing and delivering persuasive speeches. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
Understanding the processes and contexts of public speaking, including audience adaptation, principles of clear organizations, development of ideas, and techniques of effective persuasive and informative speaking. Although the focus of the course is on analysis of great speeches throughout history, the course provides an opportunity for students to practice speaking about topics of current interest. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

Prerequisite: None
Minimum Class Standing: NA
This course, intended for overseas students, seeks to heighten their awareness of American business communication practices. It will help develop a systematic approach to written and oral communication in the workplace. Topics include the nature of organizational communication and business writing, including techniques for writing letters, memoranda, proposals, and reports. Electronic communication practices are examined. Emphasis is also placed on professional communication skills in multicultural environments and relevant current events. This course does not receive credit in any Kettering University degree program. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: None
Minimum Class Standing: NA
This course introduces the student to the economic way of thinking. Students learn how individuals, firms, and societies make choices among alternative uses of scarce resources. A survey course, it covers both introductory microeconomics and introductory macroeconomics. The course combines applied theory and policy, and equips the student with the necessary tools to analyze and interpret the market economy. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: ECON-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course combines microeconomic theory with quantitative analysis to bring out essential features of managerial decision making. Microeconomic topics to be covered include demand and supply, elasticities, consumer behavior , production analysis, costs of production in the short-run and long-run, market structures, pricing practices, government regulation of business, and decision making under uncertainty. The course is application oriented and focuses on the relevance of microeconomic theory to solve business problems of the real world. Regression analysis and optimization methods are used to estimate and optimize microeconomic relations relevant to the revenue and cost structure of the firm such as demand, production, and cost functions. Statistical estimation and inference is facilitated by suitable statistical software. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: ECON-101
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course covers macroeconomic theory and policy at the intermediate level. The determinants of GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and exchange rates are modeled. The sources of long run economic growth and business cycles are investigated. The effectiveness of government monetary and fiscal policy is evaluated. The course provides students with an understanding of the macroeconomic environment in which business and government decisions are made. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: ECON-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course introduces the application of statistical tools to economic, business, and social phenomenon. Econometrics is a methodology for applied scientific decision making in the social sciences and business. Students learn how to model, estimate, interpret, and forecast quantitative and qualitative processes using statistical methodology. Topics include regression analysis, simultaneous equations models, and analysis of qualitative data. Students conduct applied research using contemporary statistical software packages. Terms Offered: Bi-Annually

Prerequisite: ECON-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course analyzes the development of economic thinking by studying the work of preeminent economists and their schools of economic thought. The course helps the student understand contemporary economics and economic issues by studying how past thinkers viewed similar problems. Relevance of the great economic thinkers to contemporary economic issues is emphasized. Terms Offered: Bi-Annually

Prerequisite: ECON-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and other "isms" that have occupied the history of mankind have all claimed to hold the key to a more rational social order and a better economic future for mankind. Comparative economic systems set the stage for a comparison of contemporary nation- states in terms of national economic goals, the mechanisms chosen for attaining these goals, and the extent of success in matching means and ends. This course includes pure capitalism as an economic system. This will be followed by mixed economies. Countries to be studied under mixed economies include the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, and France. In looking at the consequences of socialism as an economic system, countries to be studied include the Russian Federation, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. Finally, problems of the less developed countries will be analyzed including India, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and Guinea. Emphasis will be put on economic decision making processes in all the contemporary economic systems. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: ECON-201

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
A study of the central issues and problems in the history of modern international relations. This course will explore such issues as the connection between the First World War and the Second World War, the impact of the policies of great powers on conflicts in the non-western world, and the causes and consequences of the Cold War. This course will also examine the rise of international organization, the expansion of Western power, and the acceleration of global interdependence. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
A study of the central issues and problems in the history of America's relations with the larger world. This course will examine such topics as American independence and expansion, the Civil War and the "new empire", the Spanish- American War, American involvement in the First World War, U.S. foreign relations in the interwar period, American involvement in the Second World War in the Pacific and Europe, The Cold War, the impact of the U.S. in Latin America, Asia and Africa, and Americans and the world since 1989. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-201, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
A broad comparative study of the central issues and problems in the history of modern imperialism. This course will encompass historical writing, novels, poetry, film, and primary documents to examine such themes as the meaning of "imperialism;" colonial rule and administration; the technology and economics of empire; the tensions between cultural diversity and political unity; the impact of imperialism on art, architecture and society; decolonization ; and the legacies of imperialism for contemporary Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course explores selected topics, figures, and ideas in the history of science. Attention is paid to transitions between patterns of scientific thinking; the social, political, and religious dimensions of scientific theory and practice; the relationship between science and technology; and the impact of modern science on understandings of human purpose and identity. (Social Science Credit) Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
A broad comparative study of the central issues and problems in the history of human conflict and of conflict resolution. This course will encompass historical writing , novels, poetry, film and primary documents to examine conflicts involving different states and peoples in different historical eras. Students will explore how and why states have resorted to violence, why people fought and died for those states, and how the violence finally ended. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course examines the creation and development of the Atlantic world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Transcending the constraints of national histories and modern state boundaries, the course explores the connections among the various parts of the Atlantic intercontinental world and the important historical forces and processes that transformed it. Through investigations of the experiences of four continents, this course traces the evolution of new institutions in the Americas; addresses issues of ethnic, racial, and religious differences and interactions; and attempts to provide new framework for understanding human diversity. Terms offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course deals with the events and processes leading to the colonization of Africa by European powers and subsequent changes in African societies under colonial rule and after independence. It is a course about Africans and the challenges that have confronted them over the last century. An exploration of African initiatives in rapidly changing political, economic, social and ideological contexts, the course explores the impact of colonial rule, the opportunities and challenges of independence and the difficulties associated with the task of nation-building. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HIST-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course surveys the history of the Middle East from World War I to the Gulf War of 1991. It focuses on the Arabic-speaking areas of the former Ottoman empire, Turkey, Iran, and Israel. Thematically, the course explores major themes in Middle East history: the rise of nationalism and formation of nation-states; economic development strategies of the new states and formation of new social classes; the impact of Israeli and Palestinian nationalism and conflicts; oil and politics; the Islamic Revolution in Iran; and the Gulf War. This course also examines the impact of outside powers on the region; problems of political, economic, and cultural decolonization; and efforts to reassert Islamic identity in an era of tightening globalization. Considerable attention will be devoted to the region since 1945 and to the problems and promises of the present day. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

Prerequisite: COMM-101
Minimum Class Standing: FR
The humanities are disciplines focused on the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts. This course is designed to introduce students to the humanities by the examination of selected works in drama, fiction, poetry, philosophy, and the fine arts. Formal graded writing assignments will be integrated into the course. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: NA
A study of the interaction of technology and American culture. Major technological advances are analyzed in terms of their effects on American culture, with emphasis on the ethical, artistic, ecological and moral consequences. Emphasis is placed on present and anticipated technological developments as both causes of human problems and as contributors to human welfare. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
An interdisciplinary course focusing on a specific topic. The purpose of the course is to bring to bear on one geographical area, historical era, artistic movement, or cultural phenomenon the perspectives of several disciplines within the humanities, this providing a comprehensive and coherent examination of the chosen topic. This course may be repeated for credit under different topics. Terms Offered: As Needed

No Course Description Available.

Prerequisite: None
Minimum class standing: NA
This course is the first in a three-part sequence to an introduction to speaking, reading, and writing German. To that end, its focus is on the grammar, vocabulary, and syntax of the German language. Students are eligible to take this course only if they have less than one year of high school German, or less than one term of college German. A basic skills course, it counts only for free elective credit toward graduation. At least 4 hours per week will be required in a language laboratory. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: LANG-101
Minimum class standing: NA
This course is the second in a three-part sequence to speaking, reading, and writing German. It develops the grammar, vocabulary, and syntax of the German language based on the foundation established in German I. Students are eligible to take this course only if they have less than two years of high school German, or less than two terms of college German. A basic skills course, it counts only for free elective credit toward graduation. At least 4 hours per week in a language laboratory will be required. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: LANG-102
Minimum class standing: NA
This course is the third in a three-part sequence providing an introduction to speaking, reading, and writing German. It develops the grammar, vocabulary, and syntax of the German language based on the foundation established in German I and II. A basic skills course, it counts only for free elective credit toward graduation. At least 4 hours per week will be required in a language laboratory. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: NA
Selected topics founded and expressed in literature during the philosophic and the literary development of the Republic. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: NA
An analysis of poetry written in the context of the development of intellectual concepts. Emphasis is on the philosophical content, its moral and ethical dimensions, structure, and the intellectual climate which gave rise to significant aesthetic ideals. Biography and critical interpretation are included. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course examines U.S. multicultural literatures from several critical perspectives. A study of primary texts by American writers whose themes and techniques of narration reflect the development of U.S. literacy discourses of race, identity, myths of origin, gender, cross-cultural communication. The broad array of texts includes novels, poetry, memoirs, and films from a multiplicity of cultural perspectives. Engagement in comparative work with an eye toward understanding the complexity and the demands of a multicultural society. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course examines the fantastic in literature and film. It includes such topics as the role of escapist literature in society, fantasy as satire and social criticism, and the use of both fantasy and horror literature and cinema to explore taboos about morality, insanity, and sexuality. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course examines several significant works of drama. Topics include the role of stage and cinematic drama in human society, drama as social criticism, and the nature of various kinds of dramatic works including tragedy, comedy, and satire. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, LANG-103, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course provides an exposure to literature read and discussed in a foreign language. It further develops students' abilities in reading, speaking, and writing a foreign language while providing familiarity with the literary heritage of a foreign culture. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course will concentrate on learning the characteristics of several literary genres as exemplified by master writers. The course may include genres such as:Epic Narrative poetry, Classical Satire, Classical Philosophy, Medieval Narrative Poetry, Realistic Novel, Modern Short Story & Novel. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum class standing: SO
This course will be a concentrated study of selected tragedies, comedies, and history plays by William Shakespeare. The emphasis will be on the universal human dimensions of the plays within the context of the Elizabethan age. Plays such as Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and Richard III will be used. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

Prerequistes: COMM-101, COMM-301, ECON-201, HUMN-201,
SSCI-201, a 300 level course in Humanities or Social Science Minimum class standing: SR
This course examines the interrelated subjects of leadership, ethics and contemporary issues. Because it is a culmination of their general education, students in this course use the methods and perspectives learned in the preceding general education courses. After examining general theoretical approaches through a common text, the course will involve three "case studies" with suitable assigned readings. One case study will focus on a corporation in order to illustrate leadership, ethics and contemporary issues; a second will focus on a person in order to illustrate leadership, ethics, and contemporary issues; the third will focus on an important modern episode, event or condition that exemplifies issues of ethics and leadership. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course is an interdisciplinary study of the relation of music to the history of literature, the fine arts and ideas during a particular style period. Examples of topics which may be covered include, The Foundations of the Baroque, The Enlightenment and Viennese Classicism, Romanticism and Idealism, or The Birth of Modernism. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course is a study of philosophical inquiry through reading significant works of major philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descrates, Kant, Mill, Buber, and others. The course will cover selected topics in metaphysics and epistemology, morality and ethics, political thought, and aesthetics. The works will be examined from the perspectives of both their historical origin and their contemporary relevance. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
This course is a concentrated study of the origin and nature of standards of character (ethics) and behavior (morality). The history of these concepts will be explored through reading some of the standard philosophical literature. Attention will be given to the difficulties such concepts face in a world now defined by modern ideologies and institutions. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SOI
This course analyzes how and why particular issues become identified and defined as a problem in society. Cases investigated are selected from broad areas such as global interconnections, institutional crises, inequalities, and environmentalism. Competing accounts of problems are examined for what they tell us about the causes of, interconnections between and possible solutions to the identified problems. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SOI
This course provides a sociological analysis of the causes, processes and consequences of social dissent. Emphasis is placed on the impact of dissent in changing society. Examples will be drawn from the U.S. today, from American history and for comparison, from other times and societies. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisite: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SOI
This course is a sociological study of the American family system in comparative and historical perspective. It deals with connections between family as an institution and other aspects of U.S. society such as inequalities of social class, race and gender; government policies, the organization of work, and demographic shifts. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
A study of the relationships between religion and society. A broad range of religious practices and beliefs selected from diverse human societies will be examined using social scientific perspectives. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SOI
This course is a study of social expectations concerning men's and women's behavior, personalities, and abilities. These gendered expectations influence both private, intimate relationships and the roles found in social institutions such as education and work. Several perspectives that explain the origins of these expectations and changes in them are explored. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

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Prerequisite: COMM-101
Minimum Class Standing: FRI
This course will offer a broad comparative study of the nature of human experience, how social scientists study that experience, and some of their findings. It will consider moral and ethical issues (in society and in studying society). It will examine selected topics for what they teach us about society in general, our present society, or social science. The topics selected will vary from term to term but will include contemporary issues within such areas as science and technology, religion, politics, the environment, and human conflict. Terms Offered: All

Prerequisite: None
Minimum Class Standing: FR
This course provides an introductory survey of Social Psychology, a study of human cognition and behavior, at the individual and social levels. Students will learn about leading psychological and socio-psychological theories of motivation, emotion, thought, behavior, development, group and social behavior, disorders, personality, and learning. Topics covered will include social cognition, perception, attitudes, attraction, aggression, prejudice and so on. As a 200-level course, this course is not an Advanced Social Science Elective. Terms Offered: One term per year for each section

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
Minimum Class Standing: SO
An interdisciplinary course focusing on a specific topic. The purpose of the course is to bring to bear on one geographical area, historical era, or political or social issue, the perspectives of the several social-science disciplines, allowing and fostering multiple perspectives. This course may be repeated for credit under different topics. Terms Offered: As Needed

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201

No Course Description Available.

Prerequisites: COMM-101, HUMN-201, SSCI-201
This course facilitates depth and breadth of study in a particular area of Social Sciences. This course may not serve as a substitute for any of the courses in the general education component, including the Social Science elective and senior seminar. Students must request and receive approval of the independent study topic with the instructor. The form stating the independent study name, credit hours, description and approval must reach the Registrar's Office no later than Friday, first week. Terms Offered: As Needed