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Biology
  

  • BIOL 397 - Neuroendocrinology


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit

    Prerequisites: BIOL 220, and at least junior standing. The study of the interaction between the nervous system and the endocrine system, with special reference to regulation and communication in the mammal. Topics may include neuroendocrine regulation of development, the role of the adrenal axis in stress, metabolic regulation of reproduction, or biological rhythms. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. I’Anson.
  

  • BIOL 398 - Selected Topics in Ecology and Evolution


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 220, and at least junior standing. Topics include ecology, behavior, evolution, and natural history of selected taxonomic groups. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.



  

  • BIOL 401 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 1
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Reading in the primary research literature on a selected topic under the direction of a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 402 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 2
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Reading in the primary research literature on a selected topic under the direction of a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 403 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Reading in the primary research literature on a selected topic under the direction of a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 421 - Directed Individual Research


    Credits: 1
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent.

    Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). Consult the department web page or individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credits of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 422 - Directed Individual Research


    Credits: 2
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). Consult the department Web page or individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 423 - Directed Individual Research


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). Consult the department Web page or individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 424 - Directed Individual Research


    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Each student conducts primary research in partnership with a faculty member, by prior mutual agreement and according to departmental guidelines (available from biology faculty). Consult the department Web page or individual faculty for a description of current research areas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 442 - Honors Thesis Proposal


    Credits: 2
    Prerequisite: Honors candidacy and instructor consent. Writing a proposal for honors thesis research, including a clear statement of the problem being studied, a literature review, and a feasible, detailed plan for the research. Taken no later than the winter term of the junior year. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 464 - Richmond Clinical Rotation Program


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring

    Prerequisites: 3.000 cumulative grade-point average; BIOL 111, CHEM 112, or PHYS 112; sophomore or junior standing; and selection through an application process. This program is for students who have demonstrated an interest in a career in medicine. The Richmond Term Program combines an introductory experience in a medical practice with academic study of Immunology and infectious disease. It exposes the students to the process and problems of medicine through observations, seminars, and discussions. This is a faculty-supervised, off-campus experience with various physicians in Richmond, VA. This course does not meet major requirements. Simurda.
  

  • BIOL 492 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 2
    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, instructor consent, and BIOL 442. Laboratory and/or field research resulting in an honors thesis. A total of six credits is required. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 493 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, instructor consent, and BIOL 442. Laboratory and/or field research resulting in an honors thesis. A total of six credits is required. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 494 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 4
    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, instructor consent, and BIOL 442. Laboratory and/or field research resulting in an honors thesis. A total of six credits is required. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 495 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 5
    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, instructor consent, and BIOL 442. Laboratory and/or field research resulting in an honors thesis. A total of six credits is required. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.
  

  • BIOL 496 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 6
    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy, instructor consent, and BIOL 442. Laboratory and/or field research resulting in an honors thesis. A total of six credits is required. No more than six credit hours of work at the 400 level may apply toward the major. Staff.

Business Administration
  

  • BUS 105 - Life Finance


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring

    Prerequisite: Not open to majors in accounting and business administration, business administration, economics, or public accounting. This course applies finance theory to topics in personal finance. Readings focus on personal-finance topics, financial-data sources, and other items in the financial press. Students begin the class focusing on their life’s goals: family, career, service to others, lifestyle. After considering personal goals, we explore the tools needed to achieve those goals. A computer lab component enables students to build spreadsheet models useful in making decisions in areas such as financial mathematics, household financial planning, financial markets, investments, and retirement planning. The class is intended for students with an interest in money matters but without a background in finance or economics. Staff.
  

  • BUS 125 - The Business of Contemporary Art


    (ARTH) FDR: HA
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.

    This course combines finance, tax policy, marketing, economics, and art history to provide a ‘nuts-and-bolts’ view of how the contemporary art world operates. Appropriate for business students with an interest in contemporary art as well as museum studies and art history majors who wish to gain an understanding of business concepts in the art world, the course serves as preparation for students who may anticipate acquiring art for personal or business investment/use, serving on a museum board, pursuing employment in the art world, or advising high wealth clients on business matters related to art. Each topic begins with an overview of general principles before reviewing applications to the art world. For example, discussion of charitable giving covers the general tax rules of charitable deductions before discussing the specific rules related to art and museums. Alexander, King
  

  • BUS 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.


    First-year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing and instructor consent. Spring 2015 topic:

    BUS 180: First-Year Seminar: International Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (4).  Prerequisite: FY standing and instructor consent. This course travels to Denmark and examines the debate regarding the roles of business, government, not-for-profits, and individual members of society in balancing the economic and social consequences of commercial business activities.  This topic is especially relevant in light of a range of recent events including environmental catastrophes, the global economic crisis, and corporate scandals.  Students look at a range of businesses and industries, both in the US and Denmark, to compare and contrast what firms are (and are not) doing to simultaneously maximize both traditional business outcomes and social impact.  While in Denmark  considered to be one of the most progressive countries in terms of sustainable business, students will visit several firms for first-hand conversations with managers about the challenges of leading sustainable businesses. Tentative visits include a pharmaceutical firm, health care equipment firm, beverage firm, and professional services firm. Additional cultural trips will be included as well.  Oliver and Straughan.



  

  • BUS 195 - Selected Topics in Business Administration


    Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.


    Prerequisite: Varies with topic. Topical coverage of areas in management, based on the interests of the instructor and students. Topics vary from year to year and are announced prior to registration. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

    Winter 2015 topic:

    BUS 195: Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (3). Open only to students without a declared business administration major or who have not taken a 200-level business administration course. This introduction to the business world is intended to give both undeclared and non-business majors a sense for how a business operates by building one from scratch. Various Williams School faculty members teach the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, leadership, information systems, and finance, while emphasizing the integrated role these functions have in a business. In the future, this course will be a prerequisite for non-business majors wanting to take either BUS 381: Social Entrepreneurship or BUS 383: Technology and Entrepreneurship. Staff. Winter 2015



  

  • BUS 196 - Williams Investment Society


    Credits: 0
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Permission of the department head. Students must participate in a competitive application process in order to participate. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. This cocurricular educational student organization manages a portion of Washington and Lee’s endowment. Students meet in formal and informal sessions conducted by faculty advisers and attend presentations made by outside speakers hosted by the Williams School. The experiential learning that occurs in this setting is grounded in fields such as accounting, economics, and finance, as well as the practice of investments and banking. Culpepper, Schwartz.
  

  • BUS 197 - Washington and Lee Student Consulting


    Credits: 0
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students must participate in a competitive application process in order to participate. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. This cocurricular student organization provides pro bono consulting services to businesses and not-for-profits. Experiential learning draws from business fields, such as marketing, finance, accounting, e-commerce, database management, business strategy, and human resources. In addition to working on various projects, students gain experience managing the organization. Straughan, Oliver.
  

  • BUS 198 - Entrepreneurship Field Consulting Experience


    Credits: 0
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Students must participate in a competitive application process to become a member of the W&L Venture Club in order to participate. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. This co-curricular student organization provides pro bono consulting services to entrepreneurial businesses and entrepreneurial not-for-profits. Experiential learning draws from business fields, such as marketing, finance, accounting, e-commerce, database management, business strategy and human resources. Students gain real world experience through writing business plans, marketing plans, and strategic plans for real-world ventures. A Hess, Shay
  

  • BUS 211 - Marketing Management


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and 102, ACCT 201, and INTR 201; and at least junior standing (sophomores allowed in winter term). Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PAAC, JMCB, or JOURF majors during the first round of registration. An exploration of strategic marketing. The focus of the course is on the analysis of a firm’s current marketing strengths and weaknesses and the development of a strategic plan to capitalize on key opportunities. Topics include environmental analysis, market segmentation, targeting and positioning, and management of the marketing mix. Throughout the course, significant attention is devoted to international issues, the interrelationships between marketing and other disciplines, and the role of ethically and socially responsible marketing. Bower, Fox, Straughan.
  

  • BUS 217 - Management and Organizational Behavior


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: INTR 201; At least junior standing (sophomores allowed in winter term). Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, JMCB, or JOURF majors during the first round of registration. A study of management in modern organizations. This course examines the factors which influence individual, group, and firm behavior in the context of the workplace. Topics covered include individual differences, motivation, leadership, business ethics, group behavior, decision making, and organizational design and change. Dean, Herbert.
  

  • BUS 221 - Managerial Finance


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and 102; ACCT 201 and 202; INTR 202 or equivalent; and at least junior standing (sophomores allowed in winter term). Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, ECON, MATH, JMCB, or JOURF majors during the first round of registration. A study of finance from a managerial perspective emphasizing the primary goal of the firm as stockholder wealth maximization. Emphasis is on decisions relating to the acquisition of assets and funds and internal management-financial analysis, planning and control, working capital management, capital budgeting, sources and forms of long-term financing, financial structure and the cost of capital, and valuation. Hoover, Kester, Schwartz.
  

  • BUS 301 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: BUS 217, and at least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM, JMCB, or JOURF majors during the first round of registration. Offered from time to time when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.



  

  • BUS 302 - Seminar in Finance


    Credits: 3 credits in fall or winter, 4 in spring
    Prerequisite: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC. JMCB, or JOURF majors during the first round of registration. Offered from time to time when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
  

  • BUS 303 - Seminar in Marketing


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: BUS 211, at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, JOURF, or JMCB majors during the first round of registration. Offered from time to time when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.



  

  • BUS 304 - Seminar in Management


    Credits: 3 in Fall, Winter; 4 in Spring
    Planned Offering: Fall


    Prerequisite: Varies with topic. At least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF(JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. Topics vary by term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

    Spring 2015 topic:

    BUS 304: Money, Power, and Lies (4). Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF(JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. Can we design and lead organizations that foster ethical behavior? This course integrates the disciplines of business ethics and organizational behavior to address this question. It examines the impact of organizational forces on the ability of individuals to act ethically in large, complex organizations. Beginning with the era of the ENRON and Arthur Anderson scandals and continuing through the recent financial crisis, the issue of unethical behavior in large organizations has grown more disturbing. The 2008 financial meltdown is addressed as the major case study. The issue is not confined to the financial industry, and cases from a variety of industries, including health care and aerospace, are also studied. Herbert. Spring 2015



  

  • BUS 305 - Seminar in International Business


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. Offered from time to time when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.



  

  • BUS 306 - Seminar in Management Information Systems


    Credits: 3 in fall, winter; 4 in spring
    Prerequisite: Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. Topics vary by term and instructor. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.



  

  • BUS 310 - Management Information Systems


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. The objective is to build an understanding of the value and uses of information systems for business operations, management decision making, and strategic advantage. Topics include basic systems concepts and major roles of information systems; computer, telecommunications, and database management concepts; and management issues in the implementation of information systems, including international, security, and ethical considerations. Ballenger, Pratt.
  

  • BUS 311 - Healthcare Information Systems: Technologies and New Ventures


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014

    Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior class standing. This course begins the journey towards the electronic sharing of healthcare information and both the successes and pitfalls along the way. Students explore and understand quality of care, patient safety, and cost reduction methods from the perspective of business, technology, and medicine. This course introduces the business and technology needs of our healthcare systems. Students be introduced to regulatory requirements and healthcare organizational behavior, IT operations and processes, quality and assurance of data and information, and the frontiers of electronic health records. Students also learn the basics of hardware, software, and network technology. Laboratory fee Pratt.
  

  • BUS 312 - Computer Forensics


    Credits: 3
    Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. This course introduces computer forensic investigation and provides insight to the importance of computer security in organizations, present and future. Computer forensics involves obtaining and analyzing digital information for use as evidence in civil, criminal, or administrative cases. The course examines computer-related crimes such as hacking, theft of intellectual property, identity theft, and fraud. Students learn how consumer and citizen information is stored and shared, how electronic financial transactions are conducted, and the importance of computer forensics within areas such as accounting, business, and the law. Students also learn about the tools and methods used by law enforcement when investigating cybercrimes, how to perform computer crime investigations, and the recovery and analysis of digital evidence. The course provides hands-on experience in applying digital forensic tools and basic understanding of computer networks, including their components, functionality, and vulnerabilities. Pratt.
  

  • BUS 315 - Database Management for Business


    Credits: 3
    Not open to students who have received credit for CSCI 317. Prerequisite: INTR-201 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. An introduction to the theories, concepts, features, and capabilities of database management systems in a business environment. This course provides a greater understanding of how to design, develop and access database-driven business applications and emphasizes the use of database-management systems in real-world business settings and how this technology can be applied effectively to solve business problems. In this project-oriented course, students acquire the skills to document, design, create, test, and access a fully functional Oracle business database application. No prior programming or application development experience is assumed. Ballenger.
  

  • BUS 317 - Data Mining for Sales, Marketing and Customer Relationship Management


    Credits: 4
    Prerequisites: INTR 201, INTR 202 or equivalent, and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during initial registration. This course provides an introduction and overview to data mining as a means to understanding customers (existing and potential) in a broad sense, rather than focusing on underlying theory. Many organizations have a wealth of data residing in their databases. Business data mining is the process of collecting and turning this resource into business value. Basic data-mining methods have broad applications: market-basket analysis of scanner data, customer relationship management, churn analysis, direct marketing, fraud detection, click-stream web mining, personalization and recommendation systems, risk management, and credit scoring. The course provides hands-on experience in applying these techniques to practical real-world business problems using commercial data-mining software. Ballenger
  

  • BUS 321 - Multimedia Design and Development


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during initial registration. This course is an introduction to the study and creation of multimedia content primarily used in business. Students explore the steps used to plan and create multimedia content that effectively targets and delivers business information. This is a hands-on, project-oriented course with emphasis on the design and creation of media elements such as interactive web, graphic, audio, and video content. The course focuses on using WordPress development using Headway Themes with emphasis on Cascading Style Sheets, Adobe Photoshop, Reaper, and Final Cut Pro X as the foundation for creating online multimedia content. Ballenger.
  

  • BUS 325 - E-Commerce Development


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: INTR 201 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. An introduction to the benefits, capabilities and related information technologies, which comprise the current state and emerging technologies of e-commerce. This course provides an understanding of how to design, develop and implement e-commerce order processing websites using industry leading e-commerce shopping cart software. In this project-oriented course, students acquire the skills to design, create, and administer a fully functional Web-based e-commerce solution. Students learn how to leverage features of the e-commerce software to attract consumers, increase conversion rates, and maximize the return on their ecommerce investment. No prior e-commerce or Web development experience is assumed. Laboratory fee. Pratt.
  

  • BUS 330 - Global Human-Resource Management


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: BUS 217 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. Human-resource management (HRM) is concerned with how to best attract, select, develop, and retain employees in organizations. This course examines HRM in the global context. Topics include employee selection, training, performance management, compensation, health, safety, and security, and termination. We focus on designing HRM practices in the context of the global social, legal, and technological environments. Dean.
  

  • BUS 333 - International Production and Operations Management


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring

    Prerequisite: INTR 202 or a relevant statistics or quantitative-methods course and at least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. This is a course about “stuff” - how “stuff” is made, shipped, and used. More specifically, this course focuses on how executives, managers, and line workers manage manufacturing and related processes necessary to compete internationally. As such, this is an important course, since few students (or others) actually see or know how “stuff” is made anymore. More formally, this course examines international manufacturing and production operations in organizations. Applying a managerial approach, it is intended to introduce concepts such as project management, supply chain management, total quality management, lean systems, and operations strategy, all of which are necessary for an understanding of the international management of operations. Case analysis and manufacturing plant tours, supplemented by extensive use of classroom discussion and written work, are emphasized as a means of understanding the decisions faced in these operations settings. Garvis.
  

  • BUS 335 - Ethics of Globalization


    PHIL 335
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall or Winter

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. This seminar examines a number of ethical issues raised by the phenomenon of globalization. Though globalization is not new, recent business, technological, and policy developments have made the world more integrated and interdependent than ever before. Increasing economic, cultural, and political interconnections have created a host of new questions about how to conceive of the moral rights and responsibilities of individuals, multi-national corporations, nation-states, and global institutions within this new global framework. This course identifies and clarifies some of these questions, and considers how they have been addressed from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives. Questions concerning the ethics of globalization are approached through an analysis of a few specific topics, such as immigration, humanitarian intervention, and global poverty and inequality. Because the issues raised by the phenomenon of globalization cross disciplinary boundaries, readings are drawn from a wide variety of fields, including philosophy, business, economics, political science, and anthropology. Reiter and Smith.
  

  • BUS 337 - Economic Globalization and Multinational Corporations


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. This course focuses on the historical and present effects and issues of economic globalization, and the role of multinational corporations in a global economy. Topics covered may include: production, supply chain, technology, trade, finance, natural environment, labor, development, poverty and inequality, privatization of utilities, immigration, and state sovereignty. Emphasis is on understanding the costs and benefits of economic globalization and the role business plays in contributing to these outcomes. Reiter.
  

  • BUS 343 - Markets and Morals


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years.

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Preference given by instructor consent to business administration majors or journalism majors with an emphasis in business journalism. Are there some things that should not be exchanged in the market? Is the intrinsic value of certain goods corrupted by its monetary exchange? This course examines these questions from a philosophical perspective. We first examine how markets work, the morality associated with markets, and how the value of a good is defined in the marketplace. We then analyze the role of markets in a democratic, egalitarian society. These examinations help us critically analyze the morality of markets in general and define criteria by which we may evaluate the morality of market exchanges for particular goods, such as blood, body organs, and female reproductive labor. Reiter.
  

  • BUS 345 - Business Ethics


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. An examination of the moral and ethical issues associated with management policy and executive decisions. The course examines the basic approaches to moral reasoning, macro-moral issues concerning the justice of economic systems, and micro-moral issues, such as the following: conflict of interest, whistle blowing, discrimination in employment, product safety, environment, and advertising. Reiter.
  

  • BUS 346 - Private Law in a Market Economy


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during the first round of registration. This course studies the law governing the relations between individuals in day-to-day commerce. The emphasis is on how individuals and firms organize their voluntary agreements in markets, a process governed by the law of contracts. The course covers this process, ranging from the sale of goods, through the securing and payment of debt, to the creation of large corporations. Both the Common Law and the Uniform Commercial Code are analyzed. The course accents procedural and managerial techniques and stresses economic and ethical issues. Writing assignments apply legal theories to literary masterworks and hypothetical situations. Culpepper.
  

  • BUS 349 - Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in a Business Environment


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring

    Prerequisite: At least junior standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. This course is designed to give students the abilities to negotiate successfully in a commercial environment and to create business solutions when a problem or dispute arises. Lectures, written materials, group projects, video, and role-play are utilized to explore the various theories of negotiation and types of dispute resolution, and to equip students with practical skills for forming and preserving business relationships and resolving business disputes as they occur. Culpepper.
  

  • BUS 350 - Building Financial Models


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring

    Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Prerequisites: INTR 201 and BUS 221. Limited to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors. Students may not receive credit for both this course and BUS 356 or BUS 359. This course offers exposure to a variety of topics in financial modeling. Class time is devoted to introduction of finance principles. An intensive lab component enables students to apply finance theory in a spreadsheet framework. Lecture topics include: time value of money, capital budgeting, optimization techniques, intrinsic valuation, and contingent claim valuation. Schwartz.
  

  • BUS 353 - Real Estate Finance


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, ECON, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. Students who took this course as BUS 302, should not take BUS 353. A study of the practical application of finance principles to the world of real estate investment. Topics include the history of real estate finance, macroeconomic factors, valuation, and property management. Through exploration of case studies and interaction with practitioners (guest speakers), emphasis is placed on application rather than theory. Assignments include readings, case studies, and examinations. Hoover.
  

  • BUS 355 - Cases in Corporate Finance


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. Through use of the case method of learning, this course focuses on applied corporate finance strategy, including financial forecasting, financing sales growth, short-term versus long-term financing, commercial bank borrowing, leasing, and capital structure policy. Classroom participation is emphasized. Kester.
  

  • BUS 356 - Financial Risk Management


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisites: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. This course provides an introduction to financial derivatives and risk management and is intended to help upper-class students planning a career in finance or actuarial science. The course considers options and futures from a practical and theoretical perspective. Topics explored include: derivative markets, the Black-Scholes option pricing model, binomial option pricing, Monte-Carlo simulation, future pricing, parity relationships, and hedging with derivatives. Text, projects, participation, and problem-solving. Schwartz.
  

  • BUS 357 - Multinational Business Finance


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit

    Prerequisite: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. A study of the critical aspects of managerial finance in a multinational setting, covering both theoretical and practical issues. Emphasis is placed on identifying the unique risk-return opportunities faced by corporations that maintain business units across national borders. Topics included are foreign exchange and exchange rate determination, international capital markets, the environment of multinational corporate finance, risk management, and cross-border investment decisions. Text, readings, and projects. Staff.
  

  • BUS 358 - Corporate Mergers, Leveraged Buyouts, and Divestitures


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2016 and alternate years

    Prerequisite: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. This course focuses upon company valuation, mergers, leveraged buyouts, and divestitures. The interactive course makes extensive use of the case method in developing an understanding of business valuation methodologies and corporate financing decisions. Advanced-level finance concepts, models, and techniques are applied by students in the development of situational problem formulation, analysis, evaluation, and decision-making skills necessary to solve the unstructured problems faced in the practice of financial and business management. Classroom participation and group presentations are emphasized. Kester.
  

  • BUS 359 - Investments


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: BUS 221 and at least junior standing. Preference to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. A study of investments and investment management from a practical and theoretical point of view, including the institutional and economic environment relevant to common stocks, preferred stocks, bonds, puts, calls, and commodity future contracts. These assets are studied in terms of the markets in which they are traded, governing regulations, taxes, valuation, risk, characteristic line, and construction of a portfolio. Capital market theory and the Markowitz portfolio model are explored. Text, readings, and projects. Schwartz.
  

  • BUS 360 - Framing Snoopy: Communicating a Franchise


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years.

    Prerequisite: At least sophomore class standing. This course challenges students to critically evaluate the various practices used to “frame” a property in a creative entertainment franchise by exploring the rich exemplar of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic enterprise. Students study the language of the globally dominant Peanuts franchise, analyzing key issues involved in creative product development, including framing, fidelity, audiences, and gatekeepers. In addition to assessing the comparative values in diverse approaches to framing, students learn about key actors and processes in franchise product licensing and spend time with Peanuts franchise executives on site at corporate and archival locations. Lind.
  

  • BUS 365 - Modern Professional Presentations: Design and Delivery


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter.

    Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. This course offers students the theories, skills, strategies, and tactics to become an effective oral communicator in a modern professional setting. The course focuses on the critical development and engaged delivery of information and ideas in various professional communication situations including live presentations and interviews. Proper design and deployment of slide-deck presentations and print materials is a vital part of developing competencies in these oral-communication situations. The course also emphasizes the importance of competencies in digital oratory through development and delivery of effective video communication. A hallmark of this course is significant individualized feedback from the professor and classroom peers. Lind.
  

  • BUS 370 - Integrated Marketing Communications


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisites: At least junior standing and instructor consent. Nature and contributions of the elements of marketing communications (e.g., advertising, sales promotions, the Web) in creating brand equity and stimulating demand. A project-oriented course with an emphasis on the strategic application of concepts resulting in an integrated communication plan for products and/or services. Course has a complementary lab component to teach technical skills and reinforce concepts via practicum. Bower.
  

  • BUS 371 - Creative Strategic Planning


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years

    Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. Strategic planning (also called account or brand planning) is a philosophy of consumer research that fully incorporates the consumer in strategic developments. The course includes the types of qualitative techniques traditionally associated with social sciences (e.g., anthropology, sociology and psychology) in order to arrive at a brand (or other) strategy. The students must think creatively, independently, and interdependently as they apply the variety of research techniques, develop the strategic recommendations and present and defend both the research and recommendations. In addition to research techniques, students receive an orientation in relevant software (video editing, photo manipulation) and learn effective and persuasive presentation skills. The course is project-based, and the course culminates in the opportunity to present their work to the client (usually an advertising/marketing professional) for whom they’ve been working the course of the term. Bower.
  

  • BUS 372 - Cross-Cultural Issues in Marketing


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. A study of cultural theories and their effects on a variety of international management and international marketing practices. The course uses extensive readings and discussions of various cross-cultural theories and methods of inquiry from the social sciences, general management, marketing, and consumer/organizational behavior literature. Emphasis is placed on understanding both the theoretical dimensions of culture and the impact these dimensions have on a variety of business activities. Students develop and lead seminar sessions and develop an in-depth research proposal applying their understanding of cultural theories to some unexplored phenomena within marketing, or another functional area of management. Readings, discussion, written project, and presentation. Straughan.
  

  • BUS 381 - Social Entrepreneurship


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing. Preference to BSADM or JOURF (JMCB) majors during first round of registration. Social entrepreneurship is an approach to creating system-level change though the application of entrepreneurial thinking and problem solving to social ventures, non-profit organizations, government institutions, and non-governmental organizations to create economic, environmental, and social value for multiple stakeholders. The purpose of this class is to (a) introduce students to the strategic thinking that forms the foundation of successful entrepreneurial ventures, (b) engage students in the application of these strategic tools and frameworks through case analyses and discussion, and (c) to encourage students to change the world in a meaningful way by thinking about a social venture of their own. A. Hess.
  

  • BUS 383 - Technology and Entrepreneurship


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2016 and alternate years.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. At least sophomore standing. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of process through which technological inventions are transformed into innovations.  Key works from scholars in the field will guide class discussions on understanding why managing innovation is complex, cross-functional, and a historically-dependent endeavor.  By the end of the class, students will have an appreciation for the entrepreneurial mindset, key actors in the start-up process, and the means through which technology is commercialized.  In addition to these discussions, students will travel to Silicon Valley to not only meet individuals who are a part of the recent start-up/technology scene, but also visit key locations that capture the history and context of innovation in the San Francisco/Bay Area. A. Hess
  

  • BUS 385 - iStartup


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2015

    Prerequisites: No prerequisites. Open to sophomores and juniors regardless of major. Senior non-business majors require instructor consent. Not open to senior business majors. iStartup is designed to provide students at an early stage in their college career with a solid foundation in the basics of entrepreneurship and a sense of what it feels like to start and sustain a new venture. Course content includes readings, brief lectures, case discussions, individual and group projects, as well as a simulation of the startup lifecycle–from idea to exit and the stages in between. A. Hess.
  

  • BUS 390 - Supervised Study Abroad


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring (when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit)


    Prerequisites: Instructor consent, other prerequisites as specified by the instructor, and approval of the International Education Committee. These upper-level courses cover topics of current interest in business administration for which international travel provides a unique opportunity for enhancing understanding. Emphasis changes from year to year and is announced well in advance of registration.

    Spring 2015 topics:

    BUS 390A: Supervised Study Abroad: Business in Ireland (4). Twenty-five years ago, Ireland was regarded as the “poorest of the rich nations”. Then it grew to one of the richest and strongest economies in the world. During these “Celtic Tiger” years, Ireland benefited from partnerships with government, business, and labor unions, and received significant direct foreign investments. However, at the end of 2008 Ireland encountered severe economic difficulties. This course, based in County Galway, has two primary objectives: 1. To immerse students into the culture (history, literature, theater, religion, social norms) of Ireland, via lectures and field trips to sites of historic and cultural significance, including a course-concoluding medieval banquet and traditional Irish entertainment at a historic castle; and 2. To study the economy, management practices, and business climate of modern Ireland including its role in the European Union via lectures, meetings with business leaders, and visits to national and international businesses. Dean.

    BUS 390B: Supervised Study Abroad: Leadership and Cross-Cultural Management (4). This course focuses on developing both leadership and cross-cultural management skills through immersing students in an intensive, leadership rich, and culturally diverse environment. Students and faculty live onboard a 50-foot bareboat yacht while travelling in the British Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands. Living and learning on board a yacht for 21 days is quite a transformative experience. Students are required to adapt to new and unfamiliar surroundings, both in terms of the yacht and the cultures visited. Moreover, students are required to assume many roles and responsibilities on a daily basis, ranging from leading the crew as their skipper to utilizing newly developed navigational skills to plot the course to the next harbor and assure that the yacht arrives safely to preparing and serving meals for the crew. To enrich the onboard experience for participants, students complete readings and engage in discussions on leadership and cross-cultural management. At each location students engage with local businesses and business leaders. In addition, each student is required to maintain a daily analytical journal that applies the readings to their experience onboard. No prior sailing experience is required as students develop sailing, navigation, and yacht management proficiencies through living and learning onboard the yacht. Shay.

     



  

  • BUS 391 - Corporate Social Responsibility Practicum


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring, 2017

    Prerequisites: At least junior standing and any one of the following: ACCT 320, BUS 211, BUS 221, ECON 210. Students with relevant practical experience (e.g., CSR or not-for-profit management internships) are also encouraged to apply even if lacking the perquisite courses noted. BUS 304, Modern Professional Communications, is recommended. The course provides students an opportunity to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability challenges from within an organization. The course is taught in Denmark, regarded as one of the most progressive economies in terms of CSR implementation. Initial reading, discussion, and research in the winter term prepare students to be matched with a Danish organization grappling with a CSR issue. Students work in small groups (four students) in a consultative capacity with a sponsoring Danish organization’s decision makers. Students also participate in larger group discussions of issues confronted during the practicum and reflect on their experiences in both a personal journal and group blog. Sponsoring organizations include both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and the nature of the issues varies from sponsor to sponsor. Straughan, Oliver.
  

  • BUS 398 - Strategic Management


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: Senior standing. Limited to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors. A capstone course designed to expose students to a strategic perspective on global issues that impact the firm. Integrative in that it draws on concepts from functional disciplines (e.g., finance, marketing, accounting) in the diagnosis, analysis, and resolution of complex business situations. Practical problem-solving skills are emphasized. Case analysis and/or computer simulation are used extensively in oral presentations and written cases. Garvis, Reiter, Touve.
  

  • BUS 399 - Entrepreneurship


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: BUS 211 and 221, and senior standing. Limited to BSADM, ACCB, PACC, or JOURF (JMCB) majors. A capstone course focused on developing the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan, finance, and launch a new business venture. To accomplish this, students utilize strategic management models, theories, and concepts to search the environment for entrepreneurial opportunities, analyze market potential, devise plans for operations, and assess the sources of capital required to convert the opportunity into a viable new business venture. This course uses lectures, case studies, guest speakers, class discussions, and experiential exercises in order to expose students to the challenges that entrepreneurs face. Students work in teams to develop a business plan and give a professional presentation for a high potential new business venture. Shay.
  

  • BUS 401 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: Senior standing and instructor consent. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of management not presented in other courses or to emphasize a particular field of interest. Credits may not be used toward the major requirements in business administration. Staff.
  

  • BUS 402 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 2
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of the instructor. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of management not presented in other courses or to emphasize a particular field of interest. Credits may not be used toward the major requirements in business administration. Staff.
  

  • BUS 403 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of the instructor. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of management not presented in other courses or to emphasize a particular field of interest. Staff.
  

  • BUS 406 - Directed Individual Study


    Credits: 6
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of the instructor. The objective is to permit students to follow a course of directed study in some field of management not presented in other courses or to emphasize a particular field of interest. Staff.
  

  • BUS 493 - Honors Thesis


    Credits: 3-3
    Planned Offering: Fall-Winter

    Prerequisites: Honors candidacy and minimum cumulative grade-point average in the major of 3.500. Honors Thesis.




Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 100 - Modern Descriptive Chemistry


    FDR: SL
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Fall 2014

    An elementary study of the structure and reactions of molecules. Laboratory work illustrates some fundamental procedures in chemistry. Designed for non-science students fulfilling general education requirements or desiring a science elective. Laboratory course with fee. Pleva.
  

  • CHEM 106 - Disorder and Chaos


    FDR: SL
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring.

    An interdisciplinary introduction to the concepts underlying nonlinear dynamics and fractal geometry emphasizing the theories of chaos and complexity. Students study mathematical and computer modeling of physical and social systems and interpret the results of these models using graphical methods and written descriptions. Methods and concepts from calculus are demonstrated but no mathematics beyond high-school algebra is assumed. The laboratory component consists of a series of projects from diverse areas of the natural sciences, including pendulum motion, oscillating chemical reactions, and natural growth patterns. Laboratory course. Desjardins, Abry.
  

  • CHEM 110 - General Chemistry


    FDR: SL
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Fall, Winter

    Prerequisite: BIOL 111. NOTE: Instructor Consent required for upper-division students ONLY. Contact Steve Desjardins for Instructor Consent. This is a foundational course for those pursuing upper-level chemistry and biochemistry. Fundamental vocabulary, concepts, and principles that appear throughout the chemistry and biochemistry curriculum are introduced. Topics include basic chemistry calculations, quantum mechanics in chemistry, molecular structure, chemical thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics. In addition, a range of spectroscopic methods including UV-Vis, Atomic Absorption, and XRF are employed in the laboratory. While no previous knowledge of chemistry is required, some background is advantageous. Laboratory course. Desjardins, Tuchler, Uffelman, Abry.
  

  • CHEM 154 - Introduction to the Science of Cooking, with Laboratory


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. This course serves as the foundation for CHEM 155, providing an introduction to the structure of molecules as well as their inter- and intramolecular interactions, with an emphasis on those species of importance to food and cooking. Chemical reactivity as it relates to cooking, food preservation, and spoilage is also discussed as are methods of heat transfer. Each meeting consists of a one-hour lecture and a three-hour laboratory. The lecture is devoted to gaining a thorough working knowledge of the basic concepts of structure and bonding, particularly as these relate to the important food molecules. Chemical reactivity and methods of cooking are also discussed. The laboratory consists of demonstrating chemical principles using food- and cooking-related experiments. Students who receive an Unsatisfactory grade may not continue to CHEM 155, but they remain liable for their committed course costs. Laboratory course with fee. France.
  

  • CHEM 155 - Science of Cooking


    FDR: SL
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years

    Prerequisite: CHEM 154. The course will build upon the foundation developed in CHEM 154.  Lectures will focus on the biological structures of more complex food organisms such as meat, fruits, vegetables, and eggs, as well as the chemical reactivity involved in cooking and spoilage.  Lectures will also include more in-depth discussions of these chemical processes.  Instruction at an Italian cooking school and visits to local food production facilities will supplement the classroom work.  The course will take place on location in Siena, Italy for four weeks. CHEM 154 must be completed with a grade of S in order to fulfill FDR SL credit with CHEM 155. France.
  

  • CHEM 156 - Science in Art


    FDR: SC
    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years.

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course develops students’ fundamental understanding of certain physical, chemical, biological, and geological concepts and utilizes that vocabulary and knowledge to discuss 17th-century Dutch art. The emphasis is on key aspects of optics, light, and chemical bonding needed to understand how a painting “works” and how art conservators analyze paintings in terms of conservation and authenticity, using techniques such as X-ray radiography, X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, infrared microscopy, infrared reflectography, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, UV-vis spectroscopy, UV photography, and laser ablation methods. When possible, the course develops modern notions of science with those of the 17th century in order to see how 17th-century science influenced 17th-century art. Uffelman.
  

  • CHEM 160 - CSI: W&L


    BIOL 160 FDR: SL
    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Spring 2015.

    No prerequisites. Appropriate for non-science majors. This laboratory course is an introduction to the field of forensic science with a focus on the physical, chemical, and biological basis of crime scene evidence. A particular emphasis is on the analysis of trace physical (e.g., glass, soil, fiber, ballistics) and biological (e.g., hair, blood, DNA) evidence and forensic toxicology (e.g., drugs, alcohol, poisons). The laboratory portion of this course provides “hands-on” opportunities to analyze collected crime scene samples and to utilize some of the commonly used forensic laboratory techniques such as microscopy, chromatography, and spectroscopy. The course also introduces some of the legal aspects associated with collection and analysis of crime-scene evidence. Laboratory course. LaRiviere, Watson.
  

  • CHEM 165 - Dynamic Systems Modeling and the Global Climate


    FDR: SC
    Credits: 4
    Scientists agree with economists, doctors, investors, and CEOs that computer models are the best tools that we have available for understanding complex systems and addressing predictive challenges therein. In this course, you learn to design, create, and implement models of simple systems, beginning with creating a model that reproduces measureable behavior of a system in which we all have interest - the temperature of the earth. Students learn about the atmosphere, its chemistry, and its dynamics and build a “simple” model to reproduce actual measureable data. You learn to think about the design of models in terms of sources, sinks, stocks, flows, feedback, events, rates, and equilibrium. Finally, you independently identify a system to model that is either relevant to the atmosphere, to the biosphere, or of general interest to you. Readings include selections from an introductory text on computational science, excerpts from texts on global climate that involve both the policy and the science of the atmosphere, and whatever material needed to complete the final project. Tuchler.
  

  • CHEM 175 - Teaching Inquiry Science in Local Schools


    Credits: 4
    Prerequisite: CHEM 100, 106, or 110. This service-learning course teaches the development of hands on laboratory activities to fulfill physical science goals required by the science standards of learning (SOL) for Virginia’s public schools. Students create instructional science experiments for chosen age levels to explore and implement activities with school children in Lexington City and Rockbridge County school classrooms. Students visit at least two different classrooms. Primarily a laboratory course. LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 211 - Analytical Chemistry


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and sophomore standing. Emphasis on inorganic systems exhibiting aqueous solution equilibria. Topics covered include acid/base reactions, redox reactions, complexation, precipitation reactions, and solution equilibrium. Laboratory work emphasizes basic wet-chemical as well as more sophisticated instrumental techniques of chemical quantitative analysis with appropriate statistical methods of data handling. Laboratory course with fee. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: Grade of C (2.0) or better in CHEM 110. A survey of the compounds of carbon including their structure, chemical and physical properties, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, identification, and synthesis. Laboratory focuses on the development of skills in preparing, purifying, and identifying organic compounds using spectroscopic methods. Laboratory course with fee. Alty, Higgs.
  

  • CHEM 241S - Organic Chemistry I at St. Andrews


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisites: An average grade of 3.0 or better in CHEM 110, a 3.000 cumulative grade-point average. A survey of the compounds of carbon including their structure, chemical and physical properties, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, identification, and synthesis. Laboratory focuses on the development of skills in preparing, purifying, and identifying organic compounds using spectroscopic methods. Taught at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland with final grade assigned by W&L faculty member. Laboratory course. France.
  

  • CHEM 242 - Organic Chemistry II


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite: CHEM 241 or 241S. A continuation of CHEM 241.  Laboratory course with fee. Alty, Higgs.
  

  • CHEM 243 - Spectroscopic Methods


    Credits: 2
    Planned Offering: Fall 2014

    Prerequisite: CHEM 242. This course covers theory and interpretation of more complex proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including two-dimensional techniques, and qualitative mass spectrometry. Laboratory course with fee. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 250 - Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisites: CHEM 261 (or previous version CHEM-260). A survey of main group and transition metal chemistry, as well as fundamentals of point group symmetry and of the major metalloproteins, metalloenzymes, and medicinal inorganic compounds. Main group chemistry is discussed from the perspective of the “classic” compounds from the alkali metals, the alkaline earths, the boron family, the carbon family, the pnicogens, the chalcogens, the halogens, and the noble gases. Transition metal chemistry will be examined from the standpoint of characteristic coordination geometries, kinetics and mechanism, electron transfer (inner and outer sphere), and catalysis. Uffelman.
  

  • CHEM 261 - Physical Chemistry: Quantum & Computational Chemistry


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, 2014

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and MATH 102 and junior standing. An introduction to quantum mechanics as it applies to atomic and molecular systems. The emphasis is placed on spectroscopic methods and the modern picture of chemical bonding and molecular structure. The accompanying lab focuses on computational methods to illustrate course topics. Laboratory course. Tuchler.
  

  • CHEM 262 - Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Kinetics


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter, 2015

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and MATH 102 and junior standing. An introduction to classical and statistical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with an emphasis on biological systems. Topics include enzyme kinetics, the thermodynamics of metabolic cycles, and the conformational energetics of biomolecules, especially protein folding. Desjardins.
  

  • CHEM 266 - Physical Chemical Measurements


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 261 and consent of the instructor. Laboratory work illustrating the principles and instruments of physical chemistry. Laboratory course. Tuchler.
  

  • CHEM 295 - Special Topics in Chemistry


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 241 or 241S and consent of instructor. One-credit studies of special topics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Possible topics include solid state chemistry, metabolic diseases, culinary chemistry, developments in physical chemistry, data handling, and reaction dynamics. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 297 - Special Topics in Chemistry


    Credits: 2
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: CHEM-241 or CHEM-241S. Two-credit studies of special topics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Possible topics include electrochemistry, medicinal chemistry, atmospheric chemistry and the environment, and the dynamics of photochemistry. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 298 - Special Topics in Chemistry


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: CHEM-241 or CHEM-241S. Three-credit studies of special topics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Possible topics include RNA biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and atmospheric chemistry and the environment. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 299 - Spring-Term Special Topics in Chemistry


    Credits: 4
    Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisites vary with topic and instructor. Studies of special topics. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Possible topics include medicinal chemistry, materials chemistry, or atmospheric chemistry and the environment.



  

  • CHEM 341 - Biochemistry I


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite: CHEM 242. A study of the structure, function, biosynthesis and breakdown of biomolecules, including amino acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. Enzymes, biological membranes and membrane transport, signal transduction, and regulation of metabolism are studied in greater detail. Friend, LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 342 - Biochemistry II


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisites: CHEM 341 or BIOL 215. A continuation of CHEM 341 with an emphasis on the structure, function, and metabolism of nucleic acids. Topics covered in detail include gene expression and regulation, DNA replication and repair, RNA transcription and processing, and protein synthesis and degradation. Friend, LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 343 - Biochemistry I Laboratory


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Fall

    Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 341. Experiments demonstrate the techniques used to study proteins and lipids. Isolation and characterization of proteins and lipids using gel electrophoresis, UV-Vis spectroscopy, chromatographic techniques including GC-MS, and the proper reporting and analysis of experimental data are included. Laboratory course with fee. Friend, LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 344 - Biochemistry II Laboratory


    Credits: 1
    Planned Offering: Winter

    Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 342 and instructor consent. A laboratory course designed to demonstrate the fundamental techniques used to study nucleic acids. Methods to isolate and characterize DNA and RNA include PCR, gel electrophoresis, hybridization techniques, and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Laboratory course with fee. Friend, LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 345 - Advanced Biochemistry


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall 2015.


    Prerequisite: CHEM 341, BIOL 220 and consent of instructor. A more advanced treatment of current topics in biochemistry. Specific topics vary by year but may include enzyme/ribozyme kinetics and mechanisms, signaling pathways, biomolecular transport, chromatin structure/ function, RNA processing pathways, and regulation of gene expression.

    Fall 2014 topic:

    CHEM 345: Advanced Biochemistry: Mechanisms of Cancer (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An advanced study of the underlying biochemical mechanisms that lead to cancer formation. Specific topics include DNA replication and the cell cycle, signaling pathways, genetic instability and DNA repair, apoptosis and cell death, and regulation of gene expression. This course also explores current cancer treatments and therapeutics, and employs a heavy emphasis on the current primary literature. LaRiviere. Friend, LaRiviere.
  

  • CHEM 347 - Advanced Organic Chemistry


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Fall, 2014. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 242 and consent of instructor. An introduction to the synthesis of complex organic molecules. Topics include control of stereochemistry, synthetic methodology, modern synthetic reactions, protecting groups, natural products synthesis, and combinatorial chemistry. Staff.
  

  • CHEM 350 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry


    Credits: 3
    Planned Offering: Winter 2016. Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 250 and 261. An introduction to group theory and its application to inorganic spectroscopy and an introduction to organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalytic processes, and solid state chemistry. Uffelman.
 

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