BUS 401 - Directed Individual Study

Credits: 1

Prerequisites: May vary with topic. 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.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-01: Directed Study: Comm Studio (1). Prerequisite: Junior standing and instructor consent. Course runs for the first eight weeks of the term. Designed to give students the opportunity to make improvements on their individualized communication goals through small-group, studio session workshopping of students’ communication products. Presenters will learn to navigate feedback complexity in order to integrate significant improvements into subsequent drafts. Students are expected to leave the Studio with distinct communication skill improvements and/or a portfolio-worthy communication product. Students with communication projects being developed for co-curricular, extra-curricular, or previous coursework purposes (such as major stakeholder presentations, written proposals, or video projects) should consider enrolling. Those without incoming projects may be provided with options for a product to develop to refinement. Students must discuss their goals with the professor prior to receiving instructor consent. Lind.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-02: Directed Study: Comm Studio (1). Prerequisite: Junior standing and instructor consent. Course runs for the first eight weeks of the term. Designed to give students the opportunity to make improvements on their individualized communication goals through small-group, studio session workshopping of students’ communication products. Presenters will learn to navigate feedback complexity in order to integrate significant improvements into subsequent drafts. Students are expected to leave the Studio with distinct communication skill improvements and/or a portfolio-worthy communication product. Students with communication projects being developed for co-curricular, extra-curricular, or previous coursework purposes (such as major stakeholder presentations, written proposals, or video projects) should consider enrolling. Those without incoming projects may be provided with options for a product to develop to refinement. Students must discuss their goals with the professor prior to receiving instructor consent. Lind.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-03: Directed Study: Comm Studio (1). Prerequisite: Junior standing and instructor consent. Course runs for the first eight weeks of the term. Designed to give students the opportunity to make improvements on their individualized communication goals through small-group, studio session workshopping of students’ communication products. Presenters will learn to navigate feedback complexity in order to integrate significant improvements into subsequent drafts. Students are expected to leave the Studio with distinct communication skill improvements and/or a portfolio-worthy communication product. Students with communication projects being developed for co-curricular, extra-curricular, or previous coursework purposes (such as major stakeholder presentations, written proposals, or video projects) should consider enrolling. Those without incoming projects may be provided with options for a product to develop to refinement. Students must discuss their goals with the professor prior to receiving instructor consent. Lind.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-04: Case Studies in CSR (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Pass/Fail only. Preparatory course for the spring term abroad offering of BUS 191: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in Copenhagen. Oliver, E, Straughan.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-05: CSR Field Research (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Graded Pass/Fail only. Preparatory course for the spring term abroad offering of BUS 391: Corporate Social Responsibility Practicum in Copenhagen. Oliver, E, Straughan.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-06: Directed Study: Introduction to Cape Town Internship Program (1). Graded Pass/Fail only. Prerequisite: Instructor’s consent. This course is a prerequisite for INTR 453: International Internship in Cape Town. Students selected for the upcoming summer internship program explore South Africa history, culture, organizations, and language, focusing on areas and topics that students will encounter abroad. Garvis and LeBlanc.

Winter 2019, BUS 401-17: Directed Individual Study (1). Bower.