2017-18 University Bulletin 
    
    Jun 26, 2024  
2017-18 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • FIN (0209) 734 - Building Shareholder Value


    Credits: 3.00

    Examine the shareholder value creation process by evaluating competing concepts of equity valuation. Alternative approaches to valuation include dividend discount models, free cash flow valuation, capitalized EPS. Other alternative approaches to valuation may be considered, including valuation based on comparables and asset-based valuation.

    Prerequisite 1:    Prerequisite 2:   
  
  • FIN (0209) 737 - Financial Theory and Practice


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze theories of risk and return in the financial markets and applications to asset valuation, option and futures valuation theory and practice, term structure theories, and applications to bond valuation.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 738 - Investment Analysis


    Credits: 3.00

    Study security analysis and valuation, focusing on equity securities and fixed income securities; principles of risk measurement, concepts of valuation, efficient markets, fundamental and technical analysis, and introduction to derivative securities.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 739 - Portfolio Management


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze portfolio objectives and investment policies, measuring portfolio risk and returns, and the concepts of diversification and market efficiency, stock selection philosophies and investment styles, and as active and passive portfolio management techniques. are examined.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 743 - International Financial Management


    Credits: 3.00

    Analyze financial problems, opportunities, and questions that confront the management of international firms. Exploring forecasting in the foreign environment, multinational capital budgeting, affiliate financial structures, and managing international funds movements.

    Prerequisite 1: FIN 630  
  
  • FIN (0209) 791 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 6

    Independent research in corporate finance & investments. Supervised readings with emphasis on the investment markets, consultations with faculty advisor, and a substantial written project embodying the semester’s work.

  
  • FRE (0128) 111 - Level I French


    Credits: 3

    Students learn through a communicative / participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. (Learning Goals:G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



  
  • FRE (0128) 112 - Level II French


    Credits: 3

    Students continue work begun in Level I with an emphasis on the more advanced functions of the Language through a communicative/participatory approach and further development of cultural awareness.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Prerequisite 1:   
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or higher in Level I cannot continue to Level I I

  
  • FRE (0128) 115 - Intensive Elem French


    Credits: 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 120 - Basic French Review


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 121 - Level III French


    Credits: 3

    Students continue to practice what they learned in Level II and focus on more advanced characteristics of the language and culture through a communicative/participatory approach. (Learning Goals:CO,G),,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Prerequisite 1:   
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- in Level I I cannot continue to the next level, Level III

  
  • FRE (0128) 122 - Level IV French


    Credits: 3.00

    Students continue to practice listening, speaking, reading, writing and learning about culture and are introduced to literary selections. (Learning Goals:G,CO)

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 121  
    Free Note: Students who failed to receive a C- in Level III cannot continue to the next level, Level IV

  
  • FRE (0128) 123 - Interme French Conv. I


    Credits: 2

  
  • FRE (0128) 124 - Interme French Conv. II


    Credits: 2

  
  • FRE (0128) 125 - Intnsve Intrmediate Fre


    Credits: 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 200 - French Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 231 - French Cross-Cultural Concepts


    Credits: 3.00

    Students examine the way of life of a people so as to understand their value systems as well as to achieve cross-cultural communication and understanding. They use a variety of sources in order to help them identify those cultural patterns intrinsic to a society.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 232 - Introduction To French Literature


    Credits: 3.00

    Students explore several aspects of literary composition, related to both form and content, especially as they apply to the specific works selected from various literary genres.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Distribution Requirement Humanities and Languages



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 241 - French Phonetics and Diction


    Credits: 3

    This is a practical course designed to explore the rules that govern French pronunciation and intonation to which individual attention is given. Students are required to work in the language laboratory.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL



  
  • FRE (0128) 242 - Oral Interpretation


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 246 - France Today


    Credits: 3.00

    This course is designed for students who wish to familiarize themselves with political and social structures as well as cultural attitudes in contemporary French society. Students will examine a variety of authentic documents.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities and Languages



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 247 - Reading The French Press


    Credits: 3

    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122 
  
  • FRE (0128) 251 - Advanced French Conversation


    Credits: 3.00

    Students develop a more advanced vocabulary and practice the language through oral communication. They learn aspects of phonetics and acceptable standard French pronunciation.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
    Free Note: Prerequisite: FRE 122  or equivalent

  
  • FRE (0128) 252 - French Grammar And Composition


    Credits: 3.00

    Students review French grammar systematically, from rudimentary to more advanced concepts of usage and idiomatic expressions, in order to increase their competence in written and oral French.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION WRITING



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 263 - French for the Professional World


    Credits: 3.00

    Students focus on improving pronunciation and learning idiomatic forms, general and technical vocabulary related to the professional world, as well as those aspects of culture that are relevant in a professional context, such as meeting etiquette, resume writing and interview skills. Students practice both oral and written communication.

    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 264 - Introduction to International Business French II


    Credits: 3.00

    Students focus on improving pronunciation and learning idiomatic forms, general and technical vocabulary related to the business world, as well as on those aspects of culture that are relevant in a business context. Students practice both oral and written communication.

    Prerequisite 1: FRE 263  
  
  • FRE (0128) 291 - France Thr Its Folklore


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 292 - French Speaking World


    Credits: 3.00

    Students consider the new trends in French-speaking countries other than France: Africa, the Caribbean, Quebec, and their ties to France today.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities and Languages



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 122  
  
  • FRE (0128) 296 - Study Abroad


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 300 - Mdle Age&Cult Renaisance


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 301 - The Classical Age And Enlightenment


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 302 - Emergence of Modern France I


    Credits: 3.00

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the period beginning with the Revolution to the end of the 19th century.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 COMMUNICATION ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities and Languages



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 231  
  
  • FRE (0128) 303 - Emergence of Modern France II


    Credits: 3.00

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the period beginning at the end of the 19th century to 1970.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL Distribution Requirement Humanities and Languages



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 231  
  
  • FRE (0128) 310 - Strategies in French Oral Communications


    Credits: 3.00

    Students develop competence in a variety of informal and formal modes of oral expression, including group interaction, dramatic playacting, debating, declaiming, etc., with emphasis on appropriate pronunciation and vocabulary.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Free Note: At least 12 credits in French required fo ther majors

  
  • FRE (0128) 344 - French Translation Techniques


    Credits: 3.00

    Students review the idiomatic expressions, cognates (true and false) and common usage that give language its unique character. They practice translating, from English into French and from French into English, a wide variety of formal and informal texts.

    Free Note: At least 12 credits in French required for the major

  
  • FRE (0128) 346 - Composition, Grammar And Stylistics


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 390 - Special Topics


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 400 - French Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 401 - Adv Intnatl Bus Fre I


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 402 - Adv Int’Natl Bus Fre II


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 404 - Romantic Movement


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 405 - Realism And Naturlism


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 406 - Modern Poetry


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 407 - Fiction Drama 20 Cent I


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 408 - Fiction Drama 20 Cent II


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 481 - Seminar in French Literature of the 19th Century


    Credits: 3.00

    The course may focus on a movement, a genre, or an author depending on the interest of the instructor and of the students.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 302  
  
  • FRE (0128) 482 - Seminar in French Literature of the 20th Century


    Credits: 3.00

    The course may focus on a movement, a genre, or an author depending on the interest of the instructor and of the students.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL



    Prerequisite 1: FRE 303  
  
  • FRE (0128) 490 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 6

    Advanced students who have demonstrated an ability to work independently and effectively, under minimal supervision, explore a selected cultural, linguistic or literary topic and prepare a final project acceptable to the instructor.

  
  • FRE (0128) 491 - Directed Readings


    Credits: 1 to 6

    Advanced students who have demonstrated the ability to work independently and effectively under minimal supervision have the opportunity to explore a selected cultural, linguistic or literary topic in depth. The student prepares a final project that reflects a high level of linguistic competence and analytical skills.

  
  • FRE (0128) 496 - Study Abroad


    Credits: 1 to 12

  
  • FRE (0128) 500 - French Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 509 - Conference Interpret I


    Credits: 3

  
  • FRE (0128) 601 - Readings in French


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • FRE (0128) 690 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 100 - First Year Orientation Experience


    Credits: 1.00

    A one-credit course for incoming freshmen designed to serve as an introduction to the University. This orientation to Adelphi includes instruction in the use of the library and computer resources, the career services office, and the learning center. This course also addresses basic study and writing skills and community and social issues faced by new collegians.

  
  • GEN (0952) 110 - First Year Seminar


    Credits: 3.00-4.00

    What is the nature of human intelligence, and how will we know if a machine becomes intelligent? Together we explore the nature of “post-human†intelligence, considering what philosophers, psychologists, computer scientists, and novelists have written about our attempts create intelligent machines, and what they imply about our conception of the human.

  
  • GEN (0952) 199 - GEN ED - FIRST COMPETENCY


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 239 - GEN ED - ARTS


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 249 - GEN ED - HUMANITIES


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 259 - GEN ED - SOCIAL SCIENCES


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 269 - GEN ED - SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GEN (0952) 299 - GEN ED - SECOND COMPETENCY


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GER (0130) 111 - Level I German


    Credits: 3

    Students learn through a communicative / participatory approach to the basic elements of the language, including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. (Learning Goals:G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Free Note: No prerequisite. Additional work in the Language lab is required.Not opened to students with previous knowledge of German

  
  • GER (0130) 112 - Level II German


    Credits: 3

    Students continue work begun in Level I with an emphasis on the more advanced functions of the Language through a communicative/participatory approach and further development of cultural awareness.

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Prerequisite 1: GER 111  
    Free Note: Students who fail to receive a C- or higher in Level I cannot continue to Level I I

  
  • GER (0130) 115 - Intensive Elem German


    Credits: 6

  
  • GER (0130) 121 - Level III German


    Credits: 3

    Students continue to practice what they learned in Level II and focus on more advanced characteristics of the language and culture through a communicative/participatory approach. (Learning Goals:CO,G) ,,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 COMMUNICATION ORAL Gen Ed Learning Goal 2 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Prerequisite 1: GER 112 
    Free Note: Students who failed to receive a C- in Level II cannot continue to the next level, Level IV

  
  • GER (0130) 122 - Level IV German


    Credits: 3

    Students continue to practice listening, speaking, reading, writing and learning about culture and are introduced to literary selections. (Learning Goals:G,CO),,

    Gen Ed Learning Goal 1 GLOBAL AWARENESS/CIVIC ENGAGE



    Prerequisite 1: GER 121 
  
  • GER (0130) 123 - Inter Ger Conversation I


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 124 - Inter Ger Conversation II


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 146 - Reading The German Press


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 200 - German Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GER (0130) 231 - German Cross-Cultural Concepts


    Credits: 3

    Students examine the way of life of a people to understand their value systems as well as to achieve cross-cultural communication and understanding. They use a variety of sources to help them identify those cultural patterns intrinsic to a society. Students are required to work in the language laboratory.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 232 - Intro To German Lit


    Credits: 3

    Students explore several aspects of literary composition, related to both form and content, especially as they apply to the specific works selected from various literary genres.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 241 - Oral Interpretation


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 246 - Germany Today


    Credits: 3

    This course is designed for students who wish to familiarize themselves with political and social structures as well as cultural attitudes in contemporary German society. Students will examine a variety of authentic documents.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 231 
  
  • GER (0130) 251 - Advanced German Conversation


    Credits: 3

    Students develop a more advanced vocabulary and practice the language through oral communication. They learn aspects of phonetics and acceptable standard German pronunciation. Students are required to work in the language laboratory.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 252 - German Grammar and Composition


    Credits: 3

    Students review German grammar systematically, from rudimentary to more advanced concepts of usage and idiomatic expressions, in order to increase their competence in written and oral German.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 263 - Intro. To International Business German I


    Credits: 3

    Students focus on improving pronunciation and learning idiomatic forms, general and technical vocabulary related to the business world, as well as on those aspects of culture that are relevant in a business context. Students practice both oral and written communication.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 264 - Intro. To International Business German II


    Credits: 3

    Students focus on improving pronunciation and learning idiomatic forms, general and technical vocabulary related to the business world, as well as on those aspects of culture that are relevant in a business context. Students practice both oral and written communication.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 122 
  
  • GER (0130) 296 - Study Abroad


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GER (0130) 302 - Emergence of Germany I


    Credits: 3

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the first half of the modern period, using literary texts as a point of departure.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 231 
  
  • GER (0130) 303 - Emergence of Germany II


    Credits: 3

    This course traces intellectual, artistic, political and social history of France; the instructor emphasizes how aspects of the nation’s past have contributed to the formation of modern France. This course concerns the second half of the modern period, using literary texts as a point of departure.

    Prerequisite 1: GER 231 
  
  • GER (0130) 310 - Stragies in German Oral Communications


    Credits: 3

    Students develop competence in a variety of informal and formal modes of oral expression, including group interaction, dramatic playacting, debating, declaiming, etc., with emphasis on appropriate pronunciation and vocabulary. Students are exposed to phonetics and are required to work in the language laboratory.

    Free Note: At Least 12 credits in German Required

  
  • GER (0130) 344 - Translation Techniques


    Credits: 3

    Students review the idiomatic expressions, cognates (true and false) and common usage that give language its unique character. They practice translating, from English into French and from French into English, a wide variety of formal and informal texts.

  
  • GER (0130) 360 - Special Topics


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 396 - Study Abroad


    Credits: 1 to 12

  
  • GER (0130) 400 - German Elective


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GER (0130) 402 - Writers-Storm and Stress


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 403 - German Drama 19th Cent


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 404 - Novelle&Lyric Poetry 19c


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 405 - Goethes Faust One&Two


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 406 - Modern German Literature


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 408 - German Lyric


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 409 - Modern Ger Novel&Novelle


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 410 - Modern German Drama


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 411 - German Classicism


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 412 - German Romantism


    Credits: 3

  
  • GER (0130) 490 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1 to 6

    Advanced students who have demonstrated an ability to work independently and effectively, under minimal supervision, explore a selected cultural, linguistic or literary topic and prepare a final project acceptable to the instructor.

  
  • GER (0130) 491 - Directed Readings


    Credits: 1 to 6

  
  • GER (0130) 496 - Study Abroad


    Credits: 1 to 12

 

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