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Spring course offerings evolve following initial release
By Megan McClure
December 6, 2008
Changes are still under way
AUBG’s Spring 2009 course offerings have undergone a metamorphosis since their initial release, and the changes have continued as recently as the end of last week.
The Business Department saw the largest number of changes, with three courses dropped from the original schedule – Business Ethics (BUS 340d), International Strategic Management and Policy (BUS 495d) and Introduction to Advertising (BUS 497).
In the courses’ places, the Business Department added Organizational Theory and Behavior (BUS 321a), Strategy and Issues of Multinational Corporations (BUS 497e), Entrepreneurship (BUS 497j), and Introduction to Public Relations (BUS 497f). The department later added additional sections of Fundamentals of Information Systems (BUS 270), a section of Introductory Accounting II (BUS 209), and Project Management (BUS 497k).
Auditing (BUS 497i) was also added, but later dropped. “[For] Accounting II there was a long list, and [for] auditing there were only eight students,” Business Department Chair Julio Pontes said.
Both Introduction to Advertising and Introduction to Public Relations fall under the Journalism and Mass Communications (JMC) department as well. JMC Department Chair Dinka Spirovska said the only other changes to date involved staffing changes due to an instructor’s upcoming departure. “In terms of additional courses or substantive changes, there aren’t any,” she said.
The Economics department added Time Series and Panel Data Analysis (ECO 400) and an additional section of Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO 102).
The remaining cancelled courses fall under the Political Science and European Studies department. The cancelled courses include Europe in the Twentieth Century (EUR 111a, HTY 211), EU Law (EUR 311a), International Law and Organization (POS 331a), and Protection of Human Rights in the Council of Europe (POS 402a).
Instead, the department picked up courses in Topics in the Politics of post-1945 Eastern Europe (EUR 332a), Modern and Contemporary Political Philosophy (PHI 304a), and NGO Management and Project Writing (POS 407a).
A faculty member’s resignation necessitated many of the changes, Political Science department Chair Robert Phillips said. The department took into consideration student representatives’ suggestions while altering the Spring schedule. “I was not able to follow all of their suggestions, though I felt more secure in adding both new courses as a result of our conversations,” Phillips added.
Changes in the Political Science department’s Spring course offerings may continue in coming weeks, but Phillips explained that more information is required before a decision can be reached.
“We hope to add a section of EUR 311 EU Law, but this is still not certain,” Phillips said. “We will know more in a few weeks, after we see the registration figures.”
