Business Administration 40: Business Statistics

• Instructor: Yung Jae Lee             
  Time: TBA
  Contact: ylee@stmarys-ca.edu

• Introduction to statistical concepts used to assist in making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Topics include the collection and analysis of data, probability and probability distributions, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and correlation. This course may not be taken for credit in addition to Mathematics 4 or Psychology 3. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Mathematics 3 or 27 or the sequence of Math 13 – 14.

Business Admininstration 123: Financial Management

• Instructor: Kevin Okoeguale            
  Time: TBA
  Contact: ko5@stmarys-ca.edu
• A study of the organization and financial administration of business enterprise. The course includes such topics as financial analysis, value and value theory, risk analysis, investment decisions, corporate finance and theory, working capital management and related topics. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Lower division business core courses; Core Curriculum Math requirement.

Business Admininstration 124: Marketing

• Instructor: Eric Kolhede        
  Time: TBA
  Contact: ekolhede@stmarys-ca.edu
• The principles of major areas of marketing decisionmaking that confront organizations. Topics include the utilization of marketing information systems as well as the formulation and implementation of integrated product, pricing, distribution and promotion strategies. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: BusAd 10 and BusAd 4.

Business Administration 131: Managing and Leading in Organizations

• Instructor: Joanne Heydenfeldt              
  Time: TBA
  Contact: jheydenf@stmarys-ca.edu
• The study of the structure, functioning, and performance of organizations, and the impact of psychological and sociological variables on the behavior of groups and individuals within them. Topics include motivation, leadership, decision-making, power and influence, group and team dynamics, conflict resolution, creativity and innovation, organizational change, and managing across cultures. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: BusAd 10 and BusAd 40.

Business Administration 140: Strategic Management    

• Instructor: Nick Dahan           
  Time: TBA
  Contact: ekolhede@stmarys-ca.edu
• A capstone course taken in the spring term of the senior year, it integrates the major functional operating areas of business firms viewed within the broader context of strategic management, i.e., the process of managerial decision-making and actions that determine the long-run performance of business organizations. Offered spring semester only. Prerequisites: BusAd 123; BusAd 124; BusAd 132; Lower division business core courses; Core Curriculum Math requirement.

Business Administration 180: Global Business    

• Instructor: Nick Dahan          
  Time: TBA
  Contact: ekolhede@stmarys-ca.edu
• The special opportunities and risks firms face as a result of the rapid globalization of business. The economic, cultural, and institutional factors that must be considered; the marketing, financial, managerial, and strategic considerations that lead to success. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Lower division business core courses; Core Curriculum Math requirement.

Communication 109: Visual Communication

• Instructor: TBA                      
  Time: TBA 
  Contact: bad6@stmarys-ca.edu
• In this course, students study visual culture, learn to do visual analysis and explore key ideas in visual communication including visual methodologies, such as compositional interpretation, semiotics, discourse analysis and psychoanalytic analysis. Possible topics include exploration of the visual components of window advertising, video games, video camera technology, photography, film, television, news, the body, comics, theme parks and museums. Other possibilities include discussing art, representations of race, and taking a walking visual tour of campus.

• English 004: Composition
  Instructor: TBA         
  Time: TBA
  Contact: TBA
• Students write analytical, expository and persuasive essays; they also study examples of good writing. Students
  are expected to produce thoughtful, lively essays characterized by a clear thesis, adequate development of ideas, careful organization, coherent paragraphs, and sentences that employ the conventions of standard written English.
  English 4 teaches a writing process that ranges from developing ideas through careful revision. Instructors often employ a peer-editing approach, in which students present their work to classmates, who respond with suggestions for improvement. This procedure teaches critical reading skills and helps students to become effective editors of their own and others’ writing. Prerequisites: A grade of at least C– is prerequisite to enrollment in English 5. Does not satisfy an Area requirement in the pre-2012 general education requirements.

English 005: Argument and Research

• Instructor: Kathryn Koo         
  Time: TBA
  Contact: kkoo@stmarys-ca.edu
• Students continue to develop the rhetorical and criticalthinking skills they need to analyze texts and to structure complex arguments. In addition, the course gives students practice in exploring ideas through library research and in supporting a thesis through appropriate use of sources. Students write and revise three or more essays, at least one of which is a substantial research essay that presents an extended argument. Does not satisfy an Area requirement in the pre-2012 general education requirements.

Kinesiology 110/110L: Exercise Physiology

• Instructor: Derek Marks, Ph.D.
  Time: 9-11:45 a.m.
  Contact: dwm1@smarys-ca.edu

• A study of physiological parameters and mechanisms that determine the adaptations of the physiological systems of humans in response to exercise; e.g., exercise metabolism, work and fatigue; development of strength and flexibility; cardiorespiratory effects of exercise and training; sport activity in extreme environmental conditions- high altitudes, heat, cold; measurement of factors determining sport fitness. Prerequisites: Kinesiology 10 and 15 (or for non-majors, permission of the instructor), Biology 25 / 26.

110L Exercise Physiology Laboratory

• Instructor: Derek Marks, Ph.D.
  Time: 12-2pm
  Contact: dwm1@smarys-ca.edu

• Laboratory to accompany KINES 110 Exercise Physiology. One lab per week for two hours. Must be concurrentlyenrolled in KINES 110. Lab fee $100.

Kinesiology 195:Internship

• Instructor: Debra Pace
  Time: 9-11:45 a.m.
  Contact: dap6@stmarys-ca.edu

• Work practice in the field of sport and recreation management, health promotion, or sports medicine.

  The internship experience is planned in close consultation with and supervised by a Department of Kinesiology faculty member. Prerequisites: Kinesiology 10 and 15.

Seminar: Assembling the 20th Century through Literature, Film, and Art

• Instructor: Chad Arnold
  Time: TBA
  Contact: carnold@stmarys-ca.edu

• The 20th Century has been a remarkable century for many reasons, and one of the most important and uplifting is in the world of art. In this course we will seek to understand the central movements, trends, and concerns that have come to define 20th century art, with specific attention to the fields of painting, poetry, fiction, and film. Furthermore, we will discuss how these fields of inquiry overlap and inform each other and the 20th century.

  The specific works selected for this course will be works of not only lasting significance in their respective fields, but works whose influence has continued into the 21st century-and which will most certainly serve as inspiration for many writers, painters, and filmmakers for many years to come. In this demanding course we will be explicating in detail major works by T.S. Eliot, W.G. Sebald, and Pablo Picasso. We will also connect the grand themes of Wallace Stevens, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Irwin, and Krysztof Kieslowski. We will also look at works by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Gilbert, Orson Welles, and Wislawa Szymborska.

  While technology has played an undeniably larger role in the massive productions and astonishing developments of art in the 20th century, this course will focus on the growth of the collective human spirit as the central beneficiary of such unprecedented esthetic inquiry. We will also look at the way art has responded to the political and military atrocities of the 20th century; the way it has aimed to aid and waken moral courage in its readers and viewers, and further; the way the much of the art of the 20th century has taken a decidedly moral vantage.

  A great poem or painting will always change your life and to that end, this course seeks to rediscover the relationship we innately have with art. This course also seeks to develop your analytical skills and attentiveness for reading deeply and seeing past the pigments glow and tint. You will learn how to read and enjoy poetry and learn how to look at paintings and sculpture with new insight and appreciation. We will explore the vital relationship between how much you know and how much you like.

  The ability to recognize and be moved by art is a skill that needs to be practiced, not only for the moral evolution of humanity, but for its health and diversity. With such discipline we might improve the condition of the world. Art has restorative powers beyond the page or gesso ground, and the study of art is one of the most satisfying ways to connect with other people and the world around you. This challenging course will explore connections between seemingly disparate modes of aesthetic inquiry in an effort to unpack the vitality of the whole.

Spanish 003: Intermediate Spanish

• Instructor: TBA
  Time: TBA
  Contact: rdarakji@stmarys-ca.edu
• For students with two or three years of secondary study of Spanish (or the equivalent). This course continues the developmentof reading, writing, listening and speaking, fostering confidence in conversation and composition across a variety of subjects. Prerequisite: Spanish 2 or equivalent. Does not satisfy an Area requirement of the pre-2012 general education requirements unless language requirement has already been satisfied.

Theology & Religious Studies 097: The Bible and Its Interpretation

• Instructor: TBA
  Time: TBA 
  Contact: TBA

• This course focuses on the Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish and Christian peoples. This diverse collection of writings has served as inspiration and catalyst for a great number of central events in human history-from the movements of liberation led by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., to the great human tragedies of slavery in the Old South and the medieval Crusades. These texts have also had a profound influence on art, literature, philosophy, and politics for over two thousand years of history, particularly in the West. As such, an understanding of the Bible is essential for a well-informed perspective on the world. This course will introduce students to the most important biblical events and themes, raising questions of the influence and relevance of this text for the modern world. This course will also teach students to employ critical, scholarly tools for reading and interpretation, such as historical and literary criticism, as well as various lenses for the modern academic study of religion.  No Prerequisite. Course fee $5.

Theology & Religious Studies 110: The Bible and Its Interpretation (Transfer Section)

• Instructor: TBA
  Time: TBA
  Contact: TBA

• This course focuses on the Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish and Christian peoples. This diverse collection of writings has served as inspiration and catalyst for a great number of central events in human history-from the movements of liberation led by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., to the great human tragedies of slavery in the Old South and the medieval Crusades. These texts have also had a profound influence on art, literature, philosophy, and politics for over two thousand years of history, particularly in the West. As such, an understanding of the Bible is essential for a well-informed perspective on the world. This course will introduce students to the most important biblical events and themes, raising questions of the influence and relevance of this text for the modern world. This course will also teach students to employ critical, scholarly tools for reading and interpretation, such as historical and literary criticism, as well as various lenses for the modern academic study of religion.  For transfer students only—must have entered SMC with a minimum of 16.0 credits toward graduation. Course fee $5.

Theology & Religious Studies 171: Gender and Religion in American Culture

• Instructor: TBA
  Time: TBA
  Contact: TBA
• This course focuses on the relationship between religion and gender in North American history and culture. We will explore gender as a category of analysis for the study of religion, and the ways that religions construct and deconstruct gender norms. Religion is lived and practiced, and therefore it cannot be separated from the gendered bodies that people inhabit. We will use historical and contemporary case studies to examine the way that notions of femininity and masculinity have played a role in the religious lives of Americans. Prerequisite: TRS 097. Course fee $35.