A study of one of the world's most important examples of regional economic, political, and social integration. Topics include the history of the European Union, its current unifying and divisive issues, and prospects for future expansion and further integration. Students are guided through the institutions, politics, emotions, and hopes of the people of the European Union and the potential impact on the wider world. Students complete a project based on some aspect of the course. Introduction to theories of the state, government, and citizenship with application to the United Kingdom, United States, and Russia, including responses to threats to national integrity.
Students complete a project based on some aspect of the course.
A first course in law for the business practitioner. Topics include U.S. Constitution and the Uniform Commercial Code, crimes and torts, courts and procedures, contracts, sales, business organizations, agency, government regulation, and property. Major themes include legal research, the international legal environment, ethics, and corporate responsibility. The course concludes with a moot court, in which students play the roles of plaintiff, defendant, counsel, clerk of court, judge, and jury. This course will study the policies, methods, and techniques that professional human resource managers create and implement to increase the effectiveness of the organization.