Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas

Course Descriptions
ing and managing human resources, focusing on the organizational
behavior, legal, economic, and technical issues concerned
with business decisions about acquiring, motivating,
and retaining employees; emphasis given to the development,
implementation, and assessment of policies and practices
consistent with legal, social, human, and environmental
dynamics. Prerequisite: WCOB 1023, WCOB 1033, ECON
2023, and WCOB 1012—each with a grade of “C” or better.
WCOB2033H Honors Acquiring and Managing
Human Resources (FA, SP, SU) Study of the process
of acquiring and managing human resources, focusing on the
organizational behavior, legal, economic, and technical
issues concerned with business decisions about acquiring,
motivating, and retaining employees; emphasis given to the
development, implementation, and assessment of policies
and practices consistent with legal, social, human, and environmental
dynamics. Prerequisite: WCOB 1023, WCOB
1033, ECON 2023, and WCOB 1012—each with a grade of
“C” or better.
WCOB2043 Acquiring and Managing Financial
Resources (FA, SP, SU) Key decisions within business
processes related to the acquisition and management of capital
resources, including decisions regarding what to acquire,
how to finance the acquisition, and issues related to the
accounting for those capital resources. The identification of
key decisions leads to decision models and the identification
of information needs. Prerequisite: WCOB 1023, WCOB
1033, ECON 2023, and WCOB 1012—each with a grade of
“C” or better.
WCOB2043H Honors Acquiring and Managing
Financial Resources (FA, SP, SU) Key decisions
within business processes related to the acquisition and
management of capital resources, including decisions regarding
what to acquire, how to finance the acquisition, and
issues related to the accounting for those capital resources.
The identification of key decisions leads to decision models
and the identification of information needs. Prerequisite:
WCOB 1023, WCOB 1033, ECON 2023, and WCOB 1012—
each with a grade of “C” or better.
WCOB3003H College Honors Colloquium (FA,
SP) An inter-disciplinary course exploring events, concepts,
and/or new developments in the field of business administration.
May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: Junior or senior
standing.
WCOB300V Study Abroad (1-15) (FA, SP, SU)
Open to undergraduate students studying abroad in officially
sanctioned programs. May be repeated for 24 hours.
WCOB3016 Business Strategy and Planning (FA,
SP) Integrative study of the managerial decisions; introduces
students to an understanding of strategic competitiveness
and the way in which business strategy is formulated
and implemented; uses a combination of theoretical and
experiential approaches to designing business plans for key
decisions, implementing these decisions, and monitoring their
effects. Prerequisite: a business student must complete the
pre-business requirements before enrolling for this course.
WCOB 2013, WCOB 2023, WCOB 2033, and WCOB 2043
must each be completed with a grade of “C” or better. This
course is restricted to Walton College students.
WCOB3016H Honors Business Strategy and
Planning (FA, SP) Integrative study of the managerial
decisions; introduces students to an understanding of strategic
competitiveness and the way in which business strategy
is formulated and implemented; uses a combination of theoretical
and experiential approaches to designing business
plans for key decisions, implementing these decisions, and
monitoring their effects. Prerequisite: a business student must
complete the pre-business requirements before enrolling for
this course. WCOB 2013, WCOB 2023, WCOB 2033, and
WCOB 2043 must each be completed with a grade of “C” or
better. This course is restricted to Walton College students.
WCOB310V Cooperative Education (1-3) (FA, SP,
SU) Co-op allows students to earn one or two hours of
credit per semester for work related to their major.
Accumulated credit may not exceed six hours. Eligibility
requires: 1) junior standing in the college, 2) completion of
the pre-business core and 3) the prescribed GPA. See catalog
for details. May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: junior
standing and completion of pre-business core.
WCOB410V Special Topics in Business (1-3) (IR)
Special business topics of an interdisciplinary nature. May be
repeated for 6 hours.
WCOB4213 ERP Fundamentals (SP) An introduction
to enterprise resource planning systems. Students should gain
an understanding of the scope of these integrated systems
that reach across organizational boundaries and can change
how a company does business. Implementation issues are
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covered, including the importance of change management.
Prerequisite: WCOB 3016 with a grade of “C” or better.
WCOB455V Service Learning Practicum (1-2)
(FA, SP, SU) Through participation in this practicum, students
learn while providing services that benefit the community.
The goal is for students to learn, practice, and teach the
principles of free enterprise. The students assess community
needs and design service projects that enable them to apply
course content knowledge while developing organizational,
communication, time-management, and leadership skills. May
be repeated for 6 hours.
WCOB499VH Honors Thesis (2-3) (SP) Provides
Honors Students with an opportunity to explore a business topic
in depth through an independent research project. Prerequisite:
good standing in the Walton College Honors Program.
WCOB500V Study Abroad (1-12) (FA, SP, SU)
Open to graduate students studying abroad in officially sanctioned
programs. May be repeated for 12 hours.
WCOB510V Special Topics in Business (1-3) (IR)
Special business topics of an interdisciplinary nature. May be
repeated for 6 hours.
WCOB5213 ERP Fundamentals (SP) An introduction
to enterprise resource planning systems. Students should
gain an understanding of the scope of these integrated systems
that reach across organizational boundaries and can
change how a company does business. Implementation
issues are covered, including the importance of change management.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
WCOB5223 ERP Configuration and
Implementation (SP) The process of configuring and
implementing an enterprise resource planning system.
Business process analysis and integration. Students will
develop a company and set up several modules in SAP R/3
for use. Develop understanding of how the business processes
work and integrate. Prerequisite: WCOB 5213 with a
grade of “C” or better.
WCOB6111 Seminar in Business Administration
Teaching I (FA) This course in college level teaching is
designed for graduate students and new college teachers with
specific emphasis on the Business Administration learning and
classroom management. The purpose of this course is to introduce
graduate students to principles of teaching and learning
and to prepare these future teachers to lifelong learners in the
classroom as teachers. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
WCOB6121 Seminar in Business Administration
Teaching II (FA, SP) Given that the student has successfully
completed Seminar in Business Administration
Teaching I, this course is suggested as the second course in
the sequence. It is designated a ‘hands on’ teaching course.
Students will be assigned a class to teach by their respective
department and will be supervised. In addition, all students in
the class will come together for seminar discussion twice per
month. Prerequisite: WCOB 6111 or equivalent.
WCOB6131 Seminar in Business Administration
Teaching III (FA, SP) This is an advanced course in college
level teaching designed for graduate students and new
college teachers with specific emphasis on the Business
Administration learning and classroom management. The
purpose of this course is to enhance graduate students’
knowledge of teaching pedagogy given a base knowledge
and classroom experience. This course will focus on current
and advanced topics of teaching and learning, as well as
research in teaching. Prerequisite: WCOB 6111 or equivalent,
WCOB 6121 suggested.
(WLIT) WORLD LITERATURE
WLIT1113 World Literature I (FA, SP, SU) An introduction
to literature from the beginning of civilization to about
1650. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
WLIT1113C World Literature I (IR) An introduction to
literature from the beginning of civilization to about 1650.
Corequisite: WLIT 1110D. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
WLIT1113H Honors World Literature I (FA, SP,
SU) Introduction to the study of both western and non-western
literature. Prerequisite: Participation in Fulbright College
Scholars Program or English ACT score of 28 or above. UNI-
VERSITY CORE COURSE
WLIT1110D World Literature I Drill (IR) Corequisite:
WLIT 1113C.
WLIT1123 World Literature II (FA, SP, SU) An introduction
to literature from 1650 to the present. Prerequisite:
WLIT 1113. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
WLIT1123H Honors World Literature II (FA, SP,
SU) A continuation of the study of literary masterpieces of
the world. Prerequisite: WLIT 1113H and participation in the
Fulbright College Scholars Program or English ACT score of
28 or above. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE
WLIT2323 Greek and Roman Mythology (IR) A
study of the stories, figures, and motifs in the mythology of
Greece and Rome. Prerequisite: ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.
WLIT2333 Patterns in Mythology (IR) An analytic
study of the recurrent patterns, themes and motifs in the
mythology. May include Norse, Celtic, Babylonian, Indain,
American Indian materials. Greek and Roman material will generally
be excluded from the course. Prerequisite: WLIT 1113.
WLIT3263 The European Novel to 1900 (IR) Novels
representative of several schools and countries to 1900.
WLIT3623 The Bible as Literature (IR) The several
translations of the Bible; its qualities as great literature; its
influence upon literature in English; types of literary forms.
WLIT3963 Twentieth-Century Continental Novel
(IR) Survey of the continental novel from 1900 to the present.
WLIT3983 Special Studies (IR) Covers a topic not
usually presented in depth in regular courses. Not an independent
study. This course may be repeated May be repeated
for 6 hours. Prerequisite: junior standing.
WLIT4123 Survey of Russian Literature from Its
Beginning to the 1917 Revolu tion (IR) The instructor
will discuss the historical and cultural backgrounds while
focusing on major writers and will deal with literature as an
outlet for social criticism. There will be textual analysis. It will
be taught in English.
WLIT4133 Survey of Russian Literature Since the
1917 Revolution (IR) The instructor will discuss the historical
and cultural backgrounds while focusing on major writers
and will deal with literature as an outlet for social criticism.
There will be textual analysis. It will be taught in English
with readings in English.
WLIT4273 Literature of India and the Near East
(IR) Leading works and genres of the ancient civilizations,
the Moslem world and India, and their contribution to the
Western literary tradition.
WLIT4293 Literature of China and Japan (IR)
Survey of the literary works of the Far East, and of its contribution
to the Western Tradition.
WLIT4913 Literary Reflections of the Holocaust
(IR) Drawing on fiction, poetry, autobiography, and drama
from works written originally in French, Polish, German,
Dutch, English, and Yiddish, this course introduces students
to the Holocaust through literature. Deals with the adequacy
of imaginative literature in the face of atrocity, the comparative
effectiveness of fiction versus autobiography, and the
dangers of exploitation and trivialization.
WLIT4923 Modern World Drama (IR) Drama from
Ibsen to the 1930s.
WLIT4963 Contemporary World Drama (IR) Drama
since the 1930s.
WLIT4993 African Literature (IR) A study of modern
African fiction, drama, poetry, and film from various parts of
Africa in their cultural context. Works are in English or
English translation.
WLIT5193 Introduction to Comparative Literature
(IR) Literary theory, genres, movements, and influences.
Prerequisite: WLIT 1113.
WLIT5233 Form and Theory of Translation (IR) An
examination of the principal challenges that confront translators
of literature, including the recreation of style, dialect,
ambiguities, and formal poetry; vertical translation; translation
where multiple manuscripts exist; and the question of how literal
a translation should be.
WLIT5483 Germanic and Celtic Backgrounds of
Medieval Literature (IR) Literary traditions of Old and
Middle English, of Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia, and Wales.
WLIT5593 The Renaissance (IR) Italian forms and
writers of the late 15th and 16th centuries and the spread of
the Renaissance tradition in Spain, Portugal, France, and
Northern Europe up to 1660.
WLIT5623 The Bible as Literature (IR) The several
translations of the Bible; its qualities as great literature; its
influence upon literature in English; types of literary forms.
WLIT5793 The Enlightenment (IR) Literature of the
late 17th and 18th centuries, especially in France and
Germany.
WLIT5963 Twentieth-Century Continental Novel
(IR) Survey of the continental novel from 1900 to the present.
WLIT600V Master’s Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)
WLIT603V Special Studies in Comparative
Literature (1-6) (IR)
WLIT690V Seminar (1-6) (IR)
WLIT699V Master of Fine Arts in Translation
Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)
WLIT700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-12) (FA, SP, SU)
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