Course Catalog 2008-2009 - Concordia University

consist of design and development of computerscience related hardware or software systems for localbusinesses or any other commercial organization, butwithin the capacity of a senior student to completewithin a term. Prerequisite: Senior level computerscience student or consent of instructor.CSC 4310 Computer Science Internship 3,0Students will participate in an on-the-job computerscience work experience under the direct supervisionof professionals in a corporation or governmentagency. A senior level course for computer sciencemajors only. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Prerequisite:Successful completion of 24 hours of CSC courses orconsent of instructor.Return to Table of Contents14.04.13 Early Childhood EducationECE 3310 - Foundations of ECE 3,0Knowledge, skills, attitudes and philosophiessurrounding early childhood education. Root issues ofearly childhood education such as a historicalframework, theories of child development, roles of theteacher, the setting and implementation of curriculumtheory and major trends in early childhood education.Field experiences required. Prerequisites: PSY 2301and either EDU 2301 or DCE 3220 or concurrentenrollment in both PSY 2301 and EDU 2301 or DCE3220.ECE 3320 - ECE: Curr., Methods and Materials 3,0Organization, materials, curriculum and methods inpreschool, kindergarten and primary education. Techniquesin working with 3-5 year olds will be emphasized.Participation and observation in early childhood settingsincluded. Prerequisite: Admission to the TeacherEducation or DCE Programs.ECE 3340 – Exp. in Early Childhood MinistryThis course will focus on faith development in youngchildren in a fieldwork setting. The people who affectfaith development and their role in the young child'sfaith development will be discussed. Special emphasiswill be placed on the role of the family in faithdevelopment as well as the role of the children'sminister in reaching out to families with the Gospelmessage. Prerequisite: ECE 3310 and ECE 3320Return to Table of Contents15.04.14 EconomicsECO 2301 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3,0Macroeconomics is the social science that studies theway societies, in the aggregate, allocate scarceresources to unlimited wants. Topics of the courseinclude introductions to: supply and demand, GrossDomestic Product, inflation, recession,unemployment, aggregate private investment,government fiscal policy, monetary policy,international trade, and the effects that each of thesehave on the nation's economy in the classical,Keynesian, and monetarist frameworks.ECO 2302 Introduction to Microeconomics 3,0Microeconomics is the social science that studies theways individual economic agents allocate scarceresources to unlimited wants. Topics of the courseinclude introductions to: supply and demand, elasticityof supply and demand, consumer behavior, firmbehavior, competition, monopoly, oligopoly, andmonopolistic competition, resource markets, marketfailures, antitrust policy, and issues of economicequity.ECO 3320 International Economics and Trade 3,0Develops the themes of global integration andinternational trade policy in macroeconomic supplyand demand terms. Economic theory is employed as ameans to informed discussion of problems andopportunities related to international trade, investmentand foreign exchange. Prerequisites: ECO 2301, ECO2302, or consent of instructor.ECO 3321 Inter-American Trade & Development 3,0Theory and history of economic growth anddevelopment, with special reference to the problems ofLatin America and the region's economic relationship tothe United States . Examines major aspects of LatinAmerican production, income distribution, labor force,foreign investment and trade, as contrasted with theirmore industrialized trading partners. Surveyscontemporary issues such as the "debt crisis" and"currency devaluation." Prerequisites: ECO 2301 andECO 2302 or consent of instructor.ECO 3332 Quantitative Methods I 3,0Includes descriptive and inferential statistics, graphs,measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability,discrete and continuous probability distributions,sampling, hypothesis testing for mean and variance.Cross-listed as BADM 3332. Prerequisite: MTH 1331or higher.ECO 3333 Quantitative Methods II 3,0Univariate and multivariate regression, ANOVA, Chi-Square, correlation, non-parametric, linearprogramming, sensitivity analysis, transportationproblems, network models and waiting line problems.Cross-listed as BUS 3333. Prerequisite: BADM/ECO3332 or consent of instructor.ECO 3334 Quantitative Methods 3,0This course is an upper level course in statistics thatteaches students how to use decision making toolswithin organizations. These tools include univariateand multivariate regression, ANOVA, Chi-square,correlation, non-parametric, linear programming,2008-2009 Catalog Page 109