Summer Calendar - St. Francis Xavier University

ON-CAMPUS SPRINGCOURSESECON 101.30IntroductoryMicroeconomicsCRN 14226S. DodaroECON 102.30IntroductoryMacroeconomicsCRN 14227S. DodaroENGL 240.30Literature of the MiddleEastCRN 14228J. KhouryENGR 136.30StaticsCRN 14296Lab CRN 14297E. OguejioforHIST 255.30History of Colonial LatinAmericaCRN 14229C. FrazerDATESApril 24 - May 226:00 pm - 9:00 pmMonday / Wednesday /ThursdayRoom 201, IMMay 23 - June 186:00 pm - 9:00 pmMonday / Wednesday /ThursdayRoom 345, NHApril 24 - May 229:00 am - 12:00 pmMonday / Tuesday / ThursdayRoom 345, NHMay 22 – June 189:00 am – 12:00 pmMondays/Tuesdays/ThursdaysLab: Fridays, 9 am – 12pmMay 2, June 1, 8, 15April 24 - May 226:00 pm - 9:00 pmTuesday / Wednesday /ThursdayRoom 154, NH13DESCRIPTIONThis course provides an introduction to themicroeconomic concepts and methodology. Studentswill learn about basic concepts such as scarcity andopportunity cost, and economic efficiency. The othercentral themes of the course include theories of supplyand demand; the theory of production and costs, thefunctioning and the performance of competitivemarkets versus monopolies and oligopolies; labourmarkets and the markets for public goods. Threecredits.The second half of introductory economics provides anintroduction to macroeconomic concepts. The courseexamines pressing problems and issues in the Canadianeconomy and the world. Students will learn aboutalternate economic systems, national incomeaccounting and the components of the nationaleconomy; the role of money in the economy; inflation;unemployment; international trade and trade policy;and the role of government in managing the economy.Prerequisite: ECON 101 recommended. Three credits.This course will introduce students to the rich literaryheritage of various countries in the Middle East.Students will read traditional poetry and folk tales, withthe main focus on the novel and the short story of the20th century. Writers to be studied may include NajibMahfuz, Elias Khoury, Hanan al-Shaykh, GhassanKanafani, Tayeb Salih, Muhammad Shukri. Threecredits.Covers statics of particles and rigid bodies. Designed toteach the principles and application of mechanics, andto develop an analytical approach to solving problems.Vector analysis is used extensively. Three credits andlab.This is a survey of Spanish and Portuguese Americafrom the 15th century to the 19th century. Topics andthemes include the indigenous, African and Iberianheritages of Latin America; the clash of civilizations andconquest in the Americas; the interaction of diversecultures and the creation of new societies; the social,economic and cultural evolution of colonial LatinAmerica; the age of piracy and challenges to theSpanish and Portuguese empires; the rise of hierarchiesand inequalities based on gender, sexuality, ethnicityand class; and the struggle for independence. Threecredits.