Summer Calendar - St. Francis Xavier University

ONLINE SPRING COURSES DATES DESCRIPTIONBIOL 220.66Selected Topics in BiologyCRN 14245V. KarunakaranMay 28 - August 6 This course is for non-science students who are interested inunderstanding biological concepts. The course deals with “howscientific principles are established” and illustrates this bydiscussing selected topics of biological and human interest. Topicsinclude: evolution and population, diabetes, homeostasis, HIV andvaccines, antibiotic resistance, and cancer. Six credits.BSAD 221.66Introductory FinancialAccountingCRN 14246April 24 - June 18This course is an introduction to basic concepts, principles, andprocedures underlying financial accounting and financial statementpreparation. Required for all BBA students; a prerequisite for all 300and 400 level financial accounting and finance courses.Prerequisite: second-year status or higher. Three credits.D. GunnBSAD 415.66Electronic BusinessCRN 14247G. TritesCATH 330.66Catholicism and the ArtsCRN 14248S. StewartApril 24 - June 18April 24 - June 18Business is increasingly conducted through electronic means, oftenon the Internet. This presents many challenges, includingtechnology, marketing, strategy, operation, and systems issues. Thiscourse explores the current state of electronic commerce, relevantissues, and their relative importance to the success of a businessventure. Students will read case studies and analyze existingbusiness ventures on the Internet. Cross-listed as INFO 446. Threecredits.The primary purpose of this course is to examine the Christiantradition as it is expressed in literature: biblical figures and events,liturgical traditions, religious symbols, and Christian themes thathave appeared, across the ages, in poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfictionprose. As well, it considers how these Christian elementsappear in visual art (and architecture). The course focuses primarilyon Catholicism. However, it necessarily encompasses the ProtestantReformation, as well, which significantly influenced England, thehome of our English literary tradition, beginning in the 16 th century.Cross-listed as ART 330. Six credits.17