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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
| ECN 1100 |
ECN 2101 |
ECN 2102 |
GEO 1110 |
HIS 2502 |
HIS 2503 |
HIS 3501 |
HIS 3600 |
POL 1120 |
PSY 1180 |
SOC 1110 |
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| ECN 1100: () Offerings |
| Introduces the principles of economics for non-majors planning to take only one course in economics. Examines demand and supply, the price system, income distribution, determination of national income, employment and prices, economics of environmental issues and the public sector, international trade, economic growth, and capitalism and socialism. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 2101: () Offerings |
| Provides a foundation course for business majors. Topics include supply and demand; markets and the price system; allocation of resources, income distribution, economic power and the public sector; international trade; and comparative economic systems. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| ECN 2102: () Offerings |
| Presents topics including elementary demand and supply, determination of national income, employment and prices, money and banking system, fiscal and monetary policy and economic welfare, economic growth and development and international finance. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| GEO 1110: () Offerings |
| Provides familiarity with character of major world regions. Emphasizes variations in levels of economic development and resource distribution among nations, and appreciation for diversity of world cultures. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| HIS 2502: () Offerings |
| Surveys the development of the American nation from the earliest colonial settlements through the Reconstruction period. Emphasizes institutions, issues, ideas, and individuals. Focuses on basic trends such as industrialization, patterns of thought and values, political development, social change, and sectional conflict. Readings also explore everyday social experience of minority and mainstream groups. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| HIS 2503: () Offerings |
| Continues the emphasis of HIS 2502: Surveys the emergence of contemporary American life and culture from the 1870s to the present; focuses on American power at home and abroad, the rise of today's mass consumer society, and the emergence of new values. Readings also explore aspects of modern popular culture. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| HIS 3501: () Offerings |
| Explores America's pre-national experience in both local and international perspective, from the earliest explorations through the American Revolution. Considers how America's distinctive cultural patterns developed. Emphasizes the role of Christianity in shaping the emergence of an American identity and character. Satisfies major requirement for history of Christianity course. |
| Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| HIS 3600: () Offerings |
| Surveys development of the region encompassing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from the discovery period to the present. Sets the regional story in the context of the general history of the American West. Field experiences required. (For post-baccalaureate students, a tutorial version of this course, HIS 5600, is offered year round.) |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded. |
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| POL 1120: () Offerings |
| Surveys the founding principles of the American political system and examines the development and operation of major national institutions such as Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, the Supreme Court, political parties and the media. |
| Attributes:Social Science B
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| PSY 1180: () Offerings |
| Introduces psychological principles of intrapersonal dynamics, interpersonal relationships, human development, abnormal behavior and the psychological processes of learning, perception, motivation and cognition. |
| Attributes:Social Science A
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| SOC 1110: () Offerings |
| Basic principles for understanding social relationships. This course is a comprehensive introduction to the field of sociology, including analyses of the mutual interaction of society and the individual; major theoretical perspectives; methods for obtaining sociological knowledge; and major problems and issues that confront societies. Note: Emphasis from a United States, Third World, or social problems perspective will be offered in different sections. The Sociology Department will be able to identify which course has which emphasis. |
| Attributes:Social Science A
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