Summer Session 3 Course Offerings

The College reserves the right to change course offerings and scheduling.

AHT 214 Live Art
Professor Zdanski

The course title 'Live Art' can be read in two ways: as an adjective, for example, as in 'Live Music' or 'Live Aid', 'Live' gives the sensation of a performance, to be witnessed or experienced live; or as an imperative like 'Live your life' or 'Live for the moment', it invites the student to experience art, let art be the teacher, to realize that art and life are inseparable. Such activities as drawing and/or making works of art in various media, studying from life/real art in museums or exhibits, going to see art in Lugano and the vicinity. By focusing on figures who come from or have settled in the area (J. R. Rahn, H. Hesse, W. Schmidt, S. Butler) and visiting the studios of local contemporary artists enable students to discover art in an entirely different, out-of-the classroom way. A supplementary fee is required for studio materials, museum entrance and public transportation.

BUS 136 Marketing in a Global Context
Professor Krishna Reddy

This course is an introduction to the tools and concepts used in the marketing process for consumer and industrial products as well as for services. The focus is on the basic marketing concepts (product, place, price, promotion) as they relate to the field of global marketing. Emphasis is placed on the increasingly important role of interdisciplinary tools to analyze economic, cultural and structural differences across international markets. Specific consideration is given to the development of integrated marketing programs for a complex, global environment.

BUS 285 Integrated Marketing Communications
Professor Moussalli

This course introduces students to an integrated approach to communications in both consumer and industrial markets. The course explores the application of market analyses to the planning, development and evaluation of integrated marketing communication strategies in complex global environments. The use of advertising, public relations, sales promotions, interactive/internet marketing, personal selling, direct marketing and other techniques in communications programs will be analyzed.

BUS 385 Consumer Behavior in Intl. Marketing
Professor Krishna Reddy

This course focuses on the understanding of the consumer as fundamental to marketing efforts. The course includes observational research in the community where students develop a greater understanding of consumers' consumption and decision-making behavior. Areas of focus include the consumer decision making process, research techniques, learning and motivation, segmentation and targeting, the impact of lifestyle and values, the role of society and culture in consumption, and ethical issues in consumer relationships.

BUS 410 International Organizational Behavior
Professor Polich

This course analyzes the principal cross-cultural relationships between employee characteristics, cultural characteristics, and managerial effectiveness. Topics include: cross-cultural communications, practical issues of management in foreign cultures, leadership dynamics, group motivation, and comparative management techniques based on the patterns of organizational behavior in different countries. (Junior status recommended)

BUS 498 International Management Internship
Professor Polich

This course involves a company-based internship experience. The internship can be with an organization anywhere in the world, with in-company supervision approved by the instructor. On the basis of experience gathered during the internship, each student prepares a report to a professional standard, and presents this formally to an audience of students and professors; both report and presentation are evaluated.

COM 310 Fundamentals of Journalism
Professor Steinbreder

This course examines the nature and definition of news, and introduces students to the fundamentals of gathering and writing news, interviewing, meeting deadlines and editing copy. It also explores the ethical and legal boundaries of journalism and the responsibilities of journalists. Students are required to produce several writing assignments.

ENV 498 Internship in Environmental Studies
Professor Hale

This course requires a professional experience in the environmental field in a public, private, or non-profit organization anywhere in the world. Throughout the internship period, the student should ensure close on-site supervision. Each intern must submit a detailed written report or other equivalent product at the end of the internship period, which will be evaluated critically.

INT 498 Internship Elective
Professor Guggiari

This course involves an alternative internship experience. The internship can be with a program, company, non-governmental organization, etc. anywhere in the world. Throughout the internship period, students should ensure close on site supervision. Each intern must submit a detailed written report or other equivalent product at the end of the internship period, which will be evaluated critically by the intern's FC Advisor and the College's Internship Coordinator. (This internship may be approved for up to 6 credits and repeated with the approval of the Dean)

ITA 101 Introductory Italian, Pt II
Professor Moscatelli

The beginning courses stress the understanding and speaking of the lan- guage. As students progress through elementary conversation, more gram- mar study is introduced and reading and composition skills are developed.

ITA 201 Intermediate Italian, Pt II
Professor Moscatelli

For students with one year of language study. The sequence presents short readings inviting conversation and a review and expansion of written command of basic grammatical structures. Communicative and meaningful use of the language is stressed.

MAT 201 Introduction to Statistics
Professor Moussalli

Basic concepts of descriptive statistics, such as random variables, random sampling, histograms, central tendency measures, variance and standard deviation, probability rules, and correlation coefficients, are presented in this course. The most important probability distributions, binomial and normal, are introduced. Inferential statistics and sampling distributions are briefly covered in order to introduce statistical model building and linear regression analysis.

POL 150 Mass Communication in Politics & Society
Professor Mottale

An introduction to mass communication from national and international perspectives, this course focuses on the history, evolution, and contemporary aspects of mass communication in North America and Europe. Particular stress is placed upon the political and social influence of mass media in modern societies and international systems.

POL 150 Mass Communication in Politics & Society
Professor Mottale

An introduction to mass communication from national and international perspectives, this course focuses on the history, evolution, and contemporary aspects of mass communication in North America and Europe. Particular stress is placed upon the political and social influence of mass media in modern societies and international systems.

POL 407 Contemporary Russia
Professor Caravelli

Since the end of World War II Russia has passed through and endured a series of seismic changes. Once the heart of the expansive Soviet empire, the Russian Republic that emerged in the 1990s after the breakup of the Soviet Union was beset by economic collapse, social decay and a new era of political corruption under Boris Yeltsin. Since 2000 and the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, the Russia of the 21st century is endeavoring to restore its influence in world affairs while using its vast natural resources to revitalize its sputtering economy. This course will examine the different phases through which Russia has passed since World War II, surveying the salient political, social and economic events that have shaped Russian domestic life as well as Russia?s changing relationship with other nations and regions, including the US, China and the Middle East.

POL 407 Contemporary Russia
Professor Caravelli

Since the end of World War II Russia has passed through and endured a series of seismic changes. Once the heart of the expansive Soviet empire, the Russian Republic that emerged in the 1990s after the breakup of the Soviet Union was beset by economic collapse, social decay and a new era of political corruption under Boris Yeltsin. Since 2000 and the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, the Russia of the 21st century is endeavoring to restore its influence in world affairs while using its vast natural resources to revitalize its sputtering economy. This course will examine the different phases through which Russia has passed since World War II, surveying the salient political, social and economic events that have shaped Russian domestic life as well as Russia?s changing relationship with other nations and regions, including the US, China and the Middle East.

REL 297 Religion, Race and Ethnicity
Professor Prentiss

Complex constructions of ?racial? and ?ethnic? identity have often played a profound role in developing the religious worldviews of institutions and individuals. This course surveys examples of this interaction throughout history and seeks to give students a better understanding of the ways in which religious expression both shapes and has been shaped by race and ethnicity. We will examine how the interaction between religion and ethnicities/races has produced both ideological bridges and barriers between individuals and groups.

STA 114 Drawing Related Media
Professor Zdanski

The course will explore various media related to drawing, like pen and ink, charcoal, colored pencils, felt tip markers, tissue paper and glue, collage, crayons, oil and watercolor pastels, watercolor, tempera, gouache, spray paint. There is virtually no limit to the media that may be employed during the semester. At the same time, the course also reinforces the rudiments of drawing, but with primary emphasis on materials and new media rather than theoretical questions. The course carries a fee for art supplies.

STA 172 Introduction to Gilding
Professor Crolius

This studio art course will include some lectures on the history of gilding from its beginnings in Egypt over 4000 years ago, through its development in Europe documented by the Renaissance master Cennino d'Andrea Cennini, to the modern era. Field trips will be taken so students can observe various techniques of gilding in situ, including architectural, iconographic, fine and decorative arts, and modern signage. Students will complete several projects using the traditional techniques, recipes and tools of the ancient art of water gilding. They will learn to prepare rabbit skin glue, gesso, bole, and gilding liquor. They will lay 23k gold leaf, burnish and patinate it. We will also explore other methods using gold and metal leaf such as oil gilding, verre eglomise (gilding on glass), and illuminated manuscripts. The last week of class students will be expected to produce an original work of art of their own design using some of the gilding techniques they have learned. The course carries a fee for art supplies.

STA 179 Photography on location in Europe
Professor Denison

Aimed at beginning and intermediate students exploring the countryside, towns, villages, and interiors of Ticino, this digital photography course concentrates on the dynamics of composition through the use of color and natural light. (Students in this course must provide their own tools for some of the techniques, and the course carries a nominal fee for art supplies and equipment).

STA 214 Drawing Related Media
Professor Zdanski

Intermediate course aimed at further developing the basic skills learned in STA 114. More emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects. The course carries a fee for art supplies.

STA 314 Drawing Related Media
Professor Zdanski

A higher course aimed at further developing the basic skills learned in STA 114. More emphasis will be placed on developing individual projects. The course carries a fee for art supplies.