Curriculum
The following are the required courses for this major. Students who attend Orientation and meet with the Education Department can obtain personalized academic counseling to complete the program. Transfer credits, changes in curriculum, and other factors may affect the academic plan for individual students. The FIDM Education Department can provide additional information.
Prerequisite:
Advanced Study Program degree from FIDM.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A)
BUMT 3100
Ethics in Business+
UNITS: 3
This course addresses the
importance of ethical issues and the financial impact on business
performance and ownership. The costs and consequences of failing
to act ethically are explored. Students learn strategies to solve
real life dilemmas. Students explore the importance of ethics as a
dimension of social responsibility and business ethics in the
global economy.
GNST 2370
Applied Statistics+
UNITS: 3
This course emphasizes the
understanding and application of statistical methodology. Major
topics include descriptive statistics, probability, sampling,
inferences of sampling, means and proportions,measures of central
tendency, correlation, regression,hypothesis testing, and methods
for displaying,describing, and producing data. Technology
applications facilitate in-class activities.
GNST 2530
Principles of Kinesiology+
UNITS: 3
The emphasis of this course
is to scientifically examine the musculoskeletal and physiological
systems of the body in motion and at rest. The principles of
biochemical, pulmonary, and circulatory systems related to
movement and exercise and the contemporary issues of neuromuscular
health are investigated.
GNST 2530L
Principles of Kinesiology Lab+
UNITS: 1
This lab includes field
excursions, observation journals, and interviews with
practitioners in the field of kinesiology, including physical
therapists, sports medicine physicians, and professional trainers.
GNST 2570
Microeconomics+
UNITS: 3
Through the study of
classical economic principles, students develop a framework for
analyzing economic variables and their effects on individuals,
business organizations, and economics. Using graphs and models,
students also explore and apply fundamental economic concepts such
as supply and demand, competition and monopoly, and profit
maximization.
GNST 2630
Principles of Chemistry+
UNITS: 3
Students study the
fundamental principles of chemistry and their applications. The
relationships between atomic particles and their effect on
bonding, chemical reactions, and matter are explored.
GNST 2870
Macroeconomics+
UNITS: 3
Students study the global
economy and the ways in which changing economic conditions shape
local, national, and international policy decisions. They apply
classical and contemporary economic theory to achieve an
understanding of past and current world events in light of the
many economic variables that exist. Prerequisite: GNST 2570
GNST 3000
World Political History+
UNITS: 3
This global survey traces
the quest for independence and prosperity on the part of emerging
economies around the world after World War II. The course examines
the varying fortunes of countries as they encountered the crucial
questions of political organization, state control, and personal
freedom from 1945 to the present. It also examines the issue of
environmental sustainability in the face of pressures posed by
population, industrialization, and consumerism.
GNST 3050
Writing for Business Professionals+
UNITS: 3
This course explores the
principles and strategies of effective written professional
communication in the context of the global workplace, current and
emerging technologies, and contemporary issues. Students apply
sound communication, analysis, and research techniques to the
composition of a professional bio, memos, formal reports, and
other forms of business communication. The connection between
skillful communication, critical thinking, and decision-making is
also stressed.
GNST 3150
Research on Topics of Design History+
UNITS: 3
An in-depth exploration into
the major design movements of the 20th and 21st centuries focusing
on the importance of research and writing on topics of the applied
arts. Emphasis is placed on contextualizing design movements and
the designers within their historical framework and the changes in
society they have inspired. Conversations consider the effects of
form and function, technology, identity, corporate branding,
globalization, and visual communication on the development of
design and how it has shaped our environment.
GNST 3400
Social Psychology+
UNITS: 3
A course that examines
social psychology and how the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions of
individuals are created and modified by the social and cultural
conditions in which they live. Issues of social influence,
cooperation and conflict, conformity, perception, change, and
leadership are explored.
GNST 3500
Professional Presentation+
UNITS: 3
A course in effective
organizational communication, with emphasis on advanced oral
communication skills, including interviewing. Students examine the
dynamics of individual and group communication as preparation for
full-scaled, business-specific informative and persuasive
speeches, in which they use computer technology, visual aids, and
statistical data to enhance the impact and clarity of their
presentations.
GNST 3600
Future Trends in Society
UNITS: 3
Students explore the
demographic trends, shifts in technology, and varied communication
avenues of the current socioeconomic landscape as a means of
anticipating the cultural expectations, values, and practices that
will give rise to new products, methods of
marketing/communication, and business trends. Prerequisite: GNST
3400
GNST 3700
Multicultural Perspectives Through the
Short Story++
UNITS: 3
Through the literary vehicle
of the short story, students examine issues of coexistence,
integration, and assimilation in the international arena. In
considering diversities such as race, ethnicity, class, family,
gender, and language, they gain the tools for evaluating, with new
awareness, their own identity and value system within a
multicultural context.
GNST 3800
Icons of Culture: The Context of Meaning
UNITS: 3
Students explore universal
design concepts underlying the applied arts, the decorative arts,
and architecture/architectural form. Using the language of
aesthetic analysis, they relate formal elements of color and
structure, pattern and motif, and icon and symbol to the origins,
development, and diffusion of a wide range of designed objects
from many cultures and historical periods. In the process, they
gain insight into the durability, adaptability, and resonance of
concepts and images that have achieved iconic status in the world
of design.
GNST 3900
Issues in Contemporary Society+
UNITS: 3
A General Studies capstone
course addressing current issues in social diversity,
globalization, business ethics, and civic responsibility. Students
combine critical analysis, scientific inquiry, and technological
skill to research and prepare a clear written and oral
presentation on a challenging, advanced question of their own
choosing.
Total Units of Credit: 46
+ Available as an online (distance learning) course
++ Periodically offered as an online (distance learning) course
