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Specific moral issues of contemporary concern such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, environmental ethics, terrorism, pornography, prostitution, and welfare form the basic content of the course. Although some basic ethical theory is discussed, the course's primary concern is with applied ethics (as opposed to ethical theory as taught in Philosophy 3030). Students learn to distinguish justifiable ethical arguments from those more problematic. Lectures: Three hours a week. 09-01-2024-25-04-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:00PM - 02:15PM, Duffy Research Ctr, Room 212

Finance is concerned with the planning for, acquisition, and utilization of funds. The major topics discussed in this course include the time value of money, analysis of financial projections, of financial markets, sources of corporate financing, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and working capital management. Three hours a week. 09-01-2024-25-04-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:30PM - 03:45PM, Kelley Memorial Bldg, Room 237

This course examines the nature of creativity as viewed from the psychoanalytic, cognitive problem solving, and humanistic existential perspectives. Topics include personality correlates of creative people, criteria and methods for judging creativity, the creative process, and the facilitation of creative potential. Small group participation is required. Three hours a week. 09-01-2024-25-04-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 08:30AM - 09:45AM, Faculty Sustainable Design Eng, Room 128A

Your goal is to learn how to argue effectively. We will study formal logic, causal reasoning, analogical arguments, informal fallacies, problems with language, and elementary principles of scientific method. Our goal is to help sharpen reasoning skills used in everyday life. We want to think more clearly, critically, and competently: in short, to distinguish good arguments from bad arguments. To avoid the snares of dogma, we need to ask two questions: What does it mean? and Why ought we to believe it? The second question has two components: the truth or acceptability of the premises and the logic or grounds of the argument. Lectures, discussion, class exercises. Three hours a week. 08-01-2024-24-04-2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 09:30AM - 10:20AM, SDU Main Bldg, Room 432

This course investigates how culture shapes human thought, behaviour, and the field of psychology broadly. The course begins with discussion of theoretical foundations and research methods in cultural psychology, followed by the application of a cultural perspective to psychological concepts including: self and identity, relationships, development, morality and justice, emotions, cognition, and physical and psychological health. Lectures, discussion, and in-class assignments challenge students to consider the sizeable impact of culture on human life. Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies (cf. DSJS 3840). 08-01-2024-09-04-2024 Web Days to be Announced, Times to be Announced, Room to be Announced

In this course, students examine research into recent curriculum developments which are based on principles of integration, resource-based learning, and holistic learning, and which require the use of alternative assessment approaches. In addition, the impact of these developments on teachers' instructional strategies and students' learning are investigated. The focus is on the integration of knowledge about curriculum design and teaching in order to develop leadership skills for curriculum change. 11-01-2024-04-04-2024 Lecture Thursday 01:00PM - 03:50PM, Young Sports Ctr, Room 212

Data science is an interdisciplinary and emerging field where techniques from several areas are used to solve problems using data. This course provides an overview and hands-on training in data science, where students will learn to combine tools and techniques from computer science, statistics, data visualization and the social sciences. The course will focus on: 1) the process of moving from data collection to product, 2) tools for preparing, manipulating and analyzing data sets (big and small), 3) statistical modelling and machine learning, and 4) real world challenges. Three lecture hours per week. 08-01-2024-08-04-2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 08:30AM - 09:20AM, Cass Science Hall, Room 104

This course introduces the fundamental concepts necessary for the design, use and implementation of database systems. Topics discussed include logical and physical organization of data, database models, design theory, data definition and manipulation languages, constraints, views, and embedding database languages in general programming languages. Three lecture hours per week. 08-01-2024-24-04-2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30PM - 01:20PM, Kelley Memorial Bldg, Room 237

This course studies the factors influencing human dietary behaviour and ultimately nutritional health. Topics include the food system, development of food preferences, food and culture, school food issues, food insecurity, food marketing, and sensory influences on dietary behaviour. Three lecture hours. 09-01-2024-25-04-2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 10:00AM - 11:15AM, Faculty Sustainable Design Eng, Room 128B