We are proud to announce our new study abroad scholarships. Click here to download an application. 888-845-4ASA   PROGRAM PROGRAM CODE PRICE DATES Fall 2003 LEF1 $11,495 Aug. 27 - Dec. 14, '03 Spring 2004 LES1 $11,495 Jan. 21 - May 9, '04 Academic Year 03/04 LEAY $20,900 Aug. 27 - May 9, '04 Eligibility: This program is for undergraduate students only. Students must have a 2.5 GPA. Possible U.S. Credits: 12 - 18 semester hours (double for Academic Year) Fall 2003 classes in the following areas are listed below along with their course description: BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & ECONOMICS FINE & PERFORMING ARTS HUMANITIES LITERATURE, LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATIONS MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, SCIENCE INTERNSHIPS BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & ECONOMICS ACCT 1010 - Financial Accounting I (3 Credit Hours) Introduces accounting, with emphasis on the accounting cycle, accounting terminology, collection of accounting data, data entry into the accounting system, and the basic financial accounting statements. Topics include journals, worksheets, payroll, bank reconciliations, and the complete accounting cycle. Prerequisite: None ACCT 1020 - Financial Accounting II (3 Credit Hours) Continues Financial Accounting I: introduces accounting standards; accounting for different forms of organisations, bonds, and investments; financial statement analysis, statement of cash flows, and accounting for manufacturing firms. Prerequisite: ACCT 1010 (Financial Accounting I) BA 334 - Principles of Management (4 Credit Hours) This course covers the significant philosophies, applications and theories of management including such topics as planning, organisation, staffing, controlling, motivation, communication, information systems, decision making, strategy, and organisational design. Prerequisite: ECON 101 (Principles of Microeconomics) ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4 Credit Hours) The aggregate level of economic activity in the economy and determinants of the national income, employment, and price levels. Topics include fiscal policy, money and banking, wage-price controls, the Marxian critique of capitalism, limits to growth and equality, poverty and economic justice. Prerequisite: None FINC 3210 - Principles of Finance (3 Credit Hours) Introductory course integrating concepts of corporate finance with investments and the money/capital markets. Topics include the role of money in the economy; the time value of money; financial analysis and planning; security valuation and capital market theory; capital budgeting; short- and long-term financing; and working capital management. Value maximisation and risk/return tradeoffs in financial decision making are employed as integrative concepts throughout the course. Prerequisites: ACCT 1010 and ACCT 1020 MNGT 3400 - Human Resource Management (3 Credit Hours) Studies the relationship between management and employees; principles of dealing with the human factor to maximise the individual's fulfilment and the productive efficiency of the firm through sound procurement, development, and utilisation of the firm's employees; and labour-management relations. Prerequisite: MNGT 2100 (Management Theory & Practice) MNGT 3550 - Public Relations (3 Credit Hours) Studies public relations policies and practices as an integral process of information gathering, assembling, evaluating, and reporting. Includes an overview of the role of public relations in developing favourable external public opinion towards an organisation, corporation, institution, or individual. Prerequisite: None MNGT 4570 - Marketing Research (3 Credit Hours) Studies the nature and scope of research techniques employed in gathering information concerning marketing and advertising practices and procedures. Subjects include sources and collection of data, sampling, interpretation of data, and research in areas of motivation, advertising, and consumer behaviour. Prerequisite: MNGT 3500 FINE & PERFORMING ARTS ART 1110 - An Introduction to Drawing (3 Credit Hours) This covers a variety of disciplines within the broad area of drawing. It addresses the basics of visual thinking through the study of the figure, perspective, light and shadow, as well as the contemporary world around us, photography, design solutions, cartoon and animation. The skills acquired are essential to any students considering careers in design, media, film or therapeutic arts. The course looks at aspects of our perceptions of the world and questions it through a series of practical studio exercises and visits to museums and art galleries. Students need no previous experience, only a willingness to enjoy working beyond their preconception of the word 'drawing'. Prerequisite: None ART 245 - Survey of Western Art I: In Museums, Galleries & Buildings of London (3 Credit Hours) The course covers western art from its beginnings in pre-history to the end of the mediaeval period. Highlights will include Egyptian painting and sculpture and Green and Roman sculpture and ornament from the unrivalled collections of the British Museum; Byzantine and mediaeval treasures in gold and ivory in the Victoria and Albert and in the churches and cathedrals of London and finally the art of Giotto and his contemporaries in the National Gallery. ART 247 - Survey of European Art - 19th & 20th Centuries (3 Credit Hours) This course will provide the opportunity to study and discuss the wide variety of movements in painting and sculpture which have influenced contemporary life. The history of art, ranging from early 19th century Romanticism through the "isms" of the modern era (Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism and beyond), will be given in separate linked lectures supported by analyses of works in the National Collections at the Tate Gallery. The class will alternate between illustrated lectures at the College and tutorials at the Tate Gallery. Prerequisite: None ART 364 - Great Houses, Great Patrons: Style & Decoration in England 1680-1830 (3 Credit Hours) Visits to royal palaces and country houses as well as formal town houses and exquisite small villas will form the basis of this course which explores the golden age of the British Aristocracy. The role of the patron will be examined to gain an understanding of attitudes to interior decoration, furniture, and the buying of pictures and sculptures. Prerequisite: None ART 364-A - English Architecture: 1066 to Present through the Buildings of London (3 Credit Hours) This course highlights the greatest buildings in London of each century. Visits to mediaeval cathedrals and royal palaces are included as well as 18th century villas, picturesque parks and controversial 20th century buildings. Students will gain an understanding of both why and how buildings changed and also why they are considered the landmarks of their time. Prerequisite: None ART 364-C - The Art of Renaissance Europe: 1400-1700 (3 Credit Hours) This course will study the painting and sculpture of the European Renaissance relying heavily upon the great collections in London, especially the National Gallery. Prerequisite: None MUS 234 - The London Classical Music Scene (3 Credit Hours) This course will use the richness and diversity of concerts and opera and other musical events in London as a basis for stimulating interest in classical music and for deepening the students' aural, intellectual and emotional responses to music. The course will provide opportunity to study different textural, structural and formal principles and models and the placing of the works heard in live performances against stylistic, cultural, social and historical backgrounds. Students wishing to take this course MUST leave Wednesday evenings free to attend concerts Prerequisite: None PA 101 - Introduction to the Performing Arts: a course for beginners (3 Credit Hours) This course will provide the opportunity to study and discuss the performing arts. It will be enriched by attending dramatic, musical and dance performances in London. There will be a cost to students for tickets to these events. Prerequisite: None TA 131 - Introduction to Acting (4 Credit Hours) This course is designed for beginners, or those with minimal experience, who wish to explore the skills involved in acting. The course is taught by a British Theatre professional who is both an actor and a teacher, and brings first hand knowledge and experience to the classes. Acting is about playing as well as learning, and the techniques involved in this course include confidence building, and interactive social and communication skills that have a use that goes beyond the classroom into everyday life. Prerequisite: None TA 286 - British & American Musical Theatre (3 Credit Hours) The course explores the history and aesthetics of the musical as the major form of popular theatre in the twentieth century. Classic American 'book' musicals are analysed and a study is made of the influence of the British musicals of Tim Rice and Lloyd Webber since 1970 and the impact of British producer Cameron Macintosh from 1980. Students see 3 or 4 musicals in the theatre and study 8-10 shows on videotape. Prerequisite: None TA 380 - Contemporary London Theatre (4 Credit Hours) London is the capital of world theatre, and this course seeks to explore its diversity of performance styles. Students analyse plays selected to be read and seen in the theatre and on video, exploring the various ways in which alternative conventions in modern theatre influence performance. There are also associated field trips including a backstage tour of the National Theatre and a visit to the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Students wishing to take this course must leave Monday evenings free to attend shows Prerequisite: None, but students should preferably have taken an introductory course in Theatre Arts HUMANITIES CLAS 315 - Roman Britain: An Archaeological & Historical Survey (4 Credit Hours) (XL: HIST 315) A survey of the history, historical literature and archaeological sites from Caesar's invasions of Britain through the decline of the Roman Empire in the West. Visits will be made to Roman sites and to various museums as appropriate. Primary sources (in translation) will include Caesar and Tacitus. Prerequisite: None HIST 111 - Western Civilisation I (4 Credit Hours) This course will examine the roots of western civilisation in the classical worlds of Greece and Rome and in the Judeo-Christian tradition, from the 'Golden Age' of Athens through the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to the creation of the medieval world. A major aim of the course will be to examine the links between modern culture and institutions and this classical past. The course will be illustrated by visits to the British Museum and the Museum of London. Prerequisite: None HIST 2000 - Social History: Riots, Rebellions, Reactions (3 Credit Hours) The course examines the history of crime, violence and disorder in Britain during the 'long eighteenth century'. It concentrates on violence directed at the state and its representatives, but not to the exclusion of more personally motivated crime. Some of these challenges were very substantial and posed a genuine danger to the status quo in Britain. Prerequisite: None HIST 2400 - Modern Asia (3 Credit Hours) Studies the cultures and the political-social development of major Asian nations, with an emphasis on the period since the impact of Western civilisations on ancient cultures. Content varies, eg Japan, China, Far East, Pacific World. May be repeated for credit if content differs. Prerequisite: None HIST 300 - The Civilisation of London (4 Credit Hours) The topics discussed will include the following: the geography and physical development of the city from its Roman beginnings to the present; the sociology and problems of the modern megalopolis. The course divides equally between class-based lecture sessions and field trips. By the end of the course, students should be well acquainted with key historical themes and sites associated with the city and its environs. Prerequisite: None HIST 3100 - Diplomatic History (3 Credit Hours) Studies the foreign affairs of the major developed areas of the world: eg Europe, the United States, Japan. Studies the foreign affairs of the major developed areas of the world: eg Europe, the United States, Japan. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of pertinent history or permission of the instructor HIST 315 - Roman Britain: An Archaeological & Historical Survey (4 Credit Hours) (XL: CLAS 315) A survey of the history, historical literature and archaeological sites from Caesar's invasions of Britain through the decline of the Roman Empire in the West. Visits will be made to Roman sites and to various museums as appropriate. Primary sources (in translation) will include (XL: CLAS 315) A survey of the history, historical literature and archaeological sites from Caesar's invasions of Britain through the decline of the Roman Empire in the West. Visits will be made to Roman sites and to various museums as appropriate. Primary sources (in translation) will include Caesar and Tacitus. Prerequisite: None. INTL 3330 - International Economic Integration (3 Credit Hours) Examines customs unions, common markets and free trade, capital and labour movement, international economic aid, and development programmes. Explores conflict, cooperation, and unification of world economic policies. Prerequisite: usually sophomore standing or permission of the instructor POLT 1070 - Introduction to Political Theory (3 Credit Hours) Studies the nature of the political community, with attention given to concepts of the state, justice, freedom, authority, and law. Selected classics of political theory are read and discussed. Prerequisite: None PS 145 - Introduction to British Politics (4 Credit Hours) An introduction to the British political system. Topics covered include the unwritten constitution, Parliament, the Cabinet, the office of Prime Minister, the electoral system, political parties, interest groups, the civil service, and the governance of Northern Ireland. Prerequisite: None REL 111 - World Religions (3 Credit Hours) Students are introduced to five of the major religious traditions of the world. The course looks at each of them on its own merit by presenting its origins and developments, its main doctrines and practices. Some central elements found in all religions such as their sources of authority, ritual, gender issues etc are also examined. The five religions studied are the largest faith communities in Britain and in order to provide first-hand experience, there will be visits to their places of worship in London. Prerequisite: None LITERATURE, LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATIONS COMM 101 - Introduction to Mass Communication (4 Credit Hours) This course investigates the process of delivering information, ideas and attitudes to an audience through media. It is designed to help the student become aware of the many forms of mass communication and comprehend the impact of those media on the individual's life. The course focuses on the role of the British media in British society. Analytic techniques such as image concepts and perspectives from structuralism, semiotics and psychoanalysis will be used. Prerequisite: None COMM 176 - Intro to Media Writing (3 credit hours) Presents an overview of types of writing for media. Emphasis is on style, structure, and techniques involved in print journalism, scriptwriting, advertising, public relations writing, and critical writing. Prerequisite: None COMM 252 - Introduction to Film (3 Credit Hours) A course which aims to deepen students' appreciation of film and film-making. It concentrates on key aspects of film-theory such as narrative, genre, directorial style and the star system. Film extracts and complete films will be shown in class and the teaching will consist of lectures and class discussion. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 (Composition & Literature II) or the equivalent FILM 2050 - History of Film: the European Film (4 Credit Hours) Covers the film medium and its development as an art form. Students view films weekly, discuss them in their historical settings, analyse them for directorial style, and evaluate them as forms of art and entertainment. Prerequisite: None ENGL 202 - Survey of British Literature II: Milton to Modernism (3 Credit Hours) A survey course focuses on the major texts and moments in literary history. What is it about poems, plays, or novels from the past that make them speak to readers in the twenty first century? The course looks at the text in the content of the society that produced it, but also at links of form and content across the centuries. For instance, the confidence of the great Victorian novelists that they can give full and accurate representations of their society develops into the tortured self-questioning of Conrad and the Modernists. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 (Composition & Literature II) or the equivalent ENGL 205 - Literary London (3 Credit Hours) The course will deal with a wide variety of texts by authors who lived in London and/or wrote about it, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Dickens' Great Expectations and Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Students will explore the themes of pilgrimages, portraits, and passports which reflect the ebb and flow of human migrations which have given London its unique character. By viewing the works on the syllabus in their cultural and historical context, students will gain an understanding of how literature can reflect the many facets of human nature and of a fascinating, ever-changing city. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 (Composition & Literature II) or the equivalent ENGL 2210 - Literature into Film: Shakespeare - the Movie (3 credit hours) An exploration of the gains and losses when translating Shakespeare's plays from stage to screen, taking advantage of the recent boom in movie versions of Shakespeare. This course will include two tragedies, 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet', but our main study will be on selected comedies, on the different experiences of that genre on the page, on the stage, and on the screen. Prerequisite: None ENGL 312 - Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances (4 Credit Hours) In what ways does Shakespeare transform, even subvert, the genre of comedy? If comedy is 'tragedy averted' how seriously are we to take the melancholy within the comedies, the anti-comic voices? What do the clowns and jesters contribute? And why do Shakespeare's 'unruly women' seem to dominate the comedies as they both celebrate and mock romantic love? As audience participation contributes to the comic effect, as well as studying the texts student will evaluate movie versions of plays on the programme. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 (Composition & Literature II) 0or the equivalent ENGL 335 -Modern British Poetry and Prose (4 Credit Hours) Selected works of Joyce, Conrad, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, Lawrence, Orwell, Golding, Greene, Waugh, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 112 (Composition & Literature II) or the equivalent Selected works of Joyce, Conrad, Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, Lawrence, Orwell, Golding, Greene, Waugh, and others. JOUR 2140 - Advanced Reporting (3 Credit Hours) Focuses on a variety of specialised news story forms, as well as interpretative stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and personal columns. Actual reporting assignments, both on and off-campus, are an integral part of the coursework. Students are expected to compose subjective commentaries based on their objectively reported story assignments. Prerequisite: JOUR 1030 (Fundamentals of Reporting) or permission of the instructor JOUR 3060 - Community Reporting (3 Credit Hours) Focuses on the organisations and institutions that make up our community and the issues concerning its leaders and the public. Representatives from the police, courts, parks authority, town planning department and business groups will all explain their part in the jigsaw puzzle of community life. Prerequisite: JOUR 2140 (Advanced Reporting) JOUR 3080 - Global Journalism (3 Credit Hours) Examines strategies and techniques used by the United States and foreign countries in the management of domestic and international news. Students listen to and evaluate short-wave broadcasts from world capitals, including Moscow, London, and Beijing. Provides an understanding of the different philosophies of freedom of the press operating in international and British news media. Prerequisite: None MEDC 2800 - Cultural Diversity in the Media (3 Credit Hours) This course explores various topics related to the issues raised by cultural diversity, including ways in which the media reflects and inculcates cultural attitudes toward women and/or minorities, the history of these groups in the media, and the economic structure that affects their full participation in the media industry. Prerequisite: None MEDC 4100 - The Law and the Media (3 Credit Hours) Students will study freedom of information and laws that restrict or regulate the flow of information around the world. Focuses on UK and US laws as examples of freedoms, regulation and protection of the media, society and individuals. The course will discuss laws concerning privacy, reputation, copyright, confidential information, obscenity, indecency, print, broadcast and internet regulations. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing is advised SPAN 1090 - Elementary Spanish: Level I (3 Credit Hours) Develops listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The goal is fluency in basic Spanish structures needed for expression in everyday situations. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: None SPAN 2090 - Intermediate Spanish: Level I (3 Credit Hours) Strengthens listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Introduces students to new situations and encourages expression of simple ideas and opinions. Prerequisite: SPAN 1100 (Elementary Spanish II) or equivalent. MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, SCIENCE ANSO 2000 - Issues: Social Class in Britain (4 Credit Hours) Acquaints the student with the various social and cultural issues of contemporary societies. Centres around concerns of living in industrialised urban societies. Compares complex societies to gain an understanding of issues that confront their members. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for credit if content differs. Prerequisite: None ANSO 3400 - Gender & Sex Roles (3 Credit Hours) Examines the status and roles of women and men from cross-cultural and historical perspectives. Among the enduring issues to be examined are the concepts of masculinity and femininity; role acquisition; gender inequality; and the connections between ideologies and the organisation of work and unequal sex roles. Prerequisite: ANSO 1010 (Introduction to Sociology) or ANSO 1070 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology) and 6 hours of social science, or permission of the instructor BIO 101 - Principles of Biology (4 Credit Hours) A study of the basic concepts concerning living organisms. The course will view organisms as objects which grow, metabolise, reproduce, and interact with other organisms. Topics include cell biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, and physiology. Laboratory experiments will be conducted which produce data for subsequent description and interpretation. Prerequisite: None MATH 1360 - Business Mathematics (3 Credit Hours) This course provides the student with a variety of opportunities to strengthen math skills necessary for analysing numerical information and solving practical business problems. Students will learn to translate business-related problems into simple equations. Topics include: applications of ratio and proportion, simple and compound interest, basic statistics, graphs and linear programming. Prerequisite: None MATH 1420 - Games, Clocks and Magic (3 credit hours) This course is an introduction to number theory and to algebraic structures. It focuses on the arithmetic and algebra of the modular systems and includes a variety of empirical applications. The course is appropriate for students who wish to develop a deeper insight and broader perspective of ordinary arithmetic and algebra. Prerequisite: competency in high school algebra PSYC 100 - Introduction to Psychology (4 Credit Hours) This course introduces the major theories, topics and issues in the scientific study of behaviour. Topics covered will include the biology of behaviour, perception, learning, intelligence, personality, etc. At the end of the course, students should be familiar with the main areas of psychological enquiry, the respective contributions of major theorists and will be competent in the use of psychological terminology. Prerequisite: None PSYC 215 - Survey of Human Development (3 Credit Hours) Behaviour changes and their determinants throughout the life span. Topics include research methodology, prenatal development, the nature-nurture controversy, infancy, language, sex roles, and cognition. Prerequisite: None PSYC 3060 - Abnormal Psychology (3 Credit Hours) Introduces the student to psychopathology. Includes a consideration of factors (physiological, psychological, and sociocultural) that influence the development of mental disorders. Surveys the major diagnostic categories, including symptomatology, demographics, etiology, and treatment approaches. Prerequisite: PSYC 1030 (Introduction to Psychology) and 6 credit hours, or permission of the instruction PSYC 3400 - Psychology of Women (3 Credit Hours) Focuses on the psychological impact of being female and problems surrounding expectations through infancy, young adulthood, middle age, old age, and death. Explores scientific findings and sexist myths about male and female differences special dilemmas such as fear of achievement, aggression, and leadership, as well as traditional and nonsexist child rearing and other topics. Prerequisite: PSYC 1030 (Introduction to Psychology) or ANSO 1010 (Introduction to Sociology), or permission of the instructor INTERNSHIPS INT 298/398 (3-9 Credit Hours) Qualified students who are interested in an internship in London may apply. Projects in many fields can be accommodated (eg education, political science, media, social services, business). Each must be approved on the student's home campus as well as at Regent's College well in advance of the opening of the semester. Therefore, students interested in an internship should request the special application form from the Office of Admissions as soon as possible. Prerequisite: Approval of the student's project by the home institution prior to the project being submitted to Regent's College. Why ASA? | Barcelona, Spain | Granada, Spain | Madrid, Spain | Salamanca, Spain Sevilla, Spain | San Jose, Costa Rica | London, England | Eurail Passes | Common Questions