Social Sciences at Maryville CollegeThe Division of Social Sciences at Maryville College includes the disciplines of Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Business. In addition, we offer interdisciplinary programs in the areas of Environmental Studies, International Studies, and International Business. Our primary goal is to provide students with the tools they will need to understand our changing social world and to find their place in that world. We provide students with opportunities to explore important questions related to contemporary political, environmental, economic, social and international issues. This involves interactive classroom instruction, class projects, service learning, internships, research and international study. Social scientific inquiry raises a myriad of questions. Many of these have moral and ethical implications. Our faculty invite and expect students to grapple with complex subjects such as ethical business practices, environmental sustainability and economic justice. In doing so, we promote the College’s mission to serve the human community. Class FavoritesMoney and Banking (ECN 332)Filled mainly with upperclassman economics and business majors, Money and Banking is a course that takes all the mystery out of money. American Government and Politics (PLS 122)Sure, most students have already had some kind of American government class in high school, but the Maryville College version is one that pushes students further. Says Prof Mark O’Gorman, “our looking at multiple viewpoints and sides to issues, and also reaching into underlying theories behind the forming of – and the running of – U.S. government” are the main differences in this freshman-level course. Human Resource Management (BUS 333)With its group projects, exploration of current issues and opportunities for real-world role play, Human Resource Management is also an incredibly popular course among MC’s undergraduates. Economics of Tourism (ECN 349)Most people love to travel, finding it exciting and eye-opening. But what kind of traveler are you? Dr. Brunger’s Economics of Tourism helps students learn to fully and responsibly engage in tourism, encourages curiosity and highlights the role of environmentalism in travel. Quick Fact: Dr. Sherry D. Kasper, professor of economics, was invited to participate in a conference, “Seventy Years of the Keynesian Revolution: Past, Present, and Future,” held in Santa Colombia, Siena, Italy, in July 2006. Among the 20 international scholars attending were Nobel Laureates in Economics, Robert Mundell and Edmund Phelps. The paper she presented, “The American Legacy of Keynes as Public Intellectual,” will be published in a forthcoming volume by Palgrave Macmillan. |
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