2018 E-term Bulletin

12 BA*E299*14 Moving Up the Food Chain: Vertical Integration in European Agribusiness Firms Rick Lester and Bert Morrow Prerequisites: Instructor Consent Open To: Juniors and Seniors in Any Major Grading System: Option Max. Enrollment: 5 Meeting Times: On Campus: January 3, 4, 22-26, 29-31 Travel: January 5-21 Students will visit the Czech Republic and Italy to study agribusiness firms engaged in food production. Particular emphasis will be given to the issues of vertical integration and the extent to which technological innovations have been adopted in a firm’s value chain. We will also explore how these firms acquire inputs, access distribution channels, and manage their labor and product markets. All students will be required to provide a written paper of their experiences in Europe. Estimated Student Fees: $4950 BA*E499*15 Moving Up the Food Chain: Vertical Integration in European Agribusiness Firms Rick Lester and Bert Morrow Prerequisites: Instructor Consent Open To: Senior Business Majors Grading System: Letter Max. Enrollment: 15 Meeting Times: On Campus: January 3, 4, 22-26, 29-31 Travel: January 5-21 Students will visit the Czech Republic and Italy to study agribusiness firms engaged in food production. Particular emphasis will be given to the issues of vertical integration and the extent to which technological innovations have been adopted in a firm’s value chain. We will also explore how these firms acquire inputs, access distribution channels, and manage their labor and product markets. Students taking this project for BA 499 credit will be required to prepare an oral presentation of a substantial research project on a topic of their choosing that has been approved by the professor. All students will be required to provide a written paper of their experiences in Europe. Estimated Student Fees: $4950 in travel expenses + $275 BA 499 fee BA*E499*16 Senior Capstone in Business Mary Harrison, Craig Parker, Ream Shoreibah, Tracy Smith Prerequisites: BA 400; and either BA 474 or BA 475 Open To: Senior Business Majors Who Meet the Pre-reqs Grading System: Letter Max. Enrollment: 60 Meeting Times: M Tu WTh F Sat Sun 8:30 am–4:30 pm This project is designed for students to develop entrepreneurial thinking. The project will emphasize the entrepreneurial process, which includes evaluating entrepreneurial opportunities, launching the new venture, and managing the new business. The goal of this project is to familiarize the student with the entire entrepreneurial process, and, in so doing, boost the student’s confidence in his or her ability to actually develop and open a new venture. Emphasis will be placed on identifying available resources, then matching those resources with environmental opportunities. The goals of this project will be accomplished by pitching a new business idea, writing a business plan, running the business for two weeks, then presenting the plan and experience to a group of faculty and executives. Each student group will receive seed money after the successful completion of their business proposal. Estimated Student Fees: $275 CLASSICS CL*E299*17 Classical and Renaissance Italy: The Major Cities and the Places in Between Michael McInturff and Amy Cottrill Prerequisites: Instructor Consent Open To: All Students Grading System: S/U Max. Enrollment: 20 Meeting Times: On-Campus: January 3-6, 10:00 am–3:00 pm Travel: January 8-27 After a series of orientation sessions early in the E-Term, this three-week travel-study experience will visit major cultural and historical sites in Italy, examining the world of the ancient Romans and Etruscans. We will explore the foundations of modern Europe in medieval and Renaissance Italy, focusing in particular on how art, architecture, and urban life express cultural and intellectual history. We will be based in Rome, Florence, and Venice, and visit Pompeii, Orvieto, Pisa, Pienza, and other areas. Students will research and present/lead three docent topics each. These will be selected in consultation with the faculty leader. Estimated Student Fees: $5000 CL*E299*18 The Politics of Performance: Ancient Drama and Society Mary Hamil Gilbert Prerequisites: None Open To: All Students Grading System: Letter Max. Enrollment: 15 Meeting Times: MWTh F 9:30 am-12:00 pmwith four film showings onThursday evenings In the winter of 405 BCE, a fewmonths before Athens would lose the Peloponnesian War and spiral into a decade of political violence, Dionysus, the god of drama, explains to the audience why he risked a visit to hell: “I came down here for a poet. Why? So that the city might be saved and continue to perform tragedies.” In this project we will read a selection of ancient plays and consider how these productions reflect the social and political concerns of the societies that produced them. We will pair the ancient plays with later adaptations of classical tragedy and examine how the tradition of ancient drama continues to serve different social movements in affirming, questioning, or undermining contemporary policies. For example, we will read Euripides’ Troades alongside a recent adaptation of the play performed by Syrian refugees, consider how Sophocles’s Antigone has been used to promote various feminist causes of the 20th century, and