HON2090: This course is a weekly honors French discussion group mainly concerned with expanding vocabulary and maintenance of language level. The topic shifted weekly and was influenced by the interests or studies of the students.
FR3050: Intermediate French Conversation & Composition I, was satisfied by an equivalent course through the University of Minnesota taken in Montpellier, France. The course focused on the spoken aspect of language and perfecting pronunciation, composition, and grammar.
HIST3999: Myths, Mysteries, & Marvels, a course focusing on medieval French literature, was taken during my study abroad in Montpellier. The course focused on themes of courtly love and chivalry while discussing the social context.
FR3160 & FR4160: French for International Business I & II are focused on developing the vocabulary, skills, and cultural competencies necessary to succeed in the francophone business world.
FR3070: French Civilization discusses the history of France from proto history up to the French Revolution, allowing for greater understanding of France’s history.
FR4120: French & Francophone Cinema was satisfied through a course I took in Montpellier focused on the differences in the presentation of masculinity and femininity in french cinema throughout history.
FR3080: French Linguistics I focused on understanding the phonetic composition of the French language and improving pronunciation of difficult sounds for English speakers such as the nasal vowels or the ‘r’.
LAIB1270: An Introduction to Language & International Business was a one-credit-hour course meant to inform and prepare all first-year Language & International Business majors for international careers.
LAIB4000: The International Internship course is an advising based course to assist students in developing their paper reflecting on their internship experience.
LANG4990: The Language Portfolio course is designed to facilitate students’ development of their own eDossier to demonstrate their language level and business proficiency.
MGT4230: I took International Business Management through University of Minnesota in Montpellier, France, and it focused on the advantages and potential pitfalls of a multicultural business environment.
ECON3150: Honors Intermediate Macroeconomics is a course mainly concerned with the application of, and expansion of, the concepts discussed in Honors Introductory Macroeconomics. In the small-scale honors economics courses I was able to take, there was a large emphasis on discussion and real-world application.
ECON3140: Honors Intermediate Microeconomics focused on deepening the understanding of general economic concepts previously introduced and how it impacts and applies to various aspects of the world.
ECON3190: Environmental Economics mostly discussed various approaches to balancing environmental costs with the needs of individuals and the market demands.
ECON3060: Public Choice centered on the different theories and principles in the market of public goods. There was a heavy emphasis on how the dispersion of costs affects the likelihood of success for a particular policy or law.
ECON4020: Law & Economics allowed me to take a very different approach to the majority of my economics courses due to the structure of the course and approach of the professor. Each week we read relevant articles, textbook excerpts, book excerpts, parts of legal books, and plenty of other interdisciplinary materials, then discussed their application to legal theory.
ECON4270: Development of the American Economy is a course I took in my senior year which told the story of the American economy through an economic lens. The focus was on the changes of the labor pool, the economic realities for various groups of people, and discussing the increasing productivity.
ECON4240: Economics of Markets, Competition, & Strategy concerned the differing types of competition in markets, market power, the application of game theory, and other ways to understand strategic decision through an economic lens.
ECON4230: Health Economics specifically discusses economic principles as they apply to the medical-care market, comparing the American system to the alternatives.
MKT3010: Honors Principles of Marketing introduced fundamental concepts in marketing. The course covered a variety of physical and digital marketing possibilities.
MATH1020 & MATH2070: Business Calculus I & II are an introduction and application of basic calculus concepts to financial, economic, accounting, and various other areas of business.
ACCT2010: Principles of Accounting I explained basic concepts and applications of financial and managerial accounting.
ENGL3040: Business Writing is a course that introduces and develops relevant writing skills for a variety of professional situations.
MKT3020: Consumer Behavior is a marketing course that focuses on individual behavior in the larger context of the market.
MKT4270: International Marketing is a course focused on the ways that marketing and brand tactics are adaptive based on the given environment.
REL1020: An honors comprehensive survey of a variety of world religions. With a focus on academic understanding with an emphasis on the fluctuations in beliefs, rituals, myths, and each aspect of religion in different time periods and areas of the world.
COMM2500: An Honors Public Speaking course with the intention of applying public speaking concepts to major-specific scenarios such as strategy meetings, research conferences, product pitching, and several others as well.
ENGL1030: Honors Composition & Rhetoric was a course focused on visual rhetoric and its uses in video, photography, theater, and practically any visual art or expression.
PHYS2070 & 2090: General Physics I, and its associated lab, introduced basic concepts in physics, demonstrating the application of these concepts to real-world scenarios.