This course surveys classic and current conceptual and empirical research in services marketing and management in the context of the hospitality, leisure, tourism and other service sectors. Students have the opportunity to develop their creative capacity in the development of theoretical extensions of the research and applications in hospitality and other service intensive contexts including health care, educational and financial services
Introduction to the epic as complex and comprehensive literature -- which includes romance, drama, history. Gods and goddesses, kings and queens, heroes and heroines, ships and swords. Cultures and nations celebrating their past, present, and future.
Students will consider the autobiography as a powerful social and cultural document, on that is an index to the ways in which people conceive of and recreate history itself.
Small seminar requiring substantial participation and regular writing. Uses major literary, historical and cinematic works to explore tension between conscience and law. Works include: A Man for All Seasons (Bolt), An Enemy of the People (Ibsen/Miller), The Stranger (Camus), Sophie's Choice, Emma (Zinn), King: Montgomery to Memphis , The Front, Rights on Trial (Kinoy), Amistad, Blind Ambition (John Dean), and Long Goodbye (Colby).
Examines ways in which law, especially constitutional law pronounced by the courts, influences the adoption, legal and political strategies, and public perception of major public policy issues. Several short topics, such as same-sex marriage, teaching of evolution in public schools, and Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Major topics include reproductive freedom, right to refuse medical treatment, and end-of-life healthcare decisions. Interactive lecture; occasional small-group discussion; two objective hourly exams; writing policy memo may substitute for one exam.