• LAMP-L 216 Sophomore Seminar: Business and the Humanities (3 cr.) Open to sophomores in the Liberal Arts and Management Program only. A topical seminar that introduces students to fundamental issues in the relationship between business and society. Topics vary with the instructor and year and include advertising in American culture and big business in American society.
  

• LAMP-L 316 Junior Seminar: Analytical Problem Solving (3 cr.) Open to juniors in the Liberal Arts and Management Program only. A discussion course emphasizing the use of quantitative methods and analytical skills in exploring and solving business-related problems. Topics vary with the instructor and year and include mathematical modeling and operations research, organizational control, and corporate finance.

• LAMP-L 416 Senior Seminar: Liberal Arts and Management (3 cr.) Open to seniors in the Liberal Arts and Management Program only. A discussion course drawing together aspects of other LAMP courses to focus on specific problems of business management and corporate policy in light of both practical and ethical considerations. Topics vary with the instructor and year and include the nature of business leadership and the legal and ethical practices of corporations.
  

• LAMP-X 215 Critical Thinking Discussion (1 cr.) C: LAMP-L 216. Open only to LAMP students. The lab focuses on critical thinking and writing skills as applied in undergraduate writing and beyond. Through reading, take-home assignments and in-class exercises, students will hone their critical thinking, logic and writing habits.
  

• LAMP-X 298 Challenges of Life and Work in the Twenty-First Century (2 cr.) Encourages self-exploration and personal development with the goal of enhancing life outcomes. Course readings and discussions analyze critical developments in the economic and professional environment and help orient personal, professional, and moral choices toward the resolution of practical problems. Requires a commitment to the self-evaluation process and to the understanding and application of development theories.

• LAMP-X 373 Internship for LAMP (1-6 cr.) Open to juniors and seniors in the Liberal Arts and Management Program only, with advance approval from the director of LAMP. Provides an opportunity for students to receive credit for supervised, career-related, full-time work appropriate to LAMP. Students may earn a maximum of 3 credits for a single internship experience. Students cannot receive credit both from LAMP and from another department or program for the same internship experience. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in X373 and X398.

• LAMP-X 491 Independent Study for Honors (3 cr.) P: Approval of topic and advisor for senior honors paper. Research and preparation of senior honors paper.

• LAMP-M 201 Arts of Communication (3 cr.) Introduces communication as a core practice in management and the workplace. Students work intensively to develop first simple, then increasingly complex, liberal arts communication competencies for business. These include formal presentations, one-on-one discussions, small-group work, and mediated communications.

• LAMP-M 301 Evidence, Analysis, and Ways of Knowing (3 cr.) Explores how researchers from different disciplines and different methodological traditions frame research questions and use evidence to answer them. Reviews the strengths and weaknesses of each and shows that different kinds of questions lead to different methodological choices. Through an examination of a series of cases about social issues, economic life, and workplace dynamics, students learn that different disciplinary/ methodological perspectives can be brought to bear on the same issue.

• LAMP-M 302 Ethics and Responsible Management (3 cr.) P: Completion of the English composition requirement. Addresses the ethical dimensions of management and social responsibilities within the public and private sectors. Examines the legal and regulatory requirements of ethical conduct, including the establishment and use of codes of conduct by various organizations and industry groups. Particular emphasis placed on examining the processes managers may use to confront conflicts that arise in organizational settings between individual values and organizational goals. Evaluates case studies involving alleged breaches of ethical conduct.

• LAMP-M 401 Capstone Seminar (3 cr.) P: Senior major in Management and the Liberal Arts, or consent of instructor. Students address and analyze a complex, real-world problem related to management, business, and/or economic enterprise. Emphasis on identifying appropriate research strategies, finding relevant data/information, participating actively in collegial discussion and critique, working collaboratively, and communicating findings to diverse audiences.

Cross-Listed Course

• BUS-X 333 Managing Business Functions (3 cr.) Open to juniors in the Liberal Arts and Management Program only. Offering a variety of real-world and simulated projects that wrestle with the complex opportunities and problems facing business managers in a variety of settings, this course emphasizes the development of strategic focus and decision-making skills under conditions of ambiguity, change, and uncertainty.