SCM300.1 Production and Operations Management (Fall)

SCM300.1 Production and Operations Management (Fall)

Enrollment priority to students accepted to the Florence Center: Wake Forest Business program.  The focus of this course will be on key issues within operations that are of relevance to a firm’s ability to remain competitive in a global economy. Students will focus mainly on the operational and tactical aspects of managing a network of multiple facilities, but we will also investigate their strategic implications. Factors such as legal, ethical, operational, venture risk, and reliability will be considered in addition to specialized topics in supply chain management within a global environment.
The study of the theories on the organization of production will be supported by the analysis of everyday practice; we will analyze how the predisposition to Problem Solving is a necessary element to be combined with the planning of strategies and tactics, and how creativity and flexibility in interpreting phenomena, communication and coordination skills of the Production Chain enhance the qualities of each manager.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

CAS200.1 Mapping Italy (Fall, Spring)

Required. An introduction to your semester abroad in Florence, aimed at developing intercultural awareness and cross-cultural competencies in a study abroad context. “Mapping Italy” invites you to orient yourself as a foreigner in Italy, treating Florence as your classroom. You will experience Italy through a series of topics to create a multi-layered map of your Italian experience. Prepare to reflect on how you have developed through experiential learning opportunities during your semester abroad, and how you have been impacted by local cultures. This class begins online pre-arrival. You will attend a seminar during orientation at the Syracuse Florence campus and the course will continue asynchronously throughout the semester abroad.

PHI300.2 Philosophy of Catastrophe (Fall, Spring)

Through a series of readings ranging from the ancients to the present day, explore topics including philosophical responses to personal catastrophe, large-scale death and destruction by natural catastrophe, war, and the possibility of mass extinction via climate change. Implicitly involved are discussions of and reflections on free will and determinism, personal ethics, and the morality of good and evil.   The overarching goal of this course is to demonstrate philosophy as a practical technology for responding to and dealing with adversity, catastrophe, and calamity.

APH300.1 Fashion Photography (Fall, Spring)

Limited enrollment, with preference given to students admitted to Studio Art Program. Explore the fundamentals of fashion photography as both a theoretical and practical experience. Learn the history of fashion photography along with every aspect of a fashion shoot from the use of cameras to studio lighting, from casting and styling to post production, from concept to aesthetic sensitivity. At the end of the semester, you will design a final self-published magazine/portfolio. Includes lectures by professional fashion photographers and commercial agencies and visits to the Gucci Museum, Ferragamo Museum and Galleria del Costume at Palazzo Pitti.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

NOTE: Students must also provide their own digital camera with manual settings (better SLR cameras) and 16-32 memory cards.

HOA413 Art, Faith, and Power in Late Medieval Italy (Fall, Spring)

Examines Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture from c. 1250 to 1400. Situates important works, patrons, and artists in their stylistic, geographical, social, political, and religious contexts. Also addresses the techniques of late medieval artists.

The central drive of this course is to trace artistic exchange between medieval Italy and the world, examining the influence of Byzantine and Islamic arts on the visual cultures of cities like Florence, Pisa, and Palermo. From the first Italian traders on the Silk Road to arrival of the Black Death in the peninsula in 1348, mercantile trade connected Italy to peoples of diverse religions and artistic interests. Artists like Giotto di Bondone and Simone Martini actively incorporated elements from these sources, including motifs from both the Mongolian and Mamluk Empires. By mapping visual and economic connections from select Italian city-states to Constantinople, Alexandria, and Avignon, we will investigate key modes of cross-cultural interaction and the geographical extent of exchange in the medieval Mediterranean.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

HOA437 Renaissance Architecture in Italy: 1400-1600 (Fall, Spring)

Architectural design and theory in Italy from 1400–1600, with a special emphasis on the various cultural contexts that affected the building process and on the relationship between architectural practice and its theoretical framework.  Covers Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, and others. The course includes local site visits.

Cross-listed with ARC 437.

Pre-req: introduction to architectural history course.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

ARC437 Renaissance Architecture in Italy: 1400-1600 (Fall, Spring)

Priority to students on the Florence Architecture Program. Architectural design and theory in Italy from 1400–1600, with a special emphasis on the various cultural contexts that affected the building process and on the relationship between architectural practice and its theoretical framework.  Covers Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, and others. The course includes local site visits.

Cross-listed with HOA 437.

Pre-req: introduction to architectural history course.

This course has an associated course fee. See the Course Fees webpage for more information.

PSC436 Healthcare in Europe: A Comparative Approach (Fall, Spring)

A fierce academic, social, political, and economic debate is raging about how healthcare systems should be organized. Policy experts want to learn from international best practices and apply ideas at home that have worked effectively elsewhere. This course will give you a firsthand understanding of how healthcare systems function throughout the world. We will study systems in the European countries, and compare and contrast them with the US model, examining each from economic, financial, and national and local public policy perspectives.

We’ll link our findings with theories and empirical evidence to assess which of the healthcare systems are better from the point of view of efficiency and equity. Economic principles will be used to demonstrate why healthcare reforms may reach or fall short of the governments’ stated goals. We’ll analyze in depth the concept of universality, short- and long-term challenges, successful and unsuccessful health policies, and why many systems are unsustainable—and then develop possible solutions.

Meets with ECN 336.

Prereq: ECN 101 or ECN 203, or equivalent background in microeconomics

ECN336 Healthcare in Europe: A Comparative Approach (Fall, Spring)

A fierce academic, social, political, and economic debate is raging about how healthcare systems should be organized. Policy experts want to learn from international best practices and apply ideas at home that have worked effectively elsewhere. This course will give you a firsthand understanding of how healthcare systems function throughout the world. We will study systems in the European countries, and compare and contrast them with the US model, examining each from economic, financial, and national and local public policy perspectives.

We’ll link our findings with theories and empirical evidence to assess which of the healthcare systems are better from the point of view of efficiency and equity. Economic principles will be used to demonstrate why healthcare reforms may reach or fall short of the governments’ stated goals. We’ll analyze in depth the concept of universality, short- and long-term challenges, successful and unsuccessful health policies, and why many systems are unsustainable—and then develop possible solutions.

Meets with PSC 436.

Prereq: ECN 101 or ECN 203, or equivalent background in microeconomics