An introduction to Retailing and Tourism Management (i.e., RTM). The course will be taken by first semester freshman in either the Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles or Hospitality Management and Tourism program in the Department of Retailing and Tourism Management. The course will consist of informal lectures and interactive discussions led by RTM faculty and staff. The course will also orient students to the educational, research, and career opportunities in RTM-related fields and assist them in developing a focus for their individualized degree programs.

Advanced in-depth study of Retailing and Tourism Management. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Open to seniors and graduate students only.

SAG 497 provides students with hands-on experience working on a diverse produce farm and marketing the produce in the local community. Students receive in-depth training across the full range of production and marketing activities under the guidance of the course instructors and the staff of the CSA team. Students will also undertake management of specific crops in the growing season and see those crops through their life cycle and market them to customers.

A sociological study of a special topic central to the scientific study of crime, law, or deviance. May include such topics as deviant subcultures; substance use; social control of crime; crime and media; and inequalities and crime. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits under different subtitles.

This course explores the linkages between education and criminal justice through the lens of inequality. The course begins in the educational system, exploring theories of opportunity in education and questions of inequality within and between schools. The second section of the course examines schools as sites of socialization and social control, emphasizing the increasing influence of criminal justice logics, techniques, and personnel on youth and education. The third section of the course explores processes of youth criminalization and contact with the juvenile justice system.

This course will investigate two categories of crime that are often overlooked in criminology courses, but that are nonetheless prevalent in the U.S. and around the world. Political crimes are illegal acts carried out against governments, such as espionage and terrorism; whereas governments are the perpetrators of state crimes, such as corruption and genocide. This course will review the state of our knowledge about these crimes and examine their similarities and differences to "street" crimes.

The purpose of this course is to present a general overview of dialect variation in the Spanish-speaking world by explaining the most outstanding features of these varieties in these speech communities. It will reflect on the regional, national, and international implications of the use of Spanish as standard / national language.