Moodle at Eckerd College 2024-25 Academic Year

Exploration of financial instruments and markets in the investment world with emphasis on stocks, bonds, real assets, derivatives, and preparation of a financial portfolio. Prerequisites: MN 271S and either EC 281S or EC 282S.

Comprehensive offered during spring semester. Only open to students who have passed the writing competency requirement.

Required for students in the London semester. The historical, institutional and contemporary issues of Britain, with particular attention to London. Visiting experts in various fields, excursions and readings help students develop understanding of Britain today.

Fundamentals of Italian language. Introduction to basic grammatical structures and everyday vocabulary. Practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing.

Fundamentals of Italian language. Continues introduction of basic grammatical structures and everyday vocabulary begun in IT 101. Continued practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: IT 101 or permission of instructor.

Completes the overview of Italian grammar and essential vocabulary initiated in the first-year sequence. Continued practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Increased exposure to aspects of Italian culture. Prerequisite: IT 102 or permission of instructor.

Introduction to modern spoken Japanese through aural-oral drills and exercises, and mastery of the basic grammatical structures. Students learn written forms, perform basic communicative acts, and utilize proper social registers.

Continuation of introductory basic Japanese with emphasis on the spoken language. The Japanese writing system will also be continued. Prerequisite: JA 101.

A study of the supernatural elements that have long fascinated the Japanese, this course examines the changes seen over the years and the relationship between representations of the supernatural and national/individual identity.