ENGL 3530 - The Literature of Business and Economics

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Check with Department
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Check with Department
Description: This course examines historical and contemporary issues in the world of business and economics through literature, film, and essays. The course will explore concepts such as private property, commodities and natural resources, wage labor, capital, public lands, and globalization. Students will investigate pertinent moral and ethical questions connected with these concepts from both historical and contemporary perspectives, such as the distribution of wealth and poverty, consumption and resource management, competition and conflict, and social (in)stability. The course is designed to improve writing skills, specifically the ability to express complex ideas from a variety of perspectives and to improve critical and creative thinking skills while stressing the importance of learning through writing.