Business in Context: Uncovering the Big Questions

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

If you are in this course - and the whole Sheedy Family Program - it is because you are seeking something. You have questions like, How can I connect my business major with my minor in psychology, or Spanish, or economics? Where can I learn the moral standards that will guide my actions in the business world? What do I tell my well-meaning relatives when they ask of my liberal arts major, "What are you going to do with that?" How are degrees in business and the liberal arts mutually enriching - a "sum greater than the parts" situation? Those questions are the reasons that this course, the gateway course in the Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society, exists. Together, we'll probe big philosophical questions related to the SFP's three key terms: economy, enterprise, and society. You'll learn to dialogue with peers - a vital "real world" skill with deep roots in the liberal arts - and to flexibly integrate ideas from across disciplines. You'll grapple with texts in genres from ancient philosophy to modernist poetry to contemporary film. We look forward to thinking in community with you.