Domestic politics and government structures examined comparatively across countries located in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Special emphasis on government-citizen relations, ethnic identities, and socioeconomic and political formations.

Basics of international relations (sources of national power, sovereignty, security, international law and organization, and international economics), and factors (historical, political, economic, social, and governmental) in the formation of American foreign policy, with emphasis on current problems.

Concepts and theory regarding the U.S. policymaking process. Topics include political ideas; constitutional development and law; institutions of government; political parties, elections, and voting behavior; the significance of interest groups divided along race, gender, class, or other lines; and the role of the media and public opinion. Comparisons with other political systems are applied to several policy issues.

A comprehensive view of music designed to develop critical ability as a listener; significant composers, representative works, forms, and styles.

Algebraic, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions; functions and inverse functions; solutions of nonlinear inequalities; advanced factoring techniques.

Open only to Rutgers Newark students who previously earned a 'D', 'F', or 'W' grade in Math 114, or earned an 'A' grade in 109.  Requires a Special Permission Number (SPN).  Email math.cs@rutgers.edu. 

Designed for students who intend to major or minor in one of the physical sciences, mathematics, or economics. The course covers functions and operations of functions, operations on polynomials, fractions, a solution of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, graphing of linear and quadratic functions, a solution of word problems, functions, polynomial and rational functions, inverse functions, systems of linear equations, algebra of matrices, and series.

Open only to Rutgers Newark students who previously earned a 'D', 'F', or 'W' grade in Math 109, or earned an 'A' grade in 104 or 105.  Requires a Special Permission Number (SPN).  Email math.cs@rutgers.edu. 

This capstone course deals with strategic decision making at the business and corporate levels that determine the competitive advantage of the firm and its short- and long-term performance. Topics include situational analysis, strategy, mergers/acquisitions, strategic alliances, and corporate restructuring.

Seniors Only.

This course examines the distinctive circumstances of management arising from the conduct of business in more than one country. It presents a broad survey of different facets of an international business environment including international trading system, the world trade organization, international monetary system, regional trading blocs such as the European Union, and home and host country policies in international investments. Additionally, students learn theoretical and practical aspects of multinational corporations operating in an international environment, problems and risks that may be encountered, and various bases for profitable operations.

Not a survey, this course attempts to cover some of the high points of literature for children in the West over the past two centuries, moving from the Grimms's fairy tales to the present, and generically from folk and fairy tales through more literary fairy tales (Andersen) to the golden age of Victorian and Edwardian children's literature and finally to 20th-century fables, poetry, and fantasy. This interdisciplinary course draws upon the fields of education, psychology, anthropology, social work, and others.

Survey of the art of the past few centuries; emphasis on tendencies leading to modern developments; develops the ability to respond to and to feel at ease with contemporary art forms, and to gain familiarity with major works of art and important artists. Illustrated lectures and readings, museum and gallery visits.