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Summer Session II

Summer Session II
July 5 - August 6, 2010

Please note that courses and activities require minimum numbers of students/participants and are subject to change.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure the courses and activities selected will be offered.

Summer classes fmeet on Mondays through Thursdays facilitating 3-day weekends for students to explore Nicaragua through exciting adventure and sightseeing packages.  Visit Granada, the oldest city on the mainland in the hemisphere or a cloud forest on top of a volcano!  Click on Adventure Packages for more details!

NON-CREDIT COURSE:

Survival Spanish

This is an intensive survival Spanish course offered to groups of non-native speakers in order to communicate effectively in everyday situations using social vocabulary, basic colloquialisms and key idiomatic expressions.  In addition to formal instruction, students participate in exciting extracurricular activities.  All activities are congruent with the Catholic values and principles expressed in the Mission Statement of Ave Maria University.  This course will be offered Summer Session II.  Classes are taught from Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  This is a non-credit course.

Tuition and Fees: Non-refundable registration fee: US$ 50.00. 

Three Options:

  • Five week course: US$2,500.00. 
  • Includes 100 hours + 30 cultural hour tours, Room & Board 
  • Three week course: US$1,800.00. 
  • Includes 60 hours + 30 cultural hour tours, Room & Board
  • Two week course: US$1,300.00. 
  • Includes 40 hours + 20 cultural hour tours, Room & Board

Note:  Academic Courses are taught from Monday through Thursday.  A maximum of two courses can be taken in each 5-week Summer term.  The cost per credit is US$360.00.  The cost of Room & Board for five weeks is US$600.00 for 1 or 2 courses.  Students may also take Survival Spanish and 1 undergraduate course. 

Survival Spanish and undergraduate students have weekend opportunities to explore Nicaragua through exciting adventure and sightseeing packages.  Click on Adventure Packages for more details!

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ACADEMIC COURSES:

AC 242.  Principles of Accounting II.

Accounting for proprietorships and corporations; long-term liability; investments; statement of cash flows, job orders and process cost accounting; budgeting content and reporting; and basic concepts of managerial accounting.  Prerequisites:  AC 241, sophomore standing, or home institution approval for visiting students.  Monday through Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Credit:  three hours.

Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

EC 202.  Principles of Microeconomics.

Study of microeconomic concepts, the price system, production and cost theory, consumer behavior, market structure, behavior of the firm, products markets, resource markets, and income distribution.  Prerequisites:  EC 201, MA 111 sophomore standing or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Credit:  three hours.

Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600  

FI 361.  Corporate Finance.

This course covers the principles and practices of financing the corporate form of business, such as fixed income securities (characteristics and valuation), common stock (characteristics, and valuation) common stock (characteristics, valuation and issuance), capital budgeting and risk, capital structure concepts, capital structure management in practice, dividend policies, management of cash and marketable securities, short and intermediate term funding alternatives, financing with derivatives and corporate restructuring.  The student will learn to analyze corporate financial needs and gain an appreciation of the operation of the financial world.  Prerequisites:  BA 353, CIS 180, EC 201, FI 330 or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Credit:  three hours.

Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600 


FI 437.  Investments and Project Evaluation.

Valuation of securities and portfolio construction and administration.  The study of the US and Latin American markets for debt and equity securities and other investments.  Review economic and financial evaluation of investment projects, rationale of project appraisal, cost-benefits analysis, market feasibility studies.  Project engineering and the impact of risk, uncertainty, taxes, inflation and devaluation in investment decisions.  Prerequisites:  EC 201, 202; CIS 180; FI 303, 361 or home institution approval for visiting students.  Monday through Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Credit:  three hours.

Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

MGT 322.  Human Resource Management.

Reviews the body of knowledge on human resource management and strategy in a Central American context with comparisons to current U.S. approaches and practices.  Students are to participate actively in case discussions, prepare analytical write-ups, and present findings in class.  Groups are responsible for a real-life analysis of the human resource management of a business and/or public administration environment.  Prerequisites:  MGT 320, junior standing or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Credit:  three hours.


Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

BUSN 425. Production and Operations Management

An overview of the management of an organization‘s production system, converting inputs into products and services. Operations strategy, forecasting, designing and developing products and production processes, production technology, allocating resources to strategic alternatives, long-range capacity planning and production facility location, planning systems, master production scheduling, independent demand inventory systems, just-in time manufacturing, teamwork and empowerment, total quality management and quality control. Prerequisites: BUSN 303, BUSN 305. Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Credit:  three hours.


Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

MKT 417.  International Marketing.

The course includes an overview of the dynamic international environment, i.e. economic, political, cultural and legal aspects of international marketing.  It puts particular emphasis on developing global marketing strategies including segmentation and evolution of emerging markets and multinational market regions and market groups, targeting and positioning, the elements of the marketing mix, exporting and logistics, personal selling and sales management, and negotiation with international customers, partners and regulators.  Cases are discussed in class.  Prerequisites:  CIS 180, MGT 320, MKT 311 or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Credit:  three hours.


Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

ENGL 099. Introduction to College Writing.

This course expands on strategies to compose effective multi-paragraph essays. It also reinforces writing documented library papers. This course does not count as credit towards the completion of degree requirements. Prerequisite: Satisfactory results on English Placement Test or passing ENGL 098 with a minimum grade of C-. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Credit:  three hours.


Tuition: U$1,140
Room & Board: U$600

ENGL 100. College Writing.

Writing course designed to provide further training in clear thinking, in analytical writing, and in the various methods of structuring an essay. It includes the study of research methods and the writing of documented papers. Prerequisite: Satisfactory results on English Placement Test or passing ENGL 099 with a minimum grade of C-. This course does not count as credit towards the completion of degree requirements. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Credit: six hours.

Tuition: U$2,280
Room & Board: U$600

EN 101.  Effective English

Basic writing course designed to provide training in clear thinking, in analytical writing and in the various methods of structuring an essay.  Includes the study of research methods and the writing of documented papers. Must be taken in sequence.  Prerequisite:  satisfactory results on English Placement Test upon entrance, or passing EN 097 with a minimum grade of "C-" or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Credit:  three hours.

Tuition: U$1, 140
Room & Board: U$600 

EN 102.  Effective English.

Basic writing course designed to provide training in clear thinking, in analytical writing and in the various methods of structuring an essay.  Includes the study of research methods and the writing of documented papers.  Prerequisite:  EN 101 with minimum grade of C- or home institution approval for visiting students. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Credit: three hours.

Tuition: U$1, 140
Room & Board: U$600.

EN 204.  World Masterpieces II.

This two-semester course sequence introduces students to key literary texts from ancient times to the present, illustrating what writers have learned about the nature of human experience. It must be taken in sequence unless permission is obtained from the instructor to take a second course in the 300 or 400 level sequence. Prerequisite: EN 102. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Credit: three hours.

Tuition: U$1, 140
Room & Board: U$600  

LITR 103, 104. Literary Tradition I & II.

This two-semester course sequence introduces students to key literary texts from ancient times to the present, illustrating what writers have learned about the nature of human experience. It must be taken in sequence. Prerequisites: ENGL 100. Monday through Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Credit: four hours.

Tuition: U$1,520
Room & Board: U$600

SPNN 101, 102. Elementary Spanish for non-native speakers I & II.

Given simultaneously to beginning students with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural matrix. The course grants 8 institutional credit hours. However, it does not grant academic credit towards degree completion. Presented in manageable steps to enable students to master the different elements of the new language at a reasonable pace and to use those elements in meaningful communication. Monday through Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Credit: four hours.

Tuition: U$1,520
Room & Board: U$600

SP 202.  Intermediate Spanish - For Non-Native Speakers

Emphasis on reading and writing Spanish while continuing the study of basic grammatical structures.  Oral skills stressed, cultural studies included.  Prerequisite:  SP 201 or equivalent or home institution approval for visiting students.  Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Credit: four hours.

Tuition: U$1,520
Room & Board: U$600

SPNN 301, 302. Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation for non-native speakers I & II.

Emphasis on continuing acquisition of ease and fluency in daily conversation and development of style through the analysis of various texts and exercises. Prerequisite: SPNN 202. Monday through Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Credit: four hours.

Tuition: U$1,520
Room & Board: U$600

Notes: 

  • Academic Courses will be taught from Monday through Thursday.
  • Cost per credit is US$380.00
  • Cost of Room & Board for five weeks:  US$600.00 for one or two courses.
  • Students may also take Survival Spanish and one undergraduate course.