Spring 2018 Course Offerings

Major Courses

(Any course may be taken as an elective if there are no prerequisites or a student has satisfied them.)

Art and Art History

McDaniel Plan Designation

CE ART1117 Design (Prof. Zsofia Görömbei)
ART2201 Life Drawing (Prof.Tamás Szigeti )
CE AHY1114 History of Western Art II (Profs Janos Szirmai and Gabriella Szigethy) links for readings provided at the beginning of the semester
AHY2240 A History of Modern Art (Prof. Orsolya Danyi) H.H. Arnason and E.C. Mansfield, History of Modern Art (7th edition, 2013)
TA PHI2222 Philosophy of Art (Prof. Gabriella Szigethy) links for readings provided at the beginning of the semester

 


 

Business/Economics

Passing both parts of the Math Proficiency Test (Arithmetic & Basic Algebra) is a general pre-requisite for all courses in Business, Economics, Mathematics and Statistics.  The prerequisite for upper-level (3000 or 4000) courses in Economics is completion of ECO 2201 Principles of Economics

BUA1102 Principles of Accounting II (Prof. Gergely Mohl) Textbook already acquired, no further literature is needed.
SCH ECO1103 Introduction to Economics (Prof. Laszlo Horvath)
BUA2209 Principles of Marketing (Prof. Zoltan Sipos) Kotler-Armstrong-Harris-Piercy: Principles of marketing.ISBN numbers: 978-0-273-74297-5 (print) 978-0-273-74315-6 (pdf) 978-0-273-78111-0 (eText)
BUA4323 Corporate Finance and Financial Management (Prof. Balázs Laki) Class readers & journal excerpts
MAT1107 College Algebra (Prof. Marta Lazi)
QR STA2216 Statistical Methods (Prof. Balázs Laki) Textbook free to download: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-intro.pdf
ECO3320 Macroeconomic Theory (Prof. Gábor Antal)
ENG1103 Introduction to Journalism (Prof. Robert Smyth) The Elements of Journalism By Bill Kovach & Tom Rosentiel (2014 edition)
ENG2204 Advanced News Reporting and Writing (Prof. Robert Smyth) The Elements of Journalism By Bill Kovach & Tom Rosentiel (2014 edition)

 


 

Communication

COM1103 Intro to Communication II: Media (Prof. Jolan Roka) Vivian, John: The Media of Mass Communication. Pearson, 2013 (eleventh edition)
COM2203 Quantitative Research Methods (Prof. Petra Kiss)
MC COM3221 Gender in Communication (Prof. Barna Szamosi) We will have a pdf reader uploaded to Blackboard.
IN COM3352 Intercultural Communication (Prof. István Ottó Nagy) Meyer, Erin: The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, Published by Public Affairs (TM), a member of the Perseus Books Group, New York, 2014 (1st edition)
COM3365 Creative Arts Management  (Prof. András Gerevich)
CE CIN3303 Great Masters of European Film (Prof. Laszlo Arato)
COM4594 Senior Seminar (Prerequisites: COM 2203, 2204, one 3000-level course) (Prof. Jolan Roka)

 


 

Political Science

SCH PSI1101 Introduction to Political Science (Prof. Deniz Bingol-Hall) Reader
QR PSI2219 Research Design and Methods (Prof. Dominik Brenner) Gravetter, Frederick J.; Wallnau, Larry B. (2008), Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 6th Edition // Bryman, Alan: Social Research Methods, 3rd edition, 2008
IN PSI2203 International Law and Organization (Prof. Csaba Törő)
PSI3321 International Criminal Law (Prof. Tamás Hoffman) Douglas Guilfoyle (2016) International Criminal Law (Oxford University Press).
PSI3319 American Civil Liberties (Prof. Peter Schimert)
PSI3398 Guided Independent Study (2 CR)
PSI4492 Senior Seminar (Prof. Peter Schimert)

 


 

Psychology

Completion of PSY 1106 is a general pre-requisite for all PSY courses

SCH PSY1106 Introduction to Psychology (Prof. Luis Murillo) Atkinson & Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology, 15th edition, pdf available
SIL PSY2215 Cognitive Psychology (Prof. Anna Babarczy) Bruce Godstein, Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience.
PSY2220 Psychology in the Workplace (Prof. Luis Murillo) Jerald Greenberg, Managing Behavior in Organizations, 4th ed., Prentice Hall
QR PSY2224 Psychological Methods and Statistics w/Lab (Pre-requisite: Completion of PSY 2223) (Prof. Anna Babarczy) Hugh Coolican, Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology; and David Howell, Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences.
PSY3214 Childhood Psychopathology(Prerequisite: PSY 2209 Developmental Psychology) (Prof. Yotam Kramer)
PSY3219 Biopsychology and Emotion (Prerequisite: PSY 2214 Behavioral Neuroscience) (Prof. Máté Toth)
PSY4492 Capstone in Psychology (Prof. Anna Babarczy) Journal articles – no purchase required

 


 

Journalism and New Media Minor

ENG1103 Introduction to Journalism (Prof. Robert Smyth)
ENG2204 Advanced News Reporting and Writing (Prof. Robert Smyth) The Elements of Journalism By Bill Kovach & Tom Rosentiel (2014 edition)
ENG2205 Media Ethics (Prof. Jolan Roka) Gordon, A. D., Kittross, J. M., Merrill, J. C., Babcock, W., Dorsher, M.: Controversies in Media Ethics. Routledge, 2011.Parise, Eli: How the New Personalized Web Changing What We Read and How We Think. Penguin Books, 2011.
ENG2295 Internship w/Journalism Focus (Arranged in consultation with Prof. Robert Smyth)

 


 

Crossroads Study Abroad Program Courses

IW IDS2039 Paths of Innovation: Freud, Kafka, Bartok, and Central Europe (Profs. O. Danyi & A. Orzóy)
TA ENG2228 Scar Tissue: The Literature of Historical Trauma (Prof. Gábor Molnár) Primo Levi, If This Is a Man / The Truce; Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Imre Kertész, Fatelessness; Hertha Müller, The Hunger Angel
ENT IDS2236 From Garden to Table (Prof. Robert Smyth)

 


 

Honors Study Abroad Course

IW,TA HON2201 Great Works (Prof. György Túry) (with permission of professor)

 


 

Competence Courses

FYS1170 First Year Seminar (An Introduction to the Liberal Arts through Research) (Prof. Robert Smyth) No set text
CW ENG1101 Intro to College Writing (Prof. Marta Siklos) Reader + other materials
ENG1002 College Composition  (Prof. Judit Barta)
ESL1002 Oral Com Skills –2 credits (Prof. Wylie Hughes)
ESL1003 Intro to Critical Reading/TOEFL Intensive – 2 credits (Prof. Marta Siklos)
MAT1001/1002 Mathematics Workshop (Non-credit Pass/Fail course)

 


 

Physical Education  Skill activities

PES EPE1048 Ultimate Frisbee (Prof. Reka Ranky)
PES EPE1026 Indoor Soccer (Prof. Reka Ranky)

 


 

Fitness Activities

PEF EPE1055A Aerobics (Prof. Reka Ranky)
PEF EPE1047 Social Dance (Salsa) (Prof. Reka Ranky)
PEF EPE1055Y (Sp Topic) Yoga  (Prof.Andrea Sándor)

 


 

ELECTIVES satisfying McDaniel Plan requirements

IN ASL3370 Int’l Perspectives on Sign Languages and Deaf Cultures (Visiting Professor Mark Rust) Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities. ISBN13: 9781563685781 ISBN10: 1563685787
SIL BIO2100 The Molecular Design of Life  (Prof. László Nyitray)
SCH HIS2265 Surviving Totalitarianism: Patterns of Collective and Individual Behavior in Hitler’s and Stalin’s Europe (Prof. Attila Pók)
HUN1101 Elementary Hungarian I (Prof. Katalin Miklósy)
HUN1102 Elementary Hungarian II. (Prof. Katalin Miklósy)

(Please note that the College reserves the right to cancel or add courses or to make substitutions)


 

Explanation of Codes McDaniel Plan Designations

CE Creative Expression
CW College Writing
FYS First-Year Seminar
IN Inetrnational Non-Western
MC Multicultural
IW International Western
PEF/PES Physical Education Fitness/Skill
QR Quantitative Reasoning
SCH Social, Cultural and Historical Understanding
SI Scientific Inquiry
SIL Scientific Inquiry with Lab
SIS Sophomore Interdisciplinary Study
SL Second Language
TA Textual Analysis