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CFWP Teacher Consultant: PR: C.I. This course is designed for Fellows of the CFWP Summer Institute who will plan, practice, and present writing inservice components to public schools.

LAE 5295 ED-IP 1-3(1-3,0)

Writing Workshop I: PR: C.I. Students will engage in exploration and practice of effective writing strategies. May include teaching small groups of students. May be repeated for credit.

LAE 5319 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Methods of Elementary School Language Arts: PR: EDG 4323. Principles, procedures, organization and current practices in reading, writing, listening, and talking.

LAE 5337 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Literacy Strategies for Middle and Secondary Teaching: PR: Graduate standing or C. I. Designed to assist teachers and graduate students in understanding the adolescent learner. This course will examine theory, strategies, research, resources and implementation options for effective middle and secondary literacy programs.

LAE 5367 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

English Composition and Literature for Teachers of Advanced Placement: PR: Graduate standing and C.I. A two-week summer institute for secondary school teachers preparing to teach Advanced Placement courses.

LAE 5372 AS-ENG 3(2,1)

Theory and Practice in Composition: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Intensive study of theories of composition, with practical experience in the writing laboratory and in composition classes.

LAE 5415 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Children's Literature in Elementary Education: Survey of children's literature: criteria for selection according to literary elements and child development needs. Methods for presenting to children; integrating literature with elementary curricula.

LAE 5465 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Literature for Adolescents: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Selecting and evaluating books for adolescents with emphasis on the use of literature in the development of young people.

LAE 5495 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Assessing Writing: PR: C.I. Students will explore a variety of strategies for assessing students' writing including holistic scoring, primary trait scoring, and portfolio assessment.

LAE 6296 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Writing Workshop II: PR: C.I. This course is designed for Fellows in CFWP Summer Institute. Students research topics about writing and participate in writing response groups.

LAE 6467 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Studies in Adolescent Literature: Analysis of major works in genre, examination of criticism, instructional strategies, and research in teaching adolescent literature.

LAE 6616 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Trends in Language Arts Education: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Historical development and trends; English usage systems; materials; instructional strategies.

LAE 6637 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Research in Teaching English: Examination and interpretation of major research in English education. Design of models for research in language instruction in secondary schools.

LAE 6714 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Investigation in Children's Literature: PR: A previous survey course in children's literature. Learning through the utilization of children's literature; literature analysis and evaluation; storytelling; visual and reference materials.

LAE 6792 ED-IP 3(3,0)

CFWP Teacher/Researcher: PR: C.I. Teachers who have completed a NWP Summer Institute will examine classroom research methods and trends, and design a study to conduct the following year.

LAH 5713 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Colloquium in U.S.-Latin American Relations: PR: Senior Standing and C.I. The course will analyze U.S.-Latin American relations from an historical perspective. It will be presented through readings and discussion of selected materials.

LAH 6938 AS-HIST 3(3,0)

Seminar in Latin American History: May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LEI 6443 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Recreation: A comprehensive study of public, private, and school recreation programs.

LIN 5137 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Linguistics: PR: Senior or graduate standing or C.I. Modern linguistic theories and studies focusing on language acquisition and development, contemporary American English, semantics, and para-linguistics.

LIN 5705 HPA-COMD 3(3,0)

Psycholinguistics: PR: Graduate status or C.I. Foundations of language in affective consciousness and the human nervous system. Pragmatic analysis of word meaning and its precise scientific measurement. Implications for communicative disorders.

LIN 6932 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Problems in Linguistics: PR: LIN 5137. Study of the application of linguistics to various aspects of teaching and communication.

LIT 5039 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Studies in Contemporary Poetry: English language poetry from 1945 to the present. Emphasis will be on American poets, but others such as English or Australian will be included.

LIT 5097 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Studies in Contemporary Fiction: PR: Senior standing or C.I. Fiction in the last 20 years in the United States and Britain. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 5250 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

The Victorian Age: Poetry: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Poets of the Victorian period, including Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Hopkins, Hardy, the Rossettis, Emily Bronte, and others.

LIT 5269 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Nineteenth-Century Essays: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. English non-fiction prose of the 19th century.

LIT 5309 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Popular Culture and Media: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Study of contemporary media and the literature of popular culture.

LIT 5366 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

The Romantic Revolt (19th Century Literature): PR: Senior standing or C.I. The romantic revolt in poetry and prose; English, American and Continental literature from 1798 to 1832.

LIT 6009 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Literary Genres: PR: Graduate standing. Provenance, structure, and critical problems in a specific genre such as tragedy, the epic, the novel, or the lyric. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6105 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

World Literature: PR: Graduate standing. Study of the influence on British and American literature of selected foreign works read in translation. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6365 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Movements in Literature: PR: Graduate standing. Study of a movement such as naturalism, romanticism, or classicism, or of a literary period such as the Baroque or the Southern Renaissance. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

LIT 6506 AS-ENG 3(3,0)

Major Authors: PR: Graduate standing. Study of a single author or of two or three associated authors, with emphasis on biography, bibliography, and style. May be repeated for credit when content is different.

MAA 5210 AS-MATH 4(4,0)

Topics in Advanced Calculus: PR: MAC 2313 or C.I. Selected topics in multivariable calculus, including limits, continuity, Euler's theorem, the Jacobian, and double series; extension of single variable concepts, including uniform convergence and improper integrals.

MAA 5404 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Complex Analysis: PR: MAA 4226, or C.I. Analytic and harmonic functions, Cauchy's integral theorem, Cauchy's integral formula, Taylor and Laurent series, singularities and residue theory, conformal mapping.

MAA 5405 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Complex Variables: PR: MAC 2313 or C.I. Analytic functions. Integration in the complex plane. Laurent series and residue calculus. Inversion of Laplace transformations. Conformal mappings. Applications in engineering and the physical sciences.

MAA 5416 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Foundations of Analysis: PR: MAA 4226. Topological spaces, compactness results, connectedness, analytical and differentiable manifolds, topological groups, Lie groups, representation theory for classical groups, Green, Stoke and Gauss' theorems.

MAA 6306 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Real Analysis: PR: MAA 5210. Sets, function spaces, Lebesque measure, Lebesque-Stieltjes measure, measurable functions, convergence notions, general measure and integration, Radon-Nikodym theorem.

MAA 6508 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Hilbert Spaces with Applications: PR: MAP 3302, MAS 3106, or C.I. Normed and inner product spaces; Hilbert spaces; orthonormal systems; linear operators and spectral decomposition; applications to differential and integral equations.

MAD 5205 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Combinatorics and Graph Theory II: PR: MAD 4203 or C.I. Polya's theory of counting; Latin squares and rectangles; block designs; coding theory; probabilistic methods; hypergraphs; applications.

MAD 6309 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Graph Theory I: A seminar devoted mainly to reading papers and presenting their content. Advanced areas of graph theory will be covered. Primarily for Ph.D. students in Mathematics and Computer Science.

MAD 6608 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Finite Fields and Coding Theory: PR: MAS 5311 or C.I. General theory of fields, existence, construction and implementation of finite fields, polynomials over GF(pn), solving equations: emphasizing fields of characteristic 2.

MAE 5318 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Current Methods in Elementary School Mathematics: PR: EDG 4323. Strategies of instruction of computation and concepts of number, geometry, and measurement; instructional materials. (Meets Elementary Education certification requirements.)

MAE 5325 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching Mathematics in the Middle/Junior High School: PR: 12 s.h. of mathematics, including at least College Algebra. Consideration of the curriculum and instructional techniques appropriate for students in Middle/Junior High School.

MAE 5356 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching General Mathematics in the Secondary School: PR: MAE 3330 or C.I. This course addresses specific techniques for developing general mathematics skills and concepts beginning in grade 6. Problem solving, motivation, and innovative methods are explored.

MAE 5395 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching Measurement in Schools: Metric system, methods of developing different measurement skills and concepts, and curriculum changes needed to accommodate measurement.

MAE 5935 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Post-Secondary Mathematics: The course will focus on issues which are faced by teachers of collegiate mathematics. Topics will be selected from teaching issues, program issues, and other issues.

MAE 6145 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Mathematics Curriculum, K-12: PR: At least 6 semester hours of graduate credit in mathematics education or C.I. Development of historical and current issues and forces in mathematics curriculum. New mathematics programs and contemporary curricular issues will be emphasized.

MAE 6337 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching Algebra in the Secondary School: PR: MAE 3330 or C.I. Addresses specific techniques for developing algebra skills for pre-algebra through precalculus algebra needs. Logical deductions, problem solving, computer applications, and innovative methods are explored.

MAE 6338 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching Geometry in the Secondary School: PR: MAE 3330 or C.I. This course addresses specific techniques for developing geometry skills beginning in the general mathematics classes of grade 6 through the high school geometry course.

MAE 6517 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Diagnosis/Remediation of Difficulties in Mathematics for the Classroom Teacher: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. The study of techniques for diagnosis and remediation of difficulties in mathematics.

MAE 6641 ED-IP 3(2,1)

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills: PR: Regular Certificate or C.I. Development of procedures and practices necessary to implement critical thinking skills and problem solving techniques in the schools.

MAE 6656 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Using Technology in the Instruction of K-12 Mathematics: PR: CAP 6613 or C.I. The application of computer technology to mathematics instruction including calculators, CAI, CMI, application software, simulators, and video disc technology.

MAE 6899 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Seminar in Teaching Mathematics: PR: Six semester hours of graduate credit in mathematics education. Development of historical and current issues, forces, and individuals and their impact on the teaching of mathematics K-12. Consideration of advanced instructional techniques. (May be repeated for credit.)

MAE 7795 ED-IP 3(3,2)

Seminar on Research in Mathematics Education: PR: Doctoral standing.

MAN 5050 BA-MAN 2(2,0)

Management Concepts: PR: Acceptance into the graduate program. Theory and practice of managing organizations to include planning, organizational theory, human behavior, and control.

MAN 5501 BA-MAN 2(2,0)

Introduction to Production/Operations Management: PR: Acceptance into the graduate program and ECO 5415 or equivalent. Introduction to the fundamental concepts, processes, and institutions involved in the production of goods and services required by modern society.

MAN 6055 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Planning and Control Analysis: PR: Graduate standing and MAN 5050 or equivalent. Emphasizes elements of the planning and control processes including objectives, action programs and control procedures. Discusses integration of the two processes.

MAN 6075 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

History of Management Thought: PR: Graduate standing and MAN 5050. The historical development of management in modern society with emphasis on the interrelationship between the management processes and the economic, social, and political environments.

MAN 6121 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Group Decisions and Analysis: PR: Graduate standing and MAN 5050 or equivalent. Experience in company-wide management decision making by groups using the management game techniques. Analysis of the group decision-making process using video tapes.

MAN 6158 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Human Resources Management Issues: PR: MAN 6305 or C.I. A course providing advanced study in selected topics of current interest in human resource management.

MAN 6245 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Organizational Behavior and Development: PR: Graduate standing and MAN 5050 or equivalent. The analysis of human behavior in organizations in terms of the individual, small group, intergroup relationships, and the total organization.

MAN 6296 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Executive Leadership: PR: Admission to the Executive MBA Program. A review of the theory, research, and practice of leadership in organizations. Special attention to contemporary leadership issues, including transactional and transformational leadership.

MAN 6299 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Creative and Innovative Management: This course examines the emerging theories and practices related to creative and innovative management. It combines the creativity of new concepts, new ideas, new directions, and the like with their innovative implementation in a management context.

MAN 6305 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Personnel Resources Administration: PR: Graduate standing. A seminar in integrating the personnel, manpower planning, and labor relations fields through the study of concepts and problems in these areas.

MAN 6546 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Quantitative Models for Business Decisions: PR: Graduate standing and ECO 5415 or equivalent. Quantitative techniques useful for the solution of business problems. Mathematical model building to aid the decision-making process is stressed.

MAN 6547 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Expert Systems for Business Application: PR: Graduate standing and C.I. if non-Business student. An introduction and application of the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (Al) knowledge-based expert systems technology to problem solution needs of business and other disciplines.

MAN 6565 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Production/Operations Analysis: PR: MAN 5050, MAN 5501 or equivalents and MAN 6546. Study of the production/operations environment and the development of the organization's operations strategy and plan.

MAN 6721 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Business Policy and Responsibility: PR: Graduate standing and completion of all MBA professional core courses or their equivalent. MBA program capstone course providing the student experience in formulating policy and strategy for the direction of a business firm from the integrated viewpoint of a CEO.

MAN 7275 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Organizational Behavior: In-depth review of the classic and modern organizational behavior research literature, which deals with management of individual and group behavior in organizations.

MAN 7776 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Business-level Strategic Management: PR: Ph. D. Foundation Course. In-depth review of the classic and modern business-level strategy research literature, which deals with how organizations compete in a single business segment.

MAN 7777 BA-MAN 3(3,0)

Corporate-level Strategic Management: PR: Ph.D. Foundation Course. In-depth review of the classic and modern corporate-level strategy research literature, which deals with management of an entire corporation.

MAP 5336 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications: PR: MAP 2302 or C.I. Existence and uniqueness of solutions of differential equations, systems of ordinary differential equations, autonomous systems, phase plane analysis, stability, bifurcations.

MAP 5385 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Applied Numerical Mathematics: PR: MAP 2302 or C.I. Classical topics or numerical analysis and their applications, Romberg integration, Richardson extrapolation, Gaussian quadrature schemes.

MAP 5396 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Splines and Data Fitting: PR: MAS 3106, MAS 3105, MAP 2302, or C.I. Univariate splines and their application to data fitting. Applications to regression analysis, differential and integral equations. Algorithms to use different types of splines in computation.

MAP 5404 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Mathematical Foundations for Industrial Engineering and Operations: PR: MAP 2302, STA 5156 or equivalent, ESI 4312, or C.I. Methods of proof, set theory; basic elements of topology, real analysis, graph theory, and matrix analysis.

MAP 5407 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Applied Mathematics I: PR: MAP 2302 or C.I. Calculus of variations. Hamilton's principle, Rayleigh-Ritz method, Sturm-Liouville theory, Green's functions for ordinary differential equations, introduction to integral equations.

MAP 5426 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Special Functions: PR: MAP 2302 or C.I. Series and integral representations, generating functions, recurrence relations and orthogonality properties of the special functions. Emphasis on Bessel, Legendre and hypergeometric functions.

MAP 5435 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Mathematics for Engineers: PR: MAP 2302 or C.I. Linear Algebra and matrix methods, ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, partial differential equations, numerical methods for differential equations, and applications to engineering.

MAP 5514 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Linear and Nonlinear Waves I: PR: MAP 2302, MAP 4363, or C.I. Equations of motion in inviscous and viscous fluids, energy equation and energy flux, linear theory of gravity and capillary-gravity waves, variational principles for water waves.

MAP 5931 AS-MATH 1(1,0)

Research Seminar: Four instructors will introduce the students to a research area by presenting necessary background and presenting current investigations. Different branches of mathematics will be presented for a sense of diversity.

MAP 6110 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Measure and Probability: PR: MAA 5210 or C.I. Measure and integration, probability measures, random variables, distribution and characteristic functions. Convergence in LP, probability, distribution and with probability one.

MAP 6111 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Mathematical Statistics: PR: MAP 6110 (Measure and Probability) or C.I. Strong laws of large numbers, consistency and asymptotic normality, complete and sufficient statistics, maximum likelihood and least squares, optimal estimators, hypothesis testing.

MAP 6112 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Asymptotic Methods in Mathematical Statistics: PR: MAP 6111 (Mathematical Statistics) or C.I. Large sample theory, martingale sequences, probability measures on metric spaces, absolute continuity and singularity, Hellinger distance, functions of statistics, asymptotic theory of estimation.

MAP 6118 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics: PR: MAP 5336, PHY 3048 or equivalent, or C.I. Nonlinear differential equations; bifurcation theory; Hamiltonian dynamics; integrable systems and breakdown of integrability; chaos in conservative and dissipative systems.

MAP 6207 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Optimization Theory: PR: MAA 4226 or C.I. Lagrangian function and duality, Kuhn-Tucker theorem, quadratic programming and Wolfe's theorem, Griffith and Stewar's method, search methods for unconstrained optimization.

MAP 6356 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Partial Differential Equations: PR: MAP 4364 or MAP 5435 or equivalent. First and second order linear equations; classification; analytical methods including Green's functions and integral representations; introduction to nonlinear equations; applications.

MAP 6385 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Numerical Solutions of PDE: PR: MAP 6356, MAP 5385, or C.I. Numerical solution of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations of parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic type using finite difference and spectral methods.

MAP 6408 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Applied Mathematics II: PR: MAP 2302 and MAA 5405 or equivalent. Asymptotic series, asymptotic expansion of integrals, regular and singular perturbation expansions, boundary layer, multiple scales, WKB theory.

MAP 6419 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Transform Methods: PR: MAP 6424 or C.I. Fourier analysis and sliding-window Fourier transform, sampling theory and its applications in signal analysis and optics, Radon transforms, the technique of back projection.

MAP 6420 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Generalized Functions: PR: MAP 6506 or C.I. Spaces of test functions and their duals, calculus of distributions, convolution and tempered distributions, Fourier transforms of distributions, and applications to PDEs.

MAP 6421 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Integral Equations: PR: MAA 5405 or C.I. Successive approximations, Volterra equations, Fredholm theory, Hilbert-Schmidt theory, Newmann series, singular integral equations, the Riemann-Hilbert problem.

MAP 6424 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Transform Methods: PR: MAA 5405 or C.I. Laplace, Fourier, Hankel, and other integral transforms, inversion theorems; the Z transform; applications to physical problems.

MAP 6425 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Complex Analysis and Applications: PR: MAA 5404 or C.I. Schwarz-Christoffel and Jaukowsky transformations, entire functions, Weierstrass factorization theorem and Blaschke's product, meromorphic functions and Mittag-Leffler theorem.

MAP 6445 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Approximation Techniques: PR: MAA 4227, MAA 5210 or C.I. Normed linear spaces; Weierstrass approximation theorem; Tchebycheff approximation by polynomials; trigonometric approximation; orthogonal expansions and least squares approximations.

MAP 6455 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Orthogonal Polynomials and Digital Signal Processing: PR: MAA 6306, MAA 5404, or C.I. Orthogonal polynomials, Szego's orthogonal polynomials, Toeplitz matrix, Caratheodory functions and Schur functions, Levinson algorithim, associated Szego polynomials.

MAP 6465 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Wavelets and Their Applications: PR: MAP 4364, MAA 6508, or C.I. Continuous wavelet transforms, discrete wavelet transforms, frams, Zak transform, multi-resolution analysis, orthonormal bases of compactly supported wavelets, spline wavelets.

MAP 6506 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Functional Analysis: PR: MAA 4226 or C.I. Normed vector spaces, linear operators, Baire Category theorem, Banach fixed point theorem, Hahn-Banach theorem and applications, open mapping and closed graph theorem with applications, Hilbert space, Gateaux and Frechet.

MAP 6515 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Linear and Nonlinear Waves II: PR: MAP 5514 or C.I. Nonlinear shallow water waves and solitons, inverse scattering transform, Lie group methods, nonlinear dispersive waves, solitary waves and the nonlinear Schrodinger equations.

MAP 6520 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Fractal Image Compression: PR: MTG 4302, MAA 5416, or MAA 6306, or C.I. Hausdorff metric H, Hutchenson maps, contraction maps on H, the collage theorem, measures and IFS with probabilities, fractal image compression, Huffman codes, addresses on fractals.

MAP 6938 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Multivariate Splines and Surface Fitting: PR: MAP 5396 or C.I. Approximation of functions of several variables, tensor product splines, theory of multivariate splines, box splines, surface fitting, applications to statistics, computer graphics.

MAP 7119 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Nonlinear Dynamics: PR: MAP 6118 or C.I. Solitons, inverse scattering transform, breakdown or integrability, analytic structure of dynamical systems, fractal aspects of turbulence.

MAP 7357 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Topics in Partial Differential Equations: PR: MAP 6356 or C.I. Variational techniques, perturbation and asymptotic methods, hyperbolic systems, Lie group methods, parabolic, elliptic, or free boundary value problems, spectral analysis.

MAR 5055 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Marketing Concepts: PR: Acceptance into the graduate program. Study of functions, institutions, and basic marketing of goods in the U.S. economy.

MAR 5941 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Small Business Consulting: PR: Graduate status, all foundation classes, FIN 6406, MAR 6816. Provides students opportunity to apply knowledge learned in classroom to real business situations. Open to undergraduate majors in the College of Business Administration with approval of the department chair.

MAR 6077 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Contemporary Marketing Problems: PR: Graduate standing, MAR 6816, or C.I. Analysis of contemporary marketing problems resulting from social, economic, and political developments.

MAR 6406 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Sales Management and Control: PR: Graduate standing and MAR 5055 or equivalent. Designed to provide an analysis of the sales and management process. Topics covered include selection and training, compensation, behavioral issues and sales planning, evaluation, and control.

MAR 6456 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Advanced Industrial Marketing Management: PR: MAR 5055 or equivalent or C.I. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive characteristics of industrial markets. The course reviews what is known about organizational buying behavior which provides the foundation necessary to formulate marketing strategies.

MAR 6616 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Marketing Research Methods: PR: Graduate standing, ECO 6416. Investigation of primary research methods used to generate information for marketing decision makers. Problem definition, research design, data collection, data processing, statistical interpretation, and communication of research results.

MAR 6816 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Marketing Policy: PR: Graduate standing and MAR 5055 or equivalent. (Not open to undergraduate marketing majors.) Marketing policy formulation and decision making with respect to planning, pricing, promotion, and distribution.

MAR 6845 BA-MAR 3(3,0)

Services Marketing: PR: MAR 5055 or equivalent or C.I. Marketing in services industries is the focus of study with particular emphasis on unique aspects of services marketing, the service marketing mix, and the implementation of service strategies.

MAS 5145 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Advanced Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory: PR: MAS 3105. LU and LDU decompositions, linear spaces, inner product spaces, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and canonical forms, variational principles and applications.

MAS 5311 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Abstract Algebra with Applications: PR: MAS 4301 or undergraduate abstract algebra. Group actions, the class equation, Sylow Theorems, polynomial rings, Euclidian domains, principal ideal domains, field extensions, modules, and semi-simple rings.

MAS 6463 AS-MATH 3(3,0)

Doubly Stochastic Measures: PR: MAP 6506, MAP 5416, MAP 6111, MAP 6110, or C.I. Doubly stochastic matrices, Birkhoff's theorem, double stochastic measures, Douglas-Linden-strauss theorem, copulas, Frechet bounds, dependence of random variables, Markov operators.

MCB 5205 HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Infectious Processes: PR: MCB 3020C or C.I. Discussion of current theories of the infectious process and the response of host cells and tissue to infection.

MCB 5225 HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Molecular Biology of Disease: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. An in-depth study of the molecular biological mechanisms of diseases in experimental animal models and human populations.

MCB 5487 HPA-M&M Variable

Current Topics in Molecular Biology: PR: Graduate standing or C.I. Selected current research topics from the primary literature reflecting recent advances in molecular biology. May be repeated for credit.

MCB 5505 HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Virology: PR: MCB 3020C and BCH 4053. Nature of viruses and other intra-cellular parasites including structure, nomenclature propagation, isolation, propagation, and identification.

MCB 5654 HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Applied Microbiology: PR: MCB 3020C or C.I. Microbial biochemistry of industrial processes including: economics, screening, scale up, quality control and applied genetics.

MCB 6407C HPA-M&M 5(3,4)

Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology: PR: PCB 4524 and MCB 4404, or C.I. Experimental techniques and design in laboratory biological research.

MCB 6417C HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Microbial Metabolism: PR: C.I. Relationship between microbial metabolism and principal cellular activities, emphasizing transport, respiration, differentiation, and synthesis.

MHS 5005 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Introduction to the Counseling Profession: PR: Completion of Phase II of Education Professional Preparation or C.I. Overview of the philosophy, organization, administration, and roles of counselors in various work settings.

MHS 6020 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Mental Health Care Systems: PR: MHS 5005 or C.I. Foundations of mental health counseling including organizational, administration, fiscal, and accountability structures.

MHS 6070 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Diagnosis and Treatment in Counseling: PR: MHS 6400, MHR 6401. Examines diagnosis in the assessment and treatment of mental disorders and the use of the DSM IV. Disorders reviewed with emphasis on symptoms and implications for treatment.

MHS 6220 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Individual Psychoeducational Testing I: An overview of appraisal instruments for individual testing with emphasis on administration, scoring, and interpretation. Designed for practitioners interested in understanding individual assessment.

MHS 6221 ED-ED S 3(3,1)

Individual Psychoeducational Testing II: PR: C.I. Analysis of test theory and practice in administration, scoring, and interpretation of tests assessing achievement, visual-motor and cognitive ability, adaptive behavior, and self-concept.

MHS 6400 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Theories of Counseling and Personality: PR: MHS 5005 or MHS 6020, EDF 6481, or C.I. Major theories and approaches to counseling, correlating them with counterpart theories of personality and learning.

MHS 6401 ED-ED S 3(1,2)

Techniques of Counseling: PR: MHS 6400 or C.I. The nature of counseling and its relationships to theoretical concepts.

MHS 6420 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Counseling Special Populations: PR: MHS 5005 or MHS 6020 or C.I. Application of counseling principles with various special populations including multicultural subgroups, persons of abuse, exceptional children, gay and lesbian people, etc.

MHS 6421 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Play Process in Counseling with Children: PR: SDS 6411 or C.I. Theories and application of the principles of play in the counseling process with children.

MHS 6430 ED-ED S 3(1,2)

Family Counseling I: PR: MHS 5005 or MHS 6020 or C.I. Presentation of specific family counseling theories. An evolution and current state of the art.

MHS 6431 ED-ED S 3(1,2)

Family Counseling II: PR: MHS 6430, EDF 6481, or C.I. Presentation of techniques to work with entrenched, paradoxical, and "fixed" family systems that pose problems for the family and the counselor.

MHS 6450 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Counseling Substance Use and Abuse: PR: MHS 5005 or MHS 6020, or C.I. Examination within systematic, theoretical framework of the function that a substance, individual, and the environment play in use and abuse of illicit and licit substances.

MHS 6480 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Human Sexuality and Relationships: A basic course in understanding how human beings form intra- and interpersonal relationships and how sexuality develops.

MHS 6500 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Group Procedures and Theories in Counseling: PR: MHS 6401. This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the role of theories in group counseling as well as the many process applications of groups.

MHS 6510 ED-ED S 3(1,2)

Advanced Group Counseling: PR: MHS 6500 or C.I. This course is designed to give students practical experience in leading groups. It is also intended to challenge students to explore professional and advanced issues in group counseling.

MHS 6600 ED-ED S 3(2,0)

Consultation, Staffing, and Case Management: PR: MHS 6500 or C.I. Understanding the counselor's role as consultant and staffing team member. Study of case management procedures.

MHS 6780 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Ethical and Legal Issues: Studies of ethical standards and legal issues in counseling and other human service professions.

MHS 6800 ED-ED S 3(1,3)

Practicum in Counselor Education: PR: MHS 6500 or C.I. Supervised counseling emphasizing competence in (1) individual counseling; (2) working with groups; (3) tests in educational-career-personal counseling. May be repeated for credit.

MHS 6830 ED-ED S 1-6(1,1-6)

Counseling Internship: PR: C.I. Supervised placement in setting appropriate for program track. (May be repeated for credit.)

MHS 6930 ED-ED S 3(3,0)

Current Trends in Counselor Education: PR: MHS 5005 or 6500 or C.I. Current trends affecting the rapid changes in the counseling field.

MLS 5710 HPA-M&M 3(3,0)

Current Concepts in Laboratory Management: Overview of current administration and supervision concepts in a clinical laboratory to include laboratory planning, personnel administration, and financial management.

MMC 6202 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication: A study of social, ethical and legal issues for Communications practitioners and the impact on media consumers.

MMC 6402 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Mass Communication Theory: A study of mass communication theory and research traditions.

MMC 6407 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Visual Communication Theory: A study of the visual world as it relates to theories of visual interpretation.

MMC 6445 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Mass Media Research I: Quantitative approaches to mass communication research.

MMC 6446 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Mass Media Research II: Qualitative approaches to mass communication research.

MMC 6567 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Seminar in New Media: A study of the development and convergence of new technologies and their mediation.

MMC 6600 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Media Effects and Audience Analysis: A study of the effects of communication on society emphasizing the research in media effects.

MMC 6606 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Advertising and Society: A study of the social and ethical impact of advertising focusing on the development and presentation of advertising messages.

MMC 6607 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication and Society: The importance of the mass media, their structure, role, and problems.

MMC 6612 AS-COMM 3(3,0)

Communication and Government: A study of the relationship between the media and government.

MUE 5695 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Trends in Arts Education: PR: Initial Certification or C.I. Investigation of current trends in arts education; development of strategies for utilizing understandings of arts education in the total curriculum of elementary students.

MUE 6155 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Teaching Performing Organizations: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Techniques and skills for planning, administering, and directing performing music organizations. Examination of historical and philosophical foundations of music education.

MUE 6349 ED-IP 3(3,0)

Advanced General Music: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate or C.I. Analysis of current materials, new programs, and teaching techniques in general music, K-12. Emphasis on practical applications. Examinations of psychological foundations of music education.

MUE 6946 ED-IP 3(0,14)

Practicum in Music Education: PR: Basic Teacher Certificate. MUE 6349 and MUE 6155, MUE 6610 and MUE 6630 or C.I. Field experience in teaching music. (May be repeated for credit.)

MUS 5526 AS-MUSIC 3(3,0)

Music and Technology: PR: Graduate Student. The emergence of technology in music including MIDI, CD ROM, and the high-tech music classroom.

MUT 5381 AS-MUSIC 3(3,0)

Arranging and Composing Music: PR: Satisfactory placement tests in theory, sight-singing, and ear training. Arranging and composing music for instrumental and vocal ensembles. Some emphasis on compositional techniques of the 20th century.

MVB 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Trumpet V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVB 5452 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

French Horn V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVB 5453 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Trombone V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVB 5454 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Baritone V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVB 5455 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Tuba V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVK 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Piano V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVK 5453 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Organ V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVO 5250 AS-MUSIC 1(1,0)

Advanced Secondary Instruction: PR: Graduate standing and C.I. Advanced instructional techniques on a secondary instrument or in voice. May be repeated for credit.

MVP 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Percussion V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Violin V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5452 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Viola V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5453 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Cello V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5454 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Bass V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5455 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Harp V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVS 5456 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Guitar V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVV 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Voice V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVW 5451 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Flute V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVW 5452 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Oboe V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVW 5453 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Clarinet V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVW 5454 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Bassoon V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

MVW 5455 AS-MUSIC 2(1,0)

Saxophone V: PR: C.I. May be repeated for credit.

NGR 5002C HPA-NURS 3(2,1)

Advanced Health Assessment: PR: Basic Health Assessment course; current RN license in FL; Bac. Degree in Nsg. Concepts and skills of advance physical/behavior health assessment over the life-span.

NGR 5110 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Theoretical Bases in Nursing: PR: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Exploration and analysis of the philosophical, conceptual and theoretical bases of Nursing.

NGR 5141 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Pathophysiological Bases for Advanced Nursing Practice: PR: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Critical examination of the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms affecting individuals.

NGR 5155 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Health Promotion Across the Life Span: PR: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Application of theories and models of health promotion, education, motivation, assessment and planning. Promotion and maintenance of health from conception to death.

NGR 5195 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Issues in Nursing and Health Care Policy: PR: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Study of selected legal, ethical, socio-cultural, and policy issues related to advanced nursing practice and health care delivery systems.

NGR 5720 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Organizational Dynamics: PR: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Analysis of theories and models of health care organizational systems. Emphasis on nursing administration roles.

NGR 5810 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Research Methods in Nursing: PR: Undergraduate statistics course; Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing. Study of research designs, qualitative and quantitative methods commonly used in nursing research. Proposal development and research utilization.

NGR 6192 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice: PR: NGR 5141. Comprehensive study of medications used in the promotion and maintenance of health across the lifespan. Examination of the implications for advanced nursing practice.

NGR 6600C HPA-NURS 4(2,2)

Family Nurse Practitioner I: PR: NGR 5110, NGR 5141, NGR 5002C, and admission to MSN program. Foundation of the specialized role of the family nurse practitioner. Application of principles of case management with selected individuals and groups.

NGR 6601C HPA-NURS 4(1,3)

Family Nurse Practitioner II: PR: NGR 5810, NGR 6192, NGR 6600C, and NGR 5155. Theoretical and clinical bases for early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of health care problems of individuals and families throughout the lifespan.

NGR 6602C HPA-NURS 4(1,3)

Family Nurse Practitioner III: PR: NGR 6601C, NGR 5195. Theoretical and clinical bases for management of high-risk problems within families and target populations.

NGR 6603L HPA-NURS 1-4(0,1-4)

Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum: PR: NGR 6602C. Supervised advanced clinical practice in the role of the family nurse practitioner in a variety of clinical settings.

NGR 6722 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Financial Management and Resource Development: PR: Admission to MSN program, NGR 5720. Comprehensive overview of health care economics for the nurse executive; financial management, resource development and impact on nursing and health care services.

NGR 6723 HPA-NURS 4(2,2)

Nursing Administration I: PR: Admission to MSN program, NGR 5110, NGR 5720. Theories and principles of nursing administration: Nursing care delivery systems, program evaluation, staffing, personnel management, issues and trends.

NGR 6724 HPA-NURS 5(2,3)

Nursing Administration II: PR: NGR 6723, NGR 6722. Continuation of Nursing Administration I.

NGR 6813 HPA-NURS Variable

Research Utilization Project: PR: NGR 6840. Development of a project which evaluates nursing research findings for applicability to practice.

NGR 6840 HPA-NURS 3(3,0)

Statistical Methods in Nursing Research: PR: NGR 5810. Data analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative research methods in nursing. Use of computerized statistical software.

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