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Elementary Education |
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EDEL 6396 - Problems in Education
3 0 0
Prerequisite: approval of department head. May be repeated once when topics vary. Fall, spring.
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Engineering Technology |
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ET 6095 - Individual Problems
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite: approval of department head. Completion of limited investigations not covered by any other course and/or research by student into topics of interest dealing with engineering technology. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ET 6301 - Thesis
3 0 0
Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ET 6302 - Thesis
3 0 0
Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ET 6305 - Geographic Information Systems Same as ENVR 6305
3 2 2
Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Use of computers to generate maps and associated data bases. Analysis and applications of Geographic Information Systems. Spring.
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ET 6321 - Industrial Supervision and Management
3 3 0
Instructions related to the first-line supervision of employees in an industrial setting. Communication, personality interaction, discipline and other management issues which affect the work environment.
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ET 6322 - Industrial Automation and Cybernetics
3 3 0
Development and evolution of automation and cybernetic principles and their influence on modern industrial processes.
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ET 6323 - Advanced Industrial Processes
3 3 0
Advanced study of conventional and non-conventional industrial processing methods used in modern manufacturing. Flexible manufacturing systems, JIT, CNC, CIM and current research and application of non-conventional processing techniques.
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ET 6324 - Design for Research and Development
3 3 0
Methods of analyzing and solving engineering problems and systems through application of scientific and mathematical principles.
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ET 6326 - Quality Assurance
3 3 0
Organization and management techniques for product assurance, inspection, principles and practices, control charts and reliability testing.
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ET 6327 - Ergonomics
3 3 0
Human factors engineering as it applies to people as they interact with equipment, work places and their environment. Emphasis on designs that reduce potential for human error.
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ET 6328 - Robotics Implementation
3 3 0
Comprehensive study of industrial robots, applications, fundamentals of design, physical mechanisms and programming techniques.
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ET 6350 - Renewable Energy Systems
3 3 0
Overview of renewable energy systems; solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, micro and mini hydro, and ocean plus institutional and economic aspects.
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ET 6370 - Evaluation and Control of the Occupational Environment
3 3 0
Detection and evaluation of chemical, physical and biological occupational hazards affecting health and safety. Emphasis on Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
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ET 6375 - Industrial CADD Systems
3 3 0
Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Current computer-aided design and 3-D modeling systems. Focus on their applications and integration into engineering design processes. Summer I.
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ET 6392 - Seminar in Engineering Technology
3 3 0 or 3 0 0
Study and research on specific topics within the engineering technology discipline. Offered as both an organized class and as independent instruction. May be repeated once. Fall, spring, summer I.
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ET 6396 - Readings and Research
3 0 0
Prerequisite: approval of department head. Directed individual and group readings in technical areas appropriate to one’s field of study not otherwise covered in available courses. May be repeated once. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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English |
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ENGL 5310 - Advanced Grammar
3 3 0
Emphasis on recent developments in grammatical theory. Spring.
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ENGL 5311 - Language Acquisition
3 3 0
How users of English make meaning through language. Emphasizes phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax. Fall.
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ENGL 5352 - Shakespeare—Early Plays
3 3 0
Development of Shakespeare as a dramatist. Most fall semesters.
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ENGL 5353 - Shakespeare—Later Plays
3 3 0
Analysis of Shakespeare’s mature dramatic works. Most Spring semesters.
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ENGL 6094 - Individual Study
1-3 0-3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Intensive reading and research in language and literature. Must be approved by supervising professor before registration. May be repeated with approval of department head.
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ENGL 6301 - Thesis
3 0 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English.
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ENGL 6302 - Thesis
3 0 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English.
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ENGL 6310 - Studies in Language Structure and Development
3 0-3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Selected studies in principles of language, historical linguistics, grammatical and semantic systems. Readings, research, lectures, conferences with staff. May be repeated twice.
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ENGL 6330 - Studies in Literary Genres
3 0-3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Selected studies in literary genres. Readings, research, lectures, conferences with staff. May be repeated twice.
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ENGL 6331 - Hemingway and Faulkner
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Representative works covering the entire careers of two of the most influential forces in recent American fiction.
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ENGL 6350 - Studies in English Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Selected topics for study and research. May be repeated when topics vary.
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ENGL 6351 - Elizabethan Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Seminar in major Renaissance writers.
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ENGL 6352 - 17th-Century Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Seminar in 17th-century prose and poetry.
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ENGL 6353 - 18th-Century Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Seminar in selected writers of the 18th century.
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ENGL 6354 - Studies in English Romantic Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Seminar in literature of the English Romantic Movement; lectures, papers, parallel reading.
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ENGL 6360 - Studies in American Literature
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Selected topics for study and research. May be repeated when subjects vary.
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ENGL 6380 - Composition Pedagogy and Theory
3 3 0
Introduction and practice with professional resources that support teaching of writing in higher education. Fall.
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ENGL 6381 - Literary Theory
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Review of traditional literary theory and close examination of modern literary theory.
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ENGL 6392 - Special Topics in English
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 24 semester hours of English. Topics in area of special graduate interest. May be repeated for credit when topics change.
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Environmental Science |
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ENVR 5310 - Global Agriculture and the Environment Same as AGRI 5310 .
3 3 0
Prerequisite: PSES 3411 or BIOL 3418 or consent of instructor. Discussion of agriculture systems and practices in relation to how they affect environmental quality from local to global scales. Fall.
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ENVR 5350 - Computer Applications in Hydrogeology
3 2 2
Prerequisite: GEOL 3350. Solving hydrogeology problems using real data and utilizing commercially available software. Problems solved include direction and velocity of groundwater flow, contaminant transport, and volume and depletion calculations of confined and unconfined aquifers. Course fee $15.
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ENVR 5430 - Introduction to Dendrochronology Same as BIOL 5430 .
4 3 2
Dendrochronology or tree-ring science; principles and application to archaeology, environmental studies, ecology and climatology. Course fee $15.
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ENVR 6092 - Special Topics
1-6 0-6 0-12
Recent advances in environmental sciences. May be repeated for a maximum of six hours credit.
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ENVR 6098 - Graduate Internship in Environmental Science
1-3 0 0
Prerequisite: permission of department head. Two- to six-week internship at a plant, business or agency to observe and participate in daily operations under supervision of cooperating personnel involved in environmental aspects of the operation. A comprehensive report will be required. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ENVR 6111 - Seminar
1 1 0
Prerequisite: admission to the M.S. degree in environmental science. Current topics and concerns of environmental science. Fall of odd years.
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ENVR 6301 - Thesis
3 0 0
Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ENVR 6302 - Thesis
3 0 0
Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ENVR 6303 - Research Methods in Environmental Science
3 3 0
Prerequisite: BIOL 4416, 4310, MATH 2413 or equivalent. Sampling design and statistical methods for environmental scientists.
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ENVR 6304 - Ecological Risk Assessment
3 3 0
Overview of current and proposed science and policy of ecological risk assessment methodologies used to assess and predict ecological effects and to support the risk management decision-making process for protection and recovery of the environment at waste-spill sites and for permitted facilities. Course fee $5. Fall of even years.
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ENVR 6305 - Geographic Information Systems Same as ET 6305 .
3 2 2
Prerequisite: demonstrated computer competency. Use of computers to generate maps and associated data bases. Analysis and applications of Geographic Information Systems. Course fee $15. Spring of even years. Spring.
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ENVR 6320 - Environmental Regulations
3 3 0
Prerequisite: approval of adviser. Legal application and responsibilities of environmental regulations as they apply to businesses, industries and agencies. Fall of odd years.
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ENVR 6344 - Agricultural Waste Management
3 3 0
Issues and solutions for managing agricultural wastes. Manure characteristics, treatment methods, environmental regulations, odors, air quality, composting and land applications. Course fee $10. Spring of even years.
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ENVR 6350 - Applied Hydrogeology
3 2 2
Prerequisite: GEOL 3350. Quantitative techniques used in surface hydrology and underground aquifers. Course fee $10. Spring of even years.
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ENVR 6395 - Research Problems in Environmental Science
3 0 0
Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department head. Selected individual research problems. Completion of a problem which is more extensive than problems encountered in normal course work. May be repeated once with approval of department head. Course fee $30. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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ENVR 6509 - Human Ecology Same as BIOL 6509 .
5 3 4
Prerequisite: BIOL 4510 or BIOL 4513. Critical evaluation of the impact of human activities on the environment. Course fee $15. Fall of odd years.
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Finance |
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FIN 5311 - Corporate Governance and Ethics
3 3 0
Comprehensive overview of current issues in corporate governance and ethics. Topics include theory of the firm, corporate governance and the role of law, board composition and control, executive compensation, corporate citizenship and accountability, ethical decision making, corporate fraud and international governance.
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FIN 5315 - Contemporary Issues in Tax Planning and Finance
3 3 0
Prerequisite: ACCT 2302 or . Introduction to income-tax law and how that law interfaces with business, investment, personal activities and decisions.
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FIN 5320 - Investments
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or consent of instructor. Emphasizing commitment of funds to various security forms such as common stocks, bonds, warrants, convertible bonds, liquid assets and other securities. Industry analysis is required.
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FIN 5321 - Portfolio Management
3 3 0
Prerequisite: or consent of instructor. Methods of modern portfolio analysis and management. Selection of assets, investment styles, portfolio performance evaluation, efficient markets, diversification, international investing and risk analysis. Students will design and implement investment strategies. May be repeated once with permission of instructor.
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FIN 5323 - International Finance
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or consent of instructor. Financial management concepts and practices unique to multi-national firms. Cases and lectures on risk analysis, financing methods, long-range planning and other topics. Emphasis on pragmatic handling of topical problems in international finance.
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FIN 5324 - Management of Financial Services
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 3320 or consent of instructor. Management of financial intermediaries of both depository and non-depository form. Consideration of institutional objectives; environmental, legal and regulatory constraints; changing trends in the development and provision of financial services to both commercial and individual sectors.
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FIN 5326 - Financial Management
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or equivalent. Responsibility of the chief financial officer of the firm with regard to short-term, intermediate-term and long-term financial planning. The decision-making function within realities of the financial world.
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FIN 5328 - Futures and Options Same as AGBE 5328 .
3 3 0
Theory and practical trading application for agricultural, financial and petroleum futures and options markets.
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FIN 6096 - Supervised Readings in Finance
1-3 0-3 0
Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of department head. Current problems in finance through reading business periodicals, government publications and books which have had a profound influence on the financial world. Course fee $10.
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FIN 6300 - Managerial Finance
3 3 0
Prerequisite: ACCT 6300 or equivalent, graduate standing. Review of instruments used in financing business. Institutions that allocate funds to money and capital markets and the financial manager’s role which includes capital investment and cost of capital decisions.
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FIN 6320 - Seminar in Finance
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or equivalent. Case problems that deal with financing current operations, financing long-run needs and dividend policies. Cost of capital, valuation, mergers and risk.
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FIN 6322 - Security Analysis
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or equivalent. Fundamental approach to security analysis. Financial statements restated and analyzed with the primary goal to include a measurement of intrinsic values.
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FIN 6326 - Seminar in Finance Theory
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or equivalent. Theory underlying financial activities of the firm. Financial engineering, optimization models, economic value creation, risk management and other current topics.
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FIN 6330 - Money and Capital Markets
3 3 0
Evaluation of foreign and domestic financial markets. Interest-rate determination, money markets, capital markets, mortgage markets, derivative markets, mergers, insurance and international investing.
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FIN 6350 - Seminar in Financial Planning
3 3 0
Financial planning strategies for effective decision-making for individuals and practitioners. Topics include cash and credit management, tax strategies, risk management, durable and housing purchases, retirement and estate planning, investment techniques and client assessment.
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FIN 6370 - Financial Management of Biotechnology and Health Care
3 3 0
Prerequisite: FIN 6300 or consent of instructor. Analysis of financial strategies for biotechnology and health-care organizations. Topics include financial environment of biotechnology and health-care institutions, financial statement analysis, project management, resource allocation, profitability valuation, cash flow analysis, venture capital financing and performance evaluation.
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FIN 6392 - Special Topics
3 3 0
Prerequisite: 12 hours of finance. Topics of special graduate interest. May be repeated for credit when topics change.
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Generic Special Education |
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EDSP 6095 - Problems in Special Education
1-3 0 0
Actual problems related to special education. To be taken only after prearrangement with a faculty member and approval of department head. May be repeated once when topics vary. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
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EDSP 6352 - Instructional Programming for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
3 3 0
Students will be required to perform a functional assessment for students with intellectual disabilities. Service delivery options, classroom management, adaptive equipment and differentiated curriculum related to individuals with moderate intellectual disabilities in traditional and inclusive settings. Course fee $30. Spring.
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EDSP 6354 - Theories of Learning Disabilities and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
3 3 0
Advanced study of characteristics, etiology, and research related to cognitive, language, motor and social/emotional aspects of emotional behavioral disorders and learning disabilities. Fall.
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EDSP 6356 - Advanced Remediation Techniques
3 3 0
Specific remediation techniques for language- and/or learning-disabled children. Spring.
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EDSP 6357 - Teaching Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities
3 3 0
Understanding and competence in teaching secondary students with learning disabilities. Summer I.
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EDSP 6358 - Seminar in Students with Multiple Impairments
3 0 0
Advanced study of adaptations required in the instructional and physical environment for students whose language, motor, sensory or medical impairments require specialized intervention to meet educational needs. Spring, summer I.
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EDSP 6359 - Management of Classroom Behaviors—Exceptional Learners
3 3 0
Strategies for managing student behaviors. Concepts related to use of behavior-change strategies and single-subject designs. A behavior-change project will be designed and implemented. Fall.
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EDSP 6360 - Assistive Technology
3 3 0
Advanced study of high-tech and low-tech assistive devices used by students with physical, sensory and/or mental disabilities. Keyboard alternatives and emulators, construction of keyboard and communication overlays, switch construction, toy adaptation, environmental controls, and other communication devices. Instructional planning for using devices across multiple settings will be learned. Course fee $30 Fall..
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EDSP 6361 - Survey of Exceptional Learners
3 3 0
Prerequisite: conditional admission into the alternative certification program. Survey of areas of exceptionality in children and adolescents, including learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, cognitive impairments, and physical and health impairments. Summer.
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EDSP 6362 - Transition: From Schools to Adult Communities
3 3 0
Advanced study in providing appropriate transitional services to individuals with disabilities. Students will learn to assess needs, prepare transition plans, identify services, access services and evaluate outcomes. Postschool activities, including postsecondary education, employment, independent living and community participation for people with disabilities will be studied. Fall.
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EDSP 6363 - Programming for Students with Cognitive Disabilities
3 3 0
Prerequisite: conditional admission into the alternative certification program. Advanced study of instructional programming for students with cognitive disabilities and/or multiple impairments. Service delivery options, assistive technology and individualized curriculum related to programming from early childhood through transition into adulthood in traditional and inclusive settings. Summer.
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EDSP 6364 - Legal Issues in Special Education
3 3 0
Special education in a legal context, including regulation through federal and state legislation, judicial decision and administrative process. Authority and legal responsibility of the special educator and the administration of the school district. Spring.
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EDSP 6365 - Understanding Students with Learning Disabilities/Emotional Disturbances
3 3 0
Prerequisite: conditional admission into the alternative certification program. Advanced study of characteristics, etiology and research related to cognitive, language, motor and social/emotional aspects of emotional disorders and learning disabilities. Summer.
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EDSP 6367 - Advanced Curriculum Adaptation Techniques for Exceptional Learners
3 3 0
Prerequisite: conditional admission into the alternative certification program. Curriculum adaptation and remedial techniques for special-needs students. Summer.
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EDSP 6376 - Interpretation of Assessment Data for Instruction
3 3 0
Prerequisite: EPSY 6322 , EPSY 6374 . The analysis of informal and formal information gathered during the special education assessment process and making appropriate recommendations based on the results obtained. Course fee $30.
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EDSP 6377 - Practicum in Diagnosis of Exceptional Students
3 0 0
Prerequisite: EDPD 6301 , EPSY 6322 , EPSY 6374 and instructor consent. Supervised experience in administration, scoring and interpretation of individually administered educational diagnostic and intelligence tests. Course fee $30. Spring.
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EDSP 6389 - Teaching Gifted and Talented
3 3 0
In-depth study of pedagogical requirements to teaching children who are gifted, talented and creative.
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History |
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HIST 5315 - Hispanic Frontier in North America, 1513–1821
3 3 0
Exploration, colonization and development of the Southwest under Spanish rule.
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HIST 5316 - Advanced Texas History
3 3 0
Anglo-American colonization, Revolution and Republic annexation, statehood and Civil War; Reconstruction; end of Texas frontier; 19th-century politics and reform; oil industrialization, urbanization and ethnicity of 20th-century Texas.
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HIST 5330 - History of Christianity to 1564
3 3 0
Doctrinal, cultural, political and social history of Christianity from first-century A.D. to the end of the Council of Trent in 1564, which marked the end of the first phase of the Reformation.
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HIST 5333 - Modern Russia: Peter the Great to Present
3 3 0
Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation; modernization of Russia; Imperial expansion; Bolshevik Revolution; Cold War; collapse of communism; cycle of reform and reaction; culture and politics; development of institutions in Russia and the Soviet Union; nationalities and ethnic minorities. HIST 2311 or HIST 2372 recommended.
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HIST 5335 - Origins and Conduct of World War I
3 3 0
Origins, conduct and significance of World War I.
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HIST 5337 - Nazi Germany
3 3 0
Germany from 1918–1945, emphasis on the rise of Adolph Hitler, Nazi Revolution, World War II and fall of the Third Reich in 1945.
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HIST 5350 - Modern China, 1800 to Present
3 3 0
Chinese history from 1800 to the present. Topics include China’s response to the West, political and social change after 1919, rise of communism in China and globalization and development since the 1980s.
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HIST 5352 - Modern Japan, 1868 to Present
3 3 0
Japan’s history since the Meiji Restoration, trends in Japanese modernization, Imperial Japan, World War II, the Occupation, the “miracle economy” and current issues.
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HIST 5354 - World War II in Asia
3 3 0
Investigation of origins, strategies and conduct of World War II in Asia. Considers elements of Japan’s prewar culture that encouraged the rise of militarism; Japanese invasion of China; attack on Pearl Harbor; Japanese, Chinese and American strategies during the war; strategic bombing, use of atomic weapons; Allied occupation of Japan; and how residents of East Asia remembered World War II. Course fee $5.
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HIST 5357 - Age of the Samurai
3 3 0
Investigation of major political, cultural, religious and military events in medieval Japan, 1185–1868. Topics include elements of Japanese society which allowed for the rise of military dominance, evolution and maintenance of military institutions, Bushido ethic, Mongol invasions, warlord era, end of samurai dominance and influence of the samurai era on modern Japan.
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HIST 5358 - Huns, Turks, Mongols: History of the Steppe
3 3 0
Survey of history and institutions of the Eurasian steppes, and examination of the varying impact of steppe ethnicities upon the civilizations of China, India, Persia, Islam and the West. Once every five semesters.
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HIST 6078 - Internship in Archival Studies
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite: HIST 6303 and Introduction to Archiving. Practical application of skills in a service-learning environment. May be repeated for a total of six hours.
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HIST 6088 - Internship in Public History
1-6 0 0
Prerequisite: HIST 6303 and three hours of graduate-level public history. Practical application of skills in a service-learning environment. May be repeated for a total of six hours.
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HIST 6096 - Readings
1-3 0 0
Intensive readings in history selected to meet needs and interests of the student. May be repeated once for credit.
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