Courses

Not a free option; must be approved by the student's advisor and program chair. Does not count as seminar. Not more than 6 hours of independent study may be credited toward PhD degree in political science. Special independent study approval agreement form must be completed by student and signed by faculty advisor. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Designed for graduate students to give oral presentations on their thesis research, field questions, respond to critiques, and present background information. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Various seminar topics not normally covered in the curriculum: offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. May be repeated up to 3 hours per semester. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent.

Introduces graduate students to the major research foci of the Department of Applied Mathematics. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces advanced topics and research in dynamical systems. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May include the theory of automorphic forms, elliptic curves, or any of a variety of advanced topics in analytic and algebraic number theory. Prereq., MATH 6110. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prereqs., MATH 6130 and 6140. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Provides an advanced seminar in perception/production theories in human communication sciences and disorders. Familiarizes students with current perception theories related to the auditory/visual system and production theories related to the motor/auditory/visual system. Prereq., doctoral student standing or instructor consent.

Assists students starting their doctoral thesis by discussing methodology and evaluation of economic research. Presents and discusses student research proposals. Prereqs., two ECON courses at the 8000 level. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Presents the fundamental principles of public goods, externalities, public choice, excess burden, optimal taxation, and tax incidence. Prereq., ECON 6211 or 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Continuation of ECON 8209. Assists students starting their doctoral thesis by discussing relevant economic research. Presents and discusses research papers. Prereq., ECON 8209.

Explores advanced topics in public economics such as decentralization, state and local government, program analysis, taxation, international tax issues, political economy issues, and market failure. Prereqs., ECON 6211 or 7010, and 8211.

Examines subnational governments and systems of governments, the effects of inter-governmental competition, appropriate tax and expenditure responsibilities, and variations in governing institutions. Covers congestible public goods, Tieabout mechanisms, and tax capitalization. Prereq., ECON 6211 or 7010.

Focuses on Maxwell equations, Lorentz force, Minkowski space-time, Lorentz, Poincare, and conformal groups,metric manifolds, covariant differentiation, Einstein space-time, cosmologies, and unified field theories. Prereq., instructor consent. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Covers basic theories in spatial location of economic activity and land use and the survey techniques developed to analyze, measure, and predict regional and urban structure and growth, such as economic base studies, regional social accounts, and input-output analysis. Prereq., ECON 6070 or 7010.

Investigates various theoretical topics in urban and regional economics, focusing on policy issues. Involves student research and presentations. Prereq., ECON 6070 or 7010.

Introduces the core methods in the analysis of nonlinear partial differential and integral equations or systems to graduate students. Provides a vehicle for the development, presentation, and corporative research of new topics in PDE and analysis. Prereq., APPM 5440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Presents advanced topics in analysis including Lie groups, Banach algebras, operator theory, ergodic theory, representation theory, etc. Prereqs., MATH 8330 and 8340, or instructor consent. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces such topics as Banach spaces (Hahn-Banach theorem, open mapping theorem, etc.), operator theory (compact operators and integral equations, and spectral theorem for bounded self-adjoint operators), and Banach algebras (the Gelfand theory). See also MATH 8340. Prereqs., MATH 6310 and 6320. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces research on globalization and democratization from an interdisciplinary perspective. Examines ongoing interdisciplinary research on the global political economy. Students learn about ongoing research, critique current efforts, and design their own research project. Prereq., graduate standing in PSCI, ECON, GEOG, or SOCY. Same as PSCI 7333, SOCY 6031, and GEOG 5332.

Introduces such topics as Banach spaces (Hahn-Banach theorem, open mapping theorem, etc.), operator theory (compact operators and integral equations, and spectral theorem for bounded self-adjoint operators), and Banach algebras (the Gelfand theory). See also MATH 8330. Prereq., MATH 8330. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Examines trigonometric series, periodic functions, diophantine approximation, and Fourier series. Also covers Bohr and Stepanoff almost periodic functions, positive definite functions, and the L1 and L2 theory of the Fourier integral. Applications to group theory and differential equations. See also MATH 8380. Prereq., MATH 5150 and 6320. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Covers theories of comparative advantage, including the classical, factor-proportions, fixed-factor, and noncompetitive markets models. Examines trade policy including trade barriers, market distortions, strategic policy, regional integration, political economy, and factor migration. Prereq., ECON 6413 or 7010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.