Courses

Prereq., graduate standing.

Prereq., undergraduate work in American history.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as EBIO 6100.

Training in the systematic observation of people in situations, finding them where they are, staying with them in a role acceptable to them that allows intimate observations of behavior. Students report their findings in ways useful to social science but not harmful to those observed. Formerly SOCY 5121. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies group theory and ring theory. Prereq., MATH 3140. Undergraduates need instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies modules, fields, and Galois theory. Prereq., MATH 6130. Undergraduates need instructor consent.

Discusses current topics and/or trends in the museum profession. Topics change annually to reflect current topics and trends and the most current museum issues. Prereq., graduate standing and instructor consent. Recommended prereq., MUSM 5011 and 5051.

Explores the history of politics in the U.S., with an emphasis on the period since 1865. Key themes include the relations between state and society, the origins and nature of social movements, and the role played by political culture. Prereq., graduate standing.

Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Prereq., MUSM 5011 or instructor consent. Same as MUSM 6150, HIST 6150, and ARTH 6150. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Prereq., MUSM 5011 or instructor consent. Same as MUSM 6150, HIST 6150, and ANTH 6150. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Prereq., MUSM 5011 or instructor consent. Same as MUSM 6150, ARTH 6150, and ANTH 6150.

Introduces topics used in number theory and algebraic geometry, including radicals of ideals, exact sequences of modules, tensor products, Ext, Tor, localization, primary decomposition of ideals, and Noetherian rings. Prereq., MATH 6140. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Prereq., MUSM 5011 or instructor consent. Same as ARTH 6150, HIST 6150, and ANTH 6150.

Introduces algebraic geometry, including affine and projective varieties, rational maps and morphisms, and differentials and divisors. Additional topics might include Bezout's Theorem, the Riemann-Roch Theorem, elliptic curves, and sheaves and schemes. Prereq., MATH 6140. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Applies research methods to selected problems. Topics vary with instructor. Restricted to graduate students. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Introduces number fields and completions, norms, discriminants and differents, finiteness of the ideal class group, Dirichlet's unit theorem, decomposition of prime ideals in extension fields, decomposition, and ramification groups. Prereqs., MATH 6110 and 6140. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Acquaints students with the Riemann Zeta-function and its meromorphic continuation, characters and Dirichlet series, Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions, zero-free regions of the zeta function, and the prime number theorem. Prereqs., MATH 6110 and 6350. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor.

Explores feminist methodology across a range of disciplines. Themes include experience and interpretation, the social position of the researcher, language and argument structure, knowledge and power, bias and objectivity, and the ethics and politics of research. Meets the requirements for the WGST certificate. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Facilitates understanding of current and past theory and research on a selected topic in communication and the ability to develop new theory and research on that topic. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Same as EBIO 6210. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Interdisciplinary introduction to cognitive science, examining ideas from cognitive psychology, philosophy, education, and linguistics via computational modeling and psychological experimentation. Includes philosophy of mind; learning; categorization; vision and mental imagery; consciousness; problem solving; decision making, and game-theory; language processing; connectionism. Prereqs., graduate standing, or at least one course at the 3000-level or higher in computer science, linguistics, philosophy, or psychology. No background in computer science will be presumed Same as CSCI 6402, EDUC 6504, PHIL 6310, and PSYC 6200. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an in-depth look at some particular topic in social and political philosophy, such as rights, political freedom, political obligation, or democracy. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.