Courses

    Continuation of APPM 5440. Prereq., APPM 5440 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Theory of functions of one complex variable, including integrals, power series, residues, conformal mapping, and special functions. Same as MATH 4450.

    Same as PHIL 4450 and PHYS 5450. Prerequisites: Restricted to Philosophy graduate students only.
    Same as PHYS 4450 and PHIL 5450. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Same as Span 4450.

    Analyzes the life and creative works of the author of some of the funniest and some of the gloomiest stories in Russian literature. Examines Chekhov's major plays that laid the foundation for modernist theatre. Taught in English. Same as RUSS 4451.

    Traces the history and aesthetics of avant-garde/ experimental films in light of similar ideas found in the other arts, particularly painting, poetry, photography and music. Topics covered include Dadaand the early avant-garde; surrealism and psychodramas; Brakhage and abstract expressionism; feminist arts and film since the 1980s; the idea of the sublime in painting, music, and film; landscape in painting, photography, and film; post-modernism and the cinema; queer theory, gender/identity politics, and aesthetics of recent films; and specific multiple disciplinary artists such as Andy Warhol, Michael Snow,Helen Levitt, and Gunvor Nelson. Prereq., FILM 1502. Same as FILM 4453. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as ARTS 4453. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines the development of psychopathology across the lifespan, including etiological influences, neurobiological correlates, symptom presentation, and clinical diagnosis and intervention. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Psychology (PSYC) graduate students only.
    Covers the history of sound art from Luigi Russolo and his noise machine during the Futurist Movement to today's experimental music/sound art contributions. Students will listen to sound art works by artists in all areas of sound art, as well as read about theoretical views on sound art. Same as ARTS 4457. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Introduces purposes, methods and techniques of professional scholarship in English. Provides an overview of the discipline, including traditional areas of research and recent developments. Teaches students how to use research, bibliographic, and reference tools to prepare papers for conferences and publication. Required of all MA students in English. Formerly ENGL 7859. Prerequisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
    Explores the intellectual climate in which archaeology is practiced and how it influences archaeological research and reconstruction, laws, regulations, and ethical issues. Explores public use of and engagement with archaeology. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Introduces the theory and applications of dynamical systems through solutions to differential equations.Covers existence and uniqueness theory, local stability properties, qualitative analysis, global phase portraits, perturbation theory, and bifurcation theory. Special topics may include Melnikov methods, averaging methods, bifurcations to chaos, and Hamiltonian systems. Prereqs., undergraduate courses equivalent to APPM 2360, 3310, and 4440.

    Familiarizes students with specialized areas of biology. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as EBIO 4460. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as PHIL 4460. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as PHYS 4460 and EDUC 5460. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Treats topics within the scope of Spanish first and second language acquisition and the speech of bilinguals. Other topics include contrasting linguistics, interlingual stages of learning, and code switching as they relate to language acquisition. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Same as Span 7460.

    Studies properties and solutions of partial differential equations. Covers methods of characteristics, well-posedness, wave, heat and Laplace equations, Green's functions, and related integral equations. Prereqs., APPM 4350 and 4360, or MATH 4430, or equivalent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Prereq., MATH 4430 or APPM 2360. Undergraduates need instructor consent. Same as MATH 4470. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines issues in four related areas: probability theory (e.g. the interpretation of probability, the raven paradox, and the principle of indifference), decision theory (e.g., the Newcomb problem, the toxin puzzle, and Pascal's wager), game theory (e.g., Prisoner's dilemma, tragedy of the commons, and Schelling points), and social choice theory (e.g., Arrow's theorem). Familiarity with symbolic logic is strongly recommended. Prereq., 12 hours of PHIL coursework completed. Recommended prereq., PHIL 2440. PHIL 4470 and 5470 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Examines issues facing women in 20th-21st century Russia, based on study of current events, history, literature, posters and film. Studies images of women as amazons and rebels, salon hostesses and poets, New Soviet Women and women in combat, prostitutes and mothers. Taught in English. Recommended prereq., lower level literature or culture course. Same as RUSS 4471 and WMST 4471.

    Same as MCDB 4471.

    Same as GEOL 4474 and MUSM 5474.

    Discusses the history and evolution of the vertebrates, including the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns of the major groups. Lab focuses on comparative vertebrate osteology and fossil representation of major groups. Same as GEOL 5474.

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