Treats various topics and genres, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to theoretical and critical analysis of Hispanic literature with greatest emphasis on contemporary trends. Genres might include narrative, poetry, and theatre. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 7130. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Core graduate course on affective science and fulfills APA Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Behavior Requirement. Introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of human emotion. Evolutionary theories of emotions Requisites: cognitive and behavioral aspects of emotion
Introduces graduate level study of recent writing in English from around the world. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, new media, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing (CRWR) or English (ENGL) graduate students only.
Explores the creative process through a series of conceptually-based studio exercises. Students are encouraged to work across traditional media boundaries as they address themes such as identity, place, spirituality, politics, and consumerism. Includes individual and collaborative studio projects, as well as reading and writing about the course themes. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
Teaches magnetohydrodynamics and a few related areas of plasma physics applied to space and astrophysical systems, including planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, stars, and interstellar gas in galaxies. Same as PHYS 5141. Requisites: Restricted to Physics (PHYS) or Astronomy (ASTR) graduate students only.
Explores some topic that builds on material in MATH 3140. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) Galois theory, representation theory, advanced linear algebra or commutative algebra. Department enforced prereq., MATH 3140. Same as MATH 4140. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides knowledge of the principles and skills used to develop modified foreign language instruction for students with language based learning disabilities.Must be accepted into the MFL certificate program.
Studies medieval works, authors, and themes, with consideration of principal influences from other literatures. Reading in Old Spanish. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as SPAN 7140. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 5420 or SPAN 7420 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Application of basic chemical principles to understanding the processes that determine the chemical composition of oceans, lakes, rivers, soils, and sediments. Topics include air-water exchange; acid-base, redox, coordination, precipitation and dissolution, ion exchange and sorption reactions; nutrient chemistry; and the use of simple equilibrium and kinetic models for describing the chemistry of inorganic and organic species in air-water-soil systems. Same as CHEM 4141. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers magnetohydrodynamics and a few related areas of plasma physics applied to space and astrophysical systems, including planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, stars, and interstellar gas in galaxies. Same as ASTR 5140. Requisites: Restricted to Physics (PHYS) or Astronomy (ASTR) graduate students only.
Advanced course in human cognitive processes. Covers key aspects of cognition, such as perception, attention, learning, memory, language,and thinking. Discusses major theories and ideas in terms of the research they have inspired. Emphasis varies with instructor. One lab per week and a research project is required. Instructor consent required. Same as PSYC 4145. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates the conjunction of interdisciplinary concepts in the creation of art. Looks beyond traditional media to new sources for art-making. a curious intellect, combined with exceptional research skills, will be the basis for original writing and rigorous discussion. Repeatable for credit up to 18 total credit hours.
Includes basic phenomena of ionized gases, static and dynamic shielding, linear waves, instabilities, particles in fields, collisional phenomena, fluid equations, collisionless Boltzman equations, Landau damping, scattering and absorption of radiation in plasmas, elementary nonlinear processes, WKB wave theory, controlled thermonuclear fusion concepts, astrophysical applications, and experimental plasma physics (laboratory). Same as PHYS 5150. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores theories and practice of translation of literary texts as applied to Japanese-English translation Requisites: strategies for handling a variety of texts
Highlights vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and canonical forms. Department enforced prereq., MATH 3130 or MATH 3135. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Includes basic phenomena of ionized gases, static and dynamic shielding, linear waves, instabilities, particles in fields, collisional phenomena, fluid equations, collisionless Boltzman equations, Landau damping, scattering and absorption of radiation in plasmas, elementary nonlinear processes, Wkb wave theory, controlled thermonuclear fusion concepts, astrophysical applications, and experimental plasma physics (laboratory). Department enforced prereq., PHYS 3310. Same as ASTR 5150.
Reviews basic kinetics and photochemistry of atmospheric species and stratospheric chemistry with emphasis on processes controlling ozone abundance. Tropospheric chemistry focusing on photochemical smog, acid deposition, oxidation capacity of the atmosphere, and global climate change. ATOC graduate core course. Same as CHEM 5151. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
