Examines public policy implications of contemporary biological, genetic, biomedical, and behavioral science in light of ethics and human values. Considers theoretical and practical grounds for moral assessment of scientific research and possible applications of technology. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers fundamental mechanisms of gene action, including genome structure and regulation of gene expression. Discusses molecular techniques used to examine human genetic diseases. Emphasizes genetic diseases with behavioral, neurologic, and physiologic abnormalities. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 5200 or IPHY 5200 (minimum grade D-).
Examines fundamentals of radiative transfer and remote sensing with primary emphasis on the Earth's atmosphere; emission, absorption and scattering by molecules and particles; multiple scattering; polarization; radiometry and photometry; principles of inversion theory; extinction- and emission-based passive remote sensing; principles of active remote sensing; lidar and radar; additional applications such as the greenhouse effect and Earth's radiative energy budget. ATOC graduate core course. Department enforeced prereq., one year of calculus-based physics, and math up through differential equations. Same as ASEN 5235. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Focuses on the social and cultural history of the Jacksonian Era. Issues include the transformation of the market economy, slavery, moral reform, Indian removal, changes in ideas about men's and women's natures and roles, western expansion, and political culture. Recommended prereq. HIST 1015. HIST 4235 and 5235 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Designed to give students time and impetus to generate fiction and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Admission to graduate creative writing students or by instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
Covers special areas of ethology such as sociobiology, animal communication, cognitive ethology, human ethology, moral and ethical issues. Recommended prereq., EBIO 3240.
A survey of the major philosophical issues in environmental studies, comprising key issues in environmental ethics, in environmental political philosophy, and in the philosophy of biology and ecology. Formerly ENVS 5001. Same as PHIL 5240.
Philosophical examination of several different approaches to environmental problems: economic, juridical, political, and ecological. Discusses specific environmental problems, focusing on their moral dimensions, e.g., wilderness preservation, animal rights, and land use and urban planning. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ENVS 5240. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Presents recent research topics that vary from year to year. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topics. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies development of structural models appropriate to behavioral genetics and the estimation procedures necessary for their application. Instructor consent required. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Addresses the nature, assessment, and treatment of developmental language disorders in school age children. Recommended requisite, undergraduate background in SLHS. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores the social, cultural, and legal history of Anglo-American criminal justice from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Also examines tensions between various methods that historians employ to study crime and law. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Through close readings of masterpieces of French medieval and Renaissance literature in conjunction with contemporary criticism and theory, explores the contexts of medieval and Renaissance France. Readings in French. May be taught in English to accommodate students in other programs. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours on different topics. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Quantum phenomena, Ehrenfest theorem and relation to classical physics, applications to one-dimensional problems, operator techniques, angular momentum and its representations, bound states and hydrogen atom, and Stern-Gerlack experiment and spin and spinor wave function. Department enforced prereq., advanced undergraduate quantum mechanics course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Lec. Understanding of materials from chemistry perspective including metals, oxides, semiconductors and polymers. Basic description of chemical preparation of materials. Overview of fundamental properties of materials including structural, chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties. Description of behavior of materials and various applications in modern technology. Discussion of materials characterization methods. CHEM 4251 and 5251 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3331 or 3371, and CHEM 4431, 4521, or 4531 (all minimum grade grade C-) or restricted to graduate students only.
Introduces the neural bases and medical etiologies of acquired language disorders in adults, explores the ways in which normal language processing may become disordered, and studies current methods of evaluation and treatment design. Recommended requisite, undergraduate background in SLHS. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Designed to give students time and impetus to generate nonfiction and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Admission to graduate creative writing students or by instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
