Examines how art is used as an agent for social change. Among topics addressed by artists interested in social change are: immigration, HIV/AIDS, illness/disease, ecology/the environment, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, war, violence, racial and ethnic minorities, etc. Same as ARTS 4607. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Numerical linear algebra, eigenvalue problems, optimization problems, and ordinary and partial differential equations. Department enforced prereq., APPM 5600 or MATH 5600. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores advanced graduate studio work in a seminar setting. The course will focus on the development of ideas and activities which advance creative image making. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies Song, Ming, and Qing prose texts selected for their inherent literary merit and for their significance in the Chinese literary tradition. Typically focuses on works by major authors such as Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, and Yuan Hongdao. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Department enforced: knowledge of Classical Chinese at the level of CHIN 4220 is required.
Examines major writers and texts of the no, kyogen, kabuki, and bunraku theaters, including the plays and critical writings of such authors as Kannami Kiyotsugu, Zeami Motokiyo, Konparu Zenchiku, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Texts and secondary readings vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced: knowledge of Classical Japanese at the level of JPNS 4320 is required. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Solution of linear systems, eigenvalue problems, optimization problems, and ordinary and partial differential equations. Department enforced prereq., MATH 5600 or APPM 5600. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Learn how to teach sociology more effectively while developing a new content area and a clearer sense of the field. Choose a content area within sociology as the basis for planning a course and developing and practicing different teaching techniques. Department enforced requisite, requires enrollment in the Sociology graduate program.
Focuses on the nature, assessment, and treatment of learning disabilities and their relation to language disorders. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SLHS 5242 (minimum grade D-).
Examines female experience in the United States from 17th century European colonization to 19th century settlement of the frontier. Emphasizes comparison between classes, regions, and racial/ethnic groups. Women's writings provide the basis for discussions of private and public roles, definitions of femininity, interpersonal relationships, and struggles for survival and self-expression. HIST 4616 and 5616 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing poetry. Stresses major figures, stylistic variations, various poetry schools, new directions in shi verse, and the rise and development of ci. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Department enforced: knowledge of Classical Chinese at the level of CHIN 4220 is required.
Examines the literature, arts, drama and culture of Japan's early modern period in the original language, as well as secondary scholarship and methodologies for pursuing work on early modern materials. Genres covered include kana-zoshi, uklyo-zoshi, dangibon, yomihon, sharebon, kibyoshi, ninjobon, kokkelbon, gokan, halkai, senryo, kyoka, joruri, kabuki, and literary thought. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines the phonetics and phonology of American English (including prosody) and explores techniques for teaching pronunciation skills to non-native speakers. Treats both general issues and specific problems for students from particular language backgrounds. Department enforced prereq., LING 3100 or LING 5030 and 5410. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines the brilliance of the Qing dynasty, its collapse in 1911, and the bloody and chaotic several decades that followed, up to the 1949 Communist Revolution. Focuses on such topics a Qing imperialism in Central Asia, global capitalism and Western imperialism in China, the opium trade, domestic violence, nationalism, concepts of modernity, competing revolutionary movements, and WW II in Asia. Same as HIST 4628. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores selected vernacular and classical fiction of the Ming and Qing periods. Normally focuses on long novels such as Xiyou ji, Sanguo yanyi, Shuihu zhuan, Jin Ping Mei, as well as short stories by Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Department enforced: knowledge of Classical Chinese at the level of CHIN 4220 is required.
Provides an overview of methods and materials for teaching English as an additional language, along with opportunities for students to observe, discuss and analyze these in relation to language teaching principles, linguistic considerations, and global and local contexts. Aimed primarily at the teaching of English to nonnative speaking adults, the course also addresses second and foreign language teaching generally. Recommended prereqs., LING 5610 or LING 5620. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
