Analyzes the life and thought of Frantz Fanon for its contributions to interdisciplinary and intersectional studies. Emphasis will be placed on the innovative interdisciplinary and intersectional nature of Fanon's psychology, sociology and philosophical anthropology, as well as his participation in African and Caribbean anti-colonial movements. ETHN 4632 and 5632 are the same course. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 1022 or ETHN 2001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides an overview of development policy and practice, surveying foundational works in Development Studies as well as critical interventions. Required for Graduate Certificate in Development Studies. Recommended prereq. for GEOG 4632: GEOG 3682. GEOG 4632 and 5632 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines the dramatic, often tragic, and globally transformative history of China under the Chinese Communist Party. Focuses on such topics as political, social, and cultural revolution, nationalism, Maoism, the Great Leap Forward, Red Guards and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the Deng Xiaoping era, relations with Taiwan, the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, and China's rise as a world power. HIST 4638 and HIST 5638 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys current research topics in urban geography. Emphasizes definition of possible student thesis topics. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses recent research on how students learn and applications to the teaching of undergraduate science courses. Conducted as an interactive workshop, in which active-engagement in learning approaches are modeled and experienced by participants. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. May be used to fulfill the pedagogical training requirement for undergraduate Learning Assistants in upper division science courses. Post-doctoral and faculty auditors are welcome to participate as regular auditors.
Explores the development of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms, emphasizing cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms. Focuses on conceptual understanding and experimental approaches to topics such as embryology, developmental control of gene expression in eukaryotic cells, mechanisms of differentiation and morphogenesis and developmental genetics. Same as MCDB 4650. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys theoretical paradigms in the social sciences. Includes canonical works from the history of the social sciences as well as contemporary theorists. Appropriate for beginning to advanced graduate students doing qualitative research. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
This course traces how "Muslims in China" transformed themselves into "Chinese Muslims" while at once accommodating and conflicting with Chinese states and people throughout history until the present time. Recommended prereq., HIST 1618 or HIST 1628 or CHIN 1012. HIST 4658 and 5658 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers selected topics emphasizing faculty specialties. Topics vary with instructor. Check with department for semester offerings. May be repeated up to a total of 6 credits hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
A required proseminar for students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. It gives an introduction to current thinking about sensory and perceptual processing, object recognition and attention. Students will read peer-reviewed journal articles and make class presentations on appropriate topics, including methods of data collection and analysis. Graduate students in all programs are welcome, and advanced undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides in-depth study of instrumentation used by audiologists for hearing aid evaluation and fitting, signal generation and modification, and signal measurement and calibration. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Examines a specific problem or issue in early modern literature (e.g., the relationships among religion, folklore, and early fiction; the issue of genre and traditional fiction); the role of elite versus popular cultures in the composition of fiction; or the relationship of the state and censorship and the southern philosophical schools to the publication of fiction. Topics 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.
Main topic is research methods in cognitive psychology, with an emphasis on experimental methods. Students will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to A) critically evaluate existing research and B) design, conduct, analyze, and write up their own experimental studies. Required for graduate students in Cognitive Psychology; graduate students in all programs and advanced undergraduates welcome with instructor consent. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides students with the practical tools needed to make tectonic interpretations through study of the geologic history of the western United States and the geodynamic models used in interpreting that history. Paleomagnetism, geobarametry, geothermometry, geodynamic modeling, and elements of structural geology and stratigraphy are topics considered in this class. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of GEOL 3120 and PHYS 1110 (all minimum grade D-).
Provides beginning Ph.D. students with a basic introduction to (primarily human) memory research. One of the six required proseminar for students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. The seminar will include consideration of experimental, theoretical, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience perspectives on memory. Graduate students in all programs are welcome, and advanced undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines basic stellar astronomy: stellar classifications, kinematics, populations and distributions, and H-R diagrams. Covers principles of stellar structure, including energy generation and energy transport by radiation and convection. Includes stellar evolution theory, including compact objects. Department enforced requisite, senior level undergraduate physics. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers chemistry of aqueous solutions; energetics in biology; structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and membranes; protein evolution; macromolecular interactions; enzyme kinetics, mechanism and regulation. Will be taught from a strong chemical perspective and mastery of basic concepts of organic and physical chemistry will be required. Formerly CHEM 5711. Same as CHEM 4700. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Offers seminar studies in geological subjects of special current interest. Primarily for graduate students, as departmental staff and facilities permit. May be repeated up to 15 total credit hours provided that topics vary. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
