Various topics not normally offered in the curriculum. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Topics vary. Emphasis is on gaining expertise in using archaeological reports in tandem with (or contradiction to) textual sources, on reading and using critical theory, on improving analytical skills and discussion, and on honing discussion leadership abilities. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours providing the topics are different. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses the concepts and methods that inform the field of Atlantic history in the early modern era. Readings and research papers explore the interactions of peoples from Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including the exchange of ideas, peoples, commodities, and cultural practices. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Student and faculty discussions and reports on research advances in electrochemistry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department consent required. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Intensive examination of the structure and rules of different political institutions in the United States. Explores both the changing approaches to the study of American political institutions as well as many ofthe major research topics on the presidency, Congress, the judiciary, and the bureaucracy. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Denotes third graduate course in sequence of quantitative methods. Following basic inferential statistics (SOCY 5111) and multivariate regression analysis (SOCY 6111), students study advanced statistical techniques such as event history analysis, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and latent class analysis. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours when topics vary. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 6111 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of NRSC 5110 (minimum grade D-).
Critically examines topics relating to social forces, parties, and interest groups. Analyzes concepts, theories, and case studies with particular emphasis on Western political systems. Also examines party systems in comparison and the role of groups and the determinants of group politics. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines major texts of Western political thought from the ancients through the 21st century. Introduces students to major schools of contemporary political theory, while situating these in their larger political context. Professionalizes students through presentations and research projects. Texts vary each semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., some previous coursework in political theory or philosophy. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Develop proficiency in constructing research designs with qualitative methods. The goal is to understand and be able to justify research designs involving relatively small numbers of observations as good political science given the fact that such designs may limit our ability to generalize. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Prepares students to conduct research on topics where data is not obvious or not easily available. Encompasses variations in context and setting as part of data observations. Methods include interviewing protocols, interpretive methods, cluster analyses, case study methodologies, and textual analyses. Same as ENVS 5740. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies special topics in writing of the United States. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5109. Requisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
Prepares students for research in historical documents in Asian languages in order to write a substantial original research paper based on primary and secondary source materials. Recommended prereq., background in Asian history. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines the writings of African American political leaders, public policy critics, and politicians who have influenced black politics and society since 1900. Explores the ideas and leadership of W.E.B. Dubois, E. Franklin Frazier, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Drawing on data gathered through participation, observation, and in-depth interviewing, students focus on developing theoretical analyses and exploring classical and post-modern ethnographic writing formats. Students present and revise their papersas well as review journal articles. Department enforced prereqs., SOCY 5121 and SOCY 6121. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of NRSC 5110 (minimum grade D-).
Surveys historical, theoretical, and empirical analyses of violent conflict behavior, including causes and consequences of riots, terrorism, revolution, international war, and intervention. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys major schools of contemporary democratic theory and introduces students to current scholarly debates about democracy and democratic politics. Professionalizes students through class presentations and research projects. Specific controversies and texts vary each semester. Recommended prereq., some previous coursework in political theory or philosophy. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses advances in atmospheric aerosol chemistry, with emphasis on new methods for analysis and their application to laboratory and field studies. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., CHEM 5151, 5181. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies the individual in social context. Focuses on theoretical perspectives and substantive issues specific to sociological and social psychology, including socialization, the self, social roles, language, deviance, gender, collective behavior, group processes, attitudes and behavior, social norms,and conformity.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of NRSC 5110 (minimum grade D-).
Explores the relationship between economics and politics in developed and developing countries. Gives students an historical overview of 20th century economic trends and covers scholarly approaches totopics such as political and economic institutions, economic ideas and interests, the political causes of growth and equality, globalization and the welfare state, and varieties of capitalism. Recommended prereq., PSCI 7012. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Considers archaeology of a specified area, either geographical or topical. Areas selected in accordance with current research interests. May be repeated upto 9 total credit hours.
