Designed as a practicum, introduces students to research and practice in museum anthropology, utilizing the extensive anthropology collections at CU-Boulder Museum. Students will gain skills in primary and secondary research, collections and object research and narrative story development for the exhibition of anthropological material culture. Same as ANTH 4470 and MUSM 4912/5912.
Studies properties and solutions of partial differential equations. Covers methods of characteristics, well-posedness, wave, heat and Laplace equations, Green's functions, and related integral equations. Department enforced prereqs., APPM 4350 or MATH 4470 and APPM 4360 or MATH 4450. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies initial boundary and eigenvalue problems for the wave, heat and potential equations. Solution by separation of variables, Green's function, and variational methods. Department enforced prereq., MATH 3430 or MATH 5430. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Same as MATH 4470. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines issues in four related areas: probability theory (e.g. the interpretation of probability, the raven paradox, and the principle of indifference), decision theory (e.g., the Newcomb problem, the toxin puzzle, and Pascal's wager), game theory (e.g., Prisoner's dilemma, tragedy of the commons, and Schelling points), and social choice theory (e.g., Arrow's theorem). Familiarity with symbolic logic is strongly recommended. Recommended prereq., PHIL 2440 and 12 hours philosophy course work. PHIL 4470 and 5470 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Focuses on manifestations of regulated gene expression. Studies gene regulation at multiple steps, including transcription, RNA processing, and translation. Is based on critical analysis of primary research papers. Written assignments and oral presentations are required. Same as MCDB 4471.
Examines issues facing women in 20th-21st century Russia, based on study of current events, history, literature, posters and film. Studies images of women as amazons and rebels, salon hostesses and poets, New Soviet Women and women in combat, prostitutes and mothers. Taught in English. Same as RUSS 4471 and WMST 4471. Formerly GSLL 5471. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses the history and evolution of the vertebrates, including the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns of the major groups. Lab focuses on comparative vertebrate osteology and fossil representation of major groups. Same as GEOL 5474.
Covers asymptotic evaluation of integrals (stationary phase and steepest descent), perturbation methods (regular and singular methods, and inner and outer expansions), multiple scale methods, and applications to differential and integral equations. Department enforced prereq., APPM 5470. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines a specific problem or issue in medieval literature, e.g., the role of encyclopedias and anthologies in literary training, or the place and forms of literary composition at the imperial court. 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. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Focuses on a specific problem or issue in medieval literature, e.g., the spread of literary composition beyond the court. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores the tradition of dissent and opposition in Russian culture, from the medieval period to present, approaching forms of rebellion (religious, political, social, aesthetic) in historical context. This survey in intellectual history will trace this phenomenon across historical documents, literary texts, film, and the fine and performing arts, pairing these primary materials with readings in Russian history. Taught in English. Same as RUSS 4481. Formerly GSLL 5481. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers the basic theory of biophysical methods widely employed in biochemistry and biology, including: electrophoresis, mass spec, calorimetry, evanescent waves, plasmon resonance, Xray diffraction, absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy, magnetic resonance, electron and optical microscopy and single molecule methods. Also discusses ways to maximize rigor and reproducibility in biophysical studies. Department enforced prerequisites: undergraduate chemistry (general, organic physical); physics; calculus. Same as CHEM 4491. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced exploration of creative cinema production through short production and post-production projects. Course focuses on the tactics and strategies of independent cinema production exploring either documentary, experimental, or narrative genres. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as FILM 4500. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 3400 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Considers topics in the semantics of natural language not normally covered in first courses in philosophy of language. These include: natural deduction and sequent calculi for conditional logic; interpretation as logical inference; Lambek calculus and applicative categorial grammar; applications such as generalized coordination, plurals, higher-order intensional logic, generics, focus, and event-based semantics. Recommended prereq., PHIL 5490. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers various topics in physical chemistry focusing on their mathematical and physical background. Topics include the application of classical mechanics and electrodynamics in chemistry, the classical mechanics background for the description of atoms and molecules, the use of vector spaces in wave mechanics and quantum mechanics and the classical description of spectroscopy in terms of interaction of light and matter. Department enforced prereqs., undergrad physical chemistry, graduate standing or instructor consent. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Systematic study of the Faust motif in Western literature, with major emphasis on Faust I and II by Goethe and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. Same as HUMN 4504 and GRMN 5504. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Systematic study of the Faust motif in Western literature, with major emphasis on Faust I and II by Goethe and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 4504 and COML 5504. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
All first year ENVS graduate students are required to attend the ENVS Colloquia Series. Speakers from around the world and within the department cover topics in all areas of Environmental Studies. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours.
