Training in the systematic observation of people in situations, finding them where they are, staying with them in a role acceptable to them that allows intimate observations of behavior. Students report their findings in ways useful to social science but not harmful to those observed. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies group theory and ring theory. Department enforced prereq., MATH 3140. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies modules, fields, and Galois theory. Department enforced prereq., MATH 6130. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Same as MUSM 6150, HIST 6150, and ARTH 6150. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSM 5011 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Same as MUSM 6150, HIST 6150, and ANTH 6150. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSM 5011 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Same as MUSM 6150, ARTH 6150, and ANTH 6150. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSM 5011 (minimum grade D-).
Introduces topics used in number theory and algebraic geometry, including radicals of ideals, exact sequences of modules, tensor products, Ext, Tor, localization, primary decomposition of ideals, and Noetherian rings. Department enforced pereq., MATH 6140. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Department enforced prereq., MUSM 5011. Same as ARTH 6150, HIST 6150, and ANTH 6150.
Introduces algebraic geometry, including affine and projective varieties, rational maps and morphisms, and differentials and divisors. Additional topics might include Bezout's Theorem, the Riemann-Roch Theorem, elliptic curves, and sheaves and schemes. Department enforced prereq., MATH 6140. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Applies research methods to selected problems. Topics vary with instructor. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Introduces number fields and completions, norms, discriminants and differents, finiteness of the ideal class group, Dirichlet's unit theorem, decomposition of prime ideals in extension fields, decomposition, and ramification groups. Department enforced prereqs., MATH 6110 and 6140. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores feminist methodology across a range of disciplines. Themes include experience and interpretation, the social position of the researcher, language and argument structure, knowledge and power, bias and objectivity, and the ethics and politics of research. Meets the requirements for the WGST certificate. Same as WMST 6190. Requisites: Restricted to Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.
Acquaints students with the Riemann Zeta-function and its meromorphic continuation, characters and Dirichlet series, Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions, zero-free regions of the zeta function, and the prime number theorem. Department enforced prereqs., MATH 6110 and 6350. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores feminist methodology across a range of disciplines. Themes include experience and interpretation, the social position of the researcher, language and argument structure, knowledge and power, bias and objectivity, and the ethics and politics of research. Meets the requirements for the WGST certificate. Same as COML 6190. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Interdisciplinary introduction to cognitive science, examining ideas from cognitive psychology, philosophy, education, and linguistics via computational modeling and psychological experimentation. Includes philosophy of mind; learning; categorization; vision and mental imagery; consciousness; problem solving; decision making, and game-theory; language processing; connectionism. No background in computer science will be presumed. Department enforced prereq., at least one course at the 3000-level or higher in CSCI, LING, PHIL, or PSYC. Same as CSCI 6402, EDUC 6504, PHIL 6310, and PSYC 6200. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides an in-depth look at some particular topic in social and political philosophy, such as rights, political freedom, political obligation, or democracy. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Introduces students to research design, data collection and analysis methods. Exploration of the rationale underlying the use of various methods, the skills needed to employ qualitative method and the process of designing a research protocol will provide graduate students with a sound foundation to begin their own thesis research.
Introduces elements of point-set topology and algebraic topology, including the fundamental group and elements of homology. Department enforced prereqs., MATH 3130, MATH 3140 and MATH 4001. Instructor consent required for undergraduates. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses selected topics in current climatological literature. Specific themes vary. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.