Courses

Prereq., MATH 4430 or APPM 2360. Undergraduates need instructor consent. Same as MATH 4470. Prerequisites: 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. Prereq., 12 hours of PHIL coursework completed. Recommended prereq., PHIL 2440. PHIL 4470 and 5470 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Acquaints students with major issues concerning women in 20th century Russian culture. Examines sources from folk culture, popular culture, and high culture (poetry, prose, songs, tales, visual art, and cinema) that mythologize or question women's images and societal roles. All texts and films are offered in English translation. Taught in English. Same as RUSS 4471 and WMST 4471.

Same as MCDB 4471.

Same as GEOL 4474 and MUSM 5474.

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. Prereq., APPM 5470 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: 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. Prereq., CHIN 4220 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: 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.

Same as PHIL 4490. Prerequisites: Restricted to Philosophy graduate students only.

Same as MUSM 4494.

Same as ANTH 4500. Prerequisites: 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. Prereq., FILM 3400. Same as FILM 4500. Prerequisites: 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.

Same as SPAN 4500.

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. Prereqs., undergrad physical chemistry, graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4501.

May be repeated up to 18 credit hours. Prerequisites: 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. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as HUMN 4504 and GRMN 5504. Prerequisites: 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. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4510.

Focuses on cultural issues that cross lines of literary periodization. Topics may include the theater as social criticism from Lessing to Handke; forms of German protest from Luther to Thomas Mann; nihilism from Bonaventura to Thomas Bernhard; topics in German film; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Same as ATLS 3519, 4519. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ANTH 4520.

Prereq., one semester calculus-based probability course, such as MATH 4510 or APPM 3570. Same as APPM 4520 and MATH 5520. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.