Courses

Same as RLST 4300.

Treats various topics, as needs and resources dictate. Gives special attention to developing historical and current theoretical and critical background of each topic. Representative topics might include pre-Columbian literature, colonial prose and narrative, colonial poetry, romantic novel, the realist and naturalist novel and short story, 19th-century poetry, and gaucho literature. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing in Spanish or departmental consent. Same as SPAN 7300. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, magazine images, etc. Topics include: questioning "multiculturalism," self-representation, integration, Islam, citizenship, violence, public space, youth culture, racism and nationalism. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 4301.

Same as MCDB 4300. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides overview of phonological development, perception, and production. Presents factors relatedto articulation and focuses on critical evaluation of traditional and phonological based assessment and intervention procedures. Includes coverage of phonological awareness, metaphonological skills as related to literacy. Prereq., graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.

Same as GEOG 4303.

Comparative urban study of Florence and Venice from 13th through 16th centuries. Principal subjects are the distinctive economies of the cities, political developments, Renaissance humanism, patronage of the arts, and foreign policy. Prereq., HIST 1010. Formerly HIST 4112. HIST 4303 and 5303 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on the cycling of elements at the global scale with a particular emphasis on human modification of biogeochemical cycles. Major biogeochemical cycles,their past dynamics, present changes, and potential future scenarios will be addressed. Ecosystem to global-scale model of the earth system will be discussed along with global scale measurements of element fluxes from satellites, aircraft, and measurement networks. Prereq., general chemistry, some organic chemistry. Same as ENVS 5840. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Gives special attention to ways U.S. institutions (i.e., legal, economic, educational, governmental and social agencies) affect Chicanas and Chicanos. Discusses internal colonialism, institutional racism, assimilation and acculturation, and identity. Prereq., ETHN 2536 or equivalent. ETHN 4306 and 5306 are indentical courses. Formerly CHST 4303.

Advanced critical analysis of rhetorical texts in terms of how they shape issues and appeal for judgment, create identities for speakers and their audiences, and construct perceptions of time, space, and the human condition. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Reviews current research activities in the various fields of environmental biology, including population, community, behavioral, ecosystem, and landscape ecology, plus conservation biology and global change. Prereq., graduate standing.

Close readings of tragedies by (among others) Corneille and Racine, placed in the context of baroque and neoclassical political and artistic culture as illustrated by philosophy, painting, and science. Drawing on recent criticism and theory, explores heroic drama's role as a symptom and agent of early modern French social and intellectual history. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Examines the transformation of realism from Buechner to Gerhart Hauptmann. Topics may include literary responses to the Restoration; intellectuals and the Revolution of 1848; philosophy and literature; theatrical representations of woman, family, and gender; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on stylistic, grammatical, and orthographic variations in texts of the classical, medieval, and early modern eras. Prereq., JPNS 4310 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines the physiology and genetics of bacteria, Archaea and viruses. Particular emphasis will be on metabolism, regulation of gene expression and protein function, mechanisms of interactions with and manipulation of the environment, and evolution in response to environmental pressures. Same as MCDB 4310.

Lect. Surveys synthetic transformations emphasizing important functional group transformations and carbon-carbon, bond-forming reactions. Required of all organic chemistry graduate students. Prereq., one year of organic chemistry. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as MCDB 4314 and CSCI 5314. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as ARTS 4316. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies styles, trends, innovations, and major writers in significant literary movements, particularly those after 1900, such as modernism and objectivism. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate CRWR, ENLT, and ENGL majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Survey of classical and contemporary readings in rhetoric. Required for doctoral students in COMM; optional for master's students. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines six major themes on contemporary evolutionary research: population genetics, natural selection and adaptation, molecular evolution, evolution and development, phylogenetic systematics, and macroevolution. Emphasizes recent primary literature and sophisticated mastery. Prereq., graduate standing in EBIO.

Close readings of major works by, e.g., Descartes, Pascal, La Fayette, La Rochefoucauld, and La Bruyere. Themes include 17th century theories of self, early modern epistemology, notions of honnetete and the critical analysis of human motives and behavior, the emerging novel, and the critique of heroic idealism and of the monarchic absolutism of the Sun King, Louis Xiv. Readings in French, but may be taught in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Beginning with T. Mann's Buddenbrooks, charts the rise of the German novel in the early 20th century and examines such topics as Wilhelminian society; intellectuals and World War I; dehumanization and alienation; national socialism and literary exile; and others. Authors include T. Mann, H. Hesse, R. Rilke, F. Kafka, A. Seghers, and A. Zweig. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Advanced analysis of stylistic, grammatical, and orthographic variations in texts of the classical, medieval, and early modern eras, including kanbun and hentaigana; translation and explication of texts. Prereq., JPNS 5310 (formerly 5160) or instructor consent.