Courses

Examines the way communicators' discourse expressions (language, talk, interactional devices, semiotic practices, written texts) reflect and construct interpersonal exchanges, societal activities, and institutional scenes, as well as how discourse expression varies across different speech communities. Prereq., graduate standing. Recommended prereq., COMM 6010. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

In this critical thinking course, students will apply their knowledge of basic biology to exploring several of the most exciting topics in biomedicine including protein folding and stress responses, nutrient sensing and balance, and signal transduction across membranes. Emphasis will be placed upon human physiology and associated human diseases including Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Prereq., MCDB 3120 or 3135 or 3145 or 3500 or instructor consent. MCDB 4425 and 5425 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as MCDB 4426.

Explores the neurobiology, cell biology, genetics and developmental biology of the visual system. Discusses neurodegenerative and vascular diseases that lead to blindness. Students read and analyze original research articles to train scientific reasoning. Involves student-organized presentations and classroom discussion. Prereqs., MCDB 3135 and 3145 or instructor consent required. Same as MCDB 4427.

Same as ANTH 4430.

Reviews basic ideas of complex analysis, including solutions of ODEs and PDEs of physical interest via complex analysis; conformal mapping, including Schwarz-Christoffel transformations and generalizations; computational methods; Riemann-Hilbert problems; and topics in asymptotic methods. Prereq., APPM 4360 or 5360, or instructor consent.

Studies selected works of early medieval (ca. 200-600 AD) and/or late medieval (600-900) religious importance. Selections vary from fundamental texts of both literary and religious value, Daoist and Buddhist canons, the Huangting jing, Zhen gao, Miaofa lianhua jing, and Tan jing, particular topics of social or cultural importance, character assessment, arcane learning, or methods of commentary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., CHIN 4220 or instructor consent.

Topics vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Examines scientific tools, data, and theories related to the dramatically varied past climate of Earth. Focus will be on marine records of climate change and ocean circulation, but ice core and continental archives will also be discussed. Course will cover the Cretaceous Period to the present, with particular emphasis on the past 150,000 years (the last ice age cycle). Prereq., intro geology or equivalent. Recommended prereq., intro oceanography or atmospheric science. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Explores fundamental concepts of semantics and pragmatics, including theories of communication and meaning, representation, conversational implications, speech acts, and discourse structure. Prereq., LING 5420 or instructor consent.

Introduces theory and applications of ordinary differential equations, including existence and uniqueness theorems, qualitative behavior, series solutions, and numerical methods, for scalar equations and systems. Prereqs., MATH 3130 and 4310. Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as PHYS 4430.

Studies a major topic from an area such as phonology, syntax, history of the Spanish language, Hispanic linguistics and literature, or applied Hispanic linguistics. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing in Spanish or departmental consent. Same as SPAN 7430.

Lect. Principles of physical chemistry (second semester) for graduate students in biology. Not open to students of chemistry or the physical sciences. Prereqs., graduate standing and CHEM 5411, or instructor consent. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4531. Same as CHEM 4531. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on close reading of major novels and other works by Dostoevsky, one of the most important psychological novelists in modern literature, a profound religious thinker, and the greatest crime novelist in the world. Taught in English. Same as RUSS 4431.

May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 4433. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Intensively surveys major theories, research findings, and behavioral characteristics associated with deviant reaction patterns. Prereq., instructor consent.

Same as ANTH 4440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Discusses the elements of basic real and complex analysis, Banach spaces, Lp spaces, and many relevant inequalities. Includes applications of existence and uniqueness of solutions to various types of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and integral equations. Prereqs., APPM 4440 and 4450 or equivalent, or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Surveys development in a range of vertebrate and invertebrate systems to reconstruct the common bilatorian ancestor, and elucidate the developmental genetic changes underlying animal diversification. Lab focuses on vertebrate embryos and explores key methods in evolutionary developmental biology including in situ hybridization, embryo microinjection, and transgenesis. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220 and 2070, or MCDB 1150 and 2150. EBIO 4440, EBIO 5440, MCDB 4441, and MCDB 5441 are all the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Taught in French and English. Focuses on literary structures proposed by author to reader as games. Considers critical texts, both practical and theoretical, with a view toward defining the relation between criticism and its objects. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as IPHY 4440.

Undergraduates must have approval of the instructor. Prereq., MATH 3130. Recommended prereqs., MATH 3110 and 3140. Same as MATH 4440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as PHIL 4440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Philosophy graduate students only.

Provides an overview of major trends and issues in Hispanic linguistics, including phonology, syntax, dialectology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis,text linguistics, semiotics, history of the Spanish language, language acquisition, and applied linguistics. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing in Spanish or departmental consent. Same as SPAN 7440. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.