Courses

Provides an overview of development policy and practice, surveying foundational works in Development Studies as well as critical interventions. Required for Graduate Certificate in Development Studies. Prereqs. for GEOG 4632 are GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002 or 2412. Recommended prereq., GEOG 3682. GEOG 4632 and 5632 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as HIST 4636 and WMST 4636.

Examines the history of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. Focuses on such issues as the nature of Maoism, foreign policy, political campaigns such as the Cultural Revolution and the Democracy Movement, and recent economic developmental efforts. HIST 4638 and HIST 5638 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Surveys current research topics in urban geography. Emphasizes definition of possible student thesis topics.

Discusses recent research on how students learn and applications to the teaching of undergraduate science courses. Conducted as an interactive workshop, in which active-engagement in learning approaches are modeled and experienced by participants. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. May be used to fulfill the pedagogical training requirement for undergraduate Learning Assistants in upper division science courses. Post-doctoral and faculty auditors are welcome to participate as regular auditors.

Same as RLST 4650.

Same as SPAN 4650.

This course traces how "Muslims in China" transformed themselves into "Chinese Muslims" while at once accommodating and conflicting with Chinese states and people throughout history until the present time. Recommended prereq., HIST 1608. HIST 4658 and 5658 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated once for credit. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as EBIO 4660. . Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an advanced and intensive survey to topics in experimental psychology. General areas are higher-level cognition, attention, and learning and memory. Meets seven weeks in the term. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as GEOL 4670.

Provides in-depth study of instrumentation used by audiologists for hearing aid evaluation and fitting, signal generation and modification, and signal measurement and calibration. Prereq., SLHS graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines a specific problem or issue in early modern literature (e.g., the relationships among religion, folklore, and early fiction; the issue of genre and traditional fiction); the role of elite versus popular cultures in the composition of fiction; or the relationship of the state and censorship and the southern philosophical schools to the publication of fiction. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq.,CHIN 4220 or instructor consent.

Same as MCDB 4680. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an advanced and intensive survey of topics in experimental psychology. General areas are research methods in cognitive psychology, and low-level perception. Meets seven weeks in the term. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides students with the practical tools needed to make tectonic interpretations through study of the geologic history of the western United States and the geodynamic models used in interpreting that history. Paleomagnetism, geobarametry, geothermometry, geodynamic modeling, and elements of structural geology and stratigraphy are topics considered in this class. Prereqs., GEOL 3120 and PHYS 1110.

Provides beginning Ph.D. students with a basic introduction to (primarily human) memory research. This is one of the six Cognitive Psychology Proseminar modules that all students in the Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program are required to take. The seminar will include consideration of theoretical, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience perspectives on memory. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines basic stellar astronomy: stellar classifications, kinematics, populations and distributions, and H-R diagrams. Covers principles of stellar structure, including energy generation and energy transport by radiation and convection. Includes stellar evolution theory, including compact objects. Prereq., Senior Level undergraduate physics. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Seminar studies in geological subjects of special current interest are offered primarily for graduate students, as departmental staff and facilities permit. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Analyzes the principal topics of aesthetics, including such issues as formal structure of aesthetics, the nature of critical judgments, and the status of the work of art. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as DNCE 4701.

Studies astrophysics of UV, x-ray, gamma-ray, and cosmic-ray sources, including fundamentals of radiative and particle processes, neutron stars, black holes, pulsars, quasars, supernovas and their remnants; stellar flares; accretion disks; binary x-ray sources; and other cosmic x-ray sources. Prereq., senior-level undergraduate physics. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an introduction to the policy sciences as a distinctive tradition within the policy field. Emphasizes the use of conceptual tools to improve analysis of complex problems. Teaches problem-solving framework that students apply to an issue of their choice. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as PSCI 7016. Prerequisites: Restricted to Environmental Studies (ENVS) or Political Science (PSCI) graduate students only.

Lect. Same lectures as CHEM 4711. Course work includes library studies and preparation of special reports. Not open to undergraduates. Prereq., one year of organic chemistry and graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.