Courses

Prereq., CHEM 5771 or MCDB 5230 taken concurrently and instructor consent. Same as CHEM 5776.

Same as MCDB 4777.

Provides an intense, graduate-level introduction to the discipline of cultural anthropology, with an emphasis upon critically assessing those methods, theories, and works that have shaped the field from the 19th century to the present time. Required of all first-year graduate students in anthropology. Restricted to anthropology graduate students or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Analysis of topics in biochemistry including protein structure, methods of structure determination and prediction, protein folding, and protein dynamics. Intended as a comprehensive treatment of areas central to modern biochemistry for entering graduate students. Lectures concurrent with CHEM 5781, covering the same topics except for the requirement of a written research proposal. Prereq., CHEM 5770 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Lect. Detailed consideration of contemporary topics in biochemistry, including protein structure (primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary), methods of structure determination and prediction, protein folding (kinetics, thermodynamics, denaturation, and renaturation), and protein dynamics (internal motions and methods of analysis). Prereq., CHEM 5771 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Investigates historical and contemporary theories and critiques of development and their implications for geographic theory and method. Focuses on the role of representation in evaluating case studies and examining the potential for a sustainable development. Prereq., graduate standing. Recommended prereq., GEOG 5762.

Details the history of theory and practice in contemporary cultural anthropology, considering the development of major theoretical schools of thought and the integration of general social theory within anthropology. Required of masters students in cultural anthropology. Restricted to ANTH graduate students or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Anthropology graduate students only.

Discusses how biological anthropologists use evidence and concepts from evolutionary theory, human biology, and ecology to understand the evolution, diversification, and adaptation of human populations. Required of all first-year graduate students in anthropology. Prereq., graduate status in anthropology. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as CHEM 4791.

Introduces incoming first-year graduate students to the history and current state of scholarship in anthropology from across the subdisciplines, through introduction to the research of individual faculty in the department. Required of all incoming graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as EBIO 4795 and MUSM 5795. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as MUSM 4795 and EBIO 5795. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines processes operating on the surfaces of solid planets and in their interiors. Emphasizes spacecraft observations, their interpretation, the relationship to similar processes on Earth, the relationship between planetary surfaces and interiors, and the integrated geologic histories of the terrestrial planets and satellites. Prereq., graduate standing in physical sciences or instructor consent. Same as GEOL 5800. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as EBIO 4800. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines processes operating on the surfaces of solid planets and in their interiors. Emphasizes spacecraft observations, their interpretation, the relationship to similar processes on Earth, the relationship between planetary surfaces and interiors, and the integrated geologic histories of the terrestrial planets and satellites. Prereq., graduate standing in physical sciences or instructor consent. Same as ASTR 5800. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces advanced statistical techniques important for analyzing data rising in biomedical research, including physiology. StatistIcal reasoning will be emphasized through problem solving and applications using statistical software packages. Restricted to Integrative Physiology graduate students only. Prereq., IPHY 2800. Prerequisites: Restricted to Integrative Physiology (IPHY) graduate students only.

Variety of new courses at the 5000 level. See current departmental announcements for specific content. Maybe repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Lect. Advanced discussion of current research and literature in signal transduction, including ligands, receptors, and intracellular signaling pathways, as well as control on transcription, chromatin structure, Dna replication, mitosis, and cell cycle progression. Recommended prereqs., CHEM 5771 and 5781, MCDB 5210 or MCDB 5220, and graduate standing.

Open only to graduate dance majors. Encompasses range of dance forms that require multiple accompanists. May be repeated up to 12 total units. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers the structure, composition, and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Includes the origin of planetary atmospheres, chemistry and cloud physics, greenhouse effects, climate, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres - past and future. Same as ATOC 5810 and GEOL 5810. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers the structure, composition, and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Also includes origin of planetary atmospheres, chemistry and cloud physics, greenhouse effects, climate, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres past and future. Prereq., graduate standing in a physical science, or instructor consent. Same as ASTR/GEOL 5810. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines selected texts in various genres of Chinese literature from the May Fourth period (beginning 1917) to the establishment of the People's Republic of China (1949). Focuses on major and influential works produced in this fertile period of experimentation with Western, modernist types of literature. Texts and selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., CHIN 4120 or instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Assesses impacts of climate variability and regional growth on western U.S. water resources, and examines successes and failures of different management strategies, as well as ways that science is used and misused in support of water management. Prerequisites: Restricted to Arts and Sciences, Journalism, Law or Business Graduate Students only.

Covers the structure, composition, and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Includes the origin of planetary atmospheres, chemistry and cloud physics, greenhouse effects, climate, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres---past and future. Same as ATOC 5810 and ASTR 5810.

Studies selected texts in Japanese literature from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the end of the Pacific War. Surveys various literary genres, emphasizing the development of the modern novel as an aspect of Japan's response to Western cultural forms. The unique cultural politics of each of the periods (Meiji,Taisho, and Showa) are illuminated through the filter of both canonical and more marginalized texts. Specific selections vary from year to year. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.