Courses

Lect. Selected topics in synthetic organic chemistry, encompassing both methods and/or total synthesis of complex molecules. Prereqs., CHEM 5311 and graduate standing, or instructor consent.

Prereq., graduate standing.

Serves as an advanced introduction to the empirical and theoretical foundations of contemporary linguistic anthropology, with special emphasis on the ways in which culture and society emerge semiotically through language and discourse. Same as LING 6320. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Reviews current theory and research on topics such as contemporary rhetorical theory, rhetoric and public life, rhetoric as an interpretive social science, and rhetoric of social movements and political campaigns. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5320.

Serves as an advanced introduction to the empirical and theoretical foundations of contemporary linguistic anthropology, with special emphasis on the ways in which culture and society emerge semiotically through language and discourse. Same as ANTH 6320. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers general metric spaces, the Baire Category Theorem, and general measure theory, including the Radon-Nikodym and Fubini theorems. Presents the general theory of differentiation on the real line and the Fundamental Theorem of Lebesgue Calculus. Prereq., MATH 6310. Instructor consent required for undergraduates.

Lect. Selected topics in physical organic chemistry, which may include photochemistry, carbene chemistry, free radical chemistry, molecular orbital methods, organic materials, or gas phase ion chemistry. Prereq., CHEM 5321 and graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines the history of ideas and the social history of intellectuals in American society during the 19th and 20th centuries. Stresses social and political dimensions and the changing cultural and institutional contexts of intellectual discourse. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to History graduate students only.

Prereq., graduate standing.

Surveys foundational texts and contemporary research in the rhetoric of inquiry. Focuses on the role of persuasion in the production of knowledge. Analysis of distinctions between philosophical and rhetorical approaches to argument. Critical analysis of major theoretical and methodological traditions and topics with an emphasis on social dimensions of inquiry. Emphasizes critical analysis of major theoretical and methodological traditions. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5320. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Develops skills in the stratigraphic interpretation of seismic reflection data, recognition of sequence stratigraphy in well logs and outcrop, and their applications to basin analysis in petroleum exploration. Prereqs., graduate standing, introductory undergraduate physics, and sedimentology/stratigraphy. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines major historical trends in the study of meanings and practices of sex and sexuality. Focuses on emergence and negotiation of sexual matters in circumstances where sex and identity were not coterminous. Restricted to graduate students.

Study of recent publications in transcription and RNA processing fields. Students present and discuss recent publications. Goals are that the student will improve critical analysis of data and will learn techniques relevant to the field. Students will keep up-to-date with current literature, will lead discussions of topic of interest, and will learn good presentation skills. Prereq., MCDB 5210, 5230 or instructor consent.

Cell cycle regulation is a major biological issue relevant to a number of disease states, including cancer. Surveys the current literature in the cell cycle field. Students present current publications; class participation in discussion is expected. Prereqs., MCDB 5210 and 5230.

Present and receive feedback on your in-progress microbiology research. Learn about and discuss research at CU that is microbiological but outside of your specialty. Participate in journal clubs on microbial physiology. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours.

Considers performances of public life as rhetorical inducements of civitas. Topics include negotiation of self-regulation among interdependent partners, rhetorical exclusions and/or counterpublics, and dialectical tensions of public/private as these contribute to and have civic consequences for publicness, community, and social will. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5320.

Studies some of the main topics of epistemology, such as skepticism, foundations of knowledge, perception, introspection, belief, certainty, and analytic-synthetic distinctions. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines Britain's withdrawal from South Asia and the Palestine mandate. Topics include collaboration, anticolonial resistance, Indian and Palestinian nationalisms, zionism, transcolonial connections, counter insurgency, and partition. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Surveys foundational texts and contemporary research in argumentation. Analysis of distinctions between philosophical and rhetorical approaches to argument. Critical analysis of major theoretical and methodological traditions and topics with an emphasis on social dimensions of argument. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5320.

Focuses on complex numbers and the complex plane. Includes Cauchy-Riemann equations, complex integration, Cauchy integral theory, infinite series and products, and residue theory. Prereq., MATH 4001. Undergraduates need instructor consent. . Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Traces select traditions in social and/or cultural theory, emphasizing how these traditions affect and are affected by the field of rhetoric studies. Examines the origins and resolutions of major debates in social and/or cultural theory from a rhetorical perspective. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5320.

Focuses on conformal mapping, analytic continuation, singularities, and elementary special functions. Prereq., MATH 6350. Instructor consent required for undergraduates.

Traditional and contemporary theories of the basic categories used to describe nature and the human relationship to it, including such concepts as substance, identity, space and time, causality, determination, and systematic ontology. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Topics connected with development of nature of science; structure of scientific theories; testing of hypotheses. Theory of decisions in science and ethics. Basic conceptions and models of abstraction in thehistory of science. Prerequisites: Restricted to Philosophy graduate students only.