Courses

Presents cardinal and ordinal arithmetic, and basic combinatorial concepts, including stationary sets, generalization of Ramsey's theorem, and ultrafilters, consisting of the axiom of choice and the generalized continuum hypothesis. Prereqs., MATH 4000 and 4730, or MATH 5000, or instructor consent. Undergraduates need instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Detailed study of current literature relative to one main topic is undertaken each semester. Topics covered on a rotating basis include enzyme kinetics and mechanisms; lipids and lipoproteins; chemistry and enzymology of nucleic acids; biochemistry of nucleic acids in eukaryotic cells; and protein chemistry. Presentations include faculty lectures and student reports. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereqs., one year of biochemistry courses, graduate standing, and instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

An in-depth introduction to formal Demography. In addition to learning the basic demographic tools used nowadays in fertility, marriage, mortality, migration, and forecasting/projections, it also looks at some potential links between formal and statistical demographic work that would enable the student to apply some of the methods learnt in an econometric or multivariate setting. Prereqs., GEOG 4023/5023 or equivalent. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Reviews theory and philosophy of organizations and organizing where communication processes are seen as constitutive. Focuses on discursive and material practices in the formation and change of organizational structure, culture, and operation. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5620.

Presents independence of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis, Souslin's hypothesis, and other applications of the method of forcing. Introduces the theory of large cardinals. Prereq., MATH 6730. Undergraduates need instructor consent.

Explores various geographic topics emphasizing the concept of culture. Emergence of several points of view in the development of cultural geography. Restricted to graduate students. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Addresses the role of communication in cultural change efforts in organizations. Topics include the nature and function of organizational cultures, the role of leadership, ethical issues, and member involvement in change processes. Specific organizational cases are highlighted throughout. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., COMM 5620.

Focuses on analytical, ideological, cultural, and political tensions between understandings of race and nationalism. Readings are interdisciplinary, but students identify and analyze tensions between race and nationalism at particular historical moments. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Covers stabilization policy and structural adjustment. Specific topics include orthodox stabilization policies (fiscal, monetary, and exchange rate policies); heterodox stabilization policies (price, wage, and interest controls); trade liberalization; financial liberalization; privatization and deregulation. Prereqs., ECON 6070 and 6080.

Examines how social roles influence communication practices, the development of relationships, and the impact of relationships on identity. Considers these processes in contexts such as personal relationships and institutional settings. Topic varies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Lectures by visiting scientists and occasionally by staff members and graduate students on topics of current research. Meets once a week. Required for all graduate students in chemistry. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces first-year graduate students to the full range of substantive topics, research programs, and other projects in which graduate sociology faculty are engaged. Provides a forum in which issues of the discipline are presented and discussed. Features weekly presentations by graduate sociology faculty. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Introduces first-year graduate students to time series approach of model building and forecasting. Basic topics are autoregressive integrated moving average models, nonstationarity and co-integration, vector autoregressions, and the evaluation of forecasts from such models. Emphasizes applied computer assignments. Prereqs., ECON 3818 and 4808, or equivalent.

Discusses grant and manuscript writing, scientific presentations, peer-review, setting up/directing a research laboratory, research ethics, mentoring and other professional skills. Restricted to Integrative Physiology graduate students only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Integrative Physiology (IPHY) graduate students only.

Introduction to the graduate academic study of religion through the exploration of contemporary models and issues that demonstrate the nature and future of the field. Each student will prepare a profile of his/her intended area of research. Restricted to Religious Studies graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Religious Studies graduate students only.

Offers guidance and instruction on topics related to advanced graduate study and academic life beyond graduation. Discussions will include writing journal articles; creating a vitae; writing dissertations; applying for grants and other sources of funding; the academic job search; and what to expect as a junior faculty member. Restricted to graduate students.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours, except with permission of the director of graduate studies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Involves a scholarly investigation of a selected topic using literature and/or experimental techniques. Advisor required. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Integrative Physiology (IPHY) or Integrative Physiology Concurrent Degree (C-IPHY) graduate students only.

May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing in Spanish or departmental approval.

This is a graduate level directed readings course designed to expand student knowledge in a particular area of concentration with a broad interdisciplinary and comparative framework. These areas of concentration include work in Africana, American Indian, Asian American, Chicana and Chicano and Transnational/Hemispheric ethnic studies. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.