Courses

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Subjects chosen and arrangements made to suit needs of each student. Independent study is for upper-division students who have completed 9 credit hours of political science and who have an overall average of at least 3.00. Not more than 6 credit hours of independent study may be credited toward the minimum requirements in the political science major. Special independent study approval agreement form must be obtained from the department. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., PSCI 2223.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Subjects and arrangements suit individual student needs. Independent study is for upper-division students who have completed 9 credit hours of political science and who have an overall GPA of at least 3.00. Not more than 6 credit hours of independent study may be credited toward the minimum requirements in the political science major. Special independent study approval agreement form must be obtained from the department. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., PSCI 2004.

Introduces students to the practice of applied regression analysis. Summarizes and reviews the regression technique, explores U.S. census data sources, introduces an advanced statistical software package and provides structured exercises in regression analysis of census data. Concludes with independent research projects analyzing social and economic issues using regression analysis and census data. Prereqs., ECON 3070 and 3818 or equivalent.

Subjects chosen and arrangements made to suit needs of each student. Independent study is for upper-division students who have completed 9 credit hours of political science and who have an overall average of at least 3.00. Not more than 6 credit hours of independent study may be credited toward the minimum requirements in the political science major. Special independent study approval agreement form must be obtained from the department. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

Same as DNCE 1849, at the senior level.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereq., departmental consent.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Literature/language. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.

Selected topics for undergraduate independent study. Subject matter to be arranged. See also PHYS 4840. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 3 credit hours.

Through structured discussions, selected readings, and written assignments, examines topics in Russian film from socio-historical and cultural studies perspectives. Identification and critical analysis of concepts and assumptions underlying differing cinematic approaches to controversial topics. Taught in English. Prereqs., RUSS 2221 or RUSS/FILM 3301 or equivalent. Same as GSLL 5851.

Examines geographical patterns of health and disease with an emphasis on global health issues. Focuses on three major approaches to medical geographic research: ecological approaches, which systematically analyze relationships between people and their environments; social approaches, including political economy and socio-behavioral approaches; and spatial approaches, which employ maps and spatial analysis to identify patterns of health and disease. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1001 or 1011, and GEOG 1992, 2002 or 2412. Restricted to juniors/seniors. GEOG 4852 and 5852 are the same course.

Introduces statistical models, estimation and testing procedures used in analyzing financial data for advanced undergraduates. Topics include the modeling of returns, portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model, options pricing and fixed income securities. Prereq., ECON 3818 or equivalent. Recommended prereq., ECON 4818.

Attempts to investigate how extreme historical events (war, genocides, terror attacks) function as "Trauma" and how these extreme events are dealt with by personal and collective memory in historical narratives, literary and cinematic fiction, and memorials. Amnesia and other types of historical negations or revisions will be analyzed, along with representations of trauma and the difficulties raised by this memorializing. Taught in English. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Cannot be used for majoror minor credit. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Students may register for more than one section per term. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.

Studies themes of grotesque, bizarre, surreal, absurd, supernatural, and fantastic in Russian short stories and novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Discusses works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Kharms, Bulgakov, Siniavskii, Petrushevskaia, and Pelevin, within contexts of Russian folklore, Freud and Jung's interpretations of jokes and dreams, and Romanticism. Taught in English. Recommended prereq., one upper division humanities course. Same as GSLL 5861.

Computer simulation modeling translates theory into computer code to examine questions numerically; for example, the effects of taxes or emissions permits on welfare and income distribution. We use GAMS (general algebraic modeling system); a version may be downloaded for free. Students must have access to a computer (not needed in the classroom). Prereq., ECON 3070.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Prereq., IPHY 2800 and 3700.

Offered for students doing a thesis for departmental honors.