Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. Prereq., NRSC 5110 or instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
Critically examines topics relating to social forces, parties, and interest groups. Analyzes concepts, theories, and case studies with particular emphasis on Western political systems. Also examines party systems in comparison and the role of groups and the determinants of group politics. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
Examines major texts of Western political thought from the ancients through the 21st century. Introduces students to major schools of contemporary political theory, while situating these in their larger political context. Professionalizes students through presentations and research projects. Texts vary each semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., some previous coursework in political theory or philosophy. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Develop proficiency in constructing research designs with qualitative methods. The goal is to understand and be able to justify research designs involving relatively small numbers of observations as good political science given the fact that such designs may limit our ability to generalize. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Prepares students to conduct research on topics where data is not obvious or not easily available. Encompasses variations in context and setting as part of data observations. Methods include interviewing protocols, interpretive methods, cluster analyses, case study methodologies, and textual analyses. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required. Same as ENVS 5740.
Studies special topics in writing of the United States. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5109. Prerequisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
Prepares students for research in historical documents in Asian languages in order to write a substantial original research paper based on primary and secondary source materials. Prereq., graduate standing and background in Asian history.
Examines the writings of African American political leaders, public policy critics, and politicians who have influenced black politics and society since 1900. Explores the ideas and leadership of W.E.B. Dubois, E. Franklin Frazier, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
Drawing on data gathered through participation, observation, and in-depth interviewing, students focus on developing theoretical analyses and exploring classical and post-modern ethnographic writing formats. Students present and revise their papersas well as review journal articles. Prereqs., graduate standing and Socy 5121 or 6121, or instructor consent. Formerly Socy 5221. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. Prereq., NRSC 5110 or instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
Surveys historical, theoretical, and empirical analyses of violent conflict behavior, including causes and consequences of riots, terrorism, revolution, international war, and intervention. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys major schools of contemporary democratic theory and introduces students to current scholarly debates about democracy and democratic politics. Professionalizes students through class presentations and research projects. Specific controversies and texts vary each semester. Recommended prereq., some previous coursework in political theory or philosophy. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Discusses advances in atmospheric aerosol chemistry, with emphasis on new methods for analysis and their application to laboratory and field studies. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., CHEM 5151, 5181. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies the individual in social context. Focuses on theoretical perspectives and substantive issues specific to sociological and social psychology, including socialization, the self, social roles, language, deviance, gender, collective behavior, group processes, attitudes and behavior, social norms,and conformity. Formerly SOCY 5531.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. Prereq., NRSC 5110 or instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
Explores the relationship between economics and politics in developed and developing countries. Gives students an historical overview of 20th century economic trends and covers scholarly approaches totopics such as political and economic institutions, economic ideas and interests, the political causes of growth and equality, globalization and the welfare state, and varieties of capitalism. Recommended prereq., PSCI 7012. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Considers archaeology of a specified area, either geographical or topical. Areas selected in accordance with current research interests. May be repeated upto 9 total credit hours.
Focuses on current research results and relevant literature in the areas of Raman spectroscopy, interfacial reactions/interactions, fluorescence spectroscopy, and photoacoustic spectroscopy. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent.
Guides graduate students through the creation of the required third-year paper and helps establish productive writing habits. Includes assigned readings, discussion, peer review, and specific tasks related to scholarly writing. Students will revise and defend the paper during the semester following the seminar. Prereqs., SOCY 5111 and 5201. Prerequisites: Restricted to Sociology (SOCY) graduate students only.
Advanced seminar dealing with several different specialized topics in Neuroscience. Prereq., NRSC 5110 or instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
Introduces the application and role of models in political science (domestic and international politics), in areas such as voting, committees, power, decision making, and war and peace. Models include applications of set theory, elementary probability, games, and systems analysis. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
Studies special topics in recent writing in English from around the world. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5149. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.
