Focuses on cultural issues that cross lines of literary periodization. Topics may include the theater as social criticism from Lessing to Handke; forms of German protest from Luther to Thomas Mann; nihilism from Bonaventura to Thomas Bernhard; topics in German film; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies axioms, combinatorial analysis, independence and conditional probability, discrete and absolutely continuous distributions, expectation and distribution of functions of random variables, laws of large numbers, central limit theorems, and simple Markov chains if time permits. Same as MATH 4510. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Department enforced prereq., one semester calculus-based probability course, such as MATH 4510 or APPM 3570. Same as APPM 4520 and MATH 5520. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores principles and techniques in modern plant systematics from lichens and non-vascular plants to lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Framework is evolutionary and ecological, with emphasis on taxonomy of major lineages and families of plants. No prerequisites, but coursework in evolutionary biology, genetics, phylogenetics and/or other botany classes is strongly encouraged. Same as EBIO 4520. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Addresses current topics in Environmental Studies. Provides forum for students to critically evaluate the primary literature on a particular theme. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.
Examines issues pervading contemporary German literature and media, such as concerns of youth, xenophobia, stereotyping as it affects women and men in their relations, work experience, feminism, problems connected with the reunification, and other issues. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines point and confidence interval estimation. Principles of maximum likelihood, sufficiency, and completeness: tests of simple and composite hypotheses, linear models, and multiple regression analysis if time permits. Analyzes various distribution-free methods. Department enforced prereq., MATH 4510 or 5510 or APPM 3570. Same as MATH 4520 and APPM 5520. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides experience with and exposure to computational and experimental methods in bioinformatics and genomics. Meets once a week. Students are expected to read original research papers, discuss findings, plan and execute data analysis in selected areas. Same as MCDB 4521
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as IAWP 6100. Requisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
Lect. Fundamental concepts of quantum and classical statistical mechanics. Applications to properties ofgases, liquids, solids, spin, and polymer systems. Reaction, fluctuation, nucleation, and relaxation phenomena. Department enforced prereq., undergraduate physical chemistry. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies basic properties, trend-based models, seasonal models modeling and forecasting with ARIMA models, spectral analysis and frequency filtration. Department enforced prereq., APPM 5520 or MATH 5520. Same as APPM 4540 and MATH 5540. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Presents an applied mathematics course designed to provide the necessary analytical and numerical background for courses in astrophysics, plasma physics, fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, and radiation transfer. Topics include integration techniques, linear and nonlinear differential equations, WKB and Fourier transform methods, adiabatic invariants, partial differential equations, integral equations, and integrodifferential equations. Draws illustrative examples from the areas of physics listed above. Same as ATOC 5540. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Applied mathematics course; provides necessary analytical background for courses in plasma physics,fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, and radiative transfer. Covers integration techniques, linear and nonlinear differential equations, WKB and Fourier transform methods, adiabatic invariants, partial differential equations, integral equations, and integrodifferential equations. Same as ASTR 5540. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores the literary, intellectual, and aesthetic culture of the European baroque of the late 16th and 17th centuries through different topics pertinent to this period. Presents an interdisciplinary analysis of baroque literature, philosophy, science, and art. Illuminates the complex historical transition from the Renaissance to the modernity of the Enlightenment. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies basic properties, trend-based models, seasonal models, modeling and forecasting with ARIMA models, spectral analysis and frequency filtration. Department enforced prereq., MATH 4520 or 5520 or APPM 4520 or 5520. Same as MATH 4540/APPM 5540. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Lect. Discussion of mechanism and rate of chemical reactions from a fundamental point of view. Discusses nature of collision and develops concepts of cross section and rate constant. Theories of elementary bimolecular and decay processes are critically examined. Department enforced prereq., undergraduate physical chemistry. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Jews have produced culture in Yiddish, the vernacular language of Eastern European Jewry, for 1000 years and the language continues to shape Jewish culture today. In this course, we will look at the literature, film, theater, music, art, sound, and laughter that defined the culture of Eastern European Jewry and, in the 20th century, Jews around the world. Recommended prereq., HIST/JWST 1818 or 1828 or HEBR/JWST 2350. Same as HIST 4544. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers an intensive survey and synthesis of recent findings contributing to our understanding of the neurobiological basis of addiction. Analysis of both drug and behavioral addictions will be made at the molecular, cellular and neurocircuitry levels and synthesized into models utilizing common themes between various addictions and contributing pathologies. NRSC 4545 and 5545 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) and English Lit- Creative Writing (CRWR) graduate students only.
