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African-American Studies
AFAM 570/470 African-American Feminist Thought (Humanities Elective)
AFHS 524/424 Race and Racism in the United States (Humanities Elective)
AFPS 501 African-American Political Autobiography (Humanities Elective)
AFPS 553 Contemporary African Political Thought (Humanities Elective)
Art History
AREN 508 Dante and Giotto (Humanities Elective)
ART 505 The Youngest Art: The History of Photography (Humanities Elective)
ART 540 Art of Prehistory (Humanities Elective)
ART 549 Art of Egypt and Mesopotamia (Humanities Elective)
ART 550 Classical Art and Archaeology (Humanities Elective)
ART 551 Medieval Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 552 Northern Renaissance Art (Humanities Elective) ART 552 Northern Renaissance Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 553 Early Renaissance Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 555 Art of Asia (Humanities Elective)
ART 557 High Renaissance and Mannerist Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 558 Baroque Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 560 19th Century Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 561 20th Century Art (Humanities Elective)
ART 570/470 Seminar: Topics in Art History (Humanities Elective)
ART 571 Archaeological Fieldwork (Humanities Elective)
Biology
BIOL 520 Organismal Biology for Secondary Teachers
Biomedical Sciences
BMS 511/BIOL 411 Protein Biochemistry
BMS 512/BIOL 412 Biochemistry of Intermediary Metabolism
BMS 513 Biostatistics in Regulatory Applications
BMS 520 Protein Purification and Characterization
BMS 523 Cell Structure and Function
BMS 524/BIOL 424 Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Cells
BMS 525/BIOL 425 Virology
BMS 526 Molecular Mechanisms of Development
BMS 527 Pathogenic Microbiology (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 528/BIOL 428 Immunology
BMS 531 Prokaryotic Genetics
BMS 533 Medical Virology
BMS 534/BIOL 434 Basic Principles and Methods of Molecular Genetics (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 535 Advanced Topics in Recombinant DNA Technology: Gene Transfer, Expression, and Detection (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 537/437 Introduction to Bioinformatics (Laboratory-Lecture course)
BMS 538 General Pharmacology
BMS 539 Molecular Immunology (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 540 Advanced Topics in Recombinant DNA Technology: Genome Analysis and Mapping (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 541 Advanced Topics in Recombinant DNA Technology: Gene Structure and Function (Laboratory–Lecture course)
BMS 542 Ethics in Science
BMS 543 Advanced Immunology
BMS 544 Good Laboratory Practices: A Practical Approach
BMS 545 Product Development
BMS 546 Good Manufacturing Practice
BMS 547 Development of Pharmaceutics and the Regulatory Environment
BMS 548 Good Clinical Practice
BMS 549 Regulation of Medical Devices
BMS 550 Food and Drug Law
BMS 551 Advanced Bioinformatics
BMS 570 Research Seminar
BMS 571 Biomedical Science Seminar
BMS 580 Master’s Thesis Preparation
BMS 585 Master’s Field Work Project
BMS 585 Master’s Field Work Project(2)
BMS 590 Advanced Topics in Biomedical Techniques
Chemistry
CHEM 501/401 Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 505/405 Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 510/410 Advanced Organic Chemistry
Classical Literature
CL 502 Classical Mythology (Humanities Elective)
Communication Arts
CMA 550 Television in America (Humanities Elective)
Computer Science
CS 503 Algorithms and Programming I
CS 504 Algorithms and Programming II
CS 508 Computer Organization and Design
CS 519/419 Advanced Data Structures
CS 520/420 Algorithm Analysis
CS 524/424 Principles of Software Engineering
CS 525 Software Testing and Quality Assurance
CS 528/428 Artificial Intelligence
CS 536 Web Services
CS 542 Perception in Artificial Intelligence
CS 543/443 Machine Learning
CS 544 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
CS 545/445 Robotics and Intelligent Systems
CS 550/450 Digital Logic and Switching Theory
CS 553/453 Data Communications and Network Security
CS 557 UNIX System Programming
CS 561/461 Computer Architecture
CS 564/464 Operating Systems
CS 565 Database System Concepts
CS 566/466 Parallel Computing
CS 567 Distributed Computing
CS 571/471 Programming Languages: Their Design and Compilation
CS 572 Compiler Construction
CS 573 Selected Topics in Distributed Computing
CS 576 Concurrent Algorithms
CS 595 Software Engineering Project
CSIT 530/430 Applied Database Concepts
CSIT 532 Computer Forensics
CSIT 534 Network and Internet Security
CSIT 537 Encryption and Cryptology
CSIT 540 Human-Computer Interaction
CSIT 555 Information Systems Security
CSIT 583/483 World Wide Web Programming
Economics
ECMG 578/478 International Financial Management
ECON 551 Foundations of Economics
ECON 560 Managerial Economics
ECPS 514/414 Environmental Policy
Education
EDUC 502 Using Technology to Design, Manage and Assess Learning
EDUC 506 Using Assistive Technology with Diverse Learners
EDUC 507 Assistive Technology: Assessment, Planning and Implementation
EDUC 509 Teaching Reading in Content Areas: Part I
EDUC 511 Children’s Literature
EDUC 512 Teaching Reading in Content Areas: Part II
EDUC 513 School Law
EDUC 514 Administration of Student Services
EDUC 515 Processes and Acquisition of Reading
EDUC 516 Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Principles and Practices
EDUC 517 Materials for Teaching Reading: Instruction and Methods
EDUC 518 Reading Instruction: Elementary
EDUC 519 Reading Instruction: Secondary
EDUC 520 Reading Diagnosis
EDUC 521 Contemporary Issues in the Teaching of Reading
EDUC 523 Reading Diagnosis and Prescription: Clinical
EDUC 524 Advanced Clinical Reading Experiences: Elementary
EDUC 525 Advanced Clinical Reading Experiences: Secondary
EDUC 527 Use of Alphabetic Phonics in Language Arts Instruction
EDUC 529 Literacy Leadership
EDUC 533 Effective Home-School Interaction: Research and Practice
EDUC 534 Current Issues in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
EDUC 535 Integrating the Elementary Curriculum through Language Arts
EDUC 540 Modern Science Methods
EDUC 542 Topics in Elementary and Middle School Physical Science
EDUC 544 Topics in Elementary and Middle School Biological Science
EDUC 545 Modern Mathematics Methods
EDUC 546 Topics in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics
EDUC 548 Topics in Elementary and Middle School Earth Science
EDUC 551 The Teaching of Geometry
EDUC 552 The Teaching of Algebra
EDUC 558 The Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
EDUC 561 Teaching Diverse Learners in an Inclusive Setting
EDUC 565 Classroom Organization and Management in Special Education
EDUC 571 Historical, Philosophical and Legal Foundations of Special Education
EDUC 573 Assessment, Diagnosis and Prescription in Special Education
EDUC 574 Curriculum and Methods in Special Education: Reading, Language Arts and Social Studies
EDUC 576 Curriculum and Methods in Special Education: Mathematics and Science
EDUC 577 Introduction to Educational Research
EDUC 578 Educational Leadership and Group Dynamics
EDUC 579 Collaborative Decision Making for Inclusion
EDUC 581 Research-Based Teaching, Learning and Assessment
EDUC 582 Educational Philosophy in a Diverse Society
EDUC 583 Principles of Curriculum Development and Appraisal
EDUC 584 Systemic Change Processes for School Improvement
EDUC 586 Principles of Educational Supervision
EDUC 587 Elementary School Administrative Internship
EDUC 588 Secondary School Administrative Internship
EDUC 589 School Business and Personnel Administration
EDUC 590 Technology in Educational Leadership and Reading Specialization
EDUC 591 Assessment, Diagnosis and Prescription for Children with Disabilities: Early Childhood
EDUC 592 Curriculum and Methods in Early Childhood Special Education
EDUC 595 The Teaching of Statistics and Probability—Decision Making with Mathematics
EDUC 596 The Teaching of Mathematical Modeling—Strategies for Contemporary Problems
EDUC 597 Action Research/Special Project
English
AREN 508 Dante and Giotto (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 500 Old English Language and Literature (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 505/405 The English Language (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 510/410 Literature for Adolescents (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 513 Shakespeare (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 514/414 Shakespeare on Film (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 518 Chaucer (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 520/420 Advanced Fiction Writing (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 521/421 Advanced Poetry Writing (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 541/441 William Faulkner and Toni Morrison (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 542 Jane Austen (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 543 Yeats and Lawrence (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 544 Woolf and Forster (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 544 Woolf and Forster (Humanities Elective)(2)
ENGL 545 Hawthorne and Melville (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 547 Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 550/450 Digital Narratives: Technology/New Media (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 561/461 The Family in American Modern Drama (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 565 The Renaissance Amphibium (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 565 The Renaissance Amphibium (Humanities Elective)(2)
ENGL 567 The Modern Temper: Texts and Contexts (Humanities Elective)
ENGL 570/470 Seminar (Humanities Elective)
ENHN 560/460 The English and Italy: Texts and Contexts (Humanities Elective)
ENHN 563/463 International Currents in Modern Fiction (Humanities Elective)
ENHN 568 American Landscapes: Environmental Literature in the United States (Humanities Elective)
Environmental Biology
ENV 500 Human Ecology
ENV 501 Introduction to Environmental Biology
ENV 503/ENSP 403 Pollution Biology
ENV 505 Biostatistics
ENV 506 Environmental Microbiology
ENV 507/ENSP 407 Natural Resource Management
ENV 509 Ecological Invasions and Biological Control
ENV 511/ENSP 411 Conservation Biology
ENV 512 Insect Ecology
ENV 513 Marine Ecology
ENV 515 Research Design and Data Analysis
ENV 520 Environmental Epidemiology
ENV 521 Quantitative Risk Assessment
ENV 522A Sampling Methods in Aquatic Ecosystems
ENV 522B Sampling Methods in Animal Ecology
ENV 522C Sampling Methods in Vegetation Science
ENV 522D Sampling Methods for Terrestrial Insects
ENV 524A Identification of Local Woody Vegetation
ENV 524B Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Identification
ENV 524C Algal Systematics and Experimental Methods
ENV 524D Regional Vertebrate Biodiversity
ENV 524E Terrestrial Insect Identification
ENV 526A Genetic Methods for Studying Individuals in Populations
ENV 526B Genetic Methods for Studying Populations and Species
ENV 526D Computer Modeling of Biological Systems
ENV 526F Modeling Structured Populations
ENV 526G Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
ENV 528A Introduction to Aquaculture
ENV 541 Behavioral Ecology
ENV 550 Current Topics in Environmental Biology
ENV 551/BIOL 451 Plant Ecology
ENV 563 Freshwater Ecology
ENV 564 Environmental Toxicology
ENV 565 Environmental Toxicology Laboratory
ENV 579 Independent Research Project
Foreign Literature
FL 550 International Themes in Western Literature (Humanities Elective)
FL 551 International Themes in Non-Western Literature (Humanities Elective)
French
FREN 510 Le Roman d’initiation: Journeys to Maturity in French Fiction (Humanities Elective)
FREN 513 Gender and Gaze in Modern French Literature and Film (Humanities Elective)
FREN 514 Refinement, Politeness and Social Behavior (Humanities Elective)
FREN 517 Parlez-moi d’amour: A Critical Look at Love in French Culture from 1100-1800 (Humanities Elective)
FREN 518 Advanced Composition and Translation (Humanities Elective)
FREN 520 Francophone Women Writers (Humanities Elective)
FREN 522 Ecrivains derriere la camera (Humanities Elective)
FREN 590 Teaching Assistantship in French (Humanities Elective)
German
GER 501 Berlin in the 20th Century (Humanities Elective)
GER 516 Modern German Literature (Humanities Elective)
GER 519 German Drama (Humanities Elective
Gerontology
GERO 554 Social Gerontology
GERO 555 Psychological Aspects of Aging
GERO 580 Master’s Thesis Preparation
GERO 595 Independent Applied Research Project
History
AFHS 524/424 Race and Racism in the United States (Humanities Elective)
HIST 506/406 Religion, Family and Society in Reformation Europe (Humanities Elective)
HIST 510 History of Women in the United States (Humanities Elective)
HIST 512/412 Women in Medieval Europe (Humanities Elective)
HIST 520 America in the Sixties (Humanities Elective)
HIST 521/421 Hollywood’s America (Humanities Elective)
Humanities
HUM 501 Humanities and the Western Tradition, Part I
HUM 502 Humanities and the Western Tradition, Part II
HUM 535 Teaching Assistantship
HUM 550 Directed Readings
HUM 560 Humanities Colloquium
HUM 570 Humanities Seminar
Information Technology
CSIT 530/430 Applied Database Concepts
CSIT 532 Computer Forensics
CSIT 534 Network and Internet Security
CSIT 537 Encryption and Cryptology
CSIT 540 Human-Computer Interaction
CSIT 555 Information Systems Security
CSIT 583/483 World Wide Web Programming
IT 510 Computing Hardware and Software Systems
IT 512 Elements of Computer Programming
IT 514 Contemporary Issues in Information Technology
IT 515 Object Oriented Methods
IT 518 Systems Engineering and Integration
IT 521 Information Assurance and Risk Assessment
IT 535 Security Policy, Ethics and Law
IT 548 Telecommunications and Networking
IT 581 Practicum in Web Development
ITMG 527 Management Issues in Information Systems
ITMG 533 Managing Technical Project Teams
ITMG 533 Managing Technical Project Teams(2)
Interdisciplinary Studies
INST 512 Archaeology: Cultures, Technologies, Methods and Theories (Humanities Elective)
Latin American Studies
LSSP 533 Latin American Poetry (Humanities Elective)
LSSP 536 Latin American Fiction (Humanities Elective)
LSSP 570 Seminar (Humanities Elective)
Management
ECMG 578/478 International Financial Management
ITMG 527 Management Issues in Information Systems
ITMG 533 Managing Technical Project Teams
MGMT 551 Management Theory
MGMT 552 Quantitative Methods for Managers
MGMT 553 Foundations of Accounting
MGMT 554/454 Legal Environment of Business
MGMT 560 Organizational Behavior
MGMT 561 Financial Management
MGMT 562 Financial and Managerial Accounting
MGMT 563 Marketing Management
MGMT 564 Production and Operations Management
MGMT 565 International Management
MGMT 566 Management Information Systems
MGMT 567 Social and Ethical Issues of Business
MGMT 570 Marketing Analysis for Managers
MGMT 571 Advertising Management
MGMT 572 Supply Chain Management
MGMT 576 Advanced Financial Management
MGMT 577 Portfolio and Investment Management
MGMT 580 Strategic Cost Management
MGMT 581 Financial Statement Analysis
MGMT 582 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
MGMT 584 Leadership and Supervision
MGMT 585 Human Resource Management
MGMT 587 Public Administration
MGMT 590 Management Policy
MGMT 595 Independent Applied Research Project
Mathematics
MATH 500 Statistics
MATH 501 Explorations in Geometry
MATH 502 Explorations in Algebra
MATH 505 Discrete Mathematics
MATH 507/407 Introduction to Graph Theory
MATH 509/409 Elementary Number Theory
MATH 546/446 Operations Research
Music
MUSC 500 Monuments of Western Music (Humanities Elective)
Philosophy
PHIL 505 Great Figures in Western Philosophical Thought (Humanities Elective)
PHIL 507 History of Philosophy I: The Ancient World to the Renaissance (Humanities Elective)
PHIL 508 History of Philosophy II: The Early Modern Era to the 20th Century (Humanities Elective)
PLRL 570/470 Seminar (Humanities Elective)
Political Science
AFPS 501 African-American Political Autobiography (Humanities Elective)
AFPS 553 Contemporary African Political Thought (Humanities Elective)
ECPS 514/414 Environmental Policy
PSCI 500 Government in Contemporary Society
PSCI 505/405 Civil Liberties
PSCI 507 American Constitutional Law (Humanities Elective)
PSCI 508/408 Regulatory Politics and the Law
PSCI 595 Independent Research Project
Psychology
PSY 500 Human Development as a Lifelong Process
PSY 501/401 Theories of Personality
PSY 505 Social Psychology: A Survey
PSY 508 Introduction to Counseling and Helping Skills
PSY 509/409 Psychology of Learning, Memory, and Cognition
PSY 511 Theories and Principles of Counseling
PSY 518/418 Physiological Psychology
PSY 519/419 Psychopharmacology
PSY 531/431 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 534/434 Tests and Measurements
PSY 556/456 Behavior Modification
PSY 580 Master’s Thesis Preparation
PSY 590 Teaching Assistantship in Psychology
PSY 595 Independent Applied Research Project
Religion
PLRL 570/470 Seminar (Humanities Elective)
REL 512/412 Myth, Symbol and Ritual (Humanities Elective)
REL 514 Modern Religious Thought (Humanities Elective)
Sociology
SOC 523 Ethnicity in the United States (Humanities Elective)
Spanish
LSSP 533 Latin American Poetry (Humanities Elective
LSSP 536 Latin American Fiction (Humanities Elective)
LSSP 570/470 Seminar (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 515 Advanced Composition (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 521 From Empire to Democracy: A Century in Crisis (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 522 Barcelona: From Hercules to the Olympic Games (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 540/440 Heroes and Antiheroes: The Spanish Novel (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 543 Spanish Theatre (Humanities Elective)
SPAN 590 Teaching Assistantship in Spanish (Humanities Elective)
Studio Art
ARTS 500 Ceramic Handbuilding/Sculpture
ARTS 501 Glaze Application
ARTS 502 East Asian Wedged Coil Techniques
ARTS 503 Ceramic Wheel: Intensive Throwing
ARTS 504 Ceramic Decoration
ARTS 505 Ceramic Wheel: Masters’ Throwing Concepts
ARTS 506 Ceramic Wheel: Masters’ Throwing II
ARTS 507 Plates and Platters
ARTS 508 Ceramic Sculpture
ARTS 509 Throwing Large Forms
ARTS 510 Brushmaking
ARTS 511 Properties of Clay
ARTS 512 Eastern and Western Techniques in Trimming
ARTS 515 Ceramic Arts Throwing Lab
ARTS 517 Dynamic and Asymmetrical Wheel
ARTS 520 Photographing Ceramics
ARTS 521 Properties of Glaze
ARTS 525 Electric Kilns
ARTS 530 Kiln Technology and Firing Theory
ARTS 531 Wood Firing Theory
ARTS 532 Multi-Chambered Kiln Wood Firing
ARTS 540 Clay and Glaze Chemistry, Theory and Practice
ARTS 542 Modeling the Figure
ARTS 543 History of Ceramics
ARTS 545 Large Scale and Composite Sculpture
ARTS 547 Creating with Porcelain
ARTS 552 Kiln Design and Construction
ARTS 564 Aesthetics and Criticism
ARTS 570 Seminar in Personal Studio Research
ARTS 571 Arts Management and Marketing
ARTS 576 Thesis Preparation
ARTS 580 M.F.A. Thesis Research
ARTS 595 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
ARTS 599 Special Topics in Ceramics Arts
Thanatology
THAN 510 Professional Orientation to Thanatology
THAN 520 Introduction to Thanatology
THAN 521 Mourning and Principles of Counseling the Bereaved
THAN 523 Dying and Principles of Care for the Dying
THAN 524 Hospice: History, Principles and Administration
THAN 525 Seminars in Thanatology
THAN 527 African-American Perspectives in Thanatology
THAN 528 Developmental Perspectives in Thanatology
THAN 529 Historical and Multicultural Perspectives in Thanatology
THAN 530 Practicum in Thanatology
THAN 580 Master’s Thesis Preparation
THAN 590 Teaching Assistantship in Thanatology
THAN 595 Independent Applied Research Project
Womens Studies
WMST 501 Images of Women (Humanities Elective)
WMST 512 Re-visioning Motherhood in Modern Western Culture (Humanities Elective)