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EDUC 6103 Children’s Literature (3 hours)
A survey of children’s literature including award winning literature in various genres. Emphasis on literature appropriate for culturally diverse classrooms.
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EDUC 6333 Child and Adolescent Development and Learning (3 hours)
Examines views of childhood, development, and education using historical, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives. Focuses not only on Western views of childhood, but also other cultures’ views of childhood and adolescent development, and variations in life-span experiences both within American culture and across other cultures.
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EDUC 6403 Education of the Exceptional Child (3 hours)
Psychological, sociological, physical, and educational aspects of exceptional children considered from the perspective of appropriate classroom teaching strategies. Includes meeting the needs of highly able learners.
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EDUC 6514 Teaching Methods for Middle and Secondary Schools (4 hours)
Combines general and specialized methods for middle school/junior high school and senior high school teachers. Includes planning instruction, instructional strategies, classroom management, integrating educational technology, and teaching reading and writing in subject areas. Includes 40 clock hours of field experience at two different levels. Prerequisite: EDUC 3713, 3733.
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EDUC 7003 Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
Study of selected historical and/or contemporary conversations about enduring educational questions.
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EDUC 7043 Introduction to Educational Technology (3 hours)
Survey of educational computing topics including functional hardware components, history of computing in education, trends and issues in educational technology, ethics, problem-solving with algorithms and heuristics, and evolving roles of teachers for the 21st century.
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EDUC 7083 Educational Policy (3 hours)
Introduction to key issues and thorny debates in educational policy including desegregation, school finance reform, standards and accountability, and school choice. Course is conducted as a seminar, in which students examine competing perspectives on the issues.
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EDUC 7093 Multicultural Education in Urban Classrooms (3 hours)
Examines concepts, dimensions, strategies and current issues impacting multicultural education in urban classrooms. Focuses on race, social class, gender, ethnicity, language and religion which affect school culture. Culturally responsive education techniques will be discussed to create an understanding and sensitivity towards producing citizens for our global society.
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EDUC 7143 Parenting, Child Development and Culture (3 hours)
Explores parenting practices across diverse cultures around the world and within the United States. Provides students an opportunity to examine the relationship between parenting practices and child development under different cultural contexts.
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EDUC 7183 Statistical Methods for Research I (3 hours)
Study of descriptive statistics, probability, sampling theory, parameter estimation, and hypothesis testing. Investigation of chi-square, simple analysis of variance, t-test, bivariate correlation and regression techniques.
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EDUC 7463 Emotional Intelligence (3 hours)
Emotional Intelligence focuses on self theories, emotional regulation, resilience, motivation, empathy, and social interaction skills. We explore how schools and families can facilitate emotional development. Students shape in-depth understanding of theories of EI, and will use the theories to help understand oneself and improve teaching, parenting, and other social interactions.
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EDUC 7623 Writing for Scholarship (3 hours)
Students are guided through identifying a topic in educational scholarship and writing an in-depth review of literature. The course is structured as a seminar/workshop in which students work towards a literature review (and proposal for thesis-option students). Instructor coaches students toward important resources, scholarship, and genres for writing scholarly work.
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EDUC 7673 Leadership in Urban Education (3 hours)
Students will be placed in a Field Experience designed for their career as an educator.
Leadership skills will be identified in themselves and others.
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EDUC 7991-5 Independent Study (1-5 hours)
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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ECE 6163 Computer Hardware Techniques (3 hours)
Use of hardware description language (HDL) to implement hardware using a field programmable gate array (FPGA). Hardware techniques employed in various computer architectures, including microprocessors, supercomputers, exotic and special purpose computers, will be implemented using the FPGA. Instruction set design, instruction and data flow will be covered. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 and 2161.
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ECE 6173 Computer Networks (3 hours)
Principles of modern network communications. The OSI model from the physical layer to the application layer with emphasis on engineering limitation and solutions. Transmission media, error control, channel allocation, congestion, routing, transport protocols, performance issues, security, and modern network resource. Prerequisite: ECE 4073 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 6233 Alternative Energy Sources (3 hours)
Basic knowledge and tools necessary for an engineering approach to the study of alternate and renewable energy systems. Introduces students to different sources of renewable energy and the way they work. Study the different approaches to utilizing renewable energy resources and different systems needed for utilizing these resources such as inverters and transformers. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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ECE 6243 Applied Electronics (3 hours)
Principles of operation and design of application specific electronic circuits, including comparator, differential line driver, class-E amplifier, regulator, instrumentation and communication circuits. Prerequisite: ECE 4043 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 6273 Optical Networking (3 hours)
Basic level of proficiency in the design of optical networks. Capabilities and limitations of common network components, knowledge of common protocols to network design choices. Concepts that impact the quality of service requirements of a network. Develops basic skills with telecommunication equipment through series of laboratories. Prerequisite: ECE 3113.
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ECE 6403 Information/Communication Systems (3 hours)
Information, its meaning and quantification. Modulation and transmission of information, classification and modeling of noise sources and their effects in communication systems. Introduction to the signal extraction problem. Prerequisites: ECE 3113 and STAT 4813.
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ECE 6423 Radio Frequency Engineering (3 hours)
Introduction to radio frequency engineering. Basics behind the analysis and design of radio frequency components. Transmission line and microwave network analysis. Use of the Smith Chart and signal flow graphs. Impedance matching, filters, and mixer. Prerequisite: ECE 3023 or PHYS 4023.
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ECE 6433 Power Systems Analysis (3 hours)
Principles of balanced and unbalanced poly-phase AC power systems. Load flow, component models and parameters. Prerequisites: ECE 3033.
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ECE 6443 VLSI Design (3 hours)
Hierarchal design methodology for very large scale integration of nMOS and CMOS. Physics of MOS devices. Design rules checking computer-aided design tools. Prerequisites: ECE 4043 and ECE 2163.
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ECE 6453 Modern Control Systems (3 hours)
Analysis and design of analog and digital control systems. Nonlinear and discrete data systems, concepts of controllability and observability, state variable feedback compensation. Introduction to parameter identification, adaptive, and optimal control systems. Prerequisites: ECE 4053.
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ECE 6473 Introduction to Neural Networks (3 hours)
An introduction to artificial neural network models, learning algorithms, implementations and applications. Associative memories, Hopfield nets, supervised and reinforcement learning, Adaptive Resonance Theory. Prerequisites: ECE 2003 and MATH 3073.
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ECE 6513 Digital Signal Processing (3 hours)
An introductory course in digital signal processing and digital filtering. Topics include sampled data systems, modeling and analysis of digital filter design. Course material is applicable to a wide range of data processing applications. Prerequisite: ECE 3113 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 6563 Microprocessors in Digital Design (3 hours)
Detailed survey of major microprocessor families with emphasis on architectural development of the processor family; the microcomputer system (the microprocessor and its support chips); application of microprocessor systems to realistic engineering problems; the microprocessor as a system component; single chip complete systems; and large, word-length, multi-chip systems. Prerequisites: ECE 2163 and either ECE 2063 or CS 2033.
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ECE 6623 Electro-optics (3 hours)
Basic optical systems and design. Polarization-based systems, Interferometry, Diffraction, Opto-electronics, Lasers, Detection. Coherence. Fiber optics. Prerequisites: ECE 3023 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 6723 Robotics (3 hours)
Basic theories of robot mechanisms and their implications for engineers involved in analysis or design of robot manipulators. Kinematics, dynamics, and control aspects of designing robot arms. Spatial descriptions and transformations. Laboratory using both open-loop and closed-loop robots.
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ECE 6863 Special Topics (3 Hours)
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ECE 7013 Random Processes in Engineering (3 hours)
A review of probability and an introduction to stochastic processes as used in communication and control. Topics include probability theory, random variables, expected values and moments, multivariate Gaussian distributions, stochastic processes, autocorrelation and power spectral densities, and an introduction to estimation and queuing theory. Prerequisite: ECE 4073 or equivalent.
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ECE 7023 Electromagnetic Theory (3 hours)
Reflection and transmission of waves. Uniqueness, image theory, equivalence principle reciprocity and Green’s Functions. Plane wave functions, rectangular waveguide, partially filled waveguide, model expansion of fields. Cylindrical wave functions, circular waveguide, scattering by cylinders. Spherical wave functions, scattering by spheres. Prerequisite: ECE 3023 or equivalent.
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ECE 7063 Computer Engineering (3 hours)
Design techniques and components of programmable digital systems. Microprocessors, read only memories, and microprogramming. Input/output interface methods, design criteria of random access and mass storage memories, minicomputers, and digital controller architecture. Prerequisite: ECE 4263 or equivalent.
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ECE 7073 Fundamentals of Engineering and Management (3 hours)
Issues facing engineers in the modern industrial environment, including management of technology, total quality management, project management, technology transfer, ethics, professionalism, and intellectual property. The objective is to develop understanding and skills relevant to important but non-technical issues facing engineers in modern competitive global business environments and international standardization of product design.
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ECE 7133 Power System Reliability (3 hours)
Fundamental techniques and concepts for evaluating the long- and short-term reliability of any system, probability and Markov processes, static spinning generation capacity; transmission lines; composite, interconnected and DC system reliability evaluation; frequency and duration techniques. Prerequisite: STAT 4813 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 7243 Power Electronics (3 hours)
Rigorous study of solid-state power electronic devices, converter, rectifiers, choppers, and power supplies. Over current protection requirements and cooling requirements. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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ECE 7263 Advanced Hardware Architecture (3 hours)
Overview of superscalar and high-performance computing architecture and hardware implementation techniques. Implementation of processing cores and memory systems using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Prerequisites: ECE 2263 and either ECE 4163 or ECE 6163, or permission of instructor.
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ECE 7353 Aircraft Systems, Simulation, and Control (3 Hours)
Modeling of basic aircraft dynamics, propulsion, and control mechanisms, integration of sensor and digital computing and control systems, and aircraft simulation for the purpose of system development and verification. Prerequisites: ECE 4053 or ME 4054.
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ECE 7363 Computer Architecture (3 hours)
Overview of the metrics used to evaluate performance of a computing platform and the techniques employed to improve performance. Topics include memory hierarchy; architectures to expose instruction-level, data-level, and thread-level parallelism, vector processors, and warehouse scale computing. Prerequisites: ECE 7063 and ECE 6163 or permission of instructor.
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ECE 7413 Neural Networks (3 hours)
Study artificial neural net models, learning algorithms, and applications. To provide students with the basic knowledge and tools necessary for an engineering approach to the study of the human brain and its functionality. Topics include supervised and reinforcement learning, backpropagation net, convolutional neural net, and graph neural net. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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ECE 7861-3 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering (1-3 hours)
Content varies yearly. Typical topics include advanced analysis and design of communications and signal processing systems, wave propagation, advanced circuits, microelectronics, energy conversion, and transportation systems. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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ECE 7913 Design Report (3 hours)
Individual report on individual or group design studies. Public design review with committee is required. Pass-fail basis only. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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ECE 7961 Residency (1 hour)
See Graduate Residency (7961)
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ECE 7971 Graduate Seminar (1 hour)
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ECE 7981-6 Research and Thesis (1-6 hours)
Directed research on a problem in an approved area. Written thesis and formal defense before graduate committee is required. Prerequisite: Permission of department.
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ECE 7991-3 Independent Study (1-3 hours)
Individual or group studies of advanced topics. Selected study is done by appointment with the faculty.
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ECE 9981-9 Research and Dissertation (1 - 9 hours)
Original research on some problem within the field of electrical or computer engineering on the Ph.D. level. Prerequisites: Admission to Ph.D. program, completion of comprehensive examinations, and permission of instructor.
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ECE 9991-3 Independent Study (1 - 3 hours)
Individual studies of advanced topics at the Ph.D. level. Selected study is performed by appointment with the faculty. Prerequisites: Admission to the Ph.D. program and permission of instructor.
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Energy Management |
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EMGT 6013 Fundamentals of Energy Commodity Trading (3 hours)
Provides an understanding and appreciation of the physical chain and the economics associated with the transportation of natural gas from the ”wellhead to the burnertip.” Covers the regulatory background of the industry, contracts, physical and financial trading (NYMEX contract, basis swaps, options and hedging), elementary technical analysis, risk control and weather
derivatives.
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EMGT 6053 Energy Logistics and Value Chain (3 hours)
Investigation of the logistics and “value chain” aspects of moving energy resources, products and supplies from the point of production to the marketplace (“midstream” and “downstream” components). Addresses the following resource/product groups-oil & refined products (gathering, intermodal transportation, refining, retail, exports), natural gas (gather & processing, transportation & storage, distribution, LNG exports), NGLs (fractionation, transportation & storage, exports), electricity (production - traditional & alternative/renewable, transmission, distribution, smart grid and distributed generation).
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EMGT 6063 Project Management and Business Analysis (3 hours)
Study of contemporary project management tools, processes, and approaches used in business, particularly as they relate to the energy industry. The focus is on business analysis and operational efficiency.
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EMGT 6073 Geographic Information Systems for Energy Applications 3 hours
A detailed analysis of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with an emphasis on: 1) fundamental concepts of GIS; 2) GIS in acquisition of property rights; 3) GIS in exploration and production; 4) GIS in pipelines; 5) GIS in alternative energy sources; 6) data acquisition; 7) data analysis; and 8) key terms and regulatory requirements pertaining to GIS and the energy industry.
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EMGT 6083 Power Industry and Alternative/Renewable Energy (3 Hours)
A study of the electric power industry, with specific focus on all sources, industry organization, logistics & value chain, power
demand management, conservation, and energy efficiency. Demand response methods and programs, as well as, smart grids will be discussed. Case studies in alternative power generation will also be utilized.
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EMGT 6861-6 Current Topics in Energy Management (1 - 6 hours)
Special topics in Energy Management.
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EMGT 7013 Energy Mergers, Acquisitions, Deal Making, and Financing (3 hours)
Survey of the operational and financial aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions in the domestic and international energy industry.
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ES 7010 Graduate Seminar (0 hours)
Expose graduate students to current research in broad fields through invited guest lectures from faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and research scientists. Assist students with a better understanding of state of the art research techniques and presentation techniques.
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English & Creative Writing |
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ENGL 6033 Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3 hours)
An academic writing course where advanced multilingual students explore a variety of critical and rhetorical approaches for American academic reading and writing
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ENGL 6803 Special Topics in Literature and Language II (3 Hours)
Special Topics in Literature and Language II
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ENGL 7003 Proseminar (3 hours)
An introduction to the profession of English - its history, its methods, and a range of careers connected with the field - and orientation for graduate-level study.
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ENGL 7023 Creative Writing Workshop (3 hours)
A workshop for those who wish to develop their skills as writers (and readers) of fiction and non-fiction prose.
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ENGL 7053 Theory I (3 hours)
Studies in the history of criticism from Plato through the 19th century.
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ENGL 7063 Theory II (3 hours)
Studies in 20th-century theory, with emphasis on a contemporary theory or theories.
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ENGL 7073 Feminist Theory (3 hours)
Studies in theory and criticism by feminist writers.
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ENGL 7153 Shakespeare (3 hours)
A selective survey of Shakespeare’s career and of contemporary Shakespeare criticism, with attention to relevant institutional contexts and theoretical problems.
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ENGL 7183 Early Modern Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from seventeenth-century Britain.
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ENGL 7193 Restoration and 18th-Century British Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from eighteenth-century Britain.
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ENGL 7213 African American Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from the field of African American Literature.
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ENGL 7283 Romantic Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from the Romantic period.
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ENGL 7383 19th-Century British Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from nineteenth-century Britain.
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ENGL 7453 Modern Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from the modernist period.
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ENGL 7483 Twentieth-Century British Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from modern Britain.
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ENGL 7513 Early American Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from early America.
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ENGL 7523 19th-Century American Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from nineteenth-century America.
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ENGL 7533 Twentieth-Century American Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from twentieth-century America.
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ENGL 7543 Contemporary American Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from contemporary America.
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ENGL 7563 Transatlantic Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of transatlantic literary and social materials.
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ENGL 7573 Contemporary British and Anglophone Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of contemporary Anglophone literary and social materials.
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ENGL 7863 Special Topics in English Literature (3 hours)
The study of special topics in English Language and Literature. Topics vary.
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ENGL 7961 Residency (1 hour)
See Graduate Residency (7961)
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ENGL 7991-3 Directed Writing (1-3 hours)
Directed Writing
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ENGL 8103 Representative Figures (3 hours)
The art and life of major literary figures drawn from all periods and from all literatures written in English.
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ENGL 8123 Gender Formation in Modern Literature (3 hours)
Inquiry into the construction of gender in texts written in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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ENGL 8143 Women’s Writings: Texts and Contexts (3 hours)
Analysis and contextualization of literary and social materials from the field of women’s writings.
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ENGL 8153 20th-Century Women Writers (3 hours)
A study of women’s writing in the 20th century from the perspective of genre. Topics vary.
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ENGL 8163 Special Topics in Women’s Literature (3 hours)
The study of special topics in women’s literature from the perspectives of theme (The Female Subject), motif (The Body in Women’s Literature), literary movements, etc.
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ENGL 8173 Special Topics in Literature before 1800 (3 hours)
Special topics in literature from the perspectives of cultural change (Literature and Literacy, 1530-1642), politics (Literary Representation and Social Conflict in the English Renaissance), contemporary theory (Discursive Economies of the Renaissance), etc.
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ENGL 8183 Special Topics in 19th-Century British Literature (3 hours)
Special topics in literature from the perspectives of history (The Industrial Revolution), aesthetics (Literature and Art in Victorian England), gender (The New Woman), literary movements (Fin de Siècle), etc.
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ENGL 8193 Special Topics in American Literature (3 hours)
Special topics on bodies of literature, history, and culture.
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ENGL 8203 Special Topics in Modern Literature (3 hours)
Special topics on bodies of literature, history, and culture.
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ENGL 8791-9 Qualifying Exam Preparation (1-9 hours)
Independent study in areas under preparation for the doctoral qualifying examination.
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ENGL 8973-6 Doctoral Independent Study (3 - 6 hours)
Doctoral Independent Study
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ENGL 8991-9 Directed Doctoral Readings (1-9 hours)
Independent study to be used during the 36 hours of required coursework toward the Ph.D.
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ENGL 9961 Residency (1 hour)
See Graduate Residency (7961)
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ENGL 9981-9 Dissertation (1-9 hours)
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Finance |
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FIN 6063 International Business Finance (3 Hours)
Financial analysis and decision-making in a global context. Emphasis on foreign currency risk, comparative practices, political risk,
global financial markets, and methods to measure and manage company exposure to international risks.
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FIN 6083 Portfolio Management (3 Hours)
Developing and implementing a portfolio to meet the objectives of an investment policy statement. Emphasis on constructing an investment policy statement, creating a policy portfolio, evaluating performance, and monitoring a portfolio and portfolio strategies for fixed income and equity asset allocations. Computer databases and software packages are used extensively to evaluate these strategies in a realistic decision-making setting. Prerequisite: FIN 3083 with a grade of C or higher.
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FIN 6113 Student Investment Fund (3 hours)
Actual management of a financial asset portfolio. Students determine the investment style, allocate assets, select securities, and place the trades. Students are responsible for maintaining and updating all policies, procedures, accounting records, and a web site. Prerequisites: FIN 7023 , application form, and permission of instructor.
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FIN 6861-6 Current Topics in Finance (1 - 6 hours)
Special topics in Finance.
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FIN 7003 Financial Theory (3 hours)
Devoted to an understanding of the numerous financial decisions confronting the modern business firm. Specific emphasis is placed on developing practical decision-making approaches for solving financial problems. Prerequisites: All foundation MSF courses.
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FIN 7013 Long-Term Financial Decisions (3 hours)
Emphasis on the optimal acquisition and allocation of long-term sources of capital. Topics include capital budgeting evaluation models, cash flow analysis, diversification, portfolio approaches to capital budgeting, capital structure, cost of capital, lease purchase decisions, abandonment, and mergers. Prerequisite: FIN 7003 .
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