May 01, 2024  
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home

  About USD

  Accreditations

  Academic Degrees Offered

  Application Procedures

  Admission to Graduate School

  Graduate School Policies

  Courses

  Colleges, Schools & Departments

  Departments

  Graduate Degree and Program Requirements

  Research & Creative Scholarship Opportunities, and Research Centers

  Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance

  Libraries

  Student Resources and Services

  Division of Continuing & Distance Education

  Disability Services

  Graduate Faculty

  Campus Directory

  Campus Map

  Contact Us

  My Portfolio
HELP
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • LIBM 794 - INTERNSHIP (M.A.) (C)

    1 to 8 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.

    Notes
    Supervised field based experience in a K-12 or non-school setting appropriate to career goals.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LING 503 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description History of linguistics and basic principles of its subareas.

    Notes
    (Also CLHU 503 and MFL 540)


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LING 525 - MODERN GRAMMAR

    3 cr hrs

    Description Structures of modern English through analyses that are primarily traditional, structural, and transformational.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LING 543 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    3 cr hrs

    Description Historical survey of phonology, grammar, syntax, and lexicon of English leading to an understanding of the present state of the language and future developments.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LING 790 - SEMINAR: LANGUAGE STUDIES

    3 cr hrs

    Description A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LING 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN LINGUISTICS

    1 to 3 cr hrs

    Description Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.

    May be repeated.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Requires permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 711 - TEACHING AND LEARING IN THE INFORMATION AGE

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course involves an analysis of teaching and learning theories and their application in the Information Age. The focus will be on creating learning environments that are learner-centered, emphasizing individual and technologic approaches to the acquisition, processing, and application of information from a variety of sources.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 712 - PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course provides an overview of the application of teaching and learning theories for diverse audiences. The focus will be on creating learning environments that are learner centered, emphasizing individual and technological approaches to the acquisition, processing, and application of information from a variety of sources. Topics for discussion include curriculum development, on-line learning, constructivist principles, web-based instruction, distance education, and best practices in technology integration.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 716 - SYSTEMATIC DESIGN OF INSTRUCTION

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course provides concepts and tools for applying systems theory to instructional design, including needs, instructional, learner, and context analyses, objectives, assessment, strategy, development, and evaluation. Addresses client-learning needs in various organizational settings: business, industry, government, health care, education, and not-for-profit.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 726 - TECHNOLOGY IN THE CURRICULUM

    3 cr hrs

    Description Principles of effective use of technology to change how we teach to support how students learn, how the classroom is organized, and what and how topics may be studied.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 731 - MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

    3 cr hrs

    Description The emphasis will be on hands-on production of graphics, text and animated resources. Use of audio and video resources are introduced. Students will primarily use computers, scanners, and digital still cameras to produce multimedia resources. This course covers principles of visual design, use of color and the creation of interactive multimedia lessons, presentations and training materials.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 741 - DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND DESIGN

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course examines integrated delivery systems and associated design, delivery, and administrative issues for distance and on site training/education. Prepares students to assume or enhance their professional roles within a specific delivery technology or distance learning project context.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 785 - RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

    3 cr hrs

    Description Independent research problems/projects that lead to a research or design paper but not to a thesis. the plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.

    Notes
    This course is designed for graduate students with limited or no training in research methods or statistics. It focuses on inquiry, methodology, qualitative and quantitative designs for research, and interpreting research findings. Major research paradigms in education and social science are covered. Students are expected to complete review projects and prepare a research proposal.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • LT 792 - TOPICS (C)

    1-3 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics.  A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field.  Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum.  Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors.  Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MAIS 700 - MAIS SUSTAINING

    0 cr hrs

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MAIS 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (C)

    1-6 cr hrs

    Description Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depend upon the requirements of the topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MAIS 794 - INTERNSHIP (C)

    1-6 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MAIS 798 - THESIS (C)

    1 to 6 cr hrs

    Description A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.

    Notes
    Required of all Plan (A) Master’s students. A total of six credits are required.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MAIS 799 - Thesis Sustaining

    0 cr hrs

    Description This is a zero credit hour schedule type used to track students who are not currently working with faculty on thesis or research activities. Universities may require students to register under this schedule type to remain active degree candidates.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 511 - THEORY OF NUMBERS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description A study of the theory of prime numbers, distribution of primes, congruencies, quadratic reciprocity, numerical functions, Diophantine equations, simple continued fractions, and algebraic numbers.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 125 - Calculus II or its equivalent.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 512 - LINEAR ALGEBRA

    3 cr hrs

    Description A study of vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices, inner products, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, the methods of solution of systems of linear equations, and applications. Credit may not be applied to the Mathematics requirement for an M.A. in mathematics.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 125 - Calculus II or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 513 - INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA I

    3 cr hrs

    Description An introduction to the theory of groups, rings, fields and other mathematical structures.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 316 - Discrete Mathematics or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 514 - INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II

    3 cr hrs

    Description A continuation of an introduction to the theory of groups, rings, fields and other mathematical structures.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 413/513 - Introduction to Abstract Algebra I or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 516 - COMBINATORICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description Pigeonhole principle, Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion, other algebraic counting techniques, combinatorial designs, matchings, and graph theory.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the department is required.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 517 - MATRIX THEORY

    3 cr hrs

    Description Theory of matrices, including matrix operations, transpose, conjugate transpose, determinants, linear spaces, bases, linear transformations, eigenspaces, hermitian matrices, normal matrices, and definite matrices.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 412/512 - Linear Algebra or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 521 - COMPLEX ANALYSIS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description The algebra of complex numbers; complex functions; contour integration and Cauchy integral theorems; Taylor and Laurent series and the residue theorem; the evaluation of real definite integrals; elementary mapping problems.

    Notes
    (C) Denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 523 - ADVANCED CALCULUS I

    3 cr hrs

    Description Elementary topology of R and Rn, continuity, differentiation and integration of R and Rn, infinite series of real numbers, uniform convergence.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: Math 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 524 - ADVANCED CALCULUS II

    3 cr hrs

    Description Power series, improper integrals, calculus of transformations from Rn to Rn, differential forms, vector analysis.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 523 - Advanced Calculus I or permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 532 - PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Fourier series, partial differential equations, Frobenius series, Bessel functions, and transform methods.

     

    Notes
    (C) Denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 550 - HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description A study of the development of mathematical concepts from prehistoric times until the present, with emphasis on the impact of these discoveries on the civilizations that nurtured them.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 125 - Calculus II or permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 571 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Analysis of rounding errors, numerical solutions of nonlinear equations, numerical differentiation, numerical integration, interpolation and approximation, numerical methods for solving linear systems.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite MATH 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.

    Notes
    (Also CSC 571) (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 575 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Philosophy and techniques of operations research, including game theory; linear programming, simplex method, and duality; transportation and assignment problems; introduction to dynamic programming; and queuing theory. Applications to business and industrial problems.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: introductory statistics and one year of calculus, or permission of the instructor.

    Notes
    (Also STAT 575 and CSC 575) (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 581 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Algebra of sets; sample spaces, random variables; distributing functions; distribution of random variables; and limiting distributions.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.

    Notes
    (Also STAT 581) (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 585 - THEORY OF STATISTICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description Maximum likelihood estimators, interval estimators, tests of hypothesis, linear regression, distribution-free methods, and characteristic function distribution of random variables.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 481 - Probability and Statistics or its equivalent.

    Notes
    (Also STAT 585)


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 590 - SEMINAR (C)

    1-3 cr hrs

    Description A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 591 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (C)

    1-3 cr hrs

    Description Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 592 - TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS (C)

    1 to 3 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

     May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 700 - PROGRAM SUSTAINING

    0 cr hrs

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 702 - MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE K–12 EDUCATOR

    1 to 12 cr hrs

    Description This is the hub course of the Masters in Natural Science Mathematics Content Area degree. The credit value depends upon the number of mathematics topic areas in with a student enrolls, and can be repeated as many times as desired depending upon remaining topic areas. Topics will include, but are not limited to linear algebra, abstract algebra, discrete mathematics, probability, statistics, geometry, and analysis. The hub sessions will meet in a seminar format to enable the discussion of mathematics topics not included in the current specific areas of the course, as well as a forum for allowing the student to discuss and learn to interrelationships between the various topic areas. All students registered for one or more mathematics topic areas are required to participate in all of the hub sessions.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 713 - ADVANCED ALGEBRA I

    3 cr hrs

    Description A graduate level survey of Algebra: groups, rings, fields, modules, and Galois theory.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: Math 513 (Abstract Algebra I) or consent of instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 714 - ADVANCED ALGEBRA II

    3 cr hrs

    Description A continuation of topics from Math 713.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: Math 713 (Advanced Algebra II) or consent of instructor


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 721 - COMPLEX VARIABLES

    3 cr hrs

    Description A study of analytic functions, integration, differentiation, mapping, series, and residues.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 225 - Calculus III or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 723 - REAL VARIABLES I

    3 cr hrs

    Description Real number system; set theory, properties of functions of one or more real variables, introduction to measure theory and integration theory.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 225 - Calculus III, or permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 724 - REAL VARIABLES II

    3 cr hrs

    Description General measure and integration theory; metric spaces, topological spaces, introduction to functional analysis.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 723 (Real Variables I) or consent of instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 731 - PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

    3 cr hrs

    Description Derivation and solution of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 321 - Differential Equations or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 735 - MATHEMATICAL MODELING

    3 cr hrs

    Description Formulation of models for situations in the social, economic, and physical sciences, dimensional analysis, the Buckingham Pi Theorem, scaling, curve fitting, testing hypothesis and predictions.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: MATH 225 - Calculus III, MATH 412 - Linear Algebra, MATH 321 - Differential Equations, STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics, or permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 761 - INTRODUCTION TO TOPOLOGY

    3 cr hrs

    Description Set theory, metric and topological spaces, connectedness and compactness.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MATH 423 - Advanced Calculus I or its equivalent.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 790 - SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS (C)

    1 to 4 cr hrs

    Description A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.

     

    Notes
    Permission of the instructor is required.

    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MATHEMATICS (C)

    2 to 4 cr hrs

    Description Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems and Special Projects. Student complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic.

    May be repeated.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Permission of the instructor is required.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 792 - TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS (C)

    1 to 4 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 793 - WORKSHOP IN MATHEMATICS (C)

    1 to 4 cr hrs

    Description Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may included lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 798 - THESIS (C)

    2 to 4 cr hrs

    Description A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.

    Notes
    Required of all M.A. students following plan A. Total of four credit hours are required.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MATH 799 - THESIS SUSTAINING (C)

    0 cr hrs

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 500 - RESEARCH METHODS

    3 cr hrs

    Description The study and application of mass communication research methods in advertising, broadcast, print and public relations. Includes an introduction to survey research, content analysis and experimental design.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 513 - INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description A comparative analysis of international communications systems, their inter-relationships, structures and political frameworks. Examines problems of culture, politics, technology and operations; and investigates the global communications structure.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 530 - MEDIA LAW (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description The study of the sources, processes, content and applications of law and regulation in the mass communication context and of the ethics of communication practitioners.

    Notes
    (C) Denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 534 - ADVANCED MULTIPLATFORM STORYTELLING

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course is designed to provide students with a background in the practice, techniques, and theories of newsroom management in a multimedia world.  Students further their multimedia storytelling skills through video, audio, online, and interactive journalism applications, study the organization of stories according to news values and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the news producer and reporter.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 540 - EVENT MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course is designed to instruct students in the application of project management concepts to the creation and development of events for public relations, special events, or fundraising outcomes. The course also includes news conference planning and preparation as well as a background in balancing the needs and objectives of key stakeholders.

    Notes
    New course effective spring 2014. Dual list MCOM 440.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 541 - INTERNET MARKETING COMMUNICATION

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course provides an in-depth examination of interactive advertising with special emphasis on advertising via the Internet and emerging media. Topics include consumer behavior, social media, and search engine advertising.

    Notes
    Dual listed with MCOM 441


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 542 - INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description The capstone course of the advertising sequence. Use case study method and develop complete integrated communication plan for client. Make formal advertising campaign presentation.

    Notes
    (C) Denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 556 - MULTIMEDIA DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course provides students with an introduction to the process of composing and constructing interactive multi-media programs for use in corporate training, general event promotion, instruction and education, as well as entertainment applications. Students will apply and integrate video production/computer technologies associated with the design and development process of multimedia.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 562 - ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course explores the world of digital photography/graphic design and its application in the mass communication and advertising industries. Topics include typography, photography, and design. Students will evaluate design elements, develop design strategies, learn how images are manipulated for mass media, and create items based on visual appeal using industry standard software.
     

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: MCOM 262

    Notes
    New course effective spring 2014. Dual list MCOM 462


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 571 - SALES AND PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course provides students with an in-depth study of advertising sales and programming strategies for radio, television and cable media. Special attention will be given the relationship of sales strategies in broadcasting to the media planning process.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 574 - MEDIA ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Business practices, newspaper, magazine, and broadcast management

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 581 - MASS COMMUNICATION THEORIES

    3 cr hrs

    Description The study of the concepts, philosophies, principles and evolution of the theories of mass communication.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 592 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATION (C)

    1 to 5 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 701 - MASS COMMUNICATION ETHICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description The course will acquaint the student with the sources and standards of ethics and will sensitize them to the need for ethical values and practices in mass communications.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 703 - MASS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

    3 cr hrs

    Description The course explores the principles and processes of managerial team building and decision-making in mass communication organizations and ventures.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 788 - MASTER’S PROJECT (C)

    1 to 6 cr hrs

    Description Independent research problems/projects that lead to a research or design paper but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.

    Notes
    A supervised creative project for Plan B. Three credit hours are required.

    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 790 - SEMINAR IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussion of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research.  Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.
     

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 791 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (C)

    1 to 3 cr hrs

    Description Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic.

    May be repeated.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Requires permission of the instructor.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 792 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 794 - INTERNSHIP IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in this course than is the case with field experience courses.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 795 - PRACTICUM IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Notes
    A management-level practicum or professional internship for graduate students desiring to supplement their conceptual course work with evaluated assignments on a major student/University production or project, or in a position of responsibility with a professional mass communication agency.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MCOM 798 - THESIS IN MASS COMMUNICATION (C)

    1 to 6 cr hrs

    Description A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.

    Notes
    Directed research for Plan A. Four credit hours are required.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 517 - EUROPEAN LITERATURE I

    3 cr hrs

    Description Significant works of Italian, French, German, Russian, and Scandinavian literature prior to 1880. In translation.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 517)


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 518 - EUROPEAN LITERATURE II

    3 cr hrs

    Description Significant works of Italian, French, German, Russian, and Scandinavian literature since 1880. In translation.

    Notes
    (Also ENGL 518)


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 520 - K-12 FOREIGN LANGUAGE METHODS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Methods and materials for teaching modern languages in K-12.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 540 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

    3 cr hrs

    Description History of linguistics and basic principles of its subareas.

    Notes
    (Also CLHU 503 and LING 503)


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 592 - TOPICS IN LANGUAGES (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes common course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MFL 795 - PRACTICUM (C)

    1-6 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study.  A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Notes
    Registration restriction: Instructor permission.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 518 - FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMUNOLOGY

    2 cr hrs

    Description Fundamental considerations of antigens, antibodies, immune cells, and cytokines. The interactions of these factors in the human host to produce protective immunity and considerations of medically relevant immunotherapies are emphasized.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: BIOC 410 or BIOC 730 or permission of the instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 520 - MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    4 cr hrs

    Description Study of basic physiological mechanisms of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Study of transplantation, allergy, autoimmunity, infectious disease, and cancer as related to human immunobiology. The course emphasizes molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating the microbial organism and its relationship with the human and animal host, including the study of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and the microbe-host relationship in human health and disease.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: BIOC 310 OR BIOC 430 OR BIOC 730.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 522 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    6 cr hrs

    Description Study of pathogenic mechanisms of medically important bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites causing human disease. Emphasis is on mechanisms by which these organisms interact with their human hosts at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels, including basic principles of pathogenesis, host defense mechanisms, epidemiology, therapy, and laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: MICR 520 - Fundamental Microbiology, and MICR 518 - Fundamental Immunology.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 722 - ADVANCED IMMUNOLOGY

    4 cr hrs

    Description This course is an advanced consideration of the cells, molecules and processes of the immune system. The course will explore the historical and current advances in immunology revealed though primary literature.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite:  Consent of Instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 732 - MICROBIAL GENETICS

    4 cr hrs

    Description Study of the hereditary mechanisms of bacteria including genome structure, chromosomal replication, genetic exchange and recombination, and regulation of gene expression with particular emphasis on emerging concerns relating to human health such as evasion of the human immune system and the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 736 - MECHANISMS OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS

    4 cr hrs

    Description Study of molecular mechanisms of disease production by pathogenic bacteria.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 738 - MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY

    4 cr hrs

    Description Interrelation of microbial structure and physiological function including how bacterial metabolism relates to human disease.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 788 - RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

    1 to 10 cr hrs

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of Microbiology.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 792 - TOPICS (C)

    3 cr hrs

    Description Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    May be repeated with change of topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MICR 795 - PRACTICUM IN MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY (C)

    1 cr hrs

    Description Applied, monitored, and supervised field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid.  Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and/or directed plan of study.  A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.

    Notes
    Registration restriction: Instructor permission.

    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MLED 560 - MIDDLE LEVEL READING METHODS

    3 cr hrs

    Description Advanced study of the major components of reading; elements of a balanced, integrated, and comprehensive literacy curriculum including on line and offline materials, instructional practices and strategies for a diverse population focusing on a literate environment at the middle school level.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MLED 731 - MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM

    3 cr hrs

    Description The history, philosophy, organization, instruction and curriculum of middle level education.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MLED 775 - TEACHING 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS IN P-12 SCHOOLS

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course will explore, exchange, and create ways to change pedagogy and the use of new technologies to address the needs, motivation, and engagement of a 21st century learner. The course will use a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks, that is, Project-based Learning (PBL).

     

    Cross list: ELED 775/SEED 775


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MLED 776 - THEORY AND PEDAGOGY FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS IN 21ST CENTURY P-12 CLASSROOMS

    3 cr hrs

    Description This course will analyze the influence of language, culture, and society on identity, and how those influences affect classroom methodologies in regards to diversity. Course topics will include but are not limited to cultural representations/depictions of difference; understanding individual and group identity as affected by media literacy; the influence of multicultural themes on classroom practice; the political economy of communication and its influence on views of diversity; the critical analysis of popular and folk culture and their influences on perceptions of diversity, etc.

     

    Cross list: ELED 776/SEED 776


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MLED 792 - SELECTED TOPICS IN MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION (C)

    1 to 3 cr hrs

    Description Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. 

     May be repeated with change in topic.

    Notes
    (C) denotes Common Course


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MSAS 700 - PROGRAM SUSTAINING

    0 cr hrs

    Description This is a zero-credit course utilized for continuous enrollment and program tracking.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MSAS 763 - PROFESSIONAL WRITING FOR ADMINISTRATION

    3 cr hrs

    Description Elements of effective administrative writing, research and technical writing, decision memoranda, grant writing, request for proposals, and annual reports.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MSAS 764 - RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE

    3 cr hrs

    Description Survey of various research methodologies and their application to administrative practice; introduction to the use of analytical techniques and statistical methods in organizational settings.


    Check Course Availability

  

  • MSAS 786 - MSAS CAPSTONE

    3 cr hrs

    Description Application of various research methodologies to problems in administrative practice; use of analytical techniques and statistical methods to identify solutions to problems in organizational settings.


    Check Course Availability

 

Page: 1 <- Back 10 … 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 -> 20