Apr 25, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Entomology and Wildlife Conservation

  
  • ENWC 814 - Advanced Ecology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED ECOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Interaction of animals with their environment as it influences their distribution, abundance, life history and evolution. Emphasis on primary research literature.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BISC302 or equivalent
  
  • ENWC 815 - Readings in Ecology

    Credit(s): 1
    READINGS IN ECOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Discussion-based seminar on a current text and/or topic in the ecological sciences.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 10 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ENWC 821 - Wildlife Spatial Ecology

    Credit(s): 3
    WILDLIFE SPATIAL ECOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Explore various methods to analyze wildlife spatial data, including advanced GIS techniques, Resource Selection Models and Species Distribution Models in R and WinBUGS, and the use of standalone programs like MAXENT and PRESENCE.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENWC 842 - Ecological Modeling

    Credit(s): 3
    ECOLOGICAL MODELING
    Component: Lecture
    Students will develop a suite of tools for modeling environmental and biological data to answer ecological questions with R software. Emphasis will be on model interpretation as it relates to informing management decisions, understanding model assumptions and critical evaluation of competing models.PREREQ:Basic statistics course including regression techniques, prior experience with R is highly recommended.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Graduate students only.
  
  • ENWC 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENWC 867 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENWC 868 - Research

    Credit(s): 1-9
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENWC 869 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENWC 870 - Graduate Research Seminar

    Credit(s): 0
    GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Students give an oral scientific presentation that describes the theory and development of their individual research projects.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ENWC 888 - Topics in Entomology and Wildlife Ecology

    Credit(s): 0
    TPCS: ENTOM & WILDLIFE ECOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Seminar with lectures on a variety of topics related to entomology and wildlife ecology.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ENWC 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

    Credit(s): 1-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
  
  • ENWC 969 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit(s): 1-12
    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass

Entrepreneurship

  
  • ENTR 601 - Modeling, Prototyping & Testing

    Credit(s): 3
    MODELS, PROTOTYPES & TESTING
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a toolbox for making design ideas a reality. Learn how to use current computer aided design and manufacturing technology to design and manufacture physical prototypes. Understand and apply iterative design processes towards solving an open-ended design challenge.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with ART 601 .
  
  • ENTR 602 - Industrial Design

    Credit(s): 3
    INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of industrial design - an interdisciplinary field involving the engineering, manufacturing, and business aspects of new product development. Students will apply modeling, prototyping, and testing concepts towards creating a commercially viable product.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MEEG 602 . PREREQ: ENTR 601  or permission from the instructor.
  
  • ENTR 610 - Acceptance and Resistance to Innovation

    Credit(s): 3
    ACCEPT & REST TO INNOVATION
    Component: Lecture
    Why are novel technologies readily accepted in some communities, yet resisted in other communities?  Students will learn through case studies of historical technologies such as the printing press, farm mechanization, and refrigeration as well as contemporary technologies such as genetically modified foods and solar energy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CHEG 610 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ENTR 616 - Applied Creativity

    Credit(s): 3
    APPLIED CREATIVITY
    Component: Lecture
    Provides foundational knowledge in research and practice of creativity theory and creative problem-solving in entrepreneurial contexts. Topics include creativity processes, including creative problem solving models and methods, idea-generating techniques, and developing a creative disposition.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with UAPP 716 .
  
  • ENTR 617 - Design Thinking and Innovation

    Credit(s): 3
    DESIGN THINKING AND INNOVATION
    Component: Lecture
    Addresses the integration and application of design processes and design thinking to enhance innovation. Students engage in multidisciplinary exploration of design theory and practice, specifically applying design ideas, principles and approaches. The role of user-centered research, divergent thinking, and iteration to enhance innovation are emphasized.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with UAPP 717 .
  
  • ENTR 620 - Social Entrepreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    Component: Discussion
    This course focuses on developing creative, sustainable solutions to address societal problems. The course is designed to empower students to see social entrepreneurship as a force for social change and give them the knowledge, skills and connections needed to make an impact on the lives of others.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 650 - Bus Accelerator for ENTR Ventures

    Credit(s): 1-3
    BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FOR ENTR
    Component: Internship
    Focuse on helping students to accelerate the startup & growth of their companies. It begins with the conduct of a business model audit to determine appropriate goals/milestones. Students then develop and implement strategies to accomplish their goals/milestones.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Permission of the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship is required for enrollment.
  
  • ENTR 651 - Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENTR
    Component: Lecture
    This course focuses on one or more special topics in entrepreneurship. Examples include: entrepreneurial leadership, influence & team building, and startup funding.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 653 - Entrepreneurial Leadership

    Credit(s): 3
    ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
    Component: Discussion
    Explores the intersection of leadership and entrepreneurship in both theory and practice. Content emphasizes the development of self as leader, and the acquisition of entrepreneurship tools and mindsets to prepare you to succeed in leadership roles in any discipline and with any type of organization, including established companies, startup businesses and social ventures.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 654 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    Component: Discussion
    Introduction to a repeatable method for the development of viable business models. Entrepreneurial thinking, different types of startups, unique characteristics of technology markets, and business concepts germane to entrepreneurial contexts are emphasized.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 655 - Startup Experience I

    Credit(s): 3
    STARTUP EXPERIENCE I
    Component: Discussion
    Students work together in interdisciplinary teams to learn and utilize a repeatable method for developing viable business concepts. Core topics include: customer development, lean startup, types of businesses, opportunity recognition, ideation, validation of business model hypotheses, intellectual property, business strategy, team building, and venture capital.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: This course is part I of the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship’s Startup eXperience. Permission from the Horn Program is required.
  
  • ENTR 656 - Startup Experience II

    Credit(s): 3
    STARTUP EXPERIENCE II
    Component: Discussion
    Involves attempting to develop and launch a high growth potential business. Students work together in interdisciplinary teams to validate their business concepts, optimize business processes and strategies, and begin to acquire customers. Challenges associated with rapid growth are emphasized.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ENTR 655 . RESTRICTIONS: This course is part 2 of the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship’s Startup Experience. ENTR 655  or permission from the Horn Program is required.
  
  • ENTR 657 - Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs

    Credit(s): 3
    LEGAL ISSUES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores important legal issues faced by entrepreneurs as they put their ideas into action. Topics are sequenced to mirror the entrepreneurial process, beginning with pre-startup issues like partnership agreements and intellectual property, continuing to entity formation, governance and ownership issues, and ending with emerging growth and exit transactions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with ACCT 657 .
  
  • ENTR 658 - Developing New Technology-Based Products

    Credit(s): 3
    NEW TECH-BASED PRODUCT DEV
    Component: Practicum
    Presents frameworks for developing commercially viable products from new technologies. Students work together in teams to complete proof of concept testing that typically involves primary and secondary market research and an assessment of technological feasibility, value, and use for specific applications.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 659 - Startup Finance & Raising Capital for Entrepreneurs

    Credit(s): 3
    STARTUP FINANCE & RAISING CAP
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the sources of capital for new and growing companies with a special emphasis on angel investment, venture capital, private equity, and non-dilutive and other niche options; the management of cash flows; uses of capital; and financial statement presentation and analysis (a cornerstone of valuation, lending/borrowing, and investing). Case examples and live projects are emphasized to provide students with firsthand experience in financial decision making for startup and emerging growth businesses.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with FINC 659 .
  
  • ENTR 660 - High Technology Entrepreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSH
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on critical financial, legal, scientific and engineering issues confronted during initial planning stages of a start-up enterprise. Students work in teams to develop a business plan for a real world business product offering.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 661 - Corporate Innovation & Intrapreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    INNOVATION & INTRAPRENEURSHIP
    Component: Discussion
    Every company faces an innovation imperative. In other words, they need to continuously improve their products and bring new offerings into the marketplace or risk being disrupted by competitive forces. This course focuses on corporate innovation and intrapreneurship. Unique challenges associated with exploring new ideas while optimizing value delivery and capture from existing products are highlighted. Special attention is given to issues of governance, leadership, technology introduction, portfolio management, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ENTR 654  recommended.
  
  • ENTR 664 - Social Entrepreneurship Practicum

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL ENTR PRACTICUM
    Component: Internship
     

    Provides students with guided reflection and learning as they engage in a practical social entrepreneurial engagement of their choice. This may include participation in established programs within the University, such as First Step Grand Challenges, Service Learning Scholar, or others; or may be an internship engagement with an organization, issue, or cause outside the University.

    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ENTR420 recommended. RESTRICTIONS: Students must be involved with a social entrepreneurship project or venture.
  
  • ENTR 665 - User-Centered Research Methods for Entrepreneurship

    Credit(s): 3
    USER-CENTERED RESEARCH METHODS
    Component: Lecture
    Provides foundational tools for understanding customer and societal issues on an individual and contextualized level. User-centered research methods such as observation, depth interviewing, cultural consensus analysis and projective techniques are applied to identifying problems, unmet needs and opportunities. User-centered methods are also utilized to guide idea generation and solution testing as students engage in real-world application across a variety of fields.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 667 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ENTR 867 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Epidemiology

  
  • EPID 605 - Epidemiology Methods I

    Credit(s): 3
    EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS I
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods including descriptive data, measures of association, and study design.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EPID 610 - Epidemiology Methods II

    Credit(s): 3
    EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS II
    Component: Lecture
    Continued introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods. Emphasis on calculation and interpretation of crude and adjusted data, measures of association, and study design.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EPID 615 - Epidemiology Methods III

    Credit(s): 3
    EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS III
    Component: Lecture
    Expands on concepts and methods from EPID 610  and begins to explore more in-depth methods and analytic techniques of higher-level epidemiology, often used in advanced study designs among lead epidemiologists in the field or doctoral-level researchers.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EPID 610 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EPID 620 - Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPID
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to infectious disease epidemiology, including patterns of disease transmission and emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EPID 621 - Methods in Field Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    An introduction to methods used by field epidemiologists.  Emphasis on conducting outbreak investigations from start to finish, study design, questionnaire development, interviewing techniques, data analysis, and communications of findings appropriate to various audiences.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EPID 622 - Disaster Epidemiology Methods

    Credit(s): 3
    DISASTER EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Basic principles, terms, and epidemiological tools for use in disasters.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EPID 623 - Public Health Surveillance

    Credit(s): 3
    PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to public health surveillance, a tool used by epidemiologists to quantify cases and calculate rates of communicable diseases and other conditions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EPID 624 - Cancer Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of cancer epidemiology and topics relevant to cancer prevention and control. Cancer statistics (incidence, mortality, and survival), cancer trends over time, cancer disparities, risk factors for cancer, major cancer types, cancer screening, the cancer continuum, and survivorship.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 625 - Environmental Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    The course covers traditional approaches to environmental epidemiology such as occupational cohorts, disease cluster investigation, and ecologic studies as well as newer molecular epidemiologic approaches to exposure assessment and analyses of neighborhood level effects on health. 
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 626 - Perinatal and Reproductive Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    This course introduces students to major topics that affect the health of women and their infants during pregnancy and the perinatal period including pregnancy loss and pregnancy outcomes, as well as how specific infectious and chronic diseases affect the health of women and infants during the perinatal period. The course also enhances student understanding of key epidemiologic methodological issues when studying health outcomes during pregnancy and the perinatal period.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 627 - Social Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces students to the epidemiologic methods used to design and conduct studies of social factors that effect health, including disease specific risk factors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 628 - Epidemiology of Aging

    Credit(s): 3
    EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AGING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces the epidemiology of aging and age-related disorders, including overviews of the public health impact of an aging society and the demographics and biology of aging. Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of prevalent chronic conditions in the aged, methodologic challenges essential to consider in research on older adults, and strategies for prevention of age-related disorders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 629 - Injury Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces the epidemiology of aging and age-related disorders, including overviews of the public health impact of an aging society, descriptive and analytic epidemiology of prevalent chronic conditions in the aged, methodologic challenges essential to consider in research on older adults, and strategies for prevention of age-related disorders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 630 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    CARDIOVASCULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of epidemiologic research methods applied to current topics in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health and disease in human populations. Covers pathophysiology; molecular, clinical, behavioral, and social risk factors; burden and disparities across and within populations nationally and globally; and public health interventions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 631 - Analyzing Epidemiologic Data Using R

    Credit(s): 3
    ANALYSIS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY DATA
    Component: Lecture
    Analyze epidemiologic data using R, software, organize, data, make plots ranging from the basic (boxplots, histograms, scatterplots), to the more advanced (beanplots, volcano, and Manhattan plots), and present results from your data in a compelling way.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 632 - Nutrition Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    NUTRITION EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Key concepts and methods in Nutrition Epidemiology to equip students with the tools needed to design, analyze, and critically evaluate population-based nutrition research. 
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with NTDT 632 .
  
  • EPID 633 - Clinical and Translational Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    This course will cover the design of epidemiological studies and the analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data in order to answer clinical questions. A variety of study designs methods including cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional study designs will be used. In addition to disease and exposure, the course will cover concepts related to prognosis, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 634 - Pharmacoepidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    This course covers the study of the use and effects of drugs in large groups of people, from an epidemiologic perspective.  Case-control and cohort study designs, use of registry data and surveillance, and other observational methods, as well as controlled clinical trials are considered from the perspective of evaluating drug safety and effectiveness. 
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EPID 650 - Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED SEMINAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Facilitate in depth applied epidemiology-based reading and discussion, invited speakers, and professional development sessions. Intended to help facilitate the development of students’ research ideas, comprehension of research ethics, and to contribute to the student’s professional development.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EPID 615 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EPID 860 - Doctoral Independent Study

    Credit(s): 3
    DOCTORAL INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Independent study in close consultation with the primary advisor provides the student with an opportunity to participate in the creation of academic learning experiences geared to individual needs, interests, aptitudes, and desired outcomes. In-depth research based on advisor guidance and resulting in publishable outcomes.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Winter and Summer

  
  • EPID 964 - Grant Writing in Epidemiology

    Credit(s): 3
    GRANT WRITING IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    A hands-on approach to grant writing including development of skills in locating potential funding sources and the use of appropriate grant-writing style and technique. Students are guided through the development of a proposal for a U.S. governmental funding agency such as the NIH.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EPID 969 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit(s): 1-12
    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring


Evaluation

  
  • EVAL 757 - Special Projects

    Credit(s): 1-2
    SPECIAL PROJECTS
    Component: Independent Study
    Provides students in the M.S. in Evaluation program the opportunity to apply evaluation principles and methods in a practical context.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • EVAL 758 - Evaluator Competencies

    Credit(s): 0
    EVALUATOR COMPETENCIES
    Component: Independent Study
    Intended to introduce evaluation majors to the competencies expected of a professional evaluator and to assist them in planning for the portfolio and competency analysis report that is required before graduation.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: For Majors only. This is a short course.

Fashion and Apparel Studies

  
  • FASH 617 - Fashion and Apparel Studies Research and Discovery

    Credit(s): 3
    FASH RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
    Component: Lecture
    Explores current issues and challenges in the fashion and apparel industry and the role of research and discovery of new knowledge for solving them. Students apply knowledge about research methods and discovery in carrying out projects generating new knowledge and solutions. Research outcomes are communicated appropriately for a targeted audience of academics or industry professionals.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Graduate standing. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students with credit for FASH417 of the same topic. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • FASH 619 - Social Psychological Aspects of Clothing

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL PSYCH ASPECTS CLOTHING
    Component: Lecture
    Study of clothing and appearance as contributors to human interactions; consideration of the importance of clothing in individual and collective behavior. Analysis of how dress reflects self-feelings, establishes social identities and affects interpersonal encounters.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 620 - Fashion and Apparel Studies Graduate Internship

    Credit(s): 1-3
    FASHION GRADUATE INTERNSHIP
    Component: Internship
    An off-campus supervised and coordinated field study program in fashion/apparel related areas that allows students to apply acquired knowledge and skills in a corporate or professional setting.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 625 - Wearable Product Design

    Credit(s): 3
    WEARABLE PRODUCT DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Each class will consist of a combination of lectures and demonstrations aiming at teaching design process within the context of problem solving, considering design thinking of both product oriented as well as process oriented students.  Students will be asked to bring objects related to their own personal interests into class, and share their individual user experience. Group quizzes and spontaneous critiques and discussions will be common.  Classes will take place in a variety of campus locations based on assembly equipment and technology needed for demonstrations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • FASH 626 - Fashion and Textile Collection Management

    Credit(s): 3
    FASHION & TEX COLLECTION MGMT
    Component: Lecture
    Practicum at the University of Delaware Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Learn proper care, storage and display techniques for flat textiles, apparel and accessories. Experiences may include museum education, object accession, and database management.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 630 - Apparel Brand Management & Marketing

    Credit(s): 3
    APPAREL BRAND MGMT & MKTG
    Component: Lecture
    A study of the significance of brand management for fashion companies as a competitive strategy for building sales and customer base. Introduction to essential elements of branding. Examines major activities of brand management and marketing with a focus on apparel firms. Apparel branding examined in the global context due to global nature of industry and its impact on consumers around the world.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Graduate standing. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students with credit for FASH430.
  
  • FASH 633 - Product Development and Management Studio

    Credit(s): 3
    PRODUCT DEVELOP & MGMT STUDIO
    Component: Lecture
    Apparel product development for a targeted market from conceptualization through execution of sample garments for mass production. Develop skills in computer-aided pattern designing, grading, marker making and data management (e.g., sizing, specifications, operations and costing). Includes field trip.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • FASH 655 - Global Apparel and Textile Trade and Sourcing

    Credit(s): 3
    GLOBAL APPAREL TRADE/SOURCING
    Component: Lecture
    Analyzes the global apparel and textile industries, the supply chains and the economic, political, socio-cultural, geographical and technological factors that influence global sourcing and buying decisions. Considers the importance of both financial and social goals, and strategies for social responsibility, labor compliance, and sourcing apparel.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Graduate standing. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students with credit for FASH455.
  
  • FASH 665 - Fashion Studies Graduate Seminar

    Credit(s): 1
    FASHION STUDIES GRAD SEMINAR
    Component: Discussion
    Exploration of current research and industry needs in the field.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Must be taken during the final semester of the master’s degree.
  
  • FASH 666 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Individual study, individual service learning project, group experiential learning (e.g., travel, internship, service learning), research that allows students to synthesize learnings across courses.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 667 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 669 - Professional Project in Fashion and Apparel Studies

    Credit(s): 1-3
    PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
    Component: Independent Study
    Engage in all phases of a professional project under the guidance of a faculty member and document the results in written form. The professional project should reflect the ability to conduct an individual study, individual service learning project, group experiential learning, or research project in which students synthesize learning across courses in the Fashion and Apparel Studies M.S. program.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: If choosing professional project option, a student must complete a total of 3 credits of FASH 669 during the M.S. study in Fashion and Apparel Studies.
  
  • FASH 689 - Apparel Supply Chains and Social Responsibility

    Credit(s): 1
    APPAREL SPPLY CHAINS & SOC RES
    Component: Lecture
    Challenges for social responsibility in context of structure, relationships and longstanding practices and methods in apparel business. Analyzes structural and competitive issues of supply chains such as ownership, globalization, and outsourcing.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 691 - Socially Responsible Apparel: Global Policy

    Credit(s): 1
    SOC RESPNSBL APPRL:GLOBAL PLCY
    Component: Lecture
    Political and profit interests that influence socially responsible decisions and policy for the global textile and apparel industry are considered. Factors analyzed include ethics, economics, government policies, international labor standards, environmental regulations, and company priorities.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 692 - Sustaining Global Apparel Supply Chains

    Credit(s): 1
    SUSTAING GLBL APPRL SUP CHAINS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines responsibility of businesses for sustaining economic/social development in global apparel industry. An historical perspective of the role of the industry in economic development provides a context for evaluating current issues concerning sustainable development.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 693 - Culture and Work in the Apparel Industry

    Credit(s): 1
    CULTURE & WORK IN APPAREL IND
    Component: Lecture
    Examines interrelationships between cultural characteristics, employment/work practices and social responsibility. Examples of industry practices that reflect effects of culture on business practices are addressed.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 694 - Apparel Consumers and Social Responsibility

    Credit(s): 1
    APPAREL CONSUMERS & SOC RESP
    Component: Lecture
    Examines role of consumers in improving working conditions, labor standards, and environmental stewardship in apparel factories worldwide. Factors and groups motivating consumer action are explored, including influence of personal characteristics, market opportunities, and activist and other pressure groups.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 695 - Bringing Social Responsibility to Apparel Corporate Culture

    Credit(s): 1
    SOC RESP & APPRL CORP CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Importance of leadership, the role of inspirational leadership, and the opportunities for making a difference are explored, analyzed and applied. Emphasis on social change - how individuals can help build a socially responsible workplace.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 696 - Current Initiatives for Apparel Industry Labor Compliance

    Credit(s): 1
    APPAREL INDUST LABORCOMPLIANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Evaluates effectiveness of current initiatives for improving working conditions and labor standards in factories around the world. Explores codes of conduct and new trends for achieving long-term improvements in compliance to internationally recognized labor standards.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 697 - Worker-Centric Social Responsibility for Apparel Industry

    Credit(s): 1
    WORKER-CENTRIC SOCL RESPON
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the rights of workers. Explores obstacles in meeting and methods for assuring worker rights, including freedom of association. Consideration is given to how to effectively engage with workers.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 698 - Redesigning Green Apparel: Design, Sourcing and Packaging

    Credit(s): 1
    REDESIGNING GREEN APPAREL
    Component: Lecture
    Examines challenges to environmental stewardship in the design, sourcing, and packaging of apparel, textiles, and footwear products. Explores innovative practices, visionary leadership, and social change strategies for redesigning ‘green’ in the context of the design and sourcing roles of apparel business.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 699 - Producing Environmentally Responsible Apparel

    Credit(s): 1
    ENVIRON RESPONSBL APPAREL PROD
    Component: Lecture
    Examines environmentally responsible apparel production and practices as philosophy, process, and competitive business strategy. Analyzes sustainable production in the context of a business’ physical plant, materials, and resource use.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 800 - Research Analysis in Fashion Studies

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH ANALYSIS FASH STUDIES
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis and interpretation of research in fashion and apparel studies. Examination of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Emphasis is placed on theory development and research design.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 801 - Research Methods in Fashion and Apparel Studies

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH METHODS IN FASH
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to research methods for fashion and apparel studies including survey research, experimental research, focus group research, field research, and content analysis. Emphasis on research procedures, generating and testing hypothesis, designing and conducting research, data analysis, and reporting research results.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 822 - Global Fashion Consumers

    Credit(s): 3
    GLOBAL FASHION CONSUMERS
    Component: Lecture
    Study of consumer behavior toward fashion products in a global context. Theories will be investigated from the context of the required readings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 824 - Creative Design for Exhibition

    Credit(s): 3
    CREATIVE DESIGN FOR EXHIBITION
    Component: Lecture
    Use of advanced apparel design techniques in the development and execution of a collection of garments for juried design exhibition.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 825 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Creative Problem Solving

    Credit(s): 3
    APPROACH CREATIVE PROB SOLVING
    Component: Lecture
    Interdisciplinary approaches to collaborative thinking and problem solving, implementing variety of methods (e.g., environmental scanning, concept/knowledge mapping, scenario building, futuring/forecasting, visioning, scenario building, strategic planning) to the sustainable resolution of global contemporary issues challenging the textile/apparel/retail complex.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 868 - Supervised Research in Fashion Studies

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SUPERVISED FASHION RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Exploration of the academic research process, encompassing its conceptualization, design, execution, and dissemination phases.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FASH 869 - Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-6
    THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Engage in all phases of original scholarship under the guidance of their graduate committee and document the results in written form, including the process.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option

Finance

  
  • FINC 567 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • FINC 612 - Capital Markets & Financial Institutions

    Credit(s): 3
    CAPITAL MARKETS & FINANCIAL IN
    Component: Lecture
    Examines various types of financial institutions. Topics include structure, performance, asset/liability management, regulation and current issues that impact operational structures.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • FINC 615 - International Finance

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the financial management of multinational firms and the interrelationships between financial planning and the international economic environment. Topics include direct investment theory, capital budgeting, financing trade and investments, risk management and working capital management.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • FINC 616 - Derivative Securities and Risk Management

    Credit(s): 3
    DERIVATIVES SECURITIES & RISK
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces the pricing, trading and use of derivative securities (forwards, futures, swaps and options contracts), emphasizing the management of risk arising from the volatility of exchange rates, interest rates and commodity and equity prices.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • FINC 619 - Financial Modeling and Valuation

    Credit(s): 3
    FINANCIAL MODELING AND VALUATI
    Component: Lecture
    Financial modeling techniques to value IPOs, mergers, private equity transactions, and leveraged buyouts. Explore the economic principles supporting these techniques and apply them to various transaction types using real financial data. Focus is on bridging the gap between theory and practice.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
  
  • FINC 620 - Meet The Market

    Credit(s): 0
    MEET THE MARKET
    Component: Lecture
    Prepares students intending to pursue careers in finance markets about the latest innovations in the practice of finance. Course primarily consist of seminars delivered by leading finance professionals.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to FINC, ECON, and ACCT seniors, MSF students, MBA students,ECON Master and PhD students, and any student interested in pursuing a career in Finance.
  
  • FINC 650 - Financial Management

    Credit(s): 3
    FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of the finance function with an emphasis on the decision-making techniques relevant to financial and nonfinancial managers. Topics include valuation, risk and return, capital budgeting, cost of capital, financial analysis and planning, and working capital management.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 800 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • FINC 651 - Corporate Financial Analysis

    Credit(s): 3
    CORPORATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines major policy-making areas in corporate finance and the impact of alternative policies on the value of the firm. Emphasis is placed on strengthening financial decision-making skills. Advanced topics include capital investment policy, financing and capital structure policies, dividend policy, and corporate control.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
  
  • FINC 652 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

    Credit(s): 3
    INVESTMNT ANALYS/PORTFOLIO MGT
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the role and functioning of securities markets, valuation techniques, and the theory and practice of portfolio managment. Topics include portfolio construction and evaluation metrics, relative valuation techniques and an introduction to derivative security pricing.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
  
  • FINC 653 - Seminar in Finance

    Credit(s): 3
    SEMINAR IN FINANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Emphasis is on financial research and the application of alternative research methods to a project or current interest. Involves individual inquiry, written communication of results, and presentation of findings by each student.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
  
  • FINC 654 - Special Topics in Finance

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Examines selected topics of current interest in various areas of finance, including corporate financial management, investment analysis and portfolio management, or financial institutions and markets.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
  
  • FINC 658 - Corporate Governance

    Credit(s): 3
    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces issues pertaining to corporate governance and oversight, and examines topics of current interest concerning the relationships between corporate boards, company management, and shareholders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: FINC 650 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

 

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