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

Courses


 

Plant and Soil Sciences

  
  • PLSC 865 - Seminar

    Credit(s): 1
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PLSC 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
  
  • PLSC 867 - SEMINAR

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

    Credit(s): 1-9
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PLSC 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
  
  • PLSC 874 - Topics in Molecular Biology

    Credit(s): 1
    TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
    Component: Discussion
    Provides a forum for the discussion of current topics in molecular biology, with critical reading of relevant primary literature.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANFS 874 .
  
  • PLSC 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

    Credit(s): 3-12
    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
  
  • PLSC 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

Political Science

  
  • POSC 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
  
  • POSC 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 801 - Scope and Methods in Political Science

    Credit(s): 1
    SCOPE & METHODS IN POSC
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the discipline of Political Science at the University of Delaware including the subfields, major approaches, and professionalization opportunities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Political Science first-semester graduate students only.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • POSC 802 - Seminar: Comparative Politics of the Global South

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPAR POLS OF GLOBAL SOUTH
    Component: Lecture
    Issues, concepts, and scholarship regarding the politics of the developing and transitional countries of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America in a global governance context. Topics may include democratic transition and consolidation, comparative democracy, political economy of liberal economic reform, religion and political culture, new nationalisms and ethnic conflict, and international systemic influences on all the above.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 803 - Proseminar in American Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR: AMERICAN POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Graduate-level introduction to the subfield of American politics, providing an overview of the field of American Politics within Political Science.Foundational for students pursuing a concentration or minor in the field. Emphasizes both classic and current research on American politics, covering institutions (including Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court), mass behavior (including public opinion and political participation) and groups like parties and interest groups that link the two.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • POSC 806 - Global Ethics and Normative Issues

    Credit(s): 3
    GLOBAL ETHICS & NORMATIVE ISS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines normative issues from the perspective of diverse ethical traditions and/or political philosophy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 807 - American Political Behavior

    Credit(s): 3
    AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces students to the literatures on political participation, voting behavior, and public opinion in the U.S. Major topics include inequalities in political involvement, the sources and structure of public attitudes, the influence of the media and campaigns, and the criteria citizens use to make vote choices.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 808 - American Political Institutions

    Credit(s): 3
    AMER POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores major themes, viewpoints, issues and topics pertaining to the American political system. Themes include stability, change, conflict, American exceptionalism, American political thought, alternative perspectives on democracy, analysis of political parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency and the courts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 809 - Proseminar in Comparative Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR: COMPARATIVE POL
    Component: Lecture
    This seminar has three specific goals: first, introduce students to the scope and methods of comparative politics as a field of political science, second, provide an overview of its different theoretical approaches and, third, examine some of the key issues associated with the study of political systems. 
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • POSC 810 - Topics in International Relations

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS IN INTL RELATIONS
    Component: Discussion
    Focuses on selected topics in international relations. May be taken twice for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 811 - Topics in Comparative Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on selected topics in Comparative Politics.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 812 - Proseminar in Political Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR: POLITICAL THEORY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the subfield of Political Theory including historical approaches to political theory, contemporary debates, and methodological approaches in the field.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 813 - Seminar: American Foreign Policy

    Credit(s): 3
    SEM:AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of contemporary American foreign policy and policy making, as well as the analytical, conceptual and methodological problems associated with foreign policy analysis.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 814 - Political Economy of the Environment

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMN
    Component: Lecture
    Reviews major theories developed over the last half century to explain nature-society relations. Policy case studies on environmental justice, trade and environment, global climate change, and sustainable development used to evaluate current range of political-economic explanations of nature-society relations. International, national and local responses to these problems are analyzed.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ENEP 810 MAST 814  and UAPP 810 .  
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • POSC 815 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Political Science

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO STAT ANALYS FOR POSC
    Component: Lecture
    Training in the basics of statistical analysis and quantitative approaches to politics and society. Topics include elementary statistics, probability theory, hypothesis testing and regression analysis. Provides foundation for further quantitative methods.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • POSC 816 - Philosophy of Science and Research Design

    Credit(s): 3
    PHIL SCIENCE/RESEARCH DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Provides advanced training in philosophy of science and research design. Intented to provide students with the training and skills necessary to design dissertation proposals and write dissertations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 817 - Statistical Analysis for Political Science II

    Credit(s): 3
    STAT ANALYSIS FOR POSC II
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced course in statistical methods in Political Science. Provides greater depth in quantitative methods, giving the opportunity to learn how to read and analyze quantitative work and to prepare for conducting independent research.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: POSC 815  or permission of the instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • POSC 818 - Environmental Politics and Policy

    Credit(s): 3
    ENVIRNMNTL POLITICS AND POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    U.S. and international environmental politics, policies, laws, and agreements regarding air, water, and natural resource protection. Examines environmental governance regimes, politics and science, theories of environmental policy, public and private interaction, and epistemic communities in global warming, ozone layer protection, environmental public health, etc.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MAST 871 , UAPP 818  and ENEP 818 .
  
  • POSC 819 - Qualitative Methods for Political Science

    Credit(s): 3
    QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR POSC
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overview of the common qualitative methods used in the discipline of Political Science. Students will learn how to read and analyze research utilizing qualitative methods as well as how to gather and analyze their own qualitative data.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • POSC 822 - Topics In Political Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY
    Component: Discussion
    Focuses on selected topics in political theory.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 823 - Topics in American Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on selected topics in the field of American Politics.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • POSC 824 - Comparative Political Economy

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
    Component: Lecture
    The economy is political, and there are several ways to organize a capitalist economy. This seminar explores varieties of capitalism across the world. Focuses on theoretical approaches and on empirical questions; how did different varieties originate- Are they converging- Can egalitarian varieties survive-
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 825 - Proseminar in International Relations

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR: INTL RELATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the subfield of International Relations, examining the theory and practice of international politics.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • POSC 826 - Islam in Global Affairs

    Credit(s): 3
    ISLAM IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores three main elements of political Islam - epistemological, reformative and militant, and examines how the struggle to construct Islam is reconstructing the international system.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 827 - Gender and Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    GENDER AND POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the vast literature on gender and politics, reviewing some of the historical literature from ‘other disciplines’ - history and sociology - as well as political science on gender. Consider feminism, its ‘waves’ and evolution over time, as undergirding our understanding of gender and politics.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 828 - Feminist International Relations

    Credit(s): 1-3
    FEMINIST INTL RELATIONS
    Component: Discussion
    Surveys feminist International Relations literature from classic works to contemporary research, problematizing how gender permeates the study and practices of global politics. Class intersects/engages postcolonial, poststructural and other critical approaches while also providing an introduction to the variety of feminist methodologies in the field.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 830 - Seminar: International Relations Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    SEM:INT’L RELATION THEORY
    Component: Lecture
    Surveys broad range of international relations theory including realism,neo-realism, interdependence, unit-level analysis, regime theory, world systemtheories, post-structuralism, feminism and normative theory. Epistomologicaland conceptual problems associated with international relations research areexplored.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 831 - Frontiers in Critical International Relations Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    CRITICAL IR THEORY
    Component: Lecture
    Brings together theoretical debate in contemporary political theory and contemporary international relations (IR) theory.  As a follow up to introductory courses in those fields, this course will focus entirely on the current literature, issues, and debates in critical IR . Intended to include critical theory generally, post-structuralism, post-colonial IR, feminist IR, neo-constructivism, “critical liberalism” and IR scholarship based around key authors such as Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas, Said, and others.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • POSC 832 - Legislative Politics

    Credit(s): 3
    LEGISLATIVE POLITICS
    Component: Discussion
    This course explores legislative politics from an American perspective focusing on the Congress. It offers exposure to the historical development of American legislatures, committees, parties, legislative rules and processes, congressional campaigns and elections, campaign finance, interactions with the executive branch, congressional oversight, interest groups and lobbying, and member behavior. 
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • POSC 836 - Democratic Theory

    Credit(s): 3
    DEMOCRATIC THEORY
    Component: Discussion
    Examines some of the most influential attempts to provide the theoretical foundations of democracy. Explores various critical perspectives that highlight the limitations and dangers of democracy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 840 - International Political Economy

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNTL POLITICAL ECONOMY
    Component: Lecture
    Considers the political underpinnings and effects of the interaction of political and economic processes at the global level. Reviews schools of thought and various topics including long cycles, foreign investment, monetary and trade regimes, and the political dilemmas of growth and stagnation.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 841 - Comparative Regionalisms

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPARATIVE REGIONALISMS
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces key theories of regionalism and regional integration including economic and political-security based analysis, examining questions from a comparative perspective. Topics include: variations in regional integration efforts and institutions across regions, different ways of conceptualizing regional space, interactions between regional developments and global processes, and how regional developments in one part of the world inform others.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 842 - International Organization

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to theories of international organization. Focuses on the organization and governance of the international system. Areas of inquiry include the role of norms in structuring interactions in world politics, international regimes, formal international organization and international law.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 843 - Global Governance: Theory and Cases

    Credit(s): 3
    GLOBAL GOVERNANCE:THRY & CASES
    Component: Lecture
    Exploration of international organization, regime and global governance theory. Analysis of global governance arrangements in various issue areas such as the environment, ocean issues, human rights, development, world health, telecommunications, trade and finance.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 844 - International Security

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant literatures connected with international security affairs, defined as issues connected with the use or threat of force in international affairs. Topics include nuclear deterrence and proliferation, grand strategy, ethnic violence, peacekeeping, and terrorism and counterterrorism.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 845 - Human Rights and Global Governance

    Credit(s): 3
    HUMAN RIGHTS&GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
    Component: Lecture
    A seminar that surveys international human rights issues with a special focus on those dimensions of rights most relevant to global governance. Topics include (but are not limited to) cosmopolitan ethics, just war theory, cultural relativism, and human rights regimes.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 850 - Current Research in Society and Politics

    Credit(s): 1-3
    COLLOQUIUM: CURRENT RESEARCH
    Component: Lecture
    Departmental speaker series.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 5 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • POSC 851 - Fragile States and Good Governance

    Credit(s): 3
    GOOD GOVERNANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Hybrid interdisciplinary graduate seminar that combines themes from comparative politics, political philosophy and theory, and public administration and public policy, that seeks to provoke innovative and critical thinking about good governance. It seeks to shift thinking from structure to process. Rather than asking what is the best form of government, a question that has vexed political philosophy forever, or explaining how nation can transition to democracy (the best form of government) as comparative politics does, this course will ask how can we provide the best governance outcomes.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 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
  
  • POSC 867 - SEMINAR

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

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    To be taken by M.A. students seeking to satisfy the program’s research requirement through the research paper option.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • POSC 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
  
  • POSC 899 - Research Paper for Master of Arts

    Credit(s): 0
    RESEARCH PAPER FOR MA
    Component: Research
    MA student works independently with a supervising faculty member to complete the master of arts research paper.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • POSC 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

    Credit(s): 3-12
    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
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • POSC 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
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring


Preservation Studies

  
  • PRES 801 - Research Presentation Seminar

    Credit(s): 0
    RESEARCH PRESENTATION SEMINAR
    Component: Research
    Seminar for presentation of research in progress.
    Allowed Units: 0 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • PRES 866 - Special Problem

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

    Credit(s): 1-12
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • PRES 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

    Credit(s): 1-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • PRES 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

Psychology

  
  • PSYC 566 - 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
  
  • PSYC 567 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PSYC 626 - Advanced Neuroanatomy

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROANATOMY
    Component: Lecture
    Covers the functional organization of the nervous system from a clinical perspective, with emphasis on the brain stem, cranial nerves, limbic system, and cerebral cortex. Also surveys basic etiology, signs and symptoms of injury to spinal pathways, sensory-motor systems, methods of neurologic testing, and the Mental Status Exam.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with NSCI 626 .
  
  • PSYC 627 - Advanced Neurophysiology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Study of the physiology of the central nervous system, with an emphasis on the cellular and molecular basis of signal transmission in the brain.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BISC 627 .
  
  • PSYC 628 - Advanced Neuropharmacology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the actions of psychoactive drugs on neurons, neural circuits, and behavior. Focus is on drugs used in mental health, neurological disorders, and drug abuse.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with NSCI 628 .
  
  • PSYC 642 - Mental Representation and Memory

    Credit(s): 3
    MENTAL REPRESENTATION & MEMORY
    Component: Lecture
    Human memory can be conceptualized in terms of representation and information storage within various interrelated mental systems. Critically evaluates research on human memory and representation within the context of major cognitive models.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with CGSC 642 .
  
  • PSYC 653 - Introduction to functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRODUCTION TO FMRI
    Component: Lecture
    This course introduces the fundamentals of magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) and its application to brain imaging. The topics include the physical origins of the MRI signal, how MRI scanners manipulate this signal to construct images, the structure of the brain, and the origins of the hemodynamic signals that permit fMRI, and how to design and analyze fMRI experiments. Class consists of lecture and computer lab experiences. The final project requires design, implementation, and analysis of an fMRI experiment.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to Psychology graduate students or permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 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
  
  • PSYC 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PSYC 668 - Research

    Credit(s): 1-6
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PSYC 675 - Language Acquisition

    Credit(s): 4
    LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the factors which distinguish human language from animal communication as well as the development of many facets of language (semantics, syntax and phonology). Main emphasis on how children in the first three years acquire language.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with EDUC 675 .
  
  • PSYC 800 - Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquia

    Credit(s): 1
    PBS COLLOQUIA
    Component: Independent Study
    Students will attend departmental seminars and colloquia scheduled for the fall and spring semesters.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 14 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students only.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • PSYC 801 - Laboratory Rotation

    Credit(s): 3
    LAB ROTATION
    Component: Research
    Students can choose to work in another lab for a research experience, at 10 hours per week dedicated to learning new techniques and literature.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students only.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • PSYC 808 - Personality in Social Contexts

    Credit(s): 3
    PERSONALITY IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines temporally stable individual differences (“traits”) from a variety of perspectives including their origins, assessment, and relationships to behavior in social settings. Special attention is given to the interaction of trait and environmental influences on social behavior.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 809 - Research Design

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    An overview of methodological issues in the conduct of psychological research, including correlational, experimental, and quasi-experimental studies. Special emphasis on clinical and personality research.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 813 - Seminar in Intergroup Relations

    Credit(s): 3
    SEMINAR IN INTERGROUP RELATION
    Component: Lecture
    Cognitive, motivational and cultural factors involved in the creation of and reduction of intergroup bias and conflict. Emphasis on theoretical and applied perspectives.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 819 - Child Psychotherapy: Ethics, Diversity, Treatments

    Credit(s): 3
    CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY
    Component: Lecture
    The focus is on evidence-based treatments for a range of psycological disorders affecting children and adolescents.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 820 - Psychodiagnostics: Objective Trait and Behavioral Assessment

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCHODGNSTCS:OBJ & BEH ASSESS
    Component: Lecture
    Theory and techniques of psychological classification, structured diagnostic interviewing, personality assessment, and behavioral assessment. Administration of SCID, MINI, and self-report inventories. Behavior observation in clinical settings. Clinical vs. statistical prediction.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 821 - Intelligence and Achievement Testing

    Credit(s): 3
    INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTIN
    Component: Lecture
    Administration and interpretation of major individually administered intelligence and achievement tests used in school and child clinical psychology. Five tests will be highlighted: the Stanford Binet, EISC-R, WPPSI, WAIS-R and K-ABC.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 827 - Adult Psychotherapy: Empirically-Supported Treatments

    Credit(s): 3
    ADULT PSYCHOTHERAPY
    Component: Lecture
    Schools, theories and techniques focusing on empirically-supported treatments in adult psychotherapy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. .
  
  • PSYC 829 - Advanced Psychopathology

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Nosology and etiology of the behavior disorders of non-organic origin. Theories of psychopathology, including various modes of conceptualizing psychopathology, i.e., medical vs. behavioral and psychosocial models. Reliability and validity of psychodiagnosis; and relevant research and problems of experimental clinical research with institutionalized populations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 834 - Supervised Practice in Clinical Psychology I

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPRVSD PRACT:CLINICAL PSYCH I
    Component: Laboratory
    Limited diagnostic and therapeutic practice in clinical setting under professional supervision.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 835 - Supervised Practice in Clinical Psychology II

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPRVSD PRCTCE:CLINCL PSYCH II
    Component: Laboratory
    Continuation of PSYC 834 .
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 836 - Supervised Practice in Clinical Psychology III

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPRVSD PRCTCE:CLINCL PSYCH III
    Component: Laboratory
    Continuation of PSYC 834  and PSYC 835 .
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: PSYC 834  and PSYC 835 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 837 - Supervised Practice in Clinical Psychology IV

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPRVSD PRCTCE:CLINCL PSYCH IV
    Component: Laboratory
    Continuation of PSYC 834 , PSYC 835  and PSYC 836 .
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: PSYC 836   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 839 - Ethics and Diversity in Clinical Psychology

    Credit(s): 2
    ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
    Component: Discussion
    Familarizes students with APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct and explores how diversity issues impact psychological functioning and the therapeutic process.
    Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. Open to Psychology graduate students.
  
  • PSYC 840 - Teaching Practicuum

    Credit(s): 3
    TEACHING PRACTICUUM
    Component: Discussion
    Preparation for being instructor of record for first course in psychology. Topics include course planning, writing syllabi, writing and grading exams, developing lesson plans, teaching writing, handling academic problems, and integrating teaching into an academic career. Read and discuss empirical research on effective teaching of psychology. Required for graduate students who wish to teach their own courses in the psychology department.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open only to graduate students in psychology.
  
  • PSYC 841 - Teaching Fellowship

    Credit(s): 1
    TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
    Component: Discussion
    Supervised teaching in psychology. Open to graduate students teaching a first course as an instructor of record. Activities include weekly 1 hour discussion and class visitations by faculty supervisor.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: PSYC 840   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 845 - Childhood Psychopathology

    Credit(s): 3
    CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of various developmental and behavioral disorders in childhood. Seminar will examine the issues of diagnosis and treatment theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis on current major psychological research.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with EDUC 813 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 860 - Psychological Statistics

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS
    Component: Lecture
    Applications to behavior measurement of probability, regression and analysis of variance and covariance; psychometrics and scaling techniques; and design of experiments.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 861 - Psychological Statistics

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS
    Component: Lecture
    Further follow-up to ANOVA focusing on an introduction to applied regression for the behavioral and social sciences.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • PSYC 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
  
  • PSYC 867 - SEMINAR

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

    Credit(s): 1-6
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PSYC 869 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires department permission.
  
  • PSYC 878 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling

    Credit(s): 3
    HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the basic concepts and theory underlying hierarchical linear modeling.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • PSYC 879 - Structural Equation Modeling (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
    Component: Laboratory
    Introduction to theory and application of structural equation models and a foundation in SEM methodology. Focus is also on use of commonly available software to perform statistical analyses.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: PSYC 861 .
  
  • PSYC 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

    Credit(s): 3-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Research and readings in preparation of dissertation 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.
  
  • PSYC 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

Russian

  
  • RUSS 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
  
  • RUSS 667 - SEMINAR

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

Science

  
  • SCEN 540 - Energy Across Systems for Secondary Educators

    Credit(s): 3
    ENERGY ACROSS SYSTEMS
    Component: Discussion
    Standards-based format challenges and extends the content knowledge of practicing science teachers, grades 6-10, and examines critical topics in significant depth in a problem-based setting. Themes include solar energy, heat, light, electrical power generation, energy transformation, photosynthesis, and energy conservation.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Intended for practicing teachers.
 

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