Apr 25, 2024

2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

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Science
	SCEN 541 - The Nature of Matter for Secondary Educators Credit(s): 3 THE NATURE OF MATTER 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 the particle model, atomic structure, chemical reactions, and energy transformations including photosynthesis. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Limited to practicing teachers.
	SCEN 545 - Quantitative Literacy/Scientific Inquiry for Secondary Educators Credit(s): 3 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY:SECNDRY 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 the relationship between evidence and inference, measurement errors, data representations, from the viewpoint of mathematics and science. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Limited to practicing teachers.
	SCEN 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
	SCEN 567 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SCEN 569 - Delaware’s Ecosystems Credit(s): 3 DELAWARE’S ECOSYSTEMS Component: Lecture Presents the basics of ecosystem structure and function while comparing Delaware’s major ecosystems. Integration with ecosystem and wetland kits, science standards and performance indicators; use of field technology; associated environmental issues. Lecture and discussion supplement outdoor studies in meadow, forest, stream, and estuary ecosystems. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SCEN 650 - Scientific Inquiry for Current and Future Teachers Credit(s): 3 SCIENTIFIC INQRY FOR TEACHERS Component: Discussion Advanced problem-based learning and scientific research course for Elementary Teacher Education majors seeking a second licensure area in middle school science. May also be taken by current middle school and high school teachers. Topics rotate among life, earth, and physical sciences. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SCEN 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
	SCEN 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SCEN 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
	SCEN 867 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
Sociology
	SOCI 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
	SOCI 567 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 605 - Data Collection and Analysis Credit(s): 3 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Component: Lecture A survey of methods and techniques for defining research problems and for gathering and analyzing data in sociological research. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
	SOCI 606 - Qualitative Methodology Credit(s): 3 QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY Component: Lecture Focuses on research design, the logic of inquiry and an elaboration of selected issues introduced in SOCI 605 . Special emphasis on epistemological issues, methodological concerns central to the social sciences and non-positivistic research strategies and techniques. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 607 - Sociology of Gender Credit(s): 3 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Component: Lecture Reviews current research and theory in the sociology of gender with particular attention to issues arising from the gender division of labor, feminism and social change, gender and the structure of social institutions, and the interaction of gender, race, class and sexuality. Introduces sociological theory and methodology as used and revised by scholars working on gender issues. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 612 - Development of Sociological Theory Credit(s): 3 DVLPMT OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Component: Lecture Historical survey of the development of sociology and sociological theory beginning with the period of the Social Contract theorists through the classic European theorists of the 19th century. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 614 - Advanced Data Analysis Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS Component: Lecture Methods of analyzing data in sociological research focusing on multivariate approaches. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: SOCI 605
	SOCI 621 - Theories and Approaches in Social Deviance Credit(s): 3 THRYS & APPRCHS:SOCIAL DEVIANC Component: Lecture General and specific theoretical orientations in the analysis of social deviance. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 625 - Advanced Social Statistics Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED SOCIAL STATISTICS Component: Lecture The application of advanced statistics to social science research questions and data, including the use of longitudinal modeling, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, cluster solutions, models for categorical and limited dependent variables, and others as appropriate. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: SOCI 614 or Instructor Consent.
	SOCI 633 - Sociology of Health & Illness Credit(s): 3 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS Component: Lecture Focusing specifically on the medical profession, interactions in the health care setting, social causation of illness, the medicalization of social problems, patient experience of health and illness, treatment systems and organization of care, as well as politics and the changing medical care system, this course provides students the theoretical and methodological tools to examine the complex linkages between macrosocial phenomena and individual-level experiences. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Permission of instructor.
	SOCI 647 - Disparities in Heath & Healthcare Credit(s): 3 DISPARITIES IN HEALTH Component: Lecture The HRSA define health disparities as population-specific differences in presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care, and we will explore these issues as they relate to race, gender, and age. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 650 - Black Community Studies Credit(s): 3-6 BLACK COMMUNITY STUDIES Component: Lecture Investigation and analysis of various topics and developments of interest and significance to the Black community. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option Crosslisted: Crosslisted with AFRA 650 , EDUC 610 , and UAPP 610 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated up to six credits when topics vary.
	SOCI 655 - Law and Society Credit(s): 3 LAW AND SOCIETY Component: Lecture Historical and structural development of legal systems. Emphasis on comparing legal systems in various cultures from Roman and Oriental law to Anglo-American legal systems. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 658 - Topics in Law and Society Credit(s): 3 SOCIAL SCI, LAW,&LEGAL PROCESS Component: Lecture Examines the relationship between society and law. Reviews the use of crossdisciplinary theory and/or social science research to understand the operation and impact of law and the legal system. Specific topic will vary according to professor’s specialization. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 661 - Racial Stratification Credit(s): 3 RACIAL STRATIFICATION Component: Lecture Reviews the concept of race as a social historical category and examines the relationship of racial stratification to other systems of inequality. Also evaluates sociological theories of racial discrimination and institutionalized racism. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 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
	SOCI 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 671 - Disasters, Vulnerability & Development Credit(s): 3 DISASTER VULNERABILITY DVLPMT Component: Lecture Introduces students to social vulnerability analysis of disaster. Students examine how social, geographical, and cultural factors as well as patterns of development put people differentially at risk to disasters. Emphasizes the intersection of gender, race, class, age, and ability. Disasters in the US are compared and contrasted to international disasters. Students will explore how vulnerable social groups are affected by and cope with hazardous conditions and events, as well as study the capacities of these groups to increase resiliency. Readings draw from disasters studies, feminist studies, and development studies. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 672 - Disaster and Society Credit(s): 3 DISASTER AND SOCIETY Component: Lecture Reviews current research and theory in the sociology of disaster with particular attention to the sociological contributors and impacts of disaster events. Students will focus on the formation of the disaster sociology field, the various social science theories and frameworks that guide our understanding of disaster, crisis, and catastrophe, and the methods used to study them. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option Course Typically Offered: Spring
	SOCI 676 - Advanced Qualitative Methods Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED QUALITATIVE METHODS Component: Lecture This course explores popular methods of data collection in qualitative research (interviewing, observations, content analysis, etc.), the analysis strategies associated with them, and proper professional -writing-up- techniques. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: Evidence of previous graduate, introductory-level qualitative methods course and/or extensive qualitative work in the field.
	SOCI 698 - Teaching in the Social Sciences Credit(s): 1 TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCE Component: Lecture Seminar for graduate students in Sociology and Criminology, focusing on issues that arise from the teaching of these disciplines. Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass RESTRICTIONS: Requires approval of instructor.
	SOCI 813 - Current Issues in Social Theory Credit(s): 3 CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIAL THEOR Component: Lecture Deals with current controversies in social theory such as the public/private distinction, the development of symbolic interactionism and Neo-Marxism. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Must have completed one graduate-level course.
	SOCI 815 - Microtheories in Sociology Credit(s): 3 MICROTHEORIES IN SOCIOLOGY Component: Discussion Advanced graduate seminar focusing on microtheoretical approaches in Sociology–symbolic interactionism, social constructionism, and sociological social psychology. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: SOCI 612 . RESTRICTIONS: Graduate students only. Strongly advised for students taking the doctoral exam in Social Theory.
	SOCI 835 - Theoretical Criminology I Credit(s): 3 THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY I Component: Lecture Examines classical and contemporary theories of crime and crime control by focusing on various explanations for why select types of conduct are categorized and treated as criminal, as well as why people engage in criminal behavior. Specific deviant and criminal activities are described and explained using established theoretical frameworks. Provides a comprehensive background in the disciplinary development of criminology. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 836 - Application of Criminological Theory and Empirical Tests Credit(s): 3 CRIM THEORY & EMPIRICAL TESTS Component: Lecture Examines issues and strategies involved in the collection and analysis of criminological data. Analyzes major theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research related to the design, implementation, and analysis of criminological data. Prepares students for continued study and application of contemporary research in criminology. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 837 - Criminology and Systems of Criminal Justice Credit(s): 3 CRIMINOLOGY & SYSTEMS OF CJ Component: Lecture Focuses on basic policy issues in the administration of the criminal justice system, whose key elements are law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Prepares students for continued study of these organizations. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 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
	SOCI 867 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 868 - Research Credit(s): 1-6 RESEARCH Component: Research Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SOCI 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
	SOCI 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 RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
	SOCI 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
Spanish
	SPAN 601 - Advanced Spanish Grammar Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR Component: Lecture Study and practice of selected problems of written and oral Spanish syntax and vocabulary as well as textual analysis. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 615 - Latin American Literature and Its Political Context Credit(s): 3 LAT AMER LIT: POLITICAL CONTEX Component: Lecture In-depth analysis of selected works by contemporary Latin American authors, focusing on techniques used by these writers to reveal the political upheaval that has affected Latin America in recent years. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 616 - Cervantes: Don Quijote Credit(s): 3 CERVANTES:DON QUIJOTE Component: Lecture The reading of Don Quijote in Spanish; major themes of the book. The life and times of Cervantes. Antecedents to Don Quijote in Spanish literature. The purpose of Don Quijote. Introduction to the language of Cervantes. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 620 - Topics: Medieval Literature Credit(s): 3 TOPICS: MEDIEVAL LITERATURE Component: Lecture Works of one or more authors or of a special theme or genre within Spanish medieval literature. Example: Love and Passion in the Middle Ages on the Iberian Peninsula. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 621 - Spanish Medieval Literature Credit(s): 3 SPANISH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE Component: Lecture Survey of the major authors and genres of Spanish medieval literature from the early lyric poetry through narrative poetry, short story, drama, novel to the 15th century. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 636 - Topics: Literature of the Spanish Golden Age Credit(s): 3 TOPICS: GOLDEN AGE LITERATURE Component: Lecture Works of one or more authors or of a special theme or genre within Spanish literature of the Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries). May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 639 - Postwar Spanish Narrative Credit(s): 3 POSTWAR SPANISH NARRATIVE Component: Lecture Covers the Spanish novel from 1962 to the present. Focuses on novels by leading authors such as Luis Martin-Santos, Juan Goytisolo, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets. Analysis of these works is grounded in international literary theory and criticism. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 640 - Topics: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hispanic Literature Credit(s): 3 TOPICS: 18TH & 19TH CENT. LIT Component: Lecture Works of one or more authors or of a special theme or genre within Hispanic literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 647 - Contemporary Hispanic Fiction by Women Credit(s): 3 CNTMP HISPANIC FICTN BY WOMEN Component: Lecture Explores current fiction by women in Spain and Spanish America. Analyzes selected works as individual literary creations, and also situates them in their cultural, historical and aesthetic contexts, using appropriate critical methodologies. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 655 - Selected Authors, Works and Themes Credit(s): 3-12 SELECTED AUTHORS WORKS&THEMES Component: Lecture Works of one or more outstanding authors or on a special theme. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 660 - Topics: Contemporary Hispanic Literature 1936-present Credit(s): 3 TPCS:CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LIT Component: Lecture Works of one or more authors or of a special theme, genre, or topic within Hispanic literature from 1936 to the present. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 662 - Topics: Hispanic Short Fiction Credit(s): 3 TOPICS: HISPANIC SHORT FICTION Component: Lecture Explores short stories and novellas by major writers of the Hispanic world. Each narrative is analyzed as an individual work of literature and is situated in its literary, historical and critical contexts. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 665 - Spanish Reading Workshop Credit(s): 3 SPANISH READING WORKSHOP Component: Lecture Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature, is designed to enhance the cultural proficiency of elementary school teachers through literary readings. Give students the tools required to analyze these readings from different social and educational perspectives, and to adapt them to their elementary school classes. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 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
	SPAN 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 668 - Hispanic Children’s Literature Credit(s): 3 HISPANIC CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Component: Lecture Introduction to the literature produced specifically for children in Spain, Latin America and the United States. Participants will analyze a series of literary works from theater, to fables and short stories, and develop strategies for integrating them into their elementary school curriculum. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 671 - Latin American Film Credit(s): 3 LATIN AMERICAN FILM Component: Lecture Explore cinematographic representations of Latin America: colonialism, race, dictatorship and patriarchy, violence, urban life, and drug trafficking. Focus on important film movements and techniques in the work of the outstanding filmmakers of Latin America. Students will deepen their knowledge of Latin American cultures and their understanding of cinema as a means of representation.RESTRICTIONS:Graduate students may choose to study specific films from the MA reading list. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 672 - Sugar, Salsa & Santeria Credit(s): 3 SUGAR, SALSA, SANTERIA Component: Lecture Explores Caribbean cultures through music, film, religion and other forms of expression. Focus on diaspora, slavery, colonialism, and the formation of present-day postcolonial cultures, and examine the articulation of Caribbean identities through such concepts as contrapunteo, calibanismo, zombiismo, negrismo, aplatanamiento, and insularismo. Taught in Spanish, with some Francophone and Anglophone texts in English. Students will prepare one presentation, weekly short writing assignments, midterm and final. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 673 - From Amazons to Zombies: Monsters in Latin America Credit(s): 3 FROM AMAZONS TO ZOMBIES Component: Lecture Latin America has been defined by monsters. Explore monsters in popular culture, politics, indigenous beliefs, Christianity, Afro-Latin religions, historical and literary texts, and film. Through the study of Amazons, vampires, mummies, ghosts, cannibals, automata (robots), zombies, and aliens from outer space, we will analyze how monsters are used to police religious, ethnic, gender, and social differences. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Taught in Spanish.
	SPAN 674 - Hispanic Cities: Power, Space & Representation Credit(s): 3 HISPANIC CITIES: SPACE & POWER Component: Lecture Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world; its oldest cities were built by Spanish conquerors on the ruins of indigenous empires. Through public artwork, news and historical information, demographic and geographic visualization, cultural texts, film and other media, we will examine major Spanish and Latin American cities as a space of representation, resistance, and civic action. Students will each adopt a city and construct a web resource on its history, culture, architecture, and social issues past and present. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Taught in Spanish.
	SPAN 675 - Topics: Hispanic Culture and Civilization Credit(s): 3 TOPICS: HISPANIC CULTURE&CIVIL Component: Lecture Study of topics in Hispanic culture and civilization, ranging through the geography, history, art and society of Spain and Latin American countries. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: Either SPAN325 or SPAN326
	SPAN 676 - Media-Savvy Populism in Latin America from Che to Chavez Credit(s): 3 MEDIA-SAVVY POPULISM Component: Lecture From the Cuban revolution til the presidency of Hugo Chavez (and others in present-day Latin America), populist political movements have used multiple media in their attempts to revolutionize the life of the people (el pueblo). Focuses on the use of essays and public speeches, fiction, television, film, internet production and other audiovisual productions within populist movements to transform the political atmosphere of many Latin American countries. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 677 - Drug Culture in Latin America Credit(s): 3 DRUG CULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA Component: Lecture Drug trafficking and consumption have affected Latin America’s politics and way of life as well as its art and literature. Examine the drug trade, from psychedelic 1960s creative experiments, to Pablo Escobar’s cocaine empire in the 1980s, to the tragic wave of drug violence Mexico faces today. Topics will be studied through analysis of the region’s cultural production, including literature, fiction and documentary film, journalism, electronic media, political discourse, and visual arts. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 678 - Graphic Transgressions Credit(s): 3 GRAPHIC TRANSGRESSIONS Component: Lecture Examines the breakthrough movements that have transgressed traditional boundaries in Latin American art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on literary and poetic breakthroughs and their relationships to the visual arts, especially abstraction, conceptualism, and political activism in contemporary Latin American cultural production. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 679 - Resurrecting Mexico’s Dead Credit(s): 3 RESURRECTING MEXICO’S DEAD Component: Lecture Death and resurrection have been major concerns throughout the history of Mexican culture, and these themes are as prevalent in Mexico today as ever before. In a range of manifestations from festive Day of the Dead celebrations to the grim reality of a violent drug war, many in Mexico contemplate the concept of death on a regular basis. Explore how authors, filmmakers, artists, musicians (Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Brujeria) and other cultural producers have brought the topic of death to life in their works. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 867 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 868 - RESEARCH Credit(s): 1-12 RESEARCH Component: Independent Study Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	SPAN 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
	SPAN 875 - Seminar: Topics in Spanish Literature Credit(s): 3 SEM:TOPICS IN SPANISH LITERATR Component: Lecture Study of selected topics, authors and works in the various fields of Spanish literature. Variable content. Emphasizes preparation of seminar presentations and term papers. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
Statistics
	STAT 566 - 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
	STAT 567 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 601 - Probability Theory for Operations Research and Statistics Credit(s): 3 PROBAB THRY:OP RESEARCH & STAT Component: Lecture Provides the basic background in probability theory for further work in statistics and operations research. Basic topics: sample spaces and axioms of probability; conditional probability and independence; Bayes theorem; random variables; moments and moment generating functions; transformations of random variables; common families of distributions; multivariate distributions, covariance and correlation; probability inequalities and limit theorems. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: Students are expected to have had Analytic Geometry & Calculus C.
	STAT 602 - Mathematical Statistics Credit(s): 3 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS Component: Lecture Derived sampling distributions; decision theory; estimation theory; multivariate normal; hypotheses testing; special topics. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 601
	STAT 603 - Statistical Computing and Optimization Credit(s): 3 STAT COMPUTING & OPTIMIZATION Component: Lecture Many modern statistical machine learning problems for Big Data analytics can be formulated by function optimization and linear algebraic computation. This course will provide necessary knowledge of convex optimization and matrix computation, and gain fundamental understandings of important numerical algorithms commonly used in statistical machine learning. We will emphasize on both efficient implementation and understanding for statistical computing problems. The topics to be covered include: fundamental methods for matrix and linear systems computation, matrix decomposition, convex analysis, duality and KKT conditions, 1st/2nd order methods, EM methods. Important statistical computing applications including GLM, SVM, sparsity learning, greedy function approximation, and deep neural networks will be covered. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 601 and STAT 602 . Basic programming knowledge (such as R, Python, MATLAB, or C/C++) is assumed.
	STAT 608 - Statistical Research Methods Credit(s): 3 STATISTICAL RESEARCH METHODS Component: Lecture An introductory statistics course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students with applications for life sciences, business, health, engineering, and the social sciences. The course managing and describing data; the normal, t, F and chi squared distributions; the logic of inference; inferential statistics for one and two sample problems; analysis of table data; analysis of variance; and multiple regression. The course is taught using statistical software. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 609 - Regression and Experimental Design Credit(s): 3 REGRESSION & DESIGN Component: Lecture Introduction and overview of inferential methods used in analyzing regression models and linear models for experimental designs. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 608 or equivalent
	STAT 611 - Regression Analysis Credit(s): 3 REGRESSION ANALYSIS Component: Lecture Simple linear and nonlinear regression. Subset regression; principal component and ridge regression. Introduction to experimental design and design models. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: Students are expected to have completed a Linear Algebra course.
	STAT 612 - Advanced Regression Techniques Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED REGRESSION Component: Lecture Selected topics in advanced regression analysis. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 613 - Applied Multivariate Statistics Credit(s): 3 APPLIED MULTIVARIATE STATISTIC Component: Lecture Explores the main topics of multivariate statistics, including principal components, discrimination, classification procedures, and clustering techniques. Emphasis on how to identify the correct technique for a given problem, computer packages for its computation, and how to interpret the results. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 615 - Design and Analysis of Experiments Credit(s): 3 DESIGN & ANALYS OF EXPERIMENTS Component: Lecture Fundamental principles of design, randomized designs, Latin squares, sources of error, components of error. Factorial designs, response surfaces, models for design. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 616 - Advanced Design of Experiments Credit(s): 3 ADVANCED DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS Component: Lecture Planning of experiments, designs for specific problems, fractional factorials, quasifactorial experiments, balanced and unbalanced designs, confounding, introduction to linear estimation. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 615
	STAT 617 - Multivariate Methods and Statistical Learning Credit(s): 3 MULTIVARIATE METHODS Component: Lecture Random vectors and matrices, multivariate analysis of variance and covariance; classification and discrimination (linear and quadratic discriminant analysis); principal components analysis; resampling methods including cross-validation and bootstrap; support vector machines; classification and regression trees; random forests; boosting; cluster analysis; supervised dimension reduction. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 602 .
	STAT 619 - Time Series Analysis Credit(s): 3 TIME SERIES ANALYSIS Component: Lecture Fundamental topics in time series analysis - features the Box and Jenkins techniques of fitting time series data. Includes an introduction to appropriate statistical packages. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 621 - Survival Analysis Credit(s): 3 SURVIVAL ANALYSIS Component: Lecture Statistical techniques used in the analysis of censored data including the Kaplan-Meier estimator, the analysis of one, two and K sample problems, and regression analysis based on the Cox proportional hazards model. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 640 - Statistical Consulting Credit(s): 3 STATISTICAL CONSULTING Component: Lecture Topics include the client/consultant relationship; effective commumication; identifying the question, developing a plan and presenting the results; following up; actual consulting experience. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 641 - Statistical Laboratory Credit(s): 1 STATISTICAL LABORATORY Component: Laboratory Requires attendance at the weekly statistical laboratory meetings. Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 656 - Biostatistics Credit(s): 3 BIOSTATISTICS Component: Lecture Research designs, review of inference and regression, categorical data, logistic regression, rates and proportions, sample size determination. Additional topics such as nonparametric methods, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and randomized clinical trial may be covered. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 608 or STAT 611 .
	STAT 657 - Statistics for Earth Sciences Credit(s): 3 STATISTICS FOR EARTH SCIENCES Component: Lecture Multiple regression and time series analysis; model validation; sampling; principal components; factor analysis; cluster analysis; discriminant analysis; and statistical software routines. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with GEOL 657 and GEOG 660 . RESTRICTIONS: Cannot be taken for credit in the Statistics master’s degree program.
	STAT 659 - Spatial Statistics Credit(s): 3 SPATIAL STATISTICS Component: Independent Study Some research applications require inferences to be drawn from point, line, orareal data, rather than from the traditional univariate or multivariate framework. A number of such techniques have been developed including adaptations from classical statistical methods and novel approaches to account for the spatial nature of data. Explore the emerging literature on statistical methodologies that have been explicitly developed for the solution of spatial problems. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with GEOL 659 and GEOG 662 . RESTRICTIONS: Can not be taken for credit in the Statistics Master’s Degree program.
	STAT 664 - Statistics Internship Credit(s): 1-6 STATISTICS INTERNSHIP Component: Lecture Supervised on the job experience, performing statistical analysis of problems for clients. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
	STAT 666 - Independent Study Credit(s): 1-3 INDEPENDENT STUDY Component: Independent Study Independent work as specified by the Faculty Adviser. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of the Department.
	STAT 667 - SEMINAR Credit(s): 1-12 SEMINAR Component: Lecture Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 668 - Research Project Credit(s): 3-6 RESEARCH PROJECT Component: Independent Study Research as approved by the Faculty Supervisor. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option RESTRICTIONS: Approval by statistics advisor.
	STAT 669 - Masters Thesis Credit(s): 3-6 MASTERS THESIS Component: Independent Study Thesis credits for work done over several semesters to complete and defend a Masters Thesis. Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 670 - Intro to Stat Analysis I Credit(s): 3 INTRO TO STAT ANALYSIS I Component: Lecture Basic probability, De Morgan’s laws, conditional probabilities, Bayes’ rule; discrete and continuous distributions; Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Gamma and Cauchy distributions; transformations; joint and marginal distributions; moment generating functions; sums of independent normal and Gamma random variables; Chi-squared distributions; the Central Limit Theorem. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: Students are expected to have had Calculus II or Analytic Geometry & Calculus B.
	STAT 671 - Intro to Stat Analysis II Credit(s): 3 INTRO TO STAT ANALYSIS II Component: Lecture Definition of a statistic; distribution of common statistics; sampling, maximum likelihood and moment estimators, unbiased estimators; hypothesis testing, Type I and Type II errors, one- and two-sample tests for the mean; categorical data, the Chi-Squared test; simple linear regression, ANOVA table. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option PREREQ: STAT 670 .
	STAT 674 - Applied Data Base Management Credit(s): 3 APPLIED DATA BASE MANAGEMENT Component: Lecture Provides an in-depth understanding of using computers to manage data using programs such as SAS and Microsoft/Access. May be offered concurrently with STAT 474. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
	STAT 675 - Logistic Regression Credit(s): 3 LOGISTIC REGRESSION Component: Lecture Practical and computational introduction to logistic regression and related topics. Applications include financial, marketing and biomedical research. The use of SAS and other statistical packages will be emphasized. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option

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SCEN 541 - The Nature of Matter for Secondary Educators

SCEN 545 - Quantitative Literacy/Scientific Inquiry for Secondary Educators

SCEN 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

SCEN 567 - SEMINAR

SCEN 569 - Delaware’s Ecosystems

SCEN 650 - Scientific Inquiry for Current and Future Teachers

SCEN 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

SCEN 667 - SEMINAR

SCEN 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

SCEN 867 - SEMINAR

SOCI 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

SOCI 567 - SEMINAR

SOCI 605 - Data Collection and Analysis

SOCI 606 - Qualitative Methodology

SOCI 607 - Sociology of Gender

SOCI 612 - Development of Sociological Theory

SOCI 614 - Advanced Data Analysis

SOCI 621 - Theories and Approaches in Social Deviance

SOCI 625 - Advanced Social Statistics

SOCI 633 - Sociology of Health & Illness

SOCI 647 - Disparities in Heath & Healthcare

SOCI 650 - Black Community Studies

SOCI 655 - Law and Society

SOCI 658 - Topics in Law and Society

SOCI 661 - Racial Stratification

SOCI 666 - Special Problem

SOCI 667 - SEMINAR

SOCI 671 - Disasters, Vulnerability & Development

SOCI 672 - Disaster and Society

SOCI 676 - Advanced Qualitative Methods

SOCI 698 - Teaching in the Social Sciences

SOCI 813 - Current Issues in Social Theory

SOCI 815 - Microtheories in Sociology

SOCI 835 - Theoretical Criminology I

SOCI 836 - Application of Criminological Theory and Empirical Tests

SOCI 837 - Criminology and Systems of Criminal Justice

SOCI 866 - Special Problem

SOCI 867 - SEMINAR

SOCI 868 - Research

SOCI 869 - Master’s Thesis

SOCI 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study

SOCI 969 - Doctoral Dissertation

SPAN 601 - Advanced Spanish Grammar

SPAN 615 - Latin American Literature and Its Political Context

SPAN 616 - Cervantes: Don Quijote

SPAN 620 - Topics: Medieval Literature

SPAN 621 - Spanish Medieval Literature

SPAN 636 - Topics: Literature of the Spanish Golden Age

SPAN 639 - Postwar Spanish Narrative

SPAN 640 - Topics: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hispanic Literature

SPAN 647 - Contemporary Hispanic Fiction by Women

SPAN 655 - Selected Authors, Works and Themes

SPAN 660 - Topics: Contemporary Hispanic Literature 1936-present

SPAN 662 - Topics: Hispanic Short Fiction

SPAN 665 - Spanish Reading Workshop

SPAN 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

SPAN 667 - SEMINAR

SPAN 668 - Hispanic Children’s Literature

SPAN 671 - Latin American Film

SPAN 672 - Sugar, Salsa & Santeria

SPAN 673 - From Amazons to Zombies: Monsters in Latin America

SPAN 674 - Hispanic Cities: Power, Space & Representation

SPAN 675 - Topics: Hispanic Culture and Civilization

SPAN 676 - Media-Savvy Populism in Latin America from Che to Chavez

SPAN 677 - Drug Culture in Latin America

SPAN 678 - Graphic Transgressions

SPAN 679 - Resurrecting Mexico’s Dead

SPAN 867 - SEMINAR

SPAN 868 - RESEARCH

SPAN 869 - Master’s Thesis

SPAN 875 - Seminar: Topics in Spanish Literature

STAT 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM

STAT 567 - SEMINAR

STAT 601 - Probability Theory for Operations Research and Statistics

STAT 602 - Mathematical Statistics

STAT 603 - Statistical Computing and Optimization

STAT 608 - Statistical Research Methods

STAT 609 - Regression and Experimental Design

STAT 611 - Regression Analysis