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MUED 5315 - Teaching Music in Performance Ensembles
Three credit hours.
Students will explore methods and materials appropriate for effective music teaching in school ensembles. Topics will includes working with diverse students, selecting appropriate literature, teaching musicianship in an ensemble setting, assessment in the arts, and program development in bands, choirs, and orchestra. For music majors only.
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MUED 5322 - Teaching General Music
Three credit hours.
Characteristics of child growth and their implications in music, establishing music objectives, translating objectives into a developmental sequence of experiences, understanding skills, and knowledge. A practical course for music teachers, emphasizing selection of music and methods of teaching of classroom music to children in elementary school.
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MUED 5392 - Special Studies
Three credit hours.
Concentration on a specific area of music or music education. Offered on demand.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
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MUED 7103 - Supervised Clinical Teaching in Music
One credit hours.
Application of music teaching skills and methods in area schools with special attention to adapting state curricula, teaching plans and methods to multicultural and inclusive classes. Requires at least 30 clock hours in public school music programs.
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MUED 7112 - Vocal Pedagogy
One credit hours.
Methods, materials for teaching voice in private studio, institution; application of fundamental vocal techniques to public school choir; practical application of techniques through observation of demonstrations, supervised teaching.
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MUED 7201 - Music Curriculum Design
Two credit hours.
This course emphasizes the development of curricula in music. Inquiry and problem-based teaching strategies will be modeled. Students will learn procedures and strategies for developing music curricula in ensemble, general music, and applied studio settings.
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MUED 7202 - Specialized Music Instructional Methods
Two credit hours.
This course is designed to provide experiences necessary for development of skills needed to design and plan music instruction in public schools. Students will explore current issues in education, particularly those issues related to music, and will examine instruction styles and teaching strategies relevant in music learning environments.
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MUED 7322 - Advanced Elementary Music Education
Three credit hours.
Current principles, practices in elementary school music; most recent methods and materials, their applications to different school systems.
Prerequisites: MUED 3322, 3332, or equivalent.
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MUED 7332 - Fine Arts Concept
Three credit hours.
Teaching fine arts survey courses in public schools; elements, genres of visual arts, music, theater, dance, films; interrelated changing art styles in context of culture, cultural history; language, criteria for artistic criticism.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, BA in music or art.
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MUED 7333 - Fine Arts Pedagogy
Three credit hours.
Skills for planning, teaching survey of fine arts curricula.
Prerequisites: MUED 7332 ; Instructional Resources in Education 4301 or 7302.
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MUED 7370 - Assessment in Music Education
Three credit hours.
This course will help students think critically about assessment in music education. Students will gain fundamental understanding of prevalent philosophies and techniques of assessment in music contexts, as well as current trends in general education and relationships to practice in music education.
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MUED 7373 - Foundations of Music Education
Three credit hours.
This course will help students think critically about music education and its history, functions, and roles in American society. Students will grain fundamental understanding of prevalent philosophies of music education, as well as current trends in general education and relationships to practice in music education.
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MUED 7382 - Concepts of Music
Three credit hours.
Acoustical, psychological aspects of music; emphasis on problems of perception, experimental aesthetics, musical function, measurement and diagnosis of music ability; related literature of experimental investigation.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
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MUPR 7100 - Applied Music-Private Instruction
One credit hours.
Jury examinations required at the end of each semester. One hour of credit for a half-hour lesson each week; two hours of credit for an hour lesson each week. Consult the department for guidance in registering for any of these areas: baritone, flute trumpet, bassoon, French horn, tuba, cello, oboe, viola, clarinet, organ, violin, euphonium, piano, and voice.
Prerequisites: graduate-level proficiency demonstrated through audition before music faculty.
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MUPR 7200 - Applied Music-Private Instruction
Two credit hours.
Jury examinations required at the end of each semester. One hour of credit for a half-hour lesson each week; two hours of credit for an hour lesson each week. Consult the department for guidance in registering for any of these areas: baritone, flute trumpet, bassoon, French horn, tuba, cello, oboe, viola, clarinet, organ, violin, euphonium, piano, and voice.
Prerequisites: graduate-level proficiency demonstrated through audition before music faculty.
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Music Theory |
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MUTH 7370 - Advanced Analysis
Three credit hours.
Common practice period in western music; 20th-century techniques; summary of topics such as voice leading, doubling, chord-choice criteria, variety of techniques for analysis; integration of topics covered at undergraduate level; introduction of aesthetics, theory pedagogy using computer.
Prerequisites: MUSC 1211, 1310, 1510, 1520, 2510, or equivalent.
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Public Administration |
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PADM 5341 - Seminar in Comparative Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Similarities, differences in bureaucratic structures, processes; analysis of organization, staffing, role of administrative systems in contrasting social, cultural contexts of the western, nonwestern worlds.
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PADM 5353 - Seminar in Public Budgeting
Three credit hours.
Budgeting theory, practice; includes budgeting as allocations, process, games, rituals, history, politics; institutions, their roles in budgeting; current issues such as uncontrollability, balanced budgets, variance budgeting.
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PADM 7130 - Independent Study in Public Administration
One credit hours.
The independent study is given under the direction of a faculty member. Students take such courses to engage in specific topic of interest (which is usually not available through regular offerings), or participate in research projects for governments and non-profit agencies. A final written report is required. No more than six hours may count as electives toward degree.
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PADM 7230 - Independent Study in Public Administration
Two credit hours.
The independent study is given under the direction of a faculty member. Students take such courses to engage in specific topic of interest (which is usually not available through regular offerings), or participate in research projects for governments and non-profit agencies. A final written report is required. No more than six hours may count as electives toward degree.
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PADM 7301 - The Profession of Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Introduction to the discipline of public administration covers historical development of public administration, the relationship between politics and administration, conflicting public values, defining the public interest and the appropriate level of administrative discretion, as well as professionalism, the ASPA Code of Ethics, career planning for public service, and major sources of information for professional research. Students should enroll in The Profession of Public Administration course in the first semester they are in the MPA program.
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PADM 7303 - Public Organization Theory
Three credit hours.
Theory, research of complex organizations, their management, administration; relevance, application of the approaches in terms of design, structure, function, processes, their interdependencies. PADM 7313 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector Policies, practices, issues of managing the human resource function in public organizations.
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PADM 7313 - Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Three credit hours.
Policies, practices, issues of managing the human resource function in public and nonprofit organizations.
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PADM 7323 - Public Financial Administration
Three credit hours.
Policies, concepts, practice, and analysis of public financial management issues and practices; introduction to the principles of public finance and the skills necessary for sound management of public sector financial resources. These principles include public budgeting, debt, investments, forecasting, tax administration, and intergovernmental fiscal transfers.
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PADM 7324 - Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations
Three credit hours.
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of funding mechanisms, accounting, and federal reporting requirements for nonprofit organizations. Topics focus on nonprofit accounting, financial resource acquisition, budgeting, financial management, control and transparency in nonprofit organizations.
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PADM 7326 - Public and Organizational Networks for Nonprofits
Three credit hours.
This course will discuss how nonprofit organizations can cultivate and strategically utilize relationships with government agencies, corporations, volunteer networks, and the general public. Both traditional outreach approaches and new formats, including electronic and social media, will be covered.
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PADM 7329 - Mediation Seminar
Three credit hours.
Examines current research and theories regarding conflict and their application to the practice of mediation in a variety of conflict situations. Teaches skills necessary to serve as an impartial thirdparty, such as listening, questioning, creative problem-solving, moving beyond impasse, and caucusing. Addresses various mediation styles and types of mediation. Cross listed as PADM 7329.
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PADM 7330 - Independent Study in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
The independent study is given under the direction of a faculty member. Students take such courses to engage in specific topic of interest (which is usually not available through regular offerings), or participate in research projects for governments and non-profit agencies. A final written report is required. No more than six hours may count as electives toward degree.
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PADM 7331 - Problems in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Seminar on selected topics.
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PADM 7332 - Politics and Bureaucracy
Three credit hours.
Relationship of politics and administration; reference to the influence of legislative bodies, parties, interest groups, other forces on bureaucracy, formation and execution of public policy.
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PADM 7333 - Administrative Leadership and Public Management
Three credit hours.
Theory, practice; distinctive challenges facing managers of public organizations; includes political context, effective leadership styles, building and maintaining motivated organizations, application of successful management techniques.
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PADM 7334 - Grant Writing and Fundraising
Three credit hours.
Practical, hands-on study of the concepts, strategies, and techniques of resource development in public and not-for- profit organizations; emphasis on formulation of needs and capacity studies, organization of goals and objectives, budget preparation, volunteer coordination, and outcomes evaluation.
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PADM 7335 - Urban Management
Three credit hours.
Administration of urban governments in context of intergovernmental relations, limited resources, political compromise, competing citizen demands; emphasis on balancing economy and efficiency with equity concerns, especially in key policy decisions relating to quality of urban life.
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PADM 7336 - Managing the Not-for-Profit Sector
Three credit hours.
Management issues unique to nonprofit sector; hands-on use of real-world examples, problems through selected readings, special projects; attention to managing volunteers, fundraising.
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PADM 7337 - Public Organizational Change and Development
Three credit hours.
Theories, concepts; emphasis on applications to practical administrative problems.
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PADM 7338 - Public Personnel Problems and Issues
Three credit hours.
Topical problems, issues from operational, theoretical perspectives; emphasis on political, legal, economic, social, environmental forces that shape the human resource function in public agencies.
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PADM 7339 - State Administration and Reform
Three credit hours.
Specialized needs of managing, reforming state government from comparative framework; emphasis on Arkansas.
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PADM 7340 - Ethics in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Public managers today face increasingly complex ethical dilemmas, often having to weigh personal and professional values against current public opinion and the law. This course examines some of these inherent conflicts through the use of case studies to help provide a framework and process for resolving ethical issues in the public sector.
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PADM 7341 - Managing Public Disputes
Three credit hours.
Covers the knowledge and skills necessary for effective management of complex multi-party disputes about public issues such as land use and delivery of services. Examination of principles for managing conflict in the public sector; explores effective methods for analyzing and framing multi-party conflicts; and provides step-by-step procedures for reaching and implementing agreements.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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PADM 7342 - Public Revenue Management
Three credit hours.
This course is a practical study of concepts and techniques used to manage public funds from a public manager’s perspective. Reading material, class discussions, and practical exercises will emphasize public funds accounting, internal revenue control, investing, and financial statements.
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PADM 7343 - Organizational Partnerships and Collaboration
Three credit hours.
Increasingly, managers, employees, and volunteers from all walks of life, in the public, nonprofit, private sectors are called upon to work in collaborative environment. Reading material, class discussions, and practical exercises will focus on how public and nonprofit managers can best facilitate production and change in such an environment.
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PADM 7345 - Urban Management and Community Change
Three credit hours.
Project-driven study of urban government leadership and management in the context of community systems and collaboration. Focus on issues of regional cooperation, planning and service delivery, urban and suburban governments, and neighborhood and community development.
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PADM 7347 - Writing for Public Policy
Three credit hours.
Writing for Public Policy takes a technical writing approach to public policy making in a democracy, focusing on written and oral communication genres used in institutional and political processes. In this course, graduate students learn a general method for planning, producing and critically analyzing communications in a variety of real-life public policy contexts and situations. Students practice writing short documents like one-page memos, resolutions and press releases, and longer documents: public comments on federal regulations, policy briefs and position papers on issues, and technical policy reports. Students learn to evaluate long technical reports, legislative histories. and witness testimony before public agencies and legislatures and develop skills in writing for audiences with different needs, discourse analysis, and framing.
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PADM 7348 - Social Entrepreneurship
Three credit hours.
This course introduces students to the emergent fields of social entrepreneurship and social innovation as a process to address wicked community problems. Specifically, we will apply the entrepreneurial process to develop innovative responses to community problems. In this course we will explore the spectrum of organizational forms that blur the lines between public, private, and nonprofit sectors - including social enterprises, co-ops, and enterprising nonprofits, We will explore how these hybrid organizational forms can potentially “change the rules of the game” by engaging with democratic principles. We will draw on readings and case studies from literature diverse as public administration, nonprofit management, business management & entrepreneurship, law, psychology, sociology, and economics.
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PADM 7353 - Seminar in Intergovernmental Management
Three credit hours.
Selected aspects, such as relations between levels of government, American federalism, federal fiscal relations, comparative administration, and emerging trends in intergovernmental relations.
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PADM 7362 - Public Policy Analysis I
Three credit hours.
This course is the first of a two course sequence in the use of data and evidence to suport analysis of public problems, programs and policies. Course topics include problem definition and measurement; problem analysis; data visualization and presentation; stakeholder interviewing; sampling, survey and evaluation research; experimental and quasi-experimental research design; multivariate statistical analysis; and public values and ethics in policy analysis. Students with credit for PADM 7315 cannot take this course for credit.
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PADM 7363 - Public Policy Analysis II
Three credit hours.
Public policy evaluation with an emphasis on developing future policies using quantitative, qualitative techniques; includes research design, computer applications, evaluation research, and substantive policy.
Prerequisites: PADM 7315 .
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PADM 7373 - Seminar in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
Analysis, linkage of theories, concepts in public administration, policy; emphasis on applying research to practice of public administration.
Prerequisites: 30 hours approved coursework toward MPA degree with a minimum of 18 hours of core courses completed and a 3.0 GPA for these approved MPA courses.
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PADM 7375 - Social Equity
Three credit hours.
As one of four pillars of Public Administration (PA), Social Equity supplements the traditional three (effectiveness, efficiency, and economy) by asking PA professionals to inquire “for whom” is a program or policy effective, efficient and/or economically sound? As a cornerstone of the discipline, Social Equity refers to desired outcomes of public policies and social services: that these be free from bias and fair to all in terms of access, processes, and quality. A graduate seminar in Social Equity also provides essential, foundational knowledge of management skills and practices for program administrators and training in how to diagnose public problems and analyze policy issues in terms of social equity principles and theories of justice, so that policy outcomes are considered in the interests of clients to be served as well as those of stakeholders, and elected officials and administrators.
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PADM 7380 - Public Program Evaluation
Three credit hours.
Techniques for evaluating how well public programs work and what sort of research is most helpful to managers who want to improve them; formal research design, process evaluations, and impact evaluations; final project requires the evaluation of public or non-profit program.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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PADM 7385 - Seminar in Public Policy
Three credit hours.
Public sector theories; techniques for analyzing policies; various substantive fields that may include health, energy, environment, other policy-making areas.
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PADM 7393 - Administrative Law
Three credit hours.
Legal aspects of the administrative process, effect of legal principles, processes on administrative decision making; emphasis on limitation of administrative discretion, judicial review of administrative decisions.
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PADM 7436 - Current Issues in Public and Nonprofit Management
Four credit hours.
This course covers both intellectual and practical issues facing public and nonprofit sector management over the past decade.
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PADM 8000 - Thesis in Public Administration
Variable credit of one to six credit hours.
Preparation of a thesis demonstrating scholarship on some aspect of public administration, normally in-depth treatment of an applied management concern; must be approved by a thesis committee (chairperson and two faculty members selected by student with coordinator’s approval).
Prerequisites: 24 graduate hours; consent of coordinator.
Concurrent: final three to six hours with coordinator’s approval.
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PADM 8301 - Internship I in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
(For students with no public service background.) Practical, first- hand experience in government or nonprofit sector; usually requires four to six months full-time work in appropriate position, management paper reflecting professional and scholarly development.
Prerequisites: 30 graduate hours; consent of coordinator.
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PADM 8302 - Internship II in Public Administration
Three credit hours.
(For students with no public service background.) Practical, first- hand experience in government or nonprofit sector; usually requires four to six months full-time work in appropriate position, management paper reflecting professional and scholarly development.
Prerequisites: 30 graduate hours; consent of coordinator.
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PHIL 5280 - Topics in Philosophy
Two credit hours.
In-depth study of selected major problems in philosophy or the works of individual philosophers or groups of philosophers. Content changes on demand. For descriptive title of the content, refer to the UALR Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
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PHIL 5380 - Topics in Philosophy
Three credit hours.
In-depth study of selected major problems in philosophy or the works of individual philosophers or groups of philosophers. Content changes on demand. For descriptive title of the content, refer to the UALR Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: graduate standing, consent of instructor.
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Physics |
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PHYS 5199 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four, or equivalent, hours lecture. One credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 5299 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four, or equivalent, hours lecture. Two credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 5310 - Statistical Thermodynamics
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Microscopic, unified approach to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics with applications to ideal gases; includes blackbody radiation and conduction electronics, magnetic systems, the Debye model, chemical and phase equilibria. Offered in spring on even years, or when in demand.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322, 3323.
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PHYS 5311 - Classical Mechanics
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Concepts of Newtonian mechanics, dynamics of particles and systems of particles, gravitation, vector analysis, dynamics of rigid bodies, moving coordinate systems, continuous media, small oscillations, and the methods of Lagrange and Hamilton.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2321, MATH 2306 or consent of instructor.
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PHYS 5321 - Electromagnetism I
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Coulomb, Gauss laws; Poisson, Laplace equations and solutions in several coordinate systems; electric, magnetic energy; AC, DC circuits; Ampere’s, Faraday’s laws; vector potential; Maxwell’s equations; propagation of electromagnetic waves. Offered in fall on even years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322.
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PHYS 5331 - Modern Physics I
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
More detailed treatment of topics in Physics 3323; relativity, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, atomic and nuclear physics, elementary particles. Offered in spring on odd years.
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PHYS 5340 - Solid State Physics
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Structure of crystals, dispersion relations, specific heat, phonons, electric and magnetic properties of insulators and metals, band theory of metals, insulators and semiconductors, superconductivity.
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PHYS 5350 - Quantum Mechanics I
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
This course covers the concepts and history of quantum mechanics, experimental basis, the uncertainty principle, the Schrodinger equation with applications to simple systems, the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, and the symmetry principles. Material from the Consortium for Upper-level Physics Software (CUPS) is assigned to enable students to investigate quantum systems in a sophisticated way.
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PHYS 5360 - High Energy and Nuclear Physics
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Properties of the nuclei, nuclear structure and stability, quark-gluon structure of hadrons, thermodynamics of large ensembles of hadrons, nuclear reactions, instrumentation, and accelerators.
Prerequisites: PHYS 3323.
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PHYS 5380 - Wave Motion/Optics
One optional discussion and three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Wave equation and solutions, wave propagation, coherence, interference, diffraction, polarization, refraction and reflection, dispersion, interactions of light with matter, Huygens’ principle, optical instruments, quantum optics. Offered in spring on even years.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322.
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PHYS 5399 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four, or equivalent, hours lecture. Three credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 5499 - Special Topics
One, two, three, or four, or equivalent, hours lecture. Four credit hours.
Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
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PHYS 7199 - Selected Topics
One hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. One credit hours.
Topics include modern physics, astronomy; assists professionals to remain current in these fields; laboratory emphasis on physics demonstrations, experiments, simple astronomical observations.
Prerequisites: four undergraduate physics hours, professional experience in some physics area, consent of instructor.
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PHYS 7289 - Graduate Research
Two credit hours.
Scholarly research and individual investigation on a topic in physics or astronomy; student will analyze, plan, and conduct experimental or theoretical work on a research problem. The student will spend four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. The exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor; a memorandum of understanding must be signed by the student, instructor, and chairperson.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson.
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PHYS 7299 - Selected Topics
One hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. Two credit hours.
Topics include modern physics, astronomy; assists professionals to remain current in these fields; laboratory emphasis on physics demonstrations, experiments, simple astronomical observations.
Prerequisites: four undergraduate physics hours, professional experience in some physics area, consent of instructor.
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PHYS 7389 - Graduate Research
Three credit hours.
Scholarly research and individual investigation on a topic in physics or astronomy; student will analyze, plan, and conduct experimental or theoretical work on a research problem. The student will spend four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. The exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor; a memorandum of understanding must be signed by the student, instructor, and chairperson.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson.
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PHYS 7399 - Selected Topics
One hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. Three credit hours.
Topics include modern physics, astronomy; assists professionals to remain current in these fields; laboratory emphasis on physics demonstrations, experiments, simple astronomical observations.
Prerequisites: four undergraduate physics hours, professional experience in some physics area, consent of instructor.
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PHYS 7489 - Graduate Research
Four credit hours.
Scholarly research and individual investigation on a topic in physics or astronomy; student will analyze, plan, and conduct experimental or theoretical work on a research problem. The student will spend four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. The exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor; a memorandum of understanding must be signed by the student, instructor, and chairperson.
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson.
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POLS 5308 - Topics in Urban Studies
Three credit hours.
Cross listed as URST 5308.
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POLS 5310 - Seminar in American National Government
Three credit hours.
Research seminar dealing with selected aspects of U.S. politics and government. It gives students the opportunity to bring analytical skills and substantive knowledge gained in prior courses to bear on a selected topic of importance, and involves a substantial writing project.
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POLS 5320 - American Foreign Policy
Three credit hours.
Examines the goals and motivation of American foreign policy and relations, the actors and processes that shape policies and decisions, and selected foreign policy problems and issues.
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POLS 5330 - U.S.-Panamanian Relations: Decisions and Documents
Three credit hours.
U.S.- Panamanian relations during the late 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of U.S.- hemispheric relations and U.S. to global power status. Through course modules on canal treaties and historic turning points, students master the background necessary to conduct their own research projects based on archival materials. The course will focus on benchmark decisions, which include responses to opportunities and crises in Panama, decisions to agree or refuse to negotiate canal treaties, and decisions about alternative control regimes for the Panama Canal. Major themes of the course include perceptions of national interests, adaptation to changing international realities, conflict resolution, and bargaining behavior during negotiations.
Prerequisites: graduate status; consent of the instructor is also required for on-line students.
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POLS 5333 - Seminar in State Politics
Three credit hours.
Research on selected aspects of state politics such as comparative policy making, political culture variations, and problem solving.
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POLS 5341 - Seminar in International Relations
Three credit hours.
Special problems, issues, or trends in the study of international relations. May be repeated with a change of subject and permission of the department chairperson. Cross-listed as an undergraduate and graduate seminar.
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POLS 5343 - Seminar in Local Politics
Three credit hours.
Research on selected aspects of local politics such as community power structure, local autonomy, and comparative administration.
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POLS 5345 - Clinton Presidency
Three credit hours.
This course explores the presidency of Bill Clinton from several perspectives, all grounded in the discipline of political science: the administration’s policy making; presidential power and leadership; crises and turning points in the Clinton administration; campaigning and communications skills of the president; the administration’s relations with the press, political parties and groups; and the legacy of the Clinton presidency.
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POLS 5348 - Internship
Three credit hours.
This course is a public service learning experience that gives students the opportunity to blend practical concepts learned on the job with their academic course work in political science. Students attend periodic seminars and participate in a substantial writing assignment aimed at fully integrating and synthesizing their public service experience.
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POLS 5356 - Urban Policy and Government
Three credit hours.
Course explores urban policy-aking and urban government from a critical, analytical urban studies perspective. Considers historical and modern variations of urban government and intergovernmental relations and how this relates to urban policy making, political will and quality of urban life issues. Cross listed as URST 5356.
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POLS 5370 - Politics of the Middle East
Three credit hours.
The course covers the politics and political dynamics of the Middle East, introducing the student to the main issues and actors (state and non-state) of the contemporary Middle East. The course explores the nature of contemporary politics in the region including of the impact of the complex relationships among great power intervention, economics, ethnicity, nationalism, and religion.
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POLS 5376 - Global Terrorism
Three credit hours.
The course will cover the history, contemporary nature and defense against terrorism, with a particular emphasis on the post 09/11 “war on terror.” Graduate students will conduct additional research and write a research paper on advanced topics in terrorism. Students who took the course at 4000 level cannot take it again at the 5000 level.
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POLS 5380 - Classical Political Theory
Three credit hours.
Major political ideas and doctrines of political thinkers from Plato Montesquieu, with emphasis on the contributions of each to the theory and practice of government.
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POLS 5387 - Great Decisions in American Foreign Policy
Three credit hours.
A lecture and discussion course that examines eight current foreign policy issues. The course explores the origin of each issue, alternative proposals and strategies for American foreign policy, other nations’ proposals and strategies, and the consequences of past and current international problems for the United States and the world community.
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POLS 5390 - Modern Political Theory
Three credit hours.
A continuation of POLS 5380 . From Edmund Burke to the present, with emphasis on the more recent political theories and systems of democracy, communism, and socialism.
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PSYC 5300 - Drugs and Behavior
Three credit hours.
Effects of drug administration on ongoing behavior, learning; emphasis on drugs of clinical application, usage.
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PSYC 5310 - Counseling Psychology
Three credit hours.
Field of counseling, its philosophy; emphasis on counseling relationship; includes educational, vocational, industrial, personal counseling.
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PSYC 5311 - Lifespan Development Psychology
Three credit hours.
This course will use an Eriksonian stage theory to examine the developmental changes characteristic of adults in our society. State as an interaction between physical changes and social constructs will be stressed, and the problems of careers and mature relationships will be examined.
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PSYC 5325 - Personnel Psychology
Three credit hours.
Areas of industrial psychology generally concerned with personnel work; includes predictors, criteria, related issues; statistical analysis for selection, placement; testing; interviews, other nontest procedures; personnel development; attitude measurement.
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PSYC 5330 - Learning and Memory
Three credit hours.
Fundamental principles; includes parameters of reinforcement, secondary reinforcement motivation, extinction, discrimination, generalization.
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PSYC 5336 - Cognitive Development
Three credit hours.
An introduction to the theories and research on the development of thinking in infants, children, and adolescents.
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PSYC 5340 - Shaping of Human Behavior
Three credit hours.
Applying learning, conditioning principles to human behavior; includes behavior modification, operant conditioning, contingency management in shaping the behavior in a variety of real-life settings (e.g., school, home, work, interpersonal relations); ethical issues involved in changing human behavior.
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PSYC 5345 - History of Psychology
Three credit hours.
This course presents an overview of the development of the contemporary science of psychology, connecting it with developments in intellectual history and the history of science. It explores the philosophical and physiological roots of psychology as well as the major questions regarding human nature that psychologists, along with other social scientists, have repeatedly addressed.
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PSYC 5365 - Psychological Disorders of Childhood
Three credit hours.
A study of the nature, causes, and treatment of disturbed behavior in children and their families. Topics include childhood psychoses, attention deficit disorder, autism, depression, behavior problems, and the abused child.
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