Apr 25, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Elementary and Early Childhood Education

  
  • ECEL 5860 - Mathematical Leadership for Elementary Mathematics Specialists: Influencing and Facilitating Improvement (3)

    This secondary leadership course in the EMS program focuses on research and practice related to teamwork, interaction, communication, conflict resolution, and leadership in elementary schools. Candidates will also examine effective strategies for influencing and facilitating school/district improvement (e.g., mentoring and observing colleagues, conducting professional development, and making data-informed decisions to improve student learning) collaborating with colleagues and administration. Candidates will focus on mentoring and observing colleagues, conducting professional development, and making data-informed decisions to improve student learning school- and district-wide. Prerequisite(s): Foundations of Mathematical Leadership for Elementary Mathematics Specialists.
  
  • ECEL 5890 - Curriculum Design and Assessment in Mathematics (2)

    This course prepares the teacher candidate to use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate students’ learning of mathematics and to design units of mathematical instruction that meet individual needs of children. This course is co-listed with ECEL 4800. Prerequisite(s): Departmental consent required. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ECEL 5920 - Childhood Research and Development (3)

    Action-based, qualitative, quantitative, and educational research methodologies; inferential and differential statistics. Research course designed to facilitate action-research and advanced research methods for instructional leaders.
  
  • ECEL 6800 - Synthesis of Practice for Childhood Educators (3)

    Designed to provide relevant and practical application of the teaching/learning process within the early and middle childhood classroom. Prerequisite(s): ECEL 5920 ; taken during the last 12 hours of the program of study, but prior to the Capstone (ECEL 6810 ).
  
  • ECEL 6810 - MSE Capstone Project for Childhood Educators (3)

    Designed to synthesize information from MSE coursework and classroom experiences culminating with a summative capstone project assignment. Prerequisite(s): ECEL 6800 ; taken during the last 12 hours of the program of study, immediately following ECEL 6800 .
  
  • ECEL 6900 - Readings in Elementary Education (3)

    An individual study and research of a particular problem or area in elementary education. A written summary will be required.
  
  • ECEL 6990 - Thesis (3)

    Designed to develop understandings, skills, and outlooks to conduct original, independent research in elementary education that results in a formal thesis. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.

English

  
  • ENGL 5000 - Introduction to Graduate Study in Language and Literature (3)

    Research techniques, writing the critical essay, bibliography, research paper format. Required for MA-English.
  
  • ENGL 5010 - Introduction to Graduate Study-TESL (3)

    An introduction to understanding research in the fields of linguistics, applied linguistics, and teaching English to speakers of other languages. Focuses on identifying major research trends, finding articles, and writing essays on research in these fields.
  
  • ENGL 5110 - Grammar for Teaching English as a Second Language (3)

    Examination of the morphological and syntactic structures of English and exploration of how to teach them to speakers of other languages. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5120 - Second-Language Acquisition (3)

    Survey of second-language acquisition research and theories and their implications for pedagogy.  This course is co-listed with ENGL 4835. Students who have earned credit in ENGL 4835 may not also take ENGL 5120 for graduate credit. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5150 - Topics in Linguistics (3)

    Modern approaches to linguistics, including syntactic and semantic models of analysis. May be repeated as areas change for maximum of 9 semester hours.
  
  • ENGL 5210 - Studies in English Literature (3)

    Advanced study and class discussions in a selected area of English literature. Special area of emphasis to be announced each semester. May be repeated as topic areas change.
  
  • ENGL 5220 - Studies in American Literature (3)

    Advanced study and class discussions in a selected area of American literature. Special area of emphasis to be announced each semester. May be repeated as topic areas change.
  
  • ENGL 5230 - Studies in Theory and Criticism (3)

    Advanced study in selected areas of theory and criticism. Special area to be announced each semester. May be repeated as topic areas change.
  
  • ENGL 5240 - Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (3)

    Advanced study and class discussions in a selected area of writing studies. Special area of emphasis to be announced each semester. May be repeated as topic areas change.
  
  • ENGL 5250 - Applied Writing With New Media (3)

    Theoretical and practical strategies of writing and teaching writing with new media. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5850 .
  
  • ENGL 5260 - Seminar in Professional Writing for Teachers (3)

    Creation and submission for publication of writing that grows out of teacher inquiry projects. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5850 .
  
  • ENGL 5310 - Chaucer (3)

    Life and times of Chaucer with extensive reading in his major works. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4310.
  
  • ENGL 5330 - Renaissance English Writers (3)

    Literary figures of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, excluding Shakespeare. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4330.
  
  • ENGL 5340 - Old and Middle English Literature (3)

    Literary genres and contributions from Beowulf to 1500 (excluding Chaucer). This course is co-listed with ENGL 4340.
  
  • ENGL 5360 - Shakespeare (3)

    Study seven or more Shakespearean plays, including comedies, histories, tragedies and romances, with attention to Renaissance backgrounds, literary analysis, and theatrical traditions. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4360.
  
  • ENGL 5390 - Special Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (3)

    This course will consider Shakespeare’s dramatic work from a global perspective. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4390.
  
  • ENGL 5410 - Linguistics (3)

    Introduction to the study of language as a system of human communication. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4110. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5420 - Language and Culture (3)

    Exploration of the nature of culture and its impact on perceptions, communication, behavior, and ways of learning with emphasis on its influence on school achievement. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4120. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5450 - The Age of Milton (3)

    English poetry, prose, and drama of the Puritan and Restoration times. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4450.
  
  • ENGL 5460 - Wits and Satirists: 1660-1800 (3)

    Fiction, poetry, essays and drama during the times of Pope and Johnson. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4460.
  
  • ENGL 5500 - Nineteenth-Century English Novel (3)

    Representative novels from Austen through Gaskell. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4500.
  
  • ENGL 5510 - Romantic Poets and Essayists (3)

    Major poets and essayists of the English Romantic period. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4510.
  
  • ENGL 5540 - Victorian Poetry (3)

    Representative poetry of the British Victorian period. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4540.
  
  • ENGL 5560 - British Women Writers (3)

    Study of major works by British women writers, with an introduction to feminist criticism. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4560.
  
  • ENGL 5590 - Special Topics in 19th Century Literature (3)

    Study, analysis, and interpretation of special topics in nineteenth century literature.  This course is co-listed with ENGL 4590.   
  
  • ENGL 5610 - American Renaissance (3)

    The works of Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Melville. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4610.
  
  • ENGL 5620 - Early American Literature (3)

    Major figures of colonial, federal, and early 19th-century literature. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4620.
  
  • ENGL 5640 - American Realists and Naturalists (3)

    Works of Twain, Howells, James, Dreiser, Chopin, and Crane. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4640.
  
  • ENGL 5660 - Women Writers of the United States (3)

    Study of major works by women writers of the United States, with an introduction to feminist criticism. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4660.
  
  • ENGL 5670 - Ethnic American Literature (3)

    A survey of America’s old and new ethnic writing, with particular emphasis on Native, Asian, Hispanic, and African American writers and a general emphasis on other groups. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4670. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5680 - African American Literature (3)

    A survey of African American writers from the Colonial period to the present with emphasis on twentieth-century writers. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4680. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5690 - Special Topics in Underrepresented Literature (3)

    This course serves as an introduction to Native American Studies, designed for students who wish to pursue a minor in the field. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4690.
  
  • ENGL 5700 - British Fiction 1890 to Present (3)

    Representative fiction by major British authors from 1890 to the present. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4700.
  
  • ENGL 5710 - Modern American Fiction (3)

    Representative fiction by major American writers from 1900 to the present. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4710.
  
  • ENGL 5720 - Modern British Poetry (3)

    British poetry of the twentieth century. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4720.
  
  • ENGL 5730 - Modern American Poetry (3)

    American poetry of the twentieth century. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4730.
  
  • ENGL 5740 - Modern Drama (3)

    Readings in the significant drama of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4740.
  
  • ENGL 5750 - Postcolonial Literature (3)

    Postcolonial Literature 20th and 21st Century Literature of countries which were formerly European colonies. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4750.
  
  • ENGL 5790 - Special Topics in 20th & 21st Century Literature (3)

    Study, analysis, and interpretation of special topics in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4790.
  
  • ENGL 5800 - TESL Methods (3)

    Exploration of past and current practices in planning, implementing, and managing instruction of second language learners. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5820 - Assessment and Professionalism in TESL (3)

    Exploration of guidelines for ESL services, support, and advocacy; standards for achievement; and interpretation of formal and informal assessments of students, courses, and programs. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5850 - Invitational Institute: Teachers Teaching Teachers (3)

    Summer Invitational Institute for professional educators, using the National Writing Project “teachers teaching teachers” model for professional development.
  
  • ENGL 5860 - Teaching English as a Second Language I: The Spoken Language (3)

    Examination of the structures of oral English and the processes involved in its production and comprehension in relationship to the teaching and learning of ESL. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5120  and ENGL 5410  or both concurrently or instructor consent. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5870 - Teaching English as a Second Language II: The Written Language (3)

    Examination of the structures of written English and the processes involved in its production and comprehension in relationship to the teaching and learning of ESL. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5110  or concurrently. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5880 - The TESL Capstone (3)

    Special investigation of an approved topic in language learning, linguistics, or applied linguistics culminating in a paper, project, or portfolio.
  
  • ENGL 5890 - Practicum in English as a Second Language (3)

    Supervised experience in planning and implementing standards-based ESL and content instruction under the direction of a TESL faculty member. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5410 , ENGL 5120 , ENGL 5800  and either ENGL 5860  or ENGL 5870 . This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5910 - Seminar in Teaching English (2-3)

     This course is co-listed with ENGL 4810. May be repeated with different offerings such as Individualizing Instruction, Teaching Traditional Grammar, How to Teach the Novel, Techniques of Theme Grading, Teaching Creative Writing, or Teaching Prosody. May be repeated for a max of 6 semester hours.
  
  • ENGL 5920 - Research Problems (3)

    Special investigation of an approved topic in language or literature culminating in a paper of at least 30 pages.
  
  • ENGL 5940 - Composition and Evaluation (3)

    Techniques of writing and evaluating composition for those planning to teach. This course is co-listed with ENGL 4840. This is a professional education course.
  
  • ENGL 5950 - Special Topics in TESL (3)

    Recent developments, theories, and/or methodologies in teaching English as a second language.
  
  • ENGL 5960 - Advanced Teaching Methods for TESL (3)

    Examination of the structures of oral and written English and the processes involved in its production and comprehension in relationship to the teaching and learning of ESL. Prerequisite(s): EDFL 5150 , ENGL 5120 , and ENGL 5410  or concurrently.
  
  • ENGL 5970 - Culturally Responsive Teaching (3)

    Introduces student to the historical and philosophical foundations influencing culturally responsive teaching in our democratic society, how personal biases can impact educational choices, and the development of culturally relevant curricula.
  
  • ENGL 5990 - Special Projects in English (1-3)

     This course is co-listed with ENGL 4990. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  
  • ENGL 6930 - Readings (1-3)

    Extensive special reading programs. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 semester hours.
  
  • ENGL 6940 - Thesis (3)

    Special investigation of an approved topic in language and literature resulting in a formal thesis. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.

Engineering Technology

  
  • ENGT 5221 - Manufacturing Problem Solving (3: 2 lecture, 1 lab)

    A micro-level look at issues that directly affect processes, procedures, and management within the manufacturing industry. This course is co-listed with ENGT 4221. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • ENGT 5520 - Robotics and Automation (3: 3 lecture, 0 lab)

    Automated manufacturing equipment, computer integrated manufacturing systems, and the use of industrial robots. Computer programming background recommended. This course is co-listed with ENGT 4520. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • ENGT 5562 - Computer Numerical Control Applications (3)

    Advanced applications in computer numerical control. Students will apply their knowledge of manufacturing processes and CNC programming in completing advanced projects. Prerequisite(s): ENGT 3562. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • ENGT 5580 - Quality Systems Engineering (3)

    The principles and practices of Total Quality Managements and the decision making tools and techniques utilized by professionals in today’s successful industries. This course is co-listed with ENGT 4580. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • ENGT 5590 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) (3)

    Emphasis on product planning and engineering, production planning, control, and execution. Includes integration of computer numerical control (CNC) machines, robotics, material handling, and quality control. This course is co-listed with ENGT 4590. Prerequisite(s): ENGT 5520 . An additional fee is associated with this course.

Entrepreneurial and Social Enterprises

  
  • ESE 5350 - Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Special Problems (1-3)

    Individual work under supervision of a Faculty or Staff member. Problems may be undertaken in any phase of business or social enterprise and may include entrepreneurial research. Prerequisite(s): Adequate preparation in the area to be studied.

Family Consumer Sciences Education

  
  • FCSE 5000 - Special Projects in Family and Consumer Sciences (1-3)

    Investigation of contemporary problems and issues in family and consumer sciences. This course is co-listed with FCSE 4000. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  
  • FCSE 5160 - Seminar in Family Economics and Management (2- 3)

    Intensive investigation and discussion of specific problems in family economics or management. Research problems may lead to a thesis. Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
  
  • FCSE 5740 - Current Topics in Family and Consumer Sciences Education (2)

    Changes evolving in our society which affect the teaching of family and consumer sciences. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): B.S. in Ed. degree in home economics.
  
  • FCSE 5760 - Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences (2-3)

    Studies in specialized area problems in family and consumer sciences with emphasis on individual investigation. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  
  • FCSE 5840 - Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences (3)

    Prepares the student to teach in family and consumer sciences by assisting in the development of instructional methods and techniques for student-oriented classroom instruction. This course is co-listed with FCSE 4740. Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program, 15 semester hours of Family and Consumer Sciences and FCSE 3710 with a grade of C or better. This is a professional education course.
  
  • FCSE 6080 - Research in Family and Consumer Sciences (2-3)

    Independent investigation of a specific problem. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): CTE 5130 or EDFL 5900  or equivalent.

Fashion and Apparel Merchandising

  
  • FAME 5410 - Materials for Interior Furnishings (3)

    A concentrated study of materials used for residential and commercial environments that include window and wall coverings, upholstered furniture, floor coverings, linens and accessories. Textile fabrics appropriate for various architectural period styles will be covered as well as trends for sustainable products. This course is co-listed with FAME 4410. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • FAME 5414 - Advanced Technical Problems in Fashion (1-3)

    Individual or group work on advanced technical problems in Fashion/Apparel Merchandising. Provide exploration of content not available through normal course offerings. This course is co-listed with FAME 4414. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): minimum 2.50 Cumulative GPA, written contract/proposal with objectives/learning competency and written school consent. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • FAME 5424 - Pattern Design (3)

    The design and construction of garments from a basic pattern, using the principles of art as applied to dress design. This course is co-listed with FAME 4424. Prerequisite(s): FAME 3430 and 3 semester hours of clothing construction. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • FAME 5425 - Fashion Entrepreneurship (3)

    Students will create a business plan based on fashion industry trends and consumer needs. Current computer software will be used to create retail sales plans and analyze profit/loss statements. Fashion retail personnel needs and store operations and management strategies will also be addressed. This course is co-listed with FAME 4425. Prerequisite(s): FAME 3435.
  
  • FAME 5433 - Sourcing in the Global Market (3)

    An analysis of economic, political, and cultural systems affecting international textile and apparel trade.   An emphasis on sourcing, corporate social responsibility, technology, government policies, and relationships in the global fashion marketplace. This course is co-listed with FAME 4433.
  
  • FAME 5442 - Advanced Textiles (3)

    Comparative study of factors influencing the properties of fibers and fabrics as well as the performance of textile and apparel products. Lab period is used to test textile performance with standardized test procedures. This course is co-listed with FAME 4442. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1104 and FAME 2442. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • FAME 5445 - Senior Seminar in Fashion and Apparel Merchandising (3)

    Philosophy, current issues and trends in fashion and apparel merchandising will be covered. Focus on problem-solving styles leading to group and individual research problems. This course is co-listed with FAME 4445. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • FAME 5450 - Special Problems in Textiles and Clothing (2-3)

    Group or individual research, creative endeavors, entrepreneurship or service projects to address current trends and careers in the fashion industry. Research component required. This course is co-listed with FAME 4450. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  
  • FAME 5460 - Seminar in Textiles and Clothing (2-3)

    Investigation and discussion of particular problems in fashion and apparel merchandising. Students may conduct minor research studies of a professional nature which may lead to a thesis.
  
  • FAME 5490 - Internship in Fashion and Apparel Merchandising (1-3)

    Students will participate in a management training program to broaden intellectual awareness while gaining practical fashion industry experience. Performance-based goals and learning experiences will be evaluated by a company supervisor in coordination with the faculty instructor. This course is co-listed with FAME 4490. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): FAME 2440.

Field Experience

  
  • FLDX 5468 - Student Teaching Secondary II (1-12)

    Taken in the Professional Semester for all secondary education majors and all K-12 majors. This course is co-listed with FLDX 4468. Corequisite(s): FLDX 4495 or FLDX 4595. This is a professional education course.

Finance

  
  • FIN 5800 - Managerial Finance (3)

    Topics covered will include capital expenditures, capital structure, cost of capital, dividends, mergers, concept of income maintenance, and, working capital. Cases in managerial finance and individual readings will supplement textbook learning. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and BADM 5400 .
  
  • FIN 5805 - Short-Term Financial Management (2)

    Comprehensive overview of short-term financial management, working capital, and treasury management. Students will also apply statistical tools in the analysis of working capital management. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA Program and BADM 5400 .
  
  • FIN 5817 - Managing Financial Derivatives (3)

    Applied analysis of pricing and hedging techniques for managing investments in derivative contracts (forward, futures, options, and swap contracts) involving the application of concepts and strategies to case problems and computer simulations. FIN 5817 cannot be taken for credit if FIN 4817 was taken for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and BADM 5400 .
  
  • FIN 5820 - Seminar in Finance (3)

    The financial problems of profit seeking corporations are examined. Consideration of such matters as operations, obtaining capital, and reorganization. Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours credit in finance.
  
  • FIN 5825 - International Finance (3)

    This course will provide an in-depth coverage of international trade and the multinational corporation, and the financing of imports and exports. FIN 5825 cannot be taken for credit if FIN 4820 was taken for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program and BADM 5400 .
  
  • FIN 5830 - Advanced Financial Institutions and Markets (3)

    In-depth study of managing risk and return in contemporary financial institutions with special emphasis on methods and markets through which these risks are managed. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program, BADM 5400 , and FIN 5800 .
  
  • FIN 5831 - Student Managed Investment Fund (3-6)

    The course provides students advanced hands-on experience in stock analysis and asset valuation at a professional level, selecting stocks and investing ‘real money’. This course is co-listed with FIN 4831.  May be repeated with consent of instructor. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
  
  • FIN 5840 - Investment Analysis and Practice (3)

    Theoretical and applied analysis of securities and derivatives, and valuation, construction and risk hedging of portfolios. Involves use of computer software, supplemental readings, and cases. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program, BADM 5400 , and FIN 5800 .
  
  • FIN 5880 - Bank Management (3)

    Study and analysis of the problems of management of commercial banks with an emphasis on investment and loan portfolios. This course is co-listed with FIN 4880.  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program, BADM 5400 , and FIN 5830 .  Fall.
  
  • FIN 6860 - Readings in Finance (1-3)

    Selected readings in finance; e.g., financial management, commercial banking, investment banking, or investment. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): Six semester hours credit in finance.

Food

  
  • FOOD 5326 - Experimental Foods (3: 2 lecture, 1 lab)

    An experimental approach to the study of factors which influence the behavior of foods. Group and individual experiments. This course is co-listed with FOOD 4326. Prerequisite(s): FOOD 2322 with a grade of C or better. An additional fee is associated with this course.

Geography

  
  • GEOG 5001 - GeoVisualizing Spatial Data (3)

    Students will use ESRI made ArcGIS use to geovisualize spatial data in relations to ground. It covers basic principles of lettering, spatial data display, color manipulation techniques, data exploration and map animation.
  
  • GEOG 5201 - Cartography (3)

    Techniques and tools of map construction including gathering, manipulation, and representation of geographic data. Emphasis on thematic mapping and maps as communication. Traditional and electronic technologies stressed. Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2212 or EASC 1004. An additional fee is associated with this course.
  
  • GEOG 5251 - Special Projects in Geography (1-6)

    Study, interpretation, and discussion of special topics and problems in geography. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  
  • GEOG 5265 - Urban Geography (3)

    Location of cities as related to other geographic phenomena. Urban units are analyzed with respect to general location theory. This course is co-listed with GEOG 4265.
 

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