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EENG 5830 - Coding Theory 3 hours
Channel coding theorem, error-correcting codes, algebraic block codes, linear codes, BCH codes, convolutional codes, burst-error correcting codes, and design of encoders and decoders.
Prerequisite(s): EENG 3810 or equivalent.
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EENG 5840 - Information Theory 3 hours
Explores the elements of information theory that form the foundation for coding in communication systems, the basic concepts of entropy, and ideas in source coding, channel coding, and channel capacity. Includes data compression (optimal codes), channel capacity (channel coding theorems), rate distortion theory (rate distortion functions for different sources), and network information theory (single user, broadcast, relay, and multiple access channels, and encoding of correlated sources).
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
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EENG 5850 - Image and Video Communications 3 hours
Explores topics ranging from the fundamentals of video coding, motion estimation, source and channel coding, and transform (wavelet and discrete cosine) coding to the state-of-the-art compression and multimedia standards such as MPEG-4, H.264, MPEG-7, and MPEG-21. Advanced research topics include video streaming, joint source-channel coding, distributed video coding, and video surveillance using sensor networks.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
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EENG 5890 - Directed Study 1–3 hours
Directed study of topics in electrical engineering. The student prepares a plan for study of a topic and a plan for evaluation of study achievements. Open to students with graduate standing who are capable of developing problems, independently.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit.
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EENG 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Independent research of a specific problem in a field of electrical engineering. A report is required defining the problem and a solution.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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EENG 5932 - Internship 1–3 hours
Supervised work in a job that meets specific educational objectives of the department and is beneficial to the student’s career development. Required submission of a final report summarizing industrial experience gained through the internship.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
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EENG 5940 - Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering 1–3 hours
Contemporary topics at the advanced graduate elective level. Faculty present advanced elective topics not included in the established curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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EENG 5950 - Master’s Thesis 3–6 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the School of Graduate Studies.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
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Elementary Education |
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EDEE 5020 - Advanced Studies in Elementary School Mathematics 3 hours
Modern curricula and techniques. The content, scope, philosophy and pedagogical strategies of several modern mathematics curricula and their utilization in upgrading mathematics instruction in the elementary school.
Prerequisite(s): EDEE 4350.
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EDEE 5030 - Field Experiences in Elementary Schools 3 hours
Supervised professional activities in elementary schools; includes teaching under supervision.
Prerequisite(s): None
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EDEE 5040 - Advanced Studies in Elementary School Social Studies 3 hours
Teaching social studies in the elementary school and aspects of citizenship and character development.
Prerequisite(s): EDEE 4340.
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EDEE 5050 - Advanced Studies in Elementary School Science 3 hours
Modern curricula and techniques. The content, scope, philosophy and pedagogical strategies of several modern science curricula and their utilization in upgrading science instruction in the elementary school.
Prerequisite(s): EDEE 4330.
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EDEE 5060 - Advanced Studies in Elementary School Language Arts 3 hours
Comprehensive study, based on principles of child growth and development, of the language arts for the elementary school. Major areas of consideration are trends and philosophies, materials and techniques, and relevant research. The interrelationships of all the language arts are given primary emphasis.
Prerequisite(s): EDRE 4860.
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EDEE 5101 - Student Teaching in Pre-K through Grade 4 3 hours
Certification program requires 6 hours total, to be taken simultaneously. Teaching under supervision. Courses are designed for UNT teacher certification candidates in the post-baccalaureate program. Supervision by university faculty and support from a school-based mentor teacher. Content includes supervised application of the Texas Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Standards. Requirements include classroom teaching under the leadership of the mentor or cooperating teacher and guidance of the supervisor. Research paper and a professional portfolio may also be required.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher education and approval of Field Experience Coordinator. Contact advisor.
Pass/no pass only.
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EDEE 5102 - Student Teaching in Pre-K through Grade 4 3 hours
Certification program requires 6 hours total, to be taken simultaneously. Teaching under supervision. Courses are designed for UNT teacher certification candidates in the post-baccalaureate program. Supervision by university faculty and support from a school-based mentor teacher. Content includes supervised application of the Texas Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Standards. Requirements include classroom teaching under the leadership of the mentor or cooperating teacher and guidance of the supervisor. Research paper and a professional portfolio may also be required.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher education and approval of Field Experience Coordinator. Contact advisor.
Pass/no pass only.
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EDEE 5103 - Student Teaching in Grade 4 through Grade 8 3 hours
Certification program requires 6 hours total, to be taken simultaneously. Teaching under supervision. Courses are designed for UNT teacher certification candidates in the post-baccalaureate program. Supervision by university faculty and support from a school-based mentor teacher. Content includes supervised application of the Texas Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Standards. Requirements include classroom teaching under the leadership of the mentor or cooperating teacher and guidance of the supervisor. Research paper and a professional portfolio may also be required.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher education and approval of Field Experience Coordinator.
Contact advisor. Pass/no pass only.
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EDEE 5104 - Student Teaching in Grade 4 through Grade 8 3 hours
Certification program requires 6 hours total, to be taken simultaneously. Teaching under supervision. Courses are designed for UNT teacher certification candidates in the post-baccalaureate program. Supervision by university faculty and support from a school-based mentor teacher. Content includes supervised application of the Texas Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Standards. Requirements include classroom teaching under the leadership of the mentor or cooperating teacher and guidance of the supervisor. Research paper and a professional portfolio may also be required.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher education and approval of Field Experience Coordinator.
Contact advisor. Pass/no pass only.
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EDEE 5105 - Practicum I 3 hours
Supervised teaching experience in school as a teacher of record. Required for initial teacher certification for those already holding a baccalaureate degree. Interns are guided by a school district mentor who assists them with classroom management strategies, student problems and concerns, and general guidance. Interns are also monitored and counseled by qualified university supervisors. Extensive online support and resources are provided.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program; probationary teaching certificate.
Grade is pass/no pass.
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EDEE 5115 - Practicum II 3 hours
Supervised teaching experience in school as a teacher of record. Required for initial teacher certification for those already holding a baccalaureate degree. Interns are guided by school district mentor who assists them with classroom management strategies, student problems and concerns, and general guidance. Interns are also monitored and counseled by qualified university supervisors. Extensive online support and resources are provided.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program; probationary teaching certificate.
Grade is pass/no pass.
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EDEE 5140 - The Linguistically Diverse Learner 3 hours
Designed to enhance an understanding of the unique needs and requirements of learners whose first language is not English. Students examine their own beliefs about speakers of other languages. Appropriate strategies and materials for the second language learner in both the ESL and regular classroom are explored.
Prerequisite(s): None
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EDEE 5400 - Curriculum Development in the Middle School 3 hours
Analysis of the bases and techniques for curriculum development in the middle school with particular emphasis on the nature of the early adolescent learner and salient elements of middle school theory. Includes practical problems in developing curricula for middle schools and implementation of innovation in the middle school setting.
Prerequisite(s): None
Same as EDSE 5400 .
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EDEE 5800 - Studies in Education 1–3 hours
Organized classes specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students and the demands of program development that are not met by the regular offerings. Short courses and workshops on specific topics are offered on a limited basis, to be repeated only upon demand.
Prerequisite(s): None
Same as EDCI 5800 . Same as EDSE 5800 .
May be repeated for credit.
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EDEE 5810 - Studies in Education 1–3 hours
Organized classes specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students and the demands of program development that are not met by the regular offerings. Short courses and workshops on specific topics are offered on a limited basis, to be repeated only upon demand.
Prerequisite(s): None
Same as EDCI 5810 . Same as EDSE 5810 .
May be repeated for credit.
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EDEE 5840 - Engaging Students in Learning 3 hours
Introduction to teaching in the school focusing on the circumstances of contemporary students, the qualities and practices of teachers who engage students in learning, and on schools as communities of learning for students and professionals. Teacher practices in classroom management and organization and focusing learning through assessment are emphasized. A field experience is included.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the teacher education program, a child/adolescent/lifespan development course, and an educational-application computer course.
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EDEE 5850 - Instructional Methodologies in Language Arts and Social Studies 3 hours
Survey of subject-specific instructional methods and activities in language arts and social studies, along with connections to fine arts. Includes subject-specific assessments, subject-specific technology applications and the application of content area reading methods. Includes 30 clock hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDRE 4450 or EDRE 4820.
Course is designed for post-baccalaureate teacher certification candidates only.
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EDEE 5860 - Instructional Methodologies in Mathematics and Science 3 hours
Survey of subject-specific instructional methods and activities in mathematics and science, along with connections to fine arts. Includes subject-specific assessments, subject-specific technology applications and the application of content area reading methods. Includes 30 clock hours of field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDRE 4450 or EDRE 4820.
Course is designed for post-baccalaureate teacher certification candidates only.
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EDEE 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and approved in advance by the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): None
Open only to resident students.
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EDEE 5910 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and approved in advance by the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): None
Open only to resident students.
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EDEE 5950 - Master’s Thesis 3 or 6 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit.
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EDEE 5960 - Education Institute 1–6 hours
For students accepted as participants in special institute courses.
Prerequisite(s): None
Same as EDCI 5960 .
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EDEE 5970 - Education Institute 1–6 hours
For students accepted as participants in special institute courses.
Prerequisite(s): None
Same as EDCI 5970 .
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Engineering Systems, Master’s Courses |
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MSES 5010 - Seminar in Engineering Systems 3 hours
In-depth examination of current theories, research, trends and processes of industry. Readings, individual study and research, information exchange and guest lectures provide an understanding of selected industrial topics.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit.
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MSES 5020 - Design of Experiments 3 hours
Study of industrial analytical techniques used to develop new products and new technologies, including the use of engineering software for design purposes.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5030 - Product Design and Development 3 hours
Formal development of the process of designing a product, including ideas generation, engineering development, modeling and analysis, and project planning and management.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5040 - Analytical Methods for Engineering Systems 3 hours
Procedures for confidently detecting variances from specification in manufactured products; applications of matrix manipulations for multivariate analysis, engineering applications of residues calculated from circular integrals, integration and differentiation of 3-dimensional engineering functions.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5060 - Technology Innovation 3 hours
Topics include understanding innovation, processes of technology innovation, techniques of technology innovation (TRIZ), planning for innovation, using innovation technology, and engineering technologies case analyses.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5100 - Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes 3 hours
Analysis of selected contemporary and emerging manufacturing/production processes utilizing high-level automation, productivity-enhancing technologies and/or specialty technologies; emphasis on process structure, organization, economics and application within the industrial environment.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5120 - Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 3 hours (2;2)
Computerization in manufacturing/production from an integrated systems perspective; emphasis on selected contemporary and emerging applications such as design/documentation, engineering analysis, process planning, machine tool programming, automated material handling and inspection, and factory networking.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5130 - Product Reliability and Quality 3 hours
Processes and techniques of assuring the quality of industrial products; reliability and maintainability, sampling probability and statistical process control; quality control management.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5150 - Applications of Electron Microscopy and Failure Analysis 3 hours (2;2)
Scanning and transmission electron microscopy applications in failure analysis will be discussed along with ductile, brittle, fatigue and corrosion related failure mechanisms. Applications of fracture mechanics, elevated temperature failures of welded and cast components will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5160 - Creep and Fatigue in Engineering Design and Systems Performance 3 hours
Examines creep and fatigue of engineering materials; introduces continuum mechanics and explores deformable bodies, crystalline plasticity, cyclic loading and deformation, high temperature and rate dependent deformation, service life prediction, creep/fatigue/environment interactions, creep and fatigue fracture mechanisms, sliding, rolling, fretting, methods of analysis and case studies.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5180 - Structural Dynamics 3 hours
Determines the effect of time-varying loads on structural performance and introduces single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems in free vibration circumstances and proceeds to forced response performance where loads are harmonic, periodic, impulsive, and generally time-varying. Multi degree of freedom (MDOF) systems and similar load response structural performances are developed using matrix methods.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
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MSES 5200 - Advanced Construction Scheduling 3 hours
Analysis and control of construction projects using advanced techniques for planning, scheduling and resources control. Subjects include various methods of project scheduling and monitoring, resource management, time-cost tradeoffs, organizing and managing schedule data, forecasting and trend analysis, and presentation of schedule information.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5220 - Building Information Modeling 3 hours (2;3)
Study of the concept and applications of the building information model (BIM) and electronic data interchange (EDI) between building software applications for architectural design, structural analysis, estimating, construction scheduling, project management and facility management. Topics expand beyond traditional 3D modeling to include state-of-the-art 5D modeling that incorporates the dimensions of cost and time into the BIM for a total building life cycle view.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5230 - Risk Management in Construction 3 hours
Review of the concepts of risk and uncertainty in the construction and their impact on management decisions in construction industry, and a study of the systems, tools and techniques used in construction project risk management. Subjects also include development of risk mitigation procedures, safety planning and execution, and the role of insurance and bonds in the industry.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5300 - Embedded Controllers 3 hours (2;2)
Study of the technical aspects of real-time software systems: software development methodologies, operating system and real-time kernel concepts.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5310 - Industrial Process Controls 3 hours (2;2)
Use of programmable controllers and microcomputers as controllers in industrial processes; topics include sensors and transducers, data acquisition, control devices and the nature of digital control.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5320 - Introduction to Telecommunications 3 hours
Introduction to the technology, standards, systems and practices of the telecommunications industry to include equipment, switched and dedicated communications lines, and voice and data communications.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5330 - Instrumentation system Design 3 hours (2;2)
Instrumentation design techniques, transducer selection, and interfacing control and measurement signals to the system. The use of graphical and structured programming techniques in the design of virtual instrument systems will constitute a significant portion of the course. Completion of a capstone project incorporating a summation of learning experiences from the entire curriculum is a requirement of the course.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ELET required courses; course is to be taken within the last 12 hours of the degree plan.
Must be taken the last term/semester offered prior to graduation.
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MSES 5340 - Digital Logic Design Techniques 3 hours (2;2)
Study of the design, simulation and implementation of digital logic circuits including combinational and sequential logic, algorithmic state machines, hardware test techniques, software used in design, simulation and an introduction to the use of VHDL programming language. Oral and written documentation required.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5800 - Studies in Engineering Systems 1–3 hours
Organized classes specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students and the demands of program development that are not met by regular offerings. Short courses and workshops on specific topics, organized on a limited-offering basis, to be repeated only upon demand.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit.
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MSES 5810 - Studies in Engineering Systems 1–3 hours
Organized classes specifically designed to accommodate the needs of students and the demands of program development that are not met by regular offerings. Short courses and workshops on specific topics, organized on a limited-offering basis, to be repeated only upon demand.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit.
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MSES 5900 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students capable of developing a problem independently.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5910 - Special Problems 1–3 hours
Open to graduate students capable of developing a problem independently.
Prerequisite(s): None
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MSES 5930 - Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis 3 hours
Independent, applied research that addresses significant problems in the field, emphasizing statistical methods and research design, supervised by a member of the engineering technology graduate faculty and approved by the department chair; for students who are doing a project in lieu of a thesis; no credit given until the problem is completed and approved.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of research proposal by major advisor and department chair.
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MSES 5950 - Master’s Thesis 3 or 6 hours
To be scheduled only with consent of department. 6 hours credit required. No credit assigned until thesis has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Continuous enrollment required once work on thesis has begun.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit.
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English |
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ENGL 5000 - Old English 3 hours
Study of Old English grammar and phonology; the reading of selections from prose and poetry in West Saxon; a survey of the literature of the Old English period.
Prerequisite(s): None.
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ENGL 5010 - Beowulf 3 hours
Study of Beowulf, its language and its place in the Germanic epic tradition; some attention to other heroic poetry.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5000 .
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ENGL 5020 - Chaucer: Major Works 3 hours
Study of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, including the short poems and Troilus and Criseyde or the Canterbury Tales in relation to late medieval culture.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5030 - Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture 3 hours
Detailed study of the works of one or more of the major writers or literary genres of the medieval period in England, with a study of the major literary and social forces that helped to shape the cultural context of the period.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5100 - Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Romantic Period 3 hours
Detailed study of the work of one or more of the major Romantic poets, together with wide reading in the general literature of the period and general consideration of the cultural, social, literary and intellectual history of the period.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5140 - Form and Theory: Poetry 3 hours
Rhetorical criticism of poetry to show how poems achieve identification with the audience; emphasis on student mastery of critical analysis.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5145 - Form and Theory: Prose 3 hours
Rhetorical criticism of prose fiction to show how short stories and novels achieve effect.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5162 - Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction 3 hours
Workshop devoted to the writing, reading and analysis of creative nonfiction. Emphasis shifts each semester and may encompass the personal essay, memoir, nature writing, travel writing and the nonfiction short story.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5200 - Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Victoria Period 3 hours
Study of the works of one or more of the major British writers of the Victorian period and of the cultural, social, intellectual and philosophical interests of the period.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5250 - Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century 3 hours
Appraisal of a significant group of writers or a literary genre of either the Restoration or the 18th century, together with attention to the historical, intellectual and social background.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5260 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture 3 hours
Detailed survey of the works of the Romantic and Victorian periods, with a general consideration of social and intellectual history of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5310 - Studies in Rhetorical Theory 3 hours
Detailed study of narrowly conceived topics exigent to contemporary rhetorical theory, history and practice.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5320 - Studies in Composition Theory 3 hours
Detailed topics course centering on exigent questions, issues and research topics relevant to the theory and practice of composition and writing studies.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5400 - Studies in Shakespeare 3 hours
Intensive study of selected plays and a consideration of some of the literary problems connected with Shakespeare’s life and work.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5410 - Studies in the British Renaissance 1–4 hours
Study of the works of one or more major authors of the 16th and 17th centuries and of the intellectual, philosophical and religious life of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5420 - Creative Writing: Poetry 3 hours
Study of the principles of poetic composition in traditional forms as well as free verse. Format includes lecture and workshop.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5490 - Studies in the Twentieth-Century British Novel 3 hours
Detailed study of the writings of one or more major 20th-century British novelists, with consideration of relevant social and intellectual interests of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5500 - Studies in American Literature and Culture from the Beginning to 1800 3 hours
Survey of the works of major writers from the Puritan, Colonial and Federalist eras, and a general consideration of the social, cultural, literary and intellectual history of these times.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5510 - Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1800 to 1865 3 hours
Detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5515 - Studies in the American Renaissance 3 hours
Explores the outpouring of American cultural and literary expression in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Covers major authors such as Emerson, Dickinson, Melville and Douglass, as well as a variety of other literary and visual texts. Possible topics of study include the literary marketplace, reform movements such as antislavery and women’s rights, nationalism and multiculturalism, and modern critical reevaluations of the period.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5520 - Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to 1914 3 hours
Detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social and intellectual interests of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5525 - Studies in American Realism 3 hours
Focuses on the development of realism in American literature and culture from approximately 1865–1914, along with the related literary movements of naturalism, regionalism and local color. Provides coverage of such major authors as Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt and William James. Additional topics of study may include the rise of photography and newspaper journalism, science and evolutionary theory, and/or the problems of urbanization, among others.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5530 - Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the Present 3 hours
Detailed study of the writings of major authors and a general consideration of the social, cultural and intellectual interests of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5540 - Studies in Twentieth-Century British or Irish Literature and Culture 3 hours
Detailed study of the writings of one or more 20th-century British or Irish authors, with consideration of relevant social and intellectual interests of the time.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5550 - Studies in the Teaching of Composition 3 hours
Survey of current scholarly opinion concerning objectives and methods of instruction in written composition; supervised planning of the English curriculum, with special attention to problems related to teaching composition; development through practice of criteria for evaluating student composition.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary. ENGL 5550 is required for all new teaching fellows. Offered every fall.
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ENGL 5560 - Studies in the Teaching of Literature 3 hours
Survey of current scholarly opinion concerning objectives and methods of teaching literature; supervised planning of the English curriculum, with special attention to problems related to the teaching of poetry, drama, prose fiction and prose non-fiction.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5570 - Studies in the Teaching of the English Language 3 hours
Survey of current scholarly opinion concerning objectives and methods of teaching grammar, vocabulary, semantics, usage and other aspects of language; supervised planning of the curriculum with special attention to problems related to the teaching of the English language in its spoken and written forms.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5600 - Studies in European Literature and Culture 3 hours
Study of a major period or movement in continental European literature; extensive reading in literature in translation and research in literary history and development, with emphasis upon relations to British, Anglophone and/or American literature.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5605 - Studies in the Literature and Culture of the Colonial Americas 3 hours
Study of writing from and about the conquest, colonization, and settlement of the Americas. Covers such major writers as Christopher Columbus, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Bartolome de Las Casas, Thomas Harriot, John Winthrop, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Mary Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, William Byrd, Thomas Jefferson and others. Possible topics of study include transatlantic and hemispheric exchange and migration, travel, slavery, captivity, Creole subjectivities, religion, and independence movements.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5610 - Studies in Early African-American Literature and Culture 3 hours
Explores the beginnings of African-American cultural and literary expression during the 18th and 19th centuries. Covers major authors such as Phyllis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano, William Wells Brown, Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington and Charles Chesnutt. Possible topics of study include theology, Constitutional law, antebellum slave and Southern culture, transatlantic abolition movements, Reconstruction, migration and nationalism.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5620 - Studies in Contemporary African-American Literature and Culture. 3 hours
Focuses on the development of African American literature and cultural production during the 20th and 21st centuries, across literary and cultural movements such as realism, regionalism, the Harlem/New Negro movement, Black Power/Arts Movement, postmodernism, and the Dark Room Collective. Covers such major artists as W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Dunham, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Yusef Komunyakaa, Spike Lee, and Suzan-Lori Parks. Additional topics of study may include Black Atlantic studies, African American feminism, black intellectual practice, sociological and political theory, and photography.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5630 - Semiotics 3 hours
Introduction to the study of signs as signifiers of meaning in various genres.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5635 - Mexican-American Literature and Theory Before 1954 3 hours
Examines the literary productions of Mexican-Americans from the 19th century up to the landmark civil rights Supreme Court case Hernandez v. Texas of 1954. Traces the historical and cultural influences of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the U.S. from the early 19th century through the rise of modernism and the impact of the Mexican Revolution and increasing immigration from Mexico, to the emergence of post-war activism. Provides a foundation in Mexican-American literature by attending to historical contexts and to concerns of war and displacement, migration, early ethnic consciousness, mestizaje, and other relevant topics. Secondary readings may also be drawn from anthropology, historiography, studies in nationalism, popular literature and journalism, narrative studies, and various ancillary fields.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5640 - Mexican-American Literature and Theory After 1954 3 hours
Beginning during a period of several landmark Mexican-American court cases including Hernandez v. Texas (1954), examines the literary production of Mexican-Americans in the latter half of the 20th century up to the present day. Works may address topics such as, but not limited to, Mexican-Americans and civil rights, the Chicana/o Movement, Chicana feminism, film and television, immigration, education, postmodern narrative, ethnic identity/mestizaje, global literary studies and environmental justice. Traces the development of contemporary Mexican-American literature and Chicana/o theory in the context of recent history, politics and cultural studies.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5650 - United States Ethnic Literature and Culture 3 hours
Explores the theoretical and critical contexts pertinent to the field of ethnic writing in the United States. Involves the close reading and analysis of both key primary texts and influential criticism and theoretical writings, including, but not limited to, postcolonialism, narratology, deconstruction and globalization. Key aims for the course are to understand the relationship between literature, ethnic populations, the cultural and social aspects of immigration, and key moments in U.S. history. Ancillary interdisciplinary readings may be drawn from sociology, anthropology, cognitive sciences, U.S. historiography and other fields.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5680 - Studies in Global Literature and Culture 3 hours
Examines world literatures written in English, or in translation, in a project aimed at establishing critical and theoretical paradigms for effective analysis. Primary readings (novels, poetry, films and other forms) typically deal with issues of transnationalism, migration, global and regionalist identities, and cosmopolitanism. Secondary readings establish a foundation in key disciplines such as, but not limited to, nationalism, postcolonialism, anthropology, cognitive sciences and globalization studies.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credits as topics vary.
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ENGL 5700 - Classical Background of English and American Literature and Culture 3 hours
Study of Greek and Latin literature in translation, with emphasis on a study of the specific literary, cultural and intellectual influences of Classical works that have shaped English and American literary culture.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5710 - Studies in Folklore 3 hours
Introduction to the types of folklore, with emphasis upon cultural phenomena as reflected in tales, legends, proverbs and folk songs, and upon folklore motifs as bases for formal literature. Techniques of collecting, comparing and analyzing folklore.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5720 - Literature and Science 3 hours
Examines the relationships between literature and science in any historical period of American or British literature. Involves the close reading of both literary and scientific texts in order to explore how leading scientific figures and theories (such as Darwin and evolutionary biology) provided literary works with new representational practices and new ways of examining the connections between science, culture and ethics. May also encompass such areas of interdisciplinary investigation as anthropology and literature or literature and medicine.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5730 - Literature and the Environment 3 hours
Explores a variety of philosophical, aesthetic and cultural traditions of representing the natural world and its relation to human societies. In addition to literature, readings may extend into natural science, environmental philosophy, cultural criticism and artistic theory.
Prerequisite(s): None
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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ENGL 5750 - Bibliography and Historical Method 3 hours
Examination of the basic problems and methods pertinent to the use of primary materials in literary research; consideration of types of bibliography, problems in textual analysis and editing, and approaches to archival research and literary history.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5760 - Scholarly and Critical Writing 3 hours
Examination of the writing strategies entailed in preparing successful seminar papers, conference presentations and scholarly articles.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5770 - Literary Publishing, Editing and Writing for Publication 3 hours
Multi-genre seminar/workshop in literary publishing, editing and writing for publication. Advanced stage workshop for creative pieces, with special emphasis on researching publishing markets and forming submission strategies. Smaller workshops focus on cover letters, query letters, book proposals and book reviews. Covers the history of publishing as well as contemporary issues in publishing and editing, and provides practical experience by working with the American Literary Review.
Prerequisite(s): None
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ENGL 5800 - Studies in Literary Genres 3 hours
Study of the historical development of one or more literary genres in American, English, continental or world literature, with attention to major practitioners in the genre and to the historical and literary influences on the form.
Prerequisite(s): None
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