2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 03, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Environmental Arts

  
  • ENA 637 - Costume in Contemporary Society

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Twentieth-century clothing forms: origins, evolution, current modes. Fashion and style as reflections of contemporary cultural trends and attitudes.
  
  • ENA 660 - Readings in Environmental Arts

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    Permission of Instructor.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENA 670 - Experience Credit

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENA 690 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENA 897 - Graduate Project

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Project comparable to a master’s thesis in quality and quantity of work; applicable in lieu of thesis only if a substantial portion of the work cannot be presented in written form.
  
  • ENA 997 - Masters Thesis

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable

Ensemble

  
  • ENC 510 - Chamber Music Mixed

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENC 520 - Chamber Music/Piana

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENC 530 - Chamber Music/Strings

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENC 540 - Chamber Music/Woodwinds

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENC 550 - Chamber Music/Brass

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENC 560 - Chamber Music/Percussion

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable, 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 510 - Large Bands

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 520 - Small Bands

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 530 - Reading Band

    0-1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 540 - University Orchestra

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 550 - Small Orchestra

    0-1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENI 560 - Reading Orchestra

    0-1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum

English

  
  • ENG 615 - Open Poetry Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Participants write original poems, receive each other’s critiques, and revise.
  
  • ENG 617 - Open Fiction Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Participants write original stories, receive each other’s critiques, and revise.
  
  • ENG 630 - Graduate Proseminar

    3 credit(s)
    Introduction to a comprehensively defined field or period that places literary, cultural, and cinematic texts in historical and critical perspective.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 631 - Critical Theory

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Overview of major issues in critical theory: the debates over the understanding of meaning, subjectivity, textuality, and historicity. Required of all new M.A. and Ph.D. students.
  
  • ENG 650 - Forms

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Students in Forms courses will analyze assigned writings with the purpose of discovering the author’s intent.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • ENG 700 - Graduate Reading

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 715 - First Poetry Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    First poetry workshop in the M.F.A. creative writing program sequence. Intensive practice in the writing and criticism of poetry.
  
  • ENG 716 - Second Poetry Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Secondary poetry workshop in the M.F.A. program sequence.
    PREREQ: ENG 715 
  
  • ENG 717 - First Fiction Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    First fiction workshop in the M.F.A. creative writing program sequence. Intensive practice in the writing and criticism of fiction.
  
  • ENG 718 - Second Fiction Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Second fiction workshop in the M.F.A. program sequence.
    PREREQ: ENG 717 
  
  • ENG 719 - Third Poetry Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Third poetry workshop in the M.F.A. program sequence.
    PREREQ: ENG 715 , ENG 716 
  
  • ENG 721 - Third Fiction Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Third fiction workshop in the M.F.A. program sequence.
    PREREQ: ENG 717 , ENG 718 
  
  • ENG 730 - Graduate Seminar

    3 credit(s)
    A study in a particular topic, genre, movement, or critical problem. Introductory background in the larger field or period of framing the seminar focus is assumed.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 748 - Studies in British Literature: 1832-1914

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected topics in historical and social perspectives.
  
  • ENG 799 - M.F.A. Essay Seminar

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    In this writing-intensive class M.F.A. students complete full length critical essays on major writers to demonstrate their mastery of: a) close reading, b) poetic or fictional technique, and c) essay writing.
    PREREQ: ENG 715  AND ENG 716  OR ENG 717  AND ENG 718 
  
  • ENG 825 - Advanced Seminar in Critical Theory

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Studies in particular modes of critical inquiry, such as marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and queer theory.
    PREREQ: ENG 631  AND ENG 641
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • ENG 826 - Advanced Seminar in Critical Theory

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Studies in particular modes of critical inquiry, such as marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and queer theory.
    PREREQ: ENG 631  AND ENG 641
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • ENG 890 - Advanced Seminar in Cultural Studies

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Advanced investigation of special problems, including film.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 990 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 996 - Graduate Readings

    3 credit(s)
    To be used for field exam study, and where necessary, study to meet language requirement. May be taken four times for credit.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
  • ENG 997 - Thesis

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable
  
  • ENG 999 - Dissertation

    1-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Credit designated from time to time as the dissertation progresses. Maximum total of 30 credits.
    Repeatable

English as a Second Language

  
  • ENL 610 - Oral Communication in Teaching

    0 credit(s) Every semester
    Language, culture, and teaching strategies needed for effective communication in academic and social situations. Laboratory and individualized language instruction included. For international teaching assistants.
    PREREQ: ENL 207
    Repeatable
  
  • ENL 615 - Enhancing Listening, Speaking and Presentation Skills in English

    0 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops oral communication and pronunciation for academic and non-academic settings. The work includes activities to enhance listening, speaking, and presentation skills regarding cultural and field-specific topics, while developing effective teamwork strategies.
  
  • ENL 620 - Advanced Oral Communication in Training

    0 credit(s)
    Continuing course in language, culture, and teaching strategies needed for effective communication in academic and social situations. For international teaching assistants.
    PREREQ: ENL 207 OR ENL 610 

Ensemble (Vocal)

  
  • ENV 510 - Large Chorus

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENV 520 - Small Chorus

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENV 530 - Reading Chorus

    0-1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum
  
  • ENV 540 - Hendricks Chapel Choir

    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 8 credits maximum

Euphonium

  
  • EUP 530 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
    Repeatable
  
  • EUP 535 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • EUP 536 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • EUP 635 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • EUP 636 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • EUP 735 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • EUP 736 - Euphonium Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.

Fashion Design

  
  • FAS 526 - Cultural Aspects of Clothing

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Global cultures; how dress and adornment enhance understanding of these cultures.
  
  • FAS 530 - Problems in Environmental Arts

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Research in design, color, historic backgrounds applied to costume. Permission of Instructor.
    Repeatable

French Horn

  
  • FHN 520 - French Horn Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • FHN 525 - French Horn Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • FHN 526 - French Horn Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • FHN 625 - French Horn Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • FHN 626 - French Horn Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • FHN 725 - French Horn Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • FHN 726 - French Horn Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.

Fiber Arts

  
  • FIB 520 - Fiber Arts Research Problems for Nonmajors

    1-12 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    For nonmajor graduate students. Individual projects undertaken with the instructor’s consultation and guidance.
    Repeatable
  
  • FIB 620 - Fiber Arts Research Problems

    1-12 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Designed by student and faculty to involve student in program of personal research in fiber arts (whether on- or off-loom) stressing development of concept and technique.
    Repeatable
  
  • FIB 720 - Fiber Arts Research Problems

    1-12 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuation of FIB 620 .
  
  • FIB 996 - Final Presentation

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Final presentation accompanied by written statement, culminating in oral examination for M.F.A. or M.I.D. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor’s approval.
  
  • FIB 997 - Masters Thesis

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Formal master’s thesis. Written document exhibiting substantive and original research. Planned under direction of major departmental advisor.

Film

  
  • FIL 520 - Film Studies Seminar

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Advanced topics relating a focused set of critical and theoretical questions to a specific film or group of films. For graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
    PREREQ: FIL 225 OR 226
  
  • FIL 521 - Filmmaking: Selected Topics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Modes of filmmaking such as experimental, narrative, expository; or technical areas such as cinematography, lighting, or art design.
    PREREQ: FIL 223
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
  • FIL 523 - Cinema Acting&Directing

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exercises in filming fictional dramatic scripts. Required of B.F.A. acting students and all film drama directors.
  
  • FIL 527 - Critical Problems Film&Video

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Methods of film and video criticism. The place of the author, the text, the spectator, and the ideological underpinnings of aesthetic value in the critical process.
    PREREQ: FIL 225 AND 226
  
  • FIL 620 - Filmmaking:Graduate Project

    0-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    First-year graduate filmmaking. Required of all M.F.A. film candidates. Meets weekly. Individual and group filmmaking projects. Permission of Instructor.
  
  • FIL 623 - Film Script Writing

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Students produce scripts based on problems of adaptation as well as original work. Problems in dramatic structure, diegesis and dialogue. Permission of Instructor.
  
  • FIL 625 - Intro Film Theory&Criticism

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Individual and group graduate research projects in topics of film theory and criticism. Permission of Instructor.
  
  • FIL 626 - Problems of Film Perception

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Additional graduate research in topics of film theory. Required of all M.F.A. candidates.
    PREREQ: FIL 625 
  
  • FIL 720 - Filmmaking:Graduate Project

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Advanced graduate filmmaking, required of all M.F.A. candidates. Meets weekly. Individual and group filmmaking projects.
    PREREQ: FIL 620 
  
  • FIL 725 - Film Theory: Topics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
  
  • FIL 726 - Film Theory: Topics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
  
  • FIL 996 - Final Presentation

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Written statement to accompany final project, culminating in oral examination for M.F.A. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor’s approval.
  
  • FIL 997 - Masters Thesis

    0-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Formal master’s thesis. Written document exhibiting substantive and original research. Planned under direction of major departmental advisor.

Finance

  
  • FIN 600 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • FIN 643 - Real Estate Capital Markets

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: RES 643 
    Real estate debt and equity instruments. Primary and secondary mortgage markets, mortgage banking, loan instruments, and securitization. Lender and borrower decisions regarding real estate financing. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: FIN 751  OR FIN 756 
  
  • FIN 653 - New and Emerging Markets

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: INB 653 
    Analysis of the business, economic, and financial environment of emerging markets. Portfolio investment analysis and corporate financial policy and strategies in emerging markets.
  
  • FIN 657 - International Financial Management

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: INB 657 
    Major financial decisions of international firms in context of special risks and opportunities. Foreign direct investment theory.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 
  
  • FIN 659 - Introduction to Derivatives

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: FIN 459
    Pricing, market structure, hedging, trading strategies, arbitrage relationships, and applications to corporate securities for options and futures contracts, swaps, and other derivative instruments. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 
  
  • FIN 660 - Fixed Income Securities

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Pricing, market structure, hedging, trading strategies for fixed income derivative securities like swaps, swaptions, caplets, floorlets, and credit risk derivative instruments.
  
  • FIN 664 - Institutional Trading

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: FIN 464
    The course focuses on the practical aspects and costs of trading, and will facilitate an understanding of the trading problem, including order types, order routing processes and latest developments in securities markets and regulations. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • FIN 665 - The Securities Market

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: FIN 465
    Role and nature of securities markets in our economy and the needs they serve. Market concept; criteria for studying the effectiveness of securities markets.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 
  
  • FIN 666 - Value Investing

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: FIN 466
    The fundamentals of value investing through the analysis of public corporate businesses and the securities and credit instruments they issue. Investment vs. speculation. Real world cases and applications. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 
  
  • FIN 668 - Seminar in Finance

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: FIN 468
    Specialized work for advanced students on particular phase or topic in finance. Reading, reports, and thesis.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 , ECN 601 
  
  • FIN 669 - Distress Investing

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Double Numbered with: FIN 469
    The course prepares you to understand, analyze and evaluate investments in the securities of companies in financial distress. Uses a practical approach to learning as well as hands on experience analyzing actual special situations.
  
  • FIN 672 - Case Studies in Real Estate Investment and Finance

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: RES 672 
    Double Numbered with: FIN 472
    The course examines different areas of the real estate market. Analysis of the real estate space market, the real estate capital markets, cash flow analysis and different financing techniques, with examples in different property types. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • FIN 673 - Control Investing

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: FIN 473
    What control investors do and how they do it: friendly and hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts and other contests for control are covered.
    PREREQ: FIN 666 
  
  • FIN 741 - Risk Management: Credit Risk

    1.5 credit(s) Irregularly
    Quantitative models dealing with default risk. Credit risk models, credit derivative markets, credit default swaps and linked notes, credit spread options, basket default swaps.
    PREREQ: MBC 633  AND MBC 638 
  
  • FIN 742 - Risk Management: Operational Risk

    1.5 credit(s) Irregularly
    Evaluation and management of operational risk in a banking/financial institution environment. Regulatory risk and capital requirements. Theoretical and practical aspects of operational risk models.
    PREREQ: MBC 627 , MBC 628 , MBC 631 , AND MBC 638 
  
  • FIN 751 - Corporate Financial Policy & Strategy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Advanced issues in corporate investment decisions, dividend and debt policy, corporate restructuring, risk management, and corporate governance.
    PREREQ: ECN 604 , MBC 633  AND MBC 638 
  
  • FIN 755 - Applied Financial Management

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Selected applications of financial analysis and theory to firm problems. Topics vary as financial environment changes. Mergers, acquisitions, ESOP leveraged leasing, etc. Seminar method, written and oral reports, case analyses.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 
  
  • FIN 756 - Investment Analysis

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    For students desiring preparation for professional investment work. Detailed analysis of individual securities and application of analytical methods to portfolio management.
    PREREQ: MBC 633 , MBC 638 
  
  • FIN 758 - Portfolio Analysis and Theory

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Practical as well as theoretical problems of modern portfolio selection techniques and analysis. Independent, empirical work by the student and important macro implications of portfolio selection.
    PREREQ: FIN 756 , MAS 766 /ISM 743
 

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