2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    May 17, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Nutrition Science and Dietetics

  
  • NSD 665 - Vitamins And Minerals

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Review of the micro-nutrients, their structures, metabolic and/or physiologic functions, requirements, deficiency states and possible toxicities, nutritional assessment, food sources, and interrelationships with other nutrients.
  
  • NSD 666 - Metabolism

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Metabolic interrelationships and control in the use of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.
  
  • NSD 670 - Experience Credit

    1-6 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
  
  • NSD 680 - Seminar in Food and Nutrition

    1-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Topics in food and nutrition.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • NSD 681 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: NSD 481
    Nutrition problems in adapting food habits for physical and metabolic alterations caused by selected disease states, within the context of the nutrition diagnostic and care process. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • NSD 682 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I Lab

    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: NSD 482
    Application of the nutrition care process, model, and diagnostic language for selected disease states to solve clinical nutrition problems. Additional work required of graduate students.
    COREQ: NSD 681 
  
  • NSD 683 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: NSD 483
    Nutrition problems in adapting food habits for physical and metabolic alterations caused by selected disease states within the context of the nutrition diagnostic and care process. Continuation of NSD 481/681. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: NSD 681 
  
  • NSD 684 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II Lab

    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: NSD 484
    Application of the nutrition care process, model, and diagnostic language for selected disease states to solve clinical nutrition problems. Continuation of NSD 482/682. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: NSD 682 
  
  • NSD 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
  
  • NSD 695 - Nutritional Status Evaluation

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Principles and practices. Dietary, biochemical, anthropometric, and clinical procedures. Laboratory experiences.
  
  • NSD 755 - Field Experience in Community Nutrition

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Field experience with public and private agencies that include programs with a food and/or nutrition component.
    PREREQ: NSD 655 
  
  • NSD 756 - Food and Public Policy

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Introduction to theory of public policy illustrated with examples of a variety of food, nutrition, and agricultural policies. Historical development of policies. Legislative and regulatory issues.
  
  • NSD 765 - Problems in Human Metabolism

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Selected topics in therapeutic nutrition and metabolism for students with substantial background in nutrition and disease.
    PREREQ: NSD 666 
  
  • NSD 795 - Research Methods

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Research techniques applicable to the study of nutrition.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • NSD 885 - Graduate Seminar

    0 credit(s) Irregularly
  
  • NSD 897 - Graduate Project

    0-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Project comparable to 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.
  
  • NSD 997 - Master’s Thesis

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable

Nuclear Energy Track

  
  • NUC 510 - Nuclear Reactor Design, Operation and Safety

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: MAE 510 
    Principles of fission reactor analysis and design; reactor kinetics, operation and control; reactor thermo-fluid-dynamics; reactor safety; reactor accident case studies.
  
  • NUC 520 - Radiochemistry, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Nonproliferation

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: CEN 520 
    Radiochemistry for nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing; nonproliferation issues through detection and monitoring, nuclear fuel reprocessing and design, waste vitrification and storage facilities, safety issues in nuclear fuel reprocessing.
    PREREQ: NUC 301
  
  • NUC 530 - Electric Power Generation and Distribution

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ELE 530 
    Fundamental principles governing the electro-mechanical power conversion; transformer; generators; introduction to power distribution systems; reliability and safety issues related to power generation and delivery, particularly in nuclear power plants.3
  
  • NUC 540 - Experiential Studies in Nuclear Technology

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: CEN 540 
    Introduction to experimental methods, procedures and research techniques through projects at participating government facilities, industrial entities or Syracuse University.
    PREREQ: NUC 301 AND (NUC 510  OR NUC 520 )

Oboe

  
  • OBO 530 - Oboe Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • OBO 535 - Oboe Instruction

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

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

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • OBO 636 - Oboe Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • OBO 735 - Oboe Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.
  
  • OBO 736 - Oboe Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For performance majors.

Organ

  
  • ORG 510 - Organ Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For non-music students.
  
  • ORG 515 - Organ Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • ORG 516 - Organ Instruction

    1-4 credit(s) Every semester
    For music students.
  
  • ORG 615 - Organ Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For Performance majors.
  
  • ORG 616 - Organ Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For Performance majors.
  
  • ORG 715 - Organ Instruction

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    For Performance majors.
  
  • ORG 716 - Organ Instruction

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

Public Administration & International Affrs

  
  • PAI 515 - China in Transition

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Offered only in Beijing. Seminar examines the unprecedented, multi-faceted transitional changes occurring in China since the late 1970s. Impact of reforms on China’s external relations.
  
  • PAI 580 - International Course

    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • PAI 601 - Fundamentals of Conflict Studies

    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: SOS 601 
    Introduction to a broad range of areas related to the analysis and resolution of conflict, focusing on the interdisciplinary study of defining, understanding, and addressing conflict.
  
  • PAI 624 - Dictatorships, Human Rights, and Historical Memory in the Southern Cone

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Offered only in Santiago. The time period (1940-present) and its significance and contributions to the configuration of social, political and economic aspects of Chile today. Relies on primary sources, comparisons within the Southern Cone, and a focus on US role and influence during this period.
  
  • PAI 626 - Cultures and Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan

    3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
    Crosslisted with: ANT 626 , SAS 626 
    Introduction to Afghanistan and Pakistan, recent histories, cultures, current politics. Covers geography, religious systems, gender roles, economic systems, foreign policy issues, refugees, migration. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • PAI 632 - International Public and Non-Government Organization Management

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    How international and non-governmental organizations manage three key functions: regime creation, information mobilization, and norm enforcement. Organizations examined from management perspective in terms of functions, through specific case studies. Offered as a distance education course.
  
  • PAI 633 - Evaluation of International Programs and Projects

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Concepts and methods of program and project evaluation as practiced in international public and non-governmental organizations.
  
  • PAI 635 - European Perspectives on Contemporary War and Conflict

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Crosslisted with: HST 635 
    Seminars conducted at the Syracuse University campus with a week in London to examine the evolution of armed interventions. Meetings with scholars and practitioners in London will bring European perspectives to contemporary conflicts.
  
  • PAI 641 - Negotiating Resolution of International Conflict

    3 credit(s)
    International and community conflict, characteristics, negotiation, collaborative problem solving, process advice. International conflict escalation, stalemate, de-escalation, settlement, resolution, or management.
  
  • PAI 645 - History of International Relations

    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: HST 645 
    Provide professional masters-level students with a solid grounding in the history of international relations around a common theme of states and empires throughout various important time periods.
  
  • PAI 655 - Global Information Technology Policy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 655 
    Policy implications of the increasingly important interaction between information technology development and the governance process.
  
  • PAI 658 - Contemporary Issues in Turkey

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Offered only in Istanbul. Key political and social issues in contemporary Turkey. Democratization; relationship between secularism, the role of the military and Islam in political life; foreign policy including Turkish-US relations; nationalism, minorities, gender, human rights. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • PAI 665 - Applied Global Health Practice and Policy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HTW 665 
    Applied practice of global health, focused in developing countries, through grounding in current global health practice and policy review and multidisciplinary global health classroom projects.
  
  • PAI 668 - Middle East in Anthropological Perspective

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: ANT 668 , MES 668 
    Anthropology of the social, cultural, geographical, and political realities of the Middle East. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • PAI 670 - Experience Credit

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: PSC 670 
    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
  
  • PAI 684 - International Relations of the Middle East

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: MES 684 , PSC 684 
    Analysis of some of the central issues of contemporary regional and international politics of the Middle East.
  
  • PAI 700 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s)
    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
  
  • PAI 701 - Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping

    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: ANT 701 
    One-week intensive course in New York City between fall and spring semesters with follow-up sessions in Syracuse. Combination of peacekeeping theory, analysis, and practice of operations. Speakers from United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, and U.S. government.
  
  • PAI 702 - Development in Africa: Challenges, Constraints, and Strategies

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Current development issues, constraints on development, and strategies aimed at achieving development in Africa. Offered in Washington, D.C.
  
  • PAI 703 - Current Issues in US-Latin American Relations

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Real world policy issues currently affecting Latin America and the US. The one-week seminar in Washington, DC will include presentations and panel discussions by practitioners in the field.
  
  • PAI 704 - Quantitative Skills in International Relations

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    The diverse sources and methods used to collect data upon which decisions are made. Course aimed to help train IR professionals in tools needed to better develop and implement programs and policies.
  
  • PAI 705 - Research Design for IR Practitioners

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    An overview of how social science research is conducted and how it can be used in policy-making in international affairs.
  
  • PAI 706 - International Relations Capstone Seminar

    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Develop students to be effective players in the global workplace. Course ties the IR program together, marrying the academic components of student learning to the practical aspects of working in an international career.
  
  • PAI 707 - Culture in World Affairs

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: ANT 707 , MES 707 
    A systematic survey of the ways in which local, organizational, and transnational issues in world affairs are affected by culture.
  
  • PAI 708 - Issues for 21st Century Public Diplomacy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploration of the state of public diplomacy: its place in U.S. statecraft, the evolving roles and relations of U.S. Government departments and agencies with regard to publics here and abroad.
  
  • PAI 709 - Research Consultancy in Public Diplomacy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Structured, supervised research projects by student teams that involve extensive interviews, data analysis, findings and recommendations to help sponsoring organizations deal with communication prpoblem or opportunity.
  
  • PAI 710 - International Actors and Issues

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to critical actors and issues in the international arena, including how social science theories help explain developments and inform policy choices.
  
  • PAI 711 - Practicum in International Organizations

    6 credit(s) Only during the summer
    Provides a practical and theoretical overview of international organizations and their role in international affairs. Seminar participants combine working in a Geneva-based international organization with a series of lectures, readings, and writing assignments. Offered in Geneva only.
  
  • PAI 712 - Public Organizations and Management

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Behavioral systems and management theories and practices in the modern organization. Practical exploration of functions and dysfunctions of various public organizations (governmental and nonprofit) in relation to personal, social, and cultural values.
  
  • PAI 713 - Governance and Global Civil Society

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 703 
    Survey of perspectives and literatures on global civil society organizations and transnational NGOs. Begins the process of integrating these literatures through critical analysis.
  
  • PAI 715 - Topics in Global Development

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Seminars by leading practitioners in the field at Syracuse University Greenberg House in Washington, D.C. The institutions and issues involved in the development process. Professional skills needed for career opportunities.
    Repeatable
  
  • PAI 716 - Economic Dimensions of Global Power

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Explores the ways in which growing economic interdependence shifts in the locus of global wealth; and ongoing technological change affect the ability of state and non-state actors to exert influence.
    PREREQ: ECN 601  OR PAI 723 
  
  • PAI 717 - International Security

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theoretical approaches to study of international security; central issues shaping current debates. Investigates causes of war, strategies for avoiding conflict, impact of new technologies, actors, and ideas on calculations about the use of force.
  
  • PAI 718 - United States National Security: Defense and Foreign Policy

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: PSC 706 
    Current problems in planning and administering national security policy in the United States.
  
  • PAI 719 - Fundamentals of Post-Conflict Reconstruction

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 719 
    The goal of this class is to provide students with a broad overview of the field of post-conflict reconstruction (PCR) from both a theoretical and applied point of view. Over the course of the semester we will consider the various goals of PCR work, the range of actors that conduct it and the lessons learned from its application across various settings.
  
  • PAI 720 - Principles of Economics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Broad-based background in both micro- and macro-economics for MAIR students whose career aspirations do not require substantial training in these economics specialties.
  
  • PAI 721 - Introduction to Statistics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Basic inferential statistics (point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing). Descriptive statistics (measure of central tendency, variation, bivariate and multivariate association).
  
  • PAI 722 - Quantitative Analysis

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Quantitatively oriented models used in policy analysis, program evaluation, and forecasting. Linear, mathematical, probabilistic, and cost-benefit models.
    PREREQ: PAI 721 
  
  • PAI 723 - Economics for Public Decisions

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Application of micro-economic analysis to public policy problems. Designed for those with limited background in economics. Use of basic economic reasoning to help untangle complex policy problems.
  
  • PAI 724 - Computer Applications for Public Managers

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to effective use of the computer to manage complex and voluminous data found in public sector organizations. Focus on information management issues and productivity enhancement.
  
  • PAI 725 - Global Europe Seminar

    3 credit(s)
    Economic, social, and political issues on an integrated Europe. Guest speakers from local research institutes, student presentations, and discussions with scholars and practitioners on the challenges of European integration. Offered in Europe, exact location varies.
  
  • PAI 726 - Global Energy, Economics and Geopolitics

    3 credit(s) Only during the summer
    International energy issues and their interactions with development concerns, human rights, environment, geopolitics, and regional rivalries, among other topics. Held in DC with site visits and guest speakers.
  
  • PAI 727 - Responding to Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

    3 credit(s)
    Dangers caused by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strategies to address this threat. National and international efforts ranging from diplomacy to arms control to counter-proliferation strategies.
  
  • PAI 728 - National Planning and Capacity to Govern

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: PSC 707 
    Current problems of long-run policy making and execution. Social and political preconditions and consequences of economic, defense, development, or social planning. Problems of intergenerational fairness, forecasting, freedom, administration, and public private sector relationships.
  
  • PAI 730 - Problems in Public Administration

    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    May include specific courses focusing on international economic development; nonprofit and international non-governmental organization management; federal policy formulation; technology and governance issues; e-government; GIS mapping, and dispute resolution management.
    Repeatable
  
  • PAI 731 - Financial Management in State and Local Governments

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Financial problems confronting state and local governments. Governmental accounting and auditing, municipal borrowing; bond rating; cash management; effects of changing economic base on revenues and expenditures; actuarial funding of employee retirement systems.
    PREREQ: PAI 734  AND ECN 635 
  
  • PAI 733 - Public Personnel and Collective Bargaining

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Survey of public personnel administration. Current practice, issues and problems in personnel management. Policies and programs affecting the sociopolitical and human resources dimensions of public organizations.
  
  • PAI 734 - Public Budgeting

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Role of the modern budget in determination of policy, administrative integration, control of government operations and intergovernmental relations, and in relation to private economy. Unit costs, work programs, budgetary analysis.
  
  • PAI 735 - State and Local Government Finance

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ECN 635 
    Expenditures and revenues of state and local governments. Fiscal aspects of intergovernmental relations.
    PREREQ: PAI 723 
  
  • PAI 736 - Economics of Health and Medical Care

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: ECN 655 
    Economic theory, empirics and public policy concerning health and medical care in the U.S. Primary objective to analyze health care problems from an economic perspective. Prereq (for ECN 655 ): ECN 601  or equivalent; (for PPA 736): PPA 723.
    PREREQ: PAI 723 
  
  • PAI 738 - US Intelligence Community: Governance & Practice

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Key phases and specific events of the US Intelligence Community will be explored, along with governance and oversight. Students will study the functional elements of intelligence tradecraft and engagement with international counterparts.
  
  • PAI 739 - US Defense Strategy, Resources, & Military Operations

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Governance and execution of National strategy by the Department of Defense, the Joint Staff and Combatant Commanders; national command and control of military forces; case studies of joint and combined operations overseas.
  
  • PAI 741 - Social Media in the Public and Non-Profit Sector

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Overview of current practices for managing Information assets produced by government and its stakeholders using social media applications. Interactive information structure analyzed through management, technology and organizational components.
  
  • PAI 742 - Public Administration and Law

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Legal developments relevant to public administration in United States. Legal and administrative theory. Specific cases. Role of courts in contemporary public administration.
  
  • PAI 743 - The Administrator in the Political Environment

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Interaction of public bureaucracies with political executives, legislatures, courts, interest groups, and the general public. Concepts of bureaucratic accountability and representation.
  
  • PAI 744 - Metropolitan Government and Politics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Current problems of urban management: centralized versus decentralized metropolitan government; fiscal strain; delivery of municipal services; collective bargaining; governmental accountability.
  
  • PAI 745 - Intergovernmental Relations

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Forces, theories, and institutions that have shaped and are shaping the centralization and localization of foci of governmental power, especially the American system.
  
  • PAI 746 - Ethics and Morality in Public Affairs

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Helps the student understand the nature of his or her own ethical and moral commitments as they relate to public affairs. Selected literature in philosophy, sociology, political science, law, and public administration.
  
  • PAI 747 - Human Resources Management for the Public Sector

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theory, research, and practices for effective human resources management in public and nonprofit agencies. Political and institutional context of public sector human resources management, evolution of U.S. civil service system, critical issues confronting public managers.
  
  • PAI 748 - Seminar on Nonprofit Management

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Attributes of the nonprofit sector as compared with government and business; public policy relationships that intertwine these sectors, highlight distinctive skills and talents needed for effective leaders in the nonprofit sector.
  
  • PAI 749 - Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Fundamental concepts of accounting and financial management and issues relevant to charitable, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations; how financial information and analysis are used in management and policy-making in the public sector.
    PREREQ: PAI 734 
  
  • PAI 751 - JD/MPA Seminar

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Impact of courts on public management and public policy. Open to JD/MPA students only. Satisfies University’s comprehensive requirement for master’s program. Prereq: JD/MPA student status.
  
  • PAI 752 - MPA Workshop

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Consulting assignment that addresses current topics in public management. Objective of team project is application of MPA subject matter and techniques. Prereq: Completion of majority of MPA coursework.
  
  • PAI 753 - Executive Leadership and Policy Politics

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Simulation exercise involving current public policy issues. Focus on politics of formulating and setting policy. Satisfies the University’s comprehensive requirement for a master’s degree.
  
  • PAI 755 - Public Administration and Democracy

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Public policy and administration in the context of a constitutional demo-cracy. Relationships between administrative and constitutional values.
 

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