Apr 19, 2024

2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue

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Geology
	GLY 514 - Advanced Metamorphic Petrology Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Optical mineralogy, petrology, structural geology, or permission of instructor. Principles and methodology underlying the study of metamorphism and metamorphic facies in varying rock compositions, and petrotectonic settings. Topics include metamorphic phase equilibria and diagrams, geothermobarometry and P-T—time paths, metamorphic mineral crystallization and recrystallization, and textural relationships in metamorphic rocks having variable protoliths and histories. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Field trip(s). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 515 - Methods of Sedimentology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Petrology. A survey of the parameters of sedimentation. Emphasis on the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks, including their origin, transport, deposition and lithification of rock–forming minerals. Techniques of physical and chemical analyses of sediments are stressed. One lecture and six laboratory hours per week. Field trips. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 520 - Global Climate Change Credits: (3) Prerequisites: General chemistry, college physics, and calculus with analytic geometry. Analysis of natural and anthropogenic global climate change. Historical and geological records of climate including sediment, tree ring, and ice core analysis. Physics and chemistry of climate including Earth’s energy balance, global carbon cycle, climate modeling, atmospheric composition and dynamics. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 525 - Engineering Geology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Properties, uses, and engineering significance of solid earth materials and water. Principles of stress and strain and related material responses. Methods, techniques, and instrumentation of engineering geologic investigations. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 526 - Geohydrology Credits: (4) Prerequisites: Two semesters of college calculus and petrology, or permission of instructor. Geology of ground waters and related aspects of surface waters. Methods of groundwater resource evaluation, protection, exploitation, and contaminant remediation. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 531 - Micropaleontology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Invertebrate paleontology or consent of instructor. Paleobiology and geological history of microorganisms, emphasizing the classification and systematics of major microfossil groups. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Field trips. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 533 - Paleoecology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Invertebrate paleontology or consent of instructor. Principles of ecological faunal analysis as primarily applied to the marine fossil record. Emphasizes the integration of form and function, taphonomy, and community development through time, and sedimentology/stratigraphy as a synthetic approach to paleoenvironmental, paleobiological and evolutionary analyses. Applications to biostratigraphy are considered. Three lecture hours per week. Field trips. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 535 - Stratigraphic Paleontology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Invertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, or consent of instructor. Analysis of the historical, geological and biological basis of biostratigraphy emphasizing the application of biostratigraphic principles and techniques in the development of high-resolution relative time scales. Three lecture hours per week. Field trips. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 540 - Regional Geology of North America Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Structural geology, stratigraphy. Survey of the rocks, structures, natural resources, and tectonic histories of different regions of North America, such as the Precambrian shield, Appalachians, and Cordillera. Syntheses of theories of orogenesis. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 541 - Advanced Structural Geology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Structural geology. Origin and analysis of earth structures. Solution of advanced structural problems involving stress, strain, rheology, folding, and fracturing of rocks. Rock mechanics, finite strain, and fabric analysis of deformed rocks. Review of techniques. Directed field or lab problems and examples from literature. Two lecture and two laboratory hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 543 - Tectonics Credits: (3) (443) Prerequisites: Structural geology, stratigraphy, petrology. Examination of current ideas and their development as global tectonics theories. Plate tectonic controls on orogeny, orogenic belts, magmatism, sedimentation, and metallogeny of major geologic regions of North American and other areas of the world. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 550 - Marine Geology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Topography, sediments, structure and geologic history of the marine and estuarine environment. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Field trip(s). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 551 - Seafloor Mapping Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of different methods used to map the seafloor including satellite altimetry, multibeam and sidescan sonar swathmapping. Operation of instruments, survey strategies and techniques to process and interpret data will be explored. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Shipboard field trip. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 552 - Coastal Sedimentary Environments Credits: (4) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Sedimentary processes and environments of the world’s coastal systems. Emphasis on river deltas, estuaries, bays, salt marshes, barrier islands and associated inlets. Ice–bound as well as rocky coastlines also are examined. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Field trip. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 555 - Coastal Sediment Dynamics Credits: (3) Prerequisites: One year of calculus or physics or consent of the instructor. Theory and application of models used to quantify sediment movement and deposition in the coastal environment. Three lecture hours per week. Field trips. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 558 - Introduction to Coastal Management Credits: (4) Interdisciplinary study of human impacts on coastal environments and organisms. Topics include the physical and biotic setting of worldwide coastal regions, principles of coastal management, and analysis of potential solutions to coastal problems. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 560 - Integrative Stratigraphy Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Invertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology. Stratigraphic analysis of the geologic history of North America and parts of other continents. Emphasis on interpreting lithologic assemblages and stratigraphic relations in terms of modern tectonic–depositional models. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 561 - Coastal Plains Geology Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Invertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology. Origin and development of Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains with emphasis on stratigraphy, structure, geomorphology and tectonic history. Three lecture hours per week. Field trip(s). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 565 - Introduction to Geophysics Credits: (3) (465) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Integrated application of geophysical methods to solve environmental and geologic problems. Includes discussion of reflection/refraction seismology, ground penetrating radar and gravity. Two lectures and three laboratory hours each week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 572 - Introduction to Geochemistry Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Two semesters of college calculus; mineralogy or inorganic chemistry; or permission of instructor. Investigation of the abundance and distribution of chemical elements in the Earth’s crust, mantle, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Introduction to thermodynamics, phase and mineral equilibrium, stable and radiogenic isotopes, and geochronology. Emphasizes the application of geochemical processes to solving geologic and environment problems, with selected examples from field and laboratory studies. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 573 - Isotope Geochemistry Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Two semesters of college calculus and two semesters of college chemistry. Introduction to the use of radiogenic and stable isotopes for studying environmental processes; radioactive decay and the applications of radioisotopes at daily to earth-history timescales; isotopic fractionation, and applications of stable isotopes in modern and paleo-environments. Three lecture hours per week. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 590 - Topics in Geology Credits: (1-4) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 592 - Topics in Geology Credits: (1-4) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Advanced special topics in geology through lectures, seminars, and laboratory or field experience. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 595 - Seminar Credits: (1) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Research and discussion of selected topics in earth sciences. Oral presentation at a departmental seminar and attendance at selected university seminars required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 597 - Final Project in Geology Credits: (3) Permission of instructor. Focused study of a research topic in the practical application of geology. Topics are selected by the student with appropriate faculty and graduate coordinator approval. Students work with a faculty committee. Written analysis and oral presentation of the project is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 598 - Internship Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Participation in field experience with an organization involved in the practice of geology. Students work with a licensed professional geologist focusing on the linkage between course work and practical application. Students complete a final report based on their activities. Final presentation required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GLY 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Gerontology
	GRN 501 - Aging and Society Credits: (3) (SOC 501) Study of age as a structural feature of changing societies and groups, aging as a social process, and age as dimension of stratification. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 503 - Investigative Inquiry in Gerontology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Principles of quantitative and qualitative methods used in gerontological research and inquiry. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 518 - Women and Aging Credits: (3) (SOC 518) Examines women’s experience of old age and the aging process. Specific emphasis on family, medical, and economic institutions. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 522 - Family Health and Aging Credits: (3) Study of family systems theory, paradigms for caregiving (spatial, temporal, and transactional axes), altruism versus distributive justice, illness and life-stage challenges for caregiving, and the interface between formal caregivers and caregiving families. Students review case studies with regard to geriatric care management and community health education. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 523 - Physiology of Human Aging Credits: (3) An overview of the aging process with special emphasis on anatomical and physiological changes that occur with human aging. Current theories as to the mechanisms of aging are considered. Premature aging diseases and age-related diseases are discussed. Student presentations required. Three lecture hours each week. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 524 - Literature of Aging Credits: (3) Contemporary fiction and nonfiction by Philip Roth, Doris Lessing, May Sarton, and others, selected for their depictions of older protagonists and explorations of opportunities and challenges of later life, are analyzed. Literary theories, literary criticism, and gerontological scholarship contribute to the interpretations. The texts’ ways of challenging our culture’s ageism are emphasized. Students give oral reports, write essays, and participate in an e-mail project with a senior group in the community. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 526 - Psychosocial Adjustment to Retirement and Later Life Credits: (3) A seminar focusing on the psychosocial aspects of retirement and post-employment years. Theories of aging and scientific inquiry applied to retirement, and their significant others. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 540 - Current Issues in Gerontology Credits: (3) Study of current issues and topics in the field of aging from an interdisciplinary and global perspective. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 544 - Midlife Transitions for Women Credits: (3) The interdisciplinary study of social construction of menopause and midlife as embodying a culture’s image of aging for women. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 546 - Health Care Access for the Elderly Credits: (3) An introduction to the US health care system with an emphasis on issues related to the elderly. Problems of access to health care for the aging population, their families, and communities. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 570 - Impact of Combat on Aging Credits: (3) Examines life histories of combat veterans. Emphasis on personal attributes, cohort effects, period effects and stratification as predictors of combat impact on social institutions. May be taken for credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 590 - Practicum in Gerontology Credits: (3) Prerequisites: GRN 501 or SOC 501 ,PSY 524 , GRN 523 . A field experience designed to demonstrate knowledge and skills related to geriatric or gerontological practice. Must be repeated to earn 6 credit hours by Master of Science students. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 591 - Directed Independent Research in Gerontology Credits: (3) Prerequisites: Three hours of graduate work with content in human aging. May be repeated for credit with consent of program director. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 595 - Special Topic Seminar in Gerontology Credits: (3) Discussion of special topic related to gerontology. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours credit. May be taken for elective credit in the MALS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 597 - Master’s Project Proposal Development Credits: (3) The seminar is intended to cover the research process required to complete the gerontology program final project and prepare an individual for publishing final project results. The course will cover the general purpose, content, and function of proposal writing, reviewing specifically the requirements of UNCW’s Gerontology Program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRN 598 - Final Project in Gerontology Credits: (3) Prerequisites: GRN 501 / SOC 501 , GRN 503 , PSY 524 , GRN 523 , GRN 540 , GRN 590 and permission of the GRN coordinator. Focused study of issue in gerontology of importance to professionals from the worlds of business, government, not-profit agencies and/or research. Synthesizes interdisciplinary curriculum with student’s interest and practical experience. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
	GTA 500 - Graduate Assistantship Credits: (0) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GTA 501 - Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop Credits: (2) Permission of instructor required. An introduction to the responsibilities of serving as a graduate teaching assistant or a teaching fellow. Topics for discussion include time management, student behavior, legal responsibilities, techniques of effective teaching, evaluation and use of technology in the classroom. To be graded with a “S” or “U.” Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Graduation Continuation
	GRC 500 - Natl Board Certification Cr Credits: (3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	GRC 600 - Continuous Enrollment Credits: (1) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
History
	HST 500 - Historiography and Methodology Credits: (3) Introduction to problems of historical research through examination of major historical works and current techniques of research, evaluation of sources, development of bibliography, and quantitative historical methods including the role of the computer in historical research. This course is open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 508 - Historical Archaeology Credits: (3) Prerequisite for history graduate students: HST 500 . Historical archaeology is the integrated study of recent peoples using archaeological and historical research methods. This class will focus on the peoples of North America, roughly from the 15th through the 19th centuries. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 518 - Seminar: U.S. Social History Credits: (3) Intensive study of selected topics in U.S. social history. Examples of topics: African–Americans, immigrants, social movements, education, work and leisure, sexuality. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 520 - U.S. Colloquium Credits: (3) Readings and discussion of bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends on a theme offered in American history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 522 - U.S. Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper on an aspect of American history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 524 - Major Interpretations in American History Credits: (3) A historiographic survey of influential interpretations of American history as they relate to specific topics and periods. This course is open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 525 - Seminar: U.S. Economic History Credits: (3) (442) Intensive study of significant themes or events in U.S. economic history from the colonial period to the present. Examples of topics: economy of Colonial America, 19th–century labor movements, economy of the Ante-bellum South, agricultural history. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 526 - Seminar: U.S. Political History Credits: (3) (444) Intensive study of selected facets of political theory, behavior, movements, and institutions, and how political power has been used to influence the development of society. Examples of topics: New Deal politics, third–party movements, U.S. Constitution. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 527 - Seminar: U.S. Diplomatic History Credits: (3) (446) Intensive examination of fundamental principles, assumptions, and objectives in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy, and of how Americans have viewed their place in the international order at various moments in their history. Examples of topics: the diplomacy of World War II, the Cold War, arms control and disarmament. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 528 - Seminar: U.S. National Security History Credits: (3) (448) Intensive examination of major themes and events in the evolution of U.S. national security and defense policy, the uses of national power, and the role of military affairs from the colonial period to the present. Examples of topics: the Vietnam War, the use of air power, U.S. imperialism. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 529 - Seminar: U.S. Intellectual History Credits: (3) (450) Intensive examination of the role of ideas in American history. Examples of topics: radicalism, the Enlightenment, myth in American history, and ideas about democracy, ethnicity, equality, religion, gender. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 531 - Seminar: U.S. Regional History Credits: (3) (454) Intensive examination of the economic, social, and political history of a specific region of the United States. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 533 - Seminar: U.S. Environmental History Credits: (3) (456) Prerequisite: HST 201 -202 , 290 or consent of the instructor. Intensive study of selected topics in U.S. environmental history. Examples of topics: nature and culture, the cult of the wilderness, conservation and preservation, resources and regions, gender and nature, the environmental movement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 540 - European Colloquium Credits: (3) Readings and discussion of major research trends and schools of interpretation in selected themes in European history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 542 - European Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper on an aspect of European history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 548 - Seminar: Medieval Europe Credits: (3) (408) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in history of Medieval Europe (500-1500). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 552 - Seminar: Renissance and Reformation Europe Credits: (3) (412) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1350-1618). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 554 - Seminar: Early Modern Europe Credits: (3) (414) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Early Modern Europe (1618-1789). May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 556 - Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Europe Credits: (3) (416) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 558 - Seminar: Twentieth-Century Europe Credits: (3) (418) Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Europe since 1914. May not be applied toward fulfillment of graduate seminar requirement. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 560 - Global Colloquium Credits: (3) Readings and discussion of bibliographies, interpretations, and research trends on a theme or period in global history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 562 - Global Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper on an aspect of global history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 564 - Modernization and Revolution in the Non-Western World Credits: (3) Examination of industrialization, imperialism, nationalism, and other forces that have revolutionized traditional society in the non–Western world. This course is open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 570 - Public History: Theory and Practice Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite HST 500 . A survey of the theoretical literature concerning the field of public history combined with a class project based upon primary research designated to introduce students to career opportunities and the collaborative process inherent in public history. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 571 - Care and Management of Historical Collections Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Introduction to the theory and practice of historical collections in museums worldwide. Topics include collections in cultural and historical context, policy development, documentation, registration, conservation, and storage. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 572 - Education and Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Overview of learning at museums and historic sites in international context. Topics include the social role of the museum, learning styles, community collaboration, visitor evaluation, program planning, and the history of visitors’ roles in the museum. Emphasis is on the historian’s role in facilitating public dialogue on historical topics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 573 - Public History Seminar Credits: (3) Research in the bibliography of specialized topics and use of primary sources to write an original research paper or complete an original interpretative project on an aspect of public history. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 574 - Museum Exhibition Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Introduction to the theory, research, development, design, fabrication and installation of historical exhibits in museums. Students will create and install an exhibition using a professional exhibit development process. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 575 - Administration of Museums and Historic Sites Credits: (3) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Overview of issues in museum management, including long-range planning, museum governance, funding for non-profits, and administration of historical resources. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 577 - Historic Preservation in the U.S. Credits: (3) (477) This applied research class provides an overview of the history, theory, and practices of historic preservation. It addresses the history of the built American environment and how scholars analyze buildings and landscapes as historical evidence. Students visit historic structures and conduct both fieldwork and archival research. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 578 - Interpreting US Material Culture Credits: (3) (478) Prerequisite or co-requisite: HST 500 . Intensive examination of theory, practice, and historiography of using material culture as sources for the study of American life. Culminates in a research paper constructing a historical argument based upon an artifact. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 580 - Topics in Public History Credits: (3) (480) Intensive study of selected themes in public history. Examples of topics: history and memory, interpretation of landscape, interpretation of material culture, and business history. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 581 - Topics in African History Credits: (3) (481) Intensive study of a selected theme in African history. Examples of topics: slavery, the slave trade and its abolition, pre–colonial Africa, colonial and post–colonial Africa, oral history in Africa. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 583 - Topics in Middle Eastern History Credits: (3) (483) Intensive study of a selected theme in Middle Eastern history. Examples of topics: early Islamic conquests, the Ottoman Empire, the Arab–Israeli conflict. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 585 - Topics in Latin American History Credits: (3) (485) Intensive study of a selected theme in Latin American history. Examples of topics: pre–Columbian civilizations. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 586 - Topics in the History of Science and Technology Credits: (3) (496) Intensive study of a selected theme in the History of Science and Technology. Examples of topics include: “Positivism,” “The Scientific Revolution,” “Occult Studies and the Renaissance,” “The Industrial Revolution.” May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 587 - Topics in Global History Credits: (3) (487) Intensive study of a selected theme in global history. Examples of topics: colonialism, imperialism, industrialization, slavery, revolutionary movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 590 - Comparative Historical Studies Credits: (3) Comparison of developments in different eras or places in order to determine unique or common historical themes. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-6) May take up to six credit hours; see the graduate history coordinator for details. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 592 - Special Topics In History Credits: (3) Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 593 - Problems in History Credits: (3) Investigation of selected problems in European, American, and non-Western history through discussions, development of bibliographies, or research papers. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 595 - Special Topics in History Credits: (3) (495) Research-oriented exploration of a special topic not regularly covered in other courses. May not be applied toward fulfilment of graduate seminar requirement. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 596 - Seminar: Topics in History Credits: (3) Advanced research on specialized topics using, where possible, primary sources. This course is open only to graduate students. May be repeated one time for credit. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 597 - Topics in Asian History Credits: (3) (497) Intensive study of selected themes and events in Asian history not regularly covered in other courses. Examples of topics include: Chinese Revolutions, Meiji Japan, Gandhian thought, and nationalist movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 598 - Internship in Public History Credits: (3) Prerequisite: HST 570 and permission of the instructor. Supervised experience with credentialed professional in public history or technical field, combined with directed reading in literature of that field. Final product must meet accepted standards of historical scholarship and professional practice as defined by faculty and supervising professional. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	HST 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) This course is open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Instructional Technology
	MIT 500 - Instructional Systems Design: Theory and Research Credits: (3) Designed to provide an analysis of theoretical foundations of instructional design and their application in design practice. The course will examine multidisciplinary and multicultural influences upon instructional theory and development. A broad range of current design research and theory, and future directions in design theory and practice will be explored. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 501 - Motivation in Instructional Design Credits: (3) Designed to provide a review and analysis of motivational theories in relation to instructional design strategies. The primary emphasis will be on the motivation to learn and techniques for stimulating and sustaining learner motivation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 502 - The Systematic Approach to Performance Improvement Credits: (3) Provides an introduction to theories and techniques for solving training and nontraining problems in business, industry, and other performance-oriented organizations. Activities include needs assessment, analysis, solution selection, and job and task analysis. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 503 - The Fundamentals of Computer Programming Credits: (3) Study of computer programming and problem-solving as applied to real world educational problems with solutions designed and implemented in various programming and scripting languages. Topics include data types, logic, flowcharting, sequence, selection, repetition, functions, arrays, file i/o, design, testing, and debugging. Prior programming experience is neither assumed nor required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 510 - Design and Development of Instructional Technology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: MIT 500 or approval of department. Emphasizes skills and understanding necessary to create effective, efficient, and appealing instruction in any content area and with any medium, including live instruction. Addresses both “process” and “product.” Process is concerned with activities and media required to create and deliver the instruction. Product is concerned with what the instruction should accomplish. Students will engage in leading a team that designs, produces, implements and evaluates an instructional system developed for a field site. Team leaders will ensure the quality and integrity of the design and report. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	MIT 511 - Multimedia Design and Development Credits: (3) The course focuses on cognitive learning theory, perception, motivation, color principles, communication, usability, multimedia learning principles and instructional design applicable to designing multimedia instructional products. Students will learn to design, develop, and evaluate multimedia applications. Each student will demonstrate basic proficiency across a wide spectrum of multimedia for print design, job aid design, graphic design and screen design. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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GLY 514 - Advanced Metamorphic Petrology

GLY 515 - Methods of Sedimentology

GLY 520 - Global Climate Change

GLY 525 - Engineering Geology

GLY 526 - Geohydrology

GLY 531 - Micropaleontology

GLY 533 - Paleoecology

GLY 535 - Stratigraphic Paleontology

GLY 540 - Regional Geology of North America

GLY 541 - Advanced Structural Geology

GLY 543 - Tectonics

GLY 550 - Marine Geology

GLY 551 - Seafloor Mapping

GLY 552 - Coastal Sedimentary Environments

GLY 555 - Coastal Sediment Dynamics

GLY 558 - Introduction to Coastal Management

GLY 560 - Integrative Stratigraphy

GLY 561 - Coastal Plains Geology

GLY 565 - Introduction to Geophysics

GLY 572 - Introduction to Geochemistry

GLY 573 - Isotope Geochemistry

GLY 590 - Topics in Geology

GLY 591 - Directed Independent Study

GLY 592 - Topics in Geology

GLY 595 - Seminar

GLY 597 - Final Project in Geology

GLY 598 - Internship

GLY 599 - Thesis

GRN 501 - Aging and Society

GRN 503 - Investigative Inquiry in Gerontology

GRN 518 - Women and Aging

GRN 522 - Family Health and Aging

GRN 523 - Physiology of Human Aging

GRN 524 - Literature of Aging

GRN 526 - Psychosocial Adjustment to Retirement and Later Life

GRN 540 - Current Issues in Gerontology

GRN 544 - Midlife Transitions for Women

GRN 546 - Health Care Access for the Elderly

GRN 570 - Impact of Combat on Aging

GRN 590 - Practicum in Gerontology

GRN 591 - Directed Independent Research in Gerontology

GRN 595 - Special Topic Seminar in Gerontology

GRN 597 - Master’s Project Proposal Development

GRN 598 - Final Project in Gerontology

GTA 500 - Graduate Assistantship

GTA 501 - Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop

GRC 500 - Natl Board Certification Cr

GRC 600 - Continuous Enrollment

HST 500 - Historiography and Methodology

HST 508 - Historical Archaeology

HST 518 - Seminar: U.S. Social History

HST 520 - U.S. Colloquium

HST 522 - U.S. Seminar

HST 524 - Major Interpretations in American History

HST 525 - Seminar: U.S. Economic History

HST 526 - Seminar: U.S. Political History

HST 527 - Seminar: U.S. Diplomatic History

HST 528 - Seminar: U.S. National Security History

HST 529 - Seminar: U.S. Intellectual History

HST 531 - Seminar: U.S. Regional History

HST 533 - Seminar: U.S. Environmental History

HST 540 - European Colloquium

HST 542 - European Seminar

HST 548 - Seminar: Medieval Europe

HST 552 - Seminar: Renissance and Reformation Europe

HST 554 - Seminar: Early Modern Europe

HST 556 - Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Europe

HST 558 - Seminar: Twentieth-Century Europe

HST 560 - Global Colloquium

HST 562 - Global Seminar

HST 564 - Modernization and Revolution in the Non-Western World

HST 570 - Public History: Theory and Practice

HST 571 - Care and Management of Historical Collections

HST 572 - Education and Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites

HST 573 - Public History Seminar

HST 574 - Museum Exhibition

HST 575 - Administration of Museums and Historic Sites

HST 577 - Historic Preservation in the U.S.

HST 578 - Interpreting US Material Culture