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Spanish
	SPN 511 - Topics in Spanish Civilization Credits: (3) Advanced study in geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Spain. Topics will focus on specific time periods, geographic areas, or cultural phenomena. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 512 - Topics in Spanish American Civilization Credits: (3) Advanced study in geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Spanish America. Topics will focus on specific time periods, geographic areas, or cultural phenomena. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 521 - Studies in Spanish Literature Credits: (3) Study of representative Spanish authors, literary movements, and genres. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 522 - Studies in Spanish American Literature Credits: (3) Study of representative Spanish American authors, literary movements, and genres. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 550 - Teaching College Spanish Credits: (3) Exploration of relevant areas of foreign language research and their application to Spanish instruction at the college level. Readings, lectures, and practical demonstrations will expose students to second language acquistion theories and the principles of proficiency. Students will work with a variety of approaches to communicative language teaching, with a focus on the proficiency-oriented approach. They will explore classroom techniques designed to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while integrating culture. Approaches to developing and implementing testing and incorporating technology will also be highlighted. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 585 - Hispanic Film Credits: (3) Exploration and interpretation of Spanish and Latin American cinema in its theoretical, historical and cultural contexts. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. May not exceed 3 hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 595 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies Credits: (1-6) Advanced study of topics related to Hispanic literature, culture, linguistics, language, and/or foreign language pedagogy. Subtitles will vary from semester to semester. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Special Education
	SED 502 - Literature Review in Special Education: Behavior, Cognitive, or Learning Disorders Credits: (3) Designed to explore special education literature in either behavior, cognitive, or learning disorders. Students will study literature review models, survey the related literature, and write a draft for their thesis or research project. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 503 - Instructional Design in Special Education Credits: (3) Designed to provide students with a unified set of viable instructional design principles for evaluating or modifying curriculum. Application of these principles will ensure that the curriculum is accessible to a diverse group of learners. The course provides a framework for designing instructional sequences and error correction procedures that optimize progress. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 550 - Learning Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Examination of the field of learning disorders including etiology, assessment, definition, characteristics, teaching strategies, historical influences, and current trends. Emphasis is on the application of LD issues, research, and theory to classroom practice. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 551 - Methods for Teaching Academic Skills Credits: (3) Drawing on current research on learning and instruction, this course examines the design, implementation, and evaluation of strategies for teaching reading, mathematics, writing, and content areas to students with exceptionalities. Students will become fluent with concepts and instructional techniques. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 553 - Advanced Classroom Management and Behavioral Development Credits: (3) Designed to develop knowledge and skills necessary for establishing appropriate social and emotional behaviors of children. Focus is on identifying developmental factors, effective solutions, and implementing a system of functional behavioral assessment-based behavior support planning. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 554 - Cognitive Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Examination of the field of cognitive disorders including etiology, assessment, definition, characteristics, and teaching strategies, historical influences, and current trends. Emphasis is on the application of issues, research, and theory to classroom practice. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 555 - Behavior Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Involves the advanced study of etiology, assessment, intervention, theories, and contemporary research findings related to teaching children and youth with social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Examines and evaluates institutional and programmatic issues, controversies, dilemmas, debates, and conflicts confronting the field. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 556 - Seminar on Families, Diversity, and Collaboration Credits: (3) Designed to develop understandings and skills related to working with families and caregivers of students with special needs. Focus will be upon characteristics of diverse families, and development of skills in communication, collaboration, and teaming models to address the variety of needs identified. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 557 - Technology Applications in Special Education Credits: (3) Designed to provide teachers of children with disabilities the skills to integrate technology, including assistive devices, into classroom instruction. The technology examined will focus on devices used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of children with disabilities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 558 - Issues and Trends in Special Education Credits: (2) Designed to focus on emerging directions related to the education of students with exceptionalities. Relevant instruction, assessment, service delivery, technology, management, legal, psychological, medical, and social issues will be examined as well as implications for schools. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 559 - Special Education Practicum Credits: (3) Supervised public school practicum for students with cognitive, learning, and behavior disorders including developing and implementing advanced assessment skills, clinical instruction, behavioral support programs, and collaborating with teachers, parents, and other professionals. Focus on research to practice, and implementing and writing results for thesis/project. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 560 - Reading Theories and Methods for Students with Special Needs Credits: (3) Designed to provide evidence-based instructional practices in reading that accelerate student learning through careful curriculum design and instructional delivery. Emphasis on clear communication, explicit instructional formats, progress monitoring, instructional grouping, teacher/student interactions, and generalization. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 561 - Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction Credits: (3) Designed to provide students with research-based methods for teaching reading. Emphasis on the application of instructional techniques and progress monitoring strategies to meet the needs of individuals with exceptionalities. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 562 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characteristics and Instruction Credits: (3) Examination and understanding of behaviors associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) including current research on etiology and diagnosis. Emphasis will be placed on learning styles, educational needs, and intervention strategies for persons with ASD. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 563 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social and Communication Skills Credits: (3) Identification of the social and communication needs and intervention strategies common in persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome. Emphasis on the application of research-based treatments for social and communicative functioning. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 603 - Special Education for Educational Leaders Credits: (3) Study of special education legal mandates and their implications, administrative issues related to special education, students with exceptionalities, and current issues and trends. Includes examination of parental involvement, assessment, program development, services and personnel, discipline, diversity, collaboration, and student characteristics and related implications. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Statistics
	STT 500 - Research Consultation Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Statistical consultation on graduate thesis research provided through access to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics’ Statistical Consulting Center. May be repeated for a total of three credit hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 501 - Applied Statistical Methods Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. A survey of statistical methods for scientists. Topics include: data description, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, simple linear and multiple linear regression and contingency tables. This course does not count towards the Master’s degree in mathematics. No credit granted after successful completion of STT 411 , 412 , 511 , or 512 . May be taken once for credit, open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 505 - Data Analysis Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Any statistics course. Introduction to exploratory data analysis. Use of stem and leaf plots, boxplots. Transformations of data, resistant lines, analysis of two–way tables, residual analysis. Comparison of robust/resistant methods with standard statistical techniques. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 511 - Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance Credits: (3) (411) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. Review of elementary statistics; design of experiments including completely randomized, randomized block, factorial, split–plot, and repeated measures designs; analysis of variance; non–parametric alternative methods of analysis. Statistical software packages will be used as appropriate in problem solving. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 512 - Applied Regression and Correlation Credits: (3) (412) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. Review of elementary statistics; linear and multiple regression; correlation. Statistical software packages will be used as appropriate in problem solving. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 520 - Biostatistical Analysis Credits: (3) (420) Prerequisite: Statistical programming and consent of instructor. Statistical methods used in epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. Topics include measures of association, logistic regression, covariates, life tables and Cox regression; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 525 - Categorical Data Analysis Credits: (3) (425) Prerequisite: Statistical programming and consent of instructor. Introduction to the analysis of qualitative data. Basic methods of summary and inference for two and three way contingency tables; introduction to the generalized linear model for binary and Poisson data; focus on multinomial responses (nominal and ordinal) and matched pairs data; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 530 - Introduction to Non-parametric Statistics Credits: (3) (430) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. Theory and methods of non–parametric statistics in the one– and two–sample problems and their comparisons with standard parametric procedures. Non–parametric tests for comparing more than two samples; tests of randomness and independence. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 535 - Applied Multivariate Analysis Credits: (3) (435) Prerequisite: STT 511 , 512 . Matrix manipulations; multivariate normal distribution; inference for mean vector and covariance matrix; multivariate analysis of variance; principal components; canonical correlations; discriminant analysis; factor analysis; cluster analysis; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 540 - Linear Models and Regression Analysis Credits: (3) (440) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. Theoretical introduction to the general linear model and its application to simple linear regression and multiple regression. Estimation and hypothesis testing of model coefficients; residual analysis; analysis of covariance. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 565 - Applied Probability Credits: (3) (465) (MAT 565) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. The formulation, analysis and interpretation of probabilistic models. Selected topics in probability theory. Conditioning, Markov chains, and Poisson processes. Additional topics chosen from renewal theory, queueing theory, Gaussian processes, Brownian motion, and elementary stochastic differential equations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 566 - Mathematical Statistics I Credits: (3) (466) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. A rigorous introduction to mathematical statistics. Univariate and multivariate probability distributions; conditional and marginal distributions; theory of estimation and hypothesis testing; limiting distributions and the central limit theorem; sufficient statistics and the exponential class of probability density functions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 567 - Mathematical Statistics II Credits: (3) (467) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. A rigorous introduction to mathematical statistics. Univariate and multivariate probability distributions; conditional and marginal distributions; theory of estimation and hypothesis testing; limiting distributions and the central limit theorem; sufficient statistics and the exponential class of probability density functions. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research Credits: (3) (MAT 569) Prerequisite: STT 565 . Probabilistic models with applications in operations research. Queueing theory, birth–death processes, embedded Markov chains, finite and infinite waiting–room systems, single and multi–server queues, general service distributions; Markov decision processes; reliability. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 590 - Case Studies in Statistical Consulting Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Review of case studies involving consulting with clients on statistical design of experiments and analysis of experimental and observational data; consulting on statistical issues with clients on campus through the departmental consulting center; presentation of oral report on consulting experience. This course does not count towards the Master’s degree in mathematics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 592 - Topics in Statistics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Topics in statistics of current interest not covered in existing courses. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 596 - Research Project Credits: (2) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Design of an experiment and/or survey approved by the instructor. Collection and analysis of data to be detailed in an oral and written report. This course does not count towards the Master’s degree in mathematics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 598 - Internship in Statistics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate coordinator. Academic training and professional experience through work in a private company or public agency including a written final report. Faculty supervision and evaluation of all study and on-site activity. Grading will be satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (U). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-4) Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
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– Course Descriptions

SPN 511 - Topics in Spanish Civilization

SPN 512 - Topics in Spanish American Civilization

SPN 521 - Studies in Spanish Literature

SPN 522 - Studies in Spanish American Literature

SPN 550 - Teaching College Spanish

SPN 585 - Hispanic Film

SPN 591 - Directed Independent Study

SPN 595 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies

SED 502 - Literature Review in Special Education: Behavior, Cognitive, or Learning Disorders

SED 503 - Instructional Design in Special Education

SED 550 - Learning Disorders Seminar

SED 551 - Methods for Teaching Academic Skills

SED 553 - Advanced Classroom Management and Behavioral Development

SED 554 - Cognitive Disorders Seminar

SED 555 - Behavior Disorders Seminar

SED 556 - Seminar on Families, Diversity, and Collaboration

SED 557 - Technology Applications in Special Education

SED 558 - Issues and Trends in Special Education

SED 559 - Special Education Practicum

SED 560 - Reading Theories and Methods for Students with Special Needs

SED 561 - Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction

SED 562 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characteristics and Instruction

SED 563 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social and Communication Skills

SED 603 - Special Education for Educational Leaders

STT 500 - Research Consultation

STT 501 - Applied Statistical Methods

STT 505 - Data Analysis

STT 511 - Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance

STT 512 - Applied Regression and Correlation

STT 520 - Biostatistical Analysis

STT 525 - Categorical Data Analysis

STT 530 - Introduction to Non-parametric Statistics

STT 535 - Applied Multivariate Analysis

STT 540 - Linear Models and Regression Analysis

STT 565 - Applied Probability

STT 566 - Mathematical Statistics I

STT 567 - Mathematical Statistics II

STT 569 - Stochastic Processes in Operations Research

STT 590 - Case Studies in Statistical Consulting

STT 591 - Directed Independent Study

STT 592 - Topics in Statistics

STT 596 - Research Project

STT 598 - Internship in Statistics

STT 599 - Thesis

XX 000 - Undergraduate Course Reference