May 11, 2024

2020-2021 Graduate Catalogue

2020-2021 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

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English
	ENG 553 - Studies in Rhetoric and Literacy Course Description: Study of a topic in rhetoric or literacy. Topics vary; typical offerings might include the work of one or more theorists or theories, current issues in the field of literacy studies, or other themes. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 555 - Language, Meaning and Culture Course Description: Analysis of theories of language, communication, and culture with emphasis on application of these theories to oral and written texts in a variety of contexts. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 556 - Qualitative Research in English Studies Course Description: Practical and theoretical introduction to qualitative research with a focus on research design and ethical issues. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 557 - Theory and Practice of Technical Communication Course Description: Introduction to principles and practices of technical communication and applications in community, business, and industry; attention to writing with technologies as well as theories of writing, editing, and usability. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 559 - Pedagogies of Reading and Writing Course Description: Introduction to current topics in literacy pedagogy and their influences (e.g., feminism, literary theories, electronic technologies, social construction), with emphasis on theory in practice. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 560 - Studies in British Literature Course Description: Study of a period, theme, movement, major author, or genre in British literature. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 561 - Studies in American Literature Course Description: Study of a period, theme, movement, major author, or genre in American literature. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 564 - Studies in Children’s/Young Adult Literature Course Description: Study of texts within the fields of adolescent and children’s literature. May include classic or modern literature for younger audiences, fairy tales, picture books, theory and criticism of children’s literature, or children’s film. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 565 - Studies in European Literature in Translation Course Description: Study of major traditions in European literature in translation. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 566 - Studies in Anglophone World Literature Course Description: Study of texts from the anglophone world. May include emphases on postcolonialism, globalization, or regionally-specific topics. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 572 - Studies in Literary Criticism Course Description: In-depth study of the work of one or more theorists or theories of literary criticism. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 575 - Professional Science Writing Course Description: Introduction to writing and designing scientific information in a range of forms for a variety of audiences in professional contexts. Focus on persuasive strategies, ethical considerations, and research practices. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 576 - Writing in the Medical and Health Professions Course Description: This course critically examines the current state of medical writing in professional medical and health contexts and explores the multiple practical stategies healthcare professionals use to communicate in multiple settings. The course asks students to evaluate and propose best practices for texts in medical contexts such as patient-doctor interactions, insurance documentation, labeling and the like. Extra attention is paid to ethical questions about how writing and texts act rhetorically as tools of communication that confer power to their users. Students exit the course with a base of knowledge that will allow them to develop and strengthen their own professional communication practices. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 577 - Grant and Proposal Writing Course Description: Study of grant and proposal writing for use in non-profit and research contexts with emphasis on finding funding within medical and scientific fields. Instruction in research methods as well as drafting and writing successful proposals. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 578 - Science Writing for Cross-Cultural and Global Audiences Course Description: Develops competency in analyzing and composing texts within culturally and linguistically diverse environments. Focuses on developing critical perspectives about cultural concepts and theories within scientific discourse. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 579 - Environmental Writing Course Description: Examines critical issues in environmental writing and provides practice in researching and writing about environmental issues. The course also covers developments in the field and the evolving genres related to environmental writing spurred by electronic communications. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 580 - Studies in Literature Course Description: Intensive examination of a special area of literary study. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Students must secure permission of the graduate coordinator. May be taken twice for a total of not more than 4 credit hours. May not be used for thesis research. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 596 - Internship in Applied English Studies (UNCW Campus) Course Description: No more than three hours of internship credit (ENG 596 or 598) may be counted toward the degree. Supervised professional experience on the UNCW campus in an area of English studies including, but not limited to, editing, publishing, writing, writing instruction. Specific goals and assignments to be set and evaluated by instructor. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Nine hours of graduate course credit for M.A. in English and permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 598 - Internship in Applied English Studies Course Description: No more than three hours of internship credit (ENG 596 or 598) may be counted toward the degree. Supervised professional experience off the UNCW campus in an area of English studies including, but not limited to, editing, publishing, writing, and writing instruction. Specific goals and assignments to be set and evaluated by instructor. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Nine hours of graduate course credit for M.A. in English and permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 599 - Thesis Course Description: 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. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	ENG 600 - Continuous Enrollment in English Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Environmental Studies
	EVS 501 - Introduction to Environmental Problems and Policy Course Description: Introduction to critical and practical skills necessary to identify, analyze, and assess environmental problems. Includes study and review of environmental policy issues. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 505 - Advanced Environmental Sciences Course Description: Interdisciplinary examination into the scope of environmental sciences. Emphasis will be placed upon integrated analysis of environmental principles through investigation of current environmental issues. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 515 - Field Methods in Environmental Sciences Course Description: A survey of methods, techniques and instrumentation used in environmental fieldwork. Focus is upon data gathering, analysis, interpretation and application to environmental management. Required field trips. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 516 - Field Methods for Coastal Environments Course Description: Development of contemporary skills for gathering field data in coastal environments. Emphasis upon interpreting these data within a management context. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: EVS 515 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 518 - Fundamentals of Applied Environmental Research Course Description: An introduction to the fundamentals of applied research methods used in environmental science, including experimental design, hypothesis testing, data analyses and problem solving. Students will gain an understanding of contemporary methods in the environmental field including computer applications for research. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 519 - Advanced Applied Environmental Research Course Description: Advanced application of research methods used in environmental science, including experience in both quantitatve and qualitative approaches to research. Students will carry out a research project following select processes including development and design, reasearch implementation, data analysis and reporting, as well as gain an understanding of scientific ethics and safety. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EVS 518 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 520 - Foundations of Coastal Management Course Description: Interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between human society and coastal ecosystems, focusing upon the political, economic, socio-cultural and scientific challenges facing coastal managers. Core principles of coastal management will be used to develop potential solutions to contemporary coastal issues. Required field trips. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 525 - Foundations of Environmental Education and Interpretation Course Description: Principles, philosophies and methodologies of environmental education and interpretation are examined within both formal and informal educational settings. Extensive field-based opportunities will allow students to not only develop foundational knowledge but to gain practical experience in developing, implementing and evaluating environmental education and interpretation programming. Required field trips. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 526 - Advanced Island Ecology for Educators Course Description: A field-based exploration of plants and animals of coastal island ecosystems and related environmental issues. Students will develop readily-accessible, web-based materials appropriate for outreach and education. This course focuses on both science content and pedagogical resource development. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: EDN 526 Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 530 - Tropical Environmental Ecology Course Description: An in-depth introduction to the issues, debates, and conservation of tropical environments, especially focusing on current ecological, social and economic environmental problems. Emphasis will be on the Neotropics located in Central and South America and the Caribbean, though all tropical locations, Asian, African, Australian, and Polynesian will be covered. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: EVS 430 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 531 - International Field Experience Course Description: An interdisciplinary introduction to enviromental field methods and investigation in foreign countries. Focused study on environmental issues and problems specific to host country on local, regional, and global scales. Course integrates field and classroom instruction. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 540 - Foundations of Environmental Conservation and Management Course Description: Policies and processes related to environmental conservation and management are examined within the context of the political, economic, socio-cultural and scientific challenges facing environmental managers today. Both regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to environmental conservation and management are examined within the public and private sectors. Required field trips. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 541 - Wildlife Field Methods for Conservation Course Description: Application of tools and techniques of terrestrial wildlife field methods employed by conservation and management professionals, focusing on amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Emphasis will be placed on utilizing these tools to solve contemporary wildlife management issues. Credit Hours: 4 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 554 - Remote Sensing for Environmental Management Course Description: Principles of remote sensing and its use in assessing and enhancing environment management. Students will learn concepts pertaining to remote sensing, principal sensors, data available, utility of the data for environmental management, data acquisition and processing, output data interpretation and use for management decision-making. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: GGY 520 or GGY 522 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequiste courses or permission of instructor Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 555 - Geospatial Analysis for Coastal Management Course Description: A problem-based approach to GIS, wherein students develop a GIS, manage data acquired from different sources, create new data, derive data and generate desired/required outputs. Students will enhance/develop geospatial analysis skills, ranging from basic GIS analysis to use of different extensions, programs and equipment while working on their own projects. Students will also consider the application and utility of geospatial data and GIS analysis to coastal issues and management. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: GGY 520 or GGY 522 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequiste courses or permission of instructor Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 560 - Using Advanced Technologies to Teach about the Environment Course Description: This course will focus on the use of new technologies to teach about the environment; current issues and trends in environmental education; the development, implementation, and assessment of new technologies; and effective instructional strategies to teach key environmental principles and concepts. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: EVS 460 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 564 - Natural Resource Policy Course Description: Existing natural resource laws, institutions and programs are summarized in their historical context and in relation to current natural resource issues. Philosophical underpinnings of policy positions are examined and discussed to facilitate greater understanding of implicit goals. Class presents models of policy creation, implementation, and reform, with specific examples focusing on natural resource management. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 570 - Advanced Environmental Law and Policy Course Description: Analysis of issues related to the regulatory process, including research methods and current topics in environmental law and policy. Methodology and impacts of current and proposed policies will also be reviewed. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EVS 501 with minimum grade of C Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 572 - Coastal Protected Areas Management Course Description: Study of resource management focused on protected areas maintained by government agencies and by private non-profit organizations. Emphasis will be on natural area significance, site selection, management plan development, policy formulation, protection options, use conflicts and public relations. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EVS 520 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequiste course or permission of instructor Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: EVS 472 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 576 - Issues for a Sustainable Society Course Description: Current topics in sustainabiligy will be analyzed in relation to sociocultural, economic, and political frameworks. Individual and societal responses to environmental issues, ranging from local to global, will serve as the foundation for examining future trends and issues in sustainability. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 577 - Environmental Site Assessment Course Description: Study of ASTM guidelines for environmental site assessment, emphasis on historic overview, regulations, and preparation methods associated with environmental site assessment. Lecture and field trips. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 578 - Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HazWOpER) Course Description: Study of the physical and chemical hazards present at hazardous waste sites and those encountered during environmental clean-ups, as well as OSHA regulations pertaining to those sites. The class will meet the 40 CFR 1910.120 requirements for 40+ hours of training and OSHA certification will be issued. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: EVS 478 Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 580 - Research Diving Course Description: Training in advanced diving, research diving enriched air nitrox, rescue diving and oxygen administration techniques. Students will receive AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Science) Completion of Training Certificate. Credit Hours: 4 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EVS 501 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: SCUBA certification, medical exam and permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 582 - Science and Technology of Marine Environment Course Description: Interdisciplinary introduction to the advanced technological developments, such as sumersibles, robots and technical diving, used to explore and work in the undersea environment. Emphasis is placed on case studies. Involves designing and developing an innovative, creative research plan to address a critical marine environmental issue of the student’s choice. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 585 - Environmental Economics Course Description: Application of basic economic principles is used to help understand environmental problems and evaluate alternative solutions. Economic principles will be employed to analyze fundamental environmental issues such as property rights, externalities, conservation, and public goods. Public policy issues such as pollution control, comparing benefits and costs over time, mining, fisheries and forestry management will be evaluated from an economic perspective. Non-market valuation methods also will be covered. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 592 - Special Topics in Environmental Sciences Course Description: Topics of special interest in environmental studies not covered by current courses. May be repeated up to 12 hours of credit. Credit Hours: 1 TO 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 595 - Research in Environmental Sciences Course Description: Field, laboratory, or literature-based research in environmental sciences developed, implemented, and presented in collaboration with selected faculty, staff and/or environmental professionals. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 597 - Practicum in Environmental Sciences Course Description: Advanced field placement and experience in non-profit, governmental or private sector. Provides extended opportunities for fieldwork, research or creative projects and includes related theory to practical applications. Credit Hours: 1 To 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of instructor Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: EVS 478 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 598 - Internship Course Description: Supervised experience with credentialed professional in environmental studies. Credit Hours: 1 To 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	EVS 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Environmental Sciences Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course. Credit Hours: 0 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Film Studies
	FST 500 - Introduction to Film Study and Production Course Description: Study and production of narrative, documentary, and experimental films, emphasizing film style and form. Credit Hours: 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 501 - Advanced Practicum in Cinematography Course Description: Selected topics in advanced cinematography. May be repeated under different subtitles. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: FST 401 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 505 - World Cinema Course Description: Survey of key tendencies in international cinema from the silent era to the present. Case studies include films from Europe, the Soviet Union, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, examined within their historical contexts. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 510 - Screenwriting Course Description: Introduction to narrative structure, screenplay format, and storytelling craft. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 516 - Advanced Practicum in Film Production Course Description: Selected topics in advanced film production. May be repeated under different subtitles. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: FST 416 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 517 - Directed Seminar in Production Course Description: Students work under the direction of a faculty filmmaker to create a motion picture. May be repeated once under a different subtitle. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: FST 493 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 518 - Screenwriting II: Writing the Feature Film Course Description: The craft of screenwriting applied to the feature form. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: FST 418 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 519 - Screenwriting III: Film Adaptation Course Description: Writing, revision, and completion of a screenplay adaptation of a literary work. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: FST 419 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 522 - Digital Visual Effects Course Description: Aspects of digital image and video representation and manipulation for motion-picture visual effects. Includes image storage and compression, film and video formats, compositing, filtering, scripting for graphics and visual effects, photorealistic lightin Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: CSC 430, FST 430 Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 529 - Entrepreneurs in the Industry Course Description: Engagement with industry professionals through a series of screenings, workshops and seminars. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 531 - Editing Course Description: Study and practice of motion picture editing aesthetics, technology, and techniques for narrative, documentary, and experimental filmmaking. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 535 - Cinematography Course Description: Cinematography technologies and techniques for narrative, documentary and experimental cinema. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 536 - Sound Recording and Design Course Description: Aesthetics, technology, and techniques for sound recording and design. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 537 - Producing Course Description: Duties of a producer through a project lifecycle, including development, financing, production, marketing, and distribution. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 540 - Film Theory Course Description: Study of major approaches, trends, and debates in film theory. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 551 - Directing the Narrative Film Course Description: Study and practice of narrative directing, including scene dynamics, communicating with actors, blocking, and capturing performance with the camera. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 552 - Directing the Documentary Course Description: Research, conceptualization, and production of nonfiction films Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 553 - Directing the Experimental Film Course Description: Concepts and processes of experimental film and video production. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 558 - Film Project 1 Course Description: Introductory-level production of a short motion picture. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 559 - Film Project 2 Course Description: Intermediate-level production of a short motion picture. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 569 - Seminar in Film Studies Course Description: Study of a special topic in film. May be repeated under different subtitles. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 570 - Historiography Course Description: Approaches to researching and writing film history. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 579 - Studies in Film History Course Description: Historical overview of a major period in film, emphasizing approaches to film historiography. May be repeated under different subtitles. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 589 - Studies in Global Cinema Course Description: Study of a selected topic in global cinema. May be repeated under different subtitles. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9Repeat Limit: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 591 - Directed Independent Study Course Description: Investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Directed Individual Study section in this catalogue. Credit Hours: 1-3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 594 - Thesis Film Preproduction Course Description: Preproduction workshop to develop, research, write and plan a thesis project. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 595 - Thesis I Course Description: Intensive research of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. Completion of a thesis prospectus. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 596 - Thesis II Course Description: Intensive research and writing on a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee, culminating in a Master’s thesis. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis are required. Credit Hours: 3 Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 598 - Applied Learning Course Description: Supervised professional experience in film studies or film production. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 18 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FST 599 - Thesis Course Description: Production of a narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, or hybrid capstone project. Credit Hours: 6 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Finance
	FIN 501 - Ethics in the Financial Marketplace Course Description: This course provides an initial yet thorough exposure to the CFA Institute’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Exposure will also be provided to the Asset Manager Code of Conduct and Research Objectivity Guidelines, also developed by the CFA Institute. Case studies will provide a significant portion of the training, with the goal of preparing students to avoid unethical and unprofessional practices in financial markets. Credit Hours: 2 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 2 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 502 - Ethics in Decision Making Course Description: This course serves as the capstone course in the MSF program. The fact that an ethics course was selected as the capstone should remind students that technical expertise in finance without the integrity of ethical conduct does not satisfy the needs of our institutions or society in general. In this course students will build on the ethics foundation they developed in FIN 501 - Ethics in the Financial Marketplace to interpret and assess situations in which actions may not be easily discerned as being appropriate or inappropriate. Students will also be reminded that behavior can change as the environment changes. Advanced case studies – some of which will be developed by students in the course – will provide the bulk of the training. Credit Hours: 1 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: FIN 501 (may be taken concurrently) Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 1 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 530 - Equity Investments Course Description: This course provides students a deeper understanding of the equity valuation process and how to derive the required rate of return. This course will also teach students how to apply multiple approaches to various valuation methods and conduct a fundamental analysis of a sector, industry, or company. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 531 - Alternative Investments Course Description: This course provides an exposure to many of the asset classes identified in the alternative investment space. Categories include: hedge funds, private equity, commodities, real estate, and infrastructure. These asset classes provide the potential for diversification benefits as well as enhanced returns. Because of these attributes, an increasing number of institutional as well as private wealth managers are including meaningful allocations to one or more of these categories. A better understanding of the risks as well as the rewards attached to these investments is the focus of this course. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 532 - Economics for Financial Professionals Course Description: This course begins with the microeconomic topics of supply and demand analysis of the firm and consumer, types of market structure, and pricing strategies under different market structures. We then move to the macroeconomic theories of the business cycles, aggregate output, sources of economic growth, types of macroeconomic equilibria (e.g. long-run full employment and short-run recessionary and inflationary gap), monetary and fiscal policy, international trade and capital flows, and currency exchange rates. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 533 - Derivatives & Risk Management Course Description: This course provides a deeper understanding of derivatives and their characteristics with a detailed examination of each market and its contracts. Students will learn to apply the tools used by financial analysts to estimate the value of futures, forwards, options, and swaps and use these derviative instruments in various strategies. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 534 - Fixed Income Analysis Course Description: This course provides a deeper understanding of the fixed income asset class. We start with the characteristics of fixed-income instruments and a detailed examination of markets in which the instruments are traded. Students will learn to apply the tools used by financial analysts to estimate the value of bonds, as well as to assess their riskiness in various strategies. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 536 - Corporate Finance Course Description: This course is designed to teach students the most important tools and concepts of Corporate Finance. Learning how managers apply techniques to maximize or increase shareholder value. Topics include dividend policy, share repurchases, business risk, and capital structure. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 538 - Financial Reporting and Analysis Course Description: This course is an introduction to the principles of financial statement analysis. It emphasizes tools that are used to analyze a company’s financial statements such as how a manager might undertake to make decisions for his or her firm, how an analyst might make investment decisions regarding the company, and how a loan officer might decide whether or not to extend credit. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 540 - Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning Course Description: This course applies statistical and quantitative methods in a finance and investments context. The course provides a real-world introduction to quantitative methods and blends theory and practice using hands-on applications of topics such as probability and probability distributions, sampling and estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, time-series analysis and more. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FIN 580 - Quantitative Investment Analysis Course Description: This course applies statistical and quantitative methods in a finance and investments context. The course provides a real-world introduction to quantitative methods and blends theory and practice using hands-on applications of topics such as probability and probability distributions, sampling and estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, time-series analysis and more. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3 ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Forensic Sciences
	FSC 501 - Forensic Science Foundations Course Description: Survey of methods, techniques, and applications of basic crime scene processing and investigation. Topics include: an understanding of physical evidence, processing various types of crime scenes, assessing crime scenes, basic crime scene photography, crime scene sketching and mapping, and crime scene reporting, crime scene processing skills (using light technology, various fingerprint lifting techniques, shooting scene documentation and reconstruction, bloodstain pattern analysis), documenting the body as a crime scene, assessing special crime scenes, the role of the crime scene analysis and reconstruction, and utilizing forensic science specialists. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FSC 502 - Expert Testimony & Challenges in Court Course Description: Introduction to proper behavior and proceedings in a criminal trial to include: being recognized as an expert witness, understanding the Daubert case and how it affects scientific testimony, and the ethics of forensic science and proper disclosure and testimony. Additionally, the students will research and discuss several challenges that have been brought before the court regarding forensic science and its reliability and accuracy. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FSC 503 - Seminar in Crime Scene Investigation Professional Development Course Description: Exploration of topics related to launching a career in crime scene investigation as a well-prepared, polished professional. Emphasis on creating the professional demeanor; building and maintaining a high standard of morals, ethics, and personal integrity; honing strong oral and written communication skills through resume-writing, job-seeking strategies, and job-interviewing; exploring concepts related to team-building and stress management as well as goal-setting for future career growth. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FSC 504 - Crime Scene Photography Course Description: Overall introduction to crime scene photography and the use of several methods and techniques to properly document a crime scene with photography. Topics include: composition, the four cardinal rules, overall, midrange, and close-up, exposure, depth of field, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, electronic flash, low light, laser trajectory, alternate light sources, special photography situations, and digital imaging. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FSC 505 - Death Investigations Course Description: Fundamentals of death investigations and the role of the crime scene investigator at a death scene. Topics include: scene documentation, assessment of the body at the scene, searching the scene, natural diseases, traumatic injuries, identification methods, the medicolegal autopsy, and utilizing forensic science experts. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	FSC 506 - Research in Forensic Science Course Description: Develop aptitude in conducting research on the published literature on a focused forensic science topic specifically related to crime scene investigation, evidence collection, and/or evidence preservation. Enhance critical thinking and writing intensive proficiency while also strengthening oral communication skills through the semester project involving the composition of a research paper and a presentation on the selected topic. This research-based course ensures CSI professionals learn how to keep abreast of new findings in the forensic science field and critically evaluate them. Credit Hours: 3 Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION Equivalent Courses: None Undergraduate Crosslisting: None Additional Course Fees: None Course Attribute: None Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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ENG 553 - Studies in Rhetoric and Literacy

ENG 555 - Language, Meaning and Culture

ENG 556 - Qualitative Research in English Studies

ENG 557 - Theory and Practice of Technical Communication

ENG 559 - Pedagogies of Reading and Writing

ENG 560 - Studies in British Literature

ENG 561 - Studies in American Literature

ENG 564 - Studies in Children’s/Young Adult Literature

ENG 565 - Studies in European Literature in Translation

ENG 566 - Studies in Anglophone World Literature

ENG 572 - Studies in Literary Criticism

ENG 575 - Professional Science Writing

ENG 576 - Writing in the Medical and Health Professions

ENG 577 - Grant and Proposal Writing

ENG 578 - Science Writing for Cross-Cultural and Global Audiences

ENG 579 - Environmental Writing

ENG 580 - Studies in Literature

ENG 591 - Directed Independent Study

ENG 596 - Internship in Applied English Studies (UNCW Campus)

ENG 598 - Internship in Applied English Studies

ENG 599 - Thesis

ENG 600 - Continuous Enrollment in English

EVS 501 - Introduction to Environmental Problems and Policy

EVS 505 - Advanced Environmental Sciences

EVS 515 - Field Methods in Environmental Sciences

EVS 516 - Field Methods for Coastal Environments

EVS 518 - Fundamentals of Applied Environmental Research

EVS 519 - Advanced Applied Environmental Research

EVS 520 - Foundations of Coastal Management

EVS 525 - Foundations of Environmental Education and Interpretation

EVS 526 - Advanced Island Ecology for Educators

EVS 530 - Tropical Environmental Ecology

EVS 531 - International Field Experience

EVS 540 - Foundations of Environmental Conservation and Management

EVS 541 - Wildlife Field Methods for Conservation

EVS 554 - Remote Sensing for Environmental Management

EVS 555 - Geospatial Analysis for Coastal Management

EVS 560 - Using Advanced Technologies to Teach about the Environment

EVS 564 - Natural Resource Policy

EVS 570 - Advanced Environmental Law and Policy

EVS 572 - Coastal Protected Areas Management

EVS 576 - Issues for a Sustainable Society

EVS 577 - Environmental Site Assessment

EVS 578 - Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HazWOpER)

EVS 580 - Research Diving

EVS 582 - Science and Technology of Marine Environment

EVS 585 - Environmental Economics

EVS 591 - Directed Independent Study

EVS 592 - Special Topics in Environmental Sciences

EVS 595 - Research in Environmental Sciences

EVS 597 - Practicum in Environmental Sciences

EVS 598 - Internship

EVS 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Environmental Sciences

FST 500 - Introduction to Film Study and Production

FST 501 - Advanced Practicum in Cinematography

FST 505 - World Cinema

FST 510 - Screenwriting

FST 516 - Advanced Practicum in Film Production

FST 517 - Directed Seminar in Production

FST 518 - Screenwriting II: Writing the Feature Film

FST 519 - Screenwriting III: Film Adaptation

FST 522 - Digital Visual Effects

FST 529 - Entrepreneurs in the Industry

FST 531 - Editing

FST 535 - Cinematography

FST 536 - Sound Recording and Design

FST 537 - Producing

FST 540 - Film Theory

FST 551 - Directing the Narrative Film

FST 552 - Directing the Documentary

FST 553 - Directing the Experimental Film

FST 558 - Film Project 1

FST 559 - Film Project 2

FST 569 - Seminar in Film Studies

FST 570 - Historiography

FST 579 - Studies in Film History

FST 589 - Studies in Global Cinema

FST 591 - Directed Independent Study

FST 594 - Thesis Film Preproduction