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Courses

 

Economics
  
  

  • ECON 6550 - Studies in Economic Development: Pacific Asia

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ECON 5470  or equivalent recommended. Analysis and evaluation of processes of economic development with focus on a specific area of the United States or of the world. Area covered varies.


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  • ECON 6560 - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring

    3 credit hours
    (Same as FIN 6560 .) Issues covered include the reasons firms merge, buyer and seller motivations, the assessment of merger prospect value, merger waves and their consequences, the concentration of economic power resulting from mergers, policies toward mergers, the effects of takeover defenses, and the effects of mergers on the economy.


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  • ECON 6570 - Industrial Organization and Strategy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:   and   (or equivalent) or permission of the instructor. Historical overview of the development of industrial organization as a field, followed by intensive review of the recent theoretical and empirical literature on industry behavior and strategy. Behavior of firms in oligopoly markets emphasized. Topics include basic theory of non-cooperative games, welfare effects of non-competitive behavior, and antitrust and regulatory policy toward such behaviors.


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  • ECON 6640 - Thesis Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of thesis. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of master’s research each semester until completion. S/U grading.


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  • ECON 6660 - History of Economic Thought

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate status and proficiency in reading and writing English. Examines the history of Western economics beginning with the ancient Greeks, including the medieval scholastics, the early modern mercantilists, and selected thinkers from classical liberal economics, socialism, the historical and institutionalist schools of economics, neoclassical economics, and contemporary economics.


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  • ECON 6730 - Seminar on Financial Institutions

    3 credit hours
    (Same as FIN 6730 .) Prerequisite: FIN 3010. Focus on the common and distinctive aspects of the provision of financial services and the management of risk associated with those services. Roles, characteristics, and operation of financial institutions, constraints that these institutions face in meeting that objective, regulatory environment within which they operate, risks that they face and the management of those risks, evolution experienced during the 1980s and 1990s, and the probable course of change in the years ahead.


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  • ECON 6990 - Independent Study in Economics

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Independent study of a particular topic selected by the student and approved by the instructor. Provides an opportunity to study special areas of interest for which regular courses are not offered.


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  • ECON 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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  • ECON 7010 - Macroeconomics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite:  . First-semester core course in macroeconomic theory for students pursuing the Ph.D. in Economics. Macroeconomic models are used to study topics related to the national economy. Topics include dynamic macroeconomics, the basic Solow model, savings in an overlapping generations model, infinitely lived agents, recursive deterministic models, recursive stochastic models, Hansen’s real business cycle model, practical dynamic programming, impulse response functions, vector auto-regressions, and money.


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  • ECON 7020 - Microeconomics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite:  . First-semester core course in microeconomic theory for students pursuing the Ph.D. in Economics. Microeconomic models are used to study topics related to the production of firms and consumer choice. Topics include profit maximization, cost minimization, utility maximization, choice and demand, consumer and producer surplus, uncertainty, competitive markets, and monopoly.


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  • ECON 7030 - Macroeconomics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:   and  . Second-semester core course in macroeconomic theory for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics. Focuses on modern intertemporal macroeconomics. Develops discrete-time dynamic optimization techniques and examines the role of fiscal and monetary policies in centralized and decentralized economics and their welfare implications. Reviews recent developments in economic growth theory and international macroeconomics. Focus is quantitative but developing intuition about macroeconomic dynamics stressed.


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  • ECON 7040 - Microeconomics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:   and  . Second-semester core course in microeconomic theory for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics. Examines oligopolies and pricing strategies with game theory, general equilibrium including the incorporation of public goods and externalities, and information economics with asymmetric information in principle-agent models. Mathematical models used to derive the theories; comfort with multivariate calculus and linear algebra essential.


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  • ECON 7060 - Econometrics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: . First of three Ph.D.-level courses in econometrics, in which empirical models are used to address research questions. Topics include linear algebra, estimation, ordinary least squares, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, dummy variables, the linear statistical model, regression analysis, and non-linear models. Integrates practical applications in various computing environments, including SAS, STATA, RATS, and MATLAB.


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  • ECON 7070 - Econometrics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:  and  . Second of three Ph.D.-level courses in econometrics, in which empirical models are used to address research questions. Topics include the methods of time series analysis, Box-Jenkins methods, general-to-specific modeling, volatility models, vector auto-regressions, unit roots, co-integration, unobserved components, state space models, and neural networks. Integrates practical applications in various computing environments, including SAS, STATA, RATS, and MATLAB.


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  • ECON 7080 - Econometrics III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 7060 , ECON 7070 , and passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. The third of three Ph.D.-level courses in econometrics, in which empirical models are used to address research questions. Emphasizes nonlinear estimation methodology for cross-section and panel data.  Includes discussion of various qualitative and limited dependent variable models, including those for discrete responses, censored and truncated data, sample selection problems, treatment effects, and duration analysis. Incorporates practical applications in SAS, STATA, and other computing environments.


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  • ECON 7130 - Microeconomics III

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite:  . Third semester course in microeconomic theory for students pursuing a Ph.D. in economics. Advanced methods used in practical applications in microeconomics. Topics include set theory approach to cost and production with an emphasis on measurement methods for productivity and efficiency, multifactor productivity and index numbers, and applications of game theory to issues in law and economics, political economy, and finance. Familiarity with calculus, linear algebra, and game theoretic analysis of basic strategies in oligopoly expected.


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  • ECON 7200 - Economics of Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite:   or permission of instructor. The role of education in creating human capital, the existence of externalities, the returns to education, the education industry, and the issues surrounding education reform.


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  • ECON 7250 - Methods of Outcome Assessment

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:   and  . Deals with outcomes assessment of the educational process. Covers techniques to rank educational institutions, methods to assess the effectiveness of educational programs, ways to evaluate individual courses or instructors, and methods to assess student learning. Key quantitative tools that are used in outcomes assessment, including data envelope analysis, stochastic frontier models, and hierarchical linear models. Also considers the political and incentive problems that typically arise in implementing assessment methods in practice.


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  • ECON 7390 - Social Insurance, Pensions, and Benefits

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 4390/ECON 5390  (or equivalent). An intensive survey of policy and practice in employee benefits, with an in-depth examination of pension plans. Covers an interdisciplinary mix of economics, accounting/finance, law, and regulation.


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  • ECON 7460 - Seminar on Financial Markets

    3 credit hours
    (Same as FIN 6460 /FIN 7460 .) Prerequisite: FIN 3000 or 3010 or FIN 6000  or equivalent. Credit flows within the U.S. and the global economies, the economic and financial forces influencing the general level of interest rates and the relationship among interest rates, the characteristics of key short- and long-term financial assets, new financial instruments, derivative instruments, global financing linkages, global linkages among financial instruments and among national economies, and interest rate risk, including the measurement and means of protection.


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  • ECON 7470 - Seminar in Economic Growth and Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 2410 and 2420 and permission of instructor. Satisfies the M.B.A. international course requirement. Critical analysis of causes, processes, and consequences of economic development; evaluation of various policies and strategies for economic development; introduction to advanced growth models and theories. Special emphasis on the less developed countries.


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  • ECON 7500 - Economics Workshop

    1 credit hours
    Students present material related to their dissertation proposals or ongoing dissertation research to peers and the graduate faculty in a formal workshop setting. Credit is awarded after a student completes two separate workshop presentations that are judged satisfactory by the attending graduate faculty.


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  • ECON 7510 - Advanced Labor Economics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Serves as the first half of an introduction to labor economics in the areas of human capital formation, wage determination, labor market mobility and job search, changes in wage structure, youth behavior and outcomes, shifts in labor demand, compensating wage differentials, and discrimination. Focus is to introduce students to current economic research methods and modern econometric techniques in preparation for conducting independent research.


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  • ECON 7520 - Advanced Labor Economics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Serves as the second half to an introduction of the leading theories in labor economics. Focuses on the most current published research techniques as found in top general interest and labor field journals. The nature of the course dictates that a wide range of topics be covered and that content changes. Past topics have included unemployment and inflation, employment allocation and job loss, technological progress, globalization, inequalities, labor market policies, youth behavior and outcomes, health, and labor supply decisions. Frequent use of multivariate regression analysis and other modern econometric techniques allows students to enhance skills necessary to conduct independent research in the field.


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  • ECON 7530 - International Trade

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ECON 5440  or equivalent background recommended. Advanced study of the key topics covered and introduction to other topics not covered in ECON 5440 . Critical examination of major issues and evaluation of latest theories in international trade and monetary relations.


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  • ECON 7550 - Quantitative Policy Analysis in International Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 6530 ,   and  . Applications-oriented course emphasizing quantitative tools to analyze policy issues related to international trade, exchange rates, sectoral resource allocation, and growth. Topics include an extended introduction to trade policy analysis using a general equilibrium modeling framework. Practical aspects of general equilibrium modeling emphasized and applied to a particular issue of interest, such as the impact of trade liberalization on labor markets and growth or the impact of trade and exchange rate distortions on resource allocation and growth.


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  • ECON 7570 - Industrial Organization and Strategy

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:   and    (or equivalent) or permission of the instructor. Historical overview of the development of industrial organization as a field, followed by intensive review of the recent theoretical and empirical literature on industry behavior and strategy. Behavior of firms in oligopoly markets emphasized. Topics include basic theory of non-cooperative games, welfare effects of non-competitive behavior, and antitrust and regulatory policy toward such behaviors.


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  • ECON 7600 - Instructional Development and Practice in Economics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Workshop environment where students present key economic concepts, use new technology, organize and structure courses and individual classes, use assessment tools, and deal with conflict in the classroom. Offers preparation to teach undergraduate classes in economics.


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  • ECON 7640 - Dissertation Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of dissertation. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of doctoral research each semester until completion. S/U grading.


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  • ECON 7660 - History of Economic Thought

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate status and proficiency in reading and writing English. Examines the history of Western economics beginning with the ancient Greeks, including the medieval scholastics, the early modern mercantilists, and selected thinkers from classical liberal economics, socialism, the historical and institutionalist schools of economics, neoclassical economics, and contemporary economics.


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  • ECON 7710 - Advanced Monetary Economics I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Provides an integrated treatment of a variety of dynamic optimization and dynamic equilibrium models and examines their empirical implications for individual choices and, in particular, savings and asset prices. Three frameworks studied: infinitely lived representative agent models, heterogenous agent models, and representative and heterogenous agent models with financial frictions. Advanced numerical solution methods and panel data estimation techniques also incorporated.


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  • ECON 7720 - Advanced Monetary Economics II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Introduction to leading theories in monetary economics including measurement of the empirical impact of monetary shocks on real activity, money in the utility function and cash-in-advance models, and New Keynesian models featuring sluggish price and wage adjustment. Emphasis on the analysis of interest rate rules and the conduct of optimal monetary policy under commitment and discretion. Frequent use of numerical dynamic programming and empirical estimation of monetary models allows students to enhance skills necessary to conduct independent research in the field.


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  • ECON 7810 - Industrial Organization I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Serves as the first half of the graduate sequence in industrial organization, in which microeconomic models are used to study topics related to firm strategy and market structure. Emphasis on preparing students to conduct their own research, introduces students to current methods and techniques in a variety of research areas within the field of industrial organization.


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  • ECON 7820 - Industrial Organization II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Serves as the second half of the graduate sequence in industrial organization, in which microeconomic models are used to study topics related to firm strategy and market structure. Aim is to improve students’ economic modeling and econometric skills in order to prepare them to conduct independent research. Students will make extensive use of statistical software packages such as MATLAB and STATA.


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  • ECON 7900 - Research Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ECON 7630 ; student must have passed Ph.D. qualifying exams in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students practice writing academic papers, critiques, and monographs in economics and finance with some emphasis on developing a viable dissertation proposal. Incorporates a detailed discussion of essential steps in the publication process such as identifying a topic, fitting it into the literature, developing a theoretical background, preparing the data, choosing an appropriate methodology, and presenting the results, as well as pitfalls to avoid in working on dissertations and academic papers.


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  • ECON 7999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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Elementary Education
  

  • ELED 5201 - Observation and Participation: Grades 1-6

    3 credit hours
    Directed laboratory experiences for teachers desiring to add an endorsement to their certificates. Includes language arts, math, science, social studies, art, and music.


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  • ELED 5260 - Problems in Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    A problem-oriented course, on or off campus, planned and designed for individuals, school faculty, school systems, or other professional groups that will provide opportunities for in-service education related to assessed needs. Credit toward a degree limited to six semester hours.


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  • ELED 5510 - The Teaching Internship, Grades 1-8

    9 credit hours
    A supervised internship available only to those with at least one year of paid teaching experience in the major in which endorsement is sought. Applicants must meet all prerequisites for student teaching.


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  • ELED 6000 - Teaching Writing

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth exploration of students’ efforts to become writers. Presents theoretical and practical strategies for establishing an effective writing environment based on current research.


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  • ELED 6010 - The Teacher as Reflective Practitioner

    3 credit hours
    Articulates the role of and explores the varied dimensions of the process of reflective teaching as it may be utilized by the elementary, special education, reading, or secondary teacher. Prerequisite for all Curriculum and Instruction (Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Education, and Middle School Education) candidates.


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  • ELED 6090 - Creating Learning Environments for Young Children

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . In-depth analysis of social, emotional, language, and cognitive variables that impact young children’s learning and allow teachers to plan and maintain proactive environments. Required for those students wishing to concentrate in Early Childhood Education.


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  • ELED 6100 - The Early Adolescent Learner

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Reflects on the early adolescent while focusing on the student-centered school environment and the appropriately well-balanced curriculum. Required for those students wishing to concentrate in Middle School Education.


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  • ELED 6180 - Research and Advanced Methods in Elementary School Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Explores knowledge and methods needed to effectively teach elementary school mathematics in relation to current research on mathematical pedagogy. Reflects upon teaching in comparison to the current literature on best practices in order to effectively implement these strategies.


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  • ELED 6200 - The Classroom as Community

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Explores the classroom community with respect to definitions and practice. Teachers will reflect on how their beliefs and attitudes influence practice. Required for all students.


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  • ELED 6252 - Technologies that Invite and Adapt: Teaching and Learning in a Media World

    3 credit hours
    Explores content and technologies available to teachers of elementary and middle school children. Focuses on the adaptation of existing technologies to enhance student learning


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  • ELED 6253 - Web-Based Multimedia Development for Elementary and Middle School

    3 credit hours
    The design, development, and implementation of knowledge-based multimedia learning environments for elementary and middle school students.


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  • ELED 6260 - Problems in Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    A problems course offering an opportunity to study, discuss, and evaluate current problems in elementary education from a K-6 perspective.


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  • ELED 6290 - Inquiry in the Classroom

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth study of the inquiry process as it relates to teachers in the classroom. Theory and practice combine as teachers engage in their own research to improve classroom instruction.


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  • ELED 6340 - Introduction to Educational Research

    3 credit hours
    Research methodologies in education. Rationalistic and naturalistic paradigms explored with respect to problem statements and literature reviews. At the 7000 level, students will broaden the scope of their research to include original data collection, analysis, and interpretation.


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  • ELED 6370 - Education and Ethno-Cultural Diversity

    3 credit hours
    Explores the ethno-cultural issues, concepts, and theories that impact teaching practice. Course content linked to students’ (anticipated) professional needs and interests. Prior professional, cross-cultural, or international experience welcomed. Exposes participants to social dimensions of ethno-cultural diversity that increasingly impact pedagogy.


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  • ELED 6380 - Empowerment Through Literacy

    3 credit hours
    Introduction of power structures in the country as a whole and in schools. Language structures; how language and literacy play a role in defining identities of power.


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  • ELED 6390 - STEM Education in the Elementary School

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010 . Explores research and current trends in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the elementary school classroom. Reflection upon the importance of teaching and integrating the STEM disciplines.


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  • ELED 6400 - Teaching the Special Needs Learner in the Heterogeneous Classroom

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010  (prerequisite requirement for elementary education majors only). Helps develop skills, beliefs, and attitudes necessary for effectively incorporating and teaching special needs learners in a heterogeneous classroom.


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  • ELED 6450 - Current Trends and Issues in the Elementary School

    3 credit hours
    Explores current issues and trends in the elementary school. Reflection upon the impact for teachers, students, and learning outcomes.


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  • ELED 6460 - Contemporary Literacies

    3 credit hours
    Examines contemporary aspects of literacy education in many genres. Attention given to current research along with the principles of teaching reading and writing using a variety of literacy frameworks.


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  • ELED 6510 - Language Arts

    3 credit hours
    Explores language learning and teaching. Introduces various theories about cognition, language, and language learning, including second language acquisition and various strategies for teaching language arts. Public school practicum required.


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  • ELED 6530 - Teaching Social Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Valid teaching licence or acceptance into the teacher education program. Introduces students to philosophy and need for teaching social studies in the K-6 classroom and to a variety of instructional strategies for teaching social studies.


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  • ELED 6540 - Teaching Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to the teacher education program; ELED 6500 . Introduces students to various philosophies for teaching science in the K-6 classroom and to a variety of instructional strategies for teaching science.


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  • ELED 6550 - Teaching Mathematics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program or a valid teaching license; ELED 6500 . Orientation to the teaching strategies and materials appropriate for teaching mathematics in grades K-6. Emphasis on using a constructivist approach.


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  • ELED 6570 - Methods of Curriculum Integration

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Acceptance into graduate studies and the 4-8 Initial Licensure Program. Acquaints students with the philosophy and need to teach mathematics, English/language arts, social studies, and science in the 4-8 classroom; familiarizes students with a variety of instructional strategies for teaching these content areas in an integrated approach.


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  • ELED 6620 - Assessment of Teaching and Learning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ELED 6010  (or taken concurrently with ELED 6010  by Elementary Education major only). Familiarizes teachers with assessment techniques that focus on the complex relationship between learning and instruction. Required for all students.


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  • ELED 6640 - Thesis: Elementary Education

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 6000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised in-depth study on an individual basis of an area of elementary education.


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  • ELED 6999 - Comprehensive Examination and Preparation

    1 credit hours
    Open only to students who are not enrolled in any other graduate course and who will take the master’s comprehensive examination during the term. The student must contact the graduate advisor during the first two weeks of the term for specifics regarding the details of this comprehensive examination preparatory course. Credit may not be applied to degree requirements.


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  • ELED 7220 - Seminar in Elementary Education

    3 credit hours
    Explores contemporary issues in education as they relate to the individual teacher, the school as an institution, the school clientele, and the community. Allows the student to adjust individual educational philosophy to a changing society and schools; gives contiguity to other educational experiences.


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  • ELED 7250 - From Policy to Practice in American Public Schools

    3 credit hours
    The effect of public policy on educational practices. Emphasis on exploring policy variations within the educational practices in the U.S. and around the world with a particular emphasis on elementary education.


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  • ELED 7290 - Inquiry and Problem-Based Learning

    3 credit hours
    An in-depth study of the inquiry process as it relates to teachers in the classroom. Theory and practice combine as teachers engage in their own research to improve classroom instruction.


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  • ELED 7340 - Introduction to Educational Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 7000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised in-depth study on an individual basis of an area of elementary education.


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  • ELED 7350 - Introduction to Qualitative Methods

    3 credit hours
    An overview of qualitative research methods in the field of education. ELED 7350 offers candidates field experience to collect data for analysis and interpretation.


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  • ELED 7380 - Internship

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Enrollment in Ed.S. Curriculum and Instruction program; good academic standing; completion of at least 12 hours of coursework. Field-based experience selected by student in collaboration with program advisor. Purpose is to expand the student’s world view of a career connected to curriculum and instruction issues across a spectrum of disciplines.


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  • ELED 7640 - Ed.S. Thesis Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Six semester hours of 7000-level courses in elementary education. Supervised, in-depth study on an individual or group basis of an area of elementary education. Student may register two semesters for three hours credit each semester or for six hours credit one semester. Open only to post-master’s degree students.


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Engineering Technology
  

  • ET 5220 - Advanced Metalwork

    3 credit hours
    Techniques, equipment and procedures, advantages and disadvantages of current metal-casting processes used in industry. Laboratory exercises in sand molding and casting, the full mold process, investment casting, and permanent mold casting including pattern design and construction, mold making, metal melting and handling. Guest lecturer(s). Plant tour(s). Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5230 - Advanced Machine Tool Technology

    3 credit hours
    Taper turning, boring and thread chasing, and calculations of screw threads and other operations. Gear terminology and calculations, practice gear cutting on the milling machine, use of index head. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5280 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing: Numerical Control (NC)

    3 credit hours
    Role of NC in today’s manufacturing environment; machines and machine control systems of a typical installation; justification. Emphasis on writing and debugging programs for a three-axis milling machine and a two-axis turning machine utilizing CNC and computer-aided part programming. For those with little or no experience with NC or those seeking to broaden their knowledge of NC. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5330 - Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3360 or CMT 3320. Interactive computer drafting and design using advanced AutoCAD software and add-ons. Primarily for students who want to increase their capabilities using CAD software and hardware. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5340 - Design of Machine Elements

    3 credit hours
    Analytical design methods of machine elements. Stress analysis, working stress, combined stresses, failure theories, fatigue failure. Design techniques for shafts, fasteners, gears, bearings, and belt and chain drives. Includes a design project. Lecture.


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  • ET 5360 - Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: ET 2310 or CMT 3320. Utilizes AutoCAD software to develop skills in the creation and analysis of mechanical and architectural solid models for design and production purposes. Includes the use of shading and rendering to enhance three-dimensional model display and the extraction of two-dimensional engineering drawings. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5590 - Manufacturing Automation Systems

    3 credit hours
    Provides technical, human, and business aspects of modern automation systems. Includes automation controls, levels of control and major components/subsystems, object-based software components, intelligent actuators and sensors, emerging trends, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), industrial systems and supply chain applications, organizational approaches, and automation justification.


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  • ET 5600 - Programmable Logic Controllers

    2 credit hours
    Introduces programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Selection, operation, and troubleshooting. Ladder diagrams and programming of PLCs emphasized. One hour lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5610 - Instrumentation and Controls

    3 credit hours
    Devices and techniques used in the measurement of physical parameters. Consideration of accurates and sources of error, identification of typical measurements, sensors and transducers, control stability, and response. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5630 - Local Area Networks

    3 credit hours
    Foundation and experience to understand the design, implementation, and management strategies of local area networks (LAN). Data communications standards and protocol fundamentals included. Lecture, laboratory activities, and a LAN design requirement. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5640 - Industrial Electricity

    3 credit hours
    AC power theory and circuits for industrial applications, polyphase systems, power factor correction, and transformers. Theory, applications, and selection of motors and generators. Control subsystems with emphasis on power electronics. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 5650 - Introduction to Microprocessors

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 3620. Introductory course in microprocessor-based systems and their related components. Machine language programming extensively used to solve problems and to demonstrate the relationship of the microprocessor to its supporting peripherals. Basic microcomputer architecture also emphasized. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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