May 21, 2024  
2011-12 Graduate Catalog 
    
2011-12 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Engineering Technology

  
  • ET 6370 - Computer-Integrated Design and Manufacturing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 4590/ET 5590  or consent of instructor. Applications of computer-integrated manufacturing. Current techniques of design for manufacturing and the integration into information flow, organization, product design, and software applications.


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  • ET 6390 - Productivity Strategies/Lean Systems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and ET 3910 or consent of instructor. Topics include the human element (supervisory and teamwork skills), the theoretical aspect (laws and science covering service and production systems), and the practical aspect (tools for lean operational systems implementation). Theoretical and practical methods needed to complete a required industry/business project and obtain a certification in Lean Manufacturing.


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  • ET 6620 - Methods of Research

    3 credit hours
    Introduces Master of Science students to scholarly research principles and to thesis formats for research reporting. A problem is researched and written up in thesis proposal format.


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  • ET 6640 - Thesis Research

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ET 6620 . 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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  • ET 6650 - Embedded Microprocessor Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite ET 4660 or consent of instructor. Topics include basics of embedded microprocessor systems, introduction to field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), integrated software environment (ISE), embedded development kit (EDK) CAD software, and the architecture and features of the MicroBlaze soft-core. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory.


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  • ET 6700 - Analytical Methods in Engineering Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1530, 1910, and 1920; graduate standing. Survey of essential mathematical skills and their applications in engineering technology. Applications of algebra, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, numerical analysis, data analysis, statistics, vector analysis, and other topics with specific reference to concepts in an engineering technology curriculum. Symbolic mathematical computer software will be used throughout the course.


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  • ET 6710 - Current and Future Trends in Engineering and Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The latest advancements and practices in various engineering and technology fields. Selected topics may include computers and electronics, networking and telecommunication, instrumentation, lasers, automation and robotics, manufacturing and rapid prototyping, bioengineering and biotechnology, and renewable energy sources. Takes a student-centered, hands-on learning approach and focuses on understanding new technologies and how technology is used in the industry. Research projects will provide appropriate experience and accommodate individual’s interest.


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  • ET 6720 - Innovative and Renewable Energy Sources and Technologies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. In-depth coverage of current and future renewable energy sources and energy conversion technologies and efficiency and storage technologies. Environmental, economic, and security impacts are covered.


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  • ET 6730 - Process Control

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1910 and ET 3602 or equivalent. Basic process control concepts and theory. Analog and digital signal conditioning. Sensors and controllers. Controller principles and control-loop characteristics. Process control applications.


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  • ET 6910 - Problems in Engineering Technology

    3 credit hours
    Independent investigation and report of a problem in engineering technology. Designed to meet the particular needs of the students; pursued under the direction of a department faculty member.


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  • ET 6920 - Problems in Engineering Technology

    3 credit hours
    Independent investigation and report of a problem in engineering technology. Designed to meet the particular needs of the students; pursued under the direction of a department faculty member.


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  • ET 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. Student must contact 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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English

  
  
  • ENGL 5530 - History of the English Language

    3 credit hours
    Traces the development of the English language from cuneiform writing systems and Semitic and Phoenician syllabaries through Greek and Latin contributions, Old and Middle English, and Modern English.


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  • ENGL 5540 - Approaches to Teaching ESL Grammar and Writing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 4510/ENGL 5510 . A survey of the background and basic methods needed to teach English grammar and composition to students for whom English is a second language. Emphasizes understanding the problems nonnative speakers face and developing techniques for helping nonnative speakers express themselves in written English.


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  • ENGL 6000 - Poetry Workshop

    3 credit hours
    A rigorous writing course to develop the advanced writer’s use of point-of-view, tone, rhythm, meter, line, and stanza. Practice in both the spontaneity of composition and the deliberate, disciplined work of revision. Examination, through poems and essays by relevant authors, of the movements, forms, and possibilities of contemporary poetry.


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  • ENGL 6010 - Old English Language and Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite for ENGL 6020 /ENGL 7020 , Beowulf. Introduction to Old English language (grammar, phonology, syntax, and vocabulary) and literature (poetry and prose) and to the historical and cultural background of the Anglo-Saxon period.


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  • ENGL 6040 - Medieval English Literature

    3 credit hours
    A study of Middle English literary types (in poetry, prose, and drama) and of the major authors and texts of the Middle English period. Includes study of Middle English dialects.


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  • ENGL 6050 - Studies in Early English Drama, Excluding Shakespeare: 990-1642

    3 credit hours
    The origin and development of English drama, emphasizing Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the contributions of Shakespeare’s contemporaries and successors.


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  • ENGL 6130 - Studies in Seventeenth-Century English Prose and Poetry

    3 credit hours
    Selected nondramatic literature of the century, with primary emphasis on the seventeenth century before the Restoration. Included are Donne, Herbert, and the metaphysical poets and Jonson and the Cavalier poets.


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  • ENGL 6200 - Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

    3 credit hours
    Designed to give students a definite critical knowledge of the major literary works of Restoration and eighteenth-century England, 1660-1800. Course may focus on either drama, poetry, or prose or a combination.


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  • ENGL 6270 - Studies in Victorian Literature

    3 credit hours
    Intellectual backgrounds of the Victorian period; major prose writers: Macaulay, Carlyle, Newman, Mill, Ruskin, Arnold, Pater; major poets: Tennyson, Browning, Arnold.


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  • ENGL 6290 - Modern British Literature

    3 credit hours
    Intellectual backgrounds of modern British literature; major novelists: Forster, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence; major poets: Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Thomas; selected minor writers.


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  • ENGL 6305 - Special Topics in Children’s and Adolescent Literature

    3 credit hours
    Selected genre, period, ethnicity, tradition, or literary focus on children’s and/or young adult literature. Subject will vary with instructor. May be taken for multiple credit up to 9 hours.


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  • ENGL 6320 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory

    3 credit hours
    Introduces postcolonial studies through an exploration of seminal literary and critical writings in the field. Primary focus on the critical thought and discursive practices that define postcolonial discourse and their application to literature that engages issues of colonialism, its aftermath, and other forms of imperialism.


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  • ENGL 6370 - Satire

    3 credit hours
    Satire as a distinct genre, emphasizing its continuity in Western literature from antiquity to the present; representative works from four periods: ancient, medieval and Renaissance, eighteenth century, and modern; prose, poetry, and drama.


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  • ENGL 6380 - Contemporary Critical Theory

    3 credit hours
    Covers major critical trends in literary theory since 1965, including feminist, Marxist, structuralist, and deconstructive approaches to literature. Students explore background and implications of these theories and analyze selected works of literature in light of these approaches.


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  • ENGL 6390 - Reading Postmodernism

    3 credit hours
    Theoretical discourse which works to define the cultural mindset known as postmodernism. Theories examined will be applied to examples of postmodern literature, film, and/or television. Topics emphasized include the instability of social and cultural categories, the dissolving boundaries between high and low culture and art, and the subversion of realist narrative strategies.


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  • ENGL 6450 - Contemporary Women’s Literature

    3 credit hours
    Study of recent women writers with emphasis on the relationship between literature and the social and political status of women. Addresses diverse writers and issues of difference among women, including race, class, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and other determinants of individual and group identity.


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  • ENGL 6455 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature

    3 credit hours
    Study of selected women authors with a focus on the way women’s voices contribute to literary discourse. Subject will vary with instructor.


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  • ENGL 6470 - Studies in Narratology

    3 credit hours
    Examines modern and contemporary theories of narrative (modernist, rhetorical structuralist, dialogical) with particular application to selected authors and texts.


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  • ENGL 6490 - Studies in the Novel

    3 credit hours
    The novel as a literary genre may be approached from a variety of perspectives, including generic, historical, theoretical, or single-author approaches. Course varies according to interests of instructor and students.


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  • ENGL 6500 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language

    3 credit hours
    A specialized field of literary or linguistic inquiry, its bibliography, critical problems, and probable solutions. Topics vary with the professor assigned to the course.


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  • ENGL 6505 - History of Rhetoric: Ancient to Renaissance

    3 credit hours
    An examination of the major theorists and themes, including literary and pedagogical implications, from the ancient period to the Renaissance.


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  • ENGL 6510 - History of Rhetoric: Early Modern to Contemporary

    3 credit hours
    An examination of major theorists and themes, including literary and pedagogical implications, from early modern period to the present.


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  • ENGL 6520 - Essentials of Linguistics

    3 credit hours
    Major linguistic approaches to the study of language-dominant trends and current issues in linguistics; the phonological, morphological, and syntactic structure of the English language.


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  • ENGL 6525 - Special Topics in the History of the English Language

    3 credit hours
    Advanced study of various aspects of the English language from its beginnings in Proto-Indo-European to the present day (writing systems, Indo-European, phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon, stylistics, semantics, etc.). Subject will vary with instructor.


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  • ENGL 6530 - Studies in Composition and Rhetoric

    3 credit hours
    An introduction to the intellectual foundations of composition studies focusing on influential theories as well as the field’s intellectual and disciplinary history.


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  • ENGL 6540 - Middle Tennessee Writing Project (MTWP) Summer Institute

    3 credit hours
    Reserved for invited participants in the Middle Tennessee Writing Project. Acquaints students with composition and pedagogical theories, practices for the teaching of writing, methods of research and presentation, development of writing resources including grant writing, various genres of writing and writing response, and publishing.


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  • ENGL 6550 - Writing Center Theory

    3 credit hours
    Examines the theoretical and practical components of writing center work, including collaborative, composition, learning, writing center, and postmodern theories. Open to all graduate students.


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  • ENGL 6570 - Practicum in Composition Methodology

    3 credit hours
    In-depth study of how composition theory and research inform methodology. Topics covered vary according to interests of instructor and students.


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  • ENGL 6620 - Directed Reading and Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the director of graduate studies. Individually supervised reading and research either in a historical period of English or American literature or in a major literary genre. Students may take no more than three directed reading courses.


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  • ENGL 6630 - Directed Creative Writing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the director of graduate studies in English. Individually supervised writing project in fiction, poetry writing, playwriting, or creative nonfiction.


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  • ENGL 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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  • ENGL 6660 - Introduction to Graduate Study: Bibliography and Research

    3 credit hours
    Literary scholarship: its nature and scope; traditional and modern methods; the definition and solution of research problems; the production of literary scholarship. Required of all master’s students enrolling in English.


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  • ENGL 6750 - Film Studies

    3 credit hours
    Covers such topics as the film text, adaptation, narratology, genres, ideology, authorship, theory, history, schools, movements, national cinemas, and film audiences.


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  • ENGL 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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  • ENGL 7000 - Poetry Workshop

    3 credit hours
    A rigorous writing course to develop the advanced writer’s use of point-of-view, tone, rhythm, meter, line, and stanza. Practice in both the spontaneity of composition and the deliberate, disciplined work of revision. Examination, through poems and essays by relevant authors, of the movements, forms, and possibilities of contemporary poetry.


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  • ENGL 7010 - Old English Language and Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite for ENGL 6020 /ENGL 7020 , Beowulf. Introduction to Old English language (grammar, phonology, syntax, and vocabulary) and literature (poetry and prose) and to the historical and cultural background of the Anglo-Saxon period.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • ENGL 7040 - Medieval English Literature

    3 credit hours
    A study of Middle English literary types (in poetry, prose, and drama) and of the major authors and texts of the Middle English period. Includes study of Middle English dialects.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • ENGL 7050 - Studies in Early English Drama, Excluding Shakespeare: 900-1642

    3 credit hours
    The origin and development of English drama, emphasizing Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the contributions of Shakespeare’s contemporaries and successors.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • ENGL 7130 - Studies in Seventeenth-Century English Prose and Poetry

    3 credit hours
    Selected nondramatic literature of the century, with primary emphasis on the seventeenth century before the Restoration. Included are Donne, Herbert, and the metaphysical poets and Jonson and the Cavalier poets.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • ENGL 7200 - Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

    3 credit hours
    Designed to give students a definite critical knowledge of the major literary works of Restoration and eighteenth-century England, 1660-1800. Course may focus on either drama, poetry, or prose or a combination.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  • ENGL 7270 - Studies in Victorian Literature

    3 credit hours
    Intellectual backgrounds of the Victorian period; major prose writers: Macaulay, Carlyle, Newman, Mill, Ruskin, Arnold, Pater; major poets: Tennyson, Browning, Arnold.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • ENGL 7290 - Modern British Literature

    3 credit hours
    Intellectual backgrounds of modern British literature; major novelists: Forster, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence; major poets: Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Thomas; selected minor writers.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • ENGL 7305 - Special Topics in Children’s and Adolescent Literature

    3 credit hours
    Selected genre, period, ethnicity, tradition, or literary focus on children’s and/or young adult literature. Subject will vary with instructor. May be taken for multiple credit up to 9 hours.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • ENGL 7320 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory

    3 credit hours
    Introduces postcolonial studies through an exploration of seminal literary and critical writings in the field. Primary focus on the critical thought and discursive practices that define postcolonial discourse and their application to literature that engages issues of colonialism, its aftermath, and other forms of imperialism.


    Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
 

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