May 21, 2024

2011-12 Graduate Catalog

2011-12 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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English
	ENGL 7350 - History of Criticism 3 credit hours Examines significant critical movements in Western literature from classical times into the twenty-first century. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7360 - Studies in Southern Literature 3 credit hours Themes, theories, movements, and types of literature produced in the American South with particular emphasis on selected authors and texts. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7370 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7380 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7390 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7400 - American Literature to 1800 3 credit hours Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7410 - Studies in American Literature: 1800-1860 3 credit hours Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7420 - Studies in American Literature: 1860-1910 3 credit hours Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7430 - Studies in American Literature: 1910-1950 3 credit hours Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7450 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7455 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7460 - Studies in Contemporary Drama 3 credit hours The development of world drama from 1950 to the present with attention to related criticism and theory. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7470 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7480 - Studies in Contemporary Literature 3 credit hours Intellectual backgrounds of contemporary literature; significant developments in fiction, nonfictional prose, poetry, and drama. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7490 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7500 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7505 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7510 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7520 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7525 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7530 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7535 - Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric 3 credit hours Intensive examination of themes, periods, figures, and texts in composition and/or rhetoric. Subject will vary with instructor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7540 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7550 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7560 - Seminar in Teaching Composition 3 credit hours Open only to first-year teaching assistants or with consent of instructor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7570 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7590 - Seminar in Teaching of Literature 3 credit hours Recommended for second-year teaching assistants and others interested in teaching literature. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7600 - Internship 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7610 - Internship 3 credit hours Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7620 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7650 - Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies 3 credit hours A theme, genre, period, text, or artist in one or more popular cultural media. Subject will vary each time the course is taught. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7660 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7700 - Studies in Folklore 3 credit hours Study of folklore with focus on the history of the discipline. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7710 - Special Topics in Folklore 3 credit hours Selected area of folklore: folk narrative, folklore and literature, folk song, folk religion, proverb, or folklore of a particular group. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7750 - 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	ENGL 7760 - Special Topics in Film Studies 3 credit hours Examines a theme, genre, director, period, school or movement, national cinema, etc. Subject will vary each time course is taught. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Environmental Science and Technology
	EST 5770 - Pollution Control Technology 3 credit hours Introduces air, noise, solid waste, and water pollution control technology. Legislative regulations and equality standards, pollution types and sources, detection and analysis instruments, and treatment principles and practices. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EST 5780 - Air, Solids, and Noise Pollution Technology 3 credit hours Prerequisites: 8 hours each chemistry, biology, and physics or permission of instructor. Introduces air, noise, solid, and hazardous waste pollution technology, including legislative regulations and quality standards: sources, detection, and analysis instrumentation and practices, and treatment and abatement principles, equipment, and practices. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EST 5810 - Energy and the Environment 3 credit hours Introduces sources and methods of energy production and classifications of energy usages with emphasis on usage trends, energy conservation strategies, and alternate energy utilization. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EST 5820 - Solar Building Design 3 credit hours Introduces environmental and economic impact of solar energy for residential and light industrial construction including topics such as day lighting, passive solar design, and hot water heating. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EST 5840 - Energy Auditing 3 credit hours Introduces types of energy consumption and classifications of energy usages. Emphasis on conservation strategies and total management for residential and industrial plants. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EST 5870 - Passive Solar Design 3 credit hours Introduces passive solar techniques in the construction of residential and light industrial structures. Includes day lighting, passive solar design, methods, and system integration. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Exercise Science
	EXSC 5000 - Strength, Conditioning, and Human Performance 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and weight training or permission of instructor. Theories and principles of strength training and conditioning and techniques used to become a certified strength and conditioning specialist or personal trainer. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 5240 - Principles of Exercise Prescription and Assessment 3 credit hours Prerequisites: EXSC 4810 and 4830; PHED 4910. Application of knowledge gained to practical situations; develop proficiency in using equipment and skills to evaluate an individual’s health risks and fitness. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 5965 - Aquatic Exercise and Therapeutic Techniques 3 credit hours (Same as ATHT 5965 /REC 5965 .) Examines the various uses of the aquatic environment to develop, maintain, and improve physical performance with practical development of skills and techniques and aquatic exercise programming. Combines both didactic and laboratory activities in an experiential learning environment. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6640 - Thesis Research 1 to 6 credit hours (Same as HLTH 6640 /PHED 6640 /LSM 6640 .) 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6650 - Physiological Bases of Human Performance 3 credit hours Principles of exercise physiology. Acute responses and chronic adaptations of the body to physical activity, exercise, and sports participation and their impact on homeostasis examined. Physiological systems examined in detail. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6750 - Exercise Physiology for the Child and Adolescent 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 4830 or EXSC 6650 . Review, analysis, and synthesis of current knowledge and literature about the exercise responses of children. Emphasis on understanding the influence of physical growth and measurement on the mechanisms which underlie the developing functional capacities of the exercising child and adolescent. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6800 - Environmental Exercise Physiology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 . Examines how the human body responds and adapts to diverse forms of environmental stress during exercise. Emphasis on delineating the mechanisms which underlie immediate responses and long-term adaptations that humans make while exercising under various environmental conditions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6810 - Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 . Overview of the physiological and biophysical mechanisms underlying cardiac function. Neurochemical properties of the myocardial cell, the physiological basis of cardiac muscle function, and the overall performance of the intact heart during exercise. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6830 - Measurement in Exercise Science 3 credit hours Laboratory experiences in testing, evaluating, and reporting in exercise science. Measurement theory related to validity and reliability of assessments addressed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6840 - Advanced Principles of Exercise Prescription and Assessment 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 4240 or equivalent. Provides theoretical and laboratory learning experiences for health risk appraisal, cardiovascular evaluation, and exercise prescription for healthy people and special populations. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6850 - Physical Activity, Exercise, and Disease 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 or equivalent. In-depth survey and synthesis of the research literature examining historical and recent trends in physical activity participation and the health-related aspects of exercise, physical activity, and physical fitness. Physiological mechanisms underlying the positive effects of physical activity and exercise on risk reduction for disease identified and explored. Behavioral and environmental determinants of physical activity and regular participation in exercise reviewed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6880 - Internship and Special Projects 3 to 6 credit hours (Same as HLTH 6880 /PHED 6880 /LSM 6880 .) On-site practical experience in an exercise science, health promotion, or sport management program. Those with extensive work experience will develop, implement, and conclude a project (research or applied) in consultation with the major professor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6890 - Seminar in Exercise Science and Health Promotion 3 credit hours Current issues and research in exercise science and health promotion. Written and oral presentation of a research project required. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 6910 - Special Problems 1 to 3 credit hours (Same as HLTH 6910 /PHED 6910 /LSM 6910 .) Individual study of current problems or areas of interest. S/U grading. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 7100 - Mechanical Analysis of Sports Skills 3 credit hours A synthesis of scientific principles as they relate to teaching simple and complex motor patterns. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 7200 - Applied Human Exercise Physiology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 . Investigation of how the physiological response to exercise is impacted by intensity, duration, type of muscular contraction, limbs involved, and body position. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 7750 - Exercise Physiology for the Child and Adolescent 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 4830 or EXSC 6650 . Review, analysis, and synthesis of current knowledge and literature about the exercise responses of children. Emphasis on understanding the influence of physical growth and measurement on the mechanisms which underlie the developing functional capacities of the exercising child and adolescent. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 7800 - Environmental Exercise Physiology 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 . Examines how the human body responds and adapts to diverse forms of environmental stress during exercise. Emphasis on delineating the mechanisms which underlie immediate responses and long-term adaptations that humans make while exercising under various environmental conditions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	EXSC 7850 - Physical Activity, Exercise, and Disease 3 credit hours Prerequisite: EXSC 6650 or equivalent. In-depth survey and synthesis of the research literature examining historical and recent trends in physical activity participation and the health-related aspects of exercise, physical activity, and physical fitness. Physiological mechanisms underlying the positive effects of physical activity and exercise on risk reduction for disease identified and explored. Behavioral and environmental determinants of physical activity and regular participation in exercise reviewed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Family and Consumer Sciences
	FCSE 5500 - Occupational Field Experience 3 to 9 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of eight hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5501 - Occupational Field Experience: Care and Guidance of Children 3 to 9 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of eight hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5502 - Occupational Field Experience: Food Management, Production, and Services 3 to 9 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of eight hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5540 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education 1 to 6 credit hours Synthesis and application of relevant concepts relating to educational planning; changes relating to the development of effective family and consumer sciences education programs. A maximum of six semester hours credit may be applied toward a degree. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5550 - Curriculum Development 3 credit hours Review of recent advances in home economics education. Analysis and evaluation of selected topics, materials, and methods in terms of their appropriateness for reaching curriculum objectives in home economics. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5560 - Problems in Teaching Materials 1 to 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Permission of chair. Application of principles and techniques involved in the selection and preparation of effective teaching materials and visual aids. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FCSE 5570 - Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Seminar 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Examination and analysis of program development, execution, and evaluation in a selected occupational area. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Finance
	FIN 5310 - Public Finance II 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 5310 .) Prerequisites: ECON 2410 and 2420. Current issues in taxation, theory of income taxation, consumption taxes, property and wealth taxes. Advanced treatment of tax incidence, tax efficiency, income distribution, fiscal federalism, and state and local budget issues. Students are required to complete a term project resulting in a paper available for peer review and a class presentation. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5360 - Management of Financial Institutions 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3210 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Application of principles of institution management with a focus on operations, policy making, asset, liability, and capital management of commercial banks and nonbank financial institutions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5390 - Employee Benefits 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 5390 .) Includes descriptive review and taxation, legislative, and administrative dimensions of the major components of employee benefit plans such as retirement systems, deferred compensation plans, health insurance, death benefits, disability benefits, paid and unpaid time off. Technical analysis and problem solving emphasized to develop applied skills. Social insurance and international benefits integrated. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5430 - Real Property Valuation 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 2450 or consent of instructor; FIN 3010 strongly recommended. Theory and methods of real property valuation. Qualitative and quantitative analysis incorporated to appraise residential and income-producing properties. Comparable sales, cost-depreciation, and income capitalization analysis emphasized. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5590 - Independent Study in Real Estate 3 credit hours Current controversial conditions in the field of real estate with concentration on major problems and policies in managing real estate and other related resources. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5710 - Insurance in Estate Planning 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3610 or permission of instructor. Insurance as it may relate to estate planning examined in detail. Focus on estate planning principles including the problems of estate liquidity, taxation, governmental regulation, and costs involved in handling estates. Also included are ownership provisions and beneficiary designations, settlement options, and trusts. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5730 - Insurance Company Operations 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3610 or permission of instructor. Insurance marketing, underwriting, reinsurance, rate making, claims adjusting, loss control activities, and other functions and activities. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5750 - Risk Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3610 or permission of instructor. Analysis of major sources of liability loss exposures and the insurance coverages designed to meet those exposures. Noninsurance techniques such as loss control and risk transfer are also discussed. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5790 - Independent Study in Insurance 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3610 or permission of instructor. Application of various insurance coverages to fulfillment of personal, business, and social needs. Special problems are chosen or assigned in areas of the student’s interest in joint consultation between student and instructor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5840 - Study Abroad 3 credit hours Prerequisites: Graduate standing and completion of core courses in respective field as determined by graduate business studies. A short-term international business education experience designed to expose the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies), with specific emphasis directed toward the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to the discipline. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5890 - Internship in Finance 3 credit hours Prerequisite: Graduate status and recommendation of advisor. Supervised work experience in cooperating business firms or government agencies together with specialized academic study relating to the work experience. Pass/Fail. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5900 - TVA Investment Challenge 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3810. Theories and concepts related to investing, security analysis, and portfolio management will be put to the test in the management of a real portfolio of stocks. TVA investment guidelines, portfolio management strategies, stock selection, investment gurus, individual investment styles, data sources and Internet sites, stock-screening techniques, and portfolio rebalancing. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 5990 - Independent Study in Finance 1 to 3 credit hours Chosen in joint consultation between student and instructor. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6000 - Survey of Financial Management 3 credit hours Principles and tools of financial management including time value of money, security valuation, funds acquisition and capital budgeting, and cost of capital. May not be used for elective credit in graduate business degree programs. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6430 - Seminar on Public Finance 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 6430 .) Examines the role of government in the allocation and distribution of society’s resources. Topics include theories of government sector growth, public and quasi-public goods, externalities and agency theory, transitivity and completeness of voting preferences, income redistribution and economic justice, social insurance, health care programs, tax shifting and incidence analysis, efficiency and equity in taxation, and efficiency and redistributive aspects of deficit financing. Topics may involve case studies such as budget formulation, environmental policies, payroll taxes, and alternative tax structures. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6440 - Readings in Finance 1 to 3 credit hours Independent readings-based study of a particular topic in finance 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6450 - Seminar on Monetary Policy 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 6450 .) Prerequisite: ECON 3210 or equivalent recommended. Objectives and limitations of monetary policy, alternative monetary theories underlying policy decisions and the controversy among theories, transmission channels of monetary policy, alternative strategies used to achieve the objectives of monetary policy, practical considerations in the execution of monetary policy, global linkages and monetary policy, and the effects and consequences of policy decision on economic activity and business decisions. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6460 - Seminar on Financial Markets 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 7460 .) Prerequisite: FIN 3010. 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6550 - Real Estate Investment 3 credit hours Prerequisites: FIN 2450 and 3010. Development of a framework for making real estate investment decisions and for analyzing real estate investment alternatives. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6620 - Econometrics I 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 6620 .) Prerequisite: ECON 4620 or equivalent. Focuses on ordinary least squares regression analysis, covering the problems of specification, multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, and endogeneity. SAS statistical software used as a tool for manipulating data, for conducting forecasts, for carrying out Monte-Carlo simulations, and for performing statistical inference. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6710 - Financial Analysis 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3010 or FIN 6000 . Theory of corporate finance with applications. Techniques and problems for maximizing wealth through the application of discounted cash flow analysis. Emphasis on risk, capital budgeting, and capital structure. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6720 - Cases in Financial Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 6710 . Applications-oriented approach to managerial problem-solving. Topics may include working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital estimation, lease/purchase decisions, bond refunding, and international issues. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6730 - Seminar on Financial Institutions 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 6730 .) Prerequisite: FIN 3010. Focus on the common and the 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 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6740 - Security Analysis 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3810 or consent of instructor. Interpretation of financial statements, valuation and selection of securities, security risk, legal and regulatory issues, and agency problems. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 6860 - International Financial Management 3 credit hours Prerequisite: FIN 3010 or FIN 6000 . International capital markets, exchange rate exposure, risk management, and other multinational finance issues. Essential not only for United States exporters, but also for those facing competition from abroad. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FIN 7460 - Seminar on Financial Markets 3 credit hours (Same as ECON 6460 .) Prerequisite: ECON 3210 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. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
Foreign Languages
	FL 5500 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign Language 3 credit hours Introduces students to a variety of approaches and methods for foreign language instruction in elementary or secondary schools. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FL 6010 - Foreign Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours Acquaints students with major theories of foreign language acquisition and various approaches to language learning. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes
	FL 6020 - Reading, Writing, and Learning Methods for ESL 3 credit hours (Same as YOED 6020 .) Provides teaching ideas for promoting oral, reading, and writing development in English for K-12 English learners. Language acquisition theory, classroom organization, teaching strategies, and assessment procedures for effective English learner instruction. Click here for the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

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ENGL 7350 - History of Criticism

ENGL 7360 - Studies in Southern Literature

ENGL 7370 - Satire

ENGL 7380 - Contemporary Critical Theory

ENGL 7390 - Reading Postmodernism

ENGL 7400 - American Literature to 1800

ENGL 7410 - Studies in American Literature: 1800-1860

ENGL 7420 - Studies in American Literature: 1860-1910

ENGL 7430 - Studies in American Literature: 1910-1950

ENGL 7450 - Contemporary Women’s Literature

ENGL 7455 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature

ENGL 7460 - Studies in Contemporary Drama

ENGL 7470 - Studies in Narratology

ENGL 7480 - Studies in Contemporary Literature

ENGL 7490 - Studies in the Novel

ENGL 7500 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language

ENGL 7505 - History of Rhetoric: Ancient to Renaissance

ENGL 7510 - History of Rhetoric: Early Modern to Contemporary

ENGL 7520 - Essentials of Linguistics

ENGL 7525 - Special Topics in the History of the English Language

ENGL 7530 - Studies in Composition and Rhetoric

ENGL 7535 - Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric

ENGL 7540 - Middle Tennessee Writing Project (MTWP) Summer Institute

ENGL 7550 - Writing Center Theory

ENGL 7560 - Seminar in Teaching Composition

ENGL 7570 - Practicum in Composition Methodology

ENGL 7590 - Seminar in Teaching of Literature

ENGL 7600 - Internship

ENGL 7610 - Internship

ENGL 7620 - Directed Reading and Research

ENGL 7640 - Dissertation Research

ENGL 7650 - Special Topics in Popular Culture Studies

ENGL 7660 - Introduction to Graduate Study: Bibliography and Research

ENGL 7700 - Studies in Folklore

ENGL 7710 - Special Topics in Folklore

ENGL 7750 - Film Studies

ENGL 7760 - Special Topics in Film Studies

EST 5770 - Pollution Control Technology

EST 5780 - Air, Solids, and Noise Pollution Technology

EST 5810 - Energy and the Environment

EST 5820 - Solar Building Design

EST 5840 - Energy Auditing

EST 5870 - Passive Solar Design

EXSC 5000 - Strength, Conditioning, and Human Performance

EXSC 5240 - Principles of Exercise Prescription and Assessment

EXSC 5965 - Aquatic Exercise and Therapeutic Techniques

EXSC 6640 - Thesis Research

EXSC 6650 - Physiological Bases of Human Performance

EXSC 6750 - Exercise Physiology for the Child and Adolescent

EXSC 6800 - Environmental Exercise Physiology

EXSC 6810 - Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology

EXSC 6830 - Measurement in Exercise Science

EXSC 6840 - Advanced Principles of Exercise Prescription and Assessment

EXSC 6850 - Physical Activity, Exercise, and Disease

EXSC 6880 - Internship and Special Projects

EXSC 6890 - Seminar in Exercise Science and Health Promotion

EXSC 6910 - Special Problems

EXSC 7100 - Mechanical Analysis of Sports Skills

EXSC 7200 - Applied Human Exercise Physiology

EXSC 7750 - Exercise Physiology for the Child and Adolescent

EXSC 7800 - Environmental Exercise Physiology

EXSC 7850 - Physical Activity, Exercise, and Disease

FCSE 5500 - Occupational Field Experience

FCSE 5501 - Occupational Field Experience: Care and Guidance of Children

FCSE 5502 - Occupational Field Experience: Food Management, Production, and Services

FCSE 5540 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education

FCSE 5550 - Curriculum Development

FCSE 5560 - Problems in Teaching Materials

FCSE 5570 - Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Seminar

FIN 5310 - Public Finance II

FIN 5360 - Management of Financial Institutions

FIN 5390 - Employee Benefits

FIN 5430 - Real Property Valuation

FIN 5590 - Independent Study in Real Estate

FIN 5710 - Insurance in Estate Planning

FIN 5730 - Insurance Company Operations

FIN 5750 - Risk Management

FIN 5790 - Independent Study in Insurance

FIN 5840 - Study Abroad