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LAW 956 - Entertainment Law 3 Credit Hours
Role of law and lawyer in entertainment industry. Course content varies. Music industry: music copyright laws; artist/manager relationships; recording contract negotiations; industry labor unions; and performing right organizations.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 957 - Law, Science and Technology 3 Credit Hours
Legal implications of advanced technologies; adaptation of law to challenges posed by new kinds of knowledge and new ways of doing things. Biotechnology, regulation of scientific research, space law, legal issues relating to new information technologies, nanotechnologies, and others designated by instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 958 - Women and The Law 3 Credit Hours
Treatment and status of women in American legal system: women as political actors, as family members, as participants in workforce, as targets of violence and as members of legal profession; introduction to current competing approaches to gender justice.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 959 - Intellectual Property 3 Credit Hours
Intellectual property and related interests under federal and state law: patents; trademarks; trade secrets; copyright; right of publicity; unfair competition.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 961 - Patent Prosecution 2 Credit Hours
Teaches fundamental skills for patent lawyers. Will focus on translating an invention disclosure into the highly specialized language of a patent claim, which requires an understanding of the invention, the prevailing case law, and the patent examination process, as well as an understanding of the scrutiny to which a claim is subjected during litigation. Covers the mechanics of drafting various types of claims and discussing their applicability in various situations, a survey of recent case law from the Federal Circuit that affect patent claim drafting, litigation and Markman claim construction hearings, and the basics of prosecution before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Will have several short written projects, which will include a client interview summary, various exercises describing and/or claiming different inventions, responses to rejections from the Patent & Trademark Office, and written critiques of exemplary claims. These preliminary projects will build up to the final projects, which will be the drafting of a complete patent application.
(DE) Corequisite(s): 955.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 962 - Law and Medicine Seminar 2 Credit Hours
Effects of legal rules on delivery and quality of medical care: nature of physician-patient relationship; unauthorized practice of medicine; medical education, licensing and specialization; hospital staff privileges; medical malpractice liability: standard of care, proof, causation, defenses, and damages; protection of patient autonomy: Consent, informed consent, conception and abortion, choice of treatment, and death and dying; control of communicable diseases; organ transplantation and medical resource allocation.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 963 - Health Care Law and Regulation 3 Credit Hours
Surveys legal issues confronting the American health care system, considering federal and state law. Topics include quality control; licensing and accreditation; access to health care, including private health insurance, managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, and emergency health care; privacy regulations; relationships between health care entities and physicians; fraud and abuse regulations; antitrust considerations; and research restrictions. Satisfies expository writing requirement if student elects to write a paper.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 964 - Health Care Policy 2 Credit Hours
Considers ethical perspectives on health care policy relating to decisions both on individual patient care and on systemic resource allocation. Considers basic theories of bioethics, including how these ethical perspectives may inform analysis of current issues in health care law and policy and how they are expressed in the national policy debate. Topics include organizing and financing health care, quality and accountability in health care, equality and discrimination in access to health care, privacy issues raised by new technology, legal and ethical issues in managed care, and tort reform. Satisfies the perspectives requirement.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 972 - Income Taxation of Business Organizations 3 Credit Hours
Survey and comparative analysis of federal patterns of income taxation of partnerships, subchapter C corporations, subchapter S corporations, and limited liability companies; introduction to transactional analysis and business planning. Required written exercises: drafting of portions of partnership agreements, opinion letters, and legal memoranda.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 818.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 973 - Wealth Transfer Taxation 3 Credit Hours
Taxation of gratuitous transfers of wealth during life (gift tax) and at death (estate tax) and of generation skipping transfers.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 935.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 975 - Tax Theory 3 Credit Hours
Method and purposes of governmental revenue collection through examination of economic and political theory; comparative analysis of various actual and proposed patterns of taxation: income tax, consumption tax, sales tax, and value-added tax. Required preparation of expository essay on aspect of tax theory chosen by student.
Comment(s): Limited enrollment.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 978 - Transactional Tax Planning 3 Credit Hours
Advanced study of taxation of business organizations: tax treatment of business acquisitions, tax planning for financially troubled entities, and review of recent transactions involving cutting-edge tax planning and shaping changes in law.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 818 and 972.
Comment(s): Limited enrollment.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 980 - Insurance 3 Credit Hours
Types of insurance: life, property, health, accident and liability insurance; regulation of insurance industry; interpretation of insurance contracts; insurable interest requirement; conditions, warranties and representations; coverage and exclusions; duties of agents; excess liability; subrogation; and bad faith actions against insurers. Liability insurance defense problems: duty to defend, notice and cooperation issues, and conflicts of interest.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 981 - Business Torts 3 Credit Hours
After the 1980s, there was a significant evolution in the relationship among antitrust, business tort, and unfair competition law. Will focus on the developments in business torts, and in particular, how the law should regulate, promote, or discourage competitive behavior in the marketplace. Will survey the fields of unfair competition, commercial disparagement and defamation, interference torts, the torts of fraud and negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, and state consumer fraud.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only
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LAW 985 - Workers’ Compensation 2-3 Credit Hours
Workers’ Compensation system for compensating victims of work-related accidents and diseases: requirements for covered employer-employee relationship; accidental injuries or occupational diseases arising out of and in course of employment; causation; nature of medical, disability, and death benefits; exclusiveness of compensation remedy against employer and co-employees; and rights and liabilities of non-employers; administrative and procedural aspects of Workers’ Compensation practice; and various law reform measures.
Repeatability: Not Repeatable. May be taken once for 2 to 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 988 - The Structure and Operation of the American Legal System 3 Credit Hours
Introduces foreign-educated lawyers to the structure of the American legal system and basics of U.S. law. Topics include (1) an introduction and comparison of both common and civil law legal systems; (2) an overview of basic United States constitutional structure on both the federal and state level, including instruction on the role of administrative agencies and rules and regulations as well as statutes and case law; (3) legal research and writing; (4) exercises in case analysis and briefing; (5) drafting of briefs, legal opinions, contracts, and statutes; and (6) a summary of first-year J.D. classes, such as torts, contracts, civil procedure, and criminal law.
Registration Restriction(s): limited to students enrolled in the LL.M. degree program.
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LAW 989 - Moot Court Executive Board 1 Credit Hours
Performance of duties as members of the Executive Moot Court Board, including research, analysis, writing in developing problems and materials for interscholastic appellate and trial advocacy competitions and helping students prepare for those competitions.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 990 - Issues in the Law 1-4 Credit Hours
Selected topics.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 40 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 991 - Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 1 Credit Hours
Performance of duties as staff member or editor of the Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice. Reviewing and editing responsibilities vary each semester as specified in the Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice Policy Manual. Members of the Journal who are not on the senior editorial board receive one hour of credit for successfully completing two consecutive semesters of service. Members of senior editorial board receive one hour of credit for each semester of satisfactory service.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 992 - Field Placement 1-4 Credit Hours
Supervised fieldwork, overseen by full-time faculty, in professional placement selected by student and faculty and structured to maximize the experiential learning of the participating student. Students are required to submit a weekly journal describing and analyzing the experience, and to meet regularly with the supervising faculty member.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or numerical grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
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LAW 993 - Directed Research 1-2 Credit Hours
Independent research and writing under direct supervision of faculty member. Proposals must be approved by the supervising faculty member and by the dean or the dean’s designee.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or numerical grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
Comment(s): Second-year standing required.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 994 - Independent Study 1-4 Credit Hours
Independent study under direct supervision of faculty member. Proposals must be approved by the supervising faculty member and by the dean or the dean’s designee.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or numerical grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Comment(s): May only be taken during last three semesters of study.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 995 - Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 1-2 Credit Hours
Performance of duties of staff member or editor of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. Responsibilities vary each semester: writing of case synopsis, writing of article, and/or performing other assigned duties related to operation. Members of Transactions who are not on senior editorial board receive one hour of credit for successfully completing two consecutive semesters of service. Members of senior editorial board receive two hours of credit for each full year of satisfactory service.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
Credit Restriction: Does not count toward total number of elective upper-division courses taken Satisfactory/No Credit.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 996 - Law Review 1 Credit Hours
Performance of duties as staff member or editor of Tennessee Law Review. Responsibilities vary each semester as specified in Tennessee Law Review Policy Manual: writing of case note, comment or article, and/or performance of other assigned duties related to operations of Tennessee Law Review. Completion of potentially publishable comment or article for Tennessee Law Review satisfies expository writing requirement.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
Credit Restriction: Does not count toward total number of elective upper-division courses taken Satisfactory/No Credit.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 997 - Moot Court 1 Credit Hours
Participation as member of faculty-supervised interscholastic moot court competition.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
Credit Restriction: Does not count toward total number of elective upper-division courses taken Satisfactory/No Credit.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 998 - Planning and Drafting Project 1 Credit Hours
Preparation and completion of planning and drafting project under faculty supervision in conjunction with substantive courses when such planning and drafting option is provided by course instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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LAW 999 - Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy 1-2 Credit Hours
Academic credit for performing the duties of a staff member or editor of Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy. Responsibilities vary each semester as specified in the Journal Policy Manual, but will variously include the writing of case synopsis, the writing of an article, and/or the performance of other assigned duties related to the operation of the journal. Members of the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy who are not members of the senior editorial board receive one hour of academic credit for successfully completing two consecutive fourteen-week semesters of service. Members of the senior editorial board receive two hours of academic credit for each full year of satisfactory service.
Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for credit.
Credit Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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Learning Environments and Educational Studies (LEES) |
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LEES 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 504 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of unit on topics of current interest.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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LEES 593 - Independent Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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LEES 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 602 - Directed Research 1-3 Credit Hours
Instructor- or student-initiated group investigation of empirical and theoretical problems in educational and counseling psychology.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 604 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Instructor-initiated courses offered at convenience of unit on topics of interest.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Comment(s): Admission to PhD, education major, learning environments and educational concentration required.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 640 - Doctoral Seminar in Learning Environments and Educational Studies 3 Credit Hours
Interdisciplinary seminar focused on exploring topics from the perspectives of cultural studies, educational psychology, and instructional technology and emphasizing aspects of the Learning Environments and Educational Studies program that go beyond coursework, comprehensive exams and dissertations. Program core seminar taken fall and spring by first and second year doctoral students.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Comment(s): Admission to the Learning Environments and Educational Studies Concentration under the Ph.D. Major required.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 650 - Design Thinking and Theory 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to both theoretical and empirical works related to design thinking and its role in various fields related to human learning, social activities, and physical artifacts. Participants will examine design research methods and the sociocultural implications of design activities.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 655 - Research in Learning Environments and Educational Studies 1 Credit Hours
Data analyses, collection, and interpretation.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 671 - Advanced Seminar in Theories of Learning 3 Credit Hours
Study and collaborative reflection on selected topics related to behaviorist, social cognitive, information processing, constructivist, and cognitive theories of learning as applied in educational settings. Emphasis is placed on development of theoretical frameworks and comparison and contrast of learning principles supported by research.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): EDPY 572.
Comment(s): Primarily for doctoral students in fields related to teaching, learning and development of children and adults including instructional technology. Doctoral students in the Learning Environments and Educational Studies program are required to take this course.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LEES 693 - Independent Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Life Sciences (LFSC) |
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LFSC 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LFSC 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LFSC 505 - Research Rotation 2 Credit Hours
Laboratory rotations with faculty member on clearly defined projects. Written proposal and oral report.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
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LFSC 507 - Programming for Biological Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Topics to be covered include the application of computing, modeling, data analysis, and information technology to fundamental problems in the life sciences.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
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LFSC 510 - Special Topics in Life Sciences 1-3 Credit Hours
Specializations in biotechnology; cellular, molecular, and developmental biology; environmental toxicology; ethology; plant, physiology and genetics; and physiology.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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LFSC 515 - Introduction to Genome Science and Technology I 1 Credit Hours
Introduction to research in genome science and technology concentration.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
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LFSC 517 - Genomics and Bioinformatics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Microbiology 540.)
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LFSC 520 - Genome Science and Technology I 4 Credit Hours
Overview of genomics, advanced genetics principles.
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LFSC 521 - Genome Science and Technology II 4 Credit Hours
Analytical technologies and special techniques.
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LFSC 541 - Colloquium 1 Credit Hours
Invited speakers. Topics announced in advance.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
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LFSC 591 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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LFSC 592 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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LFSC 593 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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LFSC 595 - Special Topics in Genome Science and Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
Tutorials or lectures in variety of special topics to be chosen by instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
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LFSC 596 - Special Topics in Genome Science and Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
Tutorials or lectures in variety of special topics to be chosen by instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
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LFSC 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LFSC 615 - Journal Club in Genome Science and Technology 1 Credit Hours
Reading and discussion based on current literature.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LFSC 695 - Advanced Topics in Genome Science and Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
Tutorials or lectures on variety of advanced topics to be chosen by instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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LFSC 696 - Advanced Topics in Genome Science and Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
Tutorials or lectures on variety of advanced topics to be chosen by instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Linguistics (LING) |
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LING 400 - Topics in Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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LING 411 - Linguistic Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Anthropology 411.)
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LING 423 - The Development of Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Development of western linguistic thought from the Hebrews and Greeks through modern times. Readings from Boas, Sapir, Bloomfield, and others.
Recommended Background: 9 hours of courses required for undergraduate linguistics concentration (300-level or above) or consent of instructor.
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LING 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See French 425.)
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LING 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See German 426.)
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LING 431 - Topics in Hispanic Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Spanish 430.)
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LING 435 - Structure of the German Language 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See German 435.)
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LING 436 - History of the German Language 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See German 436.)
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LING 471 - Sociolinguistics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 471.)
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LING 472 - American English 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 472.)
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LING 474 - Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language I 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 474.)
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LING 476 - Second Language Acquisition 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 476.)
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LING 477 - Pedagogical Grammar for ESL Teachers 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 477.)
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LING 485 - Special Topics in Language 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 485.)
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LING 490 - Language and Law 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 490.)
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LING 510 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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LING 520 - Capstone Project 3 Credit Hours
A capstone project, normally the preparation of a paper for presentation at a professional conference or for publication in a journal, planned and completed in consultation with a program advisor.
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LING 575 - Issues in Second/Foreign Language Rhetoric and Composition 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See English 575.)
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Management (MGT) |
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MGT 440 - Organizational Psychology 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Psychology 440.)
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MGT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 505 - Leading Complex Organizations 1.5 Credit Hours
Introduction to the basics of managing people and organizations. Provides an exposure to theories of organization, important organizational and behavioral issues and processes; explores a variety of strategies useful to successful organizational leaders.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 506 - Competitive Strategy 1.5 Credit Hours
Provides an overview of strategic management theory with a focus on factors that lead to competing successfully in a global world, including industry competitive position, firm and corporate level strategy, strategic processes, leadership, and implementation.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 505.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 510 - Leadership in Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
Organizations pursuing goals for the benefit of society face a unique set of challenges compared to those with primarily for-profit goals. Though charged with vitally important missions, nonprofits and social ventures (for-profit businesses with a social mission) are too often poorly led and managed. Develops business-minded thinking and useful leadership skills in the future leaders of organizations with societal and nonprofit missions.
Credit Restriction: cannot also receive credit for ENT 410.
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MGT 521 - Foundations of Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
Examination of the theoretical foundations, historical development, and contemporary practice of human resource management (HRM). Core human resource management areas are surveyed, including employment law, employee rights and employer responsibilities, job analysis, job design, measurement of individual differences, performance management, career development, training, and employee/management relationships.
Cross-listed: (Same as Human Resource Management 521.)
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MGT 530 - Effective Negotiating 3 Credit Hours
Exploration of the theory and processes of negotiation as it is practiced in a variety of settings; will consider a broad spectrum of negotiation problems encountered by most managers; will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of negotiation skills, experientially, and to understand negotiations in useful analytical frameworks.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission.
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MGT 542 - Business Planning in the Healthcare Industry 3 Credit Hours
In this capstone level graduate elective, students will analyze trends and opportunities in the changing healthcare industry. Students will research, write, and report on a business plan for a new or improved organization in the Health Care Industry.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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MGT 550 - Organizational Behavior and Development 3 Credit Hours
Examination of individual group and organizational issues that affect and shape organizations. Topics include individual differences, motivation, communication, decision making, leadership, power, organizational structure and design, and change.
Cross-listed: (Same as Human Resource Management 550.)
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MGT 551 - New Venture Planning 3 Credit Hours
Integration of various functional disciplines and their application to general management of new ventures formed both within larger corporations and independently. Topics include a venture plan and case analysis.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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MGT 552 - Entrepreneurial Strategy Implementation 3 Credit Hours
Implementation strategies of entrepreneurial organizations. Guided by a statement of work, student teams interact with the entrepreneur weekly to analyze company data, conduct research, and test pilot programs so as to recommend best practices for strategy implementation.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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MGT 559 - New Venture Start-up 3 Credit Hours
Faculty mentorship is provided to a student entrepreneur during the early months of venture creation. Topics include staffing, IP, alpha and beta customers, sourcing, financing, distribution and capitalization.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 551 and 552.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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MGT 560 - Monetization of Technology Enabled Social Media 3 Credit Hours
An applied learning experience for students to gain the necessary skills to create sustainable customer value for organizations from technology-enabled social media. Students will post and comment on a private blog about insights from extensive research of such business areas as search, blogging, games, crowd sourcing, online-2-offline commerce, business software, etc. The students then apply this knowledge to an entrepreneurial company.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518, or permission of instructor.
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MGT 593 - Directed Independent Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Topic of mutual interest. Available only by prearrangement with supervising faculty member.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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MGT 595 - Selected Topics in Current Management Issues 3 Credit Hours
In-depth consideration of current issues. Managerial impact of emerging topics.
Repeatability: May be repeated: Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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MGT 596 - Capstone: Global Business Strategies 3 Credit Hours
Focuses on the function and responsibility of the general manager in a global business environment, whose primary tasks include developing and managing an overall strategy to meet the challenges of competition in an ever-changing world. Through readings and case discussions students will integrate their knowledge from all the functions of business to examine issues in formulating and implementing competitive global strategy in a business simulation.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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MGT 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 616 - Designing Effective Organizations 3 Credit Hours
Survey of major topics and perspectives in organizational theory and design including consideration of organizations as complex systems. Organizational environments, structure, culture, decision making, organizational learning and change.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 617 - Seminar in Macro Organizational Behavior 3 Credit Hours
Study of current theory and research in organizational behavior focused at the macro level. Attention to behavioral choice and decision making in organizations.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGT 623 - Overview of Strategic Management 3 Credit Hours
Survey of research and theory focusing on the interrelationship among strategy, structure, and performance at the organizational and industry levels. Business strategy, corporate strategy, governance, performance, environmental and industry forces, resource-based views of the firm.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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MGT 624 - Advanced Strategy I 3 Credit Hours
Examines strategic management literature that addresses managers at the apex of an organization; the cognition, behavior, and processes undertaken to form strategic direction; who is involved, their strategic actions, processes, and decision making over time; and performance/strategic outcomes.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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MGT 625 - Advanced Strategy II 3 Credit Hours
Examines foundational and contemporary research in the field of strategic management. Primary emphasis will be given to the major content areas of corporate strategy, strategic leadership and innovation.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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MGT 626 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent developments in management.
Repeatability: May be repeated: Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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MGT 627 - Structural Equation Models in Organizational Research 3 Credit Hours
Issues related to analysis of organizational data using structural equation and related techniques.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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MGSC 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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