Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

French (FREN)

  
  • FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval / Early Modern French Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of literary texts from the Medieval / early modern periods.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 410.)

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 or 352.
  
  • FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of modern and contemporary literary texts in French.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 or 352.
  
  • FREN 420 - French Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    The French cinema from its earliest days to the present; introduction to Francophone film. Taught in English. Films in French with English subtitles. May be applied toward the French major or minor; see comments below. Writing-emphasis course.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Cinema Studies 420.)

    Comment(s): Credit toward a major or minor in French available with additional reading and writing in French to students who have completed French 351, 352, 353 or the equivalent.
  
  • FREN 421 - Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Foundation in the science of phonetics. Practical exercises and individual performance.
    Credit Restriction: Graduate credit is not available to students majoring in a Romance language.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 422 - Advanced Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Improving one’s written French by studying basic and more refined structures of the French language. Writing creative free-style compositions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Initiation into the theory and practice of techniques of linguistic analysis in the subfields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and historical linguistics; discussion of their relevance to the learning and teaching of foreign languages and to the study of literary texts.
    Cross-listed: (Same as German 425; Linguistics 425; Russian 425 and Spanish 425.)

    Recommended Background: Linguistics 200.
  
  • FREN 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See German 426.)

  
  • FREN 430 - Theatrical French

    4 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive introduction to dramatic texts, performance, and theatrical production in French. Students collaborate in the creative staging of a French play and they actively participate in its public performance. May be applied toward the major as a literature course.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 or 352.
  
  • FREN 431 - Highlights of French Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of French civilization from the Gauls to World War II.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 or 352.
    Recommended Background: 300-level literature course.
  
  • FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Current French cultural issues placed in historical perspective with a comparative emphasis.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 or 352.
    Recommended Background: 353.
  
  • FREN 433 - French and Francophone Women Writers

    3 Credit Hours
    Works by women writing in French from the Middle Ages to the present, considered in the context of French and Anglophone gender theory. Writing-emphasis course.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 450 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in French Studies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: 353.
  
  • FREN 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • FREN 501 - Techniques in Literary Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Close stylistic analysis of texts representative of different eras and of different genres. Development and improvement of student’s written French. Required for MA students.
  
  • FREN 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.
  
  • FREN 519 - Bibliography and Methods of Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical research tools and scholarly contributions in French literature and language. Practical exercises on compiling of scholarly data using computer-based and non-computer sources.
  
  • FREN 520 - French and Francophone Film

    3 Credit Hours
    French and Francophone culture through film.
  
  • FREN 530 - French and Francophone Theater

    3 Credit Hours
    Changing approaches to French and Francophone Theater.
  
  • FREN 540 - French Literature and Culture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of French Middle Ages.
  
  • FREN 550 - French Literature and Culture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of 16th- and 17th-century France.
  
  • FREN 560 - French Literature and Culture III

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of 18th- and 19th-century France.
  
  • FREN 570 - French and Francophone Literature and Culture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of France and other Francophone countries in the first part of 20th century.
  
  • FREN 573 - French and Francophone Literature and Culture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary and cultural heritage of France and other Francophone countries from the late 20th century to present.
  
  • FREN 580 - Critical Moments in French and Francophone Studies, or Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Contribution of France and Francophone world to evolution of literature, society, and ideas.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • FREN 591 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 592 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 593 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • FREN 594 - French Directed Readings

    3 Credit Hours
  
  • FREN 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.
  
  • FREN 610 - Doctoral Seminar in French and Francophone Studies, or Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Geography (GEOG)

  
  • GEOG 411 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and methods of spatial analysis and their application using geographic information systems software and techniques. Emphasizes both theoretical and applied aspects of GIS.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
  
  • GEOG 413 - Introductory Remote Sensing of Environment

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles and uses of remote sensing imagery, digital data, and spectral data, with particular emphasis on geographic interpretation and mapping techniques.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 414 - Spatial Databases and Data Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Types, sources, acquisition, and documentation of spatial data. Spatial database management methods and strategies for data sharing.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
  
  • GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography

    4 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts in geographic research. Spatial thinking and reasoning. Experimental and non-experimental research design (from generating research questions to formulating hypotheses and developing research plans). Concepts of statistics (nonparametric and parametric methods, analysis of variance, regression, patterns in space and time, and use of statistical software). A required course for geography majors.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
  
  • GEOG 421 - Geography of Folk Societies

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical study of folk culture, emphasizing traditional material culture and rural settlement, with examples drawn from eastern North America and selected foreign areas.
  
  • GEOG 423 - Geography of American Popular Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical study of regional variation in popular cultures, especially focused on youth cultures in the United States.
    Cross-listed: (Same as American Studies 423.)

  
  • GEOG 430 - Global Environments of the Quaternary

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical and biotic evidence of climate and environmental history over the two to three million year period that humans have inhabited Earth. Geographical and temporal patterns of change, drivers of change, and interrelationships with human society.
    Recommended Background: 131 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 432 - Dendrochronology

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles, techniques, and interpretation in tree-ring science. Applications in geography, climate, ecology, forestry, archaeology, and earth sciences.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 433 - Landform Analysis and Landscape Planning

    3 Credit Hours
    Characteristics of surface form, water, vegetation, and surface materials, and their regional interrelationships. People as evaluators and agents of change.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 434 - Climatology

    3 Credit Hours
    General circulation system leading to world pattern of climates. Climatic change and modification. Interrelationships of climate and human activity.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
  
  • GEOG 435 - Biogeography

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the changing distribution patterns of plants and animals on a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The effects of plate tectonics, climate change, and human activity on world biota.
    Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
  
  • GEOG 436 - Water Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Global water resources and hydrologic processes: water availability, flooding, and water quality issues examined from physical and economic geographical perspectives.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 439 - Plants, People, and Climate in North America

    3 Credit Hours
    Characteristics and distribution of major plant communities of Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Relationships to climate, soil, fire, and human disturbance. Long-term history and future prospects.
    Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
  
  • GEOG 441 - Urban Geography of the United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and theories concerning development and significance of systems of cities and internal morphology of cities in the United States.
  
  • GEOG 442 - Urban Spaces and Urban Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Social and behavioral determinants of territoriality, residential mobility, and segregation. Social production of neighborhoods. Spatial dimensions of urban social problems. Writing-emphasis course.
  
  • GEOG 445 - Cities in a World System

    3 Credit Hours
    Urban centers in developed and developing countries, global cities, tourist and other specialized cities, and comparative urbanism.
  
  • GEOG 449 - Geography of Transportation

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of transportation systems, emphasizing their effects on trade patterns, land use, location problems, and development.
  
  • GEOG 450 - Geomorphology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Geology 450.)

  
  • GEOG 451 - The Global Economy

    3 Credit Hours
    Global patterns of industries and markets. International flow of resources, goods, and capital. Major trading blocs.
  
  • GEOG 454 - GIS for Terrain Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Generation, analysis, and application of digital elevation/terrain data. Specific topics include GIS-based terrain data models, terrain surface parameter extraction, profile analysis, viewshed and shielding analysis, and watershed delineation.
    Recommended Background: GIS course and introductory physical geography or geology.
  
  • GEOG 495 - Special Topics in Geography

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Topics vary.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 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.
  
  • GEOG 501 - Colloquium in Geography

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussion of departmental research, current research literature, and general topics. May be applied toward graduate degree. Registration required of resident graduate students whenever offered.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 10 hours.
    Credit Restriction: A maximum of 4 hours may be applied toward the MS. A maximum of 4 hours may be applied toward the PhD.
  
  • GEOG 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.
  
  • GEOG 504 - Introduction to Geographical Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Research interests and methods of departmental faculty. Research frontiers in geography. Required of new graduate students.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • GEOG 505 - Directed Research

    2-6 Credit Hours
    Research on problems as defined by individual students.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Written consent of instructor and department.
  
  • GEOG 506 - Directed Readings

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Readings on topics of interest as defined by individual students.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Written consent of instructor and department.
  
  • GEOG 509 - Topics in Geography

    2-3 Credit Hours
    Topics vary.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 510 - Geographic Software Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Algorithms for spatial analysis, software design, and program implementation in standalone and distributed computing environments.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 512 - Environmental Modeling and Geospatial Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographic applications in environmental modeling and geospatial analysis. Topics include but are not limited to: modeling concepts, frameworks and approaches; Geographic Information Science (GIS) for modeling; spatial decision support systems and environmental modeling; modeling human-environmental systems; and dynamic systems modeling.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
  
  • GEOG 513 - Advanced Remote Sensing

    3 Credit Hours
    Applied research using imagery for interpretation and mapping of geographic data.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 413 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 515 - Topics in Quantitative Geography

    4 Credit Hours
    Multivariate analysis applied to spatial and temporal problems in geography; research problems utilizing appropriate computer programs; usefulness to geographic research of techniques developed by other disciplines.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 8 hours.
    Recommended Background: 415 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 516 - Topics in Qualitative Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of key qualitative methodology in human geography. Qualitative research design and rigor; fieldwork methods; research ethics.
  
  • GEOG 517 - Geographic Information Management and Processing

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and methods in management of geographic information. Database design, manipulation, sampling and analysis.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 518 - GIS Project Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions between management, technical, and application aspects of Geographic Information Systems project through simulated environment of real-world GIS sites.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 411 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 521 - Topics in Cultural Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of trends, problems, and methods in cultural geography.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 421 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 530 - Pollen and Other Microfossils in Quaternary Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Pollen grains and other microfossils in Quaternary sediments as proxy indicators of past vegetation, climate, and disturbance regimes.
  
  • GEOG 532 - Topics in Global Change

    3 Credit Hours
    Emerging trends, anticipated problems and methods in global change research and response.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 434 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 533 - Topics in Physical Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Trends, problems, and methods in geomorphology or other areas of physical geography.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 534 - Topics in Climatology

    3 Credit Hours
    Trends, problems and methods in area of climatology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 434 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 535 - Topics in Biogeography

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of trends, problems, and methods in biogeography.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 435 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 536 - Topics in Watershed Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Trends, problems and methods in study of watershed processes.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 541 - Topics in Urban/Economic Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of research on urban systems, internal morphology, urban problems, urban spatial behavior, and regional economic development.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 441.
    Recommended Background: 340.
  
  • GEOG 545 - Topics in Population Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Human population dynamics and migration, spatial variation in population composition and housing. Demographic analysis techniques.
  
  • GEOG 549 - Topics in the Geography of Transportation

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of trends, problems, and methods in transportation geography and transportation networks.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 449 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 581 - Grant Proposal Writing in Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Writing successful grant proposals to secure funding for research and other scholarly pursuits in geography.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 504.
  
  • GEOG 591 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Written consent of department prior to registration.
  
  • GEOG 592 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Written consent of department prior to registration.
  
  • GEOG 593 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Written consent of department prior to registration.
  
  • GEOG 599 - Geographic Concept and Method

    3 Credit Hours
    Traditional and modern geographic thought; readings on nature, scope, problems, and methods of geography.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 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.
  
  • GEOG 609 - Seminar in Geography

    2-3 Credit Hours
    Topics vary.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 611 - Seminar in Geographic Information Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 517 and 518 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 631 - Seminar in Natural Hazards

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 632 - Seminar in Dendrochronology

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 432 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 633 - Seminar in Physical Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 533 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 634 - Seminar in Climatology

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 534 and 532 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 635 - Seminar in Biogeography

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 535 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 641 - Seminar in Urban/Economic Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 541 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 649 - Seminar in Geography of Transportation

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 549 or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • GEOG 663 - Seminar in Geography of the American South

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Geology (GEOL)

  
  • GEOL 425 - Data Analysis for Geoscientists

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of sampling schemes, data analysis, and statistical methods as applicable to Earth sciences.
    Recommended Background: Introductory geology and introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 440 - Field Geology

    5 Credit Hours
    Summer field course for advanced undergraduate geology majors and first-year graduate students in geology. Taught off-campus and requires the full time of the student. The course provides a synthesis of the major aspects of the geological sciences in societal context. Field techniques demonstrated, practiced, and applied to solution of geologic problems.
    Recommended Background: At least 16 hours from 310, 320, 330, 340, 370.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 450 - Geomorphology

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrative approach to understanding processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Topics include processes and landforms produced by weathering, mass wasting, running water, wind, glaciers, and seas. Field and laboratory exercises include mapping, taking measurements, physical modeling, numerical calculations, and interpretation.
    Cross-listed: Same as Geography 450.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
    Recommended Background: Two introductory geology or physical geography courses and high school or college physics.
  
  • GEOL 452 - Cave and Karst Geology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to speleology, with emphasis on the identification and evaluation of chemical, physical, and hydrologic controls that result in dissolution of bedrock, cave formation, and karst landscape development. Topics include carbonate geochemistry, hydrology, speleogenesis, solute and sediment transport, paleokarst, geomorphology, exploitation and management of karst and karst hazards. Includes scientific data collection, numerical calculations, model development, and interpretation. At least one field trip will be required.
    Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and 1 lab course in chemistry, introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 465 - Geomicrobiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to interactions between microbes and earth materials (rock, soil, water). Course will identify and evaluate key biogeochemical and genetic evidence used to determine biotic from abiotic processes in modern and ancient systems. Topics include microbial ecology and diversity, community structure, biogeochemistry, molecular biology, major environmental habitats, astrobiology, and geomicrobiological applications for geology, engineering, and mining.
    Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and one lab course in chemistry, or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical principles of flow, flow equations, geologic controls, aquifer analysis, water well design/testing, introduction to transport processes.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Civil Engineering 485.)

    Recommended Background: Introductory calculus, physics, and geology.
  
  • GEOL 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.
  
  • GEOL 501 - Fractal Models in Earth Sciences

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to the theory and methods of fractal analysis as applicable to earth sciences. Topics include deterministic and statistical fractals, self-affine fractals, multifractals, percolation, renormalization group theory, cellular automata, and methods of estimating fractal parameters (e.g., dimension and lacunarity). Applications to be discussed include: characterization of coastlines, drainage basins, and fracture networks; terrain simulation; modeling porous media and hydraulic properties; rock fragmentation; spatial variability of mineral deposits; and temporal variability of earthquakes and floods.
    Recommended Background: 6-8 hours of course work in earth sciences, calculus, or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 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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