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English (ENGL) |
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ENGL 586 - History of Rhetoric 3 Credit Hours
Survey of rhetoric from Greek Classical period to modern era.
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ENGL 588 - Special Topics in History of Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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ENGL 589 - Special Topics in Language 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary. Readings in language, linguistics, and literacy.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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ENGL 590 - Topics in Critical Theory 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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ENGL 591 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1-15 hours.
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ENGL 592 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1-15 hours.
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ENGL 593 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated once.
Comment(s): May be taken once in the MA program and once in the PhD program.
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ENGL 594 - Film History, Form, and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Issues in film studies: history of narrative film; concept of film form; critical approaches to film study (genre, auteur, formalist, and others); and critical analysis of individual films.
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ENGL 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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ENGL 610 - Studies in Old English Language and Literature 3 Credit Hours
Old English grammar with readings in prose and poetry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 611 - Studies in Beowulf 3 Credit Hours
Translation and critical study of Beowulf.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 610 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 620 - Studies in Medieval English Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar in literature and literary genres of Medieval English literature, read in Old and Middle English. Subject matter varies from year to year.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 621 - Studies in Chaucer 3 Credit Hours
Seminar in text, interpretation, and criticism of Chaucer’s writings.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Recommended Background: Previous course in Chaucer.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 630 - Studies in Renaissance Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminars: Spenser, Milton, 17th-century prose and poetry, Shakespeare, 16th-century prose and poetry, non-Shakespearean drama.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 631 - Studies in Renaissance Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminars: Spenser, Milton, 17th-century prose and poetry, Shakespeare, 16th-century prose and poetry, non-Shakespearean drama.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 640 - Studies in Restoration and 18-Century Literature 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary. Swift, satire, restoration literature, Johnson and Boswell, Addison and Steele, restoration drama, Dryden.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 641 - Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary. Swift, satire, restoration literature, Johnson and Boswell, Addison and Steele, restoration drama, Dryden.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 650 - Studies in English Romanticism 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 651 - Studies in Victorian Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 652 - Studies in Victorian Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 660 - Studies in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
Southern literature before 1830, frontier, regionalism, women’s literature, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, James, and Twain.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 661 - Studies in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
Southern literature before 1830, frontier, regionalism, women’s literature, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, James, and Twain.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 662 - Studies in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
Southern literature before 1830, frontier, regionalism, women’s literature, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, James, and Twain.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 670 - Studies in 20th-Century Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 671 - Studies in 20th-Century Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 672 - Studies in 20th-Century Literature 3 Credit Hours
Seminar content varies: particular literary figure or figures, genres, theme, or other coherent focus.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 680 - Advanced Studies in Rhetoric, Writing and Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 682 - Research Methods in Rhetoric, Writing and Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Overview of research design and methods.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of director of graduate studies. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 686 - Studies in Creative Writing 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. Connection between theory and practice in writing.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 688 - Studies in Literary Criticism 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. Advanced work in theory and history of literary criticism.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 690 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. History of ideas, humor, biography, autobiography, extra-literary disciplines.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENGL 694 - Studies in Film 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. Advanced work in film history and analyses.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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English Education (ENED) |
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ENED 459 - Teaching English in the Secondary School 3 Credit Hours
Techniques of teaching composition, language, and literature.
Registration Restriction(s): Admission to teacher education required.
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ENED 460 - Teaching Reading and Literature in the Secondary School 3 Credit Hours
Teaching basic reading skills and literature.
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ENED 508 - Teaching Composition in the Secondary School 3 Credit Hours
Teaching narration, description, exposition, and argumentation; writing process and marking of student papers.
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ENED 509 - Young Adult Literature in the Secondary School, Grades 7-12 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. Theoretical and practical approaches to using young adult literature in the secondary English classroom.
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ENED 543 - Teaching Language Arts in the Middle Grades 3 Credit Hours
Activities in this class are intended to promote the professional growth of pre-service and in-service language arts teachers through study, design, and implementation of language arts curriculum and instructional strategies. In particular, methods of teaching contemporary language arts content in grades 4-8 will be explored.
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ENED 590 - Seminar in Teaching English in Secondary Schools 3 Credit Hours
Content varies. Theoretical and practical approaches to teaching English in secondary school.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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ENED 592 - Linguistics and the Teaching of English 3 Credit Hours
Grammar, usage, semantics, dialectology, history of language, and lexicography.
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ENED 601 - Studies in English Education 3 Credit Hours
Issues and research in teaching of English.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Entomology and Plant Pathology (EPP) |
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EPP 410 - Diseases and Insects of Ornamental Plants 3 Credit Hours
Symptoms, identification, and management of diseases and insect pests that affect plants in greenhouse, nursery, and landscape environments.
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EPP 411 - Forest Insects and Diseases 3 Credit Hours
Insects and pathogens associated with trees and shrubs will be identified and their impacts on host plants evaluated.
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EPP 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science - Entomology and Plant Pathology major.
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EPP 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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EPP 505 - Mycology 3 Credit Hours
Survey of the fungal kingdom and traditional allies in the context of phyla and classes. Systematics, biology, reproduction, structure-function, physiology, and ecology illustrated with fresh and preserved material and cultural techniques in laboratories.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
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EPP 508 - Plant Health Diagnostics 3 Credit Hours
Practical experience diagnosing plant health problems caused by insects, nematodes, microbial pathogens, and abiotic stresses. Students will use modern plant health diagnostics tools and techniques both in the laboratory and field in diverse ecosystems including field, vegetable, and orchard crops, forests, and urban landscapes.
Contact Hour Distribution: One week summer workshop.
Comment(s): Offered in odd years at the Soil, Plant and Pest Center in Nashville, TN, and in even years at the West TN Research and Education Center in Jackson, TN.
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EPP 512 - Soilborne Plant Pathogens 3 Credit Hours
Causal agents; host-parasite-soil environment interactions; epidemiology; detection and identification of soilborne plant pathogens; biological, cultural, and chemical control.
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EPP 514 - Phytobacteriology 3 Credit Hours
Morphology, taxonomy, ecology, physiology, and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens; infection and disease development, pathogenesis and resistance; diagnosis, detection, effect of environment, and management of bacterial plant diseases; beneficial plant-bacterial interactions.
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EPP 515 - Physiology of Plant Disease 3 Credit Hours
Biochemical and physiological events involved in host-pathogen interactions. Mechanisms of disease resistance.
Recommended Background: Introductory plant physiology and pathology or consent of instructor.
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EPP 520 - Nematology 3 Credit Hours
Survey of the phylum Nematoda, including free-living, insect-parasitic, vertebrate-parasitic, and plant-parasitic groups. Emphases will be on identification, collecting methodologies, economic importance, and applications to pest management and soil health.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Recommended Background: 8 hours of biology.
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EPP 521 - Plant Virology 3 Credit Hours
Symptomatology, epidemiology, and management of virus infection; structure, morphology, replications, transmission, purification, characterization, and classification of plant viruses; serology; plant pathogenic viroids, mycoplasmas and spiroplasmas.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Recommended Background: 313.
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EPP 523 - Field Crop and Vegetable Entomology 3 Credit Hours
Identification, biology, ecology and management of insects affecting field crops, commercial vegetables and home garden crops.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Recommended Background: 321 or basic entomology course.
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EPP 525 - Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3 Credit Hours
Identification, biology, and control of arthropod parasites of humans and animals. Will focus on arthropods and their biology, life histories, habitats, hosts, and options for management. Review and discussion of sampling/monitoring methods and decision-making guidelines to managing vector-borne diseases also will be addressed. Includes an in-depth research experience requiring a manuscript submission for publication.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Recommended Background: 321 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 528 - Molecular Techniques in Entomology, Nematology, and Plant Pathology 3 Credit Hours
An overview of tools and applications for conducting advanced molecular and analytical research in entomology, plant pathology and related sciences. Topics will range from DNA/RNA extraction, amplification, sequencing, and analysis to protein separation and analysis. The course will include lectures and hands-on training using a modular approach divided into 1 to 2-week segments. The course is open to upper-level undergraduate (junior or senior), Masters, and PhD.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour lecture and 4 hours lab.
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EPP 530 - Integrated Pest Management 3 Credit Hours
Principles and application of biological, cultural, genetic, behavioral, and chemical methods of control to maintain pest populations below economic threshold levels.
Cross-listed: (Same as Plant Sciences 530.)
Recommended Background: 321 or consent of instructor.
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EPP 531 - Special Problems in Entomology, Nematology and Plant Pathology 1-3 Credit Hours
Comprehensive individual study of current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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EPP 541 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentation of research proposals and thesis research by students. Presentations on current topics by outside speakers.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): MS students only.
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EPP 548 - Taxonomy of Adult Insects 3 Credit Hours
Classification, phylogeny, and distribution of insects and related arthropods. Lectures on theory and practice of insect systematics and major features of insect evolution. Laboratory practice on methods of collection, preservation, and study of insects, with emphasis on order and family identification of adults. Substantial insect collection, one or more field trips, and a taxonomically oriented project required.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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EPP 551 - Biological Control 3 Credit Hours
Examines the concepts, ecological principles, fundamentals, history, and applied practices of biological control of arthropod pests, plant pathogens, and weeds; investigate the role of biological control in natural biological processes, as well as in integrated pest management programs directed at pests and pathogens affecting agricultural production, landscapes, turfgrass, natural areas, forests, and human and animal health; examine the biology, role and implementation of microbial antagonists, entomopathogens, predators and parasitoids in suppressing populations of plant pathogens, arthropods, and weeds; discuss examples of successful and unsuccessful biological control programs.
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EPP 552 - Insect Morphology 3 Credit Hours
Identification of insect structures and relevance of structures to insect development, survival, physiology, and classification.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
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EPP 561 - Insect Physiology 3 Credit Hours
Molecular, cellular, and tissue mechanisms involved in relevant physiological processes in insects, and the evolutionary diversity of these processes among insect taxa. Students will be able to identify and understand emerging areas of research in insect physiology and molecular biology.
Recommended Background: Biochemistry, molecular biology, basic cell biology.
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EPP 565 - Career Skills, Communications, Ethics, and Professionalism for Scientists 1 Credit Hours
Application of speaking, writing, and organizational skills in preparation and presentation of scientific material to both scientific and general audiences.
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EPP 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 40 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy - Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology major. PhD students only.
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EPP 602 - Advanced Topics in Entomology 1-3 Credit Hours
Morphology, systematics, physiology, ecology and genetics of arthropods, apiculture, medical and veterinary entomology, insect biodiversity, and insect pathology.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 603 - Research Planning 1-15 Credit Hours
Preliminary research and investigation of dissertation research topic.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate. PhD students only.
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EPP 604 - Advanced Topics in Plant Pathology 1-3 Credit Hours
Biological control, disease diagnosis and management, epidemiology, fungal plant pathogens, integrated pest management, molecular plant-microbe interactions, plant pathogenesis, plant pathogenic bacteria, soil- and seed-borne pathogens, and virology.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 606 - Advanced Topics in Nematology 1-3 Credit Hours
Specialized instruction on systematics, physiology, ecology, genetics, genomics, and evolution of nematodes, plant, insect, mollusk, medical and veterinary nematology, nematode biodiversity, entomopathogenic nematodes, nematode-microbe interactions, plant-nematode interactions, and biological control.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 620 - Biodiversity Analysis for Ecosystem Sustainability and Resilience 3 Credit Hours
Biodiversity, through its links to ecosystem services production, is crucial for human well-being, economic development and poverty alleviation. Using insect/nematode/microbial communities as model systems, this course examines the structure and function of food webs and the role of biodiversity in ecosystem sustainability and resilience. Students will design and carry out a team research project to reveal subtle human impact on biodiversity and its role in the production of ecosystem services through comparisons between different habitats or urban to rural gradients. Students will analyze the data collected, interpret results by integrating discussion of ecological principles, biodiversity, environmental bioindicators, soil health, ecosystem services, ecosystem sustainability and resilience, and will communicate their findings in a well-written scientific paper.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour lecture and 4 hours lab.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 622 - Bioinformatics Applications 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental bioinformatics concepts, principles and techniques with a focus on the application of bioinformatics to problems in agriculture. Laboratory practical will be taught within a LINUX computational environment where students will gain basic skills in bash and python scripting and construction open source-software based workflows to analyze genomic data.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Life Sciences 520 or introductory genetics course.
Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 630 - Advanced Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management 3 Credit Hours
Use of principles and concepts of IPM to focus on real-life, practical applications of IPM programs. Builds on EPP 530/PLS 530: Integrated Pest Management [IPM]), where students are introduced to principles and concepts of pest and plant disease management and investigate its importance as an environmentally sound practice based on economic, ecological and sociological consequences. EPP 630 extends these concepts to focus on real-life, practical applications of IPM programs. Will have a seminar-type format with presentations, guest lecturers, and field trips to both regulatory centers and businesses that have implemented IPM programs.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 530 or Plant Sciences 530.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 640 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentation of research proposals and dissertation research seminars by students. Presentations on current topics by outside speakers.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate. PhD students only.
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EPP 675 - Scientific Writing and Grantsmanship 3 Credit Hours
Preparation of scientific evidence for the thesis or dissertation in scientific journals, parts of the scientific paper, graphical and tabular presentation of data, sources of funding to support research, writing research grants, the editorial process, elements of style, and ethics.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Entrepreneurship (ENT) |
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ENT 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: students cannot receive credit for both Entrepreneurship 410 and Entrepreneurship 510.
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ENT 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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ENT 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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ENT 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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ENT 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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Environmental and Soil Sciences (ESS) |
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ESS 434 - Environmental Soil Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Composition and chemical properties of soils and processes that govern fate and behavior of chemicals in soil environment. Topics include - clay mineralogy; soil organic matter; mineral weathering and stability; aqueous speciation; surface chemistry; ion exchange, adsorption, and molecular retention; oxidation-reduction; and soil acidity, alkalinity, and salinity.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or Chemistry 350.
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ESS 442 - Soil Genesis and Classification 3 Credit Hours
Soil genesis and formation; observing and describing morphology of agricultural and forest soils; chemical and physical properties, classification. Includes 3 weekend field trips.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
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ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Study of global energy budget, past climates, climate variability, climate distribution, and climate change. Emphasis on global warming and its potential impacts on ecosystems, societies, and global sustainability. Students are required to use quantitative, computer, and problem-solving skills to analyze and report climate data for environmental planning.
Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
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ESS 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science - environmental and soil sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 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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ESS 503 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentations and discussions of current scientific material.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
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ESS 511 - Soil-Plant Nutrient Cycling in Managed Ecosystems 3 Credit Hours
Principles of nutrient cycling and soil exchange processes affecting nutrient availability to plants; management of soil nutrients to optimize crop growth; environmental implications of nutrient management; effects of both traditional and non-traditional nutrient amendments; and constraints to measuring plant-available nutrients in the soil.
Recommended Background: Soil fertility course.
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ESS 512 - Pedology 3 Credit Hours
Physical and chemical weathering processes, factors of soil formation, soil forming processes.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Soil genesis and classification.
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ESS 513 - Advanced Soil Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Chemical properties and processes that operate in soil environment: thermodynamics of soil solutions and surface chemistry of soils, soluble complex formation, mineral solubility, electrochemical equilibria, geochemical modeling, ion exchange equilibria, surface functionality and reactivity, adsorption phenomena, and surface complexation modeling.
Recommended Background: Soil chemistry.
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ESS 514 - Methods of Soil Physical Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Principles of water, gas, heat, and solute movement in soil/water systems; application of appropriate models for the description of these processes; methods for characterizing hydraulic and chemical transport properties of soil; applications of the science of soil physics to solution of contemporary problems in water conservation, prevention of surface/ground water contamination, and management of plant water status.
Recommended Background: Soil physics.
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ESS 515 - Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Soils as interface between the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. Soil and environmental biogeochemical interfaces: cycles of critical elements, coupled biogeochemical cycles, feedbacks between biogeochemistry, climatology, ecology, and soil science.
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ESS 516 - Soil Biology and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Soil organisms and their activities in soils: soil ecology, biogeochemical cycling of important elements, organic matter dynamics, and applications of agricultural and environmental biology and biochemistry.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 3-hour lab.
Recommended Background: General soils.
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ESS 524 - Environmental Stormwater Management 3 Credit Hours
Investigation of sustainability issues regarding control of the hydrologic cycle, with special emphases on hydrologic estimation, hydraulic design, and best management practices for control of stormwater and associated erosion and water quality issues.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 424 and 524.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 544 - Environmental Soil Physics 3 Credit Hours
Basic understanding of soil physical properties and processes; influence of soil physical properties on water and chemical movement in soil; practical experience in the measurement and analysis of soil physical properties, water flow, and chemical movement in soil.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 444 and 544.
Recommended Background: General soils and physics.
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ESS 554 - Environmental Soil Biology 3 Credit Hours
Biology and biochemistry of the soil environment as they apply to environmental and agricultural processes and sustainability. Topics include the soil habitat, microbial ecology and diversity, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, biodegradation, and research methodology to investigate soil microorganisms.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 454 and 554.
Recommended Background: Introductory soils.
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ESS 593 - Special Problems in Environmental and Soil Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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ESS 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy - plants, soils, and insects major. Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 601 - Special Topics in Soil Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Thermodynamics of soil solutions, clay structure and surface chemistry, soil mineralogy, plant mineral nutrition, soil microbiology, water movement and use by plants, soil structure, soil thermal properties, interaction in the soil-plant environment.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 603 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentations and discussion of current scientific material.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 613 - Advanced Topics in Soil Chemistry and Fertility 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
Recommended Background: Soil chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 614 - Advanced Topics in Soil Biology and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 615 - Advanced Topics in Soil Physics, Genesis, and Morphology 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 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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