Sep 24, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Plant Sciences (PLSC)

  
  • PLSC 437 - Public Garden Operations and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    An analysis of year-round operations and management of public gardens. Case studies involving time and labor management, budget development and management, implementation of volunteer programs, information dissemination methods for public outreach, management of grounds and facilities using the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Gardens as a model.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 226 and 210.
    Comment(s): Prior knowledge or experience may satisfy (RE) Prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 450 - Specialty Landscape Construction

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of design, materials, and construction techniques for specialized components of the landscape industry. Irrigation systems, outdoor lighting, garden ponds and water features.
  
  • PLSC 457 - Weed Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of weed interference, integrated management, and herbicide selectivity and behavior. Specific recommendations for various crop and non-crop situations.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Environmental and Soil Sciences 210; and Biology 113 or 114 or Plant Sciences 210 or Plant Sciences 250 or consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 462 - Professional Development in the Turfgrass Industry

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Exposure to career development opportunities in turfgrass science and management.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 5 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 240.
    Comment(s): Graduate standing or prior experience may satisfy prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 466 - Turfgrass Strategies

    3 Credit Hours
    Case studies of turfgrass management issues and discussion of their resolution. Development of problem solving skills in areas related to turfgrass management.
    Comment(s): Offered first session Spring.
  
  • PLSC 470 - Professional Practices for the Green Industry

    3 Credit Hours
    Professionalism, sales, sales proposals, budgeting, managerial skills, estimating, specifications, and contract management in the turf, public horticulture, and plantscaping professions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 226 or 230 or 240.
    Comment(s): Graduate standing or prior experience may satisfy prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 480 - Advanced Landscape Design

    4 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive application of landscape design skills to a variety of project experiences with an emphasis on landscape planning and analysis, planting design, and materials estimating.
    Contact Hour Distribution: Two 3-hour labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 280 and 380.
    Comment(s): Graduate standing or prior experience may satisfy prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 485 - Computer Aided Landscape Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of Computer Aided Design (CAD) as it relates to landscape design and construction. Emphasis on development of landscape design drawings through utilization of LANDCADD software.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 380.
    Comment(s): Graduate standing or prior experience may satisfy prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 494 - Professional Horticultural Communications

    3 Credit Hours
    Communication for public horticulturists through written, oral and visual media. Emphasis on communication skills using proper writing techniques and grammar for print media, brochure design using desktop publishing, slide show development, oral presentations, and video use for educational and informational presentations in ornamental horticulture.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior or graduate standing.
  
  • PLSC 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.
  
  • PLSC 501 - Special Topics in Plant Sciences

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics to be assigned.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 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.
  
  • PLSC 503 - Non-Thesis Project

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Library, field, or laboratory project under supervision of faculty member.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Comment(s): For students in non-thesis option only.
  
  • PLSC 504 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentations and discussion of topics.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PLSC 505 - Professional Development and Presentation Skills

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to style, content and format guidelines for preparing formal presentations to scientific and professional peers. Preparation of abstracts and discussion of strategies and opportunities leading to development of young academic professional acumen.
    Comment(s): To be taken the first Spring semester offered after beginning MS (or PhD) studies in plant sciences.
  
  • PLSC 511 - Seed Biology and Physiology

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussion and readings related to the seed as a biological system: its formation, development, dormancy, germination and viability.
    Recommended Background: Course work in plant physiology.
    Comment(s): Will be taught Spring semester and then offered alternate, even-numbered years.
  
  • PLSC 515 - Agroecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of ecological concepts to management of horticultural, agronomic and biofuel cropping systems. Examination of plant physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology within the context of agroecosystems; discussion of current research in agroecology; assessment of sustainability of cropping systems from environmental, economic, and social perspectives.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hour lecture; 1 2-hour lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 415 and 515.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 525 - Research Ethics for the Life Sciences

    1 Credit Hours
    How good research conduct and knowing the rules of science can enable success in life science research. Bioethics is not a focus.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Animal Science 525 and Comparative and Experimental Medicine 525.)

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate, or permission of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 530 - Integrated Pest Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Entomology and Plant Pathology 530.)

  
  • PLSC 532 - Environmental Plant Ecophysiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Physiological and ecological principles of plants and the relation of those principles to plant responses to the environment. Water relations, gas exchange, stress physiology, seed biology, plant competition, plant defense.
    Recommended Background: Plant physiology course.
    Comment(s): Will be taught Fall semester and then offered alternate, even-numbered years.
  
  • PLSC 536 - Ecology of Grazing Land Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Multi-university, field-oriented course. Components and functions of grazing lands and how these vary in different ecoregions; research needs, objectives and techniques in soil-plant-animal research; forage-livestock ecology and systems in grazing lands (cropland, pastureland, rangeland and forestland); role of forages in conservation practices, wildlife habitats, and sustainable agriculture; and industries involved with forages and livestock. Requires two-week field trip, inclusive report, and examination.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Animal Science 536.)

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 537 - Plant Nutrition

    3 Credit Hours
    Effects of plant nutrition on biochemical and physiological processes in plants.
    Recommended Background: Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 321 and Environmental and Soil Sciences 210.
  
  • PLSC 538 - Turfgrass Pathogens and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Identification, classification, and management of turfgrass pathogens. Recommendations and development of management plans for golf course, athletic field, and home lawn turfgrasses.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 438 and 538.
    Recommended Background: Introductory course in plant pathology or consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 541 - Advanced Turfgrass Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and scientific basis of turfgrass culture. Adaptation, ecology, physiology, climatic influences on grass culture. Clipping and water management; design.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 hour lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 441 and 541.
  
  • PLSC 542 - Turfgrass Root-zone Construction

    3 Credit Hours
    Construction and management of root-zones for home lawns, golf courses, and athletic fields.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not apply 542 towards their graduate degree requirements if they received credit for 442.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 543 - Turfgrass Entomology

    3 Credit Hours
    Biological study and collection of arthropods that challenge maintenance of healthy grasses, turf, and sod. Review and discussion of sampling/monitoring strategies and decision-making guidelines to help manage turfgrass pests.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not apply 543 towards their graduate degree requirements if they received credit for 443.
    Comment(s): Spring semester. Alternate, even-numbered years.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 552 - Plant Biotechnology and Genetics

    3 Credit Hours
    General principles and techniques used in plant modification. Principles of molecular and transmission genetics as applied to plant biotechnology and plant improvement.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 452 and 552.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 553 - Introduction to Plant Breeding

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to general principles, practices and techniques used to breed plants, select traits, and develop crop cultivars: including biomass feedstock crops. Concepts discussed will range from quantitative and population genetics, historical through conventional plant breeding (through self- and cross-pollinations) and hybridization, then end with exploration of contemporary approaches to improve plant traits including genetic engineering.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 453 and 553.
    Comment(s): Will be taught Spring semester and then offered alternate, odd-numbered years.
  
  • PLSC 554 - Plant Biotechniques

    3 Credit Hours
    Lectures will discuss recombinant DNA technology, molecular assisted breeding of economically important crops, gene cloning and transformation technologies. Examples will be given of food and ornamental crops, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy sources produced using biotechnology as well as potential risks of this technology. Labs will include electrophoresis, tissue culture, plasmid preps, genomic DNA preps, PCR, plant transformation, genomic techniques.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and one 3-hour lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 454 and 554.
    Recommended Background: 353 or Biology 240.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 556 - Turfgrass Weed Science

    2 Credit Hours
    Identification of turf adult and seedling weeds, applied chemical control strategies, integrated weed management (including mechanical and cultural practices). Concepts discussed will include turfgrass weed ecology and invasiveness, herbicide regulations and an overview of select herbicidal modes of action.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not apply 556 towards their graduate degree requirements if they received credit for 456.
    Comment(s): Spring semester. Alternate, odd-numbered years.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 561 - Statistics for Biological Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of statistics to interpretation of biological research. Notation, descriptive statistics, probability, distributions, confidence intervals, t- and chi-square tests, analysis of variance, mean separation procedures, linear regression and correlation.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 561 and 461.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 569 - Teaching Practicum

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience in teaching. May involve preparation of lectures and teaching aids, preparation and supervision of laboratory exercises, evaluation of student performance, and for second-year graduate students, responsibility for course delivery.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • PLSC 571 - Design and Analysis of Biological Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Animal Science 571.)

  
  • PLSC 591 - History and Culture of International Gardens and Landscapes

    3 Credit Hours
    International travel experience will provide opportunities to learn how historic European estates, gardens, and arboreta reflect the climate, topography, history, philosophical social structure, art and politics at the time of their creation. Course will focus on observation of local plant material, study of different garden and landscape design styles, and will foster an appreciation of international cultures.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 491 and 591.
  
  • PLSC 592 - Internship

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Application of horticulture and design principles and practices in supervised, professional setting, approved by department.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • PLSC 593 - Problems in Plant Sciences

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Independent study. Current topic related to technology, science or design.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: For MS students, a maximum of 6 hours may be applied to the major. For PhD students in PSI, a maximum of 9 hours may be applied to the major.
  
  • PLSC 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.
  
  • PLSC 602 - Research Planning

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Preliminary research and investigation of dissertation research topic.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 605 - Advanced Topics In Plant Sciences

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics may range from contemporary approaches and innovations in Crop Physiology and Ecology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, to Meta-Analyses.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 610 - Advanced Plant Genomics

    2 Credit Hours
    Journal club format emphasizing active class participation as a mechanism to explore the field of plant genomics. Each student will be required to lead the exploration of specific topics and will present a combination of three lectures and/or journal club discussions on the assigned topic.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 634 - Advanced Weed Science Principles

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of Weed Science with emphasis on herbicide chemistry, herbicide effects on plant physiology, the analysis of herbicide residues in soils and plants, weed biology, and methods to conduct research under field and laboratory conditions. Offered in fall, alternate (even) years.
    Recommended Background: PLSC 457 or equivalent, an advanced level plant physiology course, and an organic chemistry or biochemistry course, or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 653 - Advanced Plant Breeding

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and methodologies targeting genetic gain for crop improvement. Concepts of qualitative and quantitative trait improvement. Parental germplasm, hybridization, population formation, inbreeding, genetic variance, heritability, selection methods, molecular genetic markers, genetically engineered crops.
    Recommended Background: Course work in experimental design and analyses and a general genetics course or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • PLSC 669 - Teaching Practicum

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience in teaching. May involve preparation of lectures and teaching aids, preparation and supervision of laboratory exercises, evaluation of student performance, and responsibility for course delivery. May also involve new course development whether traditional classroom or online.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 569 and 669 within the same plan of work for each advanced degree sought.
    Comment(s): For doctoral students only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Political Science (POLS)

  
  • POLS 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.
  
  • POLS 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.
  
  • POLS 510 - Scope and Methods in Political Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Procedures of analysis in political science.
  
  • POLS 511 - Research Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods for planning and executing research, from case studies to experimental designs: development of research questions and hypotheses; measurement issues; and validity of inferences.
  
  • POLS 512 - Quantitative Political Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods and techniques in quantitative political analysis: univariate and bivariate statistics.
  
  • POLS 513 - Quantitative Political Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods and techniques in quantitative political analysis: multivariate model building.
  
  • POLS 514 - Research Design and Methodology in Public Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic assumptions and techniques of research in public administration; measurement, analysis, and reporting of data.
  
  • POLS 515 - Maximum Likelihood Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to maximum likelihood estimation with applications to political science. Discrete choice analysis, censored and truncated variables, event history analysis, and sample selection models.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 513.
  
  • POLS 516 - Dynamic Models in Political Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to time series methods in political science. Discusses the problems that arise when regression methodologies are applied to time series and pooled time series data and their solutions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 513.
  
  • POLS 517 - Understanding Formal Models

    3 Credit Hours
    Aimed at the newcomer to formal models, beginning with the basic components of game theory and spatial modeling and then moving on to their application across the fields of political science in such areas as international conflict, elections, judicial politics, and the study of political institutions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 513.
  
  • POLS 518 - Bayesian Modeling in Political Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Bayesian methods and Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM). How to build more sophisticated models using Bayesian methods, how to apply these methods to data analysis in political science research, and how to deal with hierarchical data in an empirical model. Simulation techniques and related statistical tools are introduced.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 513.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 519 - Non-Statistical Approaches to Political Science Research

    3 Credit Hours
    The goal of this course is to familiarize political science graduate students with various non-statistical approaches used to conduct original research. Epistemologies of quantitative political science research, case studies, comparative case designs, historical analysis, field research, qualitative interviewing, documents as data, and ethnography.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 513.
  
  • POLS 530 - American Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of literature, approaches to research and analysis, critical examination of major works, and overviews of research in various sub fields.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 532 - Presidency

    3 Credit Hours
    Systematic examination of the structure, functions and powers of the American presidency as they have evolved from the founding to the present.
  
  • POLS 533 - Congress

    3 Credit Hours
    Formal, empirical and theoretical approaches to and models of the institutional workings of Congress and the behavior of legislators.
  
  • POLS 535 - Public Opinion and Political Socialization

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the meaning and measurement of public opinion and contemporary research on the topic; including questions of rationality, tolerance, and party identification.
  
  • POLS 536 - Campaigns, Elections, and Voting Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Surveys theory and research of American campaigns and elections, with an emphasis on presidential and congressional contests.
  
  • POLS 537 - Political Parties and Interest Groups

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical and empirical examination of the structure, functions and operations of political parties and interest groups.
  
  • POLS 539 - State and Local Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical and empirical analysis of government, politics, policymaking and public administration at the state and local levels.
  
  • POLS 540 - Courts and Judicial Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of published research dealing with judicial behavior, judicial policymaking, and courts and political actors.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 542 - Legal Foundations of Public Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Aspects of public law affecting government agencies. Topics include enabling legislation, municipal charters, intergovernmental agreements, planning and zoning, eminent domain, personnel management and governmental liability.
  
  • POLS 543 - Law, Regulation and Public Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Policymaking by executive agencies through rulemaking, enforcement and adjudication; legislative, executive and judicial control of agency actions.
  
  • POLS 548 - Public Policy Process

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical, formal and empirical analysis of the roles, functions and decision-making processes of public policymakers, including legislative, executive and judicial actors.
  
  • POLS 549 - Environmental Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of contemporary environmental policy and its evolution. Examines the roles of values in the environmental arena. Provides a framework for policy analysis and analytical tools for selection and choosing among policy options.
  
  • POLS 550 - Public Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of public administration theory and function.
  
  • POLS 551 - Energy Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of current policy problems involving production, distribution, consumption and conservation of energy.
  
  • POLS 553 - Non-Profit Management

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of the history, scope, and management of not-for-profit organizations.
  
  • POLS 554 - Sustainable Communities

    3 Credit Hours
    Development and implementation of sustainable development approaches and strategies for local communities.
  
  • POLS 556 - Policy Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Strategies and techniques for identification and analysis of public problems and policy solutions.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 558 - The Politics of Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of public administration in context of American political system, policy making and political roles of public administrators and agencies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 560 - Public Financial Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and techniques of public finance at state and local levels: budget preparation, execution and audit, risk management, capital planning, major tax structures, economic forecasting, cash management, and debt administration.
  
  • POLS 562 - Public Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Interpersonal and leadership skills, techniques and methods for planning, decision making, and implementation of management strategies in public sector.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 564 - Human Resource Management in Public Organizations

    3 Credit Hours
    Intensive analysis of contemporary issues, challenges, methods and strategies related to effective management of human resources in public sector.
  
  • POLS 566 - Public Service Ethics and Values

    3 Credit Hours
    Moral-ethical-value dilemmas confronting administrators in American political system.
  
  • POLS 569 - Internship in Public Administration

    3-9 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
    Comment(s): Open to students participating in approved internship programs.
  
  • POLS 570 - Comparative Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in modern governments.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 571 - Foundations of Security Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of decision making in security affairs. Topics covered include deterrence theory, crisis stability, nuclear strategy, and the political uses of military coercion.
  
  • POLS 572 - The Politics of Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics dealing with political problems of less developed countries.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 573 - War, Peace, and Grand Strategy

    3 Credit Hours
    An exploration of the military, economic, and social sources of great power competition in international politics.
  
  • POLS 574 - Area Seminar in Comparative Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in area studies: African, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Soviet Union and Eastern Europe or Western Europe.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 579 - College Teaching in Political Science

    1 Credit Hours
    Pedagogical, technical, practical and ethical issues associated with teaching political science at the college level.
  
  • POLS 580 - International Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of literature and major aspects of international politics.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • POLS 581 - Fundamentals of Planning

    3 Credit Hours
    History of planning, structure and development of urban areas, operations of contemporary planning, trends and issues.
  
  • POLS 591 - Foreign Study

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

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

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • POLS 595 - Readings and Special Problems in Political Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • POLS 599 - Professional Development

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussion of issues pertaining to teaching, research, and service for political scientists in academic and applied settings.
  
  • POLS 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.
  
  • POLS 610 - Special Topics in Empirical Theory and Methodology

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced methods and procedures of analysis in political science.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 639 - Special Topics in American Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced study of selected topics.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 654 - Contemporary Public Policies

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems in one or more public policy areas from political and administrative perspectives. Topics selected by instructor.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 660 - Contemporary Perspectives on Public Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of theory in public administration: contemporary critiques and alternatives.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 668 - Special Topics in Public Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of selected issues and problems in public administration.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 670 - Special Topics in Comparative Government and Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Research into selected topics.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 673 - Comparative Political Economy: Advanced Industrial Countries

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines comparative political economy through research questions and scholarly works that focus on the advanced industrial countries.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • POLS 684 - International Law

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides the analytical tools necessary to evaluate the legality of events under international law. Presents the law relevant to politics, such as the use of force, human rights, war crimes, international courts, principles of jurisdiction, and air, space and sea law.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
 

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