May 21, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Cultural Studies in Education (CSE)

  
  • CSE 593 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • CSE 594 - Supervised Readings

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • CSE 595 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • CSE 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.
  
  • CSE 607 - Advanced Seminar in Educational Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Interdisciplinary seminar. Readings selected by faculty and participants from classic studies and current periodical literature in anthropology, sociology, history, and philosophy of education. Required for students as part of the Cultural Studies in Education primary specialization for the PhD program.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 609 - Feminist Theories and Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical research currently presented by feminist scholars questioning traditional (male) theories; application of these feminist theories to current feminist work in education.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 639 - Contemporary Philosophies in Education

    3 Credit Hours
    An examination of current debates within various philosophical fields of study as they relate to education.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 645 - Advanced Sociology of Education

    3 Credit Hours
    In depth analyses of social theories and education addressing contemporary issues and controversies across school structures, practices, cultures, and discourses.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 693 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 694 - Supervised Readings

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • CSE 695 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Data Science and Engineering (DSE)

  
  • DSE 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when the 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.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • DSE 511 - Introduction to Data Science and Computing I

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include: version control, scripting languages, relational and non-relational databases, proper use of data structures, introduction to data science work flows, introduction to project management, and applications.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • DSE 512 - Introduction to Data Science and Computing II

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include: platforms for scalable computing including Map Reduce, Hadoop, Spark, and HPC, setting up computing in cloud, and modern data science work flows.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • DSE 537 - Introduction to Data Analysis and Data Mining

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include: data visualization, data summaries, missing data, study design, communicating results, linear regression, ANOVA, decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, model diagnostics, cross validation, bootstrap, reproducible research skills. Hands on projects.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • DSE 592 - Internship

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual project to further studies in data science research and allow students to engage in an established external entrepreneurship and/or policy environment.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate; Instructor permission required.
  
  • DSE 593 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Only 3 hours may be applied toward degree requirements.
  
  • DSE 597 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • DSE 599 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory / No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Only 3 hours may be applied toward degree requirements.
  
  • DSE 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P / NP grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • DSE 697 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

  
  • EEB 404 - Ecosystem Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrated study of biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and their interactions with emphasis on southeastern ecosystems and current topics such as global change and species invasions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 405 - Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to observational and experimental research in ecosystem ecology including field measurement of components of the carbon and nitrogen cycle, field and green house experiments, and laboratory manipulations. Requires periodic field trips to research sites and at least one overnight field trip.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 404.
  
  • EEB 406 - Models in Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 405.)

  
  • EEB 409 - Perspectives in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Forefront considerations of ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology. Emphasis on current developments for applications, including societal and economic impacts and moral and ethical implications. An oral presentation and a referenced library-research essay are required. Writing-emphasis course.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 102, 132, 290, or 298.
  
  • EEB 410 - Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Course will discuss how organisms develop and interact with their surrounding environment as well as their evolutionary history.
  
  • EEB 412 - Environmental Toxicology

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of toxicology focusing on fate and effects of chemicals in the environment. Topics include history of environmental toxicology; contaminant classification, source, fate, and effects; toxicokinetics; dose-response; major body system contaminant interactions; reproductive toxicology, mutagenesis, teratogeneses, and carcinogenesis; endocrine disruptors; bioaccumulation; toxicity testing; population to global ecological effects; risk assessment; environmental laws and policies.
    Recommended Background: general biology, organic chemistry.
  
  • EEB 414 - Plant Anatomy

    3 Credit Hours
    Cells, tissues and organs. Their development in vegetative and reproductive structures of vascular plants. Emphasis on seed plants.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 113-114 or Biology 150-160 or equivalent.
  
  • EEB 415 - Field Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Learn scientific and professional development skills critical to becoming a professional Ecologist. Learn field methods to examine fundamental concepts in ecology, including skills in hypothesis development, experimental design, field observation, plant, animal and microbial sampling techniques, data reduction and statistical analysis, and written and oral presentations. Three weekend field trips required.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 4 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 419 - Global Change Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Gain an in-depth understanding of current, global-scale environmental changes and the consequences of these changes for species, ecological communities, and humankind. Topics include climate change, habitat fragmentation, invasion biology, and larte-scale pollution in the Anthropocene with a focus on human-dimensions to these global challenges. Students will develop a greater appreciation for global change and the connections between humans and the natural world. Course will be a mix of lectures, reading of primary literature, group discussion/participation, and field research.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 420 - Fungal Diversity

    3 Credit Hours
    Ecology and evolutionary biology of fungi revealed mostly through use of molecular techniques. Many fungi, and the ecological roles they serve, are often obscure due to their ephemeral nature, difficulty of detection, and convergent gross morphological similarities. Advances in molecular biology have uncovered an unanticipated depth of diversity in fungi and permitted scientists to address research questions not possible until only recently. This seminar will provide an overview of fungal ecology and evolution by examining the primary literature. Multiple dimensions of fungal diversity are explored: taxonomic, genetic, and functional.
  
  • EEB 421 - Community Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions between individuals, species, communities, and environments, including competition, coexistence, predation, herbivory. Causes and consequences of biological diversity; biological invasions. Application of advanced sampling and analysis techniques. Local to global environmental change. Includes periodic field trips or laboratories.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 422 - Landscape Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Online course broadens the spatial scale of ecological study to consider influence of landscape-level patterns on ecological processes. Important issues, concepts, and methodologies relevant to landscape ecology. Students will a) research scientific literature and present findings in short oral presentations; b) research popular writing related to landscape ecology and present findings in short oral presentations; c) perform, analyze, and orally communicate computer simulation experiments.
  
  • EEB 423 - Conservation Decision Making

    3 Credit Hours
    Online course will teach structured decision making process. Learn to enable people representing diverse interests to come together to form a common understanding and to create scientifically rigorous, inclusive, defensible, and transparent conservation and natural resource management plans. Course requires regular interaction with classmates in weekly online discussion, a mock conservation planning project, and a small-group evaluation of a published conservation plan (which includes a recorded interview of one of its authors).
  
  • EEB 424 - Plant Diversity and Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    A survey of the evolutionary history of photosynthetic cyanobacteria and green plants (green algae, bryophytes, lycophytes, ferns and seed plants). A hands-on laboratory provides an in-depth understanding of major morphological and developmental features of each group.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture, 1 two hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 102, Biology 114, Biology 150, or Biology 158.
  
  • EEB 425 - Communicating the Science of Climate Change Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Online course examines impacts of global climate change on biodiversity. Understand past, current, and projected impacts of climate change and evaluate proposed solutions for the current climate crisis. Discuss implications of climate change science. Choose several socially-relevant climate change biology topics to research and communicate to the public.
  
  • EEB 426 - Plant-Animal Interactions

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the evolutionary and ecological aspects of interactions between plants and animals, including herbivory, pollination, and seed dispersal. Emphasis is on historical development of the field, discussions of primary literature, design of experiments, and writing.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 430 - Invasion Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    History, biology, and management of biological invasions, geography and scale of invasions, ecological effects, impacts to humans, and evolution of introduced and native species. Differences between “introduced” and “invasive” species will inform discussions about prevention, regulation, detection, management, and eradication. Comprehensive consideration of interesting case studies. Apply knowledge in a variety of scenarios and fields. Discussion of controversies surrounding biological invasions and prospects for the future of invasions considering biotic homogenization, animal rights, human activity, climate change, and management with new technologies.
  
  • EEB 433 - Plant Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts and techniques in plant ecology, including topics such as plant interactions with climate, microbiomes/herbivores, plant community dynamics, and plant-mediated ecosystem processes. By the end of the course students will have a working knowledge of the major concepts, current research being done and a toolbox of lab and field techniques in plant ecology. Specific skills to be developed include how to read, synthesize, and write ecological literature, experimental design, analyses of plants and plant processes, statistics/data analysis, and science communication. Course requires one weekend field trip.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 444 - Diversity of Fishes

    4 Credit Hours
    Course will explore the rich diversity of fishes in Tennessee.
    Recommended Background: Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 450 - Comparative Animal Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Explore the diversity of extraordinary and sometimes puzzling animal behaviors in the natural world, seeking to understand and test questions about how and why animals (including humans) behave the way they do. Students will develop scientific and professional skills in hypothesis development, critical thinking, visual representation of data, oral communication, and teamwork.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Psychology 450.)

  
  • EEB 451 - Research Ethics

    3 Credit Hours
    Ethics of scientific research with emphasis on biological sciences from genetic to ecological research. Ethics of intellectual property, allocation of resources for research, genetic engineering, research on marginalized and vulnerable populations, research on non-human animals, conservation biology, ecological fieldwork and more.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 102, 132, 290, or 298.
  
  • EEB 454 - Animal Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Psychology 454.)

  
  • EEB 459 - Comparative Animal Behavior Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to observational and experimental research in ethology.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Psychology 459.)

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 450.
  
  • EEB 461 - Special Topics in Organismal Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Current topics in organismal biology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 280.
  
  • EEB 464 - Macroevolution

    3 Credit Hours
    How, and, more importantly, why life on earth has changed through evolutionary processes. What leads to extinction or speciation, at what level does selection operate, are humans still evolving, and how we develop and test hypotheses in these areas will all be discussed.
  
  • EEB 465 - Special Topics in Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Current topics in Ecology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • EEB 466 - Special Topics in Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Current topics in evolution.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • EEB 469 - Special Topics in Conservation Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Current topics on the conservation of biological diversity at population, community and ecosystem levels.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • EEB 470 - Aquatic Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of streams, lakes, and seas. Discover how anthropogenic activities are threatening these systems and the biodiversity therein. Coding and big data analyses will be an important part of this class. How to harness publicly available datasets to answer important questions in aquatic ecology and conservation.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
  
  • EEB 471 - Aquatic Macroecology and Conservation

    4 Credit Hours
    Course is designed to develop understanding of large-scale physical, chemical, and biological patterns and processes in different types of aquatic environments found on Earth. The impacts of anthropogenic activities on aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems will be explored. Students will be introduced to the collation and statistical analysis of publicly available data to answer important questions in aquatic ecology and conservation.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): EEB 411, STAT 251, or permission of instructor.
  
  • EEB 473 - Herpetology

    3 Credit Hours
    Classification, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and anatomy of amphibians and reptiles.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250 or Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 474 - Ichthyology

    4 Credit Hours
    Evolution, classification, collection and identification, distribution and biology of fishes with emphasis on freshwater fauna of Eastern North America.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 2 lab.
    Recommended Background: Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 476 - Theoretical Ecology and its Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Ecosystems show an incredible diversity of dynamics. Theoretical ecology focuses on identifying generalizable principles that can help organize how we approach ecological data analyses and the design of experimental programs in the face of that complexity and richness. Ecological theory bounds what is possible, spotlights what is likely, and generates new hypotheses, thereby helping the ecological scientist to focus their research effort. Ecological theory also provides techniques that can help guide conservation management interventions. Topics may include but are not limited to: demographic modeling, community ecology, life history theory, protected area design, bioeconomics, behavioral ecology and more.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): BIOL 260 and Math 152 or MATH 142.
  
  • EEB 480 - Natural History of the Smoky Mountains

    3 Credit Hours
    Field ecology course that includes a one-week field trip. Students will learn about the natural history and ecological and evolutionary factors that are responsible for the diversity of plants and animals in the Great Smoky Mountains. Emphasis on field study of selected biotic communities. Course will meet daily on campus for lectures/labs for 5 days (week 1) before venturing into the field. Students will stay full-time at the Biology Field Station in week 2. Course will conclude with 2 days (week 3) of oral presentations and discussion.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 150 and Biology 260 or equivalent.
    Comment(s): This course is offered in the summer term only.
  
  • EEB 481 - Avian Diversity

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides strong foundation in global and regional diversity of birds, their biogeography, evolution, and ecology. Learn to identify birds by plumage, voice, and behavior. Familiarize yourself with major groups of North American birds, their habitats and distributions and learn about the value of avian natural history collections and the challenges and rewards of preparing bird specimens.
  
  • EEB 484 - Conservation Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of principles and techniques of ecological research to conservation of biological diversity at genetic, population, community, and ecosystem levels.
    Recommended Background: Biology 260.
  
  • EEB 485 - Ethnobiology: Theory and Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamic relationships between humans and their environment. Focus on understanding of the drivers of human decision making and choice in plant and animal use which is critical for designing globally sustainable management plans.
  
  • EEB 496 - Special Topics Seminars

    1 Credit Hours
    Special topics in ecology and evolutionary biology.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. Maximum of two credit hours can count toward the major.
  
  • EEB 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Selected directed readings or special course in topics of current interest. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 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.
  
  • EEB 503 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology. Required of first- and second-year graduate students, as well as more senior graduate students on GTA support. Senior departmental majors and other graduate students are encouraged to enroll.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Only 4 hours can be applied towards a graduate degree in ecology and evolutionary biology.
  
  • EEB 504 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • EEB 507 - Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    2 Credit Hours
    Research presentations by EEB graduate students.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Registration Permission: Non-EEB students require consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 509 - Core: Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Readings, lectures, and discussion about key concepts in ecology.
  
  • EEB 511 - Core: Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Readings, lectures, and discussion about key concepts in evolution.
  
  • EEB 513 - Art and Organism - Integrative Biology of Aesthetic Experience

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrative approach to fundamental concepts of developmental biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and physiology applied to culture, art and aesthetic experience.
  
  • EEB 543 - Aquatic Insects

    3 Credit Hours
    Taxonomy and biology of aquatic insects; immature forms.
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 546 - Evolutionary Psychology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Psychology 546.)

  
  • EEB 547 - Conceptual Foundations of Evolution and Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Psychology 547.)

  
  • EEB 550 - Ecological Niche Models and Species’ Distributions

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of GIS tools with applications in conservation biology, ecology, and phylogeography has provided new research avenues that combine cross-disciplinary knowledge. In particular, ecological niche modeling (ENM) used to investigate species’ geographic distributions has generated much interest in recent years. Covers theoretical aspects of ecological niche modeling, various types of environmental data (e.g., climatic, topographic, vegetation indices) and species’ records, and best practices for running ecological niche models. Students will learn how to generate niche models and will use distributional estimates to address questions related to species’ ecology, conservation, and biogeography.
    Registration Restriction(s): Consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 560 - Biometry

    3 Credit Hours
    Statistical applications in biological research.
    Recommended Background: Statistics course or consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 580 - Population Modeling

    3 Credit Hours
    Recent advances in modeling dynamics of size-structured populations to answer ecological and conservation questions. Use R to develop matrix and integral population models, learn to conduct sensitivity and elasticity analyses for transient and asymptotic dynamics, develop stochastic (iid, Markovian) models and age-from-stage models.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
  
  • EEB 581 - Mathematical Biology I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 581.)

  
  • EEB 582 - Mathematical Biology II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 582.)

  
  • EEB 583 - Advanced Biogeography

    3 Credit Hours
    Processes determining geographic distribution of animals and distribution and composition of animal communities.
    Recommended Background: Ecology course or consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 585 - Mathematical Evolutionary Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 583.)

  
  • EEB 587 - Phylogenetic Methods

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics include likelihood, Bayesian, and parsimony methods of tree inference, gene tree species tree and network methods, dating trees, correlating characters, discrete and continuous character models and diversification.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1 – 3 hours.
  
  • EEB 589 - Seminar in Mathematical Biology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 589.)

  
  • EEB 591 - Foreign Study

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

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

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • EEB 598 - Biology Education: Theory and Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Develops the knowledge, skills, and confidence to be an effective biology teacher at the college level. Outcomes of the course will include a knowledge of teaching techniques, practice evaluating the teaching of others, putting educational theory into practice, and a completed teaching philosophy statement.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 598 and Microbiology 598.)

  
  • EEB 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.
  
  • EEB 601 - Natural History Collections Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduces students to cutting-edge collections-based research. Will explore topics such as biodiversity, conservation management, invasive species biology, anthropology, paleontology, ecology, evolution, scientific ethics, and advocacy that are informed by data from natural history collections.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 602 - Advanced Topics in Ecological Process and Structure

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in ecological process and structure. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 603 - Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in evolutionary biology. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 604 - Scientific Writing

    1 Credit Hours
    Provides a foundation for productive scientific writing. Will emphasize a practical understanding of scientific writing through a process of weekly writing and peer review. All students are expected to make progress on their writing goals each week and to be the main presenter at least once during the course of the semester. In addition, students are expected to peer review the work of another class member each week (their partner) as well as the work of the main presenter.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 606 - Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in conservation biology. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 607 - Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    1 Credit Hours
    Readings and discussion based on current literature.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 609 - Advanced Topics in Comparative Animal Behavior

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in animal behavior. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 610 - Advanced Topics in Mathematical, Theoretical and Computational Ecology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in mathematical, theoretical, and computational ecology. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 611 - Advanced Topics in Organismal Biology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in organismal biology. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 612 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Toxicology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Exposure and in-depth training in contemporary topics and approaches important to advanced research in environmental toxicology. Consult departmental listing for offerings.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 612.)

    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • EEB 681 - Advanced Topics in Mathematical Biology I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 681.)

  
  • EEB 683 - Advanced Topics in Mathematical Biology II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mathematics 682.)


Economics (ECON)

  
  • ECON 400 - Special Topics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable topics for advanced students.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 311 or 313.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ECON 413 - Macroeconomics: Business Cycles and Growth

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of macroeconomic short-run fluctuations and long-term growth. Coverage will also include the role of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate output, employment, and interest rates.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 313.
  
  • ECON 421 - International Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Balance of payments, exchange rate determination, monetary and fiscal policies, monetary arrangements, comparative advantage, tariff and nontariff trade distortions, protection arguments, and regional integration, with analyses based upon intermediate-level economic theory.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 421 and International Business 429.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 435 - Industrial Organization

    3 Credit Hours
    Monopoly and competition in the global economy. Interrelationship of market structure, business behavior, and economic performance.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
 

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