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School of Social Work

Elective Options

Depending on your area of specialization, you will be required to take one or two elective courses. Elective courses are intended to allow you to pursue areas of study that will compliment your intended career goals.

There are a number of elective options outside the School of Social Work. The School of Social Work is not responsible for scheduling these courses and does not have authorization to give approval for enrollment. It is your responsibility to check for offerings and request the appropriate permissions (overrides) from the offering department in order to be admitted into a course as not every course will be offered every semester.

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Social Work Courses

  • SWK 423 - Child Welfare Services

    Description: Services for dependent, neglected, abused, and handicapped children and their families.

    Prerequisites: Major only or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 424- Topics in Child Welfare

    Description: Analysis of current child welfare topics and the role of the profession of social work.

    Prerequisites: majors only or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 430 - Topics In Contemporary Social Work And Social Welfare

    Description: Analysis of current social welfare topics and the role of the profession of social work. Multiple enrollments are allowed; maximum 6 hours.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor, or graduate standing

    Credit Hours: 1-3

  • SWK 400 – Independent Study

    Description: Intensive study in a special area of the advanced student’s interest under a qualified member of the faculty. Each individual investigation is to culminate in a comprehensive written report and/or examination.

    Prerequisites: Open only to graduate students who have completed considerable work in a degree program, who are in academic good standing, and who have demonstrated ability to profit from independent study.

    Credit Hours: 1-3

    A maximum of 9 total credit hours from the course group 393/397/400/493/498 may count toward a master’s degree. Within that 9 hours, no more than 6 may come from 400. If you are interested in working with youth in foster care, First Star Academy has independent study opportunities available.

  • SWK 404 – Gender and Sexualities in U.S. Society

    Description: Overview of interdisciplinary field of sexuality, gender, and gender identity studies. Holistic emphasis on biological, cultural, and social systems.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 420 – Social Determinants of Health

    Description: Examination of US health policies and practices, which create inequitable access to health care and disparities in health.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the social work program or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 464 – Social Work Practice with Military Veterans and Families

    Description: Course will examine social work practice with military veterans and families within military systems and culture.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 465 – Advanced Social Work Practice in Integrated Behavioral Health Care

    Description: Theoretical foundations and practice methodologies for advanced practice in interdisciplinary primary health care settings.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SWK 486 – Practice with Substance Use Disorders

    Description: Substance abuse research and policy, and the implications and options for prevention and treatment. Etiology, assessment, social consequences, and intervention. Formerly PRACTICE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Accounting Courses

  • ACC 410 - Accounting For Non-Profit Entities

    Description: An advanced examination of accounting and financial reporting principles for nonprofit entities including state and local governmental units, colleges, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. Research exercises in the area of non-profit entity accounting is required.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Anthropology Courses

  • ANT 403 - Advanced Latin America In Ethnographic Perspective

    Description: Exploration of major trends in the anthropology of Latin America as examined through ethnographic case studies.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 442 - Sociolinguistics

    Description: Social significance of language variation - regional, social, ethnic dialects; attitudes towards variation. Multilingual societies, language choice, language shift, language planning. Equivalent course, offered as ENG and SOC 442; Repeat policy will apply.

    Prerequisites: A minimum of 75 hours completed or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 423 - Studies in Selected Cultures

    Description: Culture patterns of selected areas. Topics include physical characteristics, history, social, political, intellectual life, and cultural change. Multiple enrollments are allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor, or graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 402 – Advanced Ethnographic Methods

    Description: Intensive study of the techniques used to describe cultural practices and belies.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 407 – Japanese Diasporas, Culture, and Identity

    Description: Advanced-level survey of globalization theories focusing on Japanese descendants living overseas and returnees to Japan as migratory workers. Not for credit if had ANT 307.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 408 – Japanese Communicative Strategies

    Description: Advanced analysis of Japanese culture and society both historically and contemporarily via their language and communication. Not for credit if previously had ANT 308.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 443 – Food, Place, and Power

    Description: Detailed study of social and environmental aspects of food systems in anthropological perspective. Not for credit if had ANT 343.

    Prerequisites: A minimum of 75 hours completed or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 461 – Social Theory

    Description: Overview of social theory in contemporary socio-cultural anthropology.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ANT 485 – Advanced Study of Asian America

    Description: Examination of Asian American culture, ethnic identify, society, politics, economics, and history and investigation of transnationalism, globalization, and diasporas.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor or graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Art Courses

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Biology Courses

  • BSC 443 - Introduction To Neurobiology

    Description: Cellular and molecular aspects of neuronal function; neurotransmitter families; central nervous system development, anatomy, and function; and neuropathology.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in BSC 343

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Criminal Justice Courses

  • CJS 406 - Experiences In International Justice

    Description: The course involves an exploration of a foreign country. Students will have exposure to cultural, political, social, and criminal justice issues. Multiple enrollments are allowed if content is different; maximum of 12 hours. Travel fees apply.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6

  • CJS 411 – Criminal Behavior Analysis

    Description: A broad study of criminal behavior analysis and investigative techniques as they apply to predatory and frequently violent offenders.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 438 - Alcohol, Drugs, And Crime

    Description: Analysis of the impact of alcohol and drugs on crime and the criminal justice system.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 439 - Women in Criminal Justice

    Description: Historical and theoretical perspectives and contemporary trends concerning women and crime and processing of women by the criminal justice system.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 442 – Victimology

    Description: An examination of the victim s role in the criminal event, the process of victimization, patterns, trends, theories, and victim offender relationships.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 402 - Issues in Justice (topics change every semester and must be approved by MSW advisor prior to enrollment)

    Description: A critical review of major contributions to the literature of criminal justice with an emphasis on analysis of problems. Multiple enrollments are allowed if content is different; maximum of 9 hours.

    Prerequisites: Majors only

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 403 – Criminal Justice Policy

    Description: An examination of the social, historical, and political contexts that influence the creation, application, and transformation of criminal justice policy. Formerly CJS 489.01.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 415- Policing and Society

    Description: Organizational and operational policing from comparative and historical perspectives which have been derived through statistical, observational and survey methodologies.

    Prerequisites: Majors only

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 467 - Law and Society

    Description: theories of law and research on law in society. Attention to judicial and jury decision-making, legal structures, legislation, power, beliefs, conflict, and social change. Public, civil, and criminal law included. Formerly SOCIOLOGY OF LAW. Also offered as SOC 467.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • CJS 470 - Seminar in International Justice, Human Rights, and Conflict Resolution

    Description: A study and critical analysis of historical and contemporary issues in international justice, human rights, and conflict resolution.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the graduate advisor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Communication Courses

  • COM 403 - Controversy and Contemporary Society

    Description: Communication on contemporary or current significant, controversial issues.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 404 – Freedom of Speech and Press

    Description: First Amendment rights. Emphasis on Supreme Court decisions relating to political dissent, obscenity, provocation and demonstration, and press freedom.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 304.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 406 - Documentary Storytelling and Production

    Description: Investigation and practice of on-screen, nonfiction storytelling with historical, theoretical, ethical, and aesthetic considerations.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 306

    Credit Hours: 3

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

  • COM 420 - Mass Media: Cultural Criticism and Problems

    Description: Critiquing mass media s influence on cultural and economic life and its influence on public policy and social change.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 320

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 421 - Campaign Communication & Message Design

    Description: Application of theory and research to campaign strategy and message design. Emphasis: ethical, informative, and persuasive messages in commercial, political, and social issue campaigns.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 321

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 431 - Human Communication & The Aging Process

    Description: This course summarizes the theory and research that informs our understanding of the aging process and the role of communication in the lives of older adults.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in COM 331

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 454 - International Public Relations

    Description: Theory and research related to the practice of public relations across cultural and national boundaries. Application of theory to practical problems.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 355

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 470 – Psychology of Language

    Description: Theories and empirical research relating to the development and functions of language, including how the brain works during conversation, aspects of language gain and loss, and the nature of conversation and its relation to group and social contexts.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in COM 370

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 471 – Political Communication

    Description: Basic theory and research relating to political campaign communication. Special attention is paid to the persuasive process of political campaigning focusing upon the role of the media, the candidate, image creation, and other selected topics on political campaign communication.

    Prerequisites:  Not for credit if earend credit in COM 371.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 410 - Seminar in Family Communication

    Description: Advanced examination of theories and research in family communication. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different; maximum of 9 hours.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • COM 433 - Seminar in Leadership Communication

    Description: Theories and practices of leadership communication in various organizational contexts. Considers role of leadership communication in establishing relationships, managing communication, and influencing change. May be repeated.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Communication Sciences and Disorders Courses

  • CSD 402 - Cognition and Language Across the Lifespan I: Foundation

    Description: To provide a foundation in the normal development of and interplay between cognition and language across the lifespan.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 4

  • CSD 451 - Counseling for Communication Disorders

    Description: A study of counseling approaches and techniques used in assessment and intervention of individuals with communication disorders and their families.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 2

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Educational Administration and Foundations

  • EAF 410 - Research Methodology And Statistics In Education

    Description: The development of basic skills required in the understanding, planning, and executing of a research study; introduction to analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 431 - School Leadership and The Law

    Description: Legal aspects of Illinois public education with emphasis on constitutional law and rulings and rights/responsibilities of school partners and community. Not for credit if had EAF 478 LEGAL BASES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 433 - Leading Learning for Equity and Social Justice

    Description: The focus of this course is on dispositions and strategies of school leaders working toward socially and just schools, where every student can achieve.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 435 – Leadership for Stages of Mind

    Description: This course provides exploration of leadership applications of educational neuroscience to enhance learning capacities from early childhood through adulthood.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 436 - Leadership for Diverse Learning Needs

    Description: This course introduces the knowledge and skills for a school leader to meet the needs of a diverse student population.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 438 - Building Community Engagement Through Collaboration

    Description: Purposes and processes of school-community relationships and how to build community engagement through collaboration and partnerships to support student learning. Not for credit if had EAF 494 EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • EAF 489.01 – Social Justice & Social Theory

    Description: This course is for graduate students interested in the application of social theory to everyday lives with an emphasis on education.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Economics Courses

  • ECO 406 - Local Economic Development

    Description: Principles, tools, and models of local economic development, with an emphasis on practical application and examples. Formerly ECO 490a04.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the department chairperson, or instructor, or enrolled in the Applied Community and Economic Development sequence. Must have had a least one course in Economics

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 2 - 3

  • ECO 455 – Health Economics & Policy

    Description: Study the production of health care and the market forces that act on individuals, providers, institutions, and policy design. Not for credit if had ECO 355 (formerly ECO 340).

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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English Courses

  • ENG 443 - Cross-Cultural Issues in Tesol

    Description: The relationship between language, culture, and cultural awareness in the learning and teaching of English as a Second Language.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in ENG 343

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ENG 463 - Studies in Women's Writing

    Description: Studies in and theories of women's writing. Multiple enrollments allowed if content differs; maximum 6 hours.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in ENG 360

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ENG 474 - Storytelling

    Description: The art of storytelling based on knowledge of folklore heritage with experiences in oral transmission of literature in a variety of settings.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in ENG 374

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ENG 436 - Theories of Socially Just ELA Instruction

    Description: Explore theories that inform socially just English language arts instruction and research.

    Prerequisites: Admission to MS/MA in English Education or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ENG 456 - Studies In World Literature

    Description: Figures, movements, or genres in World Literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including authors such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Camus, Mishima, Solzhenitsyn. May be repeated if content different.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • ENG 460 - Feminist Literary Theories

    Description: Advanced overview of interdisciplinary feminist paradigms, emphasizing English Studies and literature, theory, and social discourse.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Family and Consumer Sciences Course

  • FCS 493 - Special Topics in Human Development and Family Science

    Description: Recent developments, new concepts, and special topics in the field of human development and family sciences. May be repeated with departmental approval; maximum of 9 hours.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3-9

  • HSC 494 - Health Aspects of Aging

    Description: A study of the aging process and factors influencing the quality of life for older people.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HSC 394

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 403 - Children in Health Care Settings

    Description: Theories and research of child life practices and policies as they relate to the care of children in health care settings. Includes clinical experience.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 405 - Families in Later Life

    Description: Exploration of family dynamics in later life. Emphasis on developmental tasks, needs, and decision-making issues of aging family members. Not for credit if had FCS 305.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 406 - Psychosocial Care of Children & Families in Healthcare Environments

    Description: Application of human development theories and developmentally appropriate practices to the psychosocial care of children and families in healthcare environments. Includes clinical experiences. Not for credit if had FCS 306.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 407 - Adolescence & Emerging Adulthood in the Cultural Context

    Description: Theories, historical background, and research regarding adolescent development and emerging adulthood as they relate to contemporary society and across culture. Not for credit if had FCS 304.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 408 - Human Development in Social Context

    Description: Theories and research regarding human development and family dynamics and their relationship to historical time, society, and culture.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 410 - Family Crises

    Description: Cognitive and affective exploration of family crisis: definition, management processes, and professional helping resources. Field trips required. Not for credit if had FCS 310.

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 411 – Community Nutrition

    Description: Nutritional needs of selected populations vulnerable to inadequate diet; emphasis on US programs designed for groups at nutritional risk. Not for credit if had FCS 311.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 436 – Value of Play in Human Development

    Description: Study of the value of play to development; theories in historical and contemporary perspectives; explanations in behavior, relationships, and culture. Not for credit if had FCS 336.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 463 – Bereavement, Grief, and Loss

    Description: Examination of concepts and relevant issues of bereavement, grief, and loss. Not for credit if had FCS 363.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 490 – Organization and Administration of Early Childhood Programs

    Description: Administration of early childhood programs and community services responsible for guidance of young children. Not for credit if had FCS 308.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 492 – Advanced Child Development Applications

    Description: Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants through adolescents emphasized as related to family and society. Not for credit if had FCS 307.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 495 – Sexuality and Family Life

    Description: Study of sexuality across the life course emphasizing the role of sexuality on family relations and implications for family life. Not for credit if had FCS 395.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • FCS 496 – Couple Relationships

    Description: The study of intimate pairing; establishing relationships and effective intimate communication; an overview of marriage enrichment, practice, theory, and research. Not for credit if had FCS 309.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Geology Courses

  • GEO 422 - Sustainable Cities

    Description: Theoretical and applied investigation of how cities can become more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable and just. Not for credit if had GEO 322.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • GEO 426 – Environmental Justice

    Description: This course focuses on a critical theoretical and applied exploration of the origins and solutions to environmental justices.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing; not for credit if had GEO 326

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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History Courses

  • HIS 410 - Native American History

    Description: An examination of the major themes and events of Native American history and culture from pre-Columbian times to the present.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HIS 310

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 422 - American Urban History

    Description: Survey of the history of the American city from the Colonial Era to the present.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HIS 322.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 430 – The Family in History

    Description: History of the family in Europe and America, viewing the changes from idealist, economic determinist, family systems, and psychoanalytic perspectives.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HIS 330

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 429 - Environmental History

    Description: This course examines how humans have interacted with the natural world and methods historians have used to study those interactions.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HIS 332

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 436 - Genocide Studies

    Description: This course focuses on genocide/mass violence and political, legal, and societal responses to it.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in HIS 336

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 421 – Seminar: Topics in American Racial & Ethnic History

    Description: May be repeated if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HIS 424 – Seminar: Topics in American Cultural & Social History

    Description: May be repeated if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Health Sciences Courses

  • HSC 405 – Public Health Leadership

    Description: Examination of theoretical foundations, concepts, styles and practice of leadership in Public Health.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 406 – Global Health

    Description: An exploration of the health promotion and disease prevention efforts around the world.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 407 – Public Health Systems

    Description: Intensive study of emerging trends in public health and healthcare including organizational characteristics, accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and health information applications.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 410 – Fundamentals of Biostatistics for Public Health

    Description: Introduction to the fundamental concepts in biostatistics and application of these concepts to practical problems using the R statistical programming language.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in public health or nursing, or consent of instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 478 – Principals of Emergency Management

    Description: Students will learn how the nation, states, local jurisdictions, businesses, non-governmental organizations and others prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Not for credit if earned credit in HSC 378

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 494 (Previously 394) - Health Aspects of Aging

    Description: Characteristics of the aging process and factors influencing adaptations and the quality of living. Also offered as FCS/KNR 394.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • HSC 496 – Health Behavior

    Description: Health behavior is examined through social and behavioral sciences theories with applications to various public health services.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

Kinesiology Courses

  • KNR 407 - Psychology of Physical Activity

    Description: Examination and analysis of theory, research, and practical applications of social-psychological principles to the promotion and maintenance of physical activity. Formerly KNR 489.38.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Languages, Literature, and Culture

  • LAN 405 - Introduction to Cultural Studies

    Description: An introduction to contemporary theories of culture including ethnography, Marxism, feminism, semiotics. Emphasis on application to France, Germany, Spain and Latin America. May be repeated if content different.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Management and Quantitative Methods

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Music Courses

  • MUS 442 – Current Trends & Issues in Music Therapy

    Description: Analyzing music therapy literature and online sources to identify current trends and issues in music therapy.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • MUS 443 – Applying Counseling Approaches in Music Therapy

    Description: Applying psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, and other counseling approaches in music therapy.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • MUS 456 - Music and Societies

    Description: Studies of the relationship and contributions of music and musicians to the societies in which they live. Multiple enrollments are allowed if content is different, maximum 9 hours.

    Prerequisites: MUS 253 and 254, or equivalent or graduate standing

    Credit Hours: 3

  • MUS 456a01 - Music and Societies: Introduction to Ethnomusicology

    Description: Introduction to the nature of ethnomusicological inquiry, history, key concepts, methods, and practitioners.

    Prerequisites: COM 110 or ENG 101

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • MUS 456a02 - Music and Societies: Women in Music

    Description: This course investigates and celebrates the musical activities of women.

    Prerequisites: Graduate music major or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Nursing Courses

  • NUR 405 - Epidemiology and Aggregate Based Health Promotion

    Description: Theoretical foundations, scientific principles, and research methodologies related to epidemiology are studied, and opportunities for practical applications are provided.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • NUR 420 – Psychopharmacology

    Description: Focuses on management of psychopharmacologic therapy across the lifespan, including review of related neurochemistry, and neuroanatomy impact of psychotropic medications.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the graduate program director

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Philosophy Courses

  • PHI 460 - Topics in Environmental Philosophy

    Description: Critically examines recent issues in environmental philosophy, e.g., animal minds/rights, climate ethics, food ethics, conceptions of nature, ecofeminism, ecosocialism.

    Prerequisites: One PHI course or consent of the instructor; or graduate standing

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Politics and Government Courses

  • POL 407 - Direct Democracy in America

    Description: Examines the initiative and referendum process in the U.S. Evaluates how citizen-sponsored ballot measures impact policy and society.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 307

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 410 – Voting and Elections

    Description: Intensive investigation of US voting behavior and electoral process; includes instruction in analysis techniques.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 310

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 413 - Public Opinion

    Description: Includes attention to social and psychological bases of public opinion, current trends, methods of measurement, and opinion-policy linkages.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 312.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 430 – Problems of Public Administration

    Description: Varied approaches to problems relevant to public policy, organization development, management, staff, or personnel concerns, and applied behavioral techniques. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different; maximum of 6 credit hours.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 330

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 434 – The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality

    Description: Analysis of contending theories and ideologies concerning the role of race and ethnicity in American politics and public policy.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 334

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 437 – Gay & Lesbian Politics and Theory

    Description: Explores LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) political movements in historical context and with reference to claims for citizenship.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 337

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 438 – Gender & Political Theory

    Description: Examination of how gender shapes and is shaped by the public policy formulation and implementation in different political and state contexts.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 338

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 439 – Youth Politics

    Description: Explores youth issues in politics, media, economic, and education systems.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 339

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 440 – Topics in Latin American Politics

    Description: Selected topics focusing on specialized aspects of Latin American politics. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 340 unless approval of instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 444 – Topics in Global Studies

    Description: Intensive review and analysis of critical global problems and strategies for dealing with them. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 344

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 445 – Topics in Asian Politics

    Description: Selected topics focusing on specialized aspects of Asian politics. Multiple enrollments are allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 345

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 449 – Topics in Middle East Politics

    Description: Selected topics focusing on specialized aspects of Middle East politics. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 349

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 453 – International Law

    Description: Political nature, legal principles, and juridical procedures and cases of contemporary international law.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 351

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 458 – Human Rights

    Description: General overview of human rights: philosophical foundation, historical development, main documents, institutions, movements, and campaigns.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in POL 352

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 411 – Seminar in American Politics

    Description: Survey of major issues and theories of American politics, including related to presidency, Congress, political parties, and elections.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 412 – Topics in American Politics

    Description: A selected topic, e.g., presidency, Congress, mass political behavior, selected policy problems, etc. May be repeated once if content differs.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 421 – Seminar in State and Local Politics

    Description: The content of this seminar will vary according to the interests of the particular instructor offering the course. Provided different material is covered, a seminar/topic may be repeated.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 422 – Seminar in Urban Politics

    Description: The content of this seminar will vary according to the interests of the particular instructor offering the course. Provided different material is covered, a seminar/topic may be repeated.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 431 – Seminar in Public Administration

    Description: Overview of the key issues, problems, and theories that confront the agency level officials and those work with government and/or nonprofit organizations.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 432 – Seminar in Judicial Politics

    Description: Survey of various explanations of judicial processes and policies.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 441 – Seminar in Comparative Politics

    Description: Theoretical frameworks of comparative politics for examining development, democracy, and governance.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • POL 463 – Seminar in Democratic Theory

    Description: This course provides a broad introduction to contemporary democracy theory. May be repeated once if the content is different.

    Prerequisites: Graduate student or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3-6

  • POL 470 – Seminar in Community Development

    Description: The seminar will review the theoretical and applied literature on community development, investigating strategies in both domestic and international contexts. Offered as POL/SOC 470.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Psychology Courses

  • PSY 401 - Infant and Child Development

    Description: Motor, cognitive, and emotional development and personality growth of children, birth through pre-adolescence.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 301

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 404 - Adolescent Development

    Description: Psychosocial issues are covered across developmental contexts for adolescents experiencing fundamental biological, cognitive, and social changes.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 302

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 403 - Adult Development and Aging

    Description: A study of physical, cognitive, and personality development during adulthood, with emphasis on theories, empirical data, research methods, and current issues.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 303

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 405 - Psychology of Women

    Description: Psychological research to place in scientific perspective the etiology and behavioral consequences of female- and male-oriented attitudes.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 305

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 410 - History of Psychology

    Description: Historical antecedents of modern psychology. Examination of modern psychology from a systematic point of view.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 320

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 430 - Principles of Behavior Modification

    Description: Principles of behavior modification with an emphasis upon their use in a variety of educational and clinical settings.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in PSY 333

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 417 - Psychology of Exceptional Children

    Description: A study of the socio-psychological factors influencing the exceptional child's cognitive and affective development with implications for those working with exceptional children. May include Clinical Experience.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in PSY 346

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 447 - Behavior Disorders in Children

    Description: Medical, psychological, and sociological aspects of behavioral disorders of children.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in PSY 347

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 460 – Learning

    Description: Experimental data bearing on the problem of learning; learning theory; learning data and theory in relation to applied problems.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in PSY 360

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 461 – Perception

    Description: An overview of the philosophical, physical, physiological, and psychological aspects of perception; the relationship of perception to action.

    Prerequisites: No credit if earned credit in PSY 361

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 424 – Motivation

    Description: Evolution of basic concepts leading to contemporary explanation of determiners of action with application to vocational, social, and educational areas.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 364

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 412 - Dynamics of Social Behavior

    Description: An overview of the explanations for various aspects of social behavior, e.g., interaction, attitudes, person perception, etc.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 365

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 413 - Introduction to Behavioral Psychopharmacology

    Description: Foundation concepts of behavioral psychopharmacology including basic brain anatomy and physiology, neural mechanisms of drug action, and examination of drug action and behavior.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 367

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 478 - Human Memory

    Description: Basic theories and findings in the study of human memory with a focus on organization, development, distortions, and disorders.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 368

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 485 - Personnel Psychology and People Analytics

    Description: Broad overview of personnel psychology and the people analytics methods used in the field. Topics covered include job analysis, employee recruitment, personnel selection, performance management and training and development. Data analytics, data visualizations, and domain knowledge are integrated to solve real world problems and inform decision-making in organizations.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in PSY 375

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 486 - Organizational Psychology

    Description: Research methods and results concerning social psychology of work organizations. Descriptions of practices in organizational psychology.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in MGT 221 or MBA 421 or PSY 376

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 418 - Learning and Cognition

    Description: A consideration of historical and contemporary theories of learning and cognition, and their relationship to experimental data at the biological, behavioral, perceptual, cognitive, and social levels of analysis.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 420 - Theories of Personality

    Description: Analysis of major theoretical formulations concerning personality with emphasis upon their current status and evidential bases.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 421 - Advanced Behavior Modification

    Description: Techniques for changing behavior through manipulation of environment. General principles of conditioning plus their application to patterns of problem behavior.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 437 – Group Psychotherapy and Counseling

    Description: Theory and research in group dynamics and techniques of group therapy and counseling. Indirect experience as group member and group leader through role-playing and experiential exercises.

    Prerequisites: Consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 451 - Psychology of Diversity

    Description: Examination of theoretical, methodological, and applied issues relevant to the study and practice in psychology in multicultural settings. Formerly PSY 480.28.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 453 - Seminar in Adolescent Development


    Description: Examination of theories, methodologies, and topics in the study of normal adolescent development using an interdisciplinary approach,

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology (or department override)

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit. 

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 463 - Brain and Behavior Relationships

    Description: A survey of the relationship of the brain to various behavioral systems with particular emphasis on the developing brain.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology; basic knowledge of physiological psychology

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 464 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling: Adults

    Description: Major theoretical positions applied to counseling approaches. Emphasis on science-informed practices relevant to contemporary issues with diverse populations and settings.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Clinical-Counseling Psychology or consent of department; personality course is recommended

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 465 - Vocational Counseling

    Description: Theory and research in vocational development and counseling. Acquiring and using occupational and educational information.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Clinical-Counseling Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 466 - Substance Abuse Counseling

    Description: The history, assessment methods, conceptual perspectives, intervention strategies, and empirical research relevant to substance abuse and its treatment.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Clinical-Counseling Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 467 - Family Therapy

    Description: Examination of the family systems approach to human problems, with emphasis on its central rationale, most prominent contemporary theories and their application. Not for credit if had PSY 480.09.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in School Psychology or Clinical-Counseling Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 468 - Advanced Psychopathology and Mental Health Diagnosis

    Description: Clinical use of mental health classification in counseling and other settings. Major focus on use of current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Not for credit if had PSY 480.05.

    Prerequisites: PSY 350; and graduate standing in Clinical-Counseling Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 477 – School-Based Prevention and Intervention Services

    Description: This course provides theoretical and applied training in preventive and responsive services within multi-tiered support framework in schools.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Psychology or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • PSY 480.36 – Integrated Behavioral Health

    Description: The goal of this course is to increase the knowledge, and therefore the ability, of students to participate more effectively in integrated behavioral health care settings.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Clinical-Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Social Work, or Nursing or consent of the department

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Special Education Courses

  • SED 441 - Development of Language Students Who Are Deaf & Hard of Hear

    Description: The study of the language development of children who are deaf and hard of hearing compared to normal language development.

    Prerequisites: SED 463

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 414 - Assessment of Young Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired

    Description: Development of collaborative relationships between families and professionals serving young children who are blind or visually impaired. Field observations and individually supervised home-based and clinic experiences working with infants and toddlers with visual impairment/blindness/deaf blindness may also be required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate Specialization Certificate-Early Intervention Vision or consent of the department chair

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 415 - Collab w/ Fam & Professionals Serving Young Children who are Blind/Vis Impaired

    Description: Development of collaborative relationships between families and professionals serving young children who are blind or visually impaired. Field observations and individually supervised home-based and clinic experiences working with infants and toddlers with visual impairment/blindness/deaf blindness may also be required.

    Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate Specialization Certificate-Early Intervention Vision or consent of the department chair

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 427 - Equitable and Accessible Educational Technology

    Description: Select, implement, and evaluate equitable and accessible educational technology and their relation to diverse learners.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 440 – Contemporary Issues & Trends in Special Education

    Description: Advanced study of how knowledge in special education is created, organized, and linked to other disciplines through a critical review of current literature and research.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 448 - Applied Behavior Analysis: Changing Behavior & Learning Environ

    Description: Developing positive behavioral supports through advanced behavior principles of functional and structural assessment and implementation of research-based practices.

    Prerequisites: SED 407 or 409, and 454, or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 453 – Interagency Community & Postsecondary Systems

    Description: Strategies for effective transition planning and collaboration between community services and schools to achieve postsecondary education outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

    Prerequisites: SED 407 or 409, and 454, or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SED 454 – Consultation & Collaboration in Special & General Education

    Description: Provides preparation for effective consultation and collaboration between professionals, paraprofessionals, parents, and students.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Sociology Courses

  • SOC 402 - Animals and Society

    Description: Examines the social relationships between human and non-human animals and the social meanings that condition the lives of particular species.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 302

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 410 - Medical Sociology

    Description: Social distribution and social construction of illness; physician socialization; doctor-patient interaction; alternative medicine; structure of health care systems; biomedical ethics.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 310

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 418 - Children in Global Perspective

    Description: Exploration of global-scale trends, diversity, processes, power dynamics, and interventions related to children and their trajectories.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 433 - Political Sociology: Power, Culture & Change

    Description: Critical analysis of the institutional mechanisms and social processes through which political power is constructed, distributed, and maintained.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 441 - The Sociology of Gender

    Description: Explores the concepts, theories, and methods sociologists utilize to explain gendered differences in social relations and life changes. Examines individual, interactional, institutional and social change processes.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 341

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 442 - Sociology of The Body

    Description: Explores the concepts, theories, and methods sociologists utilize to study the body in social life. Special emphasis on non-normative bodies.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 342

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 450 - Sociology of Education

    Description: The primary focus of this course will be to engage with the current debates, issues, and problems associated with higher education.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 403 - Architecture, Power, and Interaction: Urban Social Life

    Description: Urban structure and dynamics stressing human ecological theories, power, and cultural forces affecting architecture and social interaction.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 361

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 462 - Population

    Description: Dynamics of population size and change, including fertility, mortality, migration, composition, spatial distribution, family, and relation to resources in the United States and the world; application and policy implications.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 362

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 464 - Contemporary Social Movements

    Description: Theories, methods, and research on social movements in the United States and on transnational social movements, including the women's movement.

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in SOC 366

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 411 - Seminar in Gerontology

    Description: Advanced treatment of gerontological topic or issue explored by integrating classroom learning with intergenerational service-learning experiences. May be repeated. Also offered as SWK 411.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, 6 hours of other electives with focus on aging, or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 466 - Sociological Theory

    Description: An analysis of recent theoretical developments in Sociology. Attention will focus on a variety of social theories found useful in explaining social phenomena.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 469a10 - Seminar in Personal Relationships/Family

    Description: Advanced graduate study in personal relationships/family.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 469a13 - Seminar in Sociology of Culture

    Description: Advanced graduate study in sociology of culture.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 469a14 - Seminar in Class, Power and Status

    Description: Advanced graduate study in class, power, and status.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 470 - Seminar in Community Development

    Description: The seminar will review the theoretical and applied literature on community development, investigating strategies in both domestic and international contexts. Also offered as POL 470.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • SOC 478 - Topics in Administration and Planning

    Description: Emphasizes skills needed for community and economic development domestically and internationally, including strategic planning, non-profit administration, and feasibility studies. Also offered as POL/SOC 478.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in ECO, POL, or SOA or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 2

  • SOC 495 - Special Topics in Sociology

    Description: Advanced study in a specialized area of sociology. Multiple enrollments allowed if content is different.

    Prerequisites: Graduate status and consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Spanish Courses

  • SPA 405 - Seminar on Spanish and/or Spanish American Culture

    Description: In-depth study of some aspect of Spanish and/or Spanish- American culture. May be repeated if content different.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Spanish or consent of the instructor

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

    Credit Hours: 3

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Teaching and Learning Courses

  • TCH 409 - Student Diversity and Educational Practices

    Description: Examination of the student diversities found in classrooms and the impact of diverse learners on curricular and instructional practices.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • TCH 423 - Developmental Issues in Early Adolescent Education

    Description: Examination of developmental patterns and issues in the education of early adolescents in middle level schools.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • TCH 471 - Social and Cultural Contexts for Language and Literacy

    Description: Examines theoretical, pedagogical and research issues in family literacy, particular emphasis on cultural contexts in which children live.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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Women's and Gender Studies Courses

  • WGS 491 - Women’s & Gender Studies Seminar

    Description: A critical examination of selected topics in women's and gender studies. May be repeated if topic is different; a maximum of 6 hours.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • WGS 492 - Queer and Transgender Theory

    Description: Interdisciplinary survey of major figures, concepts, and schools of thought informing dialogues and dissonances between feminist, queer, and trans theory. 

    Prerequisites: Not for credit if earned credit in WGS 392

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

  • WGS 490 - Feminist Theories & Methodological Issues

    Description: An interdisciplinary study of methods, theories, analyses and critiques used by feminist scholars to study feminist issues within and across a range of traditional disciplines.

    Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit.

    Credit Hours: 3

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