May 08, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Art History

  
  • ARTH 6322 - 17th Century Dutch Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    The rich artistic production of Holland’s “Golden Age of art,” including history, painting, genre, portraiture, landscape and still life. Rembrandt, Vermeer and many other artists.
  
  • ARTH 6323 - Seminar on Rembrandt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    The work and legacy of the most important artist in the 17th Century Holland, Rembrandt van Rijin, through readings, class discussion and research.
  
  • ARTH 6324 - Landscape in Western Tradition

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    Landscape as a subject in European and American art from Antiquity to the present.
  
  • ARTH 6325 - 18th Century European Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    Painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative and graphic arts of the 1700’s in relation to important social and ideological developments of the period.
  
  • ARTH 6326 - European Romanticism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    French, Spanish, British and German Romanticism with special attention on the political context including the rise of the Napoleonic Empire, the conservation Restorations after its fall and resistance to both.
  
  • ARTH 6327 - Visual Culture of French Revolution

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art and art history, or consent of instructor.

    Visual culture of the period of the French Revolution (1789-1799) including popular and ephemeral phenomena and traditional art forms, and their social and political aims.
  
  • ARTH 6328 - Late 19th Century Art & Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    Late 19th Century European art from the vantage point of the collaborations of writers, artists, musicians and critics.
  
  • ARTH 6330 - Impressionism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    Themes from everyday life painted by the Impressionists and the various factors that affected their art and their perception of the world around them.
  
  • ARTH 6331 - Contemporary Painting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    Painting since 1945 with an emphasis on the past two decades.
  
  • ARTH 6332 - 20th Century Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    History, development and key innovators of design of the 20th Century, and assessment of the era’s burgeoning culture of design.
  
  • ARTH 6333 - Issues in Contemporary Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    Issues facing design in the 21st Century, including issues of sustainability and environmental design, exposure in museums and galleries, global design and national identity, impact of technology and conceptual design.
  
  • ARTH 6334 - History of Graphic Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of the instructor.

    History of Graphic Design will survey the development of graphic design within the historical context of the late nineteenth century through contemporary developments in this field.
  
  • ARTH 6340 - Pre-Columbian Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    Art and architecture of the Aztec, Maya and their predecessors.
  
  • ARTH 6341 - Human Body in Non-Western Art

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of the instructor.

    Representation of the human body in the artistic traditions of Africa, Oceania and the Pre-Columbian Americas.
  
  • ARTH 6373 - Readings in 19th Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of the instructor.

    Study of the practice and theory of the 19th Century Photography.
  
  • ARTH 6374 - Readings in 20th Century Photography

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of the instructor.

    Study of the practice and theory of the 20th Century Photographers.
  
  • ARTH 6380 - Museums and the Problem of Display

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art or art history, or consent of instructor.

    Development of the culture if display and the impact of art institutions, curators and exhibitions on our understanding of artworks and their history.
  
  • ARTH 6394 - Sel Top in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • ARTH 6395 - Selected Topics in Critical Theory and Criticism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    Selected topics in theory and criticism from modernism to the present.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, and 18 hours of graduate level art history.

  
  • ARTH 7310 - Italian Gothic Images and Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Explores the relationship between images and visual and social cultures in 14th Century Italy. Topics vary.
    May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor

  
  • ARTH 7320 - Dutch Art in Houston

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Explores Dutch art in public and private collections in the Houston area.
  
  • ARTH 7321 - Problems in Dutch Genre Paintings

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Examines themes and interpretive problems in Dutch genre painting. Topics vary.
    May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

  
  • ARTH 7330 - Issues in Avant-Garde & Kitsch

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Explores tension between high art and mass culture from the 1940’s to the present, especially in the context of museum exhibitions, advertising, marketing and art criticism. Topics vary.
    May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

  
  • ARTH 7331 - Text and Image

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Examines the interaction of text and image in visual culture, including its use by avant-garde artists, advertisers, curators and art historians.
  
  • ARTH 7340 - Non-Western Objects & Histories

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Intensive study with readings and discussions of a major theme or issue in the study of non-Western art, focusing on local collections. Topics vary.
    May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

  
  • ARTH 7341 - Ancient Traditions of Veracruz

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Examines the tradition of stone sculpture in Classic Veracruz, Mexico (c. A.D. 100-1000) with focus on sculptural form, object function and historiography.
  
  • ARTH 7380 - Graduate Art History Methods I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: ARTH 7380 - Methodologies of Art History.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in art history.

    Historiography and current methods of Art History.
    Note: Required for all first-year Art History graduate students.
  
  • ARTH 7381 - Graduate Art History Methods II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Art History.

    Historiography and current methods of individual sub-fields. Specific cultures and periods vary depending on instructor.
    Note: Required for all second-year Art History graduate students.
  
  • ARTH 7392 - Exhibition Preparation and Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, or consent of instructor.

    Selection of works and design of an actual or virtual exhibit of artifacts and/or student works.
  
  • ARTH 7393 - Art History Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history, 9 semester hours in graduate art history and coordinator approval.

    Internship at museum, arts institution or organization under supervision of relevant arts professional.
    May be repeated for credit with approval of art history area coordinator

  
  • ARTH 7394 - Selected Topics in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of instructor.

    Will be identified by a specific title each time it is offered.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 7395 - SelectedTopics in Contemporary Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in art or consent of the instructor.

    Selected topics in theory and criticism, with an emphasis on the issues that inform and/or influence contemporary analysis and production.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ARTH 7398 - Independent Graduate Study in Art History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ARTH 7399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Art History and ARTH 6399  .

    Thesis research.

Arts Leadership

  
  • ARLD 6198 - Special Problems in Arts Leadership

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Independent study in Arts Leadership.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ARLD 6298 - Special Problems in Arts Leadership

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Independent study in Arts Leadership.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ARLD 6300 - Fundamentals & Strategic Planning for the Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Introduction to strategic planning for leaders of arts organizations.
  
  • ARLD 6310 - Fundraising for the Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Introduction to fundraising strategies for leaders of arts organizations.
  
  • ARLD 6315 - Public Relations & Marketing in the Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Introduction to public relations and marketing for leaders of arts organizations.
  
  • ARLD 6320 - Financial Management for Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Investigates fundamental concepts of financial theory and applies to the management of Arts Organizations; concepts include financial statement analysis, profit planning, sources and forms of financing, budgeting and business valuation.
  
  • ARLD 6330 - Arts and Technology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Explores intersections of art and technology across interdisciplinary practices; examines technologically-mediated art and new media and research through readings, viewings, projects, critiques, and guest presentations.
  
  • ARLD 6340 - Law and the Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Overview of legal issues in the arts subjects including copyright, fair use and appropriation of images/sounds; examines moral rights of artists, freedom of speech, privacy cultural and intellectual property.
  
  • ARLD 6350 - Cutural Commerce: Business Models for Arts Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Examines financial models of successful cultural-based businesses and provides access to business owners; topics inlcude running arts-based businesses, business models for varied arts ventures, pros and cons of entrepreneurship.
  
  • ARLD 6360 - Arts & Community Engagement

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Connecting the arts with community need, focusing on issues of common concern including arts education, activism, public art, and community development.
  
  • ARLD 6391 - Internship in Arts Organization

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None.

    Internship in an arts organization.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ARLD 6395 - Selected Topics in Arts Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Selected topics in the theory and practice of arts leadership.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ARLD 6398 - Special Problems in Arts Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Independent study in Arts Leadership.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ARLD 6691 - Internship in Arts Organization

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None.

    Internship in an arts organization for two-course credit.
    May be repeated for credit.


Athletic Training Program

  
  • ATP 6101 - Anatomical Basis of Athletic Injury Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6160 - Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Lab
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6301  - Anatomical Basis of Athletic Injury

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 6301 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 6102 - Emergency Management & Prevention of Injury Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6302  - Emergency Management & Prevention of Injury.

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 6302 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 6113 - Lower Extremity Evaluation Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6164 - Evaluation of Lower Extremity Lab.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6313  - Lower Extremity Evaluation.

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 6313 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 6123 - Upper Extremity Evaluation Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6161 - Evaluation of Upper Extremity Lab.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6323  - Upper Extremity Evaluation.

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 6323 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 6191 - Clinical Education I

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6191 - Clinical Education I.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 6192 - Clinical Education II

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6192 - Clinical Education II.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program; ATP 6191 .

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 6193 - Clinical Education III

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6193 - Clinical Education III.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program; ATP 6192 .

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 6197 - Selected Topics in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Selected topics in Athletic Training taught as needed.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ATP 6301 - Anatomical Basis of Athletic Injury

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6360 - Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6101  - Anatomical Basis of Athletic Injury Lab

    Athletic Training students will study the gross and functional anatomical and physiological principles of athletic injury with practical application to motor performance.
  
  • ATP 6302 - Emergency Management & Prevention of Injury

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6365 - Emergency Care of Athletic Injuries.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6102  - Emergency Management & Prevention of Injury Lab.

    To provide the Athletic Training student with the knowledge necessary to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of sudden injury or illnesses.
  
  • ATP 6311 - Introduction to Research Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Introduction to research topics, data collection, and the application of statistical methods necessary to critically review and use evidence in Athletic Training.
  
  • ATP 6312 - Therapeutic Modalities of Athletic Injuries

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6363 - Therapeutic Modalities.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Investigation of the indications, contraindications, and biophysics of agents that aid in the healing of athletic injuries and the reduction of pain utilizing therapeutic modalities, therapeutic exercises and rehabilitative techniques.
  
  • ATP 6313 - Lower Extremity Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6364 - Evaluation of Lower Extremity.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6113  - Lower Extremity Evaluation Lab.

    A systematic examination of the fundamental principles and concepts of athletic training as it relates to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of lower extremity injuries.
  
  • ATP 6321 - Athletic Training Administration

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7360 - Organization and Health Care Administration.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Competencies needed to plan, coordinate and supervise administrative components of an athletic training organization including those pertaining to health care, financial, personnel and facilities management, and public relations.
  
  • ATP 6322 - Pharmacology in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Athletic Training program.

    Knowledge, skills and values required of an Athletic Trainer (AT) on pharmacological applications, including indications, contraindications, precautions, interactions, documentation and governing regulations relevant to the treatment of injury and illness in athletic training.
  
  • ATP 6323 - Upper Extremity Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6361 - Evaluation of Upper Extremity.
     
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 6123  - Upper Extremity Evaluation Lab.

    A systematic examination of the fundamental principles and concepts of athletic training as it relates to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of upper extremity injuries.
  
  • ATP 6397 - Selected Topics in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Selected topics in Athletic Training taught as needed.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ATP 7101 - Head, Neck & Spine Evaluation Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 7301  - Head, Neck & Spine Evaluation.

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 7301 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 7113 - Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Admisssion to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 7313  - Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries.

    Laboratory to accompany ATP 7313 ; application of theories, skills, and practice.
  
  • ATP 7194 - Clinical Education IV

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7194 - Clinical Education IV.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program; ATP 6193 .

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 7195 - Clinical Education V

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7295 - Clinical Education V.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program; ATP 7194 .

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 7196 - Clinical Education VI

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7396 - Clinical Education VI.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program; ATP 7195 .

    Integration of educational competencies and clinical proficiencies with classroom instruction and supervised field-based experience.
  
  • ATP 7197 - Advanced Selected Topics in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Advanced selected topics in Athletic Training taught as needed.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ATP 7301 - Head, Neck & Spine Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 7101  - Head, Neck & Spine Evaluation Lab.

    A systematic examination of the fundamental principles and concepts of athletic training as it related to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the head, neck, and spine.
  
  • ATP 7302 - General Medical Conditions

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 6362 - General Medical Conditions in Sport.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Role of the Athletic Trainer in the identification, prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of medical conditions of all major body systems as directed by a supervising physician.
  
  • ATP 7311 - Nutrition and Performance

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7361 - Nutritional Aspects of Injury and Illness.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Study of the association between nutrition and exercise performance, nutrition assessment of athletes, how to measure body composition, and the use of (and controversy over) ergogenic aids are explored.
  
  • ATP 7312 - Principles of Strength and Conditioning

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Instruction in basic physiological adaptations to strength and speed development, exercise prescription and testing, and facility design and safety.
  
  • ATP 7313 - Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Corequisite: ATP 7113  - Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries Lab.

    Principles of rehabilitation of sports injuries, including range of motion, pain control, balance, proprioception, strengthening, and endurance. Therapeutic goals and objectives, exercise gradation and evaluating rehabilitation process will be stressed.
  
  • ATP 7321 - Psychological Aspects of Sports Injury

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7363 - Psychological Aspects of Sport Injuries.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    Knowledge and skills that the Athletic Trainer must possess to recognize the socio-cultural, mental, emotional, and physical behaviors in athletes that require intervention or referral to a recognized professional.
  
  • ATP 7322 - Seminar in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: PEP 7364 - Professional Development and Responsibility.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters of Athletic Training program.

    A Capstone course designed for research discussion of critical questions and contemporary issues and problems in athletic training/sports medicine. Athletic Training students will prepare for the Board of Certification Exam.
  
  • ATP 7397 - Advanced Selected Topics in Athletic Training

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Admission to Master of Athletic Training program.

    Advanced selected topics in Athletic Training taught as needed.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.


Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences

  
  • BCHS 6113 - Graduate Biochemistry Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • BCHS 6198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • BCHS 6199 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • BCHS 6201 - Methods in Molecular Biology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BIOL 4320 or BCHS 4306 or equivalents or consent of instructor.

    Current methods and techniques in molecular biology. Bacterial host strains, expression systems, mutagenesis, DNA library construction and screening, DNA mapping and sequencing and polymerase chain reaction methods.
  
  • BCHS 6202 - Chemical Biology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    This is an indterdisciplinary course covering fundamental chemical princples and their applications in studies of biomolecules, methods and working principles of biomolecular assays, and the design of these experiments.
  
  • BCHS 6205 - Cell Signaling

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and consent of instructor.

    Biochemistry of cellular responses to environmental signals at the molecular level.
  
  • BCHS 6206 - Molec Modeling Biol Macromols

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304 and CHEM 4370 or 4373 or equivalents or consent of the instructor.

    Advanced computer-based molecular modeling methods, with emphasis on their practical aspects and limitations. Individual research projects using UNIX-based Silicon Graphics computers.
  
  • BCHS 6208 - Biochemistry of Organelles

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and consent of instructor.

    Organization of mitochondrial and chloroplast membranes. Biochemical and biophysical aspects of electron transfer in photosynthetic organelles. Molecular organization of genes and proteins involved in biochemical energy transduction.
  
  • BCHS 6209 - Protein Biosynthesis

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3304.

    Aspects of protein synthesis including ribosome structure, ribosomal RNA structure and function, translation inhibitors, identification of tRNAs, and involvement of tRNA in coding/decoding.
  
  • BCHS 6226 - Enzyme Catalysis and Kinetics

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Principles of enzymatic catalysis. Methods and principles of enzyme kinetic analysis.
  
  • BCHS 6227 - Membranes/Signal Transduction

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Membrane biochemistry: metabolism, properties, and structures of membrane lipids; biochemistry of membrane proteins; structure and composition; physical techniques for study; lateral and transverse asymmetry; electrophysiological properties; permeability and partitioning; pores, channels, and transporters; signal transduction.
  
  • BCHS 6228 - Advanced Nucleic Acids

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 4306 and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Nucleic acid structure, function, and interactions with proteins.
  
  • BCHS 6229 - Protein Structure and Function

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Protein structure/function relationships as exemplified in current structural biology literature.
  
  • BCHS 6230 - Grad Biochem Lab Rotation I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and BCHS 3201 or consent of instructor.

    Instruction in contemporary concepts and research methodology in several areas of biochemistry.
  
  • BCHS 6231 - Grad Biochem Lab Rotation II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: BCHS 6230 .

    Instruction in contemporary concepts and research methodology in several areas of biochemistry.
  
  • BCHS 6233 - Advanced Microbial Physiology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: (also BIOL 6333 )
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2333 and BIOL 3304, or consent of instructor.

    Molecular and cellular mechanisms of fundamental processes in microbial physiology. Current literature and experimental techniques.
  
  • BCHS 6234 - Chemical Biology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 and graduate standing or consent of instructor

    The use of chemical principles to address biological questions.
  
  • BCHS 6235 - Cancer Biochemistry

    Credit Hours: 2.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    This class focuses on comprehending basic and up-to-date knowledge pertaining to fundamental biochemical alterations, especially metabolic alterations, in cancer cells.
  
  • BCHS 6236 - Genomics and Proteomics

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: BCHS 3305 or equivalent and graduate standing or consent of instructor

    Methods and technologies in genome and proteome research.
  
  • BCHS 6237 - Pharmacology and Drug Design

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    This course will focus on basic principles of pharmacology and current approaches to drug discovery and design.
 

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