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PHYS 6101 - Internship Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
Curricular Practical Training
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PHYS 6198 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 6199 - Thesis Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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PHYS 6298 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 6303 - Methods of Mathematical Physics I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: MATH 3364.
Complex variables, special functions, linear operators, Green functions, spectral theory, generalized functions, transform theory, boundary-value problems.
Repeatability: Course can be repeated for credit.
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PHYS 6309 - Advanced Mechanics I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 3309 and PHYS 4321, or consent of instructor.
Lagrangian dynamics of particles, Hamiltonian mechanics; classical and relativistic fields, elasticity, hydrodynamics, and physics of continuous media.
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PHYS 6315 - Quantum Mechanics I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 3315 or consent of instructor.
Wave mechanics, linear vector spaces, quantum dynamics, perturbation theory, scattering, spin, statistics, and symmetry.
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PHYS 6316 - Quantum Mechanics II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 3315 or consent of instructor.
Wave mechanics, linear vector spaces, quantum dynamics, perturbation theory, scattering, spin, statistics, and symmetry.
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PHYS 6321 - Electrodynamics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 4322.
Maxwell’s equations and relativity; radiation from moving charges and from macroscopic systems; classical field theory.
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PHYS 6327 - Statistical Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 3327, PHYS 4322, PHYS 6315 , and PHYS 6309 ; or consent of instructor.
Classical thermodynamics, development of extremum principles, stability considerations and applications to chemical and phase equilibria; Boltzmann’s H-theorem; classical and quantal Gibbs ensembles with applications, diffusion and introductory nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.
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PHYS 6328 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 6327 or instructor’s approval.
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, phase transition, renormalization group, phase transition, disorder system, pattern formation.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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PHYS 6350 - Computational Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Physics or consent of Chair.
Scientific programming, numerical methods in linear algebra, eigenvalue problems, ODEs, and PDEs: data structures, data analysis, and curve fitting; variational calculations; density functional theory; band structure calculations; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations; parallel computing.
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PHYS 6354 - Methods of Mathematical Physics II Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 or equivalent.
Applications of mathematics to current problems in physics. Group theory, spectral theory, asymptotic methods, nonlinear equations, differential forms, transform theory, theory of surface, topology of fiber bundles.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 6363 - Graduate Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisite: PHYS 6315, PHYS 6316, PHYS 6321, and PHYS 6327.
The course will be a semester long broken into two sections, with each section focusing on a particular area of experimental physics. The students will be divided into two groups, with half starting in one of the two sections, and swapping after the middle of the semester. Students will learn techniques that can be applied to experimental research including: experimental design, apparatus assembly, apparatus operations, data acquisition and analysis, and results reporting.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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PHYS 6365 - Quantum Many-Body Theory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 6316.
Second quantization, Green functions, Feynman diagrams, and applications to interacting Fermi and Bose systems.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 6366 - Quantum Field Theory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 6316.
Dirac equation, relativistic quantum mechanics, the Lorentz group, quantization of fields, Green functions, perturbation theory, quantum electrodynamics, renormalization, current algebra, the Callan-Symanzik equation, symmetries, gauge fields, applications to elementary particle physics.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 6378 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: PHYS 6327 or instructor’s approval.
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, phase transition, renormalization group, phase transition, disorder system, pattern formation.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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PHYS 6387 - Solid State Physics I Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 3327, PHYS 4337, and PHYS 6315; or consent of instructor.
Periodic structures, lattice dynamics, specific heat, one-electron theory of solids, band structure, electron dynamics.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 6398 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 6399 - Masters Thesis Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PHYS 6498 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 6598 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 5.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 6698 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Must be a graduate student in Physics.
Independent Study
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PHYS 6998 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 9
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Must be a graduate student in Physics.
Independent Study
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PHYS 7198 - Master Research Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 , PHYS 6315 .
Independent research carried out by a physics master student for a master thesis.
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PHYS 7199 - Thesis Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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PHYS 7298 - Master Research Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 , PHYS 6315 .
Student carries out independent research under the direction of a thesis advisor.
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PHYS 7307 - Space & Atmospheric Phy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 7308 - Space & Atmospheric Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Physics of plasmas in space; earth’s magnetosphere, planetary magnetospheres, and solar wind magnetosphere interactions.
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PHYS 7311 - Advanced Mechanics II: Nonlinear Dynamics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6309 or consent of instructor.
Integrable and nonintegrable systems, canonical perturbation theory, adiabatic invariance, Lie transform, invariant tori, mappings, ergodicity, KAM theory, renormalization and universality, chaos, classical and relativistic fields, elasticity, hydrodynamics, and continuous media.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 7312 - Modern Optics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 3312 or consent of instructor.
Electromagnetic theory, reflection and refraction, interference, Fresnel diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction, coherence, Fourier optics, holography, anisotropic materials, optical modulation, nonlinear optics.
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PHYS 7322 - Scattering Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 7324 - Plasma Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 7338 - Solid State Physics II Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6387 .
Transport properties, optical processes, Fermi surfaces of metals, magnetic properties, superconductivity.
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PHYS 7339 - Biological Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Physical principles underlying the complex phenomena of biological systems: diffusion, dissipation, entropy, energy, molecular machines, cell structures, membrane and nerve impulses.
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PHYS 7345 - Ion Beam Modificatn of Matrls Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 4337 or consent of instructor.
Ion-solid interactions, ion implantation range distribution and radiation damage, implantation in semiconductors, metals, and insulators; radiation effects in superconductors.
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PHYS 7347 - High Temp Superconductivity I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 4337 or consent of instructor.
Synthesis of high temperature superconducting materials, electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties; crystal structure, experimental techniques for characterization of high temperature superconductors.
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PHYS 7350 - Advanced Computational Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6350 or permission of instructor.
Molecular dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation in Statistical Physics. Handling data and calculating errors. Cluster algorithms. Histogram methods. Continuous time simulations. Simulations of glassy and disordered systems. Nonequilibrium simulations.
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PHYS 7351 - Seismic Physics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 or consent of instructor.
Wave physics of exploration seismology; Green’ s theorem; acoustic and elastic Green’s functions.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 7356 - Intro Particle Physics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6316 or consent of instructor.
Classification of particles, quantum numbers, conservation laws and their violations, quark model, phenomenology of strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions.
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PHYS 7367 - Advanced Space Physics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Completion of the requirements for candidacy for the PhD in physics, or consent of instructor.
The design of research experiments, spacecraft, and spacecraft missions to study space and atmospheric physics. The evaluation of research results with the aid of examples taken from the current scientific literature.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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PHYS 7397 - Selected Topics in Phy Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Additional Fee: Yes
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PHYS 7398 - Master Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 , PHYS 6315 .
The student will carry out independent research at the master level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 7399 - Masters Thesis Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PHYS 7598 - Master Research Credit Hours: 5.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 , PHYS 6315 .
The student will carry out independent research at the Master level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 7698 - Master Research Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 and PHYS 6315 .
The student will carry out independent research at the master level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 7998 - Master Research Credit Hours: 9
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PHYS 6303 and PHYS 6315 .
The student will carry out independent research at the master level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 8198 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 8199 - Dissertation Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PHYS 8298 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 8398 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PHYS 8498 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 8598 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 5.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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PHYS 8698 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
The student will carry out independent research at the doctoral level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PHYS 8998 - Doctoral Research Credit Hours: 9
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
The student will carry out independent research at the doctoral level under the direction of a faculty advisor.
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PHYS 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 9
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6001 - Math Methods for Political Scientists Credit Hours: 0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Mathematical tools frequently used in political science: set theory, differential calculus and integration, optimization, linear algebra and probability theory. Prerequisite for advanced statistics and formal theory courses.
Repeatability: Y
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6198 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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POLS 6298 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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POLS 6302 - Research Design for Political Scientists Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
This seminar introduces students to the principles of research design in mainstream political science. We begin with some questions in the philosophy of science as they apply to the social sciences. Then we review the purpose of theories, as well as different approaches to generating and evaluating them. Next, we discuss the purpose and form of hypotheses, focusing on how to derive hypotheses from theories; how to develop and implement hypothesis tests; how to treat competing explanations for observed phenomena of interest; how to measure theoretical constructs; and what to do (and not to do) with data. Finally, we explore how different research designs (including the construction of counterfactuals, comparative case studies, quasi-experiments, and experiments) may be used to help researchers make valid causal inferences. The course will introduce students to elementary methods of data analysis, but no knowledge of advanced statistics or econometrics is presupposed.
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POLS 6308 - Political Economy Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examines the intersections between economics and politics.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6309 - Survey of Amer Pol Behavior Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: graduate standing in political science or consent of instructor.
Selected major segments of the research literature on American political behavior.
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POLS 6311 - Comp Pol Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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POLS 6312 - Survey of American Institutions and Policy Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Theoretical and empirical issues in American institutions and policy.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6313 - Seminar in International Relations Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examination of international political systems. Emphasizes changing patterns of international accommodation, competition, and conflict. Examines theories of international politics.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6314 - Policy Analysis Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
How public policies are decided. Tools for policy decision making. Political, social, and legal determinants of public policy.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6315 - Health Care Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Politics and economics of health and medical care with emphasis on the delivery of services, their quality, distribution, and financing.
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POLS 6316 - Social Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Study of distributive public policies such as civil rights, income maintenance, and social services at comparative, federal, and state levels.
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POLS 6317 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: (3-0)
Examination of problems and issues in the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies intended to prevent and contain criminal behavior.
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POLS 6318 - Immigration Policy Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
On October 12, 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau predicted that five days later at about 7:46 a.m. (EDT) the U.S. population would reach the historic milestone of 300 million. On that daytime, Emanuel Plata, one of “America’s 300 millionth baby,” was born in Queens. The son of two immigrants from Puebla, Mexico, Emanuel epitomizes the new demographic reality of the nation: a new melting pot that since the 1970s has been seasoned with immigration flows from Latin America and Asia.
After the 1965 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act, which abolished the quota system of the 1920s, immigration policy put people of all nations on an “equal footing” by eliminating nationality as an admission criterion. In the following decades, the foreign-born population increased considerably after declining since 1910. The Hart-Celler Act, as it was also known at the time, as well as subsequent immigration laws, opened the United States’ doors to new waves of immigration from non-traditional European regions.
-What immigration policy best serves the U.S. national interest today?
-What it will take Congress to discuss and vote a “comprehensive” immigration reform? and what should/could/likely include?
Throughout this seminar students will develop their own answers to these questions. The course is interdisciplinary by nature, we will draw on political science, economics, sociology, law and public policy literature in order to understand the complexity of immigration.
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POLS 6322 - Seminar in Comparative Elections Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examination of problems and issues in the design and function of elections and electoral systems, the behavior of voters, and the role of political parties.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6323 - Seminar in Comparative Political Parties Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A comparison of different frameworks and data for understanding the impact and development of political parties, including normative critiques of party democracy.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6328 - Seminar in the Politics of Modernization Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Examines political systems of modernizing and developing nations.
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POLS 6331 - Seminar in Democratization Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Explores and evaluates a variety of theoretical approaches to understanding institutional and other developments in newly-democratizing countries.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6332 - Formal Models in International Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
This course is designed to familiarize students with the recent formal literature in international relations, and to aid them in developing and analyzing their own models. Although we will discuss the model building enterprise, much of the course will revolve around discussion and analysis of works that take a formal approach to international relations. Students will both identify the trends and direction of the current literature and pursue their own topics of interest. During the course, we will conduct brainstorming sessions, in which students can discuss ways to formalize their substantive topics or to extend some of the models that we discuss during class. The course will culminate with research presentations by students, in which they demonstrate an ability to apply the formal modeling enterprise to a substantively interesting topic.
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POLS 6340 - Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Political Thought Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A selective examination of Greek, Roman, and feudal thinking on recurrent problems in political theory.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6341 - Seminar in Modern Political Thought Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A selective examination of thinking, from Machiavelli to the present, concerning recurrent problems in political theory.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6342 - Liberalism and Its Critics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Contemporary arguments for and against the liberal tradition: including libertarian, responsible government, communitarian, conservative, and feminist perspectives.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6343 - Seminar in Democratic Thought Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A critical examination of the theoretical foundations for democracy, and its major texts and competing theories. Emphasizes normative and analytical approaches.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6344 - Dissertation Prospectus Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Students prepare a plan for dissertation research and complete a working dissertation prospectus.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6345 - History of Political Theory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A survey of the history of political theory from Plato through John Rawls.
Repeatability: N
Note: May be repeated.
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6346 - Social Criticism and Revolution in Political Thought Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
A survey of the origins of social criticism and theories of revolution from the 19th century to the present.
Repeatability: N
Note: May be repeated.
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6348 - Contemporary Political Theory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examination of contemporary political theory including post-modernism and the concomitant concerns of the character of modern political theory.
Repeatability: N
Note: Course may be repeated.
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6349 - Seminar in American Political Thought Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
The colonial experience, the Revolution, the writing of the Constitution, and experience in living under the Constitution-how each has contributed to American political theory.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6350 - Seminar in Media and Politics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examines interactive effect of institutional forces and political actors on mediated political communication and information processing.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6354 - Seminar in Law and Society Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
How the values and behavior of society influence the substance and enforcement of the law and also how the law affects the mores and attitudes of society.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6355 - Seminar in Judicial Process Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Study of judicial recruitment, socialization, and decision-making process. Also, impact and enforcement of judicial decisions.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6356 - Seminar in Constitutional Law Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Study of major Supreme Court decisions interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6357 - Comparative Judicial Systems Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Surveys the variation of legal systems and courts across the world from a comparative perspective; investigates how constitutions, courts, and other legal actors vary and how these variations affect judicial decisions and law more generally.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6359 - Bibliographic Essay Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: N Fee Type N
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POLS 6360 - Seminar in State Politics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Roles of the legislature and governor; state political parties and elections; state finances and taxation; comparative public policies of the state.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6363 - Race and Ethnic Politics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
This course is a systematic examination of the literature on race, ethnicity, and American politics. We begin with the concept of race and how it has been operationalized. We examine the history, political behavior, and representation of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos in the modern political area. We also examine coalition building, citizenship, the role of political parties, and elections mostly in the U.S. context.
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POLS 6364 - Seminar in Legislative Process Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Organization, process, structure, and policy-making functions of Congress.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6365 - Seminar in Public Opinion Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examines influences on public opinion; impact of mass media; role of public opinion in democracy.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6366 - Seminar in Political Parties Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
History and organization of political parties in the United States; functions of parties for the political system; electoral base of American political parties.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6367 - Seminar in Electoral Behavior Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Examines determinants of voting decisions; role of elections in democracy.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6368 - Psychological Approaches to Politics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Surveys the major psychological approaches to study of politics, such as clinical/functional theories and information processing theories, in current political science research.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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POLS 6369 - Seminar on the Presidency Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Political Science or consent of instructor.
Changing concepts of the presidency. The president as chief executive. The president and Congress. The president and public opinion.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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