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INDE 6335 - Engineering Administration Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: approval of chair. Scientific management relating to functioning and operation of engineering activities within the framework of the organization. Problems and cases with emphasis on human relations.
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INDE 6336 - Reliability and Quality Control Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 2333. Reliability testing, distributions, and programs; quality control programs, zero defects, and organization and administration for total quality control.
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INDE 6337 - Human Factors in Systems Design Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor and graduate standing. Methods of measurement of human performance, psychological and physiological background of human information processing, principles and techniques of display and information system design, and human error and reliability.
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INDE 6339 - Materials Handling Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 4331 and CIVE 2332. Systems, equipment, and methods related to industrial and commercial operations. Design of equipment.
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INDE 6340 - Engineering Database Structures Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Concepts and methods associated with planning, designing, executing, and maintaining relational databases for engineering applications. Includes development of data structures and reports using relational database software. Engineering case studies and student projects.
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INDE 6349 - Language and Programming in Artificial Intelligence Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and one (1) year programming experience. Introduction to AI languages; symbolic expressions and primitives; function definitions and predicates; recursion and iteration; I/O. Representations by a-lists, property lists and frames for problems and applications in engineering.
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INDE 6350 - Design of Artificial Intelligence Systems Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor and graduate standing. Concepts of artificial intelligence, symbol manipulation, AI programming languages and techniques, engineering applications to computer-aided design and factory automation.
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INDE 6355 - Legal Issues in Engineering Practice Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Introduction to legal issues in the engineering field. Topics include general contract law, intellectual property rights, tort law and other issues encountered in the practice of engineering.
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INDE 6361 - Production Planning and Inventory Control Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 3381 and INDE 3382 and the consent of instructor. Evolution of manufacturing practice, demand forecasting, inventory control, supply chain management, production and capacity planning, operations scheduling and shop floor control.
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INDE 6364 - Advanced Engineering Statistics Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: undergraduate engineering statistics and graduate standing. Design and analysis of industrial experiments including analysis of variance, factorial designs; multiple regression models including model classification, estimation and hypothesis testing.
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INDE 6365 - Engineering Economy II Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 3333 and INDE 4371 or approval of chair. Advanced theory, problems, and cases in the economic aspects of engineering enterprises. Operations research techniques applied to problems in engineering economy.
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INDE 6369 - Knowledge-Based Systems Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and graduate standing. The development, validation and implementation of expert systems in industrial engineering. Knowledge acquisition and representation, inferencing procedures, performance verification, hybrid expert systems, and the relationship of heuristic programming and knowledge-based systems. Course will emphasize real-world engineering applications.
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INDE 6370 - Operations Research: Digital Simulation Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 4371. Quantitative modeling of engineering systems; generating stochastic variables; collection of data for digital simulation; simulation language.
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INDE 6372 - Operations Research and Analysis of Systems Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Operations research models with applications to engineering systems; mathematical programming; stochastic models of queueing and inventory, game theory, network models.
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INDE 6373 - Scheduling and Planning Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 4371 or consent of instructor. Scheduling models with simultaneous and probabilistic job arrival, network scheduling techniques. Topics include job shop scheduling, flow shop scheduling, project scheduling and parallel scheduling.
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INDE 6375 - Logistics Engineering I Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Analysis of the Integration of support functions in the development, operations and maintenance of complex engine systems.
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INDE 6380 - Topics in Industrial Automation Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of the instructor. Computerized automation in manufacturing, robots and flexible manufacturing systems, AI methods and generative process planning systems, networks and automated manufacturing protocol.
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INDE 6383 - Engineering Design and Prototyping Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. To discuss advanced topics in integrated design and rapid manufacturing. Topics include: engineering design process, design for manufacture and assembly, GD&T and rapid prototyping and manufacturing.
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INDE 6385 - Simulator Software Engineering Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Design, development and testing of interactive multimedia training simulators for engineering management, manufacturing, and service processes.
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INDE 6386 - Entrepreneurship for Engineers Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and/ore consent of instructor. Topics include entrepreneurial perspective, star-up strategies, innovative products, business idea evaluation, business plan development, entrepreneurial finance and delivering.
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INDE 6388 - Industrial Engineering Project Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: approval of graduate program advisor. Non-thesis graduate degree industrial engineering project, applicable only to M.I.E. degree.
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INDE 6397 - Selected Topics Cr. 3. (3-0)
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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INDE 6398 - Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 6399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 3 per semester.
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INDE 6498 - Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 6598 - Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 7321 - Stochastic Processes for Manufacturing and Service Systems Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 2333, INDE 3364, and INDE 3382 and the consent of instructor. Review of probability theory, random variables and probability distributions, Markov chains, exponential distribution and Poisson processes, continuous time Markov chains, renewal theory, and queueing theory.
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INDE 7331 - Operations Research: Stochastic Processes Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 4371. Stochastic modeling of engineering systems; Bernoulli, Poisson, renewal, Markov renewal processes; computational methods, applications, reliability theory.
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INDE 7332 - Advance Mathematical Programming Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 6372 . Theories and applications of discrete variable models (e.g., zero-one programming, integer programming, etc.). Recent advanced topics in large scale linear programming problems. Applications to design in manufacturing and systems engineering.
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INDE 7350 - Multiobjective Optimization Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 4333 or permission of instructor, graduate standing. The modeling, solution and analysis of problems involving multi-criteria, large scale systems. Coverage of general MCDM approaches with primary focus on generalized goal programming and employment of the multiplex model and algorithm.
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INDE 7361 - Industrial Robotics Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Robot motion planning and control, kinematics, sensors and vision systems, design and analysis of robot systems, control and operation of manipulators critical to robots and their operation.
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INDE 7366 - Taguchi Methods Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: INDE 6364 or consent of instructor. Introduction to quantitative techniques in quality design with applications to manufacturing; review of design of experiments and analysis of variance; quality loss modeling; orthogonal array designs; response measurement and signal-to-noise ratio; outer array designs; multiple performance measures.
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INDE 7371 - Nonlinear Optimization Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. General optimization problems; classical optimization methods and theory addressing Lagrange multipliers, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, gradient techniques, penalty function methods, conjugate directions and other search methods; quadratic programming.
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INDE 7384 - Integrated Product Design Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Design creativity, generalized design process, identification and translation of customer needs, engineering specifications, benchmarking, designing for function, quality manufacturability, assembly, modularity, and cost.
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INDE 7390 - Supply Chain Management Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. Topics include: inventory and risk pooling, networking planning, value of information, supply chain integration, distribution strategies, strategic alliances, procurement and outsourcing strategies, global logics and risk management.
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INDE 7391 - Database Systems and Information Management Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. Topics include: Structured Query Language (SQL), Database Management Systems (DBMS), Java and Servlet programming, Internet and Web programming, emergency management warning systems, decision support systems.
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INDE 7397 - Selected Topics Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0)
May be repeated for credit.
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INDE 7399 - Master’s Thesis Cr. 3 per semester.
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INDE 8198 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 8298 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 8311 - Organized Graduate Research Discussions (also CIVE, ECE, MECE) Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: doctoral standing. Group research discussions with the intent of broadening the education and background of the student by exposure to the related research activities in his/her field.
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INDE 8398 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 3, 6, or 9 hours depending on semester.
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INDE 8498 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 8598 - Doctoral Research Cr. 1-5 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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INDE 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 3, 6, or 9 hours depending on semester.
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INDE 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Cr. 3, 6, or 9 hours depending on semester.
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INTB 6398 - Special Problems Cr. 3 per semester.
Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.
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INTB 7255 - International Business Residency Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of program director. International locations vary. Requires student to participate in an international trip which extensively focuses on the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the countries visited.
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INTB 7275 - International Business Projects Cr. 2. (2-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of program director. Development of projects incorporating various disciplines influencing international business. May be repeated for credit.
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INTB 7343 - International Legal Environment of Management Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing.Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7343 and MANA 7343 . Management impact of sovereignty, treaties, executive agreements, contracts, non-tariff trade barriers, extraterritorial antitrust, dispute resolution. International oil and gas, air, sea, space law.
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INTB 7350 - International Accounting Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and ACCT 6376. Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7350 and ACCT 7350 . An introduction to accounting for multinational corporations. Foreign currency translation/transactions, transfer pricing, performance evaluation and comparative accounting practices.
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INTB 7351 - Management of Multinational Operations Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 . Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7351 and MANA 7351 . The study of comparative management with emphasis on the international and cultural issues in organizational behavior and management encountered by multinational operations.
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INTB 7352 - International Management of Technology Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 . Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7352 and MANA 7352 . Global management of technology issues, such as strategies and organization designs for international technology generation and transfer.
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INTB 7353 - Regional Issues in Global Management Cr. 3. (3-0)
(also MANA 7353 )
Prerequisite: graduate standing.Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7353 and MANA 7353 for the same topic. Economic, cultural, technological and managerial factors that may impact an organization’s strategies, practices and effectiveness. Topics may include a focus on a global region such as Latin America, Europe, or Asia. Can be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours with different topics.
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INTB 7355 - Japan: Current Business Environment Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and MANA 6332 . The social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Japan affecting U.S.-Japanese trade.
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INTB 7360 - International Finance Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing, and FINA 6335 . Students may not receive credit for both FINA 7360 and INTB 7360. A comprehensive overview of currency, equity, and international bond markets around the world. Institutional, theoretical issues, and current trends will be analyzed. A strong emphasis will be placed on the hedging techniques and tools used to reduce the risks associated with those financial markets.
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INTB 7365 - Business and World Economy Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Factors and elements which demonstrate how international economies, events, policies and business strategies affect both large and small firms in today’s global economy.
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INTB 7366 - Organization and Policy Formulation for Multinational Operations Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and completion of all other M.B.A. core requirements except MANA 6383 . Students may substitute INTB 7366 for MANA 6383 . Students can receive credit toward the degree for only one of the following courses: MANA 6383 , MANA 7366 , or INTB 7366. Factors and problems concerning the establishment of policies and organizational structures for coordination and conduct of operations on a global basis.
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INTB 7369 - International Marketing Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and MARK 6361 . Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7369 and MARK 7369 . Marketing strategies for international firms.
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INTB 7370 - Advanced International Marketing Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing, MARK 7369 or INTB 7369 , or consent of instructor. Credit for degree cannot be received for both MARK 7370 and INTB 7370. Advanced study in marketing analysis and marketing strategies for international firms.
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INTB 7375 - Seminar in International Business Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing and INTB 7365 . Historical development and contemporary issues related to international business.
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INTB 7397 - Selected Topics in International Business Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing, consent of instructor. Topics will vary. Areas of interest from various disciplines concerned with international business and research interests of faculty and students. May be repeated with approval of Office of Student Services.
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ITAL 6303 - Medieval & Renaissance Studies Cr. 3. (3-0)
Advanced Italian Literature, Art, and Theatre from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and their impact on European culture. Taught in English.
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ITAL 6304 - Italian Culture in English Translation Cr. 3. (3-0)
Italian Art, History, Government, Civilization in the European-Mediterranean Context, immigration and current issues. Taught in English.
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ITAL 6305 - Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language Cr. 3. (3-0)
Advanced course in advanced grammar and teaching methodology. Satisfies College of Education requirements for Italian teachers certification. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 6306 - Italian Advanced Cinema Cr. 3. (3-0)
Italian Cinema in the context of Italian literature, culture, art, and society, requiring a good level of language understanding. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 6307 - Italian Diaspora Cr. 3. (3-0)
Cultures of the Italian emigration in the U.S., Central America, Latin America, Europe, and Australia. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 6308 - Italian Heritage Cr. 3 (3-0)
The Italian American Experience in Literature, Cinema, and Music. Taught in English
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ITAL 6335 - Italian for Singers I Cr. 3. (3-0)
Open only to graduate music majors and Houston Opera Studio students. Study of frequent grammatical structures, introduction to situation-focused conversational Italian diction, musical vocabulary and expressions, and study of arias from operas.
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ITAL 6336 - Italian for Singers II Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: ITAL 6335 . Continuation of ITAL 6335 .
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ITAL 6365 - Dante’s Legacy Cr. 3. (3-0)
Analysis of Dante’s major works and their impact on modern literature and visual arts. Relevant critical approaches to Dante from European and American perspectives. Taught in English.
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ITAL 6392 - Reading Italian for Non-Majors I Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. May not apply toward foreign language requirement for BA degree. Reading knowledge of Italian as a research tool. Accelerated study and analysis of grammar and linguistic structures of Italian scholarly and scientific literature.
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ITAL 6393 - Reading Italian for Non-Majors II Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: ITAL 6392 or equivalent. May not apply toward foreign language requirement for BA degree. Continuation of ITAL 6392 with emphasis on translation problems and specialized vocabulary. Readings in specific research areas.
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ITAL 6397 - Selected Topics in Italian Literature Cr. 3. (3-0)
Topics in Italian Literature from the Middle Age to the present. Taught in Italian.
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ITAL 6398 - Advanced Studies in Italian Culture Cr. 3. (3-0)
Special Problems in Italian Culture, Art, and History. Taught in Italian.
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LATN 6301 - Advanced Topics in Latin Cr. 3. (3-0)
Selected readings in Classical Latin poetry and prose together with modern works of scholarship. This course may be repeated for credit.
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LATN 6398 - Advanced Study in Latin Cr. 3. (3-0)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Post Baccalaureate status. Selected readings in Classical Latin poetry and prose together with modern works of scholarship. This course may be repeated for credit.
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LAW 5103 - Health Law Journal
Prerequisite: Membership on Health Law Journal staff. Advancement from candidacy to staff requires satisfactory completion of two case notes or one comment. Credit is given for satisfactory staff service.
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LAW 5104 - Houston Business/Tax Journal
Prerequisite: Membership on Houston Business/Tax Journal staff. Advancement from candidacy to staff requires publication of two case notes or one comment. Credit is given for satisfactory staff service.
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LAW 5107 - Clinical Externship II Cr. 1-5.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Students have the opportunity to continue their work with an external placement. A second placement allows a student to improve on lawyering skills learned in Health Law Externship I.
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LAW 5108 - Advanced Health Law Cr. 1. (1-0)
This course provides LL.M. students with an opportunity to develop and present their own research projects as well as to survey a wide range of topics in health law and policy. This course is limited to, and required for, LL.M. students.
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LAW 5109 - Advocates-Negotiation-Current Year Cr. 1. (0-1)
This course is for students participating in the Advocates Negotiation Competition, and includes negotiating a problem set provided by the American Bar Association, drafting a contract that reflects the negotiation, and drafting a short memo detailing their negotiating strategy.
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LAW 5110 - Law Review
Prerequisite: Membership on Law Review staff. Advancement from candidacy to staff requires publication of two case notes or one comment. Credit is given for satisfactory staff service.
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LAW 5111 - Advocates - Blakely Moot Court Cr. 1. (0-1)
May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.
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LAW 5112 - Advocates - Hippard Mock Trial Cr. 1. (0-1)
May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.
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LAW 5113 - Advocates Cr. 1. (0-1)
Counts as credit for advocates board membership or competitive team membership. May be repeated for a maximum of four semester hours.
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LAW 5116 - Judicial Process Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Students perform exercises that compliment the work they are doing at a court and discuss issues impacting the judiciary. This course is taken concurrently with Judicial Internship I.
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LAW 5117 - Public Interest Workplace Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Students perform exercises that complement the work they are doing in field placement and discuss issues impacting their externships. This course is taken concurrently with Clinical Externship I or Health Law Externship I.
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LAW 5119 - Advocates-Negotiation-Retro Cr. 1. (0-1)
This course is for students who have participated in the Negotiation Competition and includes negotiate a problem set provided by the American Bar Association and then draft a contract that reflects the negotiation. As part of the contract submission, students also draft a short memo detailing their negotiating strategy.
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LAW 5120 - Legal Drafting Cr. 1-2. (1-0)
Rules and strategies for, and actual drafting of both litigation documents and documents intended to avoid litigation. Emphasizes planning documents needed in preventive law, such as various types of contracts, policies, and regulations.
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LAW 5121 - Moot Court Board Cr. 1. (0-1)
Assists the Moot Court Director in all administrative aspects of the Moot Court Program, and facilitates the judging process for the John Black mandatory rounds, including providing training for judging, coordinating the organization of the competition with The Advocates and Legal Analysis Research and Communication, and researching the problems issues to provide summaries and questions for the judges.
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LAW 5122 - Advocate-Hippard Mock Trial RETRO Cr. 2. (0-2)
Student seeking credit for this course must participate in the Hippard Mock Trial Competition in a previous semester. This is an intra-scholastic competition where students can compete in the Hippard Open or Hippard Novice Competition.
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LAW 5123 - Civil Practice Clinic II Cr. 1-4.
Prerequisite: LAW 6371, LAW 5420 - Civil Practice Clinic I , LAW 5401 (Criminal Defense Clinic I), LAW 6375 - Client Interviewing & Counseling . Students, under close faculty supervision, represent clients with a broad variety of legal problems arising in a civil context. Attendance mandatory for the classroom component necessary to learn skills for effective lawyering.
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LAW 5124 - Immigration Clinic II Cr. 1 (1-0)
Prerequisite: LAW 5399, LAW 5405 - Immigration Clinic I . Covers practical and theoretical training in immigration law.
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LAW 5125 - Small Firm Practice Skills Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: Currently enrolled in Externship/Apprenticeship Clinic. Classroom component where students learn a new perspective in terms of the realities of the “law school experience” contrasted with the actual practice of law in a small-to-mid-sized firm.
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LAW 5128 - Personal & Professional Ethics Cr. 1. (1-0)
Prerequisite: None. The goal of the course is to explore the causes of and possible cures for law student and lawyer distress.
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LAW 5131 - Consumer Dispute Resolution Cr. 1, 3, 4. (0-4)
Provides students with an opportunity to work in the Texas Consumer Complaint Center. Students deal directly with consumers and consider the legal and ethical problems that arise.
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LAW 5132 - Advocates-Blakely Moot Court – RETRO Cr. 1. (0-1)
Student seeking credit for this course must participate in the Blakely Moot Court Competition in a previous semester. The Blakely Competition is an intra-scholastic moot court competition.
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LAW 5136 - Interscholastic Moot Court-RETRO Cr. 1-2. (0-1)
This is a Moot Court Competition. Participants will engage in legal research, brief writing, and oral arguments pursuant to competition rules.
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