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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Social Work

  
  • SOCW 8331 - Social Justice Theories and Research in Social Work

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing. Social change and social work scholarship. Contextualizes social work practice toward understanding social problems, processes, and solutions with emphasis on class, race, gender, and culture. Examines alternatives to traditional research.

  
  • SOCW 8332 - Theories of Social Work Practice

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing. The historical and cultural context in which major theories of social work practice emerged, the philosophical and scientific tenets of those theories, and their current status in practice. Critically examines practice theories for their relevance to current and future social work practice.

  
  • SOCW 8333 - Social Science Theories

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing. Social science theories and the conceptual frameworks that undergird contemporary social work literature, or which hold strong potential for enhancing social work practice theory or social policy formulations that contribute to institutional change and social justice.

  
  • SOCW 8334 - Social Policy Analysis

    Cr. 3. (3.0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing. Examines the present state of knowledge-with particular reference to issues and problems-in social welfare policy. Designed to aid students to develop a research focus and to formulate research questions in social welfare policy. Also stressed are the skills to formulate policy hypotheses and disseminate the results of an empirical policy study.

  
  • SOCW 8335 - Teaching in Higher Education

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor. Prepares doctoral students for teaching in higher education by applying theories in instructional design and analyzing and pedagogical perspectives and teaching issues relevant to curriculum development.

  
  • SOCW 8336 - Research Internship I

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor. Prepares doctoral students for research experiences by applying an internship experience with an established faculty member. Course can be repeated for credit.

  
  • SOCW 8337 - Teaching in the Social Work Curriculum

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing in social work. Prepares students for teaching in social work programs; explores issues in higher education, and pedagogy, provides classroom teaching experience.

  
  • SOCW 8395 - Pre-Dissertation Research

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing in social work and the completion of required and elective coursework. Focus on pre-dissertation research including refining research skills, defining an appropriate dissertation topic, and developing a successful dissertation proposal. Students may repeat this course as they move toward an approved dissertation proposal.

  
  • SOCW 8397 - Selected Topics in Social Work

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • SOCW 8398 - Independent Study

    Cr. 1. (0-0)
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and consent of instructor. Allow students to pursue specialized learning through work with individual faculty.

  
  • SOCW 8399 - Dissertation

    Cr.3-9 per semester.
  
  • SOCW 8699 - Dissertation

    Cr.3-9 per semester.
  
  • SOCW 8999 - Dissertation

    Cr.3-9 per semester.

Statistics

  
  • STAT 6360 - Statistical Methods for Business

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. A survey of statistical methods for obtaining useful information from data. Data description; probability used in statistical inference; statistical inference in one-, two-, and multisample situations, including analysis of count data.

  
  • STAT 6361 - Introduction to Management Science

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. An introduction to quantitative models and methods for business decisions. Deterministic decisions under constraints, including linear programming and its applications, inventory control, and project scheduling. Decisions under uncertainty, including forecasting, simulation, and decision analysis.

  
  • STAT 7350 - Probability Model and Applications

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. A first course in probability intended to serve as a foundation for statistics and operations research. Basic probability theory; independence and dependence; Discrete, continuous, and multivariate distributions; conditioning as a means for problem-solving.

  
  • STAT 7354 - Sampling

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 6360  or approval of chair. Planning and analyzing samples from finite populations; simple, stratified, multistage, and systematic sampling; ratio estimates.

  
  • STAT 7355 - Decision Analysis for Uncertainty

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 6361  or STAT 7370 , or approval of chair. Decision trees and risk neutrality, expected utility theory, types of risk attitudes and utility functions. Applications to business decision making and to public policy evaluation.

  
  • STAT 7357 - Decision Analysis for Tradeoffs

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 6361  or STAT 7370  or approval of chair. Multiattribute tradeoff models, intertemporal tradeoff models, and cost-benefit models. Additive value theory with applications to business decision making and to public policy evaluation.

  
  • STAT 7370 - Introduction to Operations Research

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing. Introduction to deterministic models in operations research. Linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming; network analysis, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, and optimum-seeking methods. Emphasis will be placed on modeling and applications.

  
  • STAT 7371 - Mathematical Programming

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 7370  or approval of chair. Introduction to deterministic models in operations research. Linear, nonlinear, and dynamic programming; network analysis, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, and optimum-seeking methods. Emphasis will be placed on modeling and applications.

  
  • STAT 7381 - Simulation Processes

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, STAT 6361 , or STAT 7370  and STAT 7370. Random number generation; design, construction, and verification of computer simulation models.


Technology

  
  • TECH 5398 - Special Problems in HDCS

    Cr. 3 (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of department chair. Provides a mechanism to permit graduate students to manage leveling requirements in their degree plan. For leveling use only, credit cannot be earned toward the degree plan.

  
  • TECH 6100 - Seminar

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Current issues in technology research.

  
  • TECH 6198 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.

  
  • TECH 6298 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.

  
  • TECH 6353 - Scenarios and Visions

    Cr. 3 (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TECH 6311, or consent of instructor. An overview of the important qualitative techniques of visioning and scenario development.

  
  • TECH 6360 - Experimental Design and Data Analysis

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: MATH 1432, TMTH 3360 or equivalent. Standard experimental design and the corresponding data analysis techniques. Application of the computer for data analysis tools including standard statistics application programs. Emphasis on interpretation of data sets resulting from experimentation in the fields of electronics, manufacturing, and construction management.

  
  • TECH 6395 - Master’s Project in Futures Studies in Commerce

    Cr. 3 (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TECH 6319. Proseminar in Future Studies. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • TECH 6397 - Selected Topics in Technology

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair. May be repeated with approval of the department chair.

  
  • TECH 6398 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of department chair.


Technology Leadership and Supervision

  
  • TELS 5363 - Special Problems in Communications

    Cr. 3 (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of department chair. Provides a mechanism to permit graduate students to manage leveling requirements in their degree plan. For leveling use only, credit cannot be earned toward the degree plan.


Technology Project Management

  
  • TEPM 5398 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate faculty advisor. Individual projects on an arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.

  
  • TEPM 6198 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate faculty advisor. Individual projects on an arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.

  
  • TEPM 6298 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate faculty advisor. Individual projects on an arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.

  
  • TEPM 6301 - Project Management Principles

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of graduate faculty advisor. Supply chain operations in multinational business using situational analysis, legal issue considerations, and analysis of supply chain, transportation, and functional implications.

  
  • TEPM 6302 - Leadership and Team Building

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6301  or approval of graduate faculty advisor. Dynamics of project leadership from the individual, team, and organizational perspective in achieving improved performance in the information- or technology-based workplace.

  
  • TEPM 6303 - Risk Assessment in Project Management

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6301  or consent of graduate faculty advisor. Overview of the basic components of risk as they pertain to technical projects: risk identification, risk impact analysis, risk response planning, mitigating risk, and risk management techniques.

  
  • TEPM 6304 - Quality Improvement in Project Management

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TMTH 3360 or equivalent. Conducting quality management projects in production and service operations. Concepts, methodologies, and statistical analysis tools of quality improvement, including quality theory, standards, design, control, and assurance.

  
  • TEPM 6305 - Project Management Tools

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Pre- or Co-requisite: TEPM 6301  or consent of graduate faculty advisor. Understanding the technology and methodology that supports project management activities.

  
  • TEPM 6306 - Project Management Office (PMO)

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6301  or consent of graduate faculty advisor. Defining needs and requirements to formulate and maintain a PMO, including its purpose, structure, and resources.

  
  • TEPM 6307 - Advanced Project Management

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6301  or consent of the department. This course focuses on advanced project management concepts and prepares the student for PMP or CAPM certification.

  
  • TEPM 6391 - Project Management Seminar

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6301  or consent of the graduate faculty advisor. Students demonstrate their ability to complete a major project that identifies and resolves an important technology or technology leadership issues.

  
  • TEPM 6395 - Integration Project

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: TEPM 6391  and permission of the graduate faculty advisor. Students demonstrate their ability to structure and complete an integrative project that draws upon the skills developed in the project management common core courses and the student’s specialization. Students report the results of their efforts in written and oral form.

  
  • TEPM 6396 - Project Management Internship

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: At least 12 hours in the MS/TPM program and prior written approval of the graduate faculty advisor. Work experience directly involved in leading projects in information- or technology-based organizations.

  
  • TEPM 6397 - Selected Topics

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • TEPM 6398 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1. (1-0)
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate faculty advisor. Individual projects on an arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.

  
  • TEPM 6398 - Special Problems

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate faculty advisor. Individual projects under faculty sponsorship.


Theatre

  
  • THEA 6150 - Teaching Practicum

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor and director of graduate studies. Analysis of textbooks, instructional materials, and discipline specific techniques in preparation for teaching undergraduate theatre courses.

  
  • THEA 6198 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre.

  
  • THEA 6241 - Advanced Acting

    Cr. 2. (2-0)
    Admission by audition only. Work on complex contemporary roles; the analysis and development of character in relationship to the text in monologues and scene work.

  
  • THEA 6242 - Advanced Directing

    Cr. 2. (2-0)
    An intense investigation of directing principles and techniques as they apply to experienced directors.

  
  • THEA 6298 - Special Problems

    Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment.
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre.

  
  • THEA 6301 - Acting

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies. Work on complex roles; analysis and development of character in relation to the text in monologues and scene work.

  
  • THEA 6304 - Mask Practicum

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    An intensive study of the evolution of masks in theatre with an emphasis on production and contemporary technology.

  
  • THEA 6305 - Movement for the Actor

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies. Study and application of movement training methods for performance.

  
  • THEA 6311 - Theatre Practicum

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing in HFA program and approval of director of graduate studies. Advanced creative work, under faculty supervision, in selected areas of theatre production. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • THEA 6312 - Design Portfolio

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 3362, THEA 3385 and THEA 3387. Integration, consolidation, and coordination of previous design work in scenic, costume, and/or lighting design to achieve professional presentation standards. Prepares student to meet professional expectations in portfolio presentation.

  
  • THEA 6313 - Acting in Comedy and Farce

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Application of advanced acting techniques to comedy/farce through monologues and scene work drawn from contemporary plays.

  
  • THEA 6314 - Five Approaches to Acting

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Acting methods: Stanislavski, episodic, masks, cultural anthropology, and storytelling.

  
  • THEA 6320 - Stage Management

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Techniques of planning, organizing, rehearsing, and running theatrical productions as stage manager, with emphasis on management strategies to serve differing situations.

  
  • THEA 6321 - Scene Painting

    Cr. 3.
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Series of demonstrations and practical application projects using materials, tools, and the techniques of textural and illusionistic scenic art.

  
  • THEA 6322 - Costume Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Costume design and portfolio review.

  
  • THEA 6323 - Advanced Costume Design and Production

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Advanced costume design and portfolio review.

  
  • THEA 6330 - Contemporary Theatre Practice

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies. Master classes taught by prominent professional theatre artists in various elements of theatre.

  
  • THEA 6331 - Acting and Directing Theory

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Major statements of eminent theatre artists from the Greeks to the present.

  
  • THEA 6332 - Acting

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Ensemble training; actor’s problems in preparing for major roles. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair.

  
  • THEA 6333 - Directing

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Training in directing oriented toward the production of a full-length play. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair.

  
  • THEA 6334 - Movement and Mime

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. History and techniques of mime and pantomime, general stage movement, period styles, fencing, and gymnastic techniques. Presentation of mime play. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair.

  
  • THEA 6335 - Scenery and Lighting Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Creative function of the scene and lighting designer in preparing visual elements of theatrical production. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • THEA 6336 - Technical Production

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Visual elements (scenic, costume, and lighting design) in a production as approached by the designer, director, and actor.

  
  • THEA 6337 - Makeup Design and Technology

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and successful demonstration of introductory makeup design and technology. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • THEA 6338 - Musical Theatre Collaboration

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Techniques of collaboration for composers, lyricists, bookwriters, directors, choreographers, producers, and designers in performance of new musical theatre works.

  
  • THEA 6339 - Directing Shakespeare

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. An examination and analysis of selected Shakespeare texts from the perspective of editing, interpretation, and staging.

  
  • THEA 6340 - Costume History

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Survey of costume history and design from Egyptian through modern times, with a concentration on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

  
  • THEA 6341 - Theatre Sound Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    A Study of the use of reproduced and reinforced sound in theatre productions including traditional methods, current technology, and the techniques and practical skills of sound design.

  
  • THEA 6343 - Voice for the Theatre

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 3331 or equivalent, or approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Overview and comparison of current methods of vocal training, development of director’s skill in recognizing, identifying, and correcting vocal problems as they arise in rehearsal.

  
  • THEA 6344 - Musical Theatre Workshop

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor. Interpretation, performance, and production of a new musical with visiting professionals.

  
  • THEA 6345 - Dialects for the Stage

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 3331 or equivalent, or approval of instructor. Advanced studies in specific regional American and foreign dialects. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • THEA 6346 - Auditioning for Theatre

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    A practical application of principles and techniques of auditioning for the professional theatre.

  
  • THEA 6347 - Musical Theatre Canon

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    The Broadway musical mid-century to the millennium.

  
  • THEA 6348 - Improvisation for Actors

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 1338 and THEA 1339. Acting exercises to unlock and unblock self to allow truth in character portrayal.

  
  • THEA 6349 - Scenic Design II

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 3385 or consent of instructor. Basic techniques incorporated into a comprehensive approach to scene design with assignments in the conceptual analysis and fulfillment of projects covering a wide variety of genres.

  
  • THEA 6350 - Teaching Practicum

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor and director of graduate studies. Analysis of textbooks, instructional materials, and discipline specific techniques in preparation for teaching undergraduate theatre courses.

  
  • THEA 6351 - Acting Through Props

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced acting concentrating on character development through the use of props and body.

  
  • THEA 6352 - Advanced Lighting Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 6351  or consent of the instructor. Implementation of lighting ideas, practice in the translation of ideas into actual designs, light plots, paperwork, use of equipment and the exploration of lighting styles.

  
  • THEA 6353 - Scenic Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite; consent of the instructor. The theory, practice, and history of scenic design with emphasis on the development and communication of ideas, script, analysis, visual research, and design concepts.

  
  • THEA 6354 - Advanced Scenic Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 6353  or consent of the instructor. Implementation of design concepts; practice in problem-solving, and use of two-dimensional and three-dimensional presentation techniques.

  
  • THEA 6355 - Lighting Design

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Stage lighting fundamentals, theories of light and color, equipment and control, instruments and switchboards.

  
  • THEA 6357 - Applied Theatre: Alley Theatre in Production

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. An examination of all aspects of performance, production and management of a professional regional theatre from first rehearsal through opening night.

  
  • THEA 6360 - Theatrical Wig Construction and Styling

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 2366 or THEA 6366  and consent of instructor. Fundamental techniques of ventilating, styling, and fronting human and synthetic hair wigs for use in theatrical productions. May repeat once for credit.

  
  • THEA 6362 - Dramatic Theory and Criticism

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. History of major creative and critical theories of dramaturgy from the Greeks to the present.

  
  • THEA 6363 - Costume Design for Stage I

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Fundamentals of costume design with an emphasis on various genres of theatrical production.

  
  • THEA 6364 - Costume Design for Stage II

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Design techniques incorporated into advanced projects in analysis and execution of various theatrical styles.

  
  • THEA 6365 - Costume History II

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Analysis of the cultural, sociological and aesthetic influences on western clothing 1800 to present.

  
  • THEA 6366 - Stage Makeup I

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Techniques of two and three dimensional makeup design and technology will be processed and applied to conceptual analysis of character.

  
  • THEA 6367 - Stage Makeup II

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: THEA 6366 . Advanced Techniques of three dimensional makeup design and technology will be integrated into a wide variety of production styles.

  
  • THEA 6368 - Costume Design for Dance

    Cr. 3. (2-2)
    Prerequisite: Costume Design I and consent of instructor. Fundamentals of costume design as they apply to choreography, dance, and music with implementation into realized production values.

  
  • THEA 6372 - Playwriting Workshop

    Cr. 3. (3-0)
    Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • THEA 6373 - Costume Construction

    Cr. 3. (2-3)
    Prerequisite: THEA 2335 or consent of instructor. Theory and practice of building theatrical clothing and costume properties. Costume construction techniques, drafting, draping, sewing, fitting, millinery, jewelry making, painting, dyeing, and accessory crafting.

 

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