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SOC 5630 - Gender and Justice
This course provides an overview of the relatively recent field of women, crime and justice, with particular direction guided by an issues approach. A wide variety of current research and theory in this realm are critically examined. The specific subtopics covered in this course encompass gender and discrimination in society at large, within the sociological/criminological academy, and within the criminal justice system. Broad feminist theoretical and methodological perspectives are drawn upon to contour the examination of women as criminal offenders, as victims of crimes such as rape and intimate violence, and as professional workers within the criminal justice system.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SOC 5680 - Race, Ethnicity, and Justice
This course addresses the multicultural dynamics that effect the definitions (s) and distribution of justice in the United States. The primary focus is the differential treatment of African Americans, American Indians, Latinos, and Asian Americans throughout the major institutions of society, particularly the legal institution. A critical analysis of the social, political, and economic forces that support the current social structure will direct the inquiry.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SOC 5780 - Sociology of Law
An examination of legal organization, the legal profession, and legal norms in the United States and other western societies. Emphasis will be placed upon the relationship between the legal system and the society in which it functions.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SOC 5900 - Variable Topics in Sociology
An examination of a selected topic in the field of sociology. The focus of the course may be theoretical, methodological, or substantive. Possible topics could include feminist theory, sampling and survey design, poverty, and cultural studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SOC 5980 - Directed Individual Study
A program of independent study (reading or research) to provide the unusually qualified sociology student with the opportunity to explore a topic or problem of interest, under the guidance of one of the faculty of the department. The initiative for planning the topic for investigation must come from the student. Approval is contingent upon the merit of the proposal. Maximum of four hours may be applied toward master’s degree.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and the department chairperson.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: Enrollment beyond the first semester may be either for the same topic or for a new topic. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SOC 6000 - Proseminar in Sociology
There are three major goals for this course. First, it will expose new graduate students to the full range of departmental faculty, their research, and their teaching interests. Second, it will assess the current state of the discipline, focusing on substantive, methodological, and/or theoretical issues. Third, it will begin the professional socialization of the student with respect to departmental policies, procedures, and requirements.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6020 - Sociological Theory I
An intensive and critical study of major sociological theories developed in the 19th and first half of the 20th century. The course will examine major theorists that are part of the European and American classical traditions, as well as contemporary authors seeking to expand on these traditions. The course will examine the historical context of social theories, key methods used in analysis, explanatory logic’s of social structure, interaction and change, patterns of influence among theorists, and the uses of theory for analyzing social problems and issues.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6030 - Contemporary Theory: Culture, Social Action, and Society
An intensive and critical study of contemporary sociological theories. The course will focus on the problem of how the society that human beings make-and live through their social action-is structured by historically created cultural systems. Both modernist and post-modernist critiques of culture will be examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6020
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6040 - Sociological Theory II
An intensive and critical study of key directions in sociological thought in the second half of the 20th century and the first part of the 21st century. The course will examine the historical context of social theories, key methods used n analysis, explanatory logic’s and social structures, interaction and change, patterns of influence among theorists, and the uses of theory for analyzing social problems and issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6020
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6050 - Studies in Sociological Theory: Variable Topics
Advanced study and exploration, following seminar format, of topics of interest to faculty and students, for example: various role theory formulations and their usefulness in understanding social behavior, ethno-methodology, philosophy of science, experimental design, Marx, Weber, or other selected theorists.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6060 - Research Design and Data Collection I
This course is designed to provide experience with the formulation of research problems and exposure to a range of quantitative and qualitative data gathering techniques. Logistical and ethical issues associated with the various techniques will be discussed (e.g., sampling, informed consent). Students will have experience identifying and collecting archival and observational data, as well as constructing and executing a simple experiment.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6070 - Logic and Analysis of Social Research I
This course is designed to provide a thorough grounding in basic univariate and bivariate descriptive and inferential statistics for social scientists. Manipulation and processing of data using SPSS also will be covered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6060
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6200 - Research Design and Data Collection II
This course focuses on some of the methodological problems and issues related to the design of sociological research and the collection of data (e.g., validity, reliability). Emphasis will be placed on the selection and design of appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods and their consequences for the research process. Students will have experience with the analysis of textual or documentary information, the design and administration of focus groups, and the construction of a sample survey.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6060 with a grade of “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6210 - Logic and Analysis of Social Research II
This course offers an in depth coverage of multiple regression, including diagnosis and correction of assumption violations, use of discrete variables in multiple regression analysis, and an introduction to path analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6070 with a grade of “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6240 - Professional Writing and Teaching Practicum
This course is a practicum in two primary skills needed by professional sociologists: writing and teaching. Lectures, discussions, activities and assignments will be equally divided between the types of professional writing common for sociologists (including but not limited to funding proposals, technical reports, and scholarly journal articles) and the components of successful teaching at the college level (including but not limited to syllabus development, course structure and content, and developing lectures).
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6300 - Studies in Social Problems: Designated Topics
A detailed study of a social problem area through student reports and seminar discussion. Instructor will select specific topic. Course is intended to provide intensive joint exploration of significant sociological issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6430 - Seminar in Medical Sociology
An advanced seminar in some specialized aspect of medical sociology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6510 - Social Psychological Theory
A study of major theoretical approaches in social psychology and their methodological and substantive implications.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 3200
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6600 - Theoretical Issues in Criminology
This course provides a basic overview of criminological theories and theoretical perspectives. With this as a foundation, theories will be critically analyzed and applied to criminal and delinquent behavior. In addition, issues of theory building and integration will be addressed.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6630 - Comparative Criminology
An analysis in depth of crime as this phenomenon is viewed in Sweden, Germany, Poland, and other eastern and western European countries. Emphasis is placed on theoretical and etiological approaches in different societies, and the applicability and tests of theories in these societies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6640 - Studies in Criminology: Variable Topics
This seminar is designed to provide in depth analysis and assessment of various substantive topics within criminology, including race and crime, gender and crime, capital punishment, and/or specific types of criminal behaviors.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6650 - Research Issues in Criminology
An advanced course emphasizing: (1) The examination of current issues in the measurement and analysis of crime, and (2) Development of research skills relevant to criminological research. Students will demonstrate their mastery of research skills by conducting their own analysis of crime data.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6730 - Formal Organization
This course analyzes the nature of large-scale, formal organizations, concentrating on their structure, types of organizational goals, processes of control, authority and leadership, and the relationship of organizations to their social environment. Examples of organizations will be selected from different areas such as education, government, medicine, science, leisure, and industry.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6750 - Studies in Comparative Sociology: Variable Topics
Intensive analysis of selected topics using a comparative frame of reference. The seminar will focus on such topics as major theoretical perspectives, methodological issues, and interpretation of studies of such institutions as: educational systems, industrial systems, and family systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6800 - Studies in Research Methodology: Variable Topics
A seminar on advanced theoretical and methodological problems which are important to systematic research in sociology. Suggested specialized topics include: philosophy of the social sciences relationship between theory and research, and model building and testing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6810 - Advanced Multivariate Analysis
This course covers multivariate statistical techniques, including such topics as time-series analysis; structural equation modeling; confirmatory factor analysis; hierarchical modeling techniques; linear probability, logit, tobit, and probit estimation of models with discrete dependent variables; and logistic regression.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 6210
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6820 - Qualitative Methods
This course covers important techniques in qualitative sociological research, including participant observation and in-depth interviewing. Students will study and practice these methods, incorporating issues of recording and coding data and the ethical norms governing such research. They will also address theoretical and epistemological issues related to the place of qualitative methods in the sociological toolkit.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6870 - Evaluation Research I
The basic purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the various research techniques for evaluating action agencies through a survey of the literature, study of evaluation models, and study of techniques and procedures used in evaluation.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 6880 - Methods of Survey Research
This course is a research seminar structured to provide practical experience in the use of social surveys. Both applied and disciplinary utilizations will be studied as will the conceptualization and measurement phases of survey design, the implications of the cognitive processes at work in survey research, the analysis of survey data, and the administration of large scale survey projects.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7000 - Master’s Thesis
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application, department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7120 - Professional Field Experience
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 12 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7250 - Doctoral Research Seminar
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7300 - Doctoral Dissertation
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application, department and Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 15 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SOC 7350 - Graduate Research
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course descriptions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application and department approval.
Credits: 2 to 10 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 5020 - Spanish for Graduate Study
Spanish instruction for graduate students enrolled in a degree program who need knowledge of Spanish for their field of study. Students will sit in appropriate level course for learning.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Approval of department of student’s graduate program and approval of Department of Spanish.
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
Restrictions May not be taken by undergraduate students in any field nor by graduate students of Spanish.
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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SPAN 5260 - Survey of Spanish Literature to the 18th Century
A survey of Spanish literature from its origin to, and including, the seventeenth century.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170, and SPAN 3250.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5270 - Survey of Spanish Literature from the 18th Century to the Present
A survey of Spanish literature from the eighteenth century to the present.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170 and SPAN 3250.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5280 - Survey of Spanish American Literature to Modernismo
A survey of Spanish American literature from its origin to the era of Modernismo (late 19th century).
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170 and SPAN 3250.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5290 - Survey of Spanish American Literature from Modernismo to the Present
A survey of Spanish American literature from late 19th century to the present.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170 and SPAN 3250.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5400 - Studies in Spanish Linguistics
Topics vary according to area and will be announced. Each of these courses carries separate credit, although all are listed under 5400. Topics include: Old Spanish - Evolution of the Spanish language from Latin. Spanish Language and Contemporary Society - The relationship between the Spanish language and modern Spanish culture. Spanish Word Formation - The creation of nouns, verbs, and adjectives in Spanish. Spanish Sound Systems - The organization of sound patterns and stress in Spanish. Spanish Dialectology - Differences in Spanish pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar in different regions of the Spanish-speaking world. Spanish in Contact - How exposure to other languages affects the Spanish spoken by bilinguals. Structure of Spanish Language - Word order and principles of grammatical organization in Spanish.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170 and SPAN 3240.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5500 - Independent Study in Spanish
Directed, individual study of a specific topic in a Spanish literary or linguistic area.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: One of the following: SPAN 5260, SPAN 5270, SPAN 5280, SPAN 5290 or SPAN 5600; and department approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Restrictions Not open to minors.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5570 - Modern Language Instruction I
This course informs prospective teachers about the principles and practices of modern language instruction. Students study second language acquisition theory and approaches to teaching the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing as well as grammer and culture. Students must complete this course and achieve a minimum score of Advanced Low on the OPI exam prior to their directed teaching internship.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPAN 5580 - Modern Language Instruction II
This course further educates prospective teachers about the principles and practices of modern language instruction. Students engage in hands-on practice in various realms such as lesson planning, materials development, the delivery of lessons and comprehensible Spanish input in the classroom, and testing. Students must complete this course and achieve a minimum score of Advanced Low on the OPI exam prior to their directed-teaching internship.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 5600 - Studies in Spanish Literatures
Topic varies according to genre, author, or period and will be announced. Each of these courses carries separate credit, although all are listed under 5600. Thus, a student may take any or all of the offerings at various times. Representative topics which may be treated in this area include: Modern Spanish Women Writers; Modern Spanish Theatre; Modern Spanish-American Theatre; Fable and Fantasy in Early Spain; Spanish-American Literature and Film; Humor in Spanish Theatre; Sex, Lies, and Manuscripts in the Spanish Middle Ages; The Spanish-American Short Story; Spanish Short Story and Poetry; Literature of the Spanish Civil War.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170 and SPAN 3250.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPAN 6000 - Don Quijote
An in depth study of Cervantes’ masterpiece. Emphasis is on literary analysis, but attention will also be paid to Cervantes’ language.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6050 - The Linguistic Systems of Spanish
Recommended for graduate students of Spanish with little or no prior experience in linguistics. This course provides a foundation in the areas of Spanish linguistics that focus on language structure at various levels. Areas covered may include phonology (sound contrasts, syllable structure, stress, intonation), articulatory and acoustic phonetics (pronunciation and perception), morphology (word formation), and syntax (phrase and sentence structure). The course prepares students for the advanced study of more specialized topics in Spanish linguistics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Acceptance into M.A. or Ph.D. in Spanish, or PTG status and instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6070 - Variations and Changes in Spanish
Recommended for graduate students of Spanish with little or no prior experience in linguistics. This course provides a foundation in the areas of Spanish linguistics that study how the Spanish language and its usage vary and change through time, place, context, and circumstance. Areas covered may include temporal variation (history of the Spanish language), regional variation (Spanish dialectology, Spanish in contact), contextual variation (Spanish pragmatics), social variation (Spanish sociolinguistics), as well as issues in the documentation of such variation (Spanish documentary linguistics). The course prepares students for the advanced study of more specialized topics in Spanish linguistics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Acceptance into M.A. or Ph.D. in Spanish, or PTG status and instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6100 - Topics in Hispanic Culture
The advanced study of selected aspects of Hispanic culture.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Course varies according to topic and may be repeated with advisor approval. Representative topics include: Non-Castilian Spanish Cultures: Galicia, Euskadi and Catalunya; The Way of St. James and Medieval Tradition; Contemporary Spanish Cinema; Women in Spanish Society; Hispanic Culture in the United States; Ideas and Ideology in Contemporary Latin America; Spanish American Popular Culture. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6200 - Topics in Spanish Literature
The advanced study of selected aspects of Spanish literature. Course varies according to topic and may be repeated with advisor approval. Representative topics include: Medieval Spanish Literature; Golden Age Poetry and Theatre; Golden Age Prose; Cervantes: Galatea, Novelas ejemplares, Persiles y Segismunda; Nineteenth Century Literature; Generation of 1898; Contemporary Spanish Theatre; Modern Spanish Theatre; Modern Spanish Poetry. Open to Graduate students only.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPAN 6260 - Graduate Survey of Spanish Literature to 18th Century
A survey of Spanish literature from its origins to the eighteenth century.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6270 - Graduate Survey of Spanish Literature from the 18th Century to the Present
A survey of Spanish literature from the eighteenth century to the present.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6280 - Graduate Survey of Latin American Literature to Modernismo
A survey of Spanish American literature from its origins to Modernismo.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6290 - Graduate Survey of Latin American Literature from Modernismo to the Present
A survey of Spanish American literature from Modernismo to the present.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6300 - Topics in Spanish American Literature
The advanced study of selected aspects of Spanish American Literature. Course varies according to topic and may be repeated with advisor approval. Representative topics include: Literature of the Colonial Period; Nineteenth Century Literature; Spanish American Modernismo; Contemporary Spanish American Fiction; Spanish American Essay; Spanish American Poetry. Open to Graduate students only.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPAN 6400 - Topics in Spanish Linguistics and Methodology
The advanced study of selected aspects of Spanish linguistics and methodology.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Course varies according to topic and may be repeated with advisor approval. Representative topics include General Survey of Spanish Linguistics; History of the Spanish Language; Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis; Spanish Syntax; Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6500 - Methods of Teaching College Spanish
Recommended for new teaching assistants in Spanish. Establishes the methodology for teaching Spanish language at the university level. Some areas covered are: How to teach in the target language; the development of appropriate classroom tasks and activities; evaluating and testing; and aspects of second language acquisition theory. Participants create and share materials to be used in their own language classrooms.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Acceptance into Spanish M.A. program, or PTG status and instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6600 - History of the Spanish Language
This course focuses on different aspects involved in the development of the Spanish language. Topics to be considered may include, among others, the evolution of different linguistic systems of Spanish and the sociocultural factors and context that influenced its development. The course will entail analysis of texts that reflect changes in language usage and attitudes toward language.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Open only to graduate students admitted to Spanish curriculum or by approval of Spanish graduate advisor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6700 - Trends in Literary Criticism
This course introduces students to significant trends in modern literary theory by focusing on representative theorists and the application of various critical methodologies. Literary genres and texts will be examined in light of specific theoretical writings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Open only to graduate students admitted to Spanish curriculum or by approval of Spanish graduate advisor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 6770 - Foreign Study
Student participation in departmentally approved program of study abroad.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of Spanish graduate advisor and departmental chairperson.
Credits: 1 to 12 hours
Notes: Repeatable for credit with advisor’s approval for up to 24 credit hours. Open to Graduate students only.
When Offered: 1-12 hrs.Fall, Spring 1-6 hrs. Summer I, Summer II
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SPAN 6900 - Seminar
Intensive study of a particular author or of a literary, linguistic, or cultural topic.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Course varies according to topic and may be repeated with advisor approval. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 7100 - Independent Research
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course description.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPAN 7300 - Doctoral Dissertation
Please refer to The Graduate College section for course description.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Graduate College approval.
Credits: 1 to 15 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 5000 - Topical Issues in Educating Learners with Disabilities
This course provides a survey or in-depth coverage of current issues directly related to the education of learners with disabilities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. The course may be repeated for credit.
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SPED 5040 - Teaching Practicum in Special Education
This course provides the student with a structured assignment working with a learner who is at-risk or has a disability. It is intended to enable the students to demonstrate skills in assessment and prescription and in the implementation and evaluation of a tutorial plan of instruction for a specific learner in a mainstreamed or self-contained setting.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPED 5300 and SPED 5330; and concurrent enrollment in SPED 5340.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions Restricted to Graduate students only.
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
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SPED 5300 - Introduction to Special Education
This course introduces students to the characteristics and needs of learners with sensory, physical, mental, emotional, and learning disabilities. Students develop an understanding of the psychological, sociological, philosophical, legal, and educational aspects of each type of disability.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5330 - Introduction to Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making in Special Education
Provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to assess learners with disabilities for the purpose of survey-level assessment or intervention development. Curriculum=based measurement and other types of formative assessment are emphasized. Traditional, norm-referenced assessment is introduced.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Graduate students only.
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SPED 5340 - Curriculum and Instruction in Special Education
Focuses on curriculum and instruction for learners with mild and moderate disabilities. Emphasis is placed on planning standards-based, differentiated instruction and intervention to meet diverse needs of learners with special needs and learners at risk of being identified with disabilities. Additional topics include: service delivery systems, roles of teachers and ancillary personnel, legal requirements, and major issues confronting the field of special education.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 5330 (may be taken concurrently); Corequisite: SPED 5040.
Credits: 3 hrs.
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5400 - Introduction to Cognitive Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of cognitive impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5450
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5450 - Education of Learners with Mild and Moderate Cognitive Impairments
This course focuses on understanding the ways in which teachers organize curriculum and implement assessment and instruction to ensure maximum learning for students with mild and moderate cognitive impairments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequiste: SPED 5400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5700 - Introduction to Emotional Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of emotional impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5750
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5750 - Education of Learners with Emotional Impairments
This course focuses on understanding the ways in which teachers organize curriculum and implement assessment and instruction to ensure maximum learning for students with emotional impairments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5700
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5800 - Introduction to Learning Disabilities
This course provides an introduction to the field of learning disabilities. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5850 - Advanced Theory and Practice in Learning Disabilities
Explores theories of learning disabilities, including an in-depth examination of controversies in the field. Also, examines issues and practices relating to the instruction of students with learning disabilities, including assessment and identification of learning disabilities, and intervention options.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 5800
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students.
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SPED 5980 - Readings in Special Education
This course is designed for advanced students interested in independent study. Topics chosen must be approved by the instructor and the department chairperson.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. May be repeated for credit.
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SPED 5990 - Topics in Special Education
This course provides a survey or in-depth coverage of topics directly related to the education of learners with disabilities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students. This course may be repeated for credit.
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SPED 6112 - Universal Design for Learning
This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skill in the conceptualization, construction, adaptation, and evaluation of instructional programs and instructional plans based on principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and accommodating to state and national curricular trends and issues. The UDL principles emphasizes use of multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement during assessment, instructional planning, and instructional delivery to accommodate diverse needs of learners with disabilities, and learners from diverse cultural backgrounds. Additional topics include: service delivery systems, roles of teachers and ancillary personnel, legal requirements in terms of curriculum planning and teaching, and major issues that confront the field of special education.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6113 - Culturally-Responsive Practices in Special Education
Students will learn evidence-based evaluation and intervention practices with culturally diverse populations (including but not limited to ethnic, geopgraphic, religious, and socio-economic diversity). This course will cover research investigating educational programs and instructional strategies that support improved long term academic outcomes for students from culturally diverse backgrounds and how this body of research can inform practices in Special Education.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6150 - Transition-Focused Education and Services for Individuals with Disabilities
This course examines issues regarding effective transition education and services for youths with disabilities. The focal point of course content is on designing and implementing research-based practices that meet federal and state mandates regarding transition services. Instruction emphasizes active learning strategies that facilitate the application of course content to each student’s professional context. Course topics include applying a transition perspective of education, student-focused planning, student development, interagency collaboration, and family involvement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6200 - Advanced Assessment in Schools
This course examines assessment in education, emphasizing assessment and evaluation of at-risk and special needs children and adolescents. The course prepares educators to engage in reflective decision making and research-based professional practice that results in effective instructional and intervention programs for diverse groups of learners. The course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary 1) to be educated consumers of assessment data shared in schools, and 2) to collect and to use a wide variety of assessment data in general and special education at the individual student, classroom, and building levels.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6210 - Curriculum Development for Learners with Disabilities
This course is designed to provide experienced special education personnel with knowledge and skill in the conceptualization, construction, adaptation, and evaluation of instructional programs for learners with disabilities, including accommodating to state and national curricular trends and issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6290 - Secondary ED Inclusive Practices
The course prepares educators to provide for the individual special learning needs of students with learning and behavioral differences who are integrated into the general education program. Students will be provided with an overview of Special Education with an emphasis on emerging perspectives. Topics to be examined will include: Universal Design for Learning (UDL), effective teaching practices within a Multi-tiered framework including accommodations and modifications, co-teaching in inclusive settings, and observing, recording, and monitoring students’ progress.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions Restricted to Master of Arts in Teaching students.
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6300 - Clinical Practice in Special Education
This course serves as a clinical/practical experience within the Master Teacher Program and the Clinical Teacher Program. Students will apply their knowledge and skills in a clinical setting with youngsters with varying handicapping conditions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only. This course is offered on a credit/no credit basis.
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SPED 6360 - Topical Seminar in Special Education
This course provides a survey or in-depth coverage of topics directly related to the education of learners with disabilities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only. The course may be repeated for credit.
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SPED 6370 - Applications of Research in Special Education
This course is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills in research and evaluation in special education. The course will survey research methods typically used in school-base research, and will emphasize the use of single-subject research methodology.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6380 - Applications of Behavior Analysis in Special Education
Introduces the foundations of behavior analysis. Specific applications of behavior analysis in general and special education settings are emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6381 - School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
The course will provide a detailed examination of service delivery within a multi-tiered system of support, specifically focusing on universal (Tier 1), strategic (Tier 2) and intensive individualized (Tier 3) approaches to positive behavior support processes in elementary and secondary educational settings. In particular, the course content will cover the foundations necessary for schools to implement school-wide positive behavior support including commitment to the process, the development of a team, knowledge of applied behavior analysis and data-based decision making, and the supports and strategies necessary at each of the three levels.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 6380
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6382 - Intensive Interventions for Challenging Behaviors
This course builds from the foundational skills taught to students in Applications of Behavior Analysis in Special Education. Instruction centers on interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders across four primary areas: (a) school-wide systems of positive behavior supports, (b) evidenced based Tier-2 Interventions, (c) functional behavioral assessment (FBA), and (d) the design and implementation of individualized behavior interventions plans (BIP). This course aims to support the continued development of students’ knowledge base in applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports. Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to identify the function of a student’s problem behavior and develop and appropriate intervention plan to support the child’s educational growth.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 6380
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only
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SPED 6390 - Evidence-Based Instructional Practices: Autism
Provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills required in the application of evidence-based instructional interventions to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities in educational settings. Among the topics covered are: functional assessment, positive behavioral supports, effective skill instruction, assistive technology, reinforcement-based interventions for problem behavior, and functional communication training.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 6380
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6400 - Organization and Administration of Services for Learners with Disabilities
This course examines the principles and practices of organization and administration of special education programs at the state, intermediate, and local levels.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6410 - Supervision of Special Education Programs and Services
This course is designed to provide the experienced special educator with specific knowledge and skills necessary for supervising personnel who are providing both direct and indirect services to learners with disabilities. Emphasis is placed on procedures utilized in selecting personnel, identifying resources for program development and support, facilitating change in teacher behavior, and evaluating the effectiveness of program operations and personnel.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6430 - Legal Issues in Special Education
Pending special education legislation, existing laws, and regulations at the national, state, and local levels will be examined. Legal issues in the context of the development and implementation of special education programs will be considered.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6500 - Seminar on Special Education in Higher Education
This course examines the structure of higher education and the roles a faculty member plays within a department, a college, and a university (e.g., teaching competence, professional recognition, and service). In addition, current issues in higher education and teacher education will be examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6560 - Seminar: Current Issues in Special Education
This course is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of current issues in the field of special education and in the various specific areas of exceptionality. Issues relating to the interface of general and special education will also be explored. Utilizing skills acquired in SPED 6010, students will be expected to review, evaluate and present information on the various topics considered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6610 - Collaboration and Consultation in Special Education
Provides students with the knowledge and skills needed for effective collaboration, teaming and problem-solving in school and agency settings. Emphasis is placed on components of effective communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and the various direct and indirect service delivery models that can be used to facilitate the success of all learners.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6620 - Service Delivery Models that Foster Collaboration
This course is designed to acquaint students with the service delivery models that foster collaboration presently in the schools as well as rural and urban communities. Students will demonstrate collaboration and teaming skills through urban and rural field experiences.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 6610 and department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6630 - Professional Field Experience in Collaboration
This course will provide students with hands-on, field experience in the use of collaboration for interagency teams in urban and rural settings. Students will be placed in a school or agency serving students with special needs and participate in the facilitation of a transdisciplinary approach to problem solving.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval, SPED 6610, and concurrent enrollment in SPED 6620.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6655 - Coaching Classroom Management
The purpose of this course is to provide strategies and tools that enable an instructional coach or behavior intervention specialist to have a positive influence and impact on the behavior management skills and practices of classroom teachers in general and special education settings. The focus of this course will be how coaches can assist classroom teachers, in a non-evaluative context, to implement evidence-based proactive and positive instructional strategies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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SPED 6740 - Intern Teaching in Special Education
This final field experience is open only for special education graduate students who have completed all of their special education endorsement requirements. It will consist of full-time intern teaching in an appropriate educational setting serving students with disabilities. Students will participate in all phases of the school program to which they are assigned.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 6 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only. This course is graded on a credit/no credit basis.
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SPED 6750 - Internship in College Teaching
This course is designed specifically for students officially admitted to the doctoral program in special education. The student will be expected to evidence ability to plan and execute instructional tasks, develop and apply appropriate evaluative techniques, and interpret students’ performances.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Graduate students only.
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