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ACC 535 - Advanced Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
This is an advanced course in the study of the various managerial uses of accounting information, how to develop consistant, meaningful information and how to apply this knowledge to practical situations. Emphasis will be on readings, cases, and problems dealing with managerial accounting issues, accounting concepts, budgeting and cost control, and accounting information used in planning.
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ACC 599 - Special Topics in Accounting Credits: 1-3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics of subjects of current interest in the field of Accounting that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered. May be repeated with change in content.
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BU 599 - Special Topics in Business Credits: 1-3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Business that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered. May be repeated with change in content.
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EC 515 - Managerial Economics Credits: 3
Examination of theoretical and analytical tools of economics used by business managers. Economic analysis of prices and market institutions and how they coordinate the actions of diverse individuals in society in the use of resources in production and the exchange of goods and services for consumption. Emphasis on consumer choice and firm choice, cost analysis, pricing and output decisions under various competitive scenarios, as well as non-price competition. Attention is paid to economic theory, theory application, and empirical analysis.
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EC 599 - Special Topics in Economics Credits: 1-3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Economics that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered. May be repeated with change in content.
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ED 449 - Instructional Assessment Practices and Procedures Credits: 3
This course provides professionals with skills in the application of assessment practices and procedures necessary for decision-making in planning and differentiating instruction.
Also Listed As: ED 549
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ED 451 - Managing the Instructional Environment Credits: 3
This course focuses on the structure of the instructional environment and its relevance of the learner’s motivation, development, and behavior.
Also Listed As: ED 551
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ED 500 - Educational Research Credits: 3
This course offers instruction in the basic skills of analyzing educational research, understanding various research designs, and conducting an action research study.
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ED 502 - Special Problems Credits: 3
This course meets State Department of Education requirements for renewal of certificates that have been expired for more than 5 years.
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ED 503 - Instructional Technology Credits: 3
This course will focus on fundamental concepts and skills for applying instructional technologies to educational settings and for making decisions regarding the most appropriate use. The instructional technologies include authoring/development software, multimedia computers, electronic presentation/projection systems, Internet access, and TV/VCR applications. This course is an elective for education majors and recommended for graduate students.
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ED 504 - Advanced Educational Psychology Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint students with the different theories of learning and to study the assumptions about learning which underlie various educational practices. Students will explore some of the current trends in learning theory and reserach as they apply to education.
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ED 514 - The Professional Role of Educators Credits: 3
This course focuses on the need for educators to serve as positive change agents as they strengthen schools from within. Students will enhance their own professional development by examining their roles as leaders, scholars, researchers, student advocates, and parent/community liaisons.
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ED 515 - Literature for the Adolescent Credits: 3
This course examines the needs of the adolescent reader in upper elementary grades through high school. The history of young adult literature is surveyed, and the rationale for the use of this genre with adolescent students is provided. Curriculum strategies for using young adult literature in the classroom for middle school students are identified.
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ED 516 - Understanding Gifted Populations Credits: 3
This course includes study, research and analysis of psychological characteristics, identification procedures, assessment procedures, and learning modes of gifted populations. (Required for certification to teach gifted children in grades K-12; required course in graduate program in gifted studies).
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ED 517 - Methods, Materials and Resources for Teaching the Gifted Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 516
This course is a study of program materials, curricula models and methodologies applicable to the teaching of the gifted. (Required for certification to teach gifted children in grades K-12; required course in graduate program in gifted studies).
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ED 520 - Foundations of Education Credits: 3
This course examines the historical and philosophical foundations of education as well as the social forces impacting schools in modern times. Using both a chronological and a topical frame-of-reference, the students will analyze American educational leaders, trends, and movements in their general political, social, intellectual, and economic contexts.
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ED 523 - Early Reading Literacy Development (Pre-K-3) Credits: 3
This course is designed to address essential skills and concepts for beginning literacy development. Language development, phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and motivation will be incorporated from a comprehensive reading perspective.
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ED 524 - Expanding Reading Literacy Development (Grades 4-12) Credits: 3
This course is designed to encompass reading/literacy instruction from fourth through twelfth grades. Decoding, comprehension, fluency, attitudes, motivation, and engagement will be addressed. Issues and trends in expanding reading will be researched and classroom programs will be investigated.
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ED 527 - Content and Disciplinary Literacy Credits: 3
This course is designed to address content area in all grade levels through an integrated approach to literacy.
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ED 530 - Affective & Social Needs of the Gifted Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 516
This course examines the nature of giftedness, the counseling process, and strategies specifically developed for counseling the gifted student.
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ED 531 - Capstone: Effective Reading Literacy Programs Credits: 3
Prerequisite: 18 hours in literacy be completed prior to this course
Effective Reading Programs is the capstone course for the Master of Education in Reading/Literacy program. This course has two primary goals: 1) to develop a clear understanding of what constitutes balanced reading/literacy instruction across the developmental continuum and 2) to consider what can be done to improve reading/literacy achievement in our schools. The first goal will focus on what is known about the development of effective reading/literacy programs from the literature. The second goal will include the study of effective reading/literacy programs through an examination of the school and the classroom. Case studies on school change will be studied and participants will consider how schools/districts can improve their reading instruction.
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ED 532 - Literature for the Child and Adolescent Credits: 3
This course is designed to offer a survey of current and classic children’s literature with an emphasis on multicultural literature in grades Pre-K-6. Issues and trends in children’s literature will be researched and evaluations of quality literature across genres will be conducted.
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ED 534 - Process Writing Credits: 3
This course will address instructional strategies to develop and implement a process writing program for the classroom. The focus will be on instruction and performance assessment designed to take pieces of writing through the stages of the editing process (pre-writing), during writing (draft), conferencing, after writing (final copy), and publishing.
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ED 538 - Understanding Individual Learning Differences Credits: 3
This course focuses on the use of learning theories to understand the needs of diverse learners and to create responsive learning environments.
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ED 548 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Diverse Learners Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 538
This course is designed to provide the student with educational strategies and resources that can be used effectively with diverse learners.
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ED 549 - Instructional Assessment Practices and Procedures Credits: 3
This course provides professionals with skills in the application of assessment practices and procedures necessary for decision-making in planning and differentiating instruction.
Also Listed As: ED 449
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ED 551 - Managing the Instructional Environment Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 538 /ED 548
This course focuses on the structure of the instructional environment and its relevance of the learner’s motivation, development, and behavior.
Also Listed As: ED 451
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ED 552 - Curriculum Development Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 517 (Gifted) or ED 548 (MAT, DI)
This course is a study of the theoretical bases and practical applications for curriculum work. Special attention will be given to specific procedures to follow and concepts to consider in creating curriculum experiences.
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ED 554 - Collaboration Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 538 /ED 548
This course is designed to prepare professionals for the role of co-teacher, collaborator, and consultant
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ED 560 - Independent Study in Education Credits: 1-6
Course taught at irregular intervals or upon demand of at least 6 students; course developed to meet special needs, times or current relevant topics in the education area.
On demand
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ED 564 - Effective Literacy Assessment and Intervention Credits: 3
The focus of this course is the role of the teacher as a diagnostician in the classroom. Students will learn how to administer measures of literacy assessments that can be used for individuals or whole groups. Students will analyze data and plan appropriate interventions. Students will examine clinical and classroom diagnostic methods, explore the theoretical foundations for these practices, and discuss practical applications.
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ED 566 - Internship in MAT Credits: 3
This course is the clinical supervision of the MAT program. Intern teachers will meet regularly with their university supervisor to reflect upon instructional planning, classroom experiences, problems, and decisions they have made as classroom teachers. Students will maintain a reflective journal on the teaching experience.
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ED 592 - Capstone in Differentiated Instruction Credits: 3
This special topics course focuses on trends and issues characteristic of subject areas in the elementary school curriculum; emphasis is on educational reform designed to enhance student learning.
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ED 593 - Internship in Differentiated Instruction Credits: 3
This course is the provision of practical training in differentiated instruction in various education centers which meet the needs/specifications of the individual graduate student under the supervision of a faculty member.
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ED 594 - Atypical Populations of the Gifted Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 516
This course is an in-depth study of the unique needs and special motivational problems of a variety of atypical populations of gifted students. Attention will be directed to the culturally diverse gifted, economically disadvantaged gifted, underachieving gifted, gifted handicapped, gifted females, the highly gifted, and gifted preschoolers.
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ED 595 - Program Development and Evaluation Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 516
This course is a study of various alternative settings, program options and models for gifted students. Procedures for systematic and comprehensive program development and evaluation will be examined. Other key issues faced by administrators or teachers of gifted programs will be addressed, such as program articulation, building support systems, and funding sources.
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ED 596 - Capstone: Trends and Issues in Gifted Studies Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Minimum of 12 hours of graduate courses in gifted studies including ED 516 , ED 517
This course is a study of the expanding dimensions of gifted education to include new directions for identification and programming and the implications of new paradigms for research and practice.
Note: This course is considered a “capstone” for the gifted program.
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ED 598 - Internship in Gifted Studies Credits: 3
This course is the provision of practical training in gifted studies in various education centers which meet the needs/specifications of the individual graduate student under the supervision of a faculty member.
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ED 599 - Internship in Reading Literacy Credits: 3
This course provides the student with a 40 hour clinical experience in a supervised setting. Interns administer diagnostic assessment and implement instruction based on the results.
Note: This internship is designed to be the final course of the series.
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ED 600 - Leadership through Action Research for School Improvement Credits: 3
This course offers instruction in the skills of analyzing Educational research, understanding various research designs, and conducting an action research study.
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ED 614 - Leadership through Building a Culture of Professionalism Credits: 3
This course focuses on the need for school leaders to expand their professional roles as leaders, researchers, scholars, and advocates. Candidates will learn and practice the skills needed to become effective leaders and change agents in the educational community.
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ED 620 - Leadership through Developing a Vision to Build a Collaborative Learning Community and Foster School Improvement Credits: 3
This course focuses on the development of a vision for a positive culture in a collaborative learning community and the development of skills needed to foster school improvement. Participants will analyze their own leadership skills. Current leadership practices and theory, including systematic performance accountability and organizational change, will be examined in the context of their meaning in creating positive, collaborative learning organizations. Participants will examine models of whole school reform and conduct field based analyses of schools in relation to concepts studied.
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ED 630 - Leadership through Instructional Supervision Credits: 3
This course focuses on an understanding of instruction and how to effectively supervise, guide, and develop appropriate instructional practice. Cognitive coaching, clinical supervision and evaluation of teachers will be covered
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ED 638 - Leadership through Supporting Diverse Learners Credits: 3
This course focuses on understanding of special education and other special populations programs found in the public schools. Legal requirements, characteristics of inclusive settings, and effective strategies for implementing and sustaining educational adaptations for students from special populations will be covered.
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ED 640 - Leadership through School Management Credits: 3
This course will examine organizational effectiveness strategies for managing all aspects of the educational environment to create a safe and orderly school climate. The following will be covered: school safety, financial management and budgeting, personnel, physical facilities, and scheduling.
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ED 652 - Leadership through Curriculum Development Credits: 3
This course focuses on best practices in the processes of guiding and evaluating the development and alignment of curriculum. Students will gain practice in utilizing data to inform curriculum decision making and will also gain an understanding of how to evaluate curriculum design for appropriateness for the various grade levels and subject areas.
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ED 670 - Leadership: Political, Cultural, and Legal Implications Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ED 620
This course will examine the political, cultural, and legal context of school leadership. Students will gain practice in making appropriate and legal decisions while working with all stakeholders.
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ED 680 - Leadership through Legal and Ethical Decision Making Credits: 3
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ED 680L
Students will explore leadership practice emphasizing integrity and ethical decision making while examining the political, cultural, and legal context of school leadership. Students will gain practice in making appropriate and legal decisions while working with all stakeholders.
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ED 680L - Leadership Internship: Leadership through Legal and Ethical Decision Making Credits: 1
Prerequisite: ED 620 Prerequisite/Corequisite: ED 680
This course is a school based internship, emphasizing the elementary, middle, and/or high school. Students will complete structured hands-on assignments. Participants will work under the direction of a mentor in a school setting to complete assignments. The course is designed to include a minimum of 80 hours of work, with a minimum of approximately 60 hours to be completed on-site. Students will explore leadership practice emphasizing integrity and ethical decision making while examining the political, cultural, and legal context of school leadership. Students will gain practice in making appropriate and legal decisions while working with all stakeholders.
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ED 692 - Leadership Internship: Elementary Schools Credits: 3
School based internship, emphasizing the elementary school. Students will complete structured hands-on assignments.
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ED 694 - Leadership Internship: Middle Schools Credits: 3
School based internship, emphasizing the middle school. Students will complete structured hands-on assignments.
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ED 696 - Leadership Internship: High Schools Credits: 3
School based internship, emphasizing the high school. Students will complete structured hands-on assignments.
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ED 697 - Internship in Masters of Education Credits: 3
This course is the provision of practical training in the candidate’s emphasis area in various education centers which meet the needs/specifications of the individual graduate student under the supervision of a faculty member and clinical faculty. This course is repeatable.
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ED 698 - Leadership Internship: District Level Credits: 3
School based internship, emphasizing district level responsibilities such as budgeting, personnel, transportation, special education, school lunch program, federal programs, and professional development. Students will complete structured hands-on assignments.
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ED 699 - Ethical Leadership Capstone Internship: Practicing Professional Behaviors and Growth Credits: 3
This course focuses on the capstone experiences for the masters candidate. In collaboration with the supervising faculty, the candidate will develop and complete an appropriate culminating program project. The course also focuses on analysis and reflection of the candidate’s future role as a school/teacher leader. Portions of the course may be field-based.
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EN 501 - Short Residency in Writing Credits: 1
An intensive hands-on master class in a subject such as visual arts, ceramics, music, literature, environmental writing, food writing, cinema, history, etc. The subject may vary each time the course is taught. Students will complete preliminary readings about the subject prior to the residency portion of the course, which will last approximately one week. During the residency, students will meet for discussions and hands-on experiential learning. After the residency, students will turn in their written responses. These may be essays or creative writing in any genre, as determined by the professor. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 502 - Full Residency in Writing Credits: 2
The Full Residency consists of intensive face-to-face experiences on selected topics, which may change each year. Students will meet on campus for approximately 2 weeks, during which time they will meet in writing workshop groups, attend craft and professional development sessions, and attend readings and other cultural events. There will also be time to meet with advisors and other faculty. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 504 - Graduate Internship in Writing Credits: 1-6
An internship in any writing related field, such as editing, publishing, publicity, literacy, or working with a nonprofit or arts organization. May be repeated for credit, up to 6 hours.
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EN 505 - Literary Magazine Production Credits: 1-3
This course offers practical hands-on instruction in publishing a literary magazine. Students will be in charge of all aspects of running one or more of the literary magazines produced by the graduate program, which will include organizing the staff, managing submissions, selecting work for an issue, corresponding with writers, designing and entering the text and images, proofreading, and distribution. No prior experience necessary, though it is appreciated. This course may be repeated for credit.
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EN 506 - Graduate Poetry Workshop Credits: 3
A graduate-level study of poetry writing, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of poems and involve workshop discussion of student works, along with collateral reading of poetics and recent poetry. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 510 - Graduate Fiction Workshop Credits: 3
A graduate-level study of fiction writing, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of fiction and involve workshop discussion of student works, along with recent fiction and collateral reading on the craft of fiction. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 514 - Graduate Nonfiction Workshop Credits: 3
A graduate-level study of creative nonfiction writing, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of creative nonfiction and involve workshop discussion of student writing, along with collateral readings on the craft of creative nonfiction and recently published creative nonfiction. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 518 - Graduate Playwriting Workshop Credits: 3
A graduate-level study of playwriting, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of short play scripts and/or a full-length play and involve workshop discussion of student writing, along with collateral reading on the craft of playwriting and recently published plays. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 524 - Graduate Translation Workshop Credits: 3
A graduate-level study focusing on literary translation, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of translated works and involve workshop discussion of student translations, along with collateral readings on translation theory and recently published literary translations. Students may translate from any language and any genre, though they may need to provide alternate or literal translations by a third party from some languages. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 527 - Writing for New Media Credits: 3
A graduate-level study of writing as practiced in new media, such as blogging, micro-blogging, social networks, MOOCs, etc, the course will focus on the development of a portfolio of work in any genre that may be suited to these new forms of publication. Students will be encouraged to adapt writing in their genre of choice to the new media, as well as to explore new genres or forms that meet its demands or explore its possibliities. The class will include discussion of student writing, along with collateral readings on the state of new media and recently published creative writing in these media. The role these new media forms might play in any author’s life in terms of self-promotion and creating a brand will also be discussed. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 528 - The Professional Writer Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EN 506 or EN 510 or EN 514 or EN 518
An advanced course in the writing as a profession with an emphasis on critical reading, revision, and submitting work for publication. Topics include self-editing, literary magazine submission, cover letters, and queries. Assignments will include research and creative writing projects with a focus on revision. The course may be offered with a focus on prose (fiction or nonfiction), poetry, or drama. Students should have taken at least one workshop in that genre prior to taking the course. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 529 - Special Topics in Writing Credits: 1-3
A graduate-level study of writing as practiced in a genre not already taught or a specific sub-genre. Students will read in the specified genre and write a portfolio of work in it. This course may also be used for specific topics in creative writing as a profession. May be repeated for credit.
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EN 530 - Forms in Poetry I Credits: 3
A study of poetic forms, focusing on traditional verse forms, this course will examine the development of lyric and narrative verse from antiquity to the present. The main emphasis will be on traditional prosody and verse forms that are available to the contemporary poet. Students will study these forms with an eye toward craft. Collateral readings about poetic form by poets and scholars will also be included.
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EN 531 - Forms in Poetry II Credits: 3
A study of poetic forms, focusing on free verse and recently imported verse forms such as haiku, pantoum, and ghazal, this course will examine the development of the lyric from the 19th Century to the present. The main emphasis will be on the formal aspects of free verse and imported forms. Students will study these forms with an eye toward craft. Collateral readings about poetic form by poets and scholars will also be included.
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EN 533 - Forms in Fiction I Credits: 3
A study of the short story form, focusing on issues such as narrative point of view, characterization, and voice. The main emphasis will be on the development of the short story form with an eye toward the craft of fiction. Collateral readings about the short story by published writers and scholars or literary theorists will also be included.
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EN 534 - Forms in Fiction II Credits: 3
A study of the novel form, focusing on issues such as narrative point of view, characterization, and voice. The main emphasis will be on the development of the novel form with an eye toward the craft of fiction. Collateral readings about the novel by published writers and scholars or literary theorists will also be included.
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EN 536 - Forms in Nonfiction Credits: 3
A study of creative nonfiction, focusing on the development of the form, sub-genres of nonfiction, and craft issues. Collateral readings about creative nonfiction by published writers and scholars or literary theorists will also be included.
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EN 538 - Forms in Drama Credits: 3
A study of drama, focusing on the development of the form from classical antiquity to the present. Collateral readings about theater by practicing playwrights and scholars or literary theorists will also be included.
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EN 540 - Medieval and Renaissance Narratives Credits: 3
An examination of narrative forms in the medieval and renaissance world. Readings may include narrative epic poems such as Beowulf and The Song of Roland, religious texts such as the Divine Comedy or the mystical writing of Teresa of Avila or Hildegard von Bingen, and secular humanists such as Chaucer, Boccaccio, or Marguerite de Navarre. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 544 - Early Lyric Poetry Credits: 3
An examination of lyric forms from Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Readings may include classical writers such as Sappho, Alceus, Catullus, and Horace, Medieval troubadours and minnesingers as well as the early anonymous English poets and renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Wyatt. The emphasis will be on scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 546 - Early European Drama Credits: 3
An examination of drama from the Medieval to the Early Modern period. Readings may include medieval Mystery and Morality plays and plays by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow, Ben Johnson, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Moliere, Congreve, Behn, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 548 - Early Women Writers Credits: 3
An examination of women writers from Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Readings may include classical writers such as Sappho and Hypatia, medieval writers such as Marie de France and Margery Kemp, and Renaissance writers such as Gaspara Stampa and Christine de Pizan. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 560 - Feminist Poetry Credits: 3
An examination of women poets of the 19th and 20th Century, focusing on their role as women and the politics of their poetry. Poets covered may include Emily Dickinson, H.D., Amy Lowell, Mina Loy, Muriel Rukeyser, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Audre Lorde, Joy Harjo, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 565 - Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Poetry Credits: 3
An examination of European and American poetry focusing on early Twentieth-Century avant-garde movements such as Symbolism, Expressionism, Cubism, Italian and Russian Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, Vorticism and Objectivism. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 568 - Black Arts Movement and Beyond Credits: 3
An examination of African American poetry and drama through the lens of the Black Arts Movement, its predecessors and successors. Particular attention will be paid to the cross-section of political poetry and drama in the Black Arts Repertory Theatre and related literary magazines and venues. Poets and playwrights covered may include Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Eldridge Cleaver, Nikki Giovanni, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 570 - Modernist Fiction Credits: 3
An examination of Modernist movements fiction in Europe and America. Writers covered may include Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Henry James, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemmingway, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 575 - Southern Fiction Credits: 3
An examination of Southern fiction focusing on the 20th Century. Writers covered may include William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, Carson McCullers, Robert Penn Warren, Katherine Anne Porter, Robert Morgan, Barry Hannah, Willie Morris, William Gay, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 576 - African American Fiction Credits: 3
An examination of African American fiction focusing on the 20th Century. Writers covered may include Charles Chestnut, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Earnest Gaines, Sterling Brown, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Edward P. Jones, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 580 - Modern European Drama Credits: 3
An examination of European drama, focusing on the early 20th Century from Naturalism and Symbolism to experiments with abstract theater. Playwrights and directors covered may include Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekov, Constantin Stanislavski, Maurice Maeterlinck, August Strindberg, Berthold Brecht, Antonin Artaud, Luigi Pirandello, Jerzy Grotowski, Samuel Becket, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 581 - Twentieth-Century American Drama Credits: 3
An examination of American drama in the 20th Century. Playwrights covered may include Susan Glaspell, Alice Gerstenberg, Eugene O’Neill, Lillian Hellman, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Neil Simon, David Mamet, Sam Shepherd, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Tina Howe, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation.
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EN 582 - Southern Drama Credits: 3
A study of Southern drama, focusing on the themes, tropes, and trends that define “southern drama” and encompass a southern experience. Playwrights covered may include Lilian Hellman, Tennessee William, Horton Foote, Beth Henley, and others. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship, research, and interpretation.
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EN 598 - Special Topics in Literature Credits: 1-3
This course will be used to offer literary topics that aren’t currently taught in a regularly offered course. It may be taken as an independent study or as a seminar. The emphasis will be on literary scholarship and interpretation. This course may be repeated for credit with different topics.
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EN 599 - Thesis Credits: 1-6
The thesis is designed as the terminal creative project for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. Students will produce a publishable book-length manuscript in their primary genre or a combination of genres, as agreed upon with the thesis director and committee. The collection may include 50-80 pages of poetry, 150-200 pages of short fiction or nonfiction, 200-350 pages of a novel of full-length book of creative nonfiction, or a collection of one-act plays, or one or more full-length plays in three to five acts. If a student chooses a combination of genres, this may be presented as one book-length collection of related works in multiple genres or as individual chapbooks. The page ranges listed are meant as a guide. Acutal thesis lengths will be determined by the thesis committee. Besides the final written manuscript, each thesis project will include a public performance and a thesis defense. The thesis is repeatable for up to 6 hours of credit toward the degree.
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ENT 501 - Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
The course teaches students how to identify potentially valuable opportunities, obtain the resources necessary to pursue an opportunity and to create an entrepreneurial organization, manage the entrepreneurial organization once it has been established, grow the business into a sustainable enterprise, and create and harvest value for the organization’s stakeholders.
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ENT 599 - Special Topics in Entrepreneurship Credits: 1-3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Entrepreneurship that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered. May be repeated with change in content.
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FIN 540 - Financial Management Credits: 3
This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions can create value. Topics covered include: basic analytical skills and principles of corporate finance, functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions, and standard techniques of analysis, including capital budgeting, discounted cash flow valuation, and risk analysis.
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FIN 599 - Special Topics in Finance Credits: 1-3
A variable content course in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest in the field of Finance that are not part of the regular curriculum. The specific topic is announced when the course is offered. May be repeated with change in content.
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FS 570 - Health, Drugs, and Chemical Dependencies Credits: 3
This course assesses the implications of drug use on human health with a focus on drug actions and interactions, motivational factors that influence the use of drugs, and long-term societal effects of drug use.
Note: The course will be available for elective credit to students in the graduate program in Health Education.
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HED 501 - Foundations of Health Education Credits: 3
The design of this course is to introduce the students to a study of the scientific, social, psychological, legal, and educational foundations of health education. Professional competencies and practice settings will be reviewed. This course serves as a foundation for all other courses in health education and provides an overview of the field to the student from related areas.
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HED 510 - Theories of Health Behavior Credits: 3
This course is designed to teach the fundamental theories of health behavior that provide the foundation for research and practice in health education. Instruction will include the theoretical models currently used in health education and how these models are used in conducting research. The effect of different philosophical positions on health education will be included.
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HED 511 - Research Methods in Health Education Credits: 3
A research methods course is designed to provide the student with the basis for understanding and conducting research. This course focuses on the research in the area of health education. Specific emphasis will be placed on statistical procedures, research designs, techniques, and tools.
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HED 512 - Health Program Planning and Implementation Credits: 3
Prerequisite: HED 510 and HED 514
This course is designed to aid the student in the application of knowledge gained to practical situations; needs assessment, missions, goals, and objectives of planning and implementing health education programs. This course provides an overview of health promotion programs and systems, public health issues, and primary locations for health education resources with a focus on design and implementation. The student will develop proficiency in using equipment and skills to evaluate a population’s health profile. Students will conduct on-site needs assessments and develop health education plans responsive to the identified needs of the respective setting(s).
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HED 513 - Health Program Evaluation Credits: 3
Prerequisite: HED 512 and HED 514
This course will include the principles and procedures to evaluate health promotion/disease prevention programs. Instruction will include data collection methods, instrument-scale development, measurement and evaluation designs. Program evaluation methods will include community, school, medical, and workplace settings.
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HED 514 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: 3
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of diseases in a population and the factors that determine the distribution. This course is an introductory course in the disciplines of epidemiology. It will include an introduction to the definitions, concepts, techniques, and methodology necessary for understanding and conducting epidemiological research.
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HED 515 - Community Health Education Methods Credits: 3
This course prepares students to analyze and incorporate effective content and process in health education program delivery. Provides an overview of health education teaching and learning strategies for use in community and/or school settings. Special attention is given to the skills, instructional strategies, and techniques needed to develop an optimal learning environment to promote success for all learners.
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