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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  May 20, 2024
 
2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    GEOL 722 - Aqueous Geochemistry

    Credits: 3

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    GEOL 725 - Solid Earth Processes

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s interior combining perspectives from geophysics and geochemistry. Focus on the lithospheric cycle.

  
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    GEOL 726 - Igneous Processes and Crustal Genesis

    Credits: 3

    An investigation of igneous processes and their role in crustal genesis and evolution.

  
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    GEOL 731 - Advanced Structural Geology

    Credits: 3

    A study of the deformation of the earth’s crust including mechanics of folding, faulting, jointing, and cleavage formation. Consideration of current theories of orogenesis in relation to geophysical evidence for the structure of the earth’s crust, mantle, and core.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 331 and 536

  
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    GEOL 733 - Rock Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    Behavior of rocks and minerals up to 10kb, 8000°C. Role of internal pore pressure and time. Interplay of theory and empiricism.

    Prerequisites: MATH 300, ENGR 223

  
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    GEOL 735 - Regional Tectonics

    Credits: 3

    Integrated analysis (from both model and case history approaches) of the regional structural geology of selected classic areas and analysis of the interaction of tectonic and sedimentary processes in the production of the sedimentary sequences of selected geosynclines and basins.

    Note: Weekend field trips.

  
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    GEOL 743 - Decision Making in Environmental Resource Management

    Credits: 3

    Environmental project planning and management. Types and magnitudes of environmental problems; environmental pathways; environmental data acquisition and analysis; protection versus restoration; risk assessment; site assessment.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 560 or permission of instructor

  
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    GEOL 744 - Decision Making in Energy Resource Management

    Credits: 3

    An integrative seminar for science managers. Consideration of the technical, managerial, and financial aspects of decision making in geologic enterprises, with emphasis on hydrocarbon exploration.

  
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    GEOL 745 - Petroleum Geology

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to exploring for oil and natural gas; concentration on specific regions with energy resources.

  
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    GEOL 747 - Advanced Coal Petrology

    Credits: 3

    Field methods in coal petrology. Practical applications of coal petrographic techniques.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 510 or consent of instructor

    Note: One three-hour class per week plus weekend field trips.

  
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    GEOL 750 - Basin Analysis Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Development of the stratigraphic systems; detailed analysis of the aims, working methods, and relations between litho-, bio-, and chronostratigraphy.

    Note: Three lecture hours per week with occasional field trips.

  
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    GEOL 751 - Carbonate Petrology

    Credits: 3

    Detailed analysis of the processes and products of carbonate sedimentation, diagenesis, and lithification, with special emphasis upon the role of organisms in forming carbonate sediments and sedimentary rocks.

    Note: Three lecture hours per week with occasional field trips.

  
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    GEOL 752 - Sandstone Petrology

    Credits: 3

    Sandstone properties as a response to geologic processes. Relationships between the porous microstructure of sandstones and fluid transport. Automated petrography using image analysis and pattern recognition procedures.

  
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    GEOL 754 - Oceanographic Techniques

    Credits: 1

    Shipboard experience with basic techniques used by geological, physical, chemical, and biological oceanographers.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 754

    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor

  
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    GEOL 755 - Environmental Measurements and Analysis

    Credits: 3

    A field and laboratory course designed to acquaint students with basic techniques needed to measure and analyze various biotic and abiotic environmental parameters in estuarine and shallow water habitats.

    Cross-listed Course: BIOL 755

    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor

    Note: One lecture and six laboratory hours per week.

  
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    GEOL 758 - Analysis of Geological Data

    Credits: 3

    Principles used in processing, smoothing, correlating and contouring geological data and simulating geologic processes.

  
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    GEOL 764 - Seismic Reflection Interpretation

    Credits: 3

    The interpretation of regional stratigraphy and structure using seismic sections. Recognition of stratigraphic sequences, sedimentary facies, and extensional and compressional structures. Application to hydrocarbon exploration.

  
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    GEOL 765 - Exploration Seismology

    Credits: 3

    Seismic refraction and reflection methods including sources, instrumentation, data processing, velocity analysis, seismic modeling, and interpretation.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 536 or equivalent

  
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    GEOL 766 - Advanced Seismology

    Credits: 3

    Advanced treatment of elastic wave propagation, ray theory, normal modes, and free oscillations; applications to determine earth structure, modeling of earthquakes.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 555 or equivalent

  
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    GEOL 770 - Ground Water Geology

    Credits: 3

    The evaluation of aquifer characteristics by flow nets, Theis equation and graphic solution technique for water table and artesian conditions. Methodology of pumping tests and data collection. Prediction of aquifer response through time. Analog and computer analysis and interpretation of data.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 570 or equivalent

  
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    GEOL 771 - Topics in Hydrogeology

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics germane to the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the hydrologic cycle.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GEOL 772 - Geologic Theories

    Credits: 3

    Survey of the origin and development of geologic principles.

    Prerequisites: graduate standing

  
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    GEOL 773 - Water Quality and Pollution

    Credits: 3

    The nature of water; physical, chemical, and biological quality parameters. Techniques of quantitative analysis, methods of water quality control, and pollution abatement. Hydrogeochemical interactions and effects on water quality and waste disposal.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 570 or equivalent

  
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    GEOL 774 - Solute Transport in Geologic Media

    Credits: 3

    Processes influencing conservative and reactive transport of solutes through porous media. Geochemistry of natural waters; transport processes for geologic and environmental/contaminant problems; mathematical equations; numerical methods; field techniques.

    Prerequisites: GEOL 570 or ECIV 563

  
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    GEOL 775 - Numerical Methods in Subsurface Hydrology

    Credits: 3

    Formation of groundwater flow and solute transport problems: theory and practice, numerical methods, solution techniques.

    Cross-listed Course: ECIV 761

  
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    GEOL 781 - Physical Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Geographic and hydrodynamic aspects of oceanography, with emphasis on estuaries. Physical properties of sea water and theories and methods involved in ocean currents, air-sea interaction, waves, and tides.

    Cross-listed Course: MSCI 781

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GEOL 782 - Chemical Oceanography

    Credits: 3

    Chemical characteristics of sea water, distribution of properties, and chemical processes in the oceans, with emphasis on estuaries.

    Cross-listed Course: MSCI 782

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GEOL 783 - Oceanographic Time Series Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Techniques in the analysis of oceanographic data sequences, including filtering techniques, fast Fourier transforms, and empirical orthogonal functions.

    Cross-listed Course: MSCI 783

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GEOL 784 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Equations governing the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, rotational influence, shallow water equations, vorticity, quasigeostrophic dynamics, Rossby waves, energy and enstrophy, and geostrophic turbulence.

    Cross-listed Course: MSCI 784

    Prerequisites: MATH 241 or ENGR 360 or GEOL/MSCI 582 or GEOL/MSCI 781

  
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    GEOL 785 - Atmospheric Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Elementary applications of the basic equations, scale analysis, planetary boundary layer, atmospheric oscillations, synoptic and mesoscale systems, hydrodynamic instability, cyclogenesis, frontogenesis, energy cycle, momentum budget, and tropical motion systems.

    Cross-listed Course: MSCI 785

  
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    GEOL 790 - Directed Individual Studies in Geology

    Credits: 1-6

    Directed research topics to be individually assigned and supervised by graduate faculty.

  
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    GEOL 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    GEOL 800 - Seminar (General Geology)

    Credits: 0-1

    Required of all graduate students.

    Note: Pass-fail grading

  
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    GEOL 801 - Seminar in Paleontology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 802 - Seminar in Paleobotany

    Credits: 2

    Readings and discussions on current topics

  
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    GEOL 803 - Seminar in Paleoceanography

    Credits: 2

    Critical analysis of recent papers dealing with the reconstruction of marine paleoenvironments based on deep sea sediments. Emphasis will be placed on specific intervals of geologic time.

    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor

    Note: Two discussion hours per week.

  
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    GEOL 804 - Seminar in Stratigraphy

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 805 - Seminar in Earth and Ocean Science Education

    Credits: 1

    Interactive community outreach and middle school geoscience education for graduate students interested in outreach at the K-12 level.

    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor

    Note: Pass/fail grading.

  
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    GEOL 818 - Seminar in Geophysics

    Credits: 2

    Seminar related to current topics in geophysics.

  
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    GEOL 819 - Seminar in Tectonophysics

    Credits: 2

    Readings and discussion on current tectonophysical problems.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GEOL 821 - Seminar in Mineralogy

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 824 - Seminar in Geochemistry

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 831 - Seminar in Structural Geology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 832 - Seminar in Structural Geology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 833 - Seminar in Structural Geology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 834 - Seminar in Structural Geology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 841 - Seminar in Petrology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 842 - Seminar in Petrology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 843 - Seminar in Petrology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 844 - Seminar in Petrology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 851 - Seminar in Sedimentology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 854 - Seminar in Geomorphology

    Credits: 2

  
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    GEOL 861 - Seminar in Hydrogeology

    Credits: 3

  
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    GEOL 862 - Seminar in Hydrogeology

    Credits: 3

  
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    GEOL 888 - Data Presentation Workshop

    Credits: 3

    Preparation and presentation, oral and written, of geological data, discussed via examples from students’ own work and from published material.

  
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    GEOL 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    GERM 500 - Survey of German Culture

    Credits: 3

    Historical survey of the German contribution to the intellectual and cultural life of Europe. Texts and films in German.

    Prerequisites: advanced reading ability in Germa

  
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    GERM 515 - Introduction to German Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Structural and descriptive linguistics applied to the German language.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 503

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GERM 516 - History of the German Language

    Credits: 3

    Development of German in the Germanic, Old High German, Middle High German, and New High German periods. Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and the relationship between dialects and the standard language.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 733

  
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    GERM 517 - Introduction to the Germanic Languages

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to historical Germanic linguistics including a survey of the Old Germanic languages (Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Gothic); comparative phonology, morphology, and syntax, typology of modern Germanic languages and dialects; and common Germanic in its Indo-European context.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 533

  
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    GERM 518 - German Sociolinguistics

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the study of variation in Modern German. Traditional German dialectology and dialect geography, language and society, multilingualism in the German-speaking countries, German in contact with other languages.

    Effective Fall 2011

  
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    GERM 580 - Topics in German Film

    Credits: 3

    Examination of recurring themes and issues or of significant periods and influential styles in German film. Course content varies and individual topics will be announced with course suffix and title.

  
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    GERM 598 - Selected Topics in German

    Credits: 3

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    GERM 615 - Intensive Readings in German

    Credits: 3

    Intensive reading for non-majors. Graduate students fulfill their foreign-language requirement with successful completion of the course. Undergraduates may take the course as an elective only. Grades S/U for graduates and undergraduates.

    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students (undergraduates by permission of instructor)

  
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    GERM 700 - Introduction to Graduate Studies in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to graduate studies that includes a survey of contemporary literary theory, an overview of the current state of the profession, and instruction in how to carry out research and write at the graduate level.

    Cross-listed Course: CPLT 700, FREN 700, and SPAN 700

  
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    GERM 710 - Middle High German

    Credits: 3

    A study of Middle High German language and literature with special emphasis on the lyric and epic poetry of the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

  
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    GERM 711 - Selected Topics in Old Germanic Languages

    Credits: 4

    Reading and translation of texts in one of the Old Germanic languages: Old High German (H), Old Saxon (S), Old Norse (N), or Gothic (G).

    Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of Modern German required.

    Note: May be repeated for credit with a different letter suffix.

  
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    GERM 720 - The German Renaissance and Baroque

    Credits: 3

    Reading and interpretation of significant literary works of the 16th and 17th centuries.

  
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    GERM 730 - The German Enlightenment and its Counter-Currents

    Credits: 3

    Reading and discussion of key literary and classical works from specific 18th-century movements, including Enlightenment, Storm and Stress, and Weimar Classicism.

  
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    GERM 740 - German Romanticism

    Credits: 3

    The development of German Romanticism, its major literary works and personalities.

  
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    GERM 750 - German Realism

    Credits: 3

    German Realism, its major literary works and background.

  
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    GERM 760 - German Literature from 1889 to 1945

    Credits: 3

    Currents of German literature since Naturalism, accompanied by critical reading of characteristic works by major writers of the period.

  
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    GERM 770 - Recent and Contemporary German Literature

    Credits: 3

    The development of German literature since World War II, through critical reading and interpretation of major representative works.

  
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    GERM 777 - Supervised Instruction in Teaching Foreign Languages in College

    Credits: 0

    Supervised direction of foreign language teaching in college

    Note: Required of all graduate assistants who are teaching. This course will not count toward the M.A. or M.A.T. degree.

  
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    GERM 780 - German Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Content Varies

  
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    GERM 781 - German Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Content Varies

  
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    GERM 790 - Directed Reading and Research

    Credits: 3

  
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    GERM 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    GRAD 701 - Teaching Assistant Development

    Credits: 0

    An introduction to skills and strategies for graduate teaching and instructional assistants at the University of South Carolina. (Pass/Fail grading)

  
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    GRAD 720 - Graduate Civic Scholars Seminar I

    Credits: 0

    Key principles and approaches to community-engaged research and teaching, and civic scholarship.

    Prerequisites: Admission into the Graduate Civic Scholars Program

  
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    GRAD 721 - Graduate Civic Scholars Seminar II

    Credits: 0

    Advanced principles, concepts, and approaches to community-engaged research and teaching, and civic scholarship.

    Prerequisites: Application and admission into the Graduate Civic Scholars Program; GRAD 720

  
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    GRAD 722 - Graduate Civic Scholars Seminar III

    Credits: 0

    Application of advanced principles and approaches to community-engaged research and civic scholarship.

    Note: Restricted to Graduate students admitted into the Graduate Civic Scholars Program.
    Special permission from the department and the instructor.

  
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    GRAD 800 - The Graduate Student as Instructor

    Credits: 0-3

    Workshop in teaching skills sponsored by The Graduate School to enhance teaching experiences for graduate students who are involved in formal or informal teaching. Pass/Fail grading. Not for degree credit. May be repeated up to 6 credits.

  
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    GRAD 801 - Graduate Student as Scholar

    Credits: 0-3

    Seminar examining scholarly growth and professional productivity. Pass/Fail grading. Not for degree credit. May be repeated up to 6 credits.

  
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    GRAD 802 - The Graduate Student as Leader

    Credits: 0-3

    Seminar examining topics related to professional development. Pass/Fail grading. Not for degree credit.

  
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    GREK 501 - Herodotus

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the Histories

  
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    GREK 502 - Thucydides

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the History of the Peloponnesian War.

  
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    GREK 533 - Sophocles

    Credits: 3

    Selected plays.

  
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    GREK 534 - Euripides

    Credits: 3

    Selected plays.

  
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    GREK 543 - Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the Works and Days, the Theogony, and the Homeric Hymns.

  
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    GREK 550 - Greek Seminar

    Credits: 3

    Authors and topics not covered in other Greek language courses, chosen to meet the needs of individual students. May be repeated with the approval of the department.

  
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    GREK 560 - Independent Study

    Credits: 3

    Special projects for independent study and research.

    Prerequisites: permission of head of department

  
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    GREK 561 - Independent Study

    Credits: 3

    Special projects for independent study and research.

    Prerequisites: permission of head of department

  
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    GREK 614 - Intensive Grammar Review of Ancient Attic Greek

    Credits: 3

    Intensive review for nonmajors designed to prepare them for GREK 615.

    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students (undergraduates by permission of instructor)

  
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    GREK 615 - Intensive Readings in Ancient Attic Greek

    Credits: 3

    Intensive reading for nonmajors. A review of grammar and syntax with reading of passages from Plato’s Apology. Primarily for graduate students to fulfill the foreign-language reading requirement. grades of S/U for graduates and undergraduates. Pass/Fail grading.

    Prerequisites: GREK 614 Restricted to graduate students (undergraduates by permission of instructor)

  
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    HGEN 400 - Genetic Counseling: Career for the Future

    Credits: 1

    Introduction to the genetic counseling profession including professional literature and online resources. Preparation for graduate education in genetic counseling.

  
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    HGEN 700 - Medical Genetics for Health Professionals

    Credits: 3

    An overview of the role of genetics in health and illness. Focus of study includes strategies for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of genetic disease and the integration of genetics into clinical practice.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    HGEN 701 - Introduction to Genetic Counseling

    Credits: 3

    An overview of the history and development of genetic counseling. Introduction to the fundamental components of and skills utilized in prenatal, pediatric, and adult genetic counseling.

    Prerequisites: admission to program

  
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    HGEN 702 - Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Counseling

    Credits: 3

    Exploration of the impact of genetic conditions on the individual and family. Psychosocial skills will be strengthened through reading, role play, discussion, and interactions with affected individuals and families.

    Prerequisites: HGEN 701

  
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    HGEN 703 - Approaches to Ethical Challenges in Genetic Counseling

    Credits: 1

    Seminar in bioethical principles and their application to case management and genetic counseling. Includes lecture, case presentation, and discussion.

    Prerequisites: HGEN 701

 

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