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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  May 18, 2024
 
2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    JOUR 581 - Advanced TV Production and Direction

    Credits: 3

    Technical and creative use of television video and audio equipment in public affairs, entertainment programs, commercials, public service, and promotional spot announcements. Must be taken concurrently with JOUR 502, 503, and 534.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 523, 333, or consent of instructor

  
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    JOUR 582 - Photo-Visual Communications

    Credits: 3

    Communicative visuals in journalism media.

  
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    JOUR 583 - Newspaper Photojournalism

    Credits: 6

    Practice as a staff photographer and/or picture editor for publication. (For journalism majors only.)

    Prerequisites: JOUR 515

  
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    JOUR 587 - Capstone I - Advanced Reporting - Multimedia Journalism

    Credits: 3

    Professional practice in shaping journalistic reporting to the multimedia environment. Application of news gathering, synthesizing and reporting across platforms -
    print and online, textual and graphic - in timely fashion.

    Corequisite: JOUR 589 and 590

    Prerequisites: JOUR 471

  
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    JOUR 588 - Capstone II - Advanced Broadcast and Online Journalism Production

    Credits: 3

    Advanced newscast production skills developed in the context of producing daily Carolina News broadcast. Shape and coordinate reporting and production team under deadline pressure in newsroom setting.

    Corequisite: JOUR 586 and 590

    Prerequisites: JOUR 471

  
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    JOUR 589 - Capstone II - Advanced Multimedia Journalism Production

    Credits: 3

    Editing and design employed to maximize effectiveness in the multimedia environment. Creating accurate and engaging content to reach consumers in varied ways reflecting contemporary consumer use of media.

    Corequisite: JOUR 587 and 590

    Prerequisites: JOUR 471

  
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    JOUR 590 - Capstone III - Digital Journalism

    Credits: 3

    Exposure to the evolving variety of journalism techniques, software programs and equipment to effectively tell compelling stories and convey information in multiple visual and interactive forms. Emphasis on extending professional skills while reinforcing current best practices.

    Corequisite: JOUR 586 and 588 or both JOUR 587 and 589

    Prerequisites: JOUR 471 or permission of instructor

  
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    JOUR 597 - Internship in Mass Communications

    Credits: 3

    Supervised professional experience. Maximum of three hours credit. Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department head is required. Grading is Pass/Fail.

    Prerequisites: consent of Sequence Chair and Dean’s Office prior to registration

  
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    JOUR 598 - Directed Independent Studies

    Credits: 1-6

    Individual mass media projects. Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department head is required for undergraduate students.

    Prerequisites: consent of Sequence Chair and Dean’s office prior to registration

  
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    JOUR 599 - Advanced Special Topics

    Credits: 3

    Advanced topics in journalism and mass communications. Individual topics and prerequisites to be announced with suffix and title.

  
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    JOUR 700 - Proseminar

    Credits: 1

    Recent ideas, procedures, and techniques that aid in the conduct of professional and scholarly work in mass communication

    Note: Pass/Fail Grading

  
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    JOUR 701 - Research Methods in Mass Communication

    Credits: 3

    Methods and techniques of quantitative mass communications research: content analysis; survey research applications; media effects studies.

    Prerequisites: Statistics competency and permission of instructor

  
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    JOUR 702 - Communication Theory

    Credits: 3

    Theoretical approaches to the study of mass communication including empirical, interpretive, and critical perspectives.

  
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    JOUR 704 - Editorial Interpretation, Policy, and Management

    Credits: 3

    Social issues and responsibilities affecting the management of the mass media.

  
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    JOUR 705 - Integrated Communications Principles

    Credits: 3

    Integration of advertising, public relations, and marketing communication within an organization or agency.

  
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    JOUR 706 - Media Law

    Credits: 3

    General legal philosophy and law affecting the mass media.

  
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    JOUR 707 - Contemporary Issues in Mass Communication

    Credits: 3

    Current issues in mass communication including control, ownership, and conflicts affecting the media.

  
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    JOUR 710 - Organizational Communication

    Credits: 3

    Communication within organizations including theories, research, and current issues of concern in the field.

  
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    JOUR 711 - Applied Mass Communication Research

    Credits: 3

    Methods and techniques for designing, conducting, and analyzing research related to mass communication.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 701 or consent of instructor

  
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    JOUR 715 - Integrated Communications Strategies

    Credits: 3

    The strategic planning process applied to integrated communication principles.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 705

  
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    JOUR 717 - Methods in Content Analysis Research

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to content analysis for communication topics.  Quantitatively analyze communication content of many kinds from newspaper articles to social media and online content.

  
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    JOUR 720 - History of Mass Media

    Credits: 3

    Periods, movements, and developments in mass communication.

  
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    JOUR 725 - Integrated Communication Campaigns

    Credits: 3

    Principles and strategies of integrated communication to prepare a communication campaign for a client organization.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 705, 715

  
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    JOUR 730 - Literary Aspects of Journalism and Mass Communication

    Credits: 3

    Literary and creative aspects of journalism and mass communication as exemplified in the works of English and American prose and verse writers.

  
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    JOUR 740 - New Technologies and the Mass Media

    Credits: 3

    New technologies related to the mass media.

  
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    JOUR 746 - Educational Broadcasting

    Credits: 3

    History, nature, production-performance, evaluation, and means of improvement of educational/instructional broadcasting.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    JOUR 747 - Independent Study in Journalism and Mass Communications

    Credits: 1-3

    Independent study in an area of journalism and mass communications relevant to the student’s professional and/or research goals.

  
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    JOUR 749 - Literature of Mass Communication

    Credits: 3

    Methods for locating, evaluating, and abstracting information from literature relevant to the study of mass communication.

  
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    JOUR 750 - Foundations of Multimedia Journalism

    Credits: 3

    Course is designed to teach the foundations of multimedia journalistic storytelling.  It will expose students to core concepts and practices associated with news gathering, news writing and field production.

  
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    JOUR 762 - Issues in Mass Communication Management

    Credits: 3

    Current management-related issues confronting the media, including management of creative people, budgeting, time management on deadline.

  
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    JOUR 771 - Media Economics

    Credits: 3

    Media organizations as economic institutions, including microeconomic analysis, basic trends in revenues and expenditures, evaluation of financial health, and performance in covering business and economics.

    Prerequisites: ECON 224 or consent of instructor

  
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    JOUR 772 - Seminar in Health, Science, and the Media

    Credits: 3

    The media representation of issues in science, technology and environment from a social science perspective, with emphasis on consequences in areas such as public opinion, public policy, public understanding attitude formation, persuasion and behavior change.

  
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    JOUR 773 - Risk Communication

    Credits: 3

    The critical examination of classic and contemporary empirical research on risk communication as it pertains to health and environment issues, as well as emerging technologies.

  
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    JOUR 774 - Public Relations Theory

    Credits: 3

    An analysis of the theoretical foundation and issues relevant to the practice of public relations.

  
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    JOUR 775 - Strategic Communication for Behavior & Social Change

    Credits: 3

    Theories of persuasion, principles and best practices of strategic communication, as applied to health and cause communication campaigns. Recognize, and develop effective, persuasive communications for social and health topics.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 715 or permission of instructor

    Note: Effective: Fall 2012

  
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    JOUR 776 - Seminar in Interactive Media and Emerging Communication Technologies

    Credits: 3

    Seminar that examines the social uses and impacts of interactive / emerging media technologies.

  
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    JOUR 777 - Practicum in Mass Communications Management

    Credits: 3

    Seminar and supervised professional management experience in a media organization.

  
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    JOUR 779 - Theories of Global Communication

    Credits: 3

    Discussion of competing theories that attempt to explain current issues in global communication

  
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    JOUR 789 - Selected Readings and Research

    Credits: 1-3

    Selected readings course designed to facilitate student’s specialized research interest. Permission of instructor required.

  
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    JOUR 790 - Topics in Mass Communication

    Credits: 1-6

    Specialized topics in mass communication (individual topics to be announced with suffix and title). May be repeated for credit.

  
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    JOUR 797 - Project Preparation

    Credits: 1-3

    Individualized scholarly activity to develop and execute special projects relevant to the study of mass communication.

  
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    JOUR 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    JOUR 801 - Communication Research Design

    Credits: 3

    Principles and applications of quantitative and qualitative communication research designs.

    Prerequisites: JOUR 701 and statistics competency

  
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    JOUR 802 - Seminar in Ethical Reasoning in Mass Communications

    Credits: 3

    Ethical reasoning approaches in production and consumption of media messages.

  
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    JOUR 803 - Seminar in Mass Communication Theory and Theory Construction

    Credits: 3

    Meta-theoretical issues relevant to building theory in mass communication, concept explication, and forms of theory.

  
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    JOUR 804 - Seminar in Mass Communication Historical Research Methods

    Credits: 3

    Application of historical research methods to the study of mass communication.

  
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    JOUR 805 - Seminar in Teaching Mass Communication

    Credits: 3

    Teaching and learning methodologies and theories appropriate to mass communication instruction.

  
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    JOUR 806 - Seminar in Mass Communication Legal Research Methods

    Credits: 3

    Application of legal research methods to the study of mass communication

  
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    JOUR 807 - Advanced Communication Research

    Credits: 3

    Advanced methods and techniques for analyzing empirical data for communication research.

  
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    JOUR 808 - Communication Research: Critical, Cultural, and Naturalistic Approaches

    Credits: 3

    Designing and conducting critical, cultural and naturalistic research.

  
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    JOUR 809 - Seminar in Freedom of Speech

    Credits: 3

    Issues involving the governmental protection and regulation of speech, and how that affects those involved in mass communication.

  
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    JOUR 810 - Independent Research Project

    Credits: 3-6

    Working closely with a faculty member, a student will design, and conduct a research project, with the objective of submitting the final report for publication or for presentation at an academic conference in the discipline.

    Note: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

  
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    JOUR 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    LATN 501 - Latin Drama

    Credits: 3

    Selected plays of Plautus and Terence.

  
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    LATN 502 - Cicero

    Credits: 3

    Readings from a variety of Cicero’s works to gain a concept of the man as a humanist.

  
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    LATN 504 - Horace

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the Odes.

  
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    LATN 508 - Ovid

    Credits: 3

    Selected readings from the Metamorphoses.

  
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    LATN 513 - Tacitus

    Credits: 3

    Agricola or selections from the Annales.

  
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    LATN 514 - Livy

    Credits: 3

    Readings from Ab Urbe Condita.

  
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    LATN 525 - Roman Satire

    Credits: 3

    Readings in Horace, Juvenal, and Petronius.

  
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    LATN 530 - Latin Erotic Poetry

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the elegies of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid.

  
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    LATN 537 - Lucretius

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the De Rerum Natura.

  
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    LATN 540 - Renaissance Latin

    Credits: 3

    An examination of several genres of Latin writing from Europe during the period 1400-1600, emphasizing, but not limited to, Italian writers.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students

  
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    LATN 551 - History of Latin Literature from the Origins to the Golden Age

    Credits: 3

    Readings from the Twelve Tables to Virgil, supplemented by readings in history and scholarship. Designed to prepare majors and honors students for further study.

  
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    LATN 552 - History of Latin Literature in the Silver Age

    Credits: 3

    Readings from Ovid to Ammianus, supplemented by readings in history and scholarship. Designed to prepare majors and honors students for further study.

  
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    LATN 560 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1-3

    Special projects for independent study and research.

    Prerequisites: permission of head of department

  
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    LATN 561 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1-3

    Special projects for independent study and research.

    Prerequisites: permission of head of department

  
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    LATN 580 - Teaching Advanced Latin in Secondary School

    Credits: 3

    Methods and materials for teaching the Latin Advanced Placement courses in secondary school.

    Cross-listed Course: EDSE 580

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    LATN 614 - Intensive Grammar Review in Latin

    Credits: 3

    Intensive grammar review for non-majors; designed as preparation for LATN 615.

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

  
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    LATN 615 - Intensive Readings in Latin

    Credits: 3

    Intensive reading for non-majors. Graduate students fulfill their foreign-language reading 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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    LATN 703 - Medieval Latin

    Credits: 3

    Survey of the survival of the classical tradition in the middle ages from the birth of Ammianus Marcellinus to the fall of Constantinople (A.D. 330-1453).

    Prerequisites: LATN 315 or equivalent

  
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    LATN 790 - Directed Reading and Research

    Credits: 3

  
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    LING 502 - French Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    The structure, morphology, and syntax of modern French.

    Cross-listed Course: FREN 517

  
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    LING 503 - Introduction to German Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Structural and descriptive linguistics applied to the German language.

    Cross-listed Course: GERM 515

    Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor

  
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    LING 504 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern Spanish.

    Cross-listed Course: SPAN 515

  
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    LING 505 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. May be repeated with different suffix.

  
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    LING 512 - French Phonology

    Credits: 3

    The sound system and its functioning in the morphological system of French from the point of view of current phonological theory.

    Cross-listed Course: FREN 516

  
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    LING 514 - Contrastive English-Spanish Phonetics and Phonology

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the study of phonetics and phonology and their application to the sounds and sound systems of English and Spanish. Includes transcription practice and discussion of relevance to teaching.

    Cross-listed Course: SPAN 517

  
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    LING 521 - Advanced English Grammar

    Credits: 3

    Practical survey of the syntactic structures of English; usage, social and regional variation emphasis on data.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 550

    Prerequisites: LING 421/ENGL 450 or LING 600/ENGL 680

  
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    LING 530 - Language Change

    Credits: 3

    Major ways in which phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, and semantics change through language history; social factors which promote innovation.

  
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    LING 533 - 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: GERM 533

  
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    LING 540 - Topics in Language and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to sociolinguistic issues, focusing on a single language. Course content varies and will be announced by suffix and title. May be repeated twice as topics vary.

  
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    LING 541 - Language and Gender

    Credits: 3

    Approaches to gender and language emphasizing the social grounding of both; how language reflects sociocultural values and is a tool for constructing different types of social organization.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 555, WGST 555

  
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    LING 542 - Research in Language Conflict and Language Rights

    Credits: 3

    Research into the parameters governing linguistic conflicts and language rights issues, involving a close examination of the nexes of language and individual and ethnic identify, culture, dialects, bilingualism.  Examination of regional, national, and international case studies, with particular attention to nationalism, language revitalization, and language planning.

  
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    LING 543 - Discourse, Gender, and Politics of Emotion

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological approach to issues of discourse, gender, and emotion. Issues under consideration include the social control, force, and forms of emotional discourse and the relationship between emotion and culture from gender-oriented perspectives.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 586

  
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    LING 545 - Anthropological Approaches to Narrative and Performance

    Credits: 3

    The ways people from various cultures reflect on, reinforce, and construct their social realities through narrating, which will be considered as both artistic expression and social action.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 553

  
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    LING 546 - Japanese Language in Society

    Credits: 3

    Japanese language and communication in its socio-cultural context; emphasis on comparison with American English.

    Note: Taught in English.

  
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    LING 554 - The Structure of Modern Spanish

    Credits: 3

    Description of the grammatical structures of Modern Spanish. Intensive study of the theory and practice of word formation and sentence structure of Spanish.

    Cross-listed Course: SPAN 516

  
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    LING 556 - Language and Globalization

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological approach to issues of language and globalization. Linguistic consequences of globalization under consideration include communicative patterns, linguistic change, and language and political economy.

    Prerequisites: ANTH 556

  
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    LING 565 - Philosophy of Language

    Credits: 3

    An examination of concepts and problems such as meaning, reference, analyticity, definition, and the relation between logic and philosophy.

    Cross-listed Course: PHIL 517

    Prerequisites: PHIL 202 or consent of the instructor

  
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    LING 567 - Psychology of Language

    Credits: 3

    Theories of speech perception, lingustic theories of syntax and semantics, the brain mechanisms underlying language, the development of language in children, and the role of language in thought.

    Cross-listed Course: PSYC 506

  
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    LING 570 - Introduction to Language Development

    Credits: 3

    The language acquisition process in normal children, including the development of semantics, morphology, syntax, phonology, and pragmatics; American dialects and bilingualism.

    Cross-listed Course: COMD 570

    Prerequisites: COMD 501 and COMD 507 or permission of instructor

  
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    LING 600 - Survey of Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Survey of core areas of linguistics and extensions to closely related disciplines. Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Formal description and analysis of the general properties of speech and language, the organization of language in the mind/brain, and cross-linguistic typology and universals.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 600, ENGL 680

  
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    LING 627 - Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the study of semantics, including topics such as: Extensionalist versus intensionalist theories of meaning; internalist versus externalist theories of meaning; word- versus sentence-level meaning; possible worlds semantics; theories of tense and aspect; and cognitive semantics. Pragmatic themes include: Indexicals; presupposition; implicature; and speech act theory.

    Cross-listed Course: PHIL 522

    Prerequisites: LING 300, 301, or 600

  
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    LING 650 - Introduction to Morphology

    Credits: 3

    Foundations of generative morphology, focusing on morphological data collection and analysis; the structure of the lexicon; and the interfaces between morphology and phonology, semantics, and syntax.

    Prerequisites: LING 300, 301, or 600

  
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    LING 701 - Quantitative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Description, visualization, and basic statistical analysis of both discrete and continuous linguistic data from various linguistic subfields using R.

    Prerequisites: LING 600 or consent of instructor

  
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    LING 710 - Introduction to Phonology

    Credits: 3

    The phonetic basis of phonology; phonological structure; lexical representation; cross-linguistic survey of major types of phonological processes; emphasis on data analysis.

    Prerequisites: LING 600 or permission of instructor

  
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    LING 711 - Phonological Theory

    Credits: 3

    Advanced study of theoretical issues in phonology.

    Prerequisites: LING 600 and 710

  
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    LING 712 - Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics

    Credits: 3

    Physical and anatomical mechanisms for producing speech, phonetic representations and models of speech perception and prosody, acoustic characteristics of the speech signal, use of international phonetic alphabet symbols (IPA) to describe speech sounds in the world’s languages, training in experimental and field methods in phonetic research.

    Prerequisites: LING 600 or consent of the instructor

  
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    LING 715 - Applied English Phonetics

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the study of English phonetics. Covers basic concepts of acoustic phonetics, properties of English speech sounds, and their acoustic variability in varying types of linguistic context.

 

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