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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
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2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Apr 30, 2024
 
2016-2017 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    COMD 717 - Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology

    Credits: 1

    Issues affecting speech-language pathologists including professional education, certification, licensure, legislation, standards, and ethics.

    Prerequisites: COMD 521 and COMD 712

  
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    COMD 720 - School-Age Language & Literacy Development and Disorders

    Credits: 3

    The relationship between oral and written language and factors that impact reading and writing (phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary). Reading (word-level, comprehension, fluency) and writing (composition, spelling) development, assessment, intervention and issues related to delivery of literacy services in the schools.

    Prerequisites:

    COMD 507, 570 and 706 or equivalent coursework

  
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    COMD 721 - Cognitive Retraining

    Credits: 1-3

    Traumatic brain injury and implications for speech and language function including diagnostic evaluation and remediation.

    Prerequisites: COMD 502 or equivalent course

  
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    COMD 722 - Dysphagia

    Credits: 1-3

    Normal function and pathologic changes of the swallowing mechanism, including evaluation and therapeutic techniques.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 723 - Language Disorders in Adolescents

    Credits: 1

    Diagnosis and treatment of communication problems in adolescent children, including educational psychosocial sequelae.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 724 - Introduction to Medical Speech-Language Pathology

    Credits: 1

    Practical application skills for speech-language pathology in the medical setting.

  
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    COMD 725 - Pediatric Dysphagia

    Credits: 1-3

    Anatomical and physiological orientation to oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders in young children.

    Prerequisites: COMD 502, COMD 722, and COMD 724 or equivalent courses.

  
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    COMD 726 - Advanced Cognitive Retraining

    Credits: 3

    Issues in traumatic brain injury and implications for speech and language function.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    COMD 727 - Advanced Study of Literacy for Speech-Language Pathologists

    Credits: 2

    Theories of reading development with regard to their implications for assessment and intervention. Connections between oral and written language skills, including vocabulary as a link between word level and text-level skills. Overall framework for thinking about literacy as a multi-component language skill.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders

  
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    COMD 748 - Speech Pathology Management of Patients with Tracheostomy & Ventilator Dependency

    Credits: 2

    Communication options and dysphagia management for speech-language pathologists working with tracheostomized patients.

    Prerequisites: COMD 722

    Note: Restricted to: Grduate Students in Communication Sciences & Disorders

    Special Permissions: Instructor

  
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    COMD 750 - Introduction to Audiology and Aural Habilitation

    Credits: 3

    Basic anatomy and psycho-physics of hearing, pathologies of hearing loss, introduction to identification procedures including hearing screening and pure-tone audiometry, impact of hearing loss on preschool and school-aged children, and educational, psychological, and medical aspects of auditory habilitation.

    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMD 507 and COMD 504 or permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 754 - Aural Habilitation of Children

    Credits: 3

    Effects of severe-to-profound hearing loss on a child’s total development (linguistic, intellectual, social, and educational). Communication assessment and case management, including parent training, education, and counseling.

    Prerequisites: COMD 501, COMD 504, and COMD 750 or their equivalent.

  
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    COMD 755 - Aural Rehabilitation of Adults

    Credits: 3

    Comprehensive rehabilitation of hearing-impaired adults with emphasis upon amplification, auditory training, and speech reading in developing communication skills.

  
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    COMD 760 - Cochlear Implants

    Credits: 3

    Anatomy and physiology of the normal cochlea and the eighth cranial nerve. Evoked otoacoustic emissions as a diagnostic medium. Cochlear pathology with emphasis on candidacy for cochlear implantation.

  
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    COMD 761 - Habilitation of Individuals with Cochlear Implants

    Credits: 1-3

    Clinical techniques for the communication assessment and habilitation of the child post cochlear implantation.

  
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    COMD 762 - Aural Habilitation: Manual Communication

    Credits: 1-3

    Basic sign vocabulary for speech-language pathologists’ professional use with hearing-impaired clients. Focus on the nature and components of manual language systems.

  
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    COMD 772 - Practicum in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

    Credits: 1-13

    Supervised clinical practice in screening, diagnosis, and therapy.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 774 - Internship in Speech Pathology

    Credits: 3-13

    Supervised internship in diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with communicative disorders in clinical and public school settings in field situations.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 790 - Introduction to Research in Speech Pathology and Audiology

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to research methods applicable to and utilized in speech pathology and audiology. An analysis of basic and applied research.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 791 - Research Methodology

    Credits: 3

    Preparation of research designs, procedures of sampling and use of statistical measures.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    COMD 800 - Seminar in Speech Pathology

    Credits: 3

    An in depth exploration of problems, theories, and research in a specific area of speech pathology.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

    Note: May be repeated for credit when the topic(s) covered is different. Individual topics to be announced with suffix and title.

  
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    COMD 801 - Advanced Special Topics in Speech Pathology

    Credits: 3

    A series of lectures, presentations, and discussion sessions in a selected area of speech pathology. Content varies by suffix and title. Course may be repeated for a total of 9 credit hours.


    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 802 - Contemporary Issues In Speech Pathology

    Credits: 3

    Issues of local, state, and national import related to the prevention or solution of problems in speech pathology.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 803 - Advanced Study of Clinical Phonology

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to nonlinear phonological theory (e.g., autosegmental, metrical) and its application for assessment and intervention of children with phonological disorders.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 805 - Advanced Study of Language Disorders in Adults

    Credits: 3

    Theories of language processing, language development, and the effects of neural pathology on the normal language process.

  
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    COMD 820 - Advanced Speech Science

    Credits: 3

    Advanced study of the physical and related psychological attributes of sound and measurement of acoustic variables of sound and speech. Review of current research in speech science.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 821 - Advanced Hearing Science

    Credits: 3

    The normal auditory system; middle ear and cochlear physiology as determiners of auditory psychophysics.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 822 - Normal Bases of Speech Production

    Credits: 3

    Processes underlying speech production, including neural control, respiration, phonation, and articulation; theories explaining the processes; measurements of physical properties of speech.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 823 - Normal Bases of Language

    Credits: 3

    Advanced study of the effects of pathology on the normal language processes. Theories of language processing and development over the life span. Effects of focal and diffuse neutral pathologies on language processes.

    Prerequisites: permission of instructor

  
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    COMD 899 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    COSM 701 - Business and Legal Issues for Science Managers

    Credits: 3

    Survey of skills requisite for careers in domestic or international business: economics, finance, accounting, management, marketing, presentation skills, patent law, regulatory issues, other subjects for managers of science/technology-based businesses.

  
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    COSM 702 - Scientific and Technological Problems in Business and Industry

    Credits: 3

    Seminar course in problem solving, responding to cases with significant technical components, drawn from business/industry. Students analyze cases to propose solutions to problems, integrating the major activities of a technically oriented business.

  
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    COSM 790 - Internship in Science and Technology Based Business

    Credits: 3

    Internship in industry, government agency, or national laboratory. Internship experience culminates in oral and written reports on duties and projects. Internship must include a minimum of 150 hours of experience at the internship site.

  
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    CPLT 597 - Special Topics in Comparative Studies in Film and Media

    Credits: 3

    Topics in film and media from an international perspective. National cinematic traditions are compared and contrasted. May be repeated as content varies by title.

    Cross-listed Course: FILM 597

    Prerequisites: FILM 240 or permission of the instructor

  
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    CPLT 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: FREN 700, GERM 700, and SPAN 700

    Note: Grading: Standard

  
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    CPLT 701 - Classics of Western Literary Theory

    Credits: 3

    Problems of literary theory in texts from the ancients to the 17th century, with an emphasis on the classical tradition.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 733

  
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    CPLT 702 - Modern Literary Theory

    Credits: 3

    Problems of literary theory from the 18th century to the 1960s.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 734

  
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    CPLT 703 - Topics in Contemporary Literary Theory

    Credits: 3

    Presents an in-depth study of selected schools or trends in contemporary literary theory.

  
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    CPLT 720 - The Periods of Literature

    Credits: 3

    The study of one cultural period as an international movement. Topics will vary.

  
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    CPLT 730 - The Literary Genre

    Credits: 3

    Study of a genre from its inception to the present and its manifestations in the several literatures. Topics will vary.

  
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    CPLT 740 - Themes in Literature

    Credits: 3

    The study of recurrence and mutation in literary themes. Topics will vary.

  
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    CPLT 750 - Cross-Cultural Literary Relations

    Credits: 3

    Topics will vary and will be announced (e.g., Anglo-French literary relations, 1740-1900; 20th-century German-American literary relations).

  
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    CPLT 760 - Literature and Translation: Theory and Practice

    Credits: 3

    A survey of recent translation theory as it relates to literature, combined with translation analysis and actual translation of literary texts.

  
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    CPLT 765 - Advanced Film Study

    Credits: 3

    Methods of film analysis, resources for research, and the major critical theories.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 765

  
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    CPLT 777 - Supervised Instruction in Teaching Foreign Languages in College

    Credits: 0

    Supervised direction of foreign language teaching in college. Required of all graduate assistants who are teaching. This course will not count toward the MA or PhD degree.

    Note: Pass/Fail

  
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    CPLT 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    CPLT 850 - The Teaching of Comparative Literature

    Credits: 3

    Note: Open to Ph.D. candidates who have passed their comprehensive examinations.

  
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    CPLT 880 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 881 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 882 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 883 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 895 - Research

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 896 - Research

    Credits: 3

  
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    CPLT 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    CRJU 510 - Critical Incident Management for Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Leadership and management strategies for criminal justice agencies during critical incidents and disasters including multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional response.

  
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    CRJU 512 - Information-Based Management in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    The collection and use of information and data-driven analysis in criminal justice organizations.

  
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    CRJU 535 - Inmates and Prisons

    Credits: 3

    Examination of issues affecting prisons and the inmates confined within them. Specific topics of study will include the philosophy and goals of imprisonment, institutional crowding, inmate rights, inmate adaptation, and individual and collective misconduct.

  
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    CRJU 554 - Women and Crime

    Credits: 3

    Impact of gender-based relations on crime and the criminal justice system.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 554

  
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    CRJU 563 - Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    An historical overview of the intersection between issues of race, crime, and justice. The impact of the criminal justice system on minority groups.

  
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    CRJU 565 - Organized Crime

    Credits: 3

    Origins and modern day activity of organized crime in the United States and internationally will be investigated. Attention is given to problems of criminal activity and the present day transnational character of criminal organizations.

  
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    CRJU 577 - Law and Criminal Justice Policy

    Credits: 3

    Legal and policy responses to crime and criminal justice issues.

    Prerequisites: CRJU 313 or 314

  
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    CRJU 582 - Computer Applications in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Computing, database systems, and software applications in research and professional practice.

  
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    CRJU 591 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    A seminar for advanced students. Individual topics to be announced with suffix and title. May be repeated once with the consent of the advisor.

  
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    CRJU 701 - Survey of Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Classical and recent literature in criminal justice. Trends and issues that transcend criminal justice.

  
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    CRJU 702 - Law and Justice

    Credits: 3

    Examination of law as an instrument of criminal justice policy, social control, and the protection of civil liberties.

  
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    CRJU 703 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Scientific methods in criminal justice research to include methods of design, data collection, and interpretation of research findings.

  
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    CRJU 704 - Organization and Management in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Management strategies and selected analytic tools for the administration of criminal justice agencies.

    Cross-listed Course: POLI 756

  
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    CRJU 705 - Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Descriptive and inferential statistics and the use of computers in criminal justice.

  
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    CRJU 706 - Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Criminology and Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    A detailed treatment of the general linear model, logistic regression analysis, and statistical models for event count data with applications in criminology and criminal justice. Restricted to criminology and criminal justice majors.

  
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    CRJU 711 - Police Practices and Problems

    Credits: 3

    Historical and contemporary role of the police, societal expectations, resource allocation, police policies, and the effectiveness of various police strategies in controlling crime.

  
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    CRJU 712 - Police Administration and Management

    Credits: 3

    Principles of leadership and management applied to law enforcement.

  
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    CRJU 714 - Ethics in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Classic and contemporary theories of ethics and their applications to criminal justice decision-making.

    Cross-listed Course: PHIL 715

  
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    CRJU 731 - Corrections

    Credits: 3

    Historical development of corrections, trends, and changes in the field of corrections and rehabilitation.

  
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    CRJU 732 - Correctional Policy

    Credits: 3

    Policy development, implementation, and evaluation in corrections.

  
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    CRJU 741 - Criminology

    Credits: 3

    The major theories of the etiology of criminal behavior, including biological, environmental, and other causative factors.

  
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    CRJU 743 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Abuse and Neglect

    Credits: 3

    Current knowledge about child abuse and neglect, including typologies, etiology, effects, and current practice interventions.

    Cross-listed Course: EDCE 769, NURS 726 SOWK 769

  
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    CRJU 751 - Juvenile Justice

    Credits: 3

    Historical evolution of the juvenile justice system.

    Cross-listed Course: SOWK 763

  
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    CRJU 752 - Prevention and Treatment of Delinquency

    Credits: 3

    Theories and methodologies for the organization of delinquency prevention and control programs. Emphasis on the role of the program evaluation.

  
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    CRJU 791 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Seminar for advanced students. Topics of current importance, such as drugs, judicial reform, or crime prevention.

    Note: May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours with consent of advisor

  
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    CRJU 792 - Directed Study in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Independent study for advanced students, under faculty supervision.

    Note: May be repeated for credit up to 6 semester hours with consent of advisor

  
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    CRJU 794 - Internship in Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Placement in a criminal justice agency under faculty supervision.

  
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    CRJU 799 - Thesis Research: Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    CRJU 810 - Crime, Law, and Public Policy

    Credits: 3

    The study of the legal and policy-making processes as they apply to criminology and criminal justice, Examines the interrelationships between law, crime, and public policy and the research methodologies appropriate for the study of crime-related policies.

  
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    CRJU 814 - Research Design in Criminology and Criminal Justice

    Credits: 3

    Intensive coverage of the logic and practice of research design and measurement issues commonly encountered in criminology and criminal justice research. Emphasizes the use of experimental research designs as the preferred methodology for making causal inferences.

  
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    CRJU 816 - Applied Quantitative Data Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Review of applied quantitative methodological literature in criminology and criminal justice. Topics include analysis of data from randomized field experiments, interrupted time-series studies, regression discontinuity studies, instrumental variable estimation, treatment probability matching estimators, statistical power analysis, and study planning.

  
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    CRJU 817 - Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the qualitative research paradigm and its contribution to social inquiry, including the collection, organization, and analysis of qualitative date. Collection and analytic strategies involve interviewing, observation, and textual analysis.

  
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    CRJU 821 - Advanced Criminological Theory

    Credits: 3

    Advanced coverage of theoretical and developments and empirical research in criminology, with a focus on definitive statements from important theoretical traditions, empirical tests of criminological theories, and the translation of theory into policy.

  
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    CRJU 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

    Dissertation Preparation.

  
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    CSCE 500 - Computer Programming and Applications

    Credits: 3

    Concepts and properties of algorithms; programming exercises with emphasis on good programming habits.

    Note: Credit may not be received for both CSCE 500 and CSCE 145. Open to all majors. May not be used for major credit by computer science and engineering majors.

  
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    CSCE 510 - System Programming

    Credits: 3

    System software such as command language interpreters, client-server applications, debuggers; mail systems, browsers, macroprocessors, and revision control systems; file systems, processes, threads, and interprocess communication.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 215, 240

  
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    CSCE 512 - System Performance Evaluation

    Credits: 3

    Measuring, modeling, analyzing, and predicting performance of computer systems and networks; bottleneck analysis; Markovian queuing systems and networks; use of operational and probabilistic models.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 311; STAT 509 or STAT 515

  
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    CSCE 513 - Computer Architecture

    Credits: 3

    Design methodology; processor design; computer arithmetic: algorithms for addition, multiplication, floating point arithmetic; microprogrammed control; memory organization; introduction to parallel architectures.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 211, 212

  
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    CSCE 515 - Computer Network Programming

    Credits: 3

    Computer networks and communication protocols; socket programming; interprocess communication; development of network software; case studies.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 311

  
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    CSCE 516 - Computer Networks

    Credits: 3

    Structure, design, and analysis of computer networks; ISO/OSI network architecture.

    Prerequisites: STAT 509 or STAT 515

  
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    CSCE 517 - Computer Crime and Forensics

    Credits: 3

    Methodical approaches for collecting and preserving evidence of computer crimes. Foundational concepts such as file system structures, MAC times, and network protocols; tools for extracting evidence; general legal issues.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 311

  
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    CSCE 518 - Ethical Hacking

    Credits: 3

    Fundamental principles and techniques of ethical hacking, including penetration testing life cycle, planning and scoping, identifying targets and goals, active and passive reconnaissance, enumeration and scanning, exploitation, post-exploitation, and results reporting.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 215 or previous Linux/UNIX experience

  
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    CSCE 520 - Database System Design

    Credits: 3

    Database management systems; database design and implementation; security, integrity, and privacy.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 240 or GEOG 563

  
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    CSCE 522 - Information Security Principles

    Credits: 3

    Threats to information resources and appropriate countermeasures. Cryptography, identification and authentication, access control models and mechanisms, multilevel database security, steganography, Internet security, and intrusion detection and prevention.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 311 or MGSC 596

  
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    CSCE 526 - Service Oriented Computing

    Credits: 3

    Cooperative information systems and service-oriented computing. Techniques for achieving coordinated behavior among a decentralized group of information system components. Distributed databases, multiagent systems, conceptual modeling, Web services, and applications.

    Prerequisites: CSCE 311

 

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