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ARCHIVED 2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
ARCHIVED 2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Courses


 

Engineering Technology

  
  • ET 575 - Systems Integration and Management


    Methods of planning, scheduling, directing and supervising technology based systems. Models for monitoring and evaluating systems management will be studied. 2 lecture, 2 lab.
     


    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 593 - Topics in Engineering Technology


      

    Credits 1-3, R6
  
  • ET 603 - Applied Research Methods and Experimental Design


    An applied study of research methods and designed experiments for decision making. Statistical methods, and interpretation of technical data for system improvement.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 641 - Quality Assurance


    Quality management methods and models for continuous improvement. Standards, implementation, deployment, and assessment strategies will be covered.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 642 - Automation Systems


    Manufacturing system analysis and decision-making regarding the selection and implementation of automation equipment; an overview of traditional manufacturing systems and analyses; evaluation of the need and justification for automation systems; and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) systems.

    Prerequisites PREQ: A course or demonstrated competency in computer programming.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 643 - Advanced Parametric Modeling and Design


    Advanced level of constraint-based parametric modeling systems and the fundamentals of capturing design intent with Computer Aided Drafting Design systems.

    Prerequisites PREQ: A course demonstrated competency in 3-D modeling and rapid prototyping at the undergraduate level or permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 644 - Advanced Digital Signal Processing


    Digital signal processing methods and techniques including non-parametric power spectral estimation, model-based spectral estimation, and adaptive signal processing.

    Prerequisites PREQ: A course or demonstrated competency in computer application and permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 645 - Random Processes in Engineering


    Engineering applications of probability theory in communications signal processing. Topics include stationarity, spectral densities, random inputs to linear systems, and Gaussian processes.

    Prerequisites PREQ: A course or demonstrated competency in probability theory at the undergraduate level or permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 647 - Advanced Power System Analysis


    Fundamentals of phasors and three-phase circuits; power transformers; transmission line parameters and models; power flow studies; power system controls; symmetrical components; symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults.

    Prerequisites PREREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 648 - Manufacturing Research and Analysis


    Research and analysis of current manufacturing materials, methods, and control systems relevant to engineering applications.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 660 - Innovation in Engineering Design


    Student creativity techniques that can be used to enhance innovation in the design of new products, processes, and/or services. In addition, students are familiarized with factors present in the corporate engineering environment that must be accounted for when creating innovations.   

     

    Prerequisites Instructor permission

    Credits 3

  
  • ET 662 - Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing and Design


    Basic and advanced principles of Lean thinking to reduce waste in process flow and improve quality. It is also combined with Six Sigma, a method that uses probability and statistics to design products and processes with very high quality leading to products with very low defect rates. Use of these principles will result in reduced operating cost and increased product quality and higher company profitability.   

    Prerequisites Instructor permission

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 680 - Independent Study


      

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ET 688 - Directed Project


    A formal engineering or technology investigation of a particular problem under the guidance of the advisory committee/major professor. Not applicable to a thesis option plan of study. Enrollment during at least two consecutive terms for a minimum of three credits required.

    Credits 1-3, R6
  
  • ET 689 - Graduate Internship


    In this course, students will report on activities conducted during their internships and reflect on the meaning of these activities. 

    Prerequisites Permission of program director.

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 693 - Advanced Topics in Engineering Technology


    Description of a special topic within the field of technology and/or engineering (this will change based on the topic).

    Credits 3
  
  • ET 695 - Seminar in Engineering Technology


      

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 1-3, R6
  
  • ET 698 - Comprehensive Exam


    Comprehensive exam for non-thesis students.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Students must be in their last semester of study.

    Credits 0
  
  • ET 699 - Thesis


      

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ET 779 - Continuing Applied Research


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Must NOT be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits 1, R10
  
  • ET 799 - Continuing Research-Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Student must be enrolled in a thesis program.

    Credits 2, R24

English

  
  • ENGL 501 - Writing for Careers


    Theory and application of rhetoric in professional communication; emphasis on triad of author, subject, and audience. Practical assignments: memos, letters, resumes, reports, and persuasive messages.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 502 - Technical Writing for Industry


    Practical applications in technical writing.  Write, edit, design, layout, and production of documents.  Integration of research.  Rhetorical issues and scholarship related to technical writing.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 514 - Teaching Writing


    Theoretical and practical basis for designing and teaching composition course; analysis of rhetorical, cognitive, and linguistic approaches. Practical, research-based techniques and issues.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 515 - Linguistics


    Introduction to sound systems, word systems, sentence patterns; social/regional dialects; psycholinguistics, child/adult language acquisition; historical linguistics; linguistic reconstruction; neurolinguistics; pragmatics, language typology.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 516 - Teaching English as a Second Language


    Current trends/strategies in teaching English to non-native speakers. Aspects of American culture that affect language learning.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 517 - Methods of Teaching Literature


    Methods of teaching poetry, world literature, young adult literature; technologies which enhance teaching.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Admission to M.A.T. in English or permission of instructor.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 529 - Advanced Studies in Technical and Professional Writing


    This course is designed to prepare students for specific career paths in professional and technical communication.  The course provides students with an in-depth theoretical study of a complex area of writing, such as medical writing or science writing. Students will read specialized texts and practice specific forms of writing in various contexts associated with the theme of the course.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 550 - Major British Writers


    Selected works of one or more important British authors from a single historical period.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R9
  
  • ENGL 564 - Native American Literature


    Ancient oral tradition and contemporary works. Perceptions of culture, environment, and time observed in “old ways” stories; how influences emerge in “new way” poetry and fiction.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 571 - Studies in Poetry


    Developments in poetry, forms, and audience. Poets and poetry from various literary periods examined in the context of current criticism.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 572 - Studies in Fiction


    Developments in fiction, forms and audience. Writers and texts from various literary periods examined in the context of current criticism.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 573 - Studies in Drama


    Developments in drama, forms, and audience. Writers and plays/performances from various literary periods examined in the context of current criticism.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 580 - Studies in English


    Independent study/directed research in English.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor and department head.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ENGL 589 - Co-op: Writing and Editing


    Cooperative education assignments are professional (often off-campus) experiences designed for students who wish to apply their theoretical learning to an on-the-job situation. S/U grading.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Enrollment for at least one term in the graduate English program; B average in graduate work; approval of advisor, department head, and cooperative education coordinator.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ENGL 600 - Selected Ethnic Literature


    Exploration of literature outside the Eurocentric canon. Introduces cultural diversity: African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, or Native American literature; international or multicultural literature.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 601 - Gender Studies


    Feminist theory; ways in which male and female authors construct gender; how representations of men and women have influenced how we think about society and culture.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 602 - African American Literature


    Survey of African-American literature; focus on postmodernist period. Background in African-American literary theory/history; concentration on explosion of literature in late twentieth century.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 603 - Proposal and Grant Writing


    Provides an overview of the profession. Helps students identify and investigate the many fields in which they can write professionally, using traditional and electronic techniques.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 604 - Writing for Electronic Environments


    Teaches clear, coherent writing in a variety of electronic environments, including multimedia presentation and publication, web page design, and computer documentation.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 605 - Advanced Issues in Technical and Professional Writing


    An examination of historical and contemporary theory in technical and professional writing.  Explores application of theory to the contemporary workplace.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 606 - Nonfiction Writing


    “Literary” or creative nonfiction writing for small presses or popular magazines; emphasis on personal experience, personal reflection, and profile essays.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 607 - Technical and Professional Editing


    Students produce a variety of texts using appropriate and advanced technologies that are in high-demand in the workplace.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 608 - Fiction Writing


    Students write short stories (or chapters); explore trends in twentieth-century fiction: interior monologue, present-tense narration, second-person narration, third-person interior monologue, multiple flashbacks/time sequencing.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 609 - Poetry Writing


    Writing and reading poetry; in-depth discussion of student work. Preparation of portfolio of original poems; study of major poets and formal elements of poetry.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 610 - Rhetorical Theory


    In-depth survey of the western rhetorical tradition from classical times to the present, with the principal focus on major contributions through the twentieth century.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 611 - Mountain Area Writing Project


    By invitation only to K-12 teachers (all subjects) within Western North Carolina, Region 8. Focus on principal aims of National Writing Project and North Carolina Writing Projects, with which it is affiliated.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Permission of instructor.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 6
  
  • ENGL 612 - The Mountain Area Writing Project (Level 2)


    A follow-up extension of ENGL 611, open only to K-12 public school teachers through invitation. Rare exceptions made with permission of instructors.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 613 - Stylistics


    In-depth study of the rhetoric of style. Examination of professional writing; how and why writers might choose sentence type, vocabulary, punctuation, and syntax.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 614 - Contemporary Rhetoric


    In-depth survey of rhetoric in the late twentieth century; examination of theory/application of “new rhetorics.”

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 615 - Linguistic Perspectives


    Specific focus will vary: may cover phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, and child/adult language acquisition.

    Prerequisites PREQ: ENGL 515 or permission of instructor.  PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 616 - Foundations of ESL and Language Learning


    Introduction to second language acquisition (SLA): language learning, learning theory, needs analysis, assessment, and factors in variability of SLA.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Admission to program or consent of instructor.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 617 - Historical Linguistics


    Attention to language in historical context: language families, linguistic change, and linguistic reconstruction. Focus on changes in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and orthography of English language.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 618 - Research Methods in English


    Overview of research methodologies in fields related to the disciplines of English.

    Prerequisites PREQ:  Required for all graduate students in the M.A. in English.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 619 - English Grammars


    Internal structure of English, particularly its syntax: traditional grammar, American structuralism, and generative grammar; primary focus on Chomskyan and other competing models.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 620 - Chaucer


    Chaucer’s major poetry/ historical epoch analyzed; particular emphasis on The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and the dream visions. All selections read in Middle English.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 621 - Medieval Language and Literature


    Introduction to the structure, syntax, grammar, and vocabulary of Middle English; major works written between 1066 and 1500 are examined, in original and translation.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 622 - Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature


    Emphasis on Old English language, major works, in translation and in original. Students will become familiar with Old English history and the culture.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 625 - Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation Teaching


    The study of the English sound system as it applies to developing speaking abilities in ESL students.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 626 - Integrated TESOL Methods


    This class will provide both a comprehensive introduction to first- and second language acquisition theory as well as teaching methodology for English Language Learners (ELLs). Foundational theories of language acquisition are covered in their historical context (e.g. grammar-translation method, communicative approach) as well as current theoretical issues related to first and second language acquisition (critical period, interlanguage). Throughout, we will connect key concepts that apply to the social context for language learning (communicative approach, appropriacy). Students will develop classroom methods for teaching the four language proficiencies (listening/speaking/reading/writing) as well as skills for assessing students who are learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. In terms of pedagogy, the course will offer students practice in developing classroom-ready strategies and activities as well as the tools for developing high-quality lesson plans geared to ELLs. Course will be delivered via Blackboard (BB), BB Collaborate & Panopto.

    Prerequisites Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 627 - ESL Methodology: Reading and Writing


    ESL theory and practice for reading and writing development: vocabulary, grammar, content-based and task-based instruction.  Critique of textbooks, materials, effective techniques.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 628 - ESL Curriculum and Administration


    Survey and analysis of curriculum and syllabus design.  Theoretical and practical issues in selecting content and developing instructional materials for ESL/EFL program development and administration.

    Prerequisites PREQ: 616, 626, 627. Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 630 - The Bible as Literature


    Study of the Bible from a literary perspective, examining major portions of the text for its subjects, themes, literary styles and genres.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 631 - Shakespeare


    Approach to selected works of Shakespeare from a specialized perspective, depending on instructor’s preference and students’ needs: e.g., dramatic language, great tragedies, critical approaches.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 632 - Renaissance Literature


    Literature of Early Modern period from a specialized perspective, depending on instructor’s preference and students’ needs: e.g., Renaissance idealism, Sidney/Spenser, sonnets, Tudor-Stuart drama.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 635 - Teaching Grammar, Reading and Writing to ESL Students.


    The study of English grammar and its application to teaching and writing to ESL students.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 641 - Milton


    Examination of theological, mythological, political, and poetic issues in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, minor poems. Introduction to major prose works.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 642 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose


    Works of notable poets; special attention to Cavalier, Metaphysical, and Meditational poetry, and prose writings with attention to issues of theme and style.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 643 - Literature of the Enlightenment


    Focus on artistic constructs of order (heroic couplet, Augustan diction); developments within artistic genres (satire, novel, and periodical); dynamic cultural temperaments.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 645 - Second Language Acquisition and TESOL Methodology


    Current theories and research on second language acquisition and their application to language pedagogies.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 651 - Romantic and Victorian Poetry


    A survey of Romantic and Victorian poetry, from the visionary William Blake to the luminary Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the decadent Oscar Wilde.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 652 - Nineteenth-Century British Fiction


    A survey of nineteenth-century British fiction with special emphasis on significant novels of the era, from Austen and the Brontës to Dickens, Eliot, and Wilde.

    Prerequisites Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 653 - British Nonfiction


    A survey of British nonfiction prose and its authors’ interrogation of issues such as aesthetics, class, gender, industrialization, race, religion, science, and governance.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 655 - Professional Development of the ESL Teacher


    An examination of language assessment and professional requirements for ESL teachers in North Carolina.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 659 - Southern Literature


    The literature of the South with particular emphasis on cultural and historical themes of the region.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits (3)
  
  • ENGL 660 - Early American Literature


    “New World” texts, including indigenous literature, European settler writings, slave narrative, and works from the revolutionary and early national periods.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 661 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature


    Texts of American literature encompassing one hundred years characterized by great change-including the American Renaissance, realism, and naturalism.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 662 - Contemporary Literature


    Study of literature written since the end of World War II; texts covered will cross borders of genres, nations, and continents.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 663 - Environmental Literature


    Study of environmental depictions in literature and how those depictions are imagined, shaped, and created by specific cultural contexts.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 670 - Early Twentieth-Century British Literature


    Literary trends dominating first four decades of twentieth century; emphasis on Yeats, Conrad, Eliot, Woolf, Lawrence; also, works in English from United States or other countries.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 671 - Late Twentieth Century British Literature


    A multigenre view of literature since World War II; writers in English, or in English translation.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 672 - African Literature


    An exploration of African oral and written literatures from a variety of cultures, situated within a global literary historical context.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 673 - Global and Postcolonial Literature


    Non-Western literature and film from formerly colonized areas such as Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean that share English as literary language.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 674 - Transnational Literature


    Focuses on world literature shaped in response to immigration, globalization, increased access to telecommunications and military occupation.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 675 - Modernism


    Study of literature written from 1900 to World War II. Literature will include multiple genres and national origins.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 676 - Adaptation: From Text to Film


    Study of film adaptation in a variety of genres, including fiction and nonfiction; historical and contemporary theory, film and cultural analysis, industry practices that govern adaptations.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 677 - Literary Theory


    Study of major schools of literary theory like new criticism, deconstruction, feminism, racial identity, post-colonial theory, gender theory, new historicism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and ecocriticism.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 683 - TESOL Practicum


    Students will team-teach one ESL class, exploring principles of language learning, intercultural communication, ESL methodology, and the multidimensional nature of the English language classroom.

    Prerequisites PREQ: 616, 626, 627.  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 686 - Language, Politics & Policies


    This course is a graduate-level examination of the history of language use in U.S. public school contexts; the laws governing educational policies related to the education of language minorities at the federal, state and local levels; and, the implications of these policies and laws on the education of English language learners.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENGL 693 - Special Topics in English


    Varying topics of specialized focus.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ENGL 694 - Special Topics in Rhetorical Theory


    Varying topics of specialized focus.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R6
  
  • ENGL 695 - Contemporary Composition Theory


     

     Varying topics of specialized focus.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R6

  
  • ENGL 699 - Thesis Research


    Only 6 hours of thesis may be counted toward a degree. Students may register for thesis credit the semester after the thesis proposal has been approved. Students may enroll in no more than 6 semester hours of thesis credit during any given semester without approval of the English department’s graduate director and department head.

    Prerequisites PREREQ:  Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 3, R12
  
  • ENGL 779 - Continuing Research-Non-Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Must NOT be enrolled in a thesis program.   Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 1, R10
  
  • ENGL 799 - Continuing Research-Thesis Option


    See Policy on Completion of Thesis and Dissertation found in the Admissions and Degree Requirements Section of the Graduate Catalog. S/U grading. These hours will not count toward fulfilling degree requirements.

    Prerequisites PREQ: Student must be enrolled in a thesis program.   Requires departmental approval for non-degree seeking students and transient students.

    Credits 2, R24

Entrepreneurship

  
  • ENT 600 - Entrepreneurial Planning


    Tools for venture creation and management including marketing, accounting, risk management, human resources, legal issues, and intellectual capital.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENT 601 - Entrepreneurial Innovation


    Examination of invention, enhancement, originality, divergent thinking, and innovation in research, development, enhancement, and strategy in businesses and organizations.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENT 610 - Entrepreneurial Creation


    Examination of the resources, demand, industry and competitive forces, and strategies required for successful entrepreneurial activities.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENT 630 - Entrepreneurial Growth


    Developing the materials to institute and expand a successful entrepreneurial venture.

    Credits 3
  
  • ENT 635 - Intrapreneurship


    This course addresses the emerging practice of Intrapreneurship, broadly defined as the application of entrepreneurial capabilities to the development of new ventures within an existing firm.  Individuals who may be involved in such endeavors must typically be capable of serving as innovation leaders and change agents.

    Credits 3

 

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