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ARAD 505 - Arts Marketing- Theory & Practice
Audience development theory and marketing strategies and techniques as they apply specifically to the arts and arts institutions. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ASTR 850 - Advanced Seminar
Subjects of current interest, such as star formation, galaxy evolution, cosmology, etc., are discussed. The topic to be covered appears in the Course Offering Directory each semester. (SI)
Credits: 3
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CE 605 - Computational Methods in Civil Engineering
Students will be introduced to fundamental numerical methods common to different areas of Civil Engineering in preparation for independent research and practice. The methods will be taught in a computationally-oriented environment based on MATLAB (with additional computational packages when applicable) with a strong emphasis on output data mining (post processing) and visualization. Actual application of the techniques will be taken from Environmental, Structural and Transportation Engineering areas. A semester-long project will enhance students’ exposure to research in the chosen areas of specialization. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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CHIN 802 - Independent Study in Chinese
Independent Study in Chinese.
Credits: 1 to 3
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LAW4 704 - International Deal Making: Legal and Business Aspects
This course will focus on the application of legal and business knowledge to real-world transactions in the international context. The course will enroll law students and Darden business students who are interested in applying their knowledge to deal structuring, legal and business concerns, negotiations, documentation, and deal closing. In the typical class session, the first hour will be an overview lecture on the topic, or a discussion of the assigned readings. The second hour will be spent on an assigned “caselet” (a short-form case) developed specifically for this course. Each caselet will involve one significant cross-border transaction, and will deal with specific issues (such as deal structuring, negotiating, documenting, etc.) that arose during the course of that deal. Examples of successful and unsuccessful cross-border transactions will be used. Among the deals to be examined will be: 1) Negotiating the first U.S. government loan ($32 million) to China since 1949; 2) Structuring the then largest direct investment in China ($83 million) by a Taiwan investor; 3) Evaluating the legal and business issues surrounding the first IPO of a Chinese company in Hong Kong (HK$889 million); 4) Pioneering the first Chinese Dragon bond issue in the Singapore markets ($50 million); 5) Arranging a $500 million Philippine government SOE privatization sale to a Norwegian investor; 6) Writing a proper investment banking engagement letter for the raising of debt and equity funding to build a new five-star resort hotel in Indonesia; 7) Raising funds ($175 million) for the Burmese government in connection with a $1 billion energy project in Burma and Thailand, at a time when President Bill Clinton and the U.S. government had decided to impose sanctions on Burma; 8) Creating a novel structured finance transaction to help a U.S. company buy the valuable mineral barite from a remote mine in Asia; and 9) Negotiating a dispute resolution in an international trade transaction, with a legal solution and a business solution, which made new law in the country affected.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Corporations or Corporations (Law & Business) recommended, but not required.
Credits: 2
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Academic, Professional, and Creative Writing |
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ENWR 531 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Intensive work in poetry writing, for students with prior experience. May be repeated with different instructor. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. Students
should submit a sample of their writing well in advance of the first
class meeting.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 532 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Intensive work in poetry writing, for students with prior experience. May be repeated with different instructor. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. Students
should submit a sample of their writing well in advance of the first
class meeting.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 541 - Playwriting
Intensive study of one-act plays by such masters as Chekhov,
Pirandello, and Synge, with particular attention to character and
context and to scene construction. Each student writes two one-act
plays. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. 541 is prerequisite for 542.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 542 - Playwriting
Intensive study of one-act plays by such masters as Chekhov,
Pirandello, and Synge, with particular attention to character and
context and to scene construction. Each student writes two one-act
plays. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. 541 is prerequisite for 542.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 551 - Advanced Fiction Writing
A course for advanced short story writers. Student manuscripts are
discussed in individual conference and in class. May be repeated with
different instructor. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. Students
should submit a sample of their fiction well in advance of the first
class.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 552 - Advanced Fiction Writing
A course for advanced short story writers. Student manuscripts are
discussed in individual conference and in class. May be repeated with
different instructor. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission; limited enrollment. Students
should submit a sample of their fiction well in advance of the first
class.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 561 - Scriptwriting
Explains film, television, and radio production values with weekly exercises in the grammar, composition, and writing of screenplays, radio drama, literary adaptation, documentaries, and docudrama. Selected scripts may be produced by the drama department. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 731 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Graduate-level poetry writing workshop for advanced writing students. A
weekly 2.5 hour workshop discussion of student poems. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENWR 732 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Graduate-level poetry writing workshop for advanced writing students. A
weekly 2.5 hour workshop discussion of student poems. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENWR 751 - Fiction Writing
A course devoted to the writing of prose fiction, especially the short
story. Student work is discussed in class and in individual
conferences. Parallel reading in the work of modern novelists and short
story writers is required. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Limited enrollment. 751 is prerequisite for 752.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 752 - Fiction Writing
A course devoted to the writing of prose fiction, especially the short
story. Student work is discussed in class and in individual
conferences. Parallel reading in the work of modern novelists and short
story writers is required. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Limited enrollment. 751 is prerequisite for 752.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 801 - Independent Writing Project
Intended for graduate students who wish to do work on a creative writing project other than the thesis for the Master of Fine Arts degree under the direction of a faculty member. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Permission of the chair.
Credits: 3
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ENWR 895 - M.F.A. Thesis
The project must comprise a substantial body of original writing—80
pages of fiction (one long or two or three short stories), a
full-length play or two one act plays, or a collection of poems
(approximately 48 pages); and it must, in the opinion of the faculty,
be of publishable quality, comparable to the literature taught in other
courses offered by the department. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENWR 896 - M.F.A. Thesis
The project must comprise a substantial body of original writing—80
pages of fiction (one long or two or three short stories), a
full-length play or two one act plays, or a collection of poems
(approximately 48 pages); and it must, in the opinion of the faculty,
be of publishable quality, comparable to the literature taught in other
courses offered by the department. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENWR 991 - Research in Creative Writing
Research in creative writing for M.F.A. students. (S)
Credits: 3
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Accounting |
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COMM 510 - Accounting Information Systems
This course is designed to achieve the following objectives: design and use accounting information systems; learn COSO, COBIT and the foundations for building business controls and managing business risk; understand IT governance in an organization and how IT controls and governance relate to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; understand how IT controls and risks must be integrated into a company’s overall risk profile; design and implement control systems.
Credits: 3
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COMM 514 - Strategic Cost Management
Explores the roles of accounting information in strategically positioning the firm and in improving performance and examines cost management problems and practices . The course primarily deals with activity-based cost management, kaizen, target costing, and the balanced scoreboard. Additional topics include the theory of constraints, the strategic value chain, the half-life metric for improvement, and the role of accounting in managing quality.
Credits: 3
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COMM 531 - Advanced Financial Accounting
Covers accounting and financial reporting for business combinations (including consolidated financial statements), international accounting issues, foreign currency translation, reorganizations and liquidations, accounting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and accounting for partnerships. Emphasizes the conceptual understanding of major issues and technical accounting requirements. Prerequisite: COMM 311
Credits: 3
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GCOM 731 - Strategic Business Advising and Communication
This course covers the entire spectrum of business risks facing companies in a global economy. The course focuses on how to build an enterprise risk management process that includes: understanding risk and decision making, strategy and objectives, risk identification, risk assessment, risk response, controls, and monitoring. The course looks at international risk frameworks, international and US regulatory requirements related to risk, and international and US stock exchange requirements. The course also ties the enterprise risk management process into corporate governance, shareholder value and disclosures to shareholders.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 732 - Accounting Policy
The course focuses on the accounting policy making process by the FASB and SEC and includes case discussions of specific corporate policy making in reporting to shareholders and other stakeholders.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 733 - Enterprise Risk Management and Consulting
The course looks at the strategic, operational, and financial risk that organizations face. Through case discussions, the process of risk identification, risk assessment, and risk monitoring is covered.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 734 - Special Topics in Accounting
The purpose of this course is to expand your knowledge of financial reporting and to familiarize you with topics currently of interest to the accounting profession, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. To achieve these objectives, the course will examine accounting issues from two perspectives. First, we will explore financial reporting and financial reporting issues from a user perspective. This perspective should enable you to understand the significance of financial statement components more completely and will facilitate your future performance in your financial statement analysis course. Second, we will examine the authoritative accounting literature underlying acceptable accounting choices. As an accounting professional, you will often be faced with ambiguous or unclear accounting issues. This perspective will improve your ability to conduct financial reporting research and to provide concise and thoughtful resolutions to theses issues. The perspective will also provide a foundation for your future graduate course in accounting policy. The pedagogy for the course will include lectures, readings, illustrative class examples, research cases, memorandum preparations and class presentations.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 735 - Special Topics in Auditing, Assurance and Ethics
This course provides students with an integrative exposure to topics that reflect current professional practices and best practices as identified by regulatory bodies, other profession-related organizations, academics and practitioners. State-of-the-art topics will be covered primarily through (a) professional and academic readings and (b) exposure to practitioners and other experts. The course will focus on the integration of new topics with material learned in other courses and placing topics in the context of auditing and assurance.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 737 - Financial Statement Analysis
The course centers on the fundamentals of valuation, and how accounting and other information affect perceived and managed value. The course begins by establishing value maximization as the goal of the firm. The process and fundamentals of valuation are explored. Second, students explore how to analyze the decisions that affect firm value (e.g., investing, financing, etc.). Third, students explore the impact, on perceived value, of accounting alternatives (e.g., U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Standards).
Credits: 3
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GCOM 741 - Tax Research
This course is designed to equip students with the special investigative skills, and the technical tools, techniques, and insights required to analyze, interpret, summarize, and present complex financial, tax, accounting, and business related issues in a manner that is both understandable and supported by documentary evidence. This course has been designed to expose students to the various statutory, administrative, and judicial sources of the tax law. Case studies are used throughout the course to assist students in developing and refining their proficiency in identifying issues, locating and interpreting pertinent authority, and effectively and professionally communicating their conclusions. Students learn how to use several commercially available research tools (LEXIS/NEXIS, RIA CheckPoint, etc.), analytical tools (e.g., financial modeling tools and simulation tools), and presentation tools more creatively, more efficiently, and more effectively.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 743 - Taxation of Passthrough Entities
This case-oriented, transaction-based course addresses the various legal, business, and tax issues arising in connection with the start-up of new business and with the formation, operation, distributions, reorganization, and termination of liability companies, partnerships, S corporations and other conduit entities (e.g., real estate investment trusts and mutual funds). The course provides in-depth coverage of the technical rules of Subchapters K and S and places special emphasis on the identification and implementation of tax-planning strategies available to conduit entities and their owners. The course contains modules on entrepreneurship and accounting for partnership transactions.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 744 - Taxation of Corporations and their Shareholders Transactions
This case-oriented, transaction-based course addresses the various business, tax, and accounting issues arising in connection with the formation, operation, and termination of domestic corporations and their shareholders. The course provides in-depth coverage of the technical rules of Subchapter C, and places special emphasis on the identification and implementation of tax planning strategies available to corporations and their shareholders.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 745 - Corporate Mergers, Acquisitions, Divisions and Recapitalizations
This eclectic, case-oriented, transaction-based course addresses the various financial, tax, and accounting issues arising in connection with corporate mergers, acquisitions, divisions, and recapitalizations. It presents a detailed introduction to the qualitative and quantitative valuation techniques used in analyzing proposed transactions. Students are exposed to the vast array of legal, tax, and accounting issues that arise in connection with negotiating, structuring, closing, and reporting these transactions and how these various factors impact corporate value. Tax due diligence and financial statement analysis are also covered. This course also examines the conceptual themes and the technical rules that govern the filing of consolidated tax returns and compares and contrasts the those rules with the generally accepted accounting principles that govern the preparation of consolidated financial statements. SFAS 109 (tax provision) is also covered in this course.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 746 - Tax Strategies for the Executive and the Entrepreneur
This is an eclectic course that addresses the federal income, estate, and gift tax issues and strategies that arise in connection with executive compensation (stock options, nonqualified deferred compensation strategies, etc.), planning for the death or incapacity of the owners of a closely held business (buy-sell arrangements, succession planning, etc.), gratuitous inter vivos and testamentary transfers of large wealth. The course provides in-depth coverage of federal estate and gift taxes, the generation-skipping transfer tax, and the use of trusts. Related business issues non-tax aspects of executive compensation and business succession planning and related financial accounting principles are also covered.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 747 - International Business and Investment Transactions
This eclectic, case-oriented, transaction-based course addresses the various financial, accounting, and tax issues arising in connection with a wide range of international business and investment transactions. It presents a detailed introduction to international finance (e.g., accessing international financial markets, managing foreign exchange risk, and using various financial instruments), and comprehensive coverage of international taxation and tax planning strategies (including transfer pricing, foreign tax credit planning, Subpart F, etc.). The course also contains a module on U.S. accounting principles applicable to multinational transactions and operations, and on the managerial accounting aspects of control systems for multinational business operations. Students are exposed to international accounting standards promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Committee. The tax and accounting systems of several countries are compared and contrasted with those of the United States. The course also contains a module on state and local taxation.
Credits: 3
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GCOM 751 - Independent Study and Supervised Research
Students taking this course will explore areas and issues of special interest that are not otherwise covered in the graduate curriculum. Research is conducted under the supervision of a professor chosen by the student. This course is offered at the discretion of the supervising professor. The Director of the Master’s Program in Accounting must approve a requesting student’s written proposal prior to registration for the course. In addition to other requirements imposed by the instructor, the course requires a final paper of publishable “law review” quality be completed and submitted prior to the end of the semester.
Credits: 1 to 3
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GCOM 774 - Global Finance and Accounting
The course explores how firms manage multinational operations. The course first sensitizes students to the challenges confronting global enterprises (e.g., culture, laws, etc.), Second, macroeconomic issues are explored (e.g., exchange rate determination). Third, the course examines the nature and framework of international finance decisions (e.g., investing, financings, etc.). Fourth, the impact of differing accounting standards and tax laws are explored.
Credits: 3
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African History |
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HIAF 701 - The History and Historiography of Africa
Taught for graduate students with no previous experience in African
history; consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of HIAF 201,
202, and weekly discussions devoted to more detailed examination of the
technical and interpretive problems in writing African history. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIAF 702 - The History and Historiography of Africa
Taught for graduate students with no previous experience in African
history; consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of HIAF 201,
202, and weekly discussions devoted to more detailed examination of the
technical and interpretive problems in writing African history. (IR)
Credits: 3
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HIAF 703 - History and Historiography of North Africa, ca. 1800-Present
Introduces the literature on North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) from the precolonial period to the postcolonial era. An intensive readings and discussion colloquium devoted to the major issues in the region’s political, economic, social, and cultural history, and to the issues raised by colonial historiography. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIME 201, 202.
Credits: 3
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HIAF 801 - African History
Advanced research in African history. Topics vary with student and instructor interest. (IR)
Credits: 3
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American Literature to 1900 |
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ENAM 810 - Early American Literature
Surveys American literature to 1840 designed to introduce the literature of the Colonial and early National periods, and to examine the intellectual and literary backgrounds of nineteenth-century American literature. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 813 - Early African American Literature
Surveys pivotal moments and texts in the history of African-American prose, from 1760, the date of Briton Hammon’s Narrative of Uncommon Sufferings to 1903, the year of W. E. B. DuBois’s The Souls of Black Folk. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 815 - American Romanticism
Studies romantic thought and art in the nineteenth century. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 824 - Major American Authors
Studies the work of one or two major writers within a precise historical context. A recent pair was Hawthorne and Melville. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 830 - American Poetry of the Nineteenth Century
Studies selected poets of the century, their media, their audiences, and their reputations. Coverage will be broad, with some emphasis on Bryant, Longfellow, Lowell, Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, and Crane. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 836 - African-American Poetry
Studies in African-American poetry from the eighteenth-century to the present. Poets include Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Jay Wright, Amiri Baraka, Michael Harper, Audre Lorde, and Rita Dove. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 853 - Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Studies form and technique in the American novel to 1900. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 854 - Studies in American Fiction
Analyzes the writings of major authors approached through the consideration of such specific topics as historical romance, Gothic romance, and American mythmaking. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 885 - American Folklore
Studies the problems of definition, origin, collection, and analysis of the main genres of folklore in America, both narratives and songs. Cross-listed as ANTH 732. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 888 - Literature of the South
Surveys the literature of the American South from Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia to such contemporary writers as William Styron and Walter Percy. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 910 - Early American Literature
Advanced work in Early American literature. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 980 - Studies in African-American Literature
The topics will vary (e.g., the writer and audience, movements in the literature, an individual writer or group of writers, folk traditions, and the literature and literary relations with writers in the U.S.A. or in other countries). (IR)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 981 - Seminar in American Literature I, II
Topics range from the colonial period to the cultural influence of pragmatism. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 982 - Seminar in American Literature I, II
Topics range from the colonial period to the cultural influence of pragmatism. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ENAM 991 - Research in American Literature
Modern and Contemporary Literature (Y)
Credits: 3
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American Politics |
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PLAP 514 - Sex Differences: Biology, Culture, Politics and Policy
An exploration of sex and gender differences—in traits such as sexuality, cognition, nurturance, and aggression—with a consideration of their causes, significance, and political/policy implications. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 516 - Advanced Topics in Political Communication
Advanced Topics in Political Communication
Credits: 3
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PLAP 530 - Politics of Mental Health
A seminar examining the relationships between politics, policy and psychological well-being. Topics include institutionalization, deinstitutionalization, civil rights, mandated treatment, the role of government in service delivery and insurance coverage, social determinants of health, public opinion about mental health and illness. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: one course in PLAP or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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PLAP 545 - Virginia Government and Politics
Analyzes Virginia government at the state, county, municipal, and special district levels. Considers legislative, executive, judicial organization, intergovernmental relations, and structural and political arrangements in the existing and emerging metropolitan areas. Limited enrollment. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 546 - Politics of the Budgetary Process
Explores the philosophy and processes of fiscal management and control, including budget preparation, legislative consideration and authorization, budget execution, debt management, and audit. Examines problems and proposals such as zero based budgeting, sunset legislation, program evaluation, policy analysis, and intergovernmental financial relationships. (IR)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 565 - Economics, Values, and Public Policy
Introduces economic concepts of special relevance to administrative and political decision making. Some attention is also given to critics of economic perspectives on public policy. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 570 - Racial Politics
Racial Politics
Credits: 3
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PLAP 584 - Seminar in Civil Rights and Liberties
Explores the vexatious lines between the rights of individuals and those of the state in democratic society, focusing on such major issues as freedom of expression and worship; separation of church and state; criminal justice; the suffrage; privacy; and racial and gender discrimination. Focuses on the judicial process. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 585 - Seminar on Constitutional Law and Theory
An examination of classic and contemporary theories, partial theories, and perspectives on constitutional interpretation. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 592 - Judicial Policymaking
Examines the structure and process of judicial policymaking, focusing on agenda-setting, deciding cases and opinion writing, implementation, compliance, and impact. Particular attention is given to the United States Supreme Court and its relationship to lower federal and state courts and the political environment. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Nine credits in PLAP and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 595 - Selected Problems in American Politics
Independent study under faculty supervision, for students who are preparing for intensive research on a specific topic. (S)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 700 - National Institutions and Processes
Studies the constitutional principles of American government and the functions and interactions of the leading institutions—Congress, the president, courts, the bureaucracy, and political parties. (An introductory seminar for graduate students, particularly for those whose study of American government has been limited. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 711 - American Political Behavior
Introduces the fields of public opinion, mass media, political psychology, voting behavior, and other forms of political participation. Focuses primarily but not exclusively on research conducted in the United States. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 766 - Policy Analysis
Analyzes public policy problems. Emphasizes the use of program evaluation, public management, and decision analysis on national and local programs. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 770 - Racial Politics
Racial Politics
Credits: 3
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PLAP 777 - Groups in the Political Processes
A critical survey of the roles of groups in the American political system. (IR)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 821 - The American Presidency
Readings and research on special problems of the American political and administrative system that come to a focus in the presidency or arise out of the manifold responsibilities of the president. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 822 - The Party System and the Conduct of Government
Readings and research, emphasizing the functions of parties in the conduct of government, and the evolution of the party system in response to changes in the broader economic, social, and political environment. (IR)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 823 - Topics in American Government
Credits: 3
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PLAP 825 - The American Congress
Studies the legislative process in the U.S. Congress. Topics include the internal distribution of power, influences on legislative behavior, congressional relationships with other political institutions, the place of Congress in the American polity, and the problems associated with it. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 841 - Seminar in Comparative State Politics
Studies state government from a comparative perspective, emphasizing the relationship of political, economic, and social variables to state politics and policies. (IR)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: PLAP 741 or the equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 878 - Ethical Issues in Politics and Policy
Explores the relationship between ethics, prudence, and public policy in political and administrative settings. (Y)
Credits: 3
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PLAP 883 - Topics in Public Law
Credits: 3
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PLAP 884 - Seminar in Civil Rights and Liberties
Explores the vexatious lines between the rights of individuals and those of the state in democratic society, focusing on such major issues as freedom of expression and worship; separation of church and state; criminal justice; the suffrage; privacy; and racial and gender discrimination. Focuses on the judicial process. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 885 - American Constitutional Law and Theory Seminar
Examines the nature and parameters of the judicial function, focusing on law courts and jurists, with an emphasis on the political role of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PLAP 897 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. (S)
Credits: 3 to 12
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PLAP 898 - Non-Topical Research
For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. (S)
Credits: 3 to 12
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PLAP 997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. (S)
Credits: 3 to 12
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PLAP 999 - Non-Topical Research
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. (S)
Credits: 3 to 12
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 504 - Linguistic Field Methods
Investigates the grammatical structure of non-European languages on the basis of data collected in class from a native speaker. A different language is the focus of study each year. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 507 - History of Archaeological Thought
Considers how archaeological thinking reflects, and is related to, more general ethnological theory. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 508 - Method and Theory in Archaeology
Investigates current theory, models, and research methods in anthropological archaeology. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 509 - Historical Ethnography
Combines lectures on historical ethnography and archaeology with documentary research in primary sources on specific topics. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: At least one 300-level archaeology course or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 518 - Labor, Capital, and States in Contemporary Africa
This course examines the interface between Africa and the world by focusing on the relationship between international capital, different systems of governance, and laboring people through a close reading of ethnographic case studies. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 519 - Science and Culture
This course explores the cultural context of science and science as a cultural production. It investigates the cultural history of science as well as its national and transnational manifestations; the relation between scientific authority and social hierarchy; and the relation between cultural and scientific categories and practices. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Previous anthropological course work or consent of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 520 - History of Kinship Studies
Critical assessment of major theoretical approaches to the study of kinship and marriage (from the 19th century to the present) and of the central role of kinship studies in the development of anthropological theory. (O)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 521 - Reconfiguring Kinship Studies
Examines the ways in which the forms of kinship have been reconfigured in contemporary societies, and the ways in which traditional kinship studies have been reconfigured by their intersection with culture theory, feminist theory, gender studies, postmodern theory, gay and lesbian studies, and cultural studies of science and medicine. (E)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ANTH 520 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 522 - Economic Anthropology
Considers Western economic theories, their relevance to non-Western societies, anthropology’s additions to economic analyses, and the comparative analysis of different forms of production, consumption, and circulation. (E)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 524 - Religious Organization
Analysis and comparison of social organization in selected communities from the perspective of systems of belief, ritual, and ceremonialism. (IR)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 525 - The Experience of Illness in American Society
Starting with the basic premise that the experience of illness/disease is at once a biological and cultural condition, the course focuses on narratives of the sick as a lens into the interrelationships between the body and society, medicine and culture. Begins with the individual experience of illness and self in one Western society and builds a theoretical framework with which we can begin to conceptualize cultural institutional responses to and definitions of disease and ill-health. (Y)
Credits: 3
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ANTH 526 - History Production and Collective Memory
This course is an examination of the meanings and relationships between the past and present, memory, and history writing in anthropological practices and debates. (SI)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ANTH 528 - Topics in Race Theory
This course examines theories and practices of race and otherness, in order to analyze and interpret constructions, deconstructions and reconstructions of race from the late 18th to the 21st centuries. The focus varies from year to year, and may include “race, ‘progress’ and the West,” “gender, race and power,” and “white supremacy.” The consistent theme is that race is neither a biological nor a cultural category, but a method and theory of social organization, an alibi for inequality, and a strategy for resistance. Cross listed as AAS 528. (Y)
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ANTH 101, 301, or other introductory or middle-level social science or humanities course
Credits: 3
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ANTH 529 - Topics in Social Anthropology
Seminar topics announced prior to semester. (Y)
Credits: 3
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