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Graduate Record 2013-2014 
    
Graduate Record 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Urban and Environmental Planning

  
  • PLAN 6860 - Cities + Nature


    This class begins with the premise that contact with nature is essential to modern life.The class will examine the evidence for why nature in important,and the many creative ways in which cities can plan for,and design-in nature, and foster meaningful and everyday connections with the natural world.



    Credits: 3

  
  • PLAN 7993 - Independent Study


    Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • PLAN 8800 - Teaching Experience


    Involves serving as a teaching assistant for a course, with teaching assignments coordinated by the chair. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.



    Credits: 3
  
  • PLAN 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Masters


    For Thesis Preparation, taken before a thesis director has been selected.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • PLAN 8999 - Master’s Thesis


    A thesis is optional for the Master of Urban and Environmental Planning degree. Students should begin early to explore topics and to identify potential committee members. A guideline document is available.



    Credits: 3 to 6

Urdu

  
  • URDU 5010 - Advanced Urdu I


    This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Prerequisites: URDU 2020 or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • URDU 5020 - Advanced Urdu II


    This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Prerequisites: URDU 2020 or instructor permission



    Credits: 3
  
  • URDU 7300 - Readings in Urdu Poetry: An Ongoing Mahfil


    This course will introduce advanced Urdu and Hindi students to some of the finest poetry in Urdu. Those who cannot read the Urdu script will have the option of reading the texts in Devanagari (the Hindi script). Some of the poets we will read are Mir, Ghalib, Dagh and Faiz. Course work will include brief analytical papers, as well as in-class presentations. Prerequisites: URDU 3010 or 3020; or HIND 3010 or 3020; or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • URDU 8993 - Independent Study in Urdu


    Independent study in Urdu language and/or literature. Prerequisite: URDU 5010 or 5020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



    Credits: 1 to 3

Women, Gender and Sexuality

  
  • WGS 5140 - Advanced Border Crossings: Women, Islam, & Lit. in Middle East & N. Africa


    A focus on a bloodless, non-violent revolution that is shaking the foundation of the Islamic Middle East and North Africa, a revolution with women writers at the forefront. An examination of the rhetoric and poetics of sex segregation, voice, visibility, and mobility in a spectrum of genres that includes folklore, novel, short story, poetry, biography, autobiography, and essay. This course section is for graduate students only. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent Required



    Credits: 3
  
  • WGS 5500 - Gender, Sexuality, and Education Course Topic(s)


    Education topic courses offered on a semster-to-semester basis. Please see the WGS website for specific approved sections.



    Credits: 3
 

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