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DRAM 8390 - Mentored Study: Costume
A faculty-guided study in an area of costume design and/or technology not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9
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DRAM 8410 - Movement: Stage Combat Skills
Examines the art and craft of stage fighting, comparing its historical context with that of the theater. Focus is on the practical performance of the illusion of physical aggression and its dramatic intent, following the safety guidelines and techniques recommended by the Society for American Fight Directors. Prerequisite: DRAM 741, 742.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8430 - Voice: Shakespeare and Verse
Explores speaking and acting verse, focusing on scansion, language analysis, verbal improvisation, and personalization using Berry, Rodenburg, and Wade techniques. Actors score and interpret poetic and dramatic material, integrating text analysis with emotional expressiveness. Emphasizes heightened language texts, primarily Shakespeare. Prerequisite: DRAM 744.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8450 - Acting: Shakespeare
Performers work for vocal and physical embodiment of Shakespeare’s language. Examines the mechanics and structures of poetic language and includes research and exploration of historical and contemporary approaches to Shakespearean performance. Prerequisite: DRAM 7450, 7460.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8460 - Acting: Period Styles
Studies the actor’s ability to make informed performance choices based on aspects of structure such as text, historical period, social moves, and production concept. Emphasizes movement in period costumes and accoutrements. Prerequisite: DRAM 745, 746, 845.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8470 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8480 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1
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DRAM 8630 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 8640 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 8650 - SPFX Special Effects
Explores advanced techniques in special effects and the materials used to create them. Laboratory assignments establish a basic proficiency in creating special effects using methods of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Includes using a vacuum form machine, plastic foams, casting, mold making, pyrotechnics, blood, ghosts and illusions, using fire arms on stage, and atmospheric effects. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8670 - Properties
Materials and methods of stage property construction. Includes projects in molding and casting, foam sculpting, upholstery, and furniture construction.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8680 - Rigging
Studies traditional and contemporary entertainment rigging systems; investigates current practices of rigging, their equipment, and the materials involved. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 8690 - Mentored Study: Technical Direction
A faculty-guided study in an area of technical theatre not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9
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DRAM 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 12
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DRAM 8999 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 12
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DRAM 9060 - Thesis
Preparation of a written thesis that corresponds to the performance, direction, or design of a production. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9130 - Production Laboratory: Lighting
Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9140 - Production Laboratory: Lighting
Participation in the production program, crediting work in the preparation and performance of lighting design. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9150 - Lighting Design 4: Portfolio
Critical assessment of the lighting student’s portfolio and résumé leading to the creation of a professional body of work. Tailors design and presentation projects to student’s needs. Prerequisite: DRAM 716, 815, and 816, or instructor permission; corequisite: DRAM 906.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9170 - Advanced Lighting Technology
Explores advanced stage lighting technologies including MIDI show-control, automated fixture programming, complex cuing, and effect sequencing. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9190 - Mentored Study: Lighting
A guided study which gives students the opportunity to explore with a faculty member areas of lighting design and/or technology which are not contained in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9
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DRAM 9230 - Production Laboratory: Scenery
Participation in the production program of the curriculum, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9240 - Production Laboratory: Scenery
Participation in the production program of the curriculum, crediting work in the preparation and performance of scenic designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9250 - Scene Design 3: Design Studio-Alternative Styles
Studies advanced production forms including operas, musicals, and dance productions or ballets. Involves solving design issues directly related to music and its influence on the stage picture. Prerequisite: DRAM 710, 726, 825, 827.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9330 - Production Laboratory: Costume
Participation in the production program of the curriculum, crediting work in the preparation and performance of costume designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9340 - Production Laboratory: Costume
Participation in the production program of the curriculum, crediting work in the preparation and performance of costume designs. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9350 - Costume Design: Portfolio and Design
Critical assessment of the student’s portfolio and résumé leading to the creation of a professional body of work. Tailors design and presentation projects to student’s needs. Prerequisite: DRAM 836.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9370 - Costume Technology: Crafts
Examines traditional and innovative products and practices used in the execution of contemporary design of accessories and special costume pieces including period, fantasy, special effects, and spectacle. Prerequisite: DRAM 837 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9390 - Mentored Study: Costume
A faculty-guided study in an area of costume design and/or technology not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 3 to 9
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DRAM 9400 - Mentored Study: Acting
A faculty guided study in an area of advanced acting not covered in the established curriculum. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9410 - Community Outreach Projects
Designing and executing one to three theatre projects with groups outside of the University and outside of traditional theatre organizations. Thirty hours of community outreach contact required. Prerequisite: Third year M.F.A. student.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9430 - Voice: Dialects
Studies the dialects most commonly employed in theatre. Methodology includes practice with taped dialects, interviews with authentic dialect speakers, phonetic representation, and research into specific cultural aspects influencing structural formation and sound. Prerequisite: DRAM 843.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9460 - Acting: Portfolio Preparation
Audition techniques and practice are examined, as is a wide-ranging repertoire of audition materials. Prerequisite: DRAM 745, 746, 845, 846.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9470 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 1 to 3
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DRAM 9480 - Acting: Production and Performance
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of acting.
Credits: 1
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DRAM 9620 - Technical Design
Studies structural analysis for application to theatrical scenic construction with application to theatrical scenic shifting systems. Students learn basic physics concepts and employ those principles in practical terms by solving stage shifting problems. Develops pragmatic structural design approaches for technical direction and design. Prerequisite: DRAM 867, 768, 766 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9630 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9640 - Production Laboratory: Technical Direction
Participation in the production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of scenic elements. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9690 - Mentored Study: Technical Direction
A faculty-guided study in an area of technical theatre not covered in the established curriculum. Repeatable up to 9 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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DRAM 9710 - Playwriting XI: The Full-Length Play I
A writing workshop focusing on writing a full-length thesis play. Prerequisite: DRAM 771, 772, 871, 872.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9720 - Playwriting XII: The Full-Length Play II
A writing workshop focusing on revising and completing a full-length thesis play. Prerequisite: DRAM 771, 772, 871, 872, 971.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9730 - Dramaturgy II
Continues and expands DRAM 873, emphasizing dramaturgical projects. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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DRAM 9950 - Production Laboratory: Playwriting
A production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of plays written.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9960 - Production Laboratory: Playwriting
A production program, crediting work in preparation and performance of plays written.
Credits: 2
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DRAM 9993 - Independent Study
Independent study conducted under the supervision of a specific instructor.
Credits: 1 to 12
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DRAM 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 12
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DRAM 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Prerequisite: Graduate standing M.F.A. program.
Credits: 3 to 12
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HIEA 5151 - Mao and the Chinese Revolution
This course, an advanced reading seminar, provides an in-depth investigation of one of the most significant, yet destructive, revolutions in human history–the Chinese Communist revolution, as well as the person who led the revolution–Mao Zedong.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 7011 - Traditional East Asian History
Offered to graduate students with no previous background in East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level of the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 7021 - Traditional East Asian History
Offered to graduate students with no previous background in East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level of the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 7031 - Modern East Asian History
Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 7041 - Modern East Asian History
Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 7061 - Modern Chinese History
Research and writing on selected topics in modern Chinese history, emphasizing the period since 1919.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 8011 - East Asian History
Directed readings, discussions, and research papers on selected topics in Chinese and Japanese history.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 8021 - East Asian History
Directed readings, discussions, and research papers on selected topics in Chinese and Japanese history.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 8111 - Traditional Chinese History
Studies documents related to social and political philosophy. Emphasizes translated texts, but some attention will be paid to Chinese texts and the problems of translation.
Credits: 3
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HIEA 8211 - Japanese History
Discusses selected issues in the social, political, and economic development of Japan from the Tokugawa period to the present.
Credits: 3
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EVEC 5210 - Aquatic Ecology
Reviews the physics and chemistry of fresh-water and marine environments, functional classification of organisms in aquatic communities, and the energy and nutrient dynamics of aquatic communities. Three hours lecture, three laboratory hours. Prerequisite: EVSC 320, 340, 420 or equivalent; integral calculus; or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVEC 5220 - Terrestrial Ecology
Analyzes the patterns and processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Topic include macro- and micro-meteorological factors such as producer, consumer, and decomposer processes; hydrologic and biogeochemical pathways; and changes through space and time. Three lecture and four field or laboratory hours. Prerequisite: EVSC 320 or equivalent, and instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVEC 5230 - Microbial Ecology
Explores relationships of microorganisms to similar organisms, dissimilar (macro) organisms, and the physical-chemical environment to demonstrate basic ecological theory and indicate the importance of microbes in maintaining our world. Includes the organisms, microbial habitats, community formation and structure, interspecific relationships, nutrient cycling, and anthropocentric ecology. Prerequisite: EVSC 280, 320, 340, 350 or equivalent; or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVEC 5231 - Microbial Ecology Laboratory
Provides an opportunity to learn and experience the techniques used in microbial ecological research. Utilizes both classic techniques and state-of-the-art methods to determine microbial biomass in nature. Covers various methods of determining microbiological activity. Several exercises involve field sampling and analysis. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; corequisite: EVEC 523.
Credits: 1
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EVEC 5250 - Ecological Issues in Global Change
Introduces development and application of theoretical constructs and mathematical models for projecting the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems to large scale changes in the environment. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 or equivalent, one year of college calculus, or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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EVEC 5251 - Ecological Issues in Global Change Laboratory
Computer-based laboratory in the application of ecological models to problems in evaluating the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to large scale environmental change. Corequisite: EVEC 525.
Credits: 1
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EVEC 5559 - New Course in Ecology
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology.
Credits: 1 to 4
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EVEC 7100 - Management of Forest Ecosystems
An ecosystem course which treats the ecology of forests and consequences of forest processes in natural and managed systems. The class emphasizes the “pattern and process” concept that is the central theme in modern vegetation sciences at increasing scales: from form and function of leaves and other parts of trees through population, community and landscape ecology to the role of forests in the global climate and carbon-cycling. Pre-requisite: Introductory Ecology or Instructor Permission.
Credits: 4
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EVEC 7202 - Advanced Microbial Ecology
Review and analysis of current research in microbial ecology.
Credits: 1
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EVEC 7220 - Estuarine Ecology
Includes hydrology, sediments, and biogeochemical cycles of the estuarine environment; organisms and their physiological adaptations, primary production, tropic relationships, and human-induced alterations. Prerequisite: EVEC 521, EVGE 584, introductory chemistry, and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVEC 7520 - Special Topics in Ecology
Current problems and research in various areas of ecology and related fields. Prerequisite: One semester of ecology and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVEC 7559 - New Course in Ecology
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology.
Credits: 1 to 4
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EVEC 7999 - Independent Study: Ecology
Individual or group study in developing or special areas of ecology and interrelated areas.
Credits: 1 to 6
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EVEC 8520 - Advanced Topics in Ecology
Integrative study of ecosystems emphasizing the dynamics of components and processes as fundamental to comprehension and analysis. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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EVEC 8559 - New Course in Ecology
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of ecology.
Credits: 1 to 4
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ECON 5090 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics I
Studies topics in univariate and multivariate calculus and linear algebra. Includes applications to the theory of economic statics. Prerequisite: One semester of calculus and one additional semester of college mathematics, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5100 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics II
Studies topics in the theories of difference and differential equations and dynamic optimization. Includes applications to the theory of economic dynamics. Prerequisite: ECON 509 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5352 - British Economic History Since 1850
Studies the structure, performance, and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain’s relative economic decline. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5520 - Special Topics in Economics
Graduate students combine course work in an upper-level undergraduate economics course with additional special assignments. Because topics vary with instructor, this course may be repeated for credit Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 5559 - New Course in Economics
New course in the subject of economics.
Credits: 1 to 4
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ECON 5720 - Introductory Econometrics
Meets concurrently with ECON 4720. Studies the application of statistical methods to the testing and estimation of economic relationships. Emphasizes applied econometric studies and the problems that arise when analyzing time series and cross section data by means of stochastic linear models. Prerequisite: Math 1220 and one of the following statistics courses: ECON 3710, ECON 3720, STAT 3120, STAT 3220, APMA 3110, APMA 3120, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECON 7010 - Microeconomic Theory I
Studies the theory of consumer and producer choice. Includes partial equilibrium analysis of competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7020 - Macroeconomic Theory I
Introduces macroeconomic theory, emphasizing economic growth and the business cycle. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7030 - Microeconomic Theory II
Studies general equilibrium analysis, welfare economics, externalities, and public goods. Prerequisite: ECON 701 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7040 - Macroeconomic Theory II
Studies advanced topics in the theory of money and income. Prerequisite: ECON 702 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7559 - New Course in Economics
New course in the subject of economics.
Credits: 1 to 4
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ECON 7710 - Econometrics I
Studies the concepts and basic techniques of probability theory and statistical inference. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7720 - Econometrics II
Development of the linear and non-linear regression models including hypothesis testing, specification, instrumental variables, generalized least squares, and asymtotic distribution theory. Includes an introduction to identification and estimation of simultaneous equation models. Prerequisite: ECON 771 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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ECON 7810 - Guided Study in Economic Theory and Policy
Studies selected topics in economics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 7820 - Guided Study in Economic Theory and Policy
Studies selected topics in economics. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8010 - Microeconomic Theory III
Studies advanced topics in microeconomic theory such as uncertainty, imperfect information, imperfect competition, game theory, capital theory and dynamic analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 703 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8030 - Advanced Economic Theory I
Studies advanced topics in economic theory. Specific topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are models of Bayesian learning, the economics of uncertainty, and game theory. Prerequisite: ECON 703 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8040 - Advanced Economic Theory II
Studies advanced topics in economic theory. Specific topics vary from year to year. Recent examples are models of financial intermediation, endogenous growth, and alternatives to expected utility theory. Prerequisite: ECON 703 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8050 - American Economic History
Studies the economic evolution of the United States. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8060 - Topics in Economic History
Studies selected topics in economic history. Prerequisite: ECON 805 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8110 - Foundations of Modern Economic Thought
Studies the development of classical economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8120 - Seminar in the History of Economic Thought
Studies topics in the history of economic thought. Prerequisite: ECON 701 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8150 - Economics of Labor Markets
Introduction to labor economics, including economic aspects of employment, wages, schooling, labor unions, and discrimination. Prerequisite: ECON 703 and 772 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8160 - Seminar in Labor Economics and Development
Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 852. Prerequisite: ECON 815 and 772.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8170 - Industrial Organization I
Studies the industrial structure of the economy and its effects on allocation of resources. Prerequisite: ECON 703 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8180 - Industrial Organization II
Advanced study of selected problems in industrial organization. Prerequisite: ECON 817 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8190 - Economics of Underdeveloped Areas
Studies advanced topics in labor economics, emphasizing applications to developing countries. Cross-listed as ECON 816.
Credits: 3
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ECON 8210 - International Trade Theory
Studies the theory of international trade and analysis of the economic effects of tariffs, quotas, and other departures from free trade. Prerequisite: ECON 703 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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