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Graduate Record 2010-2011 
    
Graduate Record 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Engineering Physics

  
  • EP 9999 - Ph.D. Dissertation Research


    Formal record of commitment to doctoral research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. May be repeated as necessary.



    Credits: 1 to 12

English as a Second Language

  
  • ESL 803 - Oral Expression in English for Speakers of Other Languages


    This course focuses on improving fluency. Students practice communication skills and express their feelings and opinions through group discussions. All conversation skills are practiced and grammar is reviewed when needed.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 901 - ESL-Academic Writing I


    This course is designed for students who need work on controlling English syntax. Students review and practice important structures. Norms of organization and rhetorical expression are introduced. Writing tasks, which complement the work with structures, will be contextualized in the student’s field of study.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 902 - Advanced Writing II - ESL


    Students focus on organization and rhetorical models of academic English. Sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics are reviewed as needed. Writing tasks, which complement the work with rhetorical models, will be contextualized in the student’s field of study.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 903 - Academic Writing for Advanced Graduate Students


    This is a writing course for advanced graduate students for whom English is a second language. Course topics include reporting research, critical analysis, and argumentation. Structures and vocabulary are addressed as needed. Individual consultations are an important part of the course. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor and is limited to students at or near the dissertation stage.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 905 - American English Pronunciation and Conversation


    This course covers pronunciation for students who have difficulty with the perception and production of the sounds and patterns of American English. Pronunciation instruction is coupled with conversation practice designed to improve the general production and comprehension skills of nonnative English speakers. Attention is given to idiomatic vocabulary building and American English conversational patterns.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 906 - American English Conversation


    Small group conversational practice designed to improve the general oral production and aural comprehension skills of nonnative English speakers. Attention given to idiomatic vocabulary building and American English conversational patterns and strategies.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 907 - Oral Academic Communication I


    This course is designed to help students develop the oral English skills needed for success in a graduate level academic program in the US. They will gain skills in conversing with individuals and groups, in group problem solving, and in giving presentations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 908 - Oral Academic Communication II


    Students will learn and practice strategies to enhance oral communication with colleagues, classmates, and professional contacts within their fields. They will gain skills in conversing with individuals and groups, in group problem solving, and in giving presentations. While pronunciation and listening skills are not the main focus of this course, recommendations for self-study in this area will be given.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 909 - Oral Academic Communication III


    This course is designed for students who need both to practice speaking in academic contexts and to develop their presentation skills. Course activities include discussing academic topics, summarizing texts, paraphrasing, reporting research, and organizing and giving oral presentations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 910 - Accent Modification


    ESLStudents who have a good command of English syntax and vocabulary, but who are being held back by pronunciation problems will be referred to this course. Enrollment is generally limited to prospective international teaching assistants. Other students may enroll as space allows.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 911 - Classroom Communication I


    This course addresses skills and strategies International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) need in order to carry out teaching responsibilities for their department, and it helps them learn how to communicate more effectively with American students. Graduate student ITAs successfully complete the course by demonstrating their ability to convey content information from their field to undergraduate students in a comprehensible and appropriate manner.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 912 - Classroom Communication for Graduate Teaching Assistants II


    International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) receive assistance in improving spoken English proficiency and/or teaching skills, as individual needs require. A noncredit course, does not meet as a regular class;  Student Teaching Consultants work individually with the ITAs.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 913 - Academic Communications Seminar for Researchers- Oral Skills


    This course is an advanced oral communication course designed for researchers, fellows, and visiting faculty at the University. Participants learn and practice strategies to enhance oral communication with colleagues and professional contacts. They gain skills in conversing with individuals and groups and in giving presentations.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 914 - Academic Communication Seminar for Researchers - Writing Skills


    This is an advanced writing course for researchers, fellows, and visiting faculty at the University. Participants fine-tune writing skills through analyzing models, writing up research and creating professional correspondence. Course topics include effective argumentation, academic style, coherence, conciseness, and clarity. Strategic use of sentence structure and vocabulary is also covered. Students receive feedback on writing assignments.



    Credits: 0
  
  • ESL 915 - Special Topics: English for Academic Purposes (EAP)


    English for Academic Purposes is an intensive language and culture course, designed for nonnative speakers of English who have been admitted to an undergraduate or graduate degree program at the University of Virginia or who are prospective U.Va. research associates or visiting scholars. Participants fine-tune the language skills required for success in US higher education through exercises in academic writing, research and speaking.



    Credits: 0

Environmental Geology

  
  • EVGE 5559 - New Course in Geosciences


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of geosciences.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVGE 5820 - Geomorphology


    Studies the processes that shape the land surface and their relationship to human activity. Prerequisite: EVSC 280 or 340.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVGE 5840 - Sediment Processes and Environments


    Studies the erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment; initial motion of sediment, bedload and suspended load transport and bedforms; and important sediment-transporting environments. Applies sediment transport theory to problems of geological and environmental interest. Prerequisite: one year of calculus and physics, or instructor permission; corequisite: EVGE 584L.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVGE 5841 - Sediment Processes Laboratory


    Laboratory and field investigations of sediment transport phenomena and readings of classic and current research. Corequisite: EVGE 584.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EVGE 5850 - Geochemistry


    Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Prerequisite: College chemistry and calculus; intorductory earth science or geology recommended.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVGE 5870 - Aqueous Geochemistry


    Studies the principals of thermodynamics as applied to mineral-water systems. Treatment includes mineral stability, phase diagrams, solution thermodynamics, electrolyte theory, aqueous complex and hydrolysis equilibria, and electrochemical equilibria. Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry and calculus, and one mineralogy or petrology course.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVGE 7559 - New Course in Geosciences


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a enw course in the subject of geosciences.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVGE 7580 - Special Topics in Geosciences


    Selected interdisciplinary areas which stress current problems and research in earth-surface processes and their application to the environments impacted by human activity. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVGE 7800 - Engineering Geology and Soil Physics


    Topics include the physics and mechanics of soils, measurement and mapping of soil properties, and implications for human activities and land use. Prerequisite: EVSC 280 and 340.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVGE 7810 - Geology of Virginia


    An examination of the geological evolution of Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region in the context of plate tectonics, including stratigraphy, mountain building, metamorphism and deformation, and geomorphic processes. The human impact on this landscape through exploitation of mineral resources is considered.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVGE 7832 - Water-Rock Interactions Seminar


    Reading and discussion of the research literature linking hydrological and geochemical processes in the environment. Prerequisites: One geology, geochemistry, or hydrology course, or permission of instructor.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EVGE 7860 - Isotope Geochemistry


    Investigates natural phenomena by means of stable and unstable isotopes and changes in their abundance, including isotope fractionation. Includes age dating, paleotemperature determination, and isotope tracers in natural systems.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVGE 7999 - Independent Study-Geosciences


    Individual or group study in developing or special areas of geosciences and interrelated areas, emphasizing earth-surface processes.



    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • EVGE 8559 - New Course in the subject of Geosciences


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a enw course in the subject of geosciences



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVGE 8580 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Geology


    Interdisciplinary study of the physical processes and responses which modify environmental systems. Exhaustive treatments of the nature and analysis of earth materials as environmental substrates and their responses to stress are represented, as are other techniques in geosciences focusing on earth-surface properties. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3

Environmental Science

  
  • EVEC 7290 - Limnology: Inland Water Ecosystems


    This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine similarities and differences among inland waters.  Major human impacts on inland waters will also be considered. 



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 5020 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


    This is an introductory course focusing on the theory and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology. The course combines related theory with practical laboratory assignments.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVSC 5030 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Scientists


    Provides a firm knowledge of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and the use of statistical methods of data analysis. Prerequisite: MATH 111, STAT 112, or equivalent; corequisite: EVSC 503L.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVSC 5031 - Applied Statistics Laboratory


    Uses computer laboratories in the analysis of quantitative data. Corequisite: EVSC 503.



    Credits: 0
  
  • EVSC 5050 - Advanced Oceanography


    The principles of oceanography with views on real world applications, especially to the teaching of this class at the high school as well. Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemisty or physics or instructor permission..



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 5060 - Coastal Oceanography


    An interdisciplinary course covering physical, ecological and biogeochemical processes occurring along coastlines and within coastal ecosystems.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 5110 - Systems Analysis in Environmental Sciences


    Systems Analysis in Environmental Sciences



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 5440 - Physical Oceanography


    Studies the physical properties, processes, and structure of the oceans; mass and energy budgets; methods of measurements; and the nature and theory of ocean currents, waves, and tides in the open sea, near shore and in estuaries. Prerequisite: PHYS 231, 232 or equivalent, two semesters calculus, MATH 131, 132 recommended, or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 5559 - New Course in Environmental Science


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVSC 6070 - Historical Geology


    Examines the origin and evolution of Earth, its continents, atmosphere, oceans and life: studies its dynamic changes over the past 4.6 billion years; researches the Earth’s history in light of current earth science events; and predicts future trends in Earth’s physical systems.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 7010 - Introduction to Remote Sensing


    Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing. Prerequisite: At least one year of college-level chemistry or physics, or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 7020 - Dryland Ecohydrology


    Study of ecohydrologic processes characteristic of arid and semiarid regions.  Prerequisites: Any introductory hydrology class or instructor permission.



    Credits: 2
  
  • EVSC 7080 - Quantitative Contaminant Hydrology


    Provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to quantitative aspects of the physics, chemistry, and biology of groundwater systems. Focuses on problems involving contamination of groundwaters. Emphasizes numerical solutions of equations with digital computers. Laboratory exercises are heavily oriented toward computer modeling, but also involve laboratory and field work. Prerequisite: A 500-level course in geology or hydrology.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVSC 7092 - Departmental Seminar


    Studies current problems in environmental research management or public policy as presented by visiting speakers, faculty, or advanced graduate students.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EVSC 7122 - Coastal Ecology Seminar


    A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology.



    Credits: 1
  
  • EVSC 7300 - Microclimatology


    Studies principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal and spatial scales near the Earth’s surface, including energy, mass and momentum transfer. Includes features of the atmospheric environment affecting plants and feedback mechanisms between plants and their local microclimates, trace gas exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, energy budgets, evapotranspiration, and motions near the surface. Prerequisite: EVSC 350 or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 7400 - Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Atmospheric Sciences


    This course provides the student with a basic understanding of the major approaches used by atmospheric scientists in statistically analyzing multivariate data sets.  Prerequisites:  A course in univariate, parametric statistics and a course in the fundamentals of atmospheric science (e.g., EVSC 3300, EVAT 5300, or the equivalent), or permission of the instructor



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 7500 - Special Topics in Environmental Sciences


    Interdisciplinary focus on current problems and research in integrated areas. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 7559 - New Course in Environmental Science


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVSC 7820 - Environmental Chemistry


    Studies the natural and anthropogenic mechanisms that control the chemistry of the environment through biogeochemical cycling. Introduces more specialized topics, e.g., atmospheric chemistry and aqueous geochemistry. Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry with laboratory, EVSC 386 or its equivalent.



    Credits: 4
  
  • EVSC 8092 - Seminar in Environmental Sciences


    A central interdisciplinary research topic used as the focus of journal papers to be summarized and discussed by the participants. Proposals for original research within the selected area are also explored. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 8500 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Sciences


    Interdisciplinary treatments of environmental systems wherein the interrelationships of hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere are explored and analyzed. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • EVSC 8559 - New Course in Environmental Science.


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVSC 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research


    For master’s research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.



    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • EVSC 8999 - Non-Topical Research


    For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.



    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • EVSC 9559 - New Course in Environmental Science


    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • EVSC 9995 - Research Problems


    Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • EVSC 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research


    For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.



    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • EVSC 9999 - Non-Topical Research


    For doctoral research, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.



    Credits: 3 to 12

European History

  
  • HIEU 5001 - Dark Age Greece


    Examines the structural, political, and conceptual rise of the Greek polis and explores other aspects of the archaeology, art, history, and literature of the ‘iron age’ and early archaic period (1000-600 BC) in Greece. Prerequisite: HIEU 203 or equivalent



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5011 - Late Archaic Greece


    Examines the history of Greece in the late archaic age down to the end of the Persian wars. Prerequisite: HIEU 203 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5021 - Greece in the Fifth Century


    Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 203 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5031 - Greece in the Fourth Century


    Advanced course in Greek history that examines in detail the social and economic history of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 b.c. to the defeat of the Greek city-states at Chaeronea in 338. Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5041 - Roman Republic


    Studies the expansion of Rome from city-state to world empire to the death of Caesar. Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5051 - Roman Empire


    Studies the founding and institutions of the Principate, the Dominate, and the decline of antiquity. Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5061 - Roman Imperialism


    Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. Prerequisite: HIEU 204 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5072 - Modern Theory


    For students with previous knowledge of philosophy, political, or sociological theory, or religious studies. Discusses three or four major nineteenth- or twentieth-century theorists in depth. Prerequisite: One 300-level course in intellectual history.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5082 - Modernity and History


    Surveys a range of philosophers and other writers who have reflected on the role of history in modern life. Prerequisite: Upper class standing or above, with one or more courses in relevant theory



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5101 - Early Christian Thought


    Intensive consideration of a selected issue, movement or figure in Christian thought of the second through fifth centuries. Prerequisite: RELC 205 or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5111 - Early Medieval England


    A documentary history of English society from the late Saxon period to the reign of King John.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5121 - Later Medieval England


    Documentary history of English society from the reign of King John to the death of Richard II.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5131 - Medieval France


    Societies and governments in medieval Francia from the 11th century to the 14th.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5161 - The Medieval Church


    Studies the history of the Western church within the development of medieval society, from the time of Constantine through the 13th century, based on analysis of selected texts.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5171 - Medieval Society: Ways of Life and Thought in Western Europe


    Introduces social and intellectual history from Charlemagne to Dante.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5181 - Historians in the Middle Ages


    Discusses how prominent Latin writers of the medieval period looked at the past.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5191 - War and Society in the Middle Ages


    A documentary history of warfare in Western Europe from the 9th century to the 16th with a discussion of its effect on the political, economic, social, and religious development of the emerging nation states.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5201 - The Culture of the Renaissance


    Surveys the writing of humanists who lived between 1300 and 1600. Topics include the contributions of humanists to the history of education, political theory, religion, gender relations, and artistic theory. Authors include Petrarch, Machiavelli, Thomas More, and Erasmus. Prerequisite: Undergraduates require instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5211 - Early Modern Germany, 1350-1750


    Studies late medieval politics, economy, and culture, including the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and Wars of Religion; pietism and the baroque.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5221 - English Social History, 1550-1800


    Provides a survey of major themes in English social history, examining agriculture, rural community structures, demography, urban life, religious, political, and legal practices, popular culture, and relations between men and women. Prerequisite: undergraduates by instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5241 - The Carolingian World


    Addresses the political, social and cultural history of continental Western Europe in the period c. 700 to 850. Prerequisite: minimum of one course in pre-modern European history, preferably in medieval history, or instruction permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5261 - Russian History to 1700


    Selected topics in the evolution of the Russian peoples to the reign of Peter the Great. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5302 - Nationality, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Europe


    Colloquium on how categories of human identity have been conceived, applied, and experienced in Western and Eastern Europe from 1789 to the present. Topics include the construction of identities, national assimilation, inter-confessional conflict, colonialism, immigration, and the human sciences. Prerequisite: One course in modern European history or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5312 - Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945


    A study of the major countries of Europe in the era 1914-1945, with special attention to international relations, and political, economic, and social developments. Most suitable for third- and fourth- year students with some background in European history and for graduate students.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5332 - The German World After 1918


    Studies the problems in German politics and society, including those of Austria, Switzerland, and such border areas as Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg, and the German regions of Czechoslovakia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5352 - The British Economy 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. Cross listed as ECON 507.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5362 - British History Since 1760


    Readings and discussion on selected topics in British history since the reign of George III. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5372 - British History Since 1760


    Readings and discussion on selected topics in British history since the reign of George III. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5382 - The British Empire


    The history of British expansion over four centuries, moving between the history of the imperial center, and the stories of encounter, settlement, violence, resistance, and of the transformation of lifeways and identity, at the American, Asian, African, and Pacific peripheries of British influence.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5452 - The History of Twentieth-Century Europe, 1900-1941


    An intensive study of monograph literature dealing with the first half of the 20th century, concentrating on some major problems that have incited scholarly controversy.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5462 - The History of Twentieth-Century Europe Since 1941


    An intensive study of the monographic literature dealing with controversial issues in European history since World War II.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5612 - The Age of Reform and Revolution in Russia, 1855-1917


    Addresses the social and political effects of efforts to modernize and industrialize Russia, which led to the growth of political and revolutionary opposition and the overthrow of the monarchy.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5622 - Russia Since 1917


    Readings and discussion of the causes for the collapse of the Tsarist regime and the triumph of the Bolsheviks. Examines the development of the Soviet state. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5642 - Russian and Soviet Diplomatic History


    An examination, through readings and discussion, of aspects of Soviet diplomatic history between the wars; attempts by the revolutionary regime to overthrow the capitalist states and to coexist with them; and the road to World War II. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5662 - Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History


    Readings and discussion of seminal Russian intellectuals and their ideas under the later Romanov Tsars. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5672 - Russian Social History


    Readings and discussion on selected topics in Russian social history during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5722 - Germany 1500-2000


    A comparison of topics from early modern German history with their modern manifestations. Topics such as the history of warfare, death, religion, politics, intellectual life, and the economy are considered. Prerequisite: Advanced undergraduates with prior coursework in European History or graduate status.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5732 - European Social History


    Reading and discussion of the evolution of private life, emphasizing methodology and the interpretation of sources in social history. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5752 - Evolution of the International System, 1815-1950


    Studies the evolution of great-power politics from the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna and the systems of Metternich and Bismarck to the great convulsions of the twentieth century and the Russo-American Cold War after World War II. Covers same thematic material as HIEU 375 on a more intensive level. Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5772 - History of Modern Science


    Reading and discussion on selected topics in the history of the natural and social science since 1600.



    Credits: 3
 

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