Mission of the College
It is the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences to deliver a first-rate education dedicated to the traditions and values of the liberal arts. These traditions include developing the skills of critical reasoning, writing, reading and deduction and providing a firm grounding in the theories and methodologies of the humanities, social and natural sciences and mathematics. These values include a commitment to rigorous questioning of principles and practices, intellectual integrity, community responsibility and diversity of perspectives in the pursuit of truth and social justice. Fundamental to a liberal education is the acquisition, preservation and transmission of new ideas and knowledge.
Study within the College of Arts and Sciences broadens and enriches students’ intellectual and cultural background. The college provides a core curriculum for all students whatever their major fields or career goals. With specialized and interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, the college strives to offer a wide variety of learning and research opportunities to its students, guided by nationally and internationally renowned faculty — faculty as passionate and intent on adding to human understanding as they are to passing this understanding on to future generations. The liberal arts provide both a rich variety of fields of academic specialization and a vital base for professional, creative and technological study.
Students pursuing degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences are introduced to a variety of disciplinary and intellectual perspectives through the college’s General Requirements. These requirements provide a solid foundation in essential communications skills and mathematics; a strong and varied background in the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences; and, for most students, study of a foreign language as a tool for approaching another culture. These requirements thus supply a broad acquaintance with the traditional liberal arts and a firm basis for more specialized study.
All students in the college select at least one area of academic specialization (major). This area of specialization may be within one of the traditional disciplines, it may be interdisciplinary or it may be self-designed. Students may also pursue a second major area or one or more minor areas of specialization.
In addition to general requirements and the specific requirements within the areas of specialization, students have elective credit hours that may be used to pursue secondary areas of specialization, to explore areas of general interest or to take additional coursework within the area of specialization or in related areas. Elective coursework in the liberal arts provides not only a sound basis for more specialized learning but also intellectual enrichment that is of lasting value to any student in the university.
Study in the liberal arts provides a basis for success in a wide variety of careers. In addition to preparing students for later professional study, it provides communication skills, analytical tools and mental flexibility necessary for success in adapting to changing careers in a changing world. Above all, study in the liberal arts prepares students for a lifetime of learning experiences and for personal and intellectual as well as professional growth.
Departments and Schools
- Department of Africana Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of English
- Department of Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychological Sciences
- Department of Sociology and Criminology
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities
- School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Undergraduate Programs
Majors
- Actuarial Mathematics - B.S.
- Africana Studies - B.A.
- American Sign Language - B.A.
- Anthropology - B.A.
- Anthropology - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - B.S.
- Biochemistry - B.S.
- Biology - B.A.
- Biology - B.S.
- Biotechnology - B.S.
- Botany - B.S.
- Chemistry - B.A.
- Chemistry - B.S.
- Classics - B.A.
- Computer Science - B.A.
- Computer Science - B.S.
- Criminology and Justice Studies - B.A.
- Cybercriminology - B.S.
- Earth Science - B.A.
- Economics - B.A.
- English - B.A.
- Environmental and Conservation Biology - B.S.
- Environmental Studies - B.A.
- French - B.A.
- Gender and Sexuality Studies - B.A.
- Geography - B.A.
- Geology - B.A.
- Geology - B.S.
- German - B.A.
- History - B.A.
- Integrative Studies - B.I.S.
- International Studies - B.A.
- Mathematics - B.A.
- Mathematics - B.S.
- Medical Laboratory Science - B.S.
- Neuroscience - B.S.
- Paralegal Studies - B.A.
- Peace and Conflict Studies - B.A.
- Philosophy - B.A.
- Physics - B.A.
- Physics - B.S.
- Political Science - B.A.
- Psychology - B.A.
- Psychology - B.S.
- Russian Literature, Culture and Translation - B.A.
- Sociology - B.A.
- Spanish - B.A.
- Teaching English as a Second Language - B.A.
- Translation - B.S.
- Zoology - B.S.
Minors
- African Studies
- Africana Studies
- American Sign Language
- Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Arabic
- Bioethics and Health Humanities
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Sciences
- Biology for Environmental Management and Conservation
- Business French
- Business German
- Business Russian
- Business Spanish
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Classics
- Climate Change
- Computer Science
- Computers and Geosciences
- Criminology and Justice Studies
- Creative Writing
- Cybersecurity Foundations
- Earth Science
- English
- Environment, Peace and Justice
- Environmental Geology
- Environmental Studies
- French
- Forensic Anthropology
- Game Programming
- Geographic Information Science
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- German Studies
- Greek
- History
- Human Disease
- Italian
- Italian Studies
- Japanese
- Jewish Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies
- Mathematics
- Medical Anthropology
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Paleontology
- Paralegal Studies
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Pre-Law
- Professional and Technical Writing
- Psychology
- Religion Studies
- Russian
- Russian Studies
- Society, Health and Medicine
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Studies in Globalization, Identity and Space
- Urban Studies
- Web Programming
- Women's Studies
- World Literature and Cultures
Graduate Programs
Majors
- Anthropology - M.A.
- Applied Geology - Ph.D.
- Applied Mathematics - M.A.
- Applied Mathematics - M.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Ph.D.
- Artificial Intelligence - M.S.
- Biological Sciences - Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics - M.S.
- Biological Sciences - Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics - Ph.D.
- Biological Sciences - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - M.S.
- Biological Sciences - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Ph.D.
- Biological Sciences - Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology - M.S.
- Biological Sciences - Integrative Physiology and Neurobiology - Ph.D.
- Biology - M.A.
- Biomedical Sciences - Cellular and Molecular Biology - M.S.
- Biomedical Sciences - Cellular and Molecular Biology - Ph.D.
- Biomedical Sciences - Human Evolutionary Biology - Ph.D.
- Biomedical Sciences - Neurosciences - M.S.
- Biomedical Sciences - Neurosciences - Ph.D.
- Biomedical Sciences - Pharmacology - M.S.
- Biomedical Sciences - Pharmacology - Ph.D.
- Biomedical Sciences - Physiology Interdisciplinary - M.S.
- Biomedical Sciences - Physiology Interdisciplinary - Ph.D.
- Chemistry - M.A.
- Chemistry - M.S.
- Chemistry - Ph.D.
- Clinical Psychology - Ph.D.
- Computer Science - M.A.
- Computer Science - M.S.
- Computer Science - Ph.D.
- Creative Writing - M.F.A.
- Criminology and Criminal Justice - M.A.
- Data Science - M.S.
- English - M.A.
- English - Ph.D.
- English-Rhetoric and Composition - Ph.D.
- French - M.A.
- Geographic Information Science - M.GISC
- Geography - M.S.
- Geography - Ph.D.
- Geology - M.S.
- History - M.A.
- History - Ph.D.
- Latin - M.A.
- Liberal Studies - L.S.M.
- Materials Science - M.S.
- Materials Science - Ph.D.
- Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers - M.A.
- Peace and Conflict Studies - M.A.
- Philosophy - M.A.
- Physics - M.A.
- Physics - M.S.
- Physics - Ph.D.
- Political Science - M.A.
- Political Science - Ph.D.
- Psychological Science - M.A.
- Psychological Science - Ph.D.
- Public Administration - M.P.A.
- Pure Mathematics - M.A.
- Pure Mathematics - M.S.
- Pure Mathematics - Ph.D.
- Sociology - M.A.
- Sociology - Ph.D.
- Spanish - M.A.
- Teaching English as a Second Language - M.A.
- Translation - M.A.
- Translation Studies - Ph.D.
Minors
- Arabic Translation
- Classics
- French Translation
- German Translation
- Japanese Translation
- Race, Gender and Social Justice
- Russian Translation
- Spanish Translation
Certificates
Undergraduate Certificates
Graduate Certificates
- Environmental Geographic Information Science
- Geographic Information Science
- Nonprofit Management
- Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
Non-Degree Programs
Undergraduate
- Columbus Program in State Issues
- Teaching English as a Second Language Endorsement Preparation - undergraduate
- Washington Program in National Issues
Graduate
College Policies
Foreign Language Requirements
In general, students may elect any foreign language taught through the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies or the Department of Pan-African Studies. However, certain majors, fields of concentration and minors require specific languages or limit the languages from which students may choose. In addition, students who plan to pursue graduate study may need particular languages for that study. In such cases, the students should seek the advice of the appropriate department before selecting a language.
The Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies offers courses of study beyond the minimum needed to meet the foreign language requirement in Arabic, Chinese, Greek (classical), Italian and Japanese; however no major is available for them at this time.
Progress Toward Fulfillment
Arts and sciences students are required to begin meeting the foreign language requirement by their third semester of full-time enrollment (that is, no later than upon completing 30 credit hours) and are required to continue to enroll for foreign language courses until the requirement has been completed. Students who transfer to the College of Arts and Sciences from other universities or from other programs at Kent State University with sophomore status are required to begin meeting the foreign language requirement by their second semester of full-time enrollment in the college and must continue to enroll for foreign language courses until the requirement has been completed. Students who fail to meet these stipulations risk unnecessary delays in the completion of their degree programs. The stipulation that arts and sciences students begin meeting the foreign language requirement by their third semester of full-time study applies not only to students with declared majors but also to undeclared students. This includes those students seeking admission to selective programs in other colleges who do not achieve admission to the selective program at the time they achieve sophomore status.
Foreign Language College Requirement, B.A.
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 14-16 credit hours of foreign language.1
To complete the requirement, students need the equivalent of Elementary I and II in any language, plus one of the following options2:
- Intermediate I and II of the same language
- Elementary I and II of a second language
- Any combination of two courses from the following list:
- Intermediate I of the same language
- ARAB 21401
- ASL 19401
- CHIN 25421
- MCLS 10001
- MCLS 20001
- MCLS 20091
- MCLS 21417
- MCLS 21420
- MCLS 22217
- MCLS 28403
- MCLS 28404
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All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may start beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and fewer courses. This may be accomplished by (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level; (2) receiving credit through one of the alternative credit programs offered by Kent State University; or (3) demonstrating language proficiency comparable to Elementary II of a foreign language. When students complete the requirement with fewer than 14 credit hours and four courses, they will complete remaining credit hours with general electives.
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Certain majors, concentrations and minors may require specific languages, limit the languages from which a student may choose or require coursework through Intermediate II. Students who plan to pursue graduate study may need particular language coursework.
Foreign Language College Requirement, B.S.
- Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 8 credit hours of foreign language.1
- The following programs are exempt from this requirement: The Bachelor of Science in Cybercriminology and the Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science.2
- Minimum Elementary I and II of the same language
- 1
All students with prior foreign language experience should take the foreign language placement test to determine the appropriate level at which to start. Some students may start beyond the Elementary I level and will complete the requirement with fewer credit hours and courses. This may be accomplished by (1) passing a course beyond Elementary I through Intermediate II level; (2) receiving credit through one of the alternative credit programs offered by Kent State University; or (3) demonstrating language proficiency comparable to Elementary II of a foreign language. When students complete the requirement with fewer than 8 credit hours and two courses, they will complete remaining credit hours with general electives.
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- The Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science exemption exists under another college policy (Three-Plus-One Programs). The Bachelor of Science in Cybercriminology exemption is due to its extensive collaboration with and contribution from the Information Technology program in the College of Applied and Technical Studies, which does not have a foreign language requirement.
Mandatory Outcomes Assessment
In addition to the other General Requirements of the college, candidates for an undergraduate degree in the College of Arts and Sciences are required, as a condition of graduation, to participate in an outcomes assessment. These outcomes assessments are conducted by each undergraduate degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Three-Plus-One Programs
Students who choose to pursue Three-Plus-One programs take three years of preprofessional study at Kent State University, followed by a year or more of intensive professional training at an accredited professional school or clinical facility. Upon the satisfactory completion of this professional training, the B.S. degree from the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University is awarded. Students must earn 97 credit hours in a university. Appropriate transfer credit from other institutions may be included in these 97 credit hours, but the students must complete at least 42 credit hours in-residence at Kent State University, including the last 32 credit hours of the 97 credit hours requirement.
Students must have a minimum 2.000 GPA in all work taken at Kent State University. They must also complete with at least a 2.000 average all off-campus work taken to fulfill fourth-year requirements. In some fields, students may also be required to present other evidence of the satisfactory completion of the off-campus professional training.
Students must satisfy all degree requirements, including the B.S. General Requirements and field of concentration requirements, by a combination of credits earned at Kent State University and the professional school. The only exception is that the college’s foreign language requirement is waived for students who successfully complete a Three-Plus-One program.
Three-Plus-One programs are designed for students with a well-defined, specific, professional career goal. Currently, the College of Arts and Sciences offers a Three-Plus-One program in Medical Laboratory Science. Because of the intensive, professional focus of these programs, students pursuing them should work closely with their faculty advisors. Students who are interested in this program should consult the Department of Biological Sciences, 256 Cunningham Hall, for further information.
Please see the program requirements for the Medical Laboratory Science program offered under the College of Arts and Sciences.
- College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
- Department of Africana Studies Faculty
- Department of Anthropology Faculty
- Department of Biological Sciences Faculty
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty
- Department of Computer Science Faculty
- Department of Earth Sciences Faculty
- Department of English Faculty
- Department of Geography Faculty
- Department of History Faculty
- Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty
- Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Faculty
- Department of Philosophy Faculty
- Department of Physics Faculty
- Department of Political Science Faculty
- Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty
- Department of Sociology and Criminology Faculty
- School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty
- School of Peace and Conflict Studies Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Department of Africana Studies Faculty
- Crawford, Charmaine M. (2019), Associate Professor, Ph.D., York University, 2010
- Gooden, Amoaba (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Temple University, 2005
- Kumah-Abiwu, Felix (2015), Associate Professor
- Okantah, Mwatabu S. (1991), Professor, B.A., Kent State University, 1976
- Piccirillo-Smith, Linda A. (1983), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1980
- Sunni-Ali, Asantewa (2016), Associate Professor
- Syed, Idris K. (1991), Professor, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2001
Department of Anthropology Faculty
- Bebber, Michelle R. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University , 2019
- Cimino, Aldo N. (2021), Assistant Professor
- Edler, Melissa K. (1998), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2016
- Eren, Metin I. (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 2011
- Lovejoy, C. Owen (1968), Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970
- Meindl, Richard S. (1979), Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1979
- Raghanti, Mary Ann (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
- Spurlock, Linda B. (1993), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2001
- Stumpf-Carome, Jeanne M. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1992
- Takeshita, Rafaela S. (2019), Associate Professor, D.Sc., Kyoto University, 2018
- Tosi, Anthony J. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2000
Department of Biological Sciences Faculty
- Bade, Darren L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2004
- Bagavandoss, Paul (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1986
- Bahlai, Christine (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University Of Guelph, 2012
- Bailey, Erin L. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2001
- Bedont, Joseph L. (2023), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2016
- Caldwell, Heather K. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2004
- Chung, Wilson C. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 2003
- Clements, Robert J. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
- Coolen, Lique (2019), Professor
- Costello, David M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2010
- Dankovich, Daniel S. (2010), Associate Lecturer
- De Szalay, Ferenc A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1995
- Delorme, Thierry A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Lyon, 1997
- Ding, Qunxing (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Beijing University of Agriculture , 1994
- Eichler, Sarah E. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Eisermann, Kurtis (2002), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2011
- Engohang-Ndong, Jean (2010), Professor
- Gerbig, Donald G. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1991
- Grafton, Brian W. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
- Groff, Chi-Hua (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1997
- Gupta, Sanhita (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1998
- Hamilton, Robert (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, 2006
- Hegmann, Elda (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Laval University, 2003
- Hoeh, Walter R. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991
- Johnson, John D. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2002
- Kershner, Mark W. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998
- Kim, Min-Ho (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 2002
- Kim, Woo-Yang (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at Buffalo-SUNY, 2004
- Kinsman-Costello, Lauren E. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2012
- Kooijman, Edgar (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Utrecht University, 2006
- Koski, Gary K. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1995
- Kurokawa, Manabu (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2004
- Lamichhaney, Sangeet (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Uppsala University, 2016
- Leff, Adam A. (1994), Associate Professor, D.V.M., University of Georgia, 1991
- Leff, Laura G. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1992
- Lehnert, Matthew S. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 2010
- Lovell, John A. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1993
- McDonough, Jennifer A. (2006), Associate Professor
- Meek, Leah M. (1995), Senior Lecturer, Youngstown State University
- Mintz, Eric M. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1995
- Model, Michael A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1995
- Moore, Aleisha M. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Otago, 2015
- Mou, Xiaozhen (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2006
- Mueller, Devin (2018), Professor, Ph.D., Concordia University, 2005
- Novak-Barnett, Colleen M. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999
- Piet, Richard (2019), Assistant Professor, Univ De Bordeaux, 2003
- Piontkivska, Olena (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2003
- Popescu, Daniela C. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2006
- Qutob, Dinah S. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of Western Ontario, 2002
- Redfearn, James C. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2016
- Rocha, Oscar J. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 1990
- Russell, Mary A. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1996
- Smith, Gregory A. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2007
- Steele, Louise (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2002
- Stone, Jonathan F. (2003), Associate Professor, B.S., University of Akron, 1985
- Tinkler, Gregory P. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 2005
- Vash, Sarah R. (2004), Senior Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2003
- Veney, Sean L. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia-Main Campus, 2000
- Vijayaraghavan, Srinivasan (1997), Professor
- Ward, David (2015), Professor, Ph.D., University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1988
- Zhu, Haiyan (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2006
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty
- Abeysirigunawardena, Sanjaya C. (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2008
- Abraham, Ann C. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1983
- Bowers, David J. (2013), Associate Professor
- Bunge, Scott D. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
- Burns, Andrew (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Brown University, 1990
- Cubon-Bell, Valerie A. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008
- Datta, Bansidhar (2000), Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989
- Dunietz, Barry (2012), Professor
- Ekanayake, Sujeewani K. (2012), Professor
- Fenk, Christopher J. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1987
- Fouad, Farid S. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Northeastern University, 2003
- Friedrich, Dirk (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Universitat Leipzig, 2013
- Goncalves Schmidt, Diana P. (2019), Assistant Professor
- Huang, Songping D. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1993
- Konar, Arkaprabha (2019), Assistant Professor, 2019, Michigan State University, 2015
- Leslie, Margaret R. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Rhodes University, 1995
- Mao, Hanbin (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2003
- Mighion, Jeffrey D. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014
- Motry, Douglas H. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996
- Pal Chaudhuri, Urmila (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2004
- Perera, Roshinee S. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2011
- Prevot, Marianne (2016), Assistant Professor
- Seed, Alexander J. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University Of Hull
- Shen, Hao (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015
- Subramanian, Pritha (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013
- Tandon, Santokh S. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Guru Nanak Dev University, 1979
- Tubergen, Michael J. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991
- Wang, Zhiqiang (2007), Professor, Fudan University, 2000
- Zheng, Yaorong (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2011
Department of Computer Science Faculty
- Allouzi, Maha A. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2022
- Bansal, Arvind K. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1985
- Bhati, Deepshikha (2017), Lecturer, Uttar Pradesh Tech University, 2016
- Chae, Younghun (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 2017
- DeLozier, Gregory S. (2014), Associate Professor
- Dragan, Feodor F. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Belarus State University
- Guan, Qiang (2018), Associate Professor, M.S., University of North Texas, 2008
- Guercio, Angela (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
- Hasan, Md Raiful (2023), Assistant Professor
- Jin, Ruoming (2005), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001
- Khan, Javed I. (1997), Professor , Ph.D., University of Hawaii-Manoa, 1995
- Kim, JungYoon (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 2014
- Kim, Kwangtaek (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2010
- Kim, Jong-Hoon (2017), Assistant Professor
- Lian, Xiang (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology, 2009
- Maletic, Jonathan I. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1995
- Nesterenko, Mikhail (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1998
- Peyravi, Hassan M. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1995
- Reed, William E. (2022), Lecturer, M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2015
- Samba, Augustine S. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Liverpool, 1983
- Sharma, Gokarna (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2014
- Xu, Lei (2022), Assistant Professor, Chinese Academy Of Science, 2011
- Zhao, Ye (2006), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2006
Department of Earth Sciences Faculty
- Clement, Susanne M. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2005
- Gallagher, Timothy M. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2016
- Hacker, David B. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1998
- Holm, Daniel K. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1992
- Ortiz, Joseph D. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1995
- Schweitzer, Carrie E. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
- Singer, David M. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008
- Singh, Kuldeep (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2013
- Smith, Alison J. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Brown University, 1991
- Taylor, Eric S. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2012
- Tessin, Allyson (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2016
- Wells, Neil A. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1984
Department of English Faculty
- Abuzeid, Ayham (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2010
- Ailiesei, Sorina M. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Babes - Bolyai University, 2012
- Anderson, Mary A. (2011), Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State University, 2010
- Baker, Alexis M. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2016
- Bowles, Noelle K. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Miami, 1996
- Bracher, Mark F. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1981
- Brodsky, Adam H. (2008), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2011
- Byrne, Peter M. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2004
- Canacci, James E. (1995), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State University, 1995
- Christen-Syed, Shannon L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2004
- Ciuba, Gary M. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Fordham University, 1986
- Clewell, Tammy (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2000
- Cunningham, Jennifer M. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
- Dallacheisa, Tony G. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Ohio University, 2008
- Dauterich, Edward (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
- Davis Patterson, Kathy S. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
- Devore, Elizabeth E. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., New Mexico Highlands University, 2009
- Dugas, Don-John (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 1999
- Dunmire, Patricia L. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1995
- Elder, Dolores M. (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2010
- Ellis, Marnie K. (2003), Associate Lecturer, M.F.A., Bowling Green State University, 1999
- Erritouni, Ali (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Miami, 2004
- Faller, Patrick M. (2011), Lecturer, M.F.A., West Virginia University-Morgantown, 2010
- Hall, Elizabeth A. (2011), Lecturer, M.A., University of Akron, 2017
- Harrington, Kristine (2016), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State University, 1995
- Hayes, Amanda (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2015
- Hediger, Ryan R. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2005
- Hendrickx, Jessy A. (2015), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2002
- Hricko, Mary F. (1994), Professor , Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
- Huot, Brian A. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1988
- Jones, Jessica M. (2016), Associate Lecturer, University Of Montana, 2014
- King, Robert J. (1998), Professor, M.F.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1998
- Krishnan, Uma S. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014
- Lieske, Pamela J. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996
- Lloyd, Keith S. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Louisville, 1996
- Lyons, Janet L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2011
- Lyons, Jo-Leigh (1991), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1996
- M'baye, Babacar (2006), Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2002
- MacLure, Jennifer (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017
- Martinez, Ann M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2014
- Mechenbier, Mahli X. (1996), Senior Lecturer, J.D., University of Akron, 2002
- Miller, Ryan T. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
- Mokros, Molly M. (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., New York University, 2002
- Neaderhiser, Stephen E. (2009), Associate Professor, M.A., University of Kansas, 2004
- Orr, Katherine M. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
- Patterson, G. R. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Miami University, 2013
- Raabe, Wesley (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, Main Campus, 2006
- Remley, Dirk R. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
- Rilling, Sarah E. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 1998
- Robinson, Carol L. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1994
- Roman, Christopher M. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2004
- Rooks, Mary A. (2005), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Mexico, 2004
- Rozner, Debbie L. (2010), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., George Washington University, 2004
- Sainato, Susan M. (1987), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002
- Sanders, Michael T. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
- Schauffler, Charlene M. (1991), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1994
- Shaker, Bonnie J. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1998
- Shank, Matthew A. (1983), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Akron, 1982
- Sloan, Jay D. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Marquette University, 1999
- Smith, Jeanne R. (1998), Senior Lecturer, M.A., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1986
- Sturr, Robert D. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1998
- Swick-Higgins, Chelsea R. (2010), Lecturer
- Takayoshi, Pamela D. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis, 1995
- Tognazzini, Anthony C. (2023), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Indiana University Bloomington, 2002
- Trogdon, Robert W. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1996
- Uhrig, Mindy D. (2006), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Indiana, Bloomington, 1994
- Van Ittersum, Derek (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 2008
- Vogel, Lauren A. (2001), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 2005
- Wagoner, Elizabeth A. (2004), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014
- Wetzl, Ana M. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011
- Whiteleather, Hagan F. (2012), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Iowa State University, 2019
- Willey, Nicole L. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2003
- Wing, Catherine (2010), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of Washington, 2004
- Winkler, Kyle M. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2018
- Winter, James P. (2008), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 2012
- Wollenzier, Michele M. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.A.T., Kent State University, 2003
Department of Geography Faculty
- Amey, Katherine S. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2011
- Kaplan, David H. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991
- Lee, Jay (1991), Professor, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1989
- Lee, Cameron C. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014
- Mapes, Jennifer E. (2012), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2009
- Munro-Stasiuk, Mandy J. (1999), Professor, Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1999
- Parylak, Rebecca P. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Texas State University, San Marcos, 2010
- Post, Christopher (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006
- Scholl, Andrew E. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 2008
- Sheridan, Scott C. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2000
- Smiley, Sarah L. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., University Of Kansas, 2007
- Tyner, James A. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1995
- Ward, Aimee L. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Otago, 2018
- Widner, Emariana S. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Texas State University, 2009
- Yin, He (2019), Assistant Professor
Department of History Faculty
- Adams, Kevin J. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2004
- Bindas, Kenneth J. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 1988
- Crawford, Matthew J. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2009
- Diacon, Todd A. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987
- Gruenwald, Kim M. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1994
- Hartline, Todd A. (1992), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
- Hayashi, Brian M. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 1990
- Heaphy, Leslie A. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 1995
- Heiss, Mary A. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1991
- Keefer, Bradley S. (1987), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
- Li, Hongshan (1993), Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1992
- Menning, Ralph R. (2006), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Brown University, 1986
- Ostrum, Nicholas (2023), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stony Brook University-SUNY, 2017
- Parsons, Elaine (2017), Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2000
- Scarnecchia, Timothy L. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1994
- Seelye, James E. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 2010
- Sergi, Molly M. (1991), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015
- Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2001
- Starkey, Lindsay J. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2012
- Steigmann-Gall, Richard A. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1999
- Strate, Shane (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2009
- Wamsley, E. Sue S. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998
Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty
- Adams, Lynn (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.S., University of Akron, 2007
- Alexopoulos, John K. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1992
- Allen, Aaron C. (2014), Lecturer, B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , 2011
- Allouba, Hassan A. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996
- Altobelli, Joseph A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1996
- Andaloro, Paul J. (1994), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1989
- Andriyevskyy, Volodymyr (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Institute of Mathematics of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1986
- Arokiasamy, Daisy Malini (2015), Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2016
- Barb, Cynthia M. (1990), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
- Benjamin, Judy I. (2002), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2022
- Chebotar, Mikhail (2006), Professor, Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1999
- Clos, Timothy G. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 2017
- Das, Lovejoy S. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University of Lucknow, 1979
- Davidson, Morley A. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1995
- de la Cruz Cabrera, Omar (2016), Associate Professor
- Dhaher, Yaser Y. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
- Dinh, Hai Q. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2003
- Dunlap, Laurie A. (2021), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2005
- Fesli, Emily E. (2021), Lecturer, M.S., Cleveland State University, 2021
- Gordon, Peter (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Moscow University, 1999
- He, Min (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1994
- Hovhannisyan, Gro (2003), Professor, Ph.D., Yerevan State University, 1990
- Hrubik-Vulanovic, Tatjana (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013
- Jahangiri, Jay M. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of York, 1986
- Jiafeng, Jin (2014), Lecturer
- Kasturiarachi, Aloysius B. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 1993
- Khan, Mohammad K. (1981), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1980
- Kover, Janice S. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2001
- Kracht, Darci L. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2011
- Kratky, Joseph J. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2011
- Laux, Tracy A. (1990), Senior Lecturer, B.S., Kent State University, 1990
- Law, Chelsea C. (2021), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Clemson University, 2012
- Lewis, Mark L. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995
- Li, Jing (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., New York University, 2002
- Li, Jun (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2013
- Lochmueller, Kerri K. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Youngstown State University, 2008
- Meinke, Ashley M. (2009), Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2011
- Miller, Robert L. (2021), Lecturer, M.S., Miami University, 2006
- Mocioalca, Oana (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 2002
- Mulqueeny, Ellen S. (2005), Professor, M.S., Cleveland State University, 1993
- Najafi, Mahmoud (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Wichita State University, 1994
- Nazarov, Fedor L. (2011), Professor, M.S., Youngstown State University, 1990
- Neal, Todd A. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2016
- Ngunkeng, Grace (2021), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2013
- Osikiewicz, Beth-Allyn (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
- Osikiewicz, Jeffrey A. (1990), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
- Palffy-Muhoray, Peter (1987), Professor
- Palocyi, Frank J. (1991), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Youngstown State University, 1990
- Perera, Vicumpriya S. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1993
- Pham, Tuyet D. (1988), Senior Lecturer, M.S., University of Akron, 1988
- Rajaram, Rajeev (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005
- Reed, Beverly M. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
- Reichel, Lothar (1991), Professor, Ph.D., University of Stockholm, 1982
- Ritchey, Nathan P. (2016), Professor
- Ruff, Oliver (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2002
- Ryabogin, Dmitry (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Jerusalem, 2001
- Sarver, Michael W. (2021), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2006
- Schmalzried, Robert J. (2017), Associate Lecturer, M.S.Ed., Youngstown State University, 2004
- Smithies, Laura A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1997
- Soprunova, Evgenia (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2002
- Spalsbury, Angela S. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
- Stadden, Jared M. (2013), Associate Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State University, 2012
- Taha, Nader F. (1990), Senior Lecturer, M.S., Tennessee State University, 1989
- Trehan, Dawn M. (2019), Assistant Professor, M.S., Case Western Reserve, 1996
- Tsai, Tsung-Heng (2019), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2014
- Vezvaei, Mahbobeh (1983), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1987
- Vorhauer, Ulrike M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Ulm, 1996
- Wakita, Hideki (1998), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2002
- White, Donald L. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Yale University, 1987
- Wright, Brian M. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
- Yu, Gang (2006), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia, 2000
- Zheng, Xiaoyu (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2006
- Zvavitch, Artem (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, 2002
Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Faculty
- Angelone, Erik (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, 2006
- Baer, Brian J. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
- Bilali, Loubna (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2018
- Brett-Paez, Maria C. (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State Unviersity, 2013
- Bystrova-McIntyre, Tatyana (2002), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
- Carduner, Jessie (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1998
- Carl, Michael (2018), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University
- Castaneda-Vise, Daniel A. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2007
- Chism, Rebecca L. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2000
- De Julio, MaryAnn (1986), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1979
- Dunne, Keiran J. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2000
- Dzero, Irina (2010), Assistant Professor, Yale University, 2009
- Ehrman, Radd K. (1982), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1982
- Gallagher, Patrick L. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997
- Gee, Jacqueline L. (2009), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2016
- Hall, Jennifer E. (2008), Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Akron, 2015
- Harvey, Brian K. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1998
- Harvey, Sarah M. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999
- Hermosilla, Luis G. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1994
- Kish-Leland, Farah (2009), Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 2012
- Koby, Geoffrey S. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
- Lacruz, Isabel (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2005
- Larson, Jennifer L. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
- Lemley, Lauren (2013), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2021
- Mirkin-McGee, Lori L. (1995), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State Unviersity, 1997
- Nehring, Lawrence J. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.S., University of Rochester, 1991
- Riclet, Aurelien (2022), Lecturer
- Rivera, Olga I. (1999), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998
- Roberts, Trask P. (2022), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of Pennsylvania, 2022
- Romero-Gonzalez, Mariana (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2012
- Rossoll, Hildegard M. (1988), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1991
- Sato, Paula K. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University Of Virginia-Main Campus, 2008
- Shiyab, Said M. (2014), Professor
- Shuman, Mason P. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2006
- Siciarz, Stephanie J. (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2007
- Song, Yumei (2018), Assistant Professor
- Stahler, Bethany C. (2009), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2020
- Stasiowski, Kristin (2013), Assistant Professor
- Talentino, Kimberly L. (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1991
- Tanaka, Eriko (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Bowling Green State University, 2001
- Trzeciak Huss, Joanna (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University Of Chicago
- Vickery, Steve C. (1997), Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 1998
- Villa-Ignacio, Teresa (2022), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Brown University, 2010
- Washbourne, Richard K. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2002
- Yu, Hui (2012), Associate Lecturer
- Zaldivar, Maria E. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1991
Department of Philosophy Faculty
- Barnbaum, Deborah R. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1996
- Byron, Michael B. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1996
- Coate, Matthew B. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2015
- Garchar, Kimberly K. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2006
- Kim, Jung-Yeup (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Hawaii-Manoa, 2008
- Palmer, Daniel E. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2000
- Pereplyotchik, David (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center, 2012
- Ryan, Frank X. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University, 1996
- Smith, Deborah C. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington, 2003
- Zavota, Gina (2003), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 2003
Department of Physics Faculty
- Antocheviz Dexheimer Strickland, Veronica A. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Goethe Universitat, 2009
- Balci, Hamza (2009), Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2004
- Bos, Philip J. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1978
- Driscoll, Donald D. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2004
- Dzero, Maxim (2010), Professor
- Ellman, Brett D. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993
- Fregoso, Benjamin (2017), Associate Professor
- Gleeson, James T. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1991
- Jakli, Antal I. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University Of Budapest, 1988
- Katramatou, A. Mina T. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., American University, 1988
- Keane, Declan F. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., University College of Dublin
- Lavrentovich, Oleg D. (1992), Trustees Research Professor, Kiev University, 1990
- Li, Ran (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2007
- Mann, Elizabeth K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., University of Paris, 1992
- Margetis, Spyridon (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Goethe Universitat, 1991
- Minnick, Stephen A. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2003
- Petratos, Gerassimos G. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., American University, 1988
- Polak, Robert D. (2022), Associate Professor
- Portman, John J. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 2000
- Quader, Khandker F. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1983
- Schmidt, Thorsten-Lars (2019), Associate Professor
- Schroeder, Almut (2001), Associate Professor
- Selinger, Jonathan V. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College, 1989
- Selinger, Robin L. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College, 1989
- Sprunt, Samuel N. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
- Vanfossen, Joseph A. (2004), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2017
- Yang, Deng-Ke (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989
- Yokoyama, Hiroshi (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Tokyo International University, 1987
Department of Political Science Faculty
- Banks, Christopher P. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1995
- Carbonell, Joel R. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2007
- Cassell, Mark K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
- Chand, Daniel E. (2016), Associate Professor
- Claassen, Ryan L. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2005
- Dzordzormenyoh, Michael K. (2022), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of South Dakota, 2019
- Ensley, Michael J. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Duke University, 2002
- Hawes, Daniel P. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Main Campus, 2008
- McLaughlin, Danielle (2022), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2021
- Miller, Patrick R. (2023), Associate Professor
- Molina, Anthony D. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cleveland State University, 2004
- Paar-Jakli, Gabriella (1991), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
- Schmidt, Sarah (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2023
Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty
- Bartholomew, Christie L. (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014
- Black, Sarah R. (2023), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2015
- Blasiman, Rachael N. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2010
- Casto, Kathleen V. (2023), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Emory University, 2016
- Ciesla, Jeffrey (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at Albany-SUNY, 2004
- Ciesla, Shannon N. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013
- Coifman, Karin G. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008
- Cremeans-Smith, Julie K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
- Delahanty, Douglas L. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1997
- Evey, Julie A. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1998
- Flessner, Christopher A. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008
- Folk, Jocelyn R. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1997
- Frey, Katelyn T. (2023), Assistant Professor, M.A., University of Akron, 2021
- Galati, Ashley R. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2013
- Gere, Judith (2013), Associate Professor
- Gilman, Tracy L. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 2013
- Grau, Josefina M. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1992
- Gunstad, John J. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2002
- Hamrick, Phillip M. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2013
- Himmelstein, Mary S. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2016
- Hughes, Joel W. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001
- Jones, Bryan A. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 2007
- Joynes, Robin L. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Main Campus, 1998
- Keiller, Scott W. (1989), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
- Larwin, David A. (1985), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1989
- Lechner, William (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2015
- Miller, Eric D. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999
- Neal-Barnett, Angela M. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., DePaul University, 1988
- Sato, Amy F. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009
- Sciartelli, Sharon M. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1995
- Sefcek, Jon A. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2007
- Shepherd, James B. (1986), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
- Spitznagel, Mary Beth (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2003
- Tabak, Melanie A. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2008
- Taber, Jennifer M. (2016), Associate Professor
- Thompson, Clarissa A. (2014), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2008
- Tomich, Patricia L. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
- Updegraff, Alanna S. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2003
- Updegraff, John A. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, 2002
- Was, Christopher A. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2005
- Weigold, Arne (2019), Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2008
- Zaragoza, Maria S. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1984
Department of Sociology and Criminology Faculty
- Adams, Richard E. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1989
- Bloch, Katrina R. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2009
- Campbell, Beth A. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2018
- Catto, Rebecca (2016), Associate Professor
- Chopko, Brian A. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2007
- Dum, Christopher (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at Albany-SUNY, 2014
- Fisk, Susan R. (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2015
- Foster, Michelle L. (2010), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 2011
- Gallagher, Mary N. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
- Gibson, Gregory C. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2008
- Graff, David R. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.S., Mercyhurst College, 1984
- Haas, Anne E. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2005
- Jones, Adrian M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
- Kalkhoff, William W. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2002
- Kunkle, Susan M. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2011
- Leveto, Jessica A. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
- Licuanan-Galela, Maria N. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995
- Lowery, Allen (2014), Assistant Professor
- Marcussen, Kristen A. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2000
- Mastriacovo, Paul A. (1982), Senior Lecturer, J.D., University of Akron, 1978
- Nader, Elias (2021), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of Massachusetts-Lowell, 2019
- Nasheri, Hedieh (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1992
- Pai, Manacy (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2008
- Pollock, Joshua W. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2014
- Ray, Kasey (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2015
- Robison, Kristenne M. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2010
- Rose, Lydia (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997
- Rose, Norman R. (2007), Associate Professor
- Roxburgh, Susan J. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2020
- Schiller, J. Zach (2006), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2005
- Shura, Robin A. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 2010
- Solomon, Starr (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Omaha, 2018
- Stacey, Clare L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2004
- Taylor, Tiffany L. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 2008
- Tontodonato, Pamela (1987), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1986
- Vander Horst, Anthony (2011), Professor, The Ohio State University, 2012
- Warren, Deirdre M. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Sam Houston State University, 2009
- Wilson, Mary G. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty
- Barnes, Andrew S. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1999
- Bartell, Denise S. (2022), Professor
- Holt, Suzanne L. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
- Kessler, Chaya (2009), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State University, 2005
- Mazzei, Julie M. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., American University, 2006
- Odell-Scott, David (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1989
- Paar Conroy, Amanda M. (2013), Associate Professor, J.D., Cleveland State University, 2005
- Peterson, Mary S. (2016), Associate Professor, J.D., Bowling Green State University, 1987
- Stacher, Joshua A. (2008), Professor
- Vachon, Lauren (2012), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 2013
School of Peace and Conflict Studies Faculty
- Arai, Tatsushi (2019), Associate Professor, Ph.D., George Mason University, 2005
- Bleak, Jacquelyn K. (2014), Associate Lecturer, M.S., George Mason University, 2012
- Cooper, Neil (2019), Professor
- Cunningham, Karen D. (1990), Professor, J.D., Washington and Lee University, 1986
- Hancock, Landon E. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., George Mason University, 2003
- Hsiao, Elaine C. (2021), Assistant Professor
- Koopman, Sara (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2012
- Merryman, Molly B. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2007
- Nickels, Ashley E. (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2016
- Solomon, Johanna A. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2015
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Africana Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of English
- Department of Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychological Sciences
- Department of Sociology and Criminology
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities
- School of Peace and Conflict Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Biotechnology (BTEC)
BTEC 10210 INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles and applications of modern biotechnology, including recombinant DNA technology, microbial technology, fermentation, genetic engineering, plant and animal tissue culture and medical biotechnology. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BTEC 40191 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
Recent developments in biotechnology explored through the presentation and discussion of research articles and reviews in the biotechnology literature.
Prerequisite: BTEC 10210; BSCI 30140, 30171, 30156; CHEM 30284.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BTEC 40192 INTERNSHIP IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (ELR) 2-9 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Work experience in a biotechnology laboratory. Registration requires approval of program director and is dependent on availability of internship sites. Written report of activities required.
Prerequisite: Biotechnology major.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 2-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BTEC 40196 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (ELR) 2-9 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Research experience in biotechnology. Registration requires approval of program director and research director. Written report required.
Prerequisite: Biotechnology major.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 2-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BTEC 40210 CASE STUDIES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
Case studies used to explore biotechnology practice and the application of various technologies in industry and medicine. Emphasis placed on developing problem solving, information gathering, inductive reasoning and technical communication skills.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30156 and BSCI 30171 and BSCI 40158 and BTEC 10210 and CHEM 30284.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
BTEC 40220 BIOINFORMATICS 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 40220, BSCI 50220 and BSCI 70220) Analysis of biological databases, including nucleic acid and protein sequence searching, multiple sequence alignment, protein classification, phylogenetic analysis, comparative genomics, proteomics, protein structure analysis.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30156 and BSCI 40158.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BTEC 40463 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 40463, BSCI 50463 and BSCI 70463) Medical Biotechnology provides a basic understanding of how living cells and cellular materials can be used for medical applications, particularly in the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Data Science (DATA)
DATA 69099 CAPSTONE PROJECT 3,6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) The course is an integrative experience that brings together all components of Master's nonthesis graduate program in an applied, hands-on real-world setting. The course is 3 credit hours when taken once in conjunction with DATA 69192. However, DATA 69192 can be substituted by additional 3 credit hours of DATA 69099 making capstone project 6 credit hours (taken twice).
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and special approval.
Schedule Type: Project or Capstone
Contact Hours: 0 lecture, 0 lab, 3-6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
DATA 69192 GRADUATE INTERNSHIP 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised experience in the Master program in Data Science. Since this work will be outside the department, a report and a final presentation will be required.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 0 lecture, 0 lab, 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
DATA 69199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Thesis student must register for total of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in a single semester distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Materials Science (MTSC)
MTSC 60199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis students must register for a total of 6 credit hours, 2 to 6 credit hours in a single semester or distributed over two semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
MTSC 60299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continually register each semester until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: MTSC 60199; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
MTSC 60498 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research or individual investigation. Credits earned may be applied toward meeting degree requirements with department approval. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 3-45 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MTSC 62241 STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72241) Lectures on order, disorder and phase transitions in soft matter. Materials include magnets, gases, liquids, crystalline and amorphous solids and liquid crystals. Theoretical concepts include order parameters to describe broken symmetry, mean-field theory, Landau theory for uniform and nonuniform systems, elasticity of orientational order and topological defects.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62242 CHARACTERIZATION OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72242) Course provides students with the fundamentals of the most commonly used techniques for the study and understanding of soft matter at the macroscopic and microscopic level, especially at the nanometer scale. The advancement in basic soft matter research is generally driven by the experimental techniques available and the interdisciplinary knowledge among condensed matter physicists, biologists, synthetic and physical chemists, as well as chemical and polymer engineers.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62245 FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL SCIENCE 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72245) Basic liquid crystals structures and their main physical properties, such as visco-elastic, electric, magnetic and optical properties, except the nature of their phase transitions. Also discussed are their interactions with surfaces and the structural defects that they can form.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62248 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS AND PHOTONICS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72248) Optics of cholesterics, liquid crystalline photonic bandgap materials, nonlinear optics of liquid crystals; optomechancial effects in liquid crystal elastomers.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62249 LABVIEW FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND INSTRUMENT CONTROL 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 72249) Introduction to laboratory data acquisition and instrument control using LabVIEW software.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MTSC 62335 ADVANCED LIQUID CRYSTALLINE AND POLYMERIC MATERIALS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72335) Course introduce students to recent advances in liquid crystals and polymers with emphasis on structure-property relationships, physical and optical properties, and their applications. Liquid crystals and polymers are soft matters of two important disciplines of science and technology. They both have a similar history and are rich in physical and optical properties useful for fundamental and applied research.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62450 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS I: THEORY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72450) Provides an introduction to optical phenomena with an emphasis on liquid crystals, from geometrical optics to Maxwell's equations. Basic principles are used to analyze and solve optics problems arising in liquid crystal engineering.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62452 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS II: OPTICAL SYSTEMS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72452) Focuses on the study of practical optical systems with an emphasis on liquid crystals. Students study the principles of optical system design starting with the understanding of basic optical components such as lenses, mirrors, filters and polarizers. Practical concepts and techniques for the implementation of optical instruments and displays are mastered through lectures and lab work.
Prerequisite: MTSC 62450; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62460 LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS SCIENCE 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72460) Familiarizes students with the basic, underlying chemical concepts in liquid crystal science. These concepts include molecular structures and properties of liquid crystal molecules, miscibility rules and micro-segregation of chemically incompatible molecular segments, physical and electronic properties of aromatic compounds including heterocycles and fluorinated aromatics, properties of aliphatic and perfluorinated hydrocarbons, unsaturation, and chirality. Other aspects covered in later sections of this course relate to auxiliary and novel materials used in liquid crystal devices such as polymers, carbon nanomaterials, metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and photo-responsive organic materials.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62462 LIQUID CRYSTAL SCIENCE: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72462) Basics of liquid crystal defects and their behavior in magnetic and electric fields.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62640 LIQUID CRYSTAL, POLYMER AND COLLOID COMPOSITES 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72640) Interdisciplinary science of systems consisting of liquid crystal, polymer and colloid. Statistical physics of composite systems, mixing free energy, phase separation principle, phase diagrams and phase separation dynamics. States, structures and free energies of liquid crystal, polymer and colloidal systems. Polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC), polymer stabilized liquid crystals (PSCT) and their applications. Laboratory experiments on composite systems and fabrication of PDLC and PSCT light shutters.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62643 ELECTRO-OPTICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS: MODELING AND DEVICE DESIGN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72643) Apply knowledge of liquid crystals and optics to the design of liquid crystal electro-optical devices. Emphasis is on modeling of devices and the use of that modeling to optimize device characteristics. Several particular device designs are considered to familiarize students with the state of the art in electro-optical applications of liquid crystals and to prepare them to advance the art in future designs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62647 STRUCTURED FLUIDS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72647) The basics of fluids having internal structures, such as long range orientational order and or one and two dimensional positional order. Materials include thermotropic smetic, lamellar lyotropic and columnar liquid crystals, soap films, fluid foams, fluid fibers and Langmuir monolayers.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62650 COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72650) Materials modeling at the classical (i.e. non-quantum) level. Monte Carlo methods; molecular dynamics simulation; mesoscale models; numerical methods; case studies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 62651 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 72651) Course presents the concepts, principles and the state-of-the-arts of nanotechnologies and their applications in biological and biomedical science and engineering. Focus is on the fundamental physical principles and engineering technologies of device miniaturization and system integration for bioapplications.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63000 PHYSICS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73000) Students learn the basics of physics of soft matter, including polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, reduced dimensionality fluids and active matter. Course provides students a coherent and deep understanding of the most important concepts and scientific results of soft matter, such as nano-, and microscopic structures, mechanical, electrical and optical properties.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63010 LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73010) Course covers the fundamentals and the chemical aspects of different types of lyotropic liquid crystals (organic, inorganic, composites) leading to a discussion of phase diagrams and a comprehensive discussion of the characterization techniques of lyotropic liquid crystals. Focuses on some key aspects related to the use of lyotropic liquid crystals in pharmacological and medical applications such as drug delivery and the use of lyotropic liquid crystals as templates or ‘reactors’ for nanoscale synthesis and mesoscale manufacturing.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63015 CHEMISTRY OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73015) Course familiarizes students with the basic underlying chemical concepts in soft matter science, focusing on the most important chemical building blocks in soft matter, IUPAC rules for naming them, miscibility rules and micro-segregation of chemically incompatible molecular segments, physical and electronic properties of aromatic compounds, including heterocyclic and fluorinated aromatics, properties of aliphatic and perfluorinated hydrocarbons, unsaturation, structure-property relationships and all levels of chirality (molecular to supramolecular). Other topics focus on specific types of materials explored in soft matter such as polymers, liquid crystals, carbon nanomaterials, metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and light-responsive organic materials, gels, foams and colloids.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63020 APPLICATIONS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73020) Course covers the applications of soft matter that include electro-optical, sensor and biological applications. Recent developments related to emerging applications are covered.
Prerequisite: MTSC 63000; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63025 ACTIVE MATTER 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73025) The course is designed to teach the science of active matter which embraces a broad range of dynamic out-of-equilibrium systems comprised of interacting units that are capable of converting stored energy or the energy of the environment into systematic motion. Examples include colloids powered by an electric field, swimming bacteria and living liquid crystals. Theoretical models considered are Vicsek model and Toner-Tu model. The course will provide a coherent picture of the dynamic out-of-equilibrium phenomena.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 63100 EMERGING DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 73100) This course focuses on the fundamentals and applications of latest display technologies in transmissive, reflective and emissive displays as well as free-space display technologies. This course is aimed for students who wish to learn more, not limited to liquid crystal devices and applications, but also wide ranges of current and future display technologies, and will intergrate among materials science, physics and engineering with display technologies ranging from direct-view, flexible, wearable and free-space displays.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 64491 SEMINAR: LIQUID CRYSTALS 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with MTSC 74491) Discussion of current literature or original research in liquid crystals. Participation by students, faculty and guests.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MTSC 64495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with MTSC 74495) Topic varies per course offering.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 65006 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE PROTOTYPING 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 75006) Liquid crystal device prototyping; introduction to liquid crystal device manufacturing methods.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 65008 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE CONSTRUCTION 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 75008) Students acquire the knowledge and experience in basic techniques and procedures for the construction of liquid crystal cells. Students are prepared for successive lab courses and the capstone project based on the clean-room techniques, ITO glass handling, film deposition, surface alignment treatment and cell assembly experienced.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 65032 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 75032) Course aims to help graduate students in STEM fields improve their skills in scientific writing and presentations. Activities include a mock panel review of scientific proposals. Students produce a final paper that could serve as the introductory chapter of a thesis or dissertation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72241 STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62241) Lectures on order, disorder and phase transitions in soft matter. Materials include magnets, gases, liquids, crystalline and amorphous solids and liquid crystals. Theoretical concepts include order parameters to describe broken symmetry, mean-field theory, Landau theory for uniform and nonuniform systems, elasticity of orientational order and topological defects.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72242 CHARACTERIZATION OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62242) Course provides students with the fundamentals of the most commonly used techniques for the study and understanding of soft matter at the macroscopic and microscopic level, especially at the nanometer scale. The advancement in basic soft matter research is generally driven by the experimental techniques available and the interdisciplinary knowledge among condensed matter physicists, biologists, synthetic and physical chemists, as well as chemical and polymer engineers.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72245 FUNDAMENTALS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL SCIENCE 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62245) Basic liquid crystals structures and their main physical properties, such as visco-elastic, electric, magnetic and optical properties, except the nature of their phase transitions. Also discussed are their interactions with surfaces and the structural defects that they can form.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72248 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS AND PHOTONICS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62248) Optics of cholesterics, liquid crystalline photonic bandgap materials, nonlinear optics of liquid crystals; optomechancial effects in liquid crystal elastomers.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72249 LABVIEW FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND INSTRUMENT CONTROL 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 62249) Introduction to laboratory data acquisition and instrument control using LabVIEW software.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MTSC 72335 ADVANCED LIQUID CRYSTALLINE AND POLYMERIC MATERIALS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62335) Course introduce students to recent advances in liquid crystals and polymers with emphasis on structure-property relationships, physical and optical properties, and their applications. Liquid crystals and polymers are soft matters of two important disciplines of science and technology. They both have a similar history and are rich in physical and optical properties useful for fundamental and applied research.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72450 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS I: THEORY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62450) Provides an introduction to optical phenomena with an emphasis on liquid crystals, from geometrical optics to Maxwell's equations. Basic principles are used to analyze and solve optics problems arising in liquid crystal engineering.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72452 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICS II: OPTICAL SYSTEMS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62452) Focuses on the study of practical optical systems with an emphasis on liquid crystals. Students study the principles of optical system design starting with the understanding of basic optical components such as lenses, mirrors, filters and polarizers. Practical concepts and techniques for the implementation of optical instruments and displays are mastered through lectures and lab work.
Prerequisite: MTSC 72450; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72460 LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS SCIENCE 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62460) Familiarizes students with the basic, underlying chemical concepts in liquid crystal science. These concepts include molecular structures and properties of liquid crystal molecules, miscibility rules and micro-segregation of chemically incompatible molecular segments, physical and electronic properties of aromatic compounds including heterocycles and fluorinated aromatics, properties of aliphatic and perfluorinated hydrocarbons, unsaturation, and chirality. Other aspects covered in later sections of this course relate to auxiliary and novel materials used in liquid crystal devices such as polymers, carbon nanomaterials, metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and photo-responsive organic materials.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72462 LIQUID CRYSTAL SCIENCE: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62462) Basics of liquid crystal defects and their behavior in magnetic and electric fields.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72640 LIQUID CRYSTAL, POLYMER AND COLLOID COMPOSITES 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62640) Interdisciplinary science of systems consisting of liquid crystal, polymer and colloid. Statistical physics of composite systems, mixing free energy, phase separation principle, phase diagrams and phase separation dynamics. States, structures and free energies of liquid crystal, polymer and colloidal systems. Polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC), polymer stabilized liquid crystals (PSLC) and their applications. Laboratory experiments on composite systems and fabrication of PDLC and PSLC light shutters.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72643 ELECTRO-OPTICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS: MODELING AND DEVICE DESIGN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62643) Apply knowledge of liquid crystals and optics to the design of liquid crystal electro-optical devices. Emphasis is on modeling of devices and the use of that modeling to optimize device characteristics. Several particular device designs are considered to familiarize students with the state of the art in electro-optical applications of liquid crystals and to prepare them to advance the art in future designs.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72647 STRUCTURED FLUIDS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62647) The basics of fluids having internal structures, such as long range orientational order and or one and two dimensional positinal order. Such materials include thermotropic smetic, lamellar lyotropic and columnar liquid crystals, soap films, fluid foams, fluid fibers and Langmuir monolayers.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72650 COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62650) Materials modeling at the classical (i.e. non-quantum) level. Monte Carlo methods; molecular dynamics simulation; mesoscale models; numerical methods; case studies.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 72651 NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 62651) Course presents the concepts, principles and the state-of-the-arts of nanotechnologies and their applications in biological and biomedical science and engineering. Focus is on the fundamental physical principles and engineering technologies of device miniaturization and system integration for bioapplications.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73000 PHYSICS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63000) Students learn the basics of physics of soft matter, including polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, reduced dimensionality fluids and active matter. Course provides students a coherent and deep understanding of the most important concepts and scientific results of soft matter, such as nano-, and microscopic structures, mechanical, electrical and optical properties.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73010 LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63010) Course covers the fundamentals and the chemical aspects of different types of lyotropic liquid crystals (organic, inorganic, composites) leading to a discussion of phase diagrams and a comprehensive discussion of the characterization techniques of lyotropic liquid crystals. Focuses on some key aspects related to the use of lyotropic liquid crystals in pharmacological and medical applications such as drug delivery and the use of lyotropic liquid crystals as templates or ‘reactors’ for nanoscale synthesis and mesoscale manufacturing.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73015 CHEMISTRY OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63015) Course familiarizes students with the basic underlying chemical concepts in soft matter science, focusing on the most important chemical building blocks in soft matter, IUPAC rules for naming them, miscibility rules and micro-segregation of chemically incompatible molecular segments, physical and electronic properties of aromatic compounds, including heterocyclic and fluorinated aromatics, properties of aliphatic and perfluorinated hydrocarbons, unsaturation, structure-property relationships and all levels of chirality (molecular to supramolecular). Other topics focus on specific types of materials explored in soft matter such as polymers, liquid crystals, carbon nanomaterials, metal and semiconductor nanoparticles and light-responsive organic materials, gels, foams and colloids.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73020 APPLICATIONS OF SOFT MATTER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63020) Course covers the applications of soft matter that include electro-optical, sensor and biological applications. Recent developments related to emerging applications are covered.
Prerequisite: MTSC 73000; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73025 ACTIVE MATTER 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63025) The course is designed to teach the science of active matter which embraces a broad range of dynamic out-of-equilibrium systems comprised of interacting units that are capable of converting stored energy or the energy of the environment into systematic motion. Examples include colloids powered by an electric field, swimming bacteria and living liquid crystals. Theoretical models considered are Vicsek model and Toner-Tu model. The course will provide a coherent picture of the dynamic out-of-equilibrium phenomena.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 73100 EMERGING DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 63100)This course focuses on the fundamentals and applications of latest display technologies in transmissive, reflective and emissive displays as well as free-space display technologies. This course is aimed for students who wish to learn more, not limited to liquid crystal devices and applications, but also wide ranges of current and future display technologies, and will intergrate among materials science, physics and engineering with display technologies ranging from direct-view, flexible, wearable and free-space displays.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 74491 SEMINAR: LIQUID CRYSTALS 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with MTSC 64491) Discussion of current literature or original research in liquid crystals. Participation by students, faculty and guests.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
MTSC 74495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with MTSC 64495) Topic varies per course offering.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 75006 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE PROTOTYPING 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with MTSC 65006) Liquid crystal device prototyping; introduction to liquid crystal device manufacturing methods.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 75008 LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE CONSTRUCTION 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 65008) Students acquire the knowledge and experience in basic techniques and procedures for the construction of liquid crystal cells. Students are prepared for successive lab courses and the capstone project based on the clean-room techniques, ITO glass handling, film deposition, surface alignment treatment and cell assembly experienced.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 75032 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with MTSC 65032) Course aims to help graduate students in STEM fields improve their skills in scientific writing and presentations. Activities include a mock panel review of scientific proposals. Students produce a final paper that could serve as the introductory chapter of a thesis or dissertation.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
MTSC 80199 DISSERTATION I 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Doctoral dissertation for which registration in at least two semesters is required, first of which will be semester in which dissertation work is begun, and continuing until the completion of 30 hours.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
MTSC 80299 DISSERTATION II 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Continuing registration required of doctoral students who have completed the initial 30 hours of dissertation and continuing until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: MTSC 80199 and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
MTSC 80498 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research or individual investigation for doctoral student who has not yet passed candidacy exam. Credit earned may be applied toward degree.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 3-45 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Neuroscience (NEUR)
NEUR 10100 SEMINAR IN NEUROSCIENCE 1 Credit Hour
Course provides an overview of the neuroscience field, including areas of neuroscience research, foundational principles in neuroscience, current questions and techniques, career possibilities and examples of research being conducted by neuroscience faculty.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
NEUR 30100 NEUROSCIENCE I 3 Credit Hours
(Crosslisted with BSCI 30100) Course covers basic principles in neuroscience, from the cellular to systems levels. Provides students a basic understanding of how the nervous system is organized, electrophysiology properties of neurons, sensory systems and motor pathways.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 30200 NEUROSCIENCE II 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 30200) Course builds off of the principles taught in Neuroscience I by providing more depth and breadth to the functioning of the nervous system. Course provides students a more complete understanding of the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neural circuitry involved in sensory processing, motor control and higher order cognitive functioning.
Prerequisite: NEUR 30100 or BSCI 30100.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 30300 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE 1 Credit Hour
(Cross-listed with BSCI 30300) Accompanying laboratory for NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200. Course provides a greater depth of understanding into and hand-on experience with the principles discussed in NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200. Course provides students a full understanding in the major research techniques used in neuroscience. The major topics covered include: electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, learning and memory, the neuromuscular junction and sensory perception. .
Prerequisite: NEUR 30100 or BSCI 30100 with minimum C grade.
Pre/corequisite: NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 30889 BEAUTY AND THE BRAIN: EXPLORING FLORENCE THROUGH THE SENSES (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 30889) This is an introductory sensory neuroscience course for undergraduate students. By exploring the sensory richness of Florence, Italy, students delve into the biology of their sensory systems. Through a combination of field trips, laboratory exercises, lectures and presentations, students learn how our sensory systems function to change diverse environmental signals into information that can be interpreted by the brain. Site visits are used to highlight specific sensory systems and laboratories/lectures provide the conceptual framework. Together, these experiences lay the foundation for students' understanding of vision, taste, smell, touch and hearing in the unique environment of Florence, Italy.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
NEUR 40192 INTERNSHIP IN NEUROSCIENCE (ELR) 3-12 Credit Hours
Work experience and training in neuroscience under the supervision of appropriate personnel in a government agency, nonprofit organization or business.
Prerequisite: NEUR 30200; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 9-36 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
NEUR 40195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE 1-3 Credit Hours
Topics in neuroscience vary per course offering.
Prerequisite: NEUR 30200.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture, 2-6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 40196 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN NEUROSCIENCE 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research study under the guidance of a neuroscience faculty member and under the direction of a Biological Sciences faculty mentor.
Prerequisite: NEUR 30200; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 40385 CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 40385)(Slashed with BSCI 50385 and BSCI 70385) This is a discussion- and readings-based course that focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning functions of the central nervous system. Topics covered include synaptic plasticity; neuron-glia interactions; gene-environment interactions involved in learning, memory and disease; big data in neuroscience; and more. During this course, students develop knowledge and understanding of communication between brain cells; how gene-environment interactions impact learning and memory, behavior and disease; and modern techniques used in neuroscience research. Students read, summarize and discuss primary research papers in the context of neuroscience-related topics.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 40429 NEURAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION 2 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BSCI 40429) (Slashed with BSCI 50429 and BSCI 70429) Course explores the role of the brain in regulating functions that are essential to ensure successful reproduction. Topics covered include an overview of the endocrine and neuroendocrine systems involved in reproduction, as well as regulation of puberty, fertility, pregnancy and lactation. The course also explores disorders, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, affecting the central regulation of reproduction.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30130 or BSCI 40430 or NEUR 30100.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
NEUR 47387 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with PSYC 47387) Neuropsychopharmacology is the study of how drugs and other chemicals affect brain and behavior. This course introduces students to the behavioral effects of psychoactive therapeutic drugs and neurotoxic chemicals in relation to their neural and molecular mechanisms of action. Covers general principles of neuropsychopharmacology; nervous system structure in relation to behavior and mind, brain and behavioral systems that are affected by different classes of drugs and toxic chemicals; and methods employed in neuropsychopharmacology research.
Prerequisite: PSYC 11762.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Department of Africana Studies
Africana Studies (AFS)
AFS 10101 ELEMENTARY KISWAHILI I 4 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to Kiswahili in which students will learn the essentials of speaking, reading and writing the most extensively used language in East Africa. Kiswahili is one of the major African languages spoken and used by more than one hundred (100) million Africans who live mainly in Eastern, Central, as well as some parts of Southern nations of Africa. These countries include Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, Mozambique, Northern Zambia, Northern Malagasy Republic, and the Comoro Islands.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 10102 ELEMENTARY KISWAHILI II 4 Credit Hours
Continuation of AFS 10101, aimed at advancing student knowledge and communication skills in Kiswahili by introducing Kiswahili literature, short narratives, proverbs, folktales.
Prerequisite: AFS 10101.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 15200 INTRODUCTION TO WEST AFRICAN CULTURES 3 Credit Hours
Students will study the history, culture, geography, ecology, and historical specifics of the region of West Africa from the 9th to the 19th centuries.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 20001 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
This course uses an interdisciplinary approach to introduce students to the discipline and field of Africana Studies. Using primary source materials from literature, film and various art forms, students will be exposed to concepts, critical issues, events and major thinkers that have shaped the global Black world. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between Peoples of African descent, Latin and Indigenous Peoples. Selected course materials represent the ways in which Peoples of African descent have demonstrated resiliency, activism and agency.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 20101 KISWAHILI III 3 Credit Hours
Continuation of Kiswahili II, aimed at developing knowledge competence and recognition of Kiswahili usage in all forms of Kiswahili literature.
Prerequisite: AFS 10102.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 20102 KISWAHILI IV 3 Credit Hours
Continuation of Kiswahili III, aimed at developing knowledge, competence and recognition of Kiswahili usage in all forms of Kiswahili literature.
Prerequisite: AFS 20101.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 20200 RECOVERING THE PAST: KENT TO MEMPHIS (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
Examines relevance of John Brown, Frederick Loudin and Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Ida B. Wells anti-lynching campaign today. Students travel to local Brown and Loudin sites, Harper's Ferry and Memphis.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Field Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
AFS 20300 BLACK IMAGES 3 Credit Hours
Examines the historical origins and representations of racial images and anti-black perceptions through newspapers, magazines, songs, plays, literature, textbooks, radio, television, films, comic books, etc. and the role of these images in American culture past and present.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 22000 CREATIVE WRITING IN THE BLACK WORLD 3 Credit Hours
Explores the major aesthetic and cultural issues that have historically shaped creative writing in the Black world since the beginning of the African Griot tradition. Students will investigate the African-American tradition in literature as an organic part of the larger Africana world. Students are expected to write, perform, critique and produce original works in the modes and performance styles of the global African world.
Prerequisite: ENG 11011 or HONR 10197.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 22101 AFRICAN AMERICAN VISUAL ARTISTS 3 Credit Hours
The course is an Afrocentric survey of visual and aural artistry. The course also examines context and perspectives, mediums of expression, form, style, content and patronage of African American artists from 1800.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 22200 INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN ARTS 3 Credit Hours
This course investigates the function of creative forms of artistic expression particular to experiences of the Africana community at home and abroad.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 23001 BLACK EXPERIENCE I: BEGINNINGS TO 1865 (DIVG) (KHUM) 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the African experience prior to and following the arrival of Africans in the New World. It explores the contributions of Africans in the areas of state formation, arts/architectural designs, scientific explorations, religion and other great human achievements. Discussion will also focus on major historical events such as the Trans-Saharan trade, Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, Middle Passage, and Slavery in America. The experiences of people of African descent in North and South America as well as the Caribbean will be examined.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Kent Core Humanities
AFS 23002 BLACK EXPERIENCE II: 1865 TO PRESENT (DIVD) (KHUM) 3 Credit Hours
This course covers the Black Experience from 1865 to the present, including events, ideas and persons in Africa, North and South America, and the Caribbean. The course will also examine slavery in America, the struggles for freedom, the Civil War, Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras, Black politics, culture, and society. The contributions of African Americans to the American society will also be examined.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic, Kent Core Humanities
AFS 23095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PAN-AFRICAN LITERATURE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS 1-4 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a maximum of 6 credit hours) Introduction to a current and specialized topic in Pan-African Literature and/or communication skills.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 23310 NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
Study and analysis of Native American history, sovereignty and civil rights. Ensures an understanding of self-determination in the context of colonization, decolonization and neocolonization, through the use of Native American literature, philosophy, politics and other cultural outlets. Being that we all live in a broader community, students also examine historical and contemporary relationships with the African American community and other ethnic communities in the US.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 24407 INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN STUDIES (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the histories, social and political frameworks, cultural and religious traditions of Caribbean regions from the pre-colonial era to the present. The course focuses in particular on the experience of people of African descent in the Caribbean.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
AFS 25200 EAST AFRICAN-KISWAHILI CULTURES 3 Credit Hours
Students learn about the relationship between the Kiswahili language and the cultures of East African peoples, especially those in Malawi, Mozambique, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This includes geographical, historical and sociological perspectives and an analysis of common cultural elements (music, literature, proverbs).
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 26000 LEGACIES OF SLAVERY 3 Credit Hours
Examines global African legacies of slavery through historical and contemporary experiences and perspectives. This course will explore disenfranchment of people of African descent as a legacy of slavery related to economics, politics, society, culture, policy and the law.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 26010 BLACK LIVES MATTER: THE CONTINUED STRUGGLE FOR BLACK LIBERATION 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the historical, cultural and sociopolitical development of the global #BlackLivesMatter movements. By linking the current movements for Black liberation to past and current resistance movements, this course explores the intersectional relationship between identity development and the anti-blackness of state sanctioned violence through strategies and tactics of various movements and individuals who represent the legacy of the Black Radical Tradition.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 30001 CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS I 3 Credit Hours
Exploration of African creative endeavors and cultures through traditionally integrated forms of music, dance and song. Some emphasis on the study of design, color and fashion merged with family, food and environment, as well as traditional African societies. The class strives to foster in the student, through song and dance and through plastic arts, an aesthetic appreciation of the traditional African society such as the Yoruba people, the Dan, Dogon, Bambura, Mandingo and Senufu and many more.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 30010 AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with PHIL 31070) Exploration of philosophical issues in African and African-American or Black thought systems. Topics may include the examination of the issue of the existence of a Black philosophy, the nature of traditional African knowledge, beliefs about personhood, the basis and rationality of witchcraft or other metaphysical beliefs, communalism, the nature of Black moral and aesthetic values, and contemporary analysis of race, racism, slavery, civil rights, pan-Africanism, and criticisms of colonialism, Black development, democratic governance and social policies regarding Blacks. Students with Junior standing or above, who have not taken a Philosophy course, should contact the department for a prerequisite override.
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
AFS 30310 BLACK HOLLYWOOD 3 Credit Hours
Examines the complexities of race relations in the film industry and the need for “Hollywood” and Black filmmakers to create films for mainstream audiences with a multitude of themes from the African American experience in America and the Black experience around the world.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 30311 HIP HOP: THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCES 3 Credit Hours
Examines the social, political and economic influences of and on Hip-hop and analyzes the historical and current relationships between Hip-hop and mainstream America, including the role that corporate America has played. In-depth history of the culture and major pioneers and contributors.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 31092 PRACTICUM IN AFRICAN THEATRE ARTS (ELR) 3-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Exposes students to fundamental techniques of stage through auditory, visual and physical participation. (Students are evaluated in performance and related theater activities.)
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
AFS 32001 AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ENG 33010) Study of African-American literature from its beginning to 1900, including such writers as Wheatley, J. Hammon, Terry, B. Hammon, Jones, Marrant, Allen, Hall, Walker, Truth, Garnet, Douglass, Delany, Harper, Stewart, Turner, Jacobs, Keckley, Brown, Wilson, Griggs, Chesnutt and Dunbar.
Prerequisite: ENG 21011 or HONR 10297.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 32002 MODERN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hours
Study of African-American literature from the early twentieth century to the present. The authors include Toomer, Hughes, Larsen, Wright, Baldwin, Hansberry, Jones, Lorde, Walker, Morrison, Mosley, Youngblood and Carter.
Prerequisite: ENG 21011 or HONR 10297.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 32050 AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ENG 33015) Examines works of major 20th-century African, African American and Caribbean writers and intellectuals. Authors include Niane, Achebe, Emecheta, Prince, Hurston, Hughes, Cesaire, Senghor, Soyinka and many others.
Prerequisite: ENG 11011 or HONR 10197.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
AFS 33100 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Examines the social, political, cultural and historical factors that have influenced the development of African-American family organization from African shores through the Black experience in the United States.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
AFS 33101 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: SLAVERY TO FREEDOM 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with HIST 31080) Survey of African American history from the colonial period to 1877. Course provides a general knowledge of the social, political and cultural history of African Americans from colonial times to the end of the Reconstruction.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 33110 BLACK WOMEN, CULTURE AND SOCIETY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
This course surveys the experiences of Black women throughout various periods of history, and their roles in shaping the social, economic, political and cultural development of their societies.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
AFS 33120 THE BLACK MAN: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 3 Credit Hours
This course will investigate both the historical as well as the cultural evolution of the African man in America. We will consider the Black man’s development within the larger context of the African experience in the United States. It will focus primary attention on the cultural, social, economic and political aspects of African community development and the impact of Black men on that development.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 33130 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 3 Credit Hours
Using lectures, videos, discussions, readings and application this course explores ways in which gender and sexuality in Africa and the African Diaspora have and can be constructed, performed, articulated and researched. Attention is also paid to the existence of LGBTQ identities within the global black community.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 33171 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
This course explores the challenges facing African-American communities through historical and contemporary perspectives. Issues such as geography, black/demography, public administration, health, transportation, socio-economic/finance as well as education, civil rights, crime/justice will be covered. The course will also explore contemporary social movement issues and implications on these communities.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
AFS 33200 ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS 3 Credit Hours
Examines the history of ancient African civilizations and their contributions to world history.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 33310 AFRO-LATINX COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. (DIVD) 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to the social, cultural, and political experiences of Afro-Latinx communities in the U.S. The communities include Afro-Mexican, Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Dominican, Garifuna, etc.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Domestic
AFS 34000 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
This course will introduce students to the basic features of the Traditional African Worldview. We will identify and examine those concepts that all African peoples hold in common. It will provide a working context within which to discuss fundamental aspects of Traditional African identity and culture. In addition, we will consider the transformation of the African Worldview in the so-called New World.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
AFS 34100 ISLAMIC WEST AFRICA 3 Credit Hours
This course familiarizes students with the cultural and historical specificities of Islamic communities in West Africa. Beginning with the introduction of Islam into West Africa in the eighth century, this course takes a multi-disciplinary point of view and covers contemporary political issues as well as historical topics. Students are provided the analytical tools and documentation to understand contemporary religious issues in West Africa and the diversity in expression of thought and practice of Islamic West Africa.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 34200 BLACK MUSIC REVISITED 3 Credit Hours
This is a survey course in the appreciation of, as well as an investigation into, that Great Black Tradition in Music. Students explore contemporary Black music from Africa into the New World and consider African world music from the Blues, Gospel, Jazz to Bebop, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop and Afro-Beat to Reggae. Students also learn the significance of local and individual artists.
Prerequisite: AFS 23001 or AFS 23002.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 35200 AFRICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS 3 Credit Hours
An African-centered focus on traditional African institutions as these interact with the Jihad Movements, Western European incursion, the slave trade, colonialism, independence movements and contemporary issues.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 37000 ORAL AND WRITTEN DISCOURSES IN AFRICANA STUDIES (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
This course examines foundational text, speech and cultural expressions in the Africana World. Students will develop their writing skills and learn new techniques to improve their oral and written communication.
Prerequisite: ENG 21011 or HONR 10297.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
AFS 37001 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO AFRICANA STUDIES 3 Credit Hours
A critical analysis of the diverse approaches to the underlying principles of Africana Studies.This course aims to expose students to various theoretical perspectives and models that scholars use to explore and understand the Africana experience. The course has a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary scope that allows for a thorough investigation of the political, socio-economic and cultural significance of the unity, self-determination and resistance forged by People of African Descent.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 37010 RESEARCH METHODS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
This course will expose students to the basic components on interdisciplinary research methods used in Africana Studies. Students will learn about research concepts, paradigms, models and perspectives in the design of African-centered research projects.
Prerequisite: AFS 37000 and AFS 37001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
AFS 37020 THE MODEL AFRICAN UNION (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
Students examine role, structure and performance of the African Union in the search for solutions to key economic, social and political-security issues facing Africa. Students attend the annual meeting of the Model African Union Conference in Washington D.C., which is a simulation of proceedings of the African Union, augmented by briefings at African Embassies. Participants gain an understanding of the various determinants, capabilities and constraints shaping the domestic and foreign policies of African countries.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
AFS 37100 AFRICANA WOMEN’S LITERATURE (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ENG 33013). This course introduces students to literary works by Africana women. The course will explore concerns and issues impacting Africana women including but not limited to the intersections of psychological, social, historical and political issues of race and gender.
Prerequisite: ENG 11011 or HONR 10197.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
AFS 37150 SECRET AND MAROON SOCIETIES IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY 3 Credit Hours
This course examines secret and maroon societies including but not limited to the Underground Railroad, the Quilombos of Brazil, Black Seminoles of Florida, and other maroon communities in the Africana world.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 37200 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN'S LITERATURE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ENG 33014) Introduces students to literary works by African-American women.
Prerequisite: ENG 11011 or HONR 10197.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 40001 CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS II 3 Credit Hours
This course continues Cultural Expressions I in greater depth and sophistication: Exploration of African creative endeavors and cultures through traditionally integrated forms of music, dance and song. Some emphasis on the study of design, color and fashion merged with family, food and environment, as well as traditional African societies. The class strives to foster in the student, through song and dance and through plastic arts, an esthetic appreciation of the traditional African society such as the Yoruba people, the Dan, Dogon, Bambara, Mandingo, Su Su, Senufu and many more.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 40120 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the interrelationship of contemporary issues and the education of people of African descent.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 41192 PRACTICUM IN AFRICANA COMMUNITIES (ELR) 1-12 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) This practicum provides students with hands-on experience in community service and engagement. In coordination with a selected faculty member, students will have the opportunity to work in government agencies, public and private schools, non-profit organizations, etc.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-36 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
AFS 43095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PAN-AFRICAN LITERATURE, ARTS AND CULTURES 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Broadens upper division offerings in holistic study and performance in Pan-African literatures, arts and cultures.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 43100 RACE, CLASS AND FEMINIST THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 53100) Explores issues of race, class and gender through the lens of Black women and feminists of color. This course also examines how gender, race, and class intersect in the construction of identity, institutional formations and social movements in the African world.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 43200 MALCOLM AND MARTIN 3 Credit Hours
A critical study of the major ideas and doctrines, including religious and theological beliefs, of Malcolm X and Martin L. King and their roles in American history.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 44095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a total of 12 credit hours when topic varies) Study of selected topics related to contemporary Africa.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 47095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a maximum of 12 credit hours)Selected topics in the intellectual, cultural, political and historical development of Pan-Africanism, its diverse theoretical approaches and multiple applications including the Organization of African Unity.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 47099 SENIOR SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
This upper-division course is designed to provide AFS students the opportunity/framework to critically review and reflect on their academic and experiential learning experiences and other academic undertakings before graduation. In addition to reviewing relevant topical/contemporary issues of interest in the field of Africana Studies or the Pan-African world, students will develop individual research papers on these topical issues for presentation before the departmental faculty, students and the general public.
Prerequisite: AFS 37010.
Schedule Type: Project or Capstone
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
AFS 47100 RACE, GENDER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 57100) This senior level course introduces students to the interconnected fields of race, gender and social justice in America and the rest of the world. Students will explore the intersectionality of these fields and how they shape our understanding of social justice issues. The course will enhance the knowledge and understanding of students on critical issues of race, gender, sexuality/other categories. Drawing on interdisciplinary approach/perspective, students will study and develop a global understanding of the complex intersectional systems of oppression that shape the lives of people of African descent, including other people of color. Discussions will focus on issues of civic engagement, public policy, policy advocacy, and the practice/methodology of activism.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 47122 SEMINAR IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 57122) This senior level seminar course will provide students the opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding of activism and social change. Discussion will focus on strategies and methods of social change through community activism, policy advocacy, community organizing and development. Students will engage in readings, discussions, and analyses of relevant works on issues of activism, race, gender and social change. In addition to reviewing major theoretical and methodological approaches, students will develop a theory-driven research paper on a topical issue of interest on race, gender, and social justice by the end of the semester.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 47144 BLACK SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 57144) This course explores the evolution of Black social and political thought and leadership within the global Black world. Drawing on the concepts of leadership and liberatory practices, the course will discuss the changing trends of Black social and political thought, strategies, ideologies, race, class, gender, conflict, competition and future prospects of Black political mobilization and leadership.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 49093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN PAS 2-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
AFS 49095 SELECTED TOPICS 2,3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Scheduled topic announced. Intended to encourage further study in areas not treated adequately in standard courses. Offered irregularly by available or visiting faculty.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
AFS 49096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable once for credit) Research in areas of interest not available in departmental courses. Approval by faculty member or chairperson necessary prior to registration.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
AFS 53100 RACE, CLASS AND FEMINIST THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 43100) This graduate level course explores issues of race, class and gender through the lens of Black women and feminists of color. This course also examines how gender, race, and class intersect in the construction of identity, institutional formations and social movements in the African world.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 57100 RACE, GENDER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 47100) This graduate level course introduces students to the fields of race, gender and social justice in America and the rest of the world. Students will explore the intersectionality of these fields and how they shape our understanding of critical social justice issues. The course is designed for M.A. and/or PhD students who wish to complement and strengthen their research and pedagogical framework in their degree program, and those who are interested in working towards equity with regard to race, gender, sexuality/other categories. Drawing on interdisciplinary approach/perspective, students will study and develop a global understanding of the complex intersectional systems of oppression that shape the lives of people of African descent, including other people of color. Discussions will focus on issues of civic engagement, public policy, policy advocacy, and the practice/methodology of activism. The knowledge of students in the interdisciplinary field of Africana Studies will also be broadened after taking this course.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 57122 SEMINAR IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 47122) This graduate seminar course is designed to provide students the opportunity to undertake a critical overview of their graduate minor program in Race, Gender and Social Justice with a focus on strategies and methods of social change through community activism. Discussions will focus on critical issues of policy advocacy, community organizing and development. Students will engage in readings, discussions, and analyses of relevant works on issues of activism, race, gender and social change. In addition to reviewing major theoretical and methodological approaches, students will develop a theory-driven research paper on a topical issue of interest on race, gender, and social justice by the end of the semester.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
AFS 57144 BLACK SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with AFS 47144) This graduate level course explores the evolution of Black social and political thought and leadership within the global Black world. Drawing on the concepts of leadership and liberatory practices, the course will discuss the changing trends of Black social and political thought, strategies, ideologies, race, class, gender, conflict, competition and future prospects of Black political mobilization and leadership.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Department of Anthropology
Anthropology (ANTH)
ANTH 18095 SPECIAL TOPICS ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Special Topics in Anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 18210 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS) 3 Credit Hours
This introductory course in cultural anthropology examines the culture concept, the diverse ways of life found in communities around the world, and attempts by anthropologists and other social scientists to understand the commonalities underlying our diversity. It explores how individual lives are shaped by broader cultural and social forces, how people create meaning, and the nature of power relations. Students will gain insight into the potential of anthropological findings to help resolve contemporary human problems.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Kent Core Social Sciences, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transfer Module Social Sciences
ANTH 18230 INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Forensic anthropology is the application of biological anthropology in a medico-legal context. The tools of archaeology and biological anthropology are used to discover, recover and identify human remains. Topics include human osteology, determining the biological profile (sex, age, ancestry and stature), facial reconstruction, establishing a positive I.D., trauma to bone, stages of decomposition, the role of insects in decomposition, and issues of mass graves.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 18420 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS) 3 Credit Hours
Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains. The themes of time change and human diversity will be emphasized as students learn about ancient societies and how they teach us about ourselves. We will survey prehistoric and ancient human existence, from our earliest bipedal ancestors between 5 and 10 million years ago until the beginnings of complex society.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Kent Core Social Sciences, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transfer Module Social Sciences
ANTH 18630 HUMAN EVOLUTION (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to basic evolutionary theory with a focus on the emergence and progressive development of the human species during the last five million years. Includes related topics such as primate behavior and human variation.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, TAG Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transfer Module Natural Sciences
ANTH 18631 ISSUES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION (KBS) (KLAB) 1 Credit Hour
Laboratory study of primate and human anatomy; human paleontology; Mendelian, molecular and human genetics; and primate behavior, ecology and conservation.
Pre/corequisite: ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab
ANTH 28095 SPECIAL TOPICS ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Special Topics in Anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 28300 INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC GENETICS 3 Credit Hours
Forensic genetics is a field in which the properties of proteins and nucleic acids (genes) are utilized to identify the person that produced them; for example, whose DNA is on a gun trigger? This is the first in a two-course series. This course provides a foundation in basic genetic principles and methods relevant to criminal investigation and victim identification. Topics include introduction and history of molecular forensics, crime scene evidence, serology (blood, semen, saliva), blood spatter, chromosome structure, principles of inheritance, linkage and crossing over, microsatellites (STRs), DNA extraction methods, standard PCR, capillary electrophoresis, mitochondrial DNA, sex chromosomes, basic population genetics, and CODIS database.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18230 or ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 38095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 38096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Readings and/or research supervised by a member of the anthropology staff.
Prerequisite: Permission.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
ANTH 38440 QUANTITATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Introduces the quantitative description of numerical data, provides an understanding of the basis of probability theory and statistical inference and acquaints the student with the role of computers in anthropology.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420 or ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 38480 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
Methods necessary for the description and laboratory analysis of prehistoric remains. Course will include laboratory exercises as well as class lectures.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
ANTH 38490 QUANTITATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Introduces the quantitative description of numerical data, provides an understanding of the basis of probability theory and statistical inference and acquaints the student with the role of computers in anthropology.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420 or ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 38680 PRIMATE SOCIETIES 3 Credit Hours
This course will be a survey of the behavior of living primates. Topics covered include reproductive and foraging strategies, social structure and primate conservation. Antecedent human behavior will also be considered.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 38789 FACES: HUMAN HEAD ANATOMY WITH A FORENSIC ART FOCUS (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
Summer Florence Institute course: Renaissance artists became anatomists in order to create more life-like portrayals of the human figure, and Italy was in the forefront of these developments. Our course begins with studying works by these artist/anatomists: Antonio Pollaiuolo, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and others, through visits to the Galleria dell’Accademia and Museum of the Bargello and lectures. We will examine drawings, paintings and sculptures of faces by these artists, and gain an appreciation for how well they understood human anatomy. We will also visit La Specola Anatomical Collection (exquisite wax models copied from real corpses during the 17th century) since we are studying anatomy. In the classroom, students will study human skulls, and learn the form and function of the muscles of facial expression and mastication. We will pay close attention to features of the skull that ultimately give each face its unique qualities, and study the areas that indicate age and sex of the individual. Each student will sculpt the facial bones of a skull, using an exact replica cast as a model. In the last part of the course students learn the techniques of two-dimensional forensic facial reconstruction. Using knowledge of head anatomy, and tissue depth data from the literature, each student will prepare detailed sketches (one man, one woman) based on a photograph of his and her skull. We will also learn about changes to the face over the life span, and make sketches of older people based on photographs of them when young.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
ANTH 48001 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58001) This course covers the qualitative research methods employed by anthropologists to collect and analyze data. Students will gain skills in ethnography, research design and analysis, and the ethical responsibilities associated with data collection and storage.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48010 NORTH AMERICA'S ICE AGE HUNTERS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58010) This class is an in-depth study of the Clovis people, their culture, their technology, their ancestors, and their progeny. The Clovis culture represents the first peoples of North America during the Pleistocene (Ice Age), over 13,000 years ago. These first Americans were colonizers to the New World, and tackled a dangerous and unfamiliar landscape.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48092 FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58092) This course provides students with practical experience in archaeological fieldwork in the context of a mock crime scene. Students will excavate a complex burial feature. Surface survey, excavation and recording techniques, field drawing, and processing of bones and artifacts will be taught.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18230 or ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 3 lab, 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
ANTH 48093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Classroom discussions and field study activity focused on professional and disciplinary concerns. Specific content varies with workshop group.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
ANTH 48095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with ANTH 58095) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210 or 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48150 RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58150) This course teaches students the anthropological approaches to the study of religious beliefs and practices, as well as the role of religion in bringing about social change. Topics covered include: ritual, myth, witchcraft, sorcery, shamanism, syncretism, secularism and fundamentalism. Students will appreciate the diversity of ways in which religion is manifested cross-culturally and understand the different roles that religious beliefs play in human life. Students with Junior standing or above may request that the prerequisite be waived.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48212 KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58212) This course employs cross-cultural approaches to the understanding of marriage, family organization, descent and kinship systems.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48214 POLITICS OF CULTURE (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58214) Addresses the way in which culture has been politicized, and looks at such issues as cultural relativism and objectivity in anthropological studies with reference to specific peoples and geographic areas.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
ANTH 48220 CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58220) Exploration of the dynamic relationship between socio-cultural systems and physical-biological environment through Anthropology's comparative perspective on the crucial contemporary need to foster a sustainable society.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48225 ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58225) Archaeologists study cemeteries to learn how societies treat their dead, as well as work at mass disaster scenes, and clandestine graves. They aid law enforcement in many situations where human remains have been skeletonized. This course will provide students with an understanding of the processes and procedures involved in each.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
ANTH 48242 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58242) This course will provide students with essential archaeological knowledge of ceramic materials via lecture and hands-on learning activities. Pottery will be addressed in a holistic manner, starting with its geochemical origins, through the various ways humans have sourced and manipulated this versatile raw material, as well as standard archaeological methods for study and interpretation. Ceramic materials from cultures all around the world will be discussed in depth to reveal both functional and social significance.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48245 PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58245) Overview of psychological anthropology. Includes comparative cross-cultural socialization and personality development; group and national character; relationship of personality to politics, social and occupational roles, and recent explorations of the relationship between culture and cognition. Examines contributions by leading figures, from Freud, Boas, Benedict, and Whorf through modern studies of spatial cognition and navigation.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210 or PSYC 11762.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48250 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58250) This course teaches students the central concepts and methods of medical anthropology, treating illness and healing as biocultural, political and experiential phenomena. The course considers both the specificity of local medical cultures and the complex interactions among the environment, human behavior and political and economic policies that shape them. The course will sensitize students to cultural issues in sickness and health care, and provide some critical analytic concepts and tools. Students with JUNIOR standing or above may request that the prerequisite be waived.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210 or ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48262 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF AMAZONIA (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58262) This course introduces students to the cultural traditions of Lowland South American peoples. Through a variety of ethnographic readings and films students will explore key anthropological themes such as the relationship between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’, gender relations, violence, anthropological ethics and the impacts of colonialism and globalization. Topics covered include: cosmology, personhood, ritual practices, sorcery, shamanism, gender and indigenous activism. Students with Junior standing or above may request that the prerequisite be waived.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48280 BEING HUMAN: SIGNS AND SYMBOLS 3 Credit Hours
An exploration of semiotic anthropology, the study of the production and communication of meaning through signs and symbols in human life, from both a humanistic and a scientific perspective. Special emphasis is on what it means to be human from a spatial as well as an evolutionary perspective as it relates to our sustainability crisis. The topic is crucial to our species, and to life on earth more generally, given the current globalization of modernity and the propagation of its non-sustainable definition of human being.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48295 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48300 ADVANCED FORENSIC GENETICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58300) Forensic genetics is a field in which the properties of proteins and nucleic acids (genes) are utilized to identify the person that produced them. This is the second in a two-course series, and it focuses on the analysis and interpretation of molecular forensic data, as used in criminal investigations. Topics include quantitative PCR, capillary electrophoresis and electrophoretic artifacts, NRC and ISFG recommendations, CODIS database, familial searches, low-copy DNA, mixture deduction, forensic statistics, missing persons, paternity tests, mass disaster identifications, quality control, accreditations and validations, courtroom testimony, legal challenges to DNA typing, and new approaches and technologies.
Prerequisite: ANTH 28300.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48330 PRIMATE ENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58330) This course provides a comprehensive overview of primate behavioral endocrinology, with an emphasis on primate adaptation to maximize reproductive fitness. We learn to identify the major taxonomic groups and their behavioral and physiological diversity, and explore how hormones contribute to shape different primate societies. Throughout the course, we explore hormonal influences on sexual behavior, aggression and dominance, stress and energetic balance, social bonding and parental care, as well as field and laboratory techniques to study nonhuman primates in their natural habitat.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48360 ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58360) This course examines how people experience gender – what it means to be a man or woman – and sexuality in a variety of historical and cultural contexts. It explores how gender and sexuality intersect with other categories such as race, social class, and other markers of self and societal status. Students will gain a greater sense of the diversity of human social practices and beliefs regarding gender and sexuality across cultures. Students with Junior standing or above may request that the prerequisite be waived.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48425 ANCIENT MESOAMERICA 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58425) Comparative analysis of Mesoamerican societies from the arrival of the first Americans over 10,000 years ago to European colonization in the 16th century A.D., including major pre-Columbian civilizations.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48440 ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT OHIO 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58440) Cultural evolution and human-environmental relationships in the ancient Ohio region documenting an 11,000 year period from initial occupation to the beginning of European written history.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48450 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58450) This course will explore the mechanisms involved in the development of early complex societies around the globe. Students will be introduced to cross-cultural comparative analysis to explore theories regarding the rise of the state in various ecological environments, as well as other causal explanations and organizational parameters associated with ancient state formation and maintenance.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48492 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with ANTH 58492) Field and laboratory techniques in archaeological research.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 1.66 lecture, 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
ANTH 48495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18420.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48550 FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58550) This course will provide Students with an understanding of the types of biological forensic data utilized in court, and the strengths and weaknesses of these data. Though multiple types of analyses will be discussed, emphasis will be placed on DNA (STR) data, as it is the predominant type of biological evidence used today. The course will also cover the steps required to determine whether a new type of analysis is admissible at trial. Basic courtroom procedures, biases in data interpretation and presentation, case studies, and moot courts will be included.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48623 HUMAN VARIATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58623) A detailed anthropological examination of the causes and extent of modern human variability.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48630 PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES (DIVG) 3 Credit Hours
Peoples and characteristics of culture areas of Pacific Islands, including Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia with analysis of several representative cultures from these areas.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18210.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global
ANTH 48695 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48810 HUMAN PALEONTOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58810) Study of primate fossils of the Miocene and Pliocene to include the origins of humans and their earliest ancestors.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48820 HUMAN MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58820) A largely hands-on course introducing the study of human anatomy for students interested in biological anthropology and archaeology. Topics include skeletal and functional anatomy biomechanics and estimation of age and sex from isolated bones.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48830 HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (DIVG) (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58830) How "unique" is human behavior? Using an evolutionary perspective, we will explore the evolution of human mating systems and parental investment.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630 or BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
ANTH 48835 PRIMATE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58835) Study of the geographic distribution and evolutionary ecology of prosimians, monkeys and apes and human and climatic effects on their long-term survival.
Prerequisite: ANTH 18630 or ANTH 38680 or BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48850 NATURAL SELECTION ACCORDING TO DARWIN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58850) Darwin’s Origin of Species transformed our understanding of the natural world. Although he was not aware of the biological constituents of inheritance (i.e. genetics and the modern synthesis), his three ingredients for a system of descent with modification – variation, inheritance, and sorting – were wildly influential. This course will not only explore how Darwin understood his monumental theory, but also show that Darwin’s original proposal explains both biological and cultural evolution. Students will gain an understanding of how Darwin’s theory provided a foundation for modern anthropological thought and continues to inform anthropological queries.
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 48889 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE (DIVG) (ELR) 1-4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 58889)(Repeatable for credit) Faculty-led study abroad experiences.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: International Experience
Contact Hours: 3-12 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
ANTH 58001 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48001) This course covers the qualitative research methods employed by anthropologists to collect and analyze data. Students will gain skills in ethnography, research design and analysis, and the ethical responsibilities associated with data collection and storage.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58010 NORTH AMERICA'S ICE AGE HUNTERS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48010) This class is an in-depth study of the Clovis people, their culture, their technology, their ancestors, and their progeny. The Clovis culture represents the first peoples of North America during the Pleistocene (Ice Age), over 13,000 years ago. These first Americans were colonizers to the New World, and tackled a dangerous and unfamiliar landscape.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58092 FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48092) This course provides students with practical experience in archaeological fieldwork in the context of a mock crime scene. Students will excavate a complex burial feature. Surface survey, excavation and recording techniques, field drawing, and processing of bones and artifacts will be taught.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 3 lab, 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with ANTH 48095) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58150 RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR MEANING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48150) This course teaches students anthropological approaches to the study of religious beliefs and practices, as well as the role of religion in bringing about social change. Topics covered include: ritual, myth, witchcraft, sorcery, shamanism, syncretism, secularism and fundamentalism. Students will appreciate the diversity of ways in which religion is manifested cross-culturally and understand the different roles that religious beliefs play in human life.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58212 KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48212) This course employs cross-cultural approaches to the understanding of marriage, family organization, descent and kinship system.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58214 POLITICS OF CULTURE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48214) This course will address the way in which culture has been politicized. It will look at issues such as cultural relativism and objectivity in anthropological studies with reference to specific peoples and geographic areas.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58220 CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48220) Exploration of the dynamic relationship between socio-cultural systems and the physical-biological environment through Anthropology's comparative perspective on the crucial contemporary need to foster a sustainable society.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58225 ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48225) Archaeologists study cemeteries to learn how societies treat their dead, as well as work at mass disaster scenes, and clandestine graves. They aid law enforcement in many situations where human remains have been skeletonized. This course will provide students with an understanding of the processes and procedures involved in each.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58242 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48242) This course will provide students with essential archaeological knowledge of ceramic materials via lectures and hands-on learning activities. Pottery will be addressed in a holistic manner, starting with its geochemical origins, through the various ways humans have sourced and manipulated this versatile raw material, as well as standard archaeological methods for study and interpretation. Ceramic materials from cultures all around the world will be discussed in depth to reveal both functional and social significance.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58245 PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48245) Overview of psychological anthropology. Includes comparative cross-cultural socialization and personality development; group and national character; relationship of personality to politics, social and occupational roles, and recent explorations of the relationship between culture and cognition. Examines contributions by leading figures, from Freud, Boas, Benedict, and Whorf through modern studies of spatial cognition and navigation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58250 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48250) This course teaches students the central concepts and methods of medical anthropology, treating illness and healing as biocultural, political and experiential phenomena. The course considers both the specificity of local medical cultures and the complex interactions among the environment, human behavior and political and economic policies that shape them. The course will sensitize students to cultural issues in sickness and health care, and provide some critical analytic concepts and tools.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58262 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF AMAZONIA 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48262) This course introduces students to the cultural traditions of Lowland South American peoples. Through a variety of ethnographic readings and films students will explore key anthropological themes such as the relationship between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’, gender relations, violence, anthropological ethics and the impacts of colonialism and globalization. Topics covered include: cosmology, personhood, ritual practices, sorcery, shamanism, gender and indigenous activism.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58295 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58300 ADVANCED FORENSIC GENETICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48300) Forensic genetics is a field in which the properties of proteins and nucleic acids (genes) are utilized to identify the person that produced them. This is the second in a two-course series, and it focuses on the analysis and interpretation of molecular forensic data, as used in criminal investigations. Topics include quantitative PCR, capillary electrophoresis and electrophoretic artifacts, NRC and ISFG recommendations, CODIS database, familial searches, low-copy DNA, mixture deduction, forensic statistics, missing persons, paternity tests, mass disaster identifications, quality control, accreditations and validations, courtroom testimony, legal challenges to DNA typing, and new approaches and technologies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58330 PRIMATE ENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48330) This course provides a comprehensive overview of primate behavioral endocrinology, with an emphasis on primate adaptation to maximize reproductive fitness. We learn to identify the major taxonomic groups and their behavioral and physiological diversity, and explore how hormones contribute to shape different primate societies. Throughout the course, we explore hormonal influences on sexual behavior, aggression and dominance, stress and energetic balance, social bonding and parental care, as well as field and laboratory techniques to study nonhuman primates in their natural habitat.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58360 ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48360) This course examines how people experience gender – what it means to be a man or woman – and sexuality in a variety of historical and cultural contexts. It explores how gender and sexuality intersect with other categories such as race, social class, and other markers of self and societal status. Students will gain a greater sense of the diversity of human social practices and beliefs regarding gender and sexuality across cultures.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58425 ANCIENT MESOAMERICA 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48425) Comparative analysis of Mesoamerican societies from the arrival of the first Americans over 10,000 years ago to European colonization in the 16th century A.D., including major pre-Columbian civilizations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58440 ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT OHIO 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48440) Cultural evolution and human-environmental relationships in the ancient Ohio region documenting an 11,000 year period from initial occupation to the beginning of European written history.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58450 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48450) This course will explore the mechanisms involved in the development of early complex societies around the globe. Students will be introduced to cross-cultural comparative analysis to explore theories regarding the rise of the state in various ecological environments, as well as other causal explanations and organizational parameters associated with ancient state formation and maintenance.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58492 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with ANTH 48492) Field and laboratory techniques in archaeological research.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 1.66 lecture, 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58550 FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48550) This course will provide students with an understanding of the types of biological forensic data utilized in court, and the strengths and weaknesses of these data. Though multiple types of analyses will be discussed, emphasis will be placed on DNA (STR) data, as it is the predominant type of biological evidence used today. The course will also cover the steps required to determine whether a new type of analysis is admissible at trial. Basic courtroom procedures, biases in data interpretation and presentation, case studies, and moot courts will be included.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58623 HUMAN VARIATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48623) A detailed anthropological examination of the causes and extent of modern human variability.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58695 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Special topics in anthropology offered irregularly when unusual resources or opportunities exist. Topic announced when scheduled.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58810 HUMAN PALEONTOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48810) Study of primate fossils of the Miocene and Pliocene to include the origins of humans and their earliest ancestors.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58820 HUMAN MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48820) A largely hands-on course introducing the study of human anatomy for students interested in biological anthropology and archaeology. Topics include skeletal and functional anatomy, biomechanics, and estimation of age and sex from isolated bones.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58830 HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48830) How "unique" is human behavior? Using an evolutionary perspective we will explore the evolution of human mating systems and parental investment.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58835 PRIMATE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48835) Study of the geographic distribution and evolutionary ecology of prosimians, monkeys and apes and human and climatic effects on their long-term survival.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58850 NATURAL SELECTION ACCORDING TO DARWIN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48850) Darwin’s Origin of Species transformed our understanding of the natural world. Although he was not aware of the biological constituents of inheritance (i.e. genetics and the modern synthesis), his three ingredients for a system of descent with modification – variation, inheritance, and sorting – were wildly influential. This course will not only explore how Darwin understood his monumental theory, but also show that Darwin’s original proposal explains both biological and cultural evolution. Students will gain an understanding of how Darwin’s theory provided a foundation for modern anthropological thought and continues to inform anthropological queries.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 58889 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 1-4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with ANTH 48889) Faculty-led study abroad experiences.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Field Experience, International Experience
Contact Hours: 3-12 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Offered irregularly when unusual resources and/or opportunities permit.
Prerequisite: 6 graduate hours toward MA in Anthropology; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68096 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Readings and/or research supervised by member of graduate faculty. Petition form available in the anthropology department office.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
ANTH 68098 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research or individual investigation. Repeated registration permitted. Petition form available in the anthropology department office.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
ANTH 68199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis student must register for total of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in a single semester, or distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
ANTH 68230 PROBLEMS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Basic graduate course in cultural anthropology required of all M.A. candidates. Course deals with major topics within this subdiscipline of anthropology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68241 ETHNIC GROUP ANALYSIS: PACIFIC ISLANDS 3 Credit Hours
Peoples and characteristics of culture areas of the Pacific Islands, including Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia with analysis of several representative cultures from these areas.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continue registration each semester until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: ANTH 68199; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
ANTH 68430 PROBLEMS IN WORLD PREHISTORY 3 Credit Hours
Basic graduate course in prehistoric archaeology required of all M.A. candidates.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68630 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 78630) A graduate-level introduction to the field of biological anthropology. Topics include genetics, human variation, fossil and modern primates, early man.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68637 BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS I 5 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 78637) Examination of methods of univariate and bivariate experimental design. This survey emphasizes tests of hypothesis and estimation techniques with both classical and nonparametric procedures.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 5 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
ANTH 68638 BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS II 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 78638) This survey of multivariate analysis in anthropology includes one-sample data exploration, multiple sample problems and regression methods. It also includes computer application. Graduate standing.
Prerequisite: ANTH 68637 (same course as BMS 78638).
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Department of Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences (BSCI)
BSCI 10001 HUMAN BIOLOGY (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
Study of the scientific method and life's properties, emphasizing human biology. Topics include energy, genetics, reproduction, development disease, nutrition and physical fitness in humans. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Transfer Module Natural Sciences
BSCI 10002 LIFE ON PLANET EARTH (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
Explores the fascinating breadth of life on Earth including the unique ecology and survival strategies of animals, plants and microbes in their natural habitats. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Transfer Module Natural Sciences
BSCI 10003 LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN BIOLOGY (KBS) (KLAB) 1 Credit Hour
Introductory college-level laboratory in biology for non-majors. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Pre/corequisite: BSCI 10001 or BSCI 10002.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, Transfer Module Natural Sciences, TAG Natural Science Lab
BSCI 10005 SMALL ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS 4 Credit Hours
Identification of anatomy and basic physiological functions of domestic small animals: skeletal, muscles, integumentary, special sense organs, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, endocrine, nerves, circulatory and immune. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 10110 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (ELR) (KBS) (KLAB) 4 Credit Hours
This introductory course examines the biodiversity of life from its origins to present day, including the evolution, ecology, behavior, form, function and reproduction of major groups of organisms. Students must earn a final grade of at least C- in order to meet prerequisites for selected upper-division BSCI courses.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, TAG Science
BSCI 10120 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS (ELR) (KBS) (KLAB) 4 Credit Hours
This introductory course examines the organization of life from subcellular biochemistry and molecular biology, to genetics, bioenergetics and system homeostasis. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab weekly. Students must earn a final grade of at least C- in order to meet prerequisites for selected upper-division BSCI courses.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, TAG Science
BSCI 10195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Selected subjects and/or themes in biology.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 11010 FOUNDATIONAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I (KBS) (KLAB) 3 Credit Hours
Anatomy and physiology to include organization of the human body, cells, tissues, organs and systems; integumentary, skeletal, muscular and respiratory systems; and overviews of the nervous and circulatory system. This course is taught on Kent State's regional campuses for associate degree programs. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab
BSCI 11020 FOUNDATIONAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II (KBS) (KLAB) 3 Credit Hours
Anatomy and physiology of the circulatory, digestive, urinary, nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems. This course is taught on Kent State's regional campuses for associate degree programs. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: BSCI 11010; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab
BSCI 16001 HORTICULTURAL BOTANY 3 Credit Hours
To provide students with an understanding of the basic anatomy and physiology and growth characteristics of plants. Offered only at the Geauga and Salem campuses. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: BA Biology, BS Biology, BS Botany, BS Environmental and Conservation Biology, BS Medical Technology, BS Biotechnology, BS Zoology, and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 20019 BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 4 Credit Hours
Basic design of human systems emphasizing the physiochemical and cellular bases of organ-system structure, function and development. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 20021 BASIC MICROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Principles of microorganisms having a direct relationship on the health and well-being of humans. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: ATTR 25057 or BSCI 10005 or BSCI 11010 or BSCI 20019 or BSCI 21010 or EXSC 25057; and CHEM 10050 or CHEM 10055 or CHEM 10060 or CHEM 11060 or NRST 10014.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 20022 BASIC MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Laboratory experience in microbiology. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Corequisite: BSCI 20021.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 20195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Selected subjects and/or themes in Biology.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 20196 INTRODUCTION TO INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-2 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Introduction to research in the biological sciences under the direction of a BSCI faculty mentor.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in 8 hours of BSCI courses; and departmental and faculty mentor approvals required.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 21010 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I (KBS) (KLAB) 4 Credit Hours
Anatomy, physiological chemistry, cytology, tissues and homeostatic mechanisms of the integumentary, skeletal, nervous, muscular and sensory systems. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, TAG Science
BSCI 21020 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II 4 Credit Hours
Anatomy and physiological processes as related to the following organ systems: endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: BSCI 21010.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
BSCI 26002 ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF PEST MANAGEMENT 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles of integrated pest management, pesticide application, pest identification and environmental effects. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: BSCI 16001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 26003 PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION I 3 Credit Hours
Identification and selection of horticulturally important plant species. Emphasis on woody species, shrubs and trees. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: BSCI 16001 and HORT 16003.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 26004 PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION II 3 Credit Hours
Identification and selection of horticulturally important plant species. Emphasis on herbaceous species, ground covers and vines. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: BSCI 16001 and HORT 16003.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30050 HUMAN GENETICS 3 Credit Hours
Modern concepts of genetics applicable to the human including examination of genetically related diseases and their societal implications. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: Minimum 8 credit hours of Biology (BSCI) courses; and 3 credit hours of Chemistry (CHEM) courses.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30100 NEUROSCIENCE I 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with NEUR 30100) Neuroscience I will cover basic principles in neuroscience from the cellular to systems levels. After completion of the course, students will have a basic understanding of how the nervous system is organized, electrophysiology properties of neurons, sensory systems, and motor pathways.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30105 CAREER PATHWAYS IN BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
Orients students toward various career pathways in the biological sciences.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 30130 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Integrating mechanisms, pharmacological and pathological considerations for selected organ systems.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 20019 (or BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120); and 4 credit hours of chemistry (CHEM) courses.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30140 CELL BIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Investigation of the cell as the fundamental unit of life with an emphasis on the relationship between cellular structure and function.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10120; and CHEM 10060 or CHEM 11060; and CHEM 10062.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30156 ELEMENTS OF GENETICS 3 Credit Hours
Principles of organic mechanisms for expression and transmission of traits as studied in molecules, cells, organisms and populations.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and 10120; and MATH 10675 or MATH 10775 or MATH 11010 or MATH 11022 or MATH 12002 or MATH 12021.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
BSCI 30157 GENETICS LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Consists of hands-on experiments with modern computational and molecular biology experimental approaches.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Corequisite: BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30158 READINGS IN GENETICS 1 Credit Hour
This course emphasizes principles covered in elements of genetics.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Corequisite: BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30171 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Fundamental principles of microbiology and of organisms including their structure, physiology, genetics, pathogenicity, classification, mechanisms of cultivation and control. Lecture three hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110; and BSCI 30140; and CHEM 10060 or CHEM 11060; and CHEM 10061, CHEM 10062 and CHEM 10063.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30189 SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND OBSERVATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
This course offers the overview of scientific inquiry and methods used in biological and biomedical sciences, using the wealth of biological resources available in Florence. Students actively explore these resources through field trips to biology-related lab sites, visits to science museums and walking tours of relevant sites.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 30200 NEUROSCIENCE II 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with NEUR 30200) The course builds off of the principles taught in Neuroscience I by providing more depth and breadth to the functioning of the nervous system. The course provides students a more complete understanding of the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neural circuitry involved in sensory processing, motor control, and higher-order cognitive functioning.
Prerequisite: NEUR 30100 or BSCI 30100.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30267 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to biochemical processes in plants and plant cells; how plants grow and maintain their bodies through dynamic interactions with the environment.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses: BSCI 10110 or BSCI 10120; and CHEM 10060 or CHEM 11060; and CHEM 10062.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30270 GENERAL PLANT BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Covers all topics in modern plant biology, including molecular and cellular biology, physiology, anatomy, development, ecology, evolution and diversity.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grades in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30271 GENERAL PLANT BIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Laboratory and greenhouse exercises in general plant biology.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Corequisite: BSCI 30270.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30274 FORESTRY 3 Credit Hours
Management of the forest resource within appropriate environmental constraints for sustained use relative to watershed protection, lumber production, recreation and wildlife.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30275 LOCAL FLORA (ELR) 4 Credit Hours
Identification and field study of local plants: native, naturalized and cultivated.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 30277 ECONOMIC BOTANY 3 Credit Hours
Economic botany is the scientific study of plants that are important to humans.It considers how plants are used and how plants have shaped up past and modern cultural development.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grades in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30300 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE 1 Credit Hour
(Cross-listed with NEUR 30300) Accompanying laboratory course to NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200. Course provides a greater depth of understanding into and hand-on experience with the principles discussed in NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200. Course provides students a full understanding in the major research techniques used in neuroscience. The major topics covered include: electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, learning and memory, the neuromuscular junction and sensory perception.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in NEUR 30100 or BSCI 30100.
Pre/corequisite: NEUR 30200 or BSCI 30200.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30360 GENERAL ECOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Principles of ecology based on field studies of local plant and animal communities. Lecture three hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30361 BIOGEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hours
Geographical distribution of biotic communities with special reference to North America and to their environmental control.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30362 INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY OF THE TROPICS 3 Credit Hours
Biology and conservation of tropical ecosystems and organisms.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30370 CLIMATE CHANGE BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the biological impacts of climate change. It includes background on the issue of the biological consequences of climate change, as well as the history of research, current impacts and projected changes discussed in the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change report, and the controversies of climate-change skeptics. It also includes the biogeochemistry of climate change effects on biology, climate change, and biological interactions, vector-borne infectious diseases, rates of evolution, and Great Lakes biology.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110; or ENVS 22070.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30517 HUMAN ANATOMY 4 Credit Hours
An intensive investigation of the anatomy and development of the human body.
Prerequisite: Senior standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30518 VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 4 Credit Hours
Concepts and methods of functional morphology. Comparative study of vertebrate organs and systems: skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, urogenital, nervous and endocrine. Lecture three hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110 or 10120.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30520 INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles in neuroscience from the cellular to systems level. Covers how the nervous system is organized, how it detects sensory stimuli to create a mental representation of their environment and output pathways by which the nervous system can control movement, hormone levels and physiological processes.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30560 INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Survey of the animal kingdom emphasizing evolutionary developments. Three-hour lecture and three-hour lab weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and 10120.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30580 ENTOMOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Classification, biology and ecology of the principal groups of insects. Lecture three hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and 10120; and 10 hours of Biology courses.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30582 ORNITHOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Field study of natural history of local birds. Lecture three hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and 10120.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 30789 FEASTS AND PLAGUES: THE SCIENCE OF ITALIAN FOOD, WINE AND DISEASE - INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
This course explores the microbial mechanisms responsible for plagues such as the Black Death as well as for their positive roles in food and wine production. These costs and benefits are explored in Florence, Italy, since each is ingrained in the city's history, culture, art and biology. Course activities include food and wine tastings and field trips to historical sites and museums in Florence and Siena. This course is designed to appeal to students with a wide array of interests in human health and society. Students analyze genomes of microbes responsible for human disease; discuss ecological and biological factors associated with disease transmission; construct cemetery life tables; discuss the impacts of disease on Italian art, architecture and culture; master knowledge of the fermentation process; and compare and contrast the microbiomes and environments of vineyards in Tuscany vs. California.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 30889 BEAUTY AND THE BRAIN: EXPLORING FLORENCE THROUGH THE SENSES (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with NEUR 30889) This is an introductory sensory neuroscience course for undergraduate students. By exploring the sensory richness of Florence, Italy, students delve into the biology of their sensory systems. Through a combination of field trips, laboratory exercises, lectures and presentations, students learn how our sensory systems function to change diverse environmental signals into information that can be interpreted by the brain. Site visits are used to highlight specific sensory systems and laboratories/lectures provide the conceptual framework. Together, these experiences lay the foundation for students' understanding of vision, taste, smell, touch and hearing in the unique environment of Florence, Italy.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40020 BIOLOGY OF AGING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50020) Course covers theories of aging and the normal aging process, dysfunction, and diseases of the elderly categorized by body systems and how nutrition and exercise can offset those changes. This course may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in the following programs: B.A. Biology, B.S. Biology, B.S. Biotechnology, B.S. Botany, B.S. Environmental and Conservation Biology, B.S. Medical Technology, B.S. Zoology and the Biological Sciences minor.
Prerequisite: (ATTR 25057 and ATTR 25058) or BSCI 10001 or (BSCI 11010 and BSCI 11020) or BSCI 20019 or (BSCI 21010 and BSCI 21020) or (EXSC 25057 and EXSC 25058).
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40104 INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50104) Covers basic beekeeping practices and provides students with an in-depth understanding of the honey bee colony through participation in hands-on activities, observation and experimentation.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10110 and 10120 with minimum C- grades; and junior or senior standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40141 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50141 and BSCI 70141) This course explores experimental design and analysis of biological data using tools of molecular biology. Students will study modern and classic techniques and learn the pros and cons of each technique as well as alternative approaches in the context of experiments. The course will consist of a combination of lectures, student presentations and class discussions based on recent primary literature, with particular focus on cell death and disease, including cancer.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156 and BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40142 BIOENERGETICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50142 and BSCI 70142) Lecture and discussion of respiration and photosynthesis, their origin, development and control in living systems. Concepts are introduced from fundamental principles. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and CHEM 20481 or 30481.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40143 EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50143 and BSCI 70143) Current survey of the structure and function of eukaryotic cells, including recent advances in research technology. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and CHEM 20481 or 30481.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40146 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50146 and BSCI 70146) Fundamental concepts and paradigms of development as exemplified by major model organisms. Examines our modern understanding of the molecular, cellular and genetic basis of developmental biology.
Prerequisite: Minimum B grades in the following courses BSCI 30156 and BSCI 30140; and senior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40147 DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50147 and BSCI 70147) Covers fundamental principles in developmental neurobiology, including molecular and cellular processes involved in the formation of the vertebrate central nervous system.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40148 PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50148 and BSCI 70148) Basic principles of infectious disease, with emphasis on major human pathogens, including protozoa, bacteria and viruses. Topics include infection establishment, spread within the host, pathology, immunity and host behavior.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30171; and CHEM 10060; and CHEM 10061; and CHEM 10062; and CHEM 10063.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40150 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: CANCER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50150 and BSCI 70150) Explores the current understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease processes, including new technologies and modern strategies in the forefront of future biomedical research. Emphasis on a review of primary literature.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156 and BSCI 30140; and junior or senior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40151 MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: OBESITY AND RELATED METABOLIC DISEASES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50151 and BSCI 70151) Addresses obesity from multiple angles, including health and disease process, underlying physiology and cell and molecular biology and the role of behavior. Emphasis on a review of primary literature to discuss obesity causes, consequences and treatments.
Prerequisite: BSCI 21010 or BSCI 30130 or (BSCI 30140 and NEUR 30100) or BSCI 40430; and BSCI 10120 with a minimum C- grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40152 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50152 and BSCI 70152) Major concepts and theoretical principles underlying neurological disorders.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40154 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50154 and BSCI 70154) Physiological aspects of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including associated pathologies and therapies.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; or BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30130.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40157 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ADDICTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50157 and BSCI 70157) Introduction to neural structures, circuitry, and chemistry underlying drug addiction, main categories of drugs of abuse, and how brain cells and circuits are modified in response to addictive drugs.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grades in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40158 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50158 and BSCI 70158) Molecular genetics, DNA and RNA structure, chromosomes, DNA replication, recombination, genetic transcription and translation, gene expression, current concepts and technologies.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40159 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY (ELR) (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50159 and BSCI 70159) Experience in research methods for studying cellular and molecular processes in plant and animal systems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, Writing Intensive Course
BSCI 40160 MARINE BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50160 and BSCI 70160) Natural history and ecology of marine organisms, with emphasis on life in coastal habitats.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40162 SOIL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50162 and BSCI 70162) The ecology and physiology of organisms that live in soil, including microbes, plants and animals. The physical and chemical aspects of soil are introduced to understand how organisms in soils impact nutrient cycles and ecosystem development.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and junior or senior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40163 EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50163 and BSCI 70163) History of evolutionary theory, the evidences of evolution, the evolutionary forces and the products of these forces. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156; and 4 credit hours of Biological Sciences (BSCI) courses.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40166 ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50166 and BSCI 70166) Provides learning experiences in the field of environmental wireless sensor technology for performing both isolated and collaborative tasks. Students will use practical tools for WST design.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40170 STREAM BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50170 and BSCI 70170) Study of the physical conditions in streams and the biology and ecology of stream-inhabiting organisms. Lecture two hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following course BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40174 IMMUNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50174 and BSCI 70174) Survey of the mammalian host responses to self and non-self with emphasis on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which innate and acquired immunity result. Experimental design and data analyses are related to current methodologies used to study immunology.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30171 and CHEM 10061 and CHEM 10062 and CHEM 10063; and CHEM 10060 or CHEM 11060.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40191 SENIOR SEMINAR 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit)A capstone seminar course to examine biological topics and scientific contributions across subdisciplines. Discussion of current problems in the biological sciences related to societal needs and concerns.
Prerequisite: Biology major; and senior standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 40192 INTERNSHIP IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (ELR) 3-12 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Work experience and training in the biological sciences under the supervision of appropriate personnel in a government agency, nonprofit organization or business. Maximum of 4 credit hours to count toward BSCI degrees as upper division elective hours.
Prerequisite: 18 hours of Biology; and 2.750 minimum overall GPA in Biology coursework; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-12 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 50195 and BSCI 70195) Special topics in biology.
Prerequisite: 18 hours of Biology coursework; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture, 2-6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
BSCI 40196 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research study under the direction of a BSCI faculty mentor. May be repeated; however, a maximum of 6 credit hours count toward BSCI degrees as upper-division elective hours.
Prerequisite: A minimum BSCI grade average of 2.750; and at least 18 credit hours of BSCI coursework; and departmental and faculty mentor approvals required.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40199 SENIOR HONORS THESIS (ELR) 1-9 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Honors thesis research project completed during the senior year with BSCI faculty mentor and research committee. Maximum of 4 credit hours to count toward BSCI degrees as upper division elective hours.
Prerequisite: Departmental faculty mentor; and honors college approval.
Schedule Type: Project or Capstone
Contact Hours: 1-9 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40218 INTRODUCTION TO GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50218 and BSCI 70218) This course provides an introduction to the structure, organization and function of genomes as well as technological approaches to sequencing and analyzing genomes. Students will explore the application of genomic tools to real-world problems, such as developing sustainable food and fuel supplies, improving disease treatment, understanding biodiversity and protecting the environment.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Pre/corequisite: BSCI 30156.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40220 BIOINFORMATICS 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BTEC 40220) (Slashed with BSCI 50220 and BSCI 70220) Analysis of biological databases, including nucleic acid and protein sequence searching, multiple sequence alignment, protein classification, phylogenetic analysis, comparative genomics, proteomics and protein structure analysis.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140 and BSCI 30156 and BSCI 40158.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40221 ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50221 and BSCI 70221) Covers principles, concepts and techniques of ecological genomics, emphasizing the application of genomics to ecology and biogeochemistry and using genomic, metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140; and BSCI 30156; and BSCI 30360.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40222 INVASION BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50222 and BSCI 70222) This course will provide an overview of the science of biological invasions, focusing on the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. It will discuss both invasions of species from other countries as well as encroachment of native species. The economic and ecological impacts of both plant and animal invasive species, as well as ways of combating the harmful effects of invasions will be discussed.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40224 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN BIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Introduction to the quantitative skills required of practicing biologists (experimental design, graphing, inference, and management of biological data). Real data from biological studies will be used to address fundamental questions in the biological sciences. Laboratory exercises will give experience with spreadsheet and statistical software used by practicing biologists.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110 or BSCI 10120; and minimum 55 ALEKS math score, or MATH 10675 or MATH 10775 or MATH 11010 with minimum C- grade.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40242 SEMINAR ON MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50242). Course will introduce students to primary care and medical practice in rural and urban settings. Physicians and other healthcare practitioners from rural and urban settings will serve as invited speakers in this seminar. Preference for registration will be given to students following the Baccalaureate-MD program with junior standing and minimum 3.500 overall GPA.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 40270 PLANT ECOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Develop knowledge of plant ecology. Learn about the abiotic and biotic effects of plant ecology. Differentiate among population ecology, metapopulation ecology and community ecology as it applies to plants. Use stage-structured population models to understand population dynamics. Learn about resource-ratio models as they apply to plant competition. Study the patterns and mechanisms of succession. BSCI 30360 and/or any courses in plant science are recommended prior to taking this course.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40272 PLANT ANATOMY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50272 and BSCI 70272) Development and structure of cells, tissues and tissue systems of seed plants. Both vegetative and reproductive structures of angiosperms will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, lab six hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40273 INTRODUCTION TO MYCOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50273 and BSCI 70273) Introduces key features defining the fungi. Topics include anatomical and morphological features, reproductive strategies, identification, and community interactions.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40274 PLANT COMMUNITIES OF OHIO 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50274 and BSCI 70274) Designed to familiarize students with the range of plant communities within Ohio by relating plant identification to biological, hydrological, geological, and climatic forces.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40292 INTERNSHIP IN PRIMARY CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED (ELR) 2 Credit Hours
Students are placed in internships in urban or rural healthcare settings. Registration preference will be given to students following the Baccalaureate/M.D. pathway and who have junior standing and a minimum 3.500 overall GPA.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40341 STEM CELL BIOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50341 and BSCI 70341) Examination of stem cells from various tissues, molecular mechanism of stem cell differentiation, and use of stem cells in clinical applications.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40360 ICHTHYOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
Basic biology, natural history, behavior and ecology of the fishes. Three hour lecture and three hour lab weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40363 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50363 and BSCI 70363) Microbial interactions with their biotic and abiotic environment; control of distribution and physiological activities; biochemical cycles; current techniques; emphasis on bacteria in aquatic systems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30171 or BSCI 30360.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40364 LIMNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50364 and BSCI 70364) The study of the principles of aquatic ecology with emphasis on lakes and reservoirs.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30360.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40365 FIELD METHODS IN ORNITHOLOGY (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50365 and BSCI 70365) Habitat-based survey of Ohio birds. Field-based lectures and activities cover location, observation and identification of birds and their songs, as well as bird ecology and behavior.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40368 WETLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (ELR) 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50368 and BSCI 70368) Lecture, laboratory and field study of the principles of wetland ecology including adaptations of the biota to environmental conditions, comparison among different wetland habitat types and habitat management. Lecture 3 hours, lab 3 hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110; and 4 hours of Biology coursework.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40374 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (ELR) 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50374 and BSCI 70374) Provides a critical analysis of the factors that threaten biological diversity in the biosphere and the consequences on biological processes and quality of life.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30360.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40375 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50375 and BSCI 70375) Introduction to current concepts in applied ecology and ecosystem management. Students will learn aspects of ecosystem management and restoration including: 1) how environmental factors affect organism survival and ecosystem structure, 2) how human impacts such as pollution, habitat fragmentation, introduction of invasive species affect ecosystems, and 3) the use of ecological principles and methods to restore and manage ecosystems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30360.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40376 TROPICAL FIELD BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (ELR) 5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50376 and BSCI 70376) Introduction to major issues in tropical ecology and conservation including the threats to the biological diversity of tropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; junior or senior standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40377 PREPARATION FOR FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 50377 and BSCI 70377) Introduction to major issues in field ecology and conservation in South Africa, including the threats to the biological diversity of subtropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses. Three major biomes in South Africa will be studied: the savanna, the fynbos (macchia) and Succulent Karoo (= Cape Floral Kingdom.) Lectures will focus on the geography and history of South Africa, as well as introductions to the major South African biomes. Students will design field projects targeted to South African biomes.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10110 with a minimum C- grade; and junior standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 40378 FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA (ELR) 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50378 and BSCI 70378) The course will cover all steps of the development and implementation of field-based research in South African environments, including design and analysis. Students will write a report, present their research, apply data management and statistical tests (including contingency tables, basic t-tests, ANOVA and regression techniques) appropriate for field courses, and develop scientific graphs and figures.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40377.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40380 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ESCI 40380)(Slashed with BSCI 50380, BSCI 70380 and ESCI 50380) Course explores the chemical, physical, geological and biological processes and reactions that shape the world around us, and provides tools for understanding human alterations to global systems. In this course, we explore elemental cycles in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, as well as assess how humans have drastically altered these elemental cycles on a global scale and the implications of these changes for biological systems.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; or minimum C grade in ESCI 11041 or ESCI 11043; and minimum C grade in CHEM 10060 and CHEM 10062.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40385 CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with NEUR 40385)(Slashed with BSCI 50385 and BSCI 70385) This is a discussion- and readings-based course that focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning functions of the central nervous system. Topics covered include synaptic plasticity; neuron-glia interactions; gene-environment interactions involved in learning, memory and disease; big data in neuroscience; and more. During this course, students develop knowledge and understanding of communication between brain cells; how gene-environment interactions impact learning and memory, behavior and disease; and modern techniques used in neuroscience research. Students read, summarize and discuss primary research papers in the context of neuroscience-related topics.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40389 ECOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS (DIVG) (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
The Mediterranean basin is a hotspot of diversity made of plant and animal species adapted to survive to hot dry summers and cool wet winters. The origin and drivers of the today’s Mediterranean diversity will be examined through this course, and the ecology of this biome will be investigated through textbooks, videos and up-to-date research papers. Impacts of climate change and of human-practices will be considered both on terrestrial and marine ecosystems to give a wide view of the ongoing processes in the considered habitats and conservation strategies will be critically analyzed through discussion.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: International Experience, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Diversity Global, Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40429 NEURAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION 2 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with NEUR 40429)(Slashed with BSCI 50429 and BSCI 70429) Course explores the role of the brain in regulating functions that are essential to ensure successful reproduction. Topics covered include an overview of the endocrine and neuroendocrine systems involved in reproduction, as well as regulation of puberty, fertility, pregnancy and lactation. The course also explores disorders, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, affecting the central regulation of reproduction.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30130 or BSCI 40430 or NEUR 30100.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40430 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Physiologic principles and concepts.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140; CHEM 10060, 10061, 10062 and 10063.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40431 NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50431 and BSCI 70431) This course is an introduction to neuroendocrinology. There will be a focus on the major sources of neurohormones, the different classes of neurohormones, as well as how neurohormones are regulated, how they signal, and how they function. This course will integrate aspects of endocrinology, neuroscience, and physiology. After completion of this course students should have a basic understanding of the various neuroendocrine messengers and how they function.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30130 or BSCI 40430 or BSCI 40460 or NEUR 30100.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40432 ENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50432 and BSCI 70432) Principles of endocrine regulation of physiological and metabolic processes. Morphological and functional interrelationships between systems.
Prerequisite: (BSCI 21010 and BSCI 21020) or BSCI 30130 or (BSCI 30140 and NEUR 30100 and NEUR 30200) or BSCI 40430.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40450 BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50450 and BSCI 70450) Topics covered include the characteristics of biological clocks; their ecology, molecular biology and neurobiology; the function and organization of sleep; and the medical implications of biological rhythmicity.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156; and BSCI 30520 or BSCI 40430 or PSYC 41363.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40460 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50460 and BSCI 70460) Major concepts and theoretical principles of human physiology, including nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140; and junior standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 40462.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40462 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 50462 and BSCI 70462) Designed to complement the lecture course in Advanced Human Physiology. Students will read primary literature in physiology and work independently and in groups to apply their knowledge to solving case studies.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140; and junior standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 40460.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40463 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50463 and BSCI 70463) (Cross-listed BTEC 40463) Medical Biotechnology provides a basic understanding of how living cells and cellular materials can be used for medical applications, particularly in the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40466 MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50466 and BSCI 70466) This course covers the ecology of flies, lice, ticks, spiders, and other arthropods with a medical or veterinary importance. The course will consist of lectures and discussions on topics including evolutionary adaptations and lifecycles, allergic responses, disease transmission, forensic entomology, entomophobia, veterinary pests, and pest control techniques.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40515 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50515 and BSCI 70515) Explores the evolution of various animal behaviors, the functions they might serve, and the interplay among the social, ecological and physiological mechanisms that regulate their occurrence.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and 6 additional credit hours of Biological Sciences (BSCI) courses.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40517 MEDICAL HISTOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50517 and BSCI 70517) Study of the microscopic and submicroscopic structure of the human body in relation to function. Lecture two hours, lab three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40519 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50519 and BSCI 70519) Current concepts of hormone and behavior interactions across species.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40520 BEHAVIORAL EVOLUTION (WIC) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50520 and BSCI 70520) Examination of how behavior contributes to survival and reproduction in an ecological context. We consider how behavior may have evolved in a wide range of animals.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40163.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
BSCI 40525 WILDLIFE RESOURCES (ELR) 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50525 and BSCI 70525) Ecological parameters are discussed relative to the preservation and management of wild animal populations. Aesthetic, economic and environmental values are discussed. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110; plus 4 hours of Biology coursework.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
BSCI 40556 VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50556 and BSCI 70556) Field approach to identification and natural history of all Ohio vertebrates except birds. Lecture three hours, lab and field three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and 4 hours of Biology coursework.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40558 MAMMALOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50558 and BSCI 70558) This course will explore the biology of mammals. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 will define what a mammal is and explore their origin, evolution, and modern distribution. Section 2 will survey modern mammal taxonomic diversity. Section 3 will explore the environmental physiology and various ecological roles that mammals play using specific case studies of mammalian ecological interactions in the world’s major biomes.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40560 HERPETOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50560 and BSCI 70560) This course will explore the biology of amphibians and reptiles. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 we will explore their origin, evolution, and modern diversity of amphibians and reptiles (Yes, you will be required to memorize a whole mess of taxonomic names!). Section 2 will survey various aspects of the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Section 3 will explore the various aspects of the ecology of amphibians and reptiles, and examine a few critical topics in amphibian and reptile conservation.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in BSCI 10110.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40581 ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 50581) Morphology, physiology, life-histories, systematics and economic importance of parasites. Lecture two hours lab, six hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Minimum C- grade in the following courses BSCI 10110 and BSCI 10120; and 4 hours of Biology coursework.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 40600 WRITING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (WIC) 1 Credit Hour
Writing-intensive course taken with a 3- or 4-credit-hour upper-division biology course. This course may be used to satisfy the writing-intensive course requirement with approval of major department.
Prerequisite: Biology major; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
BSCI 40621 ISLAND BIOLOGY: STUDY OF NATURAL LABORATORIES 2 Credit Hours
Islands have long been regarded as important “natural laboratories” that have contributed to the advancements of many scientific disciplines, including evolution, ecology and conservation biology. Although islands comprise only 5% of the world’s land surface, they support 30% of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, which include rare and recently extinct species. This course provides students with an introduction to island biology and focuses on the following four areas: (1) defining islands and biodiversity, (2) identifying characteristics of islands and their implications for ecology, evolution of biodiversity, (3) understanding dynamics of spatially subsidized food webs on islands, and (4) identifying conservation and management concerns of island biotas. The goal of the course is to increase student awareness and appreciation of islands and associated biodiversity. This course is for students pursuing careers in any biological field including ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, invasive ecology, wildlife management and pre-professional fields.
Prerequisite: BSCI 10110; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 41110 BIOPHOTONICS 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CHEM 41010 and PHY 41010)(Slashed with BSCI 51110, CHEM 51010 and PHY 51010) Interdisciplinary overview of the basics of biophotonics; application of biophotonic techniques to probe biological samples. Introduction to the foundations of optics and photonics and how the molecular structure of organic molecules translates into unique photonic properties and targeting in biological cells or tissue. Preparation of fluorescent materials, advanced spectroscopy and cell visualization using regular and confocal fluorescence microcopy.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 41120 BIOLOGICAL LIGHT MICROSCOPY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 51120 and BSCI 71120) Theoretical and practical information on the operation of optical microscopes, the application of transmission and fluorescence microscopy to biological specimens, and analysis of microscopic images.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30140.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50020 BIOLOGY OF AGING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40020) Course covers theories of aging and the normal aging process, dysfunction, and diseases of the elderly categorized by body systems and how nutrition and exercise can offset those changes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50104 INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40104) Covers basic beekeeping practices and provides students with an in-depth understanding of the honey bee colony through participation in hands-on activities, observation and experimentation. This course may not be used to fulfill degree requirements in the MS or MA Biology programs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50105 CAREER PATHWAYS IN BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
This course orients students to graduate studies and to various career pathways in the biological sciences. Students will learn about a variety of possible careers, and prepare application materials needed to enter the workforce or apply to additional graduate programs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 50141 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40141 and BSCI 70141) This course explores experimental design and analysis of biological data using tools of molecular biology. Students will study modern and classic techniques and learn the pros and cons of each technique as well as alternative approaches in the context of experiments. The course will consist of a combination of lectures, student presentations and class discussions based on recent primary literature, with particular focus on cell death and disease, including cancer.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50142 BIOENERGETICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40142 and BSCI 70142) Lecture and discussion of respiration and photosynthesis, their origin development and control in living systems. Concepts are introduced from fundamental principles. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50143 EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40143 and BSCI 70143) Current survey of the structure and function of eukaryotic cells, including recent advances in research technology. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50146 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40146 and BSCI 70146) Fundamental concepts and paradigms of development as exemplified by major model organisms. This course will examine our modern understanding of the molecular, cellular and genetic basis of developmental biology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50147 DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40147 and BSCI 70147) Covers fundamental principles in developmental neurobiology, including molecular and cellular processes involved in the formation of the vertebrate central nervous system.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50148 PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40148 and BSCI 70148) Basic principles of infectious disease, with emphasis on major human pathogens including protozoa, bacteria, and viruses. Topics include infection establishment, spread within the host, pathology, immunity, and host behavior.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50150 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: CANCER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40150 and BSCI 70150) Explores the current understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease processes, including new technologies and modern strategies in the forefront of future biomedical research. Emphasis on a review of primary literature.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50151 MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: OBESITY AND RELATED METABOLIC DISEASES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40151 and BSCI 70151) Addresses obesity from multiple angles, including health and disease process, underlying physiology and cell and molecular biology and the role of behavior. Emphasis on a review of primary literature to discuss obesity causes, consequences and treatments.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50152 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40152 and BSCI 70152) Major concepts and theoretical principles underlying neurological disorders.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50154 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40154 and BSCI 70154) This course covers physiological aspects of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including associated pathologies and therapies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50157 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ADDICTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40157 and BSCI 70157) Introduction to neural structures, circuitry, and chemistry underlying drug addiction, main categories of drugs of abuse, and how brain cells and circuits are modified in response to addictive drugs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50158 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40158 and BSCI 70158) Molecular genetics, DNA and RNA structure, chromosomes DNA replication, recombination, genetic transcription and translation, gene expression, current concepts and technologies.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50159 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40159 and BSCI 70159) Experience in research methods for studying cellular and molecular processes in plant and animal systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval from instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 9 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50160 MARINE BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40160 and BSCI 70160) Natural history and ecology of marine organisms, with emphasis on life in coastal habitats. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50162 SOIL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40162 and BSCI 70162) The ecology and physiology of organisms that live in soil, including microbes, plants and animals. The physical and chemical aspects of soil are introduced to understand how organisms in soils impact nutrient cycles and ecosystem development.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50163 EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40163 and BSCI 70163) Discussion of the history of evolutionary theory, the evidence of evolution the evolutionary forces and the products of those forces.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50166 ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40166 and BSCI 70166) Provides learning experiences in the field of environmental wireless sensor technology for performing both isolated and collaborative tasks. Students will use practical tools for WST design.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50170 STREAM BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40170 and BSCI 70170) Identification, biology and ecology of stream-inhabiting organisms. Lecture two hours, laboratory three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50174 IMMUNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40174 and BSCI 70174) Survey of the mammalian host responses to self and non-self with emphasis on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which innate and acquired immunity result. Experimental design and data analyses are related to current methodologies used to study immunology. Lecture three hours weekly. Graduate standing.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30171 and CHEM 10060, 10061 and 10062.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 40195 and BSCI 70195) Special topics in biology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture, 2-6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
BSCI 50218 INTRODUCTION TO GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40218 and BSCI 70218) This course provides an introduction to the structure, organization and function of genomes as well as technological approaches to sequencing and analyzing genomes. Students will explore the application of genomic tools to real-world problems, such as developing sustainable food and fuel supplies, improving disease treatment, understanding biodiversity and protecting the environment.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50220 BIOINFORMATICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40220, BSCI 70220 and BTEC 40220) Analysis of biological databases, including nucleic acid and protein sequence searching, multiple sequence alignment, protein classification, phylogenetic analysis, comparative genomics, proteomics, protein structure analysis.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50221 ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40221 and BSCI 70221) Covers principles, concepts and techniques of ecological genomics, emphasizing the application of genomics to ecology and biogeochemistry and using genomic, metagenomic, and metatranscriptomic data.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50222 INVASION BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40222 and BSCI 70222) This course will provide an overview of the science of biological invasions, focusing on the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. It will discuss both invasions of species from other countries as well as encroachment of native species. The economic and ecological impacts of both plant and animal invasive species, as well as ways of combating the harmful effects of invasions will be discussed.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50242 SEMINAR ON MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40242). Course will introduce students to primary care and medical practice in rural and urban settings. Physicians and other healthcare practitioners from rural and urban settings will serve as invited speakers in this seminar. Preference for registration will be given to students following the MA-MD program.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 50272 PLANT ANATOMY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40272 and BSCI 70272) Development and structure of cells, tissues and tissue systems of seed plants. Both vegetative and reproductive structures of angiosperms will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, laboratory six hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50273 INTRODUCTION TO MYCOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40273 and BSCI 70273) Introduces the key features defining the fungi. Topics include anatomical and morphological features, reproductive strategies, identification, and community interactions.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50274 PLANT COMMUNITIES OF OHIO 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40274 and BSCI 70274) Designed to familiarize students with the range of plant communities within Ohio by relating plant identification to biological, hydrological, geological, and climatic forces.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50341 STEM CELL BIOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40341 and BSCI 70341) Examination of stem cells from various tissues, molecular mechanism of stem cell differentiation, and use of stem cells in clinical applications.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50360 ICHTHYOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40360 and 70360) Basic biology, natural history, behavior and ecology of the fishes. Three hour lecture and three hour lab weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50363 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40363 and BSCI 70363) Microbial interactions with their biotic and abiotic environment; control of distribution and physiological activities; emphasis on bacteria in aquatic systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50364 LIMNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40364 and BSCI 70364) The study of the principles of aquatic ecology with emphasis on lakes and reservoirs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50365 FIELD METHODS IN ORNITHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40365 and BSCI 70365) Habitat-based survey of Ohio birds. Field-based lectures and activities cover location, observation and identification of birds and their songs, as well as bird ecology and behavior.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50368 WETLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40368 and BSCI 70368) Lecture, laboratory and field study of the principles of wetland ecology including adaptations of the biota to environmental conditions, comparison among different wetland habitat types and habitat management. Lecture 3 hours lab 3 hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50374 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40374 and BSCI 70374) Provides a critical analysis of the factors that threaten biological diversity in the biosphere and the consequences on biological processes and quality of life.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30360; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50375 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40375 and BSCI 70375) Introduction to current concepts in applied ecology and ecosystem management. Students will learn aspects of ecosystem management and restoration including: 1) how environmental factors affect organism survival and ecosystem structure, 2) how human impacts such as pollution, habitat fragmentation, introduction of invasive species affect ecosystems, and 3) the use of ecological principles and methods to restore and manage ecosystems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50376 TROPICAL FIELD BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40376 and BSCI 70376) Introduction to major issues in tropical ecology and conservation including the threats to the biological diversity of tropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50377 PREPARATION FOR FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 40377 and BSCI 70377) Introduction to major issues in field ecology and conservation in South Africa, including the threats to the biological diversity of subtropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses. Three major biomes in South Africa will be studied: the savanna, the fynbos (macchia) and Succulent Karoo (= Cape Floral Kingdom.) Lectures on the geography and history of South Africa, as well as introductions to the major South African biomes will be covered. Students will design field projects targeted to South African biomes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 50378 FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40378 and BSCI 70378) The course will cover all steps of the development and implementation of field-based research in South African environments, including design and analysis. Students will write a report, present their research, apply data management and statistical tests (including contingency tables, basic t-tests, ANOVA and regression techniques) appropriate for field courses, and develop scientific graphs and figures.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and BSCI 50377.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50380 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with ESCI 50380)(Slashed with BSCI 40380, BSCI 70380 and ESCI 40380) Course explores the chemical, physical, geological and biological processes and reactions that shape the world around us, and provides tools for understanding human alterations to global systems. In this course, we explore elemental cycles in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, as well as assess how humans have drastically altered these elemental cycles on a global scale and the implications of these changes for biological systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50385 CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40385, BSCI 70385 and NEUR 40385) This is a discussion- and readings-based course that focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning functions of the central nervous system. Topics covered include synaptic plasticity; neuron-glia interactions; gene-environment interactions involved in learning, memory and disease; big data in neuroscience; and more. During this course, students develop knowledge and understanding of communication between brain cells; how gene-environment interactions impact learning and memory, behavior and disease; and modern techniques used in neuroscience research. Students read, summarize and discuss primary research papers in the context of neuroscience-related topics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50429 NEURAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40429, BSCI 70429 and NEUR 40429) Course explores the role of the brain in regulating functions that are essential to ensure successful reproduction. Topics covered include an overview of the endocrine and neuroendocrine systems involved in reproduction, as well as regulation of puberty, fertility, pregnancy and lactation. The course also explores disorders, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, affecting the central regulation of reproduction.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50431 NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40431 and BSCI 70431) This course is an introduction to neuroendocrinology. There will be a focus on the major sources of neurohormones, the different classes of neurohormones, as well as how neurohormones are regulated, how they signal, and how they function. This course will integrate aspects of endocrinology, neuroscience, and physiology. After completion of this course students should have a basic understanding of the various neuroendocrine messengers and how they function.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50432 ENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40432 and BSCI 70432) Principles of endocrine regulation of physiological and metabolic processes. Morphological and functional interrelationships between systems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50450 BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40450 and BSCI 70450) Topics covered include the characteristics of biological clocks; their ecology, molecular biology and neurobiology; the function and organization of sleep; and the medical implications of biological rhythmicity. Students enrolling at the graduate level should have some background in neurobiology and genetics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50460 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40460 and BSCI 70460) Major concepts and theoretical principles of human physiology, including nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 50462.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50462 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 40462 and BSCI 70462) Designed to complement the lecture course in Advanced Human Physiology. Students will read primary literature in physiology and work independently and in groups to apply their knowledge to solving case studies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 50460.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50463 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40463, BSCI 70463 and BTEC 40463) Medical Biotechnology provides a basic understanding of how living cells and cellular materials can be used for medical applications, particularly in the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50466 MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40466 and BSCI 70466) This course covers the ecology of flies, lice, ticks, spiders, and other arthropods with a medical or veterinary importance. The course will consist of lectures and discussions on topics including evolutionary adaptations and lifecycles, allergic responses, disease transmission, forensic entomology, entomophobia, veterinary pests, and pest control techniques.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50515 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40515 and BSCI 70515) Explores the evolution of various animal behaviors, the functions they might serve, and the interplay among the social, ecological and physiological mechanisms that regulate their occurrence.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50517 MEDICAL HISTOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40517 and BSCI 70517) Study of the microscopic and submicroscopic structure of the human body in relation to function. Lecture two hours, laboratory three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50519 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40519 and BSCI 70519) Current concepts of hormone and behavior interactions across species.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50520 BEHAVIORAL EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40520 and BSCI 70520) Examination of how behavior contributes to survival and reproduction in an ecological context. We consider how behavior may have evolved in a wide range of animals. Students enrolled at the graduate level in the course are expected to have had a course in evolution.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50525 WILDLIFE RESOURCES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40525 and BSCI 70525) Ecological parameters are discussed relative to the preservation and management of wild animal populations. Aesthetic economic and environmental values are discussed. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50556 VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40556 and BSCI 70556) Field approach to identification and natural history of all Ohio vertebrates except birds. Lecture three hours, laboratory and field three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: 4 hours of Biology; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50558 MAMMALOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40558 and BSCI 70558) This course will explore the biology of mammals. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 will define what a mammal is and explore their origin, evolution, and modern distribution. Section 2 will survey modern mammal taxonomic diversity. Section 3 will explore the environmental physiology and various ecological roles that mammals play using specific case studies of mammalian ecological interactions in the world’s major biomes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50560 HERPETOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40560 and BSCI 70560) This course will explore the biology of amphibians and reptiles. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 we will explore their origin, evolution, and modern diversity of amphibians and reptiles (Yes, you will be required to memorize a whole mess of taxonomic names!). Section 2 will survey various aspects of the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Section 3 will explore the various aspects of the ecology of amphibians and reptiles, and examine a few critical topics in amphibian and reptile conservation.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 50581 ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40581) Morphology, physiology, life-histories, systematics and economic importance of parasites. Lecture two hours, lab six hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 51110 BIOPHOTONICS 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CHEM 51010 and PHY 51010)(Slashed with BSCI 41110, CHEM 41010 and PHY 41010) Interdisciplinary overview of the basics of biophotonics and application of biophotonic techniques to probe biological samples. Introduction to the foundations of optics and photonics and how the molecular structure of organic molecules translates into unique photonic properties and targeting in biological cells or tissue. Preparation of fluorescent materials, advanced spectroscopy and cell visualization using regular and confocal fluorescence microscopy.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 51120 BIOLOGICAL LIGHT MICROSCOPY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 41120 and BSCI 71120) Theoretical and practical information on the operation of optical microscopes, the application of transmission and fluorescence microscopy to biological specimens, and analysis of microscopic images.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60104 BIOLOGICAL STATISTICS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70104) Principles of experimental design and statistical analysis and how to choose and interpret statistical tests using biological data sets.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60105 CAREER PATHWAYS IN BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
This course orients students to graduate studies and to various career pathways in the biological sciences. Students will learn about a variety of possible careers, and prepare application materials needed to enter the workforce or apply to additional graduate programs.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 60107 REPRODUCIBLE QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 80107) Using real, data driven examples from ecology and the environmental sciences, this course walks students through the process of scientific analysis and communication in a new, open, technologically enabled framework, and place technical skills in the context of reproducible research philosophy, ethics and regulations. Topics include data management and metadata, reproducible programming, and data visualization.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60110 CAREERS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOLOGISTS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 80110) This course helps prepare graduate students for advanced careers in science. Students will learn about a variety of possible careers, prepare application materials, and develop their professional oral and writing skills.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 60144 SELECTED READINGS IN EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 70144) Directed readings in cell and molecular biology from the primary and review literature will be presented and discussed by the students.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 50143.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60145 MEDICAL GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 80145) Explores the relationship and contribution of genetics and genomics to healthcare issues, including disease susceptibility and therapeutic efficacy. Up-to-date genomics concepts and their applications to health care and the challenges of personalized medicine including genetic analyses (e.g., linkage and estimating population risks), ethical issues in genetic testing and therapy, genetic basis of disease processes (e.g., neurological, cardiovascular and neoplastic diseases) and epigenetic processes (that may link the environment to the risk of chronic diseases) are covered. This course requires an understanding of genetics and physiology; students should contact the Department of Biological Sciences to determine if they have the requisite prior training.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60184 RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70184) Educates biology graduate students in central aspects of the responsible and effective conduct of research and teaching. Topics include appropriate conduct in the laboratory, effective presentations and issues related to proposal and manuscript preparation and review.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 60191 SEMINAR IN BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) Departmental seminar required of all graduate students.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60196 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 70196) Individual investigation in biology.
Prerequisite: Special approval of instructor and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
BSCI 60198 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research for master's level graduate students. Credits earned may be applied toward degree requirements if department approves.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis students must register for a minimum of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in a single semester distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60200 FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 60200)(Slashed with BMS 80200 and BSCI 80200) This is a graduate-level introductory neuroscience course that will survey aspects of molecular and cellular neuroscience, the biophysics of the nervous system, basic neuroanatomy, and the homeostatic regulation of the periphery. After completion of this course students should have an understanding of how cells of the nervous system work, how these cells interact with homeostatic systems important to the regulation of peripheral physiology and behavior, and the basic neuroanatomy of these regulatory systems, including major neurotransmitter and neuroendocrine systems. Upon completion of this course, students should be prepared for advanced neuroscience coursework.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continue registration each semester until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: BSCI 60199; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60370 ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70370) Genetic and genomic approaches to studying ecology and evolution in populations and communities.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60371 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70371) Theoretical and experimental approaches to studying evolution from genes to populations and communities.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60372 COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70372) Theory and experimental approaches to studying community and ecosystem ecology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60373 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 70373) Theory and experimental approaches to studying population and community ecology.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60391 SEMINAR IN ECOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 70391)(Repeatable for credit) Seminar on topics in animal and plant ecology. Credits earned may be applied to degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60462 NEUROBIOLOGY: SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR 4 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 60462)(Slashed with BMS 70462 and BSCI 80462) Provides broad coverage of the parts of the central nervous systems and how they integrate sensory information, drive motor function and regulate behavior.
Prerequisite: BMS 60729 or BMS 70729; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 60491 SEMINAR IN PHYSIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with BSCI 70491) Credits may be applied toward degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 60630 ADVANCED WRITING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 80630) Graduate students will track progress on a substantive writing task (e.g., thesis, dissertation, or manuscript) and complete exercises to enhance their capacity to communicate scientific findings in written formats and overcome barriers to productive writing habits. Students who do not have a specific writing project will work with the instructor to identify a project that aligns with their scholarly development and career goals, including but not limited to grant proposals, fellowship applications, literature review articles, research reports, etc. Students will pass the course by demonstrating consistent participation through attendance, submission of reflections on writing progress, and submission of short-term, skills based writing activities.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 70104 BIOLOGICAL STATISTICS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60104) Principles of experimental design and statistical analysis, and how to choose and interpret statistical tests using biological data sets.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70141 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40141 and BSCI 50141) This course explores experimental design and analysis of biological data using tools of molecular biology. Students will study modern and classic techniques and learn the pros and cons of each technique as well as alternative approaches in the context of experiments. The course will consist of a combination of lectures, student presentations and class discussions based on recent primary literature, with particular focus on cell death and disease, including cancer.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70142 BIOENERGETICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40142 and BSCI 50142) Lecture and discussion of respiration and photosynthesis, their origin development and control in living systems. Concepts are introduced from fundamental principles. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70143 EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40143 and BSCI 50143) Current survey of the structure and function of eukaryotic cells, including recent advances in research technology. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70144 SELECTED READINGS IN EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 60144) Directed readings in cell and molecular biology from the primary and review literature will be presented and discussed by the students.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 70143.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70146 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40146 and BSCI 50146) Fundamental concepts and paradigms of development as exemplified by major model organisms. This course will examine our modern understanding of the molecular, cellular and genetic basis of developmental biology.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70147 DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40147 and BSCI 50147) Covers fundamental principles in developmental neurobiology, including molecular and cellular processes involved in the formation of the vertebrate central nervous system.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70148 PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40148 and BSCI 50148) Basic principles of infectious disease, with emphasis on major human pathogens including protozoa, bacteria, and viruses. Topics include infection establishment, spread within the host, pathology, immunity, and host behavior.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70150 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: CANCER 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40150 and BSCI 50150) Explores the current understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease processes, including new technologies and modern strategies in the forefront of future biomedical research. Emphasis on a review of primary literature.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70151 MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: OBESITY AND RELATED METABOLIC DISEASES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40151 and BSCI 50151) Addresses obesity from multiple angles, including health and disease process, underlying physiology and cell and molecular biology and the role of behavior. Emphasis on a review of primary literature to discuss obesity causes, consequences and treatments.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70152 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40152 and BSCI 50152) Major concepts and theoretical principles underlying neurological disorders.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70154 DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40154 and BSCI 50154) This course covers physiological aspects of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including associated pathologies and therapies.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70157 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DRUG ADDICTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40157 and BSCI 50157) Introduction to neural structures, circuitry, and chemistry underlying drug addiction, main categories of drugs of abuse, and how brain cells and circuits are modified in response to addictive drugs.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70158 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40158 and BSCI 50158) Molecular genetics, DNA and RNA structure, chromosomes, DNA replication, recombination, genetic transcription and translation, gene expression, current concepts and technologies.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70159 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40159 and BSCI 50159) Experience in research methods for studying cellular and molecular processes in plant and animal systems.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval from instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 9 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70160 MARINE BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40160 and BSCI 50160) Natural history and ecology of marine organisms, with emphasis on life in coastal habitats. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70162 SOIL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40162 and BSCI 50162) The ecology and physiology of organisms that live in soil, including microbes, plants and animals. The physical and chemical aspects of soil are introduced to understand how organisms in soils impact nutrient cycles and ecosystem development.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70163 EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40163 and BSCI 50163) Discussion of the history of evolutionary theory, the evidence of evolution, the evolutionary forces and the products of those forces.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30156; and 4 credit hours of Biological Sciences (BSCI) courses; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70166 ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40166 and BSCI 50166) Provides learning experiences in the field of environmental wireless sensor technology for performing both isolated and collaborative tasks. Students will use practical tools for WST design.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70170 STREAM BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40170 and BSCI 50170) Identification, biology and ecology of stream-inhabiting organisms. Lecture two, laboratory three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70174 IMMUNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40174 and BSCI 50174) Survey of the mammalian host responses to self and non-self with emphasis on the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which innate and acquired immunity result. Experimental design and data analyses are related to current methodologies used to study immunology. Lecture three hours weekly. Doctoral standing.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30171 and CHEM 10060, 10061 and 10062.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70184 RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60184) Educates biology graduate students in central aspects of the responsible and effective conduct of research and teaching. Topics include appropriate conduct in the laboratory, effective presentations and issues related to proposal and manuscript preparation and review.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 70191 SEMINAR IN BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) Departmental seminar required of all graduate students.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 70195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 40195 and BSCI 50195)
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture, 2-6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
BSCI 70196 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 60196) Individual investigation in biology.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
BSCI 70218 INTRODUCTION TO GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40218 and BSCI 50218) This course provides an introduction to the structure, organization and function of genomes as well as technological approaches to sequencing and analyzing genomes. Students will explore the application of genomic tools to real-world problems, such as developing sustainable food and fuel supplies, improving disease treatment, understanding biodiversity and protecting the environment.
Prerequisite: Doctoral Standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70220 BIOINFORMATICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40220, BSCI 50220 and BTEC 40220) Analysis of biological databases, including nucleic acid and protein sequence searching, multiple sequence alignment, protein classification, phylogenetic analysis, comparative genomics, proteomics, protein structure analysis.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70221 ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40221 and BSCI 50221) Covers principles, concepts and techniques of ecological genomics, emphasizing the application of genomics to ecology and biogeochemistry and using genomic, metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70222 INVASION BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40222 and BSCI 50222) This course will provide an overview of the science of biological invasions, focusing on the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. It will discuss both invasions of species from other countries as well as encroachment of native species. The economic and ecological impacts of both plant and animal invasive species, as well as ways of combating the harmful effects of invasions will be discussed.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70272 PLANT ANATOMY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40272 and BSCI 50272) Development and structure of cells, tissues and tissue systems of seed plants. Both vegetative and reproductive structures of angiosperms will be emphasized. Lecture two hours, laboratory six hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70273 INTRODUCTION TO MYCOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40273 and BSCI 50273) Introduces the key features defining the fungi. Topics include anatomical and morphological features, reproductive strategies, identification, and community interactions.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70274 PLANT COMMUNITIES OF OHIO 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40274 and BSCI 50274) Designed to familiarize students with the range of plant communities within Ohio by relating plant identification to biological, hydrological, geological, and climatic forces.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70341 STEM CELL BIOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40341 and BSCI 50341) Examination of stem cells from various tissues, molecular mechanism of stem cell differentiation, and use of stem cells in clinical applications.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70360 ICHTHYOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40360 and BSCI 50360) Basic biology, natural history, behavior and ecology of the fishes. Three hour lecture and three hour lab weekly.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70363 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40363 and BSCI 50363) Microbial interactions with their biotic and abiotic environment; control of distribution and physiological activities; emphasis on bacteria in aquatic systems.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70364 LIMNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40364 and BSCI 50364) The study of the principles of aquatic ecology with emphasis on lakes and reservoirs.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70365 FIELD METHODS IN ORNITHOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40365 and BSCI 50365) Habitat-based survey of Ohio birds. Field-based lectures and activities cover location, observation and identification of birds and their songs, as well as bird ecology and behavior.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70368 WETLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40368 and BSCI 50368) Lecture, laboratory and field study of the principles of wetland ecology including adaptations of the biota to environmental conditions, comparison among different wetland habitat types and habitat management. Lecture 3 hours, lab 3 hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70370 ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60370) Genetic and genomic approaches to studying ecology and evolution in populations and communities.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70371 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60371) Theoretical and experimental approaches to studying evolution from genes to populations and communities.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70372 COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60372) Theory and experimental approaches to studying community and ecosystem ecology.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70373 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60373) Theory and experimental approaches to studying population and community ecology.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70374 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40374 and BSCI 50374) Provides a critical analysis of the factors that threaten biological diversity in the biosphere and the consequences on biological processes and quality of life.
Prerequisite: BSCI 30360; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70375 ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40375 and BSCI 50375) Introduction to current concepts in applied ecology and ecosystem management. Students will learn aspects of ecosystem management and restoration including: 1) how environmental factors affect organism survival and ecosystem structure, 2) how human impacts such as pollution, habitat fragmentation, introduction of invasive species affect ecosystems, and 3) the use of ecological principles and methods to restore and manage ecosystems.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70376 TROPICAL FIELD BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 5 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40376 and BSCI 50376) Introduction to major issues in tropical ecology and conservation including the threats to the biological diversity of tropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70377 PREPARATION FOR FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 40377 and BSCI 50377) Introduction to major issues in field ecology and conservation in South Africa, including the threats to the biological diversity of subtropical ecosystems resulting from human activities. Students learn how to apply modern field-observation techniques to generate and test problem-solving hypotheses. Three major biomes in South Africa will be studied: the savanna, the fynbos (macchia) and Succulent Karoo (= Cape Floral Kingdom.) Lectures on the geography and history of South Africa, as well as introductions to the major South African biomes will be covered. Students will design field projects targeted to South African biomes.
Prerequisite: Doctoral Standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 70378 FIELD COURSE TO SOUTH AFRICA 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40378 and BSCI 50378) The course will cover all steps of the development and implementation of field-based research in South African environments, including design and analysis. Students will write a report, present their research, apply data management and statistical tests (including contingency tables, basic t-tests, ANOVA and regression techniques) appropriate for field courses, and develop scientific graphs and figures.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and BSCI 70377.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70380 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40380, BSCI 50380, ESCI 40380 and ESCI 50380) Course explores the chemical, physical, geological and biological processes and reactions that shape the world around us, and provides tools for understanding human alterations to global systems. In this course, we explore elemental cycles in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, as well as assess how humans have drastically altered these elemental cycles on a global scale and the implications of these changes for biological systems.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70385 CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40385, BSCI 50385 and NEUR 40385) This is a discussion- and readings-based course that focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning functions of the central nervous system. Topics covered include synaptic plasticity; neuron-glia interactions; gene-environment interactions involved in learning, memory and disease; big data in neuroscience; and more. During this course, students develop knowledge and understanding of communication between brain cells; how gene-environment interactions impact learning and memory, behavior and disease; and modern techniques used in neuroscience research. Students read, summarize and discuss primary research papers in the context of neuroscience-related topics.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70391 SEMINAR IN ECOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with BSCI 60391) Seminar on topics in animal and plant ecology. Credits earned may be applied to degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 70429 NEURAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40429, BSCI 50429 and NEUR 40429) Course explores the role of the brain in regulating functions that are essential to ensure successful reproduction. Topics covered include an overview of the endocrine and neuroendocrine systems involved in reproduction, as well as regulation of puberty, fertility, pregnancy and lactation. The course also explores disorders, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, affecting the central regulation of reproduction.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70431 NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40431 and BSCI 50431) This course is an introduction to neuroendocrinology. There will be a focus on the major sources of neurohormones, the different classes of neurohormones, as well as how neurohormones are regulated, how they signal, and how they function. This course will integrate aspects of endocrinology, neuroscience, and physiology. After completion of this course students should have a basic understanding of the various neuroendocrine messengers and how they function.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70432 ENDOCRINOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40432 and BSCI 50432) Principles of endocrine regulation of physiological and metabolic processes. Morphological and functional interrelationships between systems.
Prerequisite: BSCI 40430; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70450 BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40450 and BSCI 50450) Topics covered include the characteristics of biological clocks; their ecology, molecular biology and neurobiology; the function and organization of sleep; and the medical implications of biological rhythmicity. Students enrolling at the graduate level should have some background in neurobiology and genetics.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70460 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40460 and BSCI 50460) Major concepts and theoretical principles of human physiology, including nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 70462.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70462 ADVANCED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: READINGS AND CASE STUDIES 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with BSCI 40462 and BSCI 50462) Designed to complement the lecture course in Advanced Human Physiology. Students will read primary literature in physiology and work independently and in groups to apply their knowledge to solving case studies.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Corequisite: BSCI 70460.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70463 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40463, BSCI 50463 and BTEC 40463) Medical Biotechnology provides a basic understanding of how living cells and cellular materials can be used for medical applications, particularly in the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70466 MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40466 and BSCI 50466) This course covers the ecology of flies, lice, ticks, spiders, and other arthropods with a medical or veterinary importance. The course will consist of lectures and discussions on topics including evolutionary adaptations and lifecycles, allergic responses, disease transmission, forensic entomology, entomophobia, veterinary pests, and pest control techniques.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70491 SEMINAR IN PHYSIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit)(Slashed with BSCI 60491) Credits may be applied toward degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval of instructor.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 70515 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40515 and BSCI 50515) Explores the evolution of various animal behaviors, the functions they might serve, and the interplay among the social, ecological and physiological mechanisms that regulate their occurrence.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70517 MEDICAL HISTOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40517 and BSCI 50517) Study of the microscopic and submicroscopic structure of the mammalian body in relation to function. Lecture two hours laboratory three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: 4 hours of biology; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70519 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40519 and BSCI 50519) Current concepts of hormone and behavior interactions across species.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70520 BEHAVIORAL EVOLUTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40520 and BSCI 50520) Examination of how behavior contributes to survival and reproduction in an ecological context. We consider how behavior may have evolved in a wide range of animals. Students enrolled at the graduate level will be expected to have had a course in evolution.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70525 WILDLIFE RESOURCES 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40525 and BSCI 50525)Ecological parameters are discussed relative to the preservation and management of wild animal populations. Aesthetic economic and environmental values are discussed. Lecture three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: 4 hours of Biology; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70556 VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40556 and BSCI 50556) Field approach to identification and natural history of all Ohio vertebrates except birds. Lecture three hours laboratory and field three hours weekly.
Prerequisite: 4 hours of Biology; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70558 MAMMALOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40558 and BSCI 50558) This course will explore the biology of mammals. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 will define what a mammal is and explore their origin, evolution, and modern distribution. Section 2 will survey modern mammal taxonomic diversity. Section 3 will explore the environmental physiology and various ecological roles that mammals play using specific case studies of mammalian ecological interactions in the world’s major biomes.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 70560 HERPETOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 40560 and BSCI 50560) This course will explore the biology of amphibians and reptiles. The course is organized into three sections. Section 1 we will explore their origin, evolution, and modern diversity of amphibians and reptiles (Yes, you will be required to memorize a whole mess of taxonomic names!). Section 2 will survey various aspects of the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Section 3 will explore the various aspects of the ecology of amphibians and reptiles, and examine a few critical topics in amphibian and reptile conservation.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 71120 BIOLOGICAL LIGHT MICROSCOPY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 41120 and BSCI 51120) Theoretical and practical information on the operation of optical microscopes, the application of transmission and fluorescence microscopy to biological specimens, and analysis of microscopic images.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 80107 REPRODUCIBLE QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60107) Using real, data driven examples from ecology and the environmental sciences, this course walks students through the process of scientific analysis and communication in a new, open, technologically enabled framework, and place technical skills in the context of reproducible research philosophy, ethics and regulations. Topics include data management and metadata, reproducible programming, and data visualization.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 80110 CAREERS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR BIOLOGISTS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60110) This course helps prepare graduate students for advanced careers in science. Students will learn about a variety of possible careers, prepare application materials, and develop their professional oral and writing skills.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
BSCI 80145 MEDICAL GENOMICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60145) Explores the relationship and contribution of genetics and genomics to healthcare issues, including disease susceptibility and therapeutic efficacy. Up-to-date genomics concepts and their applications to health care and the challenges of personalized medicine including genetic analyses (e.g., linkage and estimating population risks), ethical issues in genetic testing and therapy, genetic basis of disease processes (e.g., neurological, cardiovascular and neoplastic diseases) and epigenetic processes (that may link the environment to the risk of chronic diseases) are covered. This course requires an understanding of genetics and physiology; students should contact the Department of Biological Sciences to determine if they have the requisite prior training.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 80198 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Research or individual investigation for doctoral students who have not yet passed candidacy examination.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 80199 DISSERTATION I 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Doctoral dissertation, for which registration in at least two semesters is required first of which will be semester in which dissertation work is begun and continuing until the completion of 30 hours.
Prerequisite: Special approval; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 80200 FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 80200)(Slashed with BMS 60200 and BSCI 60200) This is a graduate-level introductory neuroscience course that will survey aspects of molecular and cellular neuroscience, the biophysics of the nervous system, basic neuroanatomy, and the homeostatic regulation of the periphery. After completion of this course students should have an understanding of how cells of the nervous system work, how these cells interact with homeostatic systems important to the regulation of peripheral physiology and behavior, and the basic neuroanatomy of these regulatory systems, including major neurotransmitter and neuroendocrine systems. Upon completion of this course, students should be prepared for advanced neuroscience coursework.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 80299 DISSERTATION II 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Continuing registration of doctoral students who have completed the initial 30 hours of dissertation and continuing until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: BSCI 80199; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
BSCI 80462 NEUROBIOLOGY: SYSTEMS AND BEHAVIOR 4 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with BMS 70462)(Slashed with BMS 60462 and BSCI 60462) Provides broad coverage of the parts of the central nervous systems and how they integrate sensory information, drive motor function and regulate behavior.
Prerequisite: BMS 60729 or BMS 70729; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
BSCI 80630 ADVANCED WRITING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with BSCI 60630) Graduate students will track progress on a substantive writing task (e.g., thesis, dissertation, or manuscript) and complete exercises to enhance their capacity to communicate scientific findings in written formats and overcome barriers to productive writing habits. Students who do not have a specific writing project will work with the instructor to identify a project that aligns with their scholarly development and career goals, including but not limited to grant proposals, fellowship applications, literature review articles, research reports, etc. Students will pass the course by demonstrating consistent participation through attendance, submission of reflections on writing progress, and submission of short-term, skills based writing activities.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS)
CLS 49010 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY: THEORY 4 Credit Hours
Theoretical consideration of laboratory isolation, cultivation, identification and characterization of pathogenic microorganisms.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 8 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49011 CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY: APPLICATIONS 4 Credit Hours
Applied and practical considerations of theoretical aspects of laboratory isolation, cultivation, identification and characterization of pathogenic microorganisms.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 8 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49012 CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY: THEORY 1 Credit Hour
Theoretical considerations of laboratory practices involving quantitation and detection of antigens and antibodies and the significance of these findings in pathological states.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49013 CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS 1 Credit Hour
Applied and practical consideration of laboratory practices in immunology and serology relating to diagnosis of disease states.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49014 CLINICAL MYCOLOGY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 1 Credit Hour
Theoretical, applied and practical consideration of the isolation, identification and characterization of pathogenic fungi and their relation to human disease states.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49015 CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 1 Credit Hour
Theoretical, applied and practical considerations of the isolation identification and characterization of human parasites and their relations to pathologic conditions.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49020 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: THEORY 4 Credit Hours
Theoretical considerations of the principles of clinical chemistry relating to the identification and quantitation of biologically important substances in blood and other body fluids.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 8 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49021 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: APPLICATIONS 3 Credit Hours
Applied and practical considerations of clinical chemistry principles relating to significant changes in body fluids as the result of pathologic conditions.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 6 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49022 URINALYSIS: THEORY 1 Credit Hour
Theoretical considerations of the physiological activities of the renal system together with laboratory principles of analysis of urine and other body fluids.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49023 URINALYSIS: APPLICATIONS 1 Credit Hour
Applied and practical considerations of laboratory practices in urine and other body fluid analysis as aids in diagnosis of disease.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49030 IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: THEORY 2 Credit Hours
Theoretical consideration of laboratory procedures involved in blood grouping and typing; identification of blood group antigens and antibodies collection and preparation of blood for transfusion.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49031 IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: APPLICATIONS 2 Credit Hours
Applied and practical consideration of laboratory methods for the administration of blood and its components.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49032 COAGULATION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 1 Credit Hour
Theoretical consideration of the coagulation mechanism and its relation to pathological states; identification of abnormalities and deficiencies.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49033 CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY: THEORY 2 Credit Hours
Theoretical considerations of the development of formed elements; identification of marrow and blood cells; study of normal and abnormal cellular blood components.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49034 CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY: APPLICATIONS 2 Credit Hours
Applied and practical consideration of laboratory methods and procedures in identification and enumeration of normal and abnormal formed elements of blood.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49040 TOPICS IN LABORATORY MANAGEMENT 1 Credit Hour
Consideration of topics relating to safety, education, personnel, budgeting, scheduling and medical legal problems. Repeatable for a total of 4 hours.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CLS 49095 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 1-4 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for a maximum of 4 credit hours) Topical consideration of special techniques encountered in nuclear medicine, cytology, cytogenetics, virology, toxicology and special instrumentation.
Prerequisite: Medical Laboratory Science major.
Schedule Type: Clinical Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2-8 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemistry (CHEM)
CHEM 00020 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Problem-based introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry including significant figures, unit conversions, measurement, structure of matter, energy, composition of matter, atomic structure, the periodic table, introduction to bonding, and the formulas and names of both ionic and covalent compounds. Course does not count toward graduation.
Prerequisite: Math ACT score of 18; or ALEKS math assessment score of 45; or minimum C grade in any MATH course.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 10030 CHEMISTRY IN OUR WORLD (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
A course for non-science majors that utilizes environmental and consumer topics to introduce chemical principles and develop critical-thinking skills.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Transfer Module Natural Sciences
CHEM 10031 CHEMISTRY IN OUR WORLD LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) 1 Credit Hour
Discovery-based experiments to introduce chemical principles and develop critical-thinking skills. A course for non-science majors; includes chemistry that is related to environmental and consumer issues.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 10030.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, Transfer Module Natural Sciences, TAG Natural Science Lab
CHEM 10050 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
Basic concepts of chemistry (including atomic structure, chemical bonding and reactions) necessary for courses in elementary organic chemistry and physiological chemistry. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following: CHEM 10050; or CHEM 10060 and CHEM 10061; or CHEM 10970 and CHEM 10971.
Prerequisite: Minimum 16 ACT math score or MATH 10675 or MATH 11009 or MATH 11010 or MATH 11012 or MATH 12002 or MATH 12011 or MATH 12021.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Transfer Module Natural Sciences
CHEM 10055 MOLECULES OF LIFE (KBS) 3 Credit Hours
An integrated introduction to molecular systems and their participation in the processes of life.
Pre/corequisite: MATH 10040 or MATH 10041 or MATH 10772 or MATH 10775 with a minimum C grade or any course between MATH 11009 to MATH 49998; or minimum 55 ALEKS math score; or minimum 22 ACT math score; or minimum 530 SAT math score.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences
CHEM 10060 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (KBS) 4 Credit Hours
(Equivalent to CHEM 11060) This course is a college-level chemistry course for science majors, focusing on fundamental concepts and the development of problem-solving strategies and critical thinking. Students will be introduced to a variety of concepts in modern chemistry, emphasizing stoichiometry, introduction to chemical reactions, thermochemistry, atomic structure, periodicity, molecular structure, chemical bonding, and behavior of gases. Classroom time will be divided into lectures, discussions, and problem-solving activities to enable students to develop both foundational knowledge and analytical skills. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10050 or CHEM 10055 or CHEM 10060 or CHEM 10970 or CHEM 11060.
Prerequisite: Minimum 67 ALEKS math score or higher; or ACT MATH score of 27 or higher; or minimum C grade in the following courses: MATH 11010 or MATH 10775 or MATH 10675 or MATH 11009 or MATH 10772.
Pre/corequisite: MATH 11022 or MATH 12002 or MATH 12021.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, TAG Science
CHEM 10061 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II (KBS) 4 Credit Hours
Continuation of CHEM 10060, emphasizing intermolecular forces, properties of mixtures, main group chemistry, kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10050 or CHEM 10055 or CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in either CHEM 10060 or CHEM 10970 or CHEM 11060.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, TAG Science
CHEM 10062 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) 1 Credit Hour
Laboratory covering pertinent aspects of CHEM 10060. Three hours weekly.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 10060 or CHEM 10970 or CHEM 11060.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, TAG Science
CHEM 10063 GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) 1 Credit Hour
Laboratory covering pertinent aspects of CHEM 10061, including qualitative analysis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10062.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences, Kent Core Basic Sciences Lab, TAG Science
CHEM 10970 HONORS GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (KBS) 4 Credit Hours
Rigorous general chemistry course for qualified students. Stoichiometry, equilibrium, thermochemistry, atomic structure and chemical bonding, descriptive inorganic and nuclear chemistry.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences
CHEM 10971 HONORS GENERAL CHEMISTRY II (KBS) 4 Credit Hours
A continuation of CHEM 10970. Topics include properties of mixtures, properties of the elements, periodic patterns, organic compounds, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 10970.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences
CHEM 11060 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I BOOST (KBS) 6 Credit Hours
(Equivalent to CHEM 10060) This course is a college-level chemistry course for science majors with extended time devoted to fundamental concepts and the development of problem-solving strategies and critical thinking. Students will be introduced to a variety of concepts in modern chemistry, emphasizing stoichiometry, introduction to chemical reactions, thermochemistry, atomic structure, periodicity, molecular structure, chemical bonding, and behavior of gases. This course includes 5 lecture sessions and 1 recitation session. Classroom time will be divided into lectures, discussions, and problem-solving activities to enable students to develop both foundational knowledge and analytical skills. Recitation sessions will include problem-solving with an emphasis on developing core skills. The endpoint of this course is identical to that of CHEM 10060. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10050 or CHEM 10055 or CHEM 10060 or CHEM 10970 or CHEM 11060.
Prerequisite: ALEKS math score of 45 or higher and a pre/co-requisite of MATH 11010 or MATH 10775 or MATH 11009; or a prerequisite of MATH 10675 with a minimum C grade or MATH 10772 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Contact Hours: 5 lecture, 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Basic Sciences
CHEM 20095 SPECIAL TOPICS 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Selected topics in chemistry.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 20098 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL RESEARCH (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
Research experience for freshmen and sophomores. Registration requires prior approval of the research director. Does not count toward the electives for the BS or BA chemistry degree. A written report is required.
Prerequisite: Minimum overall 2.500 GPA in Chemistry and special approval.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-3 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CHEM 20481 BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I 4 Credit Hours
Survey of the structure, preparation and reactions (including mechanisms) of organic compounds emphasizing the chemistry of biologically important functional groups. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10055 or CHEM 20481 or CHEM 30481.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
CHEM 20482 BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II 2 Credit Hours
Continuation of CHEM 20481, emphasizing the chemistry of functional groups prevalent in biological chemistry. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10055 or CHEM 20482 or CHEM 30482.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 20481.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
CHEM 30051 CAREER PATHWAYS IN CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
Designed to introduce students to the wide range of career pathways available in chemistry. Students learn different strategies for identifying and pursuing career opportunities, and develop their communication skills through writing assignments and oral presentations.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 30105 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
Covers the fundamental theory, experimental methods, and applications of analytical chemistry principles in chemistry as well as other related disciplines such as life sciences and environmental science. It covers analytical measurements, experimental error, statistics, chemical equilibrium and titration, spectrometry as well as analytical separation techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 30106 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY II 2 Credit Hours
Covers the theoretical basis and experimental methods of analytical chemistry not considered in Analytical Chemistry I (CHEM 30105), such as noise reduction, advanced chemical equilibria and titrations, electrochemistry, atomic spectroscopy, instrumental design, and sample preparation.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30105.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 30107 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I (WIC) 1 Credit Hour
Fundamental laboratory class for analytical chemistry. Provides hands-on experience to students on the subjects including data treatment, volumetric analysis, spectrophotometry, separation techniques and mass spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10063.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 30105.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
CHEM 30108 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II (WIC) 2 Credit Hours
Advanced analytical chemistry laboratory class which covers a broad range of modern analytical techniques, including ion-selective electrodes, voltammetry, atomic spectroscopy, mass-spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. Unlike Analytic Chemistry Laboratory I (CHEM 30107) this class focuses on forensic rather than bioanalytical applications.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30105.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 30107.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
CHEM 30284 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 4 Credit Hours
Chemistry and metabolism of biochemically important compounds; nature of enzyme action; metabolic regulation and bioenergetics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 20481; or CHEM 30481 and CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 30301 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
Chemistry of hydrogen, ions in aqueous solution, redox reactions, coordination complexes: d-block chemistry, crystal field model, electronic spectra and magnetism, introduction to organometallic chemistry, periodic trends for p-block elements.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 30475 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I (ELR) 1 Credit Hour
Practical experience in organic laboratory techniques on both micro- and macroscale: physical methods for purification and characterization of organic compounds, introduction to organic reactions.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10063.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 20481 or 30481.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement, TAG Science
CHEM 30476 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II 1 Credit Hour
Continuation of CHEM 30475, involving multi-step organic experiments that utilize techniques introduced in CHEM 30475.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30475.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 20482 or 30482.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
CHEM 30481 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to organic chemistry from structural, mechanistic and synthetic viewpoints with an emphasis on the chemistry of biologically relevant functional groups. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10055 or CHEM 20481 or CHEM 30481.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
CHEM 30482 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II 3 Credit Hours
Continuation of CHEM 30481; organic chemistry from mechanistic and synthetic viewpoints; IR and NMR spectroscopy; mass spectrometry. Students may only receive credit toward graduation for one of the following courses: CHEM 10055 or CHEM 20482 or CHEM 30482.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 30481.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: TAG Science
CHEM 40092 INTERNSHIP IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (ELR) 1-9 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Workplace experience in chemistry or biochemistry relevant to a student's career objectives. Includes career advising and job search strategies. Comprehensive written report and presentation of activities required after completion of internship.
Prerequisite: Junior standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-27 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CHEM 40093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN CHEMISTRY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Variable titled workshop in chemistry.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 40099 SENIOR HONORS THESIS (ELR) 1-10 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)For departmental honors may be started summer prior to senior year. Register each semester during senior year. Minimum total credit 5-hours.
Prerequisite: Departmental and honors college approval.
Schedule Type: Senior Project/Honors Thesis
Contact Hours: 1-10 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CHEM 40109 BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50109 and CHEM 70109) Covers traditional as well as newly emerging topics in the field of bioanalytical chemistry. Provides an overview of the fundamental biological targets for bioanalytical assays, such as lipids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells. Briefly introduces traditional tools, such as chromatography, electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, fluorescence techniques, immunoassays, and biosensors. Discusses approaches most recently developed in the field, which include lab-on-a-chip and single molecule techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30105.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 30284 or CHEM 40245 or CHEM 40261.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40113 CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with CHEM 50113 and CHEM 70113) Theory, instrumentation and applications of chemical separations for chemical analysis with an emphasis on gas and liquid chromatography.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30106.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40115 APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50115 and CHEM 70115) This course covers the fundamentals of optics, recent developments in spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications in chemistry. Included are methods of optical microscope-based spectroscopy and imaging in relation to analytical chemistry, biochemistry and polymer chemistry research; such as principles and applications of fluorescence spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical tweezer and patch clamp.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50195 and CHEM 70195) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in analytical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40245 BIOCHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICINE 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50245) Chemistry and metabolism of biologically important compounds; enzyme catalysis; metabolic regulation, inborn and induced errors of metabolism. Does not count toward the B.S. Biochemistry major.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30481.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40248 ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50248 and CHEM 70248) Supra-molecular structures of DNA, advanced topics in DNA replication, recombination, damage and repair; gene transcription, Pre-RNA processing, mRNA translation, post-translational modifications on proteins; protein folding, protein splicing, sorting of proteins in different parts of the cells, and protein turn-over; cell signaling and cell cycle; and genetic diseases and their therapies.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30284 or CHEM 40245.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40251 ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (WIC) 2 Credit Hours
Practical experience in the characterization of biomolecules; recombinant DNA technology; electrophoretic separation of macromolecules, affinity purification; mass spectrometric approaches; protein folding; RNA structure, interactions and catalytic mechanisms.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 40262.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
CHEM 40261 BIOCHEMISTRY: BIOMOLECULE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50261 and CHEM 70261) Introduction to biochemical principles regarding the structure and function of biomolecules including water, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids; emphasis on enzymes, membranes and bioenergetics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 20481 or CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40262 BIOCHEMISTRY: METABOLISM AND GENE EXPRESSION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50262 and CHEM 70262) Aspects of biochemistry focusing on information, chemical and energy flow, including: integration of metabolic pathways; DNA replication, repair, recombination and modification; transcription and translation; signal transduction, post-translational modification.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30284 OR CHEM 40261.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40263 PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50263 and CHEM 70263) Principles and techniques of physical chemistry used in studying biomacromolecules and biological systems, spectroscopy, structure and properties of biological molecules.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or CHEM 40567; and CHEM 30284 or CHEM 40245 or CHEM 40261.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40264 MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50264 and CHEM 70264) The course provides an in-depth exploration of the biochemical basis for disease and its application to clinical medicine with an emphasis on new discoveries and other advances.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40262 or BSCI 40143.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40295 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50295 and CHEM 70295) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in biochemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40302 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50302) Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry, molecular structure and bonding, metallic and ionic solids, organometallic chemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; solid-state and materials chemistry, nanomaterials, nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30301.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40303 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50303) Molecular symmetry, molecular orbital theory of polyatomic molecules and octahedra complexes, electronic spectra and reaction mechanisms of d-block complexes, periodic trends of Groups 1 and 2 and d-block, bioinorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40302.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40352 INORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50352 and CHEM 70352) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties, characterization and applications of inorganic materials.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40302.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40364 INTERMEDIATE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB 1 Credit Hour
A laboratory course providing experience in the synthesis of significant inorganic compounds and the techniques of various experimental and spectroscopic methods and chromatographic separations.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40302.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40365 BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50365 and CHEM 70365) Physical methods, s-block metals, metal ion-induced folding, electron transfer proteins, oxidoreductases, substrate binding and activation by non-redox mechanisms, biomineralization, group-atom transfer and metals in medicine.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30301.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50395 and CHEM 70395) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in inorganic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40451 ORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50451 and CHEM 70451) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties, characterization and applications of organic and polymeric materials.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40476 SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50476 and CHEM 70476) Strategies for structural elucidation of organic compounds from analysis of infrared, proton and carbon NMR, and mass spectrometric data through lectures and problem solving.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40477 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 50477) Continuation of CHEM 30476, including hands-on use of a high-field NMR spectrometer; single and multistep organic syntheses.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30476 and CHEM 40483.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40483 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 50483 and CHEM 70483) Continuation of CHEM 30482; organic chemistry from mechanistic and synthetic viewpoints, including synthetic design, organotransition metal chemistry and free radical chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40485 PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50485 and CHEM 70485) This course presents a modern view of organic chemistry through the study of organic reaction mechanisms, advanced chemical bonding theories, high-energy intermediates and reactivity patterns common to organic chemical reactions. Emphasis is placed on synthetic organic chemistry with a focus on chemical structure, reactivity, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, physical and chemical behavior and reaction mechanisms. Central to these investigations is understanding the use of molecular spectroscopy and molecular modeling software as investigative tools. A specific goal of this course is to introduce students to concepts necessary to solving mechanistic organic problems encountered in the research laboratory. The course covers common organic reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches to understanding reaction mechanisms. All topics are approached from a structural and mechanistic perspective. Emphasis is also placed on the importance of organic chemistry in biochemical systems. Classroom time is divided into lectures, discussions and problem solving sessions to enable students to develop both advanced knowledge and problem solving skills in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50495 and CHEM 70495) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in organic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40541 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50541 and CHEM 70541) Covers basic materials of modern physical chemistry in two broad areas: thermodynamics and introductory quantum mechanics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40556.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40555 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50555 and CHEM 70555) Fundamental concepts of physical chemistry, with example problems chosen emphasizing applications in chemistry and the biological sciences.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971; and a minimum C grade in MATH 12003; and PHY 23102.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40556 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50556 and CHEM 70556) A continuation of CHEM 40555. Areas covered include quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics, theories of reaction rates and the solid state.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or PHY 45301.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40557 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50557 and CHEM 70557) Experiments in numerous areas of physical chemistry, including the interpretation and reporting of obtained experimental data, correlation of results with theory and an introduction to the computer treatment of data.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40556.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40559 NANOMATERIALS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50559 and CHEM 70559) Fundamental aspects of nanomaterials ranging from nanoparticles to three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures emphasizing their synthesis, chemistry and applications.
Prerequisite: CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971 and; CHEM 40555 or CHEM 40567.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40563 QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50563 and CHEM 70563) This course builds on the physical chemistry course sequence and introduces advanced topics of quantum mechanics and their applications in chemistry and towards understanding the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40556.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40564 COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50564 and CHEM 70564) The course introduces the theoretical foundations and practical techniques of computational chemistry research.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 40556 or CHEM 40567.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40567 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR LIFE SCIENCES 4 Credit Hours
Traditional aspects of physical chemistry with minimal calculus treatment. Applications to the health sciences emphasized.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CHEM 10061 or CHEM 10971; and MATH 12002 or MATH 12021.
Pre/corequisite: PHY 13002 or PHY 23102.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40568 ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Provides hands-on experience with calorimetry, viscosimetry and spectroscopic techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or CHEM 40567.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40571 SURFACE CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50571 and CHEM 70571) Treatment of basic principles and concepts in surface and colloid chemistry. Relationship to practical systems emphasized. Two hours lecture weekly.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or CHEM 40567.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40595 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50595 and CHEM 70595) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in physical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 40795 CURRENT TOPICS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 50795) (Repeatable for credit) Recent advances in chemical research, instrumentation and theory important to chemical educators.
Prerequisite: Permission.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 40796 INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION 1-8 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Registration requires prior approval of the research director. Written report required. Maximum of two hours may be applied to the four hour CHEM 40000 elective requirement for the chemistry concentration within the B.S. in Chemistry.
Prerequisite: Minimum 2.500 overall GPA in Chemistry; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Individual Investigation
Contact Hours: 1-8 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 41010 BIOPHOTONICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 51010) (Cross-listed with BSCI 41110 and BSCI 51110 and PHY 41010 and PHY 51010) Interdisciplinary overview of the basics of biophotonics; application of biophotonic techniques to probe biological samples. Introduction to the foundations of optics and photonics and how the molecular structure of organic molecules translates into unique photonic properties and targeting in biological cells or tissue. Preparation of fluorescent materials, advanced spectroscopy and cell visualization using regular and confocal fluorescence microscopy.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN CHEMISTRY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Variable titled workshop in chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 50109 BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40109 and CHEM 70109) Covers traditional as well as newly emerging topics in the field of bioanalytical chemistry. The course will provide an overview of the fundamental biological targets for the bioanalytical assays, such as lipids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and cells. The course will then briefly introduce traditional tools, such as chromatography, electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, fluorescence techniques, immunoassays, and biosensors. Finally, the course will discuss approaches most recently developed in the field, which include lab-on-a-chip and single molecule techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30105; and graduate standing; and special approval.
Corequisite: CHEM 30284 or 40245 or 40261.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50113 CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40113 and CHEM 70113) Theory, instrumentation and applications of chemical separations for chemical analysis. Emphasis on gas and liquid chromatography.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30106; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50115 APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40115 and CHEM 70115) This course covers the fundamentals of optics, recent developments in spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications in chemistry. Included are methods of optical microscope-based spectroscopy and imaging in relation to analytical chemistry, biochemistry and polymer chemistry research; such as principles and applications of fluorescence spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical tweezer and patch clamp.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50166 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Survey of important principles and concepts and their application in Analytical Chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40195 and CHEM 70195) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in analytical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50245 BIOCHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICINE 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40245) Introduction to chemistry and metabolism of important compounds in biological systems; enzymes and characteristics of enzyme catalysis; regulation of metabolism at molecular, cellular and organism levels; inborn and induced errors of metabolism. Designed and scheduled for and priority given to students in integrated life sciences program.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30481; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50248 ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40248 and CHEM 70248) Supra-molecular structures of DNA, advanced topics in DNA replication, recombination, damage and repair; gene transcription, Pre-RNA processing, mRNA translation, post-translational modifications on proteins; protein folding, protein splicing, sorting of proteins in different parts of the cells, and protein turn-over; cell signaling and cell cycle; and genetic diseases and their therapies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50261 BIOCHEMISTRY: BIOMOLECULE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40261 and CHEM 70261) Introduction to biochemical principles regarding the structure and function of biomolecules including water, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids; emphases on enzymes, membranes and bioenergetics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50262 BIOCHEMISTRY: METABOLISM AND GENE EXPRESSION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40262 and CHEM 70262) Aspects of biochemistry focusing on information, chemical and energy flow, including: integration of metabolic pathways; DNA replication, repair, recombination and modification; transcription and translation; signal transduction, and post-translational modification.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50261 or CHEM 70261; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50263 PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40263 and CHEM 70263) Principles and techniques of physical chemistry used in studying biomacro-molecules and biological systems. Topics covered are thermodynamics, spectroscopy, structure and properties of biological molecules.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Chemistry.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50264 MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40264 and CHEM 70264) Course provides an in-depth exploration of the biochemical basis for disease and its application to clinical medicine with an emphasis on new discoveries and other advances.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50266 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Survey of important principles and concepts and their application in biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50295 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40295 and CHEM 70295) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in biochemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50302 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40302) Physical techniques in inorganic chemistry, molecular structure and bonding, metallic and ionic solids, organometallic chemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; solid-state and materials chemistry, nanomaterials, nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30301; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50303 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40303) Molecular symmetry, molecular orbital theory of polyatomic molecules and octahedral complexes, electronic spectra and reaction mechanisms of d-block complexes, periodic trends Groups 1 and 2 and d-block, bioinorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50302; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50352 INORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40352 and CHEM 70352) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties, characterization and applications of inorganic materials.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50365 BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40365 and CHEM 70365) Physical methods, s-block metals, metal-induced stabilization, electron transfer proteins, oxidoreductases, hydrolases and lyases, metal transport and storage, nitrogenases, group-atom transfer and metals in medicine.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50366 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Survey of important principles and concepts and their application in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40395 and CHEM 70395) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in inorganic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50451 ORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40451 and CHEM 70451) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties, characterization and applications of organic and polymeric materials.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50466 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Survey of important principles and concepts and their application in Organic Chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50476 SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40476 and CHEM 70476) Strategies for structural elucidation of organic compounds from analysis of infrared, proton and carbon NMR and mass spectrometric data through lectures and problem solving.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50477 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour
Continuation of CHEM 30476, including hands-on use of a high-field NMR spectrometer; single and multistep organic syntheses.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50483 and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50483 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 40483 and CHEM 70483) Organic chemistry from mechanistic and synthetic viewpoints, including synthetic design, organotransition metal chemistry and free radical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50485 PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40485 and CHEM 70485) This course presents a modern view of organic chemistry through the study of organic reaction mechanisms, advanced chemical bonding theories, high-energy intermediates and reactivity patterns common to organic chemical reactions. Emphasis is placed on synthetic organic chemistry with a focus on chemical structure, reactivity, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, physical and chemical behavior and reaction mechanisms. Central to these investigations is understanding the use of molecular spectroscopy and molecular modeling software as investigative tools. A specific goal of this course is to introduce students to concepts necessary to solving mechanistic organic problems encountered in the research laboratory. The course covers common organic reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches to understanding reaction mechanisms. All topics are approached from a structural and mechanistic perspective. Emphasis is also placed on the importance of organic chemistry in biochemical systems. Classroom time is divided into lectures, discussions and problem solving sessions to enable students to develop both advanced knowledge and problem solving skills in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40495 and CHEM 70495) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in organic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50541 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40541 and CHEM 70541) Covers basic materials of modern physical chemistry in two broad areas: thermodynamics and introductory quantum mechanics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50556; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50555 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40555 and CHEM 70555) Fundamental concepts of physical chemistry, with example problems chosen emphasizing application in chemistry and the biological sciences.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Chemistry.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50556 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40556 and CHEM 70556) A continuation of CHEM 50555. Areas covered are chemical kinetics, quantum chemistry and the solid state.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50555 or PHY 45301; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50557 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40557 and CHEM 70557) Experiments in numerous areas of physical chemistry, including the interpretation and reporting of obtained experimental data, correlation of results with theory and an introduction to the computer treatment of data.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 50555 and CHEM 50556.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50559 NANOMATERIALS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40559 and CHEM 70559). Fundamental aspects of nanomaterials ranging from nanoparticles to three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures emphasizing their synthesis, chemistry and applications.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50563 QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40563 and CHEM 70563) This course builds on the physical chemistry course sequence and introduces advanced topics of quantum mechanics and their applications in chemistry and towards understanding the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50564 COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40564 and CHEM 70564) The course introduces the theoretical foundations and practical techniques of computational chemistry research.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50566 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
Survey of key principles and concepts and their application in Physical Chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50571 SURFACE CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40571 and CHEM 70571) Treatment of basic principles and concepts in surface and colloid chemistry. Relationship to practical systems emphasized.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or 40567; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50595 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40595 and CHEM 70595) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in physical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 50795 CURRENT TOPICS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 40795) Designed to present recent advances in chemical research, instrumentation and theory to chemistry educators.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 51010 BIOPHOTONICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 41010) (Cross-listed with BSCI 41110 and BSCI 51110 and PHY 41010 and PHY 51010) Interdisciplinary overview of the basics of biophotonics; application of biophotonic techniques to probe biological samples. Introduction to the foundations of optics and photonics and how the molecular structure of organic molecules translates into unique photonic properties and targeting in biological cells or tissue. Preparation of fluorescent materials, advanced spectroscopy and cell visualization using regular and confocal fluorescence microscopy.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1 lecture, 6 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60099 MASTERS CAPSTONE PROJECT 3-6 Credit Hours
Capstone project in the form of literature reviews or research projects on topics in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical education.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Master's Project
Contact Hours: 3-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 60199 THESIS I 2-6 Credit Hours
Thesis students must register for a total of 6 hours, 2 to 6 hours in single semester distributed over several semesters if desired.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 60254 BIOMEMBRANES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 70254) Biological membranes; composition, structure, dynamics and biogenesis; structure/function of protein mediated membrane transport.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60291 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 70291) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current biochemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 60299 THESIS II 2 Credit Hours
Thesis students must continue registration until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: CHEM 60199; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Masters Thesis
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 60327 MODERN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 70327) Synthesis, structure and reactivity of inorganic compounds including transition metal and organometallic complexes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60391 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 70391) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current inorganic chemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 60472 ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-SYNTHETIC ASPECTS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 70472) Disconnection approach to organic synthesis. Modern methods for carbon-carbon bond formation and functional group interconversion, and their application to natural product synthesis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60473 STEREOSELECTIVE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 70473) Modern methods of asymmetric synthesis; introduction to selected methods for stereoselective N-heterocycle synthesis; application of these methods in natural product synthesis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60541 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
Covers basic materials of modern physical chemistry in two broad areas: thermodynamics and introductory quantum mechanics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50556; and graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60591 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 70591) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current physical chemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 60691 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
Presentation and discussion of research papers from the current industrial chemistry field. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 60894 COLLEGE TEACHING OF CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 70894) Experience in teaching of chemistry at college level.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 60898 MASTERS RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Research for master's students. Credits earned may be applied toward degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 61191 SEMINAR: PROBLEM SOLVING IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 71191) Problem solving in analytical chemistry, including chemical analysis methods, instrumentation, sample preparation, and data handling.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 61491 SEMINAR: PROBLEM SOLVING IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 71491) Practical experience in the solving of current problems of synthesis, spectroscopy, and mechanism in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62191 SEMINAR: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 72191) Student and faculty presentations on topics in analytical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62291 SEMINAR: BIOCHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 72291) Student and faculty presentations on topics in biochemistry
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62391 SEMINAR: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 72391) Student and faculty presentations on topics in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62491 SEMINAR: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 72491) Presentation of topics from the recent literature on aspects of organic chemistry including synthesis, spectroscopy, mechanism, and materials properties.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62591 SEMINAR: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 72591) Student and faculty presentations on topics in physical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 62691 SEMINAR: INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
Presentation of current research in industrial chemistry. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 62791 SEMINAR: CHEMICAL EDUCATION 1 Credit Hour
Presentation of current research in chemical education. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70093 VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN CHEMISTRY 1-6 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Variable title workshop in Chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Workshop
Contact Hours: 1-6 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 70109 BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40109 and CHEM 50109) Covers traditional as well as newly emerging topics in the field of bioanalytical chemistry. The course will provide an overview of the fundamental biological targets for the bioanalytical assays, such as lipids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and cells. The course will then briefly introduce traditional tools, such as chromatography, electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, fluorescence techniques, immunoassays, and biosensors. Finally, the course will discuss approaches most recently developed in the field, which include lab-on-a-chip and single molecule techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30105; and doctoral standing; and special approval.
Corequisite: CHEM 30284 or CHEM 40245 or CHEM 40261.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70113 CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40113 and CHEM 50113) Theory, instrumentation and applications of chemical separations for chemical analysis. Emphasis on gas and liquid chromatography.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30106; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70115 APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40115 and CHEM 50115) This course covers the fundamentals of optics, recent developments in spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications in chemistry. Included are methods of optical microscope-based spectroscopy and imaging in relation to analytical chemistry, biochemistry and polymer chemistry research; such as principles and applications of fluorescence spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical tweezer and patch clamp.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70195 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40195 and CHEM 50195) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in analytical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70248 ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40248 and CHEM 50248) Supra-molecular structures of DNA, advanced topics in DNA replication, recombination, damage and repair; gene transcription, Pre-RNA processing, mRNA translation, post-translational modifications on proteins; protein folding, protein splicing, sorting of proteins in different parts of the cells, and protein turn-over; cell signaling and cell cycle; and genetic diseases and their therapies.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70254 BIOMEMBRANES 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 60254) Biological membranes; composition, structure, dynamics and biogenesis; structure/function of protein mediated membrane transport.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70261 BIOCHEMISTRY: BIOMOLECULE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40261 and CHEM 50261) Introduction to biochemical principles regarding the structure and function of biomolecules including water, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids; emphases on enzymes, membranes and bioenergetics.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70262 BIOCHEMISTRY: METABOLISM AND GENE EXPRESSION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40262 and CHEM 50262) Aspects of biochemistry focusing on information, chemical and energy flow, including: integration of metabolic pathways; DNA replication, repair, recombination and modification; transcription and translation; signal transduction, and post-translational modification.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50261 or CHEM 70261; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70263 PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40263 and CHEM 50263) Principles and techniques of physical chemistry used in studying biomacro-molecules and biological systems. Topics covered are thermodynamics, spectroscopy, structure and properties of biological molecules.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing in Chemistry.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70264 MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40264 and CHEM 50264) The course provides an in-depth exploration of the biochemical basis for disease and its application to clinical medicine with an emphasis on new discoveries and other advances.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70291 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 60291)(Repeatable for credit) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current biochemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 70295 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40295 and CHEM 50295) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in biochemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70327 MODERN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 60327) Synthesis, structure and reactivity of inorganic compounds including transition metal and organometallic complexes.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70352 INORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40352 and CHEM 50352) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties, characterization and applications of inorganic materials.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70365 BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40365 and CHEM 50365) Physical methods, s-block metals, metal-induced stabilization, electron transfer proteins, oxidoreductases, hydrolases and lyases, metal transport and storage, nitrogenases, group-atom transfer and metals in medicine.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30301; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70391 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 60391)(Repeatable for credit) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current inorganic chemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 70395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40395 and CHEM 50395) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in inorganic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70451 ORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40451 and CHEM 50451) Broad survey of the synthesis, properties characterization and applications of organic and polymeric materials.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70472 ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-SYNTHETIC ASPECTS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 60472) Disconnection approach to organic synthesis. Modern methods for carbon-carbon bond formation and functional group interconversion, and their application to natural product synthesis. Doctoral standing.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70473 STEREOSELECTIVE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 60473) Modern methods of asymmetric synthesis; introduction to selected methods for stereoselective N-heterocycle synthesis; application of these methods in natural product synthesis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70476 SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40476 and CHEM 50476) Strategies for structural elucidation of organic compounds from analysis of infraret, proton and carbon NMR, and mass spectrometric data through lectures and problem solving.
Prerequisite: CHEM 30482; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70483 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 40483 and CHEM 50483) Organic chemistry from mechanistic and synthetic viewpoints, including synthetic design, organotransition metal chemistry and free radical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70485 PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40485 and CHEM 50485) This course presents a modern view of organic chemistry through the study of organic reaction mechanisms, advanced chemical bonding theories, high-energy intermediates and reactivity patterns common to organic chemical reactions. Emphasis is placed on synthetic organic chemistry with a focus on chemical structure, reactivity, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, physical and chemical behavior and reaction mechanisms. Central to these investigations is understanding the use of molecular spectroscopy and molecular modeling software as investigative tools. A specific goal of this course is to introduce students to concepts necessary to solving mechanistic organic problems encountered in the research laboratory. The course covers common organic reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches to understanding reaction mechanisms. All topics are approached from a structural and mechanistic perspective. Emphasis is also placed on the importance of organic chemistry in biochemical systems. Classroom time is divided into lectures, discussions and problem solving sessions to enable students to develop both advanced knowledge and problem solving skills in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40495 and CHEM 50495) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in organic chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70541 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40541 and CHEM 50541) Covers basic materials of modern physical chemistry in two broad areas: thermodynamics and introductory quantum mechanics.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70555 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40555 and CHEM 50555) Fundamental concepts of physical chemistry, with example problems chosen emphasizing applications in chemistry and the biological sciences.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing in Chemistry.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70556 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40556 and CHEM 50556) Fundamental concepts of physical chemistry of current interest. Included are biological and medical aspects of physical chemistry. Graduate credit given to nonchemistry and nonphysics majors and with permission to certain chemistry majors.
Prerequisite: CHEM 50555 or 70555; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70557 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40557 and CHEM 50557) Experiments in numerous areas of physical chemistry, including the interpretation and reporting of obtained experimental data correlation of results with theory and an introduction to the computer treatment of data.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Pre/corequisite: CHEM 70555 and CHEM 70556.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70559 NANOMATERIALS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40559 and CHEM 50559) Fundamental aspects of nanomaterials ranging from nanoparticles to three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures emphasizing their synthesis, chemistry and applications.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70563 QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40563 and CHEM 50563) This course builds on the physical chemistry course sequence and introduces advanced topics of quantum mechanics and their applications in chemistry and towards understanding the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70564 COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40564 and CHEM 50564) The course introduces the theoretical foundations and practical techniques of computational chemistry research.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70571 SURFACE CHEMISTRY 2 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40571 and CHEM 50571) Treatment of basic principles and concepts in surface and colloid chemistry. Relationship to practical systems emphasized.
Prerequisite: CHEM 40555 or CHEM 40567; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70591 SEMINAR: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 60591)(Repeatable for credit) Presentation and discussion of research papers from current physical chemistry literature. Participation by students and faculty.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 70595 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1-3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CHEM 40595 and CHEM 50595) (Repeatable for credit) In depth examination of current topics in physical chemistry through guided study of literature and presentations.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CHEM 70894 COLLEGE TEACHING OF CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 60894) Experience in teaching of chemistry at college level.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1 lecture
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
CHEM 71191 SEMINAR: PROBLEM SOLVING IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 61191)(Repeatable for credit) Problem solving in analytical chemistry, including chemical analysis methods, instrumentation, sample preparation, and data handling.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 71491 SEMINAR: PROBLEM SOLVING IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 61491)(Repeatable for credit) Practical experience in the solving of current problems of synthesis, spectroscopy, and mechanism in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 72191 SEMINAR: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 62191) Student and faculty presentations on topics in analytical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 72291 SEMINAR: BIOCHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Repeatable for credit) (Slashed with CHEM 62291) Student and faculty presentations on topics in biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 72391 SEMINAR: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 62391)(Repeatable for credit) Student and faculty presentations on topics in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 72491 SEMINAR: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 62491)(Repeatable for credit) Presentation of topics from the recent literature on aspects of organic chemistry including synthesis, spectroscopy, mechanism, and materials properties.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 72591 SEMINAR: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Credit Hour
(Slashed with CHEM 62591)(Repeatable for credit) Student and faculty presentations on topics in physical chemistry.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Contact Hours: 1 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter-IP
CHEM 80199 DISSERTATION I 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Doctoral dissertation, for which registration in two semesters is required, first of which will be semester in which dissertation work is begun and continuing until the completion of 30 hours.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing; and special approval.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 80299 DISSERTATION II 15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Continuing registration required of doctoral students who have completed the initial 30 hours of dissertation and continuing until all degree requirements are met.
Prerequisite: CHEM 80199; and doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Dissertation
Contact Hours: 15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
CHEM 80898 RESEARCH 1-15 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Research for doctoral students. Credits earned may be applied toward degree if department approves.
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
Schedule Type: Research
Contact Hours: 1-15 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Department of Computer Science
Computer Science (CS)
CS 10001 COMPUTER LITERACY 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to history, language, procedures, applications, abuses and impact of computers. Hands-on experience with microcomputers. Not open to students with previous experience.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 10051 COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES (KMCR) 4 Credit Hours
An introductory, broad and hands-on coverage of aspects of computer science, including algorithms, problem solving, operating systems concepts, computer architecture, programming languages and modern applications. Three-credit lecture with one-credit lab.
Prerequisite: None.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 1 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning
CS 10062 PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING IN SCIENCES 4 Credit Hours
Solving problems in a science frequently requires a knowledge of programming. This course provides an introduction to using programs to solve problems. It is designed for majors and non-majors who have had little or no prior programming experience. The course emphasizes a hands-on, team-based approach to learning programming and problem solving.
Prerequisite: Minimum 55 ALEKS math score or minimum C grade in either MATH 11009 (or MATH 10772) or MATH 11010 (or MATH 10775 or MATH 10675).
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 13001 COMPUTER SCIENCE I: PROGRAMMING AND PROBLEM SOLVING 4 Credit Hours
Computer science concepts, including algorithm development and problem-solving strategies focused on procedural abstraction. High-level programming concepts, including data types, expressions, program structures, functions, parameter passing, scope, extent, arrays, introduction to recursion and an introduction to object oriented-concepts.
Prerequisite: Minimum 67 ALEKS math score or minimum C grade in one of the following courses MATH 11010 or MATH 10775 or MATH 10675; or one of the following courses MATH 11022 or MATH 12002 or MATH 12011.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 13011 COMPUTER SCIENCE IA: PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING 2 Credit Hours
Computer science concepts, including algorithm development and problem-solving strategies focused on programming abstractions. High-level programming concepts, including variables, branching, iteration and functions.
Prerequisite: MATH 11022 or MATH 12002 or MATH 12011; or minimum C grade in one of the following courses: MATH 10675 or MATH 10775 or MATH 11010; or minimum 67 ALEKS math score.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture, Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture, 1.5 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 13012 COMPUTER SCIENCE IB: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING 2 Credit Hours
Computer science concepts, including algorithm development and problem-solving strategies focused on programming abstractions. High-level programming concepts, including introduction to recursion and an introduction to object oriented-concepts.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 13011.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 1.5 lecture, 1.5 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 19995 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Special topics from all areas of computer science.
Prerequisite: Permission.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 20062 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON 4 Credit Hours
This course introduces the students to advanced computer programming design, and development with main focus on data structures and abstraction using Python. Students will learn basic object oriented and GUI programming and graph algorithms applications.
Prerequisite: CS 10062.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 23001 COMPUTER SCIENCE II: DATA STRUCTURES AND ABSTRACTION 4 Credit Hours
Advanced computer programming design, and development with a primary focus on data structures and abstraction using an object oriented programming language.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 13001 or CS 13012.
Corequisite: CS 23022.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 23022 DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with MATH 23022) Discrete structures for computer scientists with a focus on: mathematical reasoning, combinatorial analysis, discrete structures, algorithmic thinking, applications and modeling. Specific topics include propositional and predicate logic and logical modeling using Boolean algebra and logical gates, information representation using binary system, sets, functions, relations, logical argumentation and proof techniques, recursion and recursive modeling, sequences and summation, arithmetic and geometric progressions, algorithms, iterative vs recursive algorithms, mathematical and structural induction, recursive structures, counting, permutation and combination, binomial expansion, matrices and matrix-operations, graphs and trees and their traversal, probability and Bayes' theorem, finite state machines, their modeling and applications, Regular grammar, basics of number theory, modeling computation and Turing machines, decidability and halting problem.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in MATH 11009 or MATH 11010 or MATH 11022, or ALEKS score of 78.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 23301 ROBOTICS AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LABORATORY I 1 Credit Hour
This course provides a team based, hands-on introduction to linking and programming robotic and embedded systems. Students in this course work with junior and senior level students on projects building devices that require linking and programming robotic and embedded systems.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 13001 or CS 13012.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 2 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 23302 ROBOTICS AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LABORATORY II 2 Credit Hours
This course is the second computer science course on linking and programming robotic and embedded systems in a team based, hands-on environment. Students in this course work with junior and senior level students on projects building devices that require linking and programming robotic and embedded systems.
Prerequisite: CS 23001 and CS 23301 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Laboratory
Contact Hours: 4 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 29995 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Special topics from all areas of computer science.
Prerequisite: Permission.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 1-3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 30062 PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE 3 Credit Hours
This course will introduce basic topics in the field of data science, including data collection, storage, manipulation, and visualization, as well as the area of machine learning. Specifically, students will learn how to use Python to import, clean, analyze, visualize, and learn data for real-world applications.
Prerequisite: CS 20062 or CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 32301 HUMAN INTERFACE COMPUTING 3 Credit Hours
Foundations of human computer interaction including interaction design. Foundations of graphics and visualization. Basic concepts in security and secure design including cryptography. Introduction to intelligent systems including basic knowledge representation and basic machine learning.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 20062 or CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33007 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE SYSTEM DESIGN 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the basic theoretical aspects of database systems, file organization, search methodologies, language design and performance evaluation techniques, initial modeling concepts and their use in hierarchical, network, relational and object-oriented database designs.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33011 SPEED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES 3 Credit Hours
Discussion and practice of pertinent aspects related to programming under time constraints.
Prerequisite: CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33092 SPEED PROGRAMMING PRACTICUM (ELR) 2 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Practice of pertinent aspects from CS 33011.
Prerequisite: CS 33011.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 2 other
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CS 33101 STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to grammar, discrete and data structure concepts, syntax, semantics, abstraction, Advanced Programming Constructs, implementation model for imperative languages, dynamic memory management, type theory, concurrent programming, functional programming, logic programming, object oriented programming, event driven programming.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33192 INTERNSHIP IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (ELR) 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit) Supervised work experience in computer science. Since this work will be outside the department a report and final presentation will be required; a site visit might also be necessary.
Prerequisite: Special approval.
Schedule Type: Practical Experience
Contact Hours: 3-9 other
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP
Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement
CS 33211 OPERATING SYSTEMS 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to operating systems, processes and threads, CPU scheduling, mutual exclusion and synchronization, deadlock, memory management, file systems, security, networking and distributed systems and current topics. systems.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Pre/corequisite: CS 35101.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33223 UNIX TOOLS 3 Credit Hours
Course will cover UNIX operating system environment topics that will make the user more productive. Topics will include the user environment, shells, files, the file system, editors, scripting languages, document processing, processes, remote access and documentation.
Prerequisite: CS 13001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33301 EMBEDDED SYSTEM PROGRAMMING 3 Credit Hours
An embedded system is a combination of computer hardware and software specifically designed for a particular function. Embedded systems have been playing important roles in various application areas such as industrial machines, automobiles, medical equipment, cameras, household appliances, airplanes, vending machines, toys and other uses. Students will learn fundamental concepts of designing and programming embedded computer systems, including requirements specifications, architectural and detailed design, and implementation, focusing on real-time aspects of programming languages, operating system kernels, and hardware architectures.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Corequisite: CS 35101.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33302 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS 3 Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the basic knowledge of programming of robotic systems, including algorithmic modeling and design, geometric motion planning and robot operating systems, all for making intelligent robots. Computer science is an integral part of robotics as it includes areas such as computer algorithms, computational geometry, artificial intelligence, machine learning and image processing. The material covered in this course consists of a brief description of the intrinsic geometry, kinematics, statics, mechanics and controls of robotic systems and goes deeper into developing algorithms and useful software libraries. In addition, this course introduces practical examples and performance results using them with hands-on experience in a lab setting.
Prerequisite: CS 20062 or CS 23001 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 33901 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to software engineering concepts: life cycle models; modeling languages; requirements analysis; specification; design; testing; validation; project management and maintenance.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 35101 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION 3 Credit Hours
Computer system organization, including performance measures, instruction sets, computer arithmetic, central processing unit, pipelining, memory hierarchy and parallel processors.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in the following courses: CS 10062 or CS 13001; or CS 13011 and CS 13012.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 35201 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to net-centric systems, data communication protocols, network architectures, routing protocols, network management, congestion control, network security, compression techniques, mobile and wireless networks and WWW as an example of a client-server system.
Prerequisite: CS 20062 or CS 23001 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 38101 INTRODUCTION TO GAME PROGRAMMING 3 Credit Hours
Game engine scripting, event driven and data driven programming, game engine data structures, basic game related graphics and AI concepts, a short game development project.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 23001.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 39995 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 1-3 Credit Hours
(Repeatable for credit)Special topics from all areas of computer science.
Prerequisite: Permission.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 41038 INTERMEDIATE LOGIC 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with MATH 41038 and MATH 51038 and PHIL 41038 and PHIL 51038) A detailed, systematic study of symbolic logic for philosophy majors, mathematics majors, computer science majors, and anyone else interested in advanced study in logic. The aim of the course is twofold: first, to develop a facility in understanding and using symbolic logic for various purposes, and second, to understand and appreciate symbolic logic as an area of study in itself. Topics include the distinction between syntactic, object-level proofs and semantic, meta-level proofs, the distinction between axiomatic systems and natural deduction systems of object-level proofs, various systems of modal logic, and some non-classical logics.
Prerequisite: Computer Science major or minor; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 41045 METALOGIC 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 51045; Cross-listed with MATH 41045 and MATH 51045 and PHIL 41045 and PHIL 51045) A detailed, systematic study of metalogic for philosophy majors, mathematics majors, computer science majors, and anyone else interested in advanced study in logic. Topics include the soundness and completeness of the propositional and predicate calculi, the decidablility of propositional calculus, the undecidability of predicate calculus, Gödel’s incompleteness proof for languages capable of expressing arithmetic, the co-extensionality of the set of general recursive functions, abacus computable functions, and Turing computable functions, and the philosophical motivations for the ChurchTuring Thesis that all computable functions are Turing computable.
Prerequisite: PHIL 41038.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 42201 NUMERICAL COMPUTING I 3 Credit Hours
(Cross-listed with MATH 42201) (Slashed with CS 52201 and MATH 52201) An introduction to numerical methods and software for solving many common scientific computing problems. Linear systems, least-squares data fitting, nonlinear equations and systems and optimization problems.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in the following courses CS 13001 or (CS 13011 and CS 13012); and MATH 12003 or MATH 12013; and MATH 21001 or MATH 21002 or MATH 32051.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 42202 NUMERICAL COMPUTING II 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 52202; Cross-listed with MATH 42202 and MATH 52202) A continuation of CS 42201. Topics include interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, and numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.
Prerequisite: MATH 32044 or MATH 32052; and MATH 42201 or CS 42201.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43016 BIG DATA ANALYTICS 3 Credit Hours
This course will introduce the state-of-art computing platforms with the focus on how to utilize them in processing (managing and analyzing) massive datasets. The course will utilize several key data processing tasks, including simple statistics, data aggregation, join processing, frequent pattern mining, data clustering, information retrieval, pagerank, and massive graph analytics as the case study for large scale data processing.
Prerequisite: CS 23001 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43105 DATA MINING TECHNIQUES 3 Credit Hours
Concepts and techniques of data mining. Data mining is a process of discovering information from a set of large databases. This course takes a database perspective on data mining, covering a set of interesting topics, including association rule mining, clustering, classification, web mining, etc. It covers the basics of some important theoretical foundations for data mining, including linear regression, Bayesian inferences, information theory, and markov chain random walk.
Prerequisite: CS 33007.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43118 GRAPH AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53118 and CS 73118) Catalog Description: This course covers a number of important and useful ideas in graph databases, especially in social networks (e.g. the data model for certain-uncertain graphs), indexing over graphs, and query processing algorithms for graph databases (e.g., single-source path queries, path queries, reachability queries, keyword search queries, subgraph matching, etc.). The influence maximization problems over social networks in real applications are also discussed as well as various queries over the distributed graph database.
Prerequisite: CS 33007.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43202 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53202) The setting up and day-to-day administration of multiuser multitasking systems, such as the various versions of UNIX, together with the analysis of problems which can arise in these activities.
Prerequisite: CS 33211.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43203 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53203) The setting up and day-to-day administration of multiuser multitasking systems, such as the various versions of UNIX, together with the analysis of problems which can arise in these activities. Implementation and maintenance of system programs, system utilities, command interpreters, editors, file maintenance programs, text processors, interrupt handling, and device drivers.
Prerequisite: CS 33211.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43301 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR ROBOTICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53301) Robots are being used in multiple places that are not easily accessible for humans to support the lack of available labor, to gain extra precision, and for cost effective manufacturing processes, monitoring, space exploration, precision surgery and artificial limb support for elderly and physically challenged persons. Computer science is an integral part of robotics as it includes areas such as computer algorithms, artificial intelligence, and image processing that are essential aspects of robotics. This first course on robotics will teach the students various motions of rigid robots, mathematics and algorithms related to these motions, motion planning, obstacle avoidance, intelligent path planning including use of various sensors.
Prerequisite: CS 23001 and CS 33301 with a minimum of C grade.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43302 ALGORITHMIC ROBOTICS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53302 and CS 73302) This course provides students theoretical, mathematical, and practical foundations for the design, analysis, and evaluation of algorithms for robots for diverse robotic applications. We will focus on a principled and mathematically sound approach to the design of algorithms for robots rather than ad hoc and hacking development approaches.
Prerequisite: CS 33301 and CS 43301.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43303 INTERNET OF THINGS 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53303 and CS 73303) This course will provide a comprehensive an understanding of the Internet of Things by looking into a variety of real-world application scenarios, existing and new technologies and architectures, communication protocols and standardization efforts, societal and behavioral changes, and how to apply these technologies to tackle real-world problems.
Prerequisite: CS 33301 or CS 45231.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43305 ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53305) This course describes techniques in the design of digital systems. Topics covered include combinational and sequential logic, gate-level minimization, registers and counters, memory and programmable logic, hardware description languages, digital communication including serial and parallel and synchronous and asynchronous methods.
Prerequisite: CS 23001 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43334 HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION 3 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 53334 and CS 73334) Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is the study of interactions between humans and robots dedicated to understanding, designing, and evaluating robotic systems for use by and with humans. HRI is a multidisciplinary field that incorporates human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, robotics, natural language understanding, design, and social sciences. Interaction between humans and robots may take several forms, but are generally categorized by how close in proximity the humans and robots are to each other such as remote, proximate, and hybrid interaction. In the class, students will learn the fundamental technologies and theories in each category, and blend this knowledge with various case studies and lab activities.
Prerequisite: CS 33301 and CS 43301.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 43401 SECURE PROGRAMMING 3 Credit Hours
Code vulnerabilities, static code analysis, error handling, secure I/O, race conditions and mediation, handling buffer and integer overflow, handling vulnerabilities in web and database programming, privacy and cryptography, random number generators.
Prerequisite: Minimum C grade in CS 20062 or in CS 23001; and junior standing.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
CS 44001 COMPUTER SCIENCE III-PROGRAMMING PATTERNS 4 Credit Hours
(Slashed with CS 54001) CS III Programming Patterns extends students' knowledge of object oriented programming, and improves their C++ programming skills. Specifically, it covers procedural and object-based programming, inheritance, polymorphism, popular design patterns, and generic programming.
Prerequisite: CS 23001 with a minimum C grade.
Schedule Type: Combined Lecture and Lab
Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 3 lab
Grade Mode: Standard Letter