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ADO 510 - Discipline Specific Methods: English/Language Arts Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in the English language arts in grades 7-12; focus on state and national learning standards as well as INTASC standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; fostering growth of diverse students and students with special educational needs; using technology to support learning; and investigations arising from field-based practicum.
Co-requisite: ADO 513.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 513 - Field Experience III: English/Language Arts Practicum Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in English classrooms for approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing English skills and dispositions for all learners.
Co-requisite: ADO 510
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 520 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course emphasizes teacher candidates’ transformation into professionals through reflective and practical application of theory and research to build professional understanding, skill, and dispositions, and encourages continuing growth in second/foreign language teaching.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 523.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 523 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Practicum Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in Modern Language classrooms for approximately 4 hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing language skills and dispositions for all learners.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 520.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 525 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is one of two culminating courses of the MSED Adolescence Grades 7-12 program. It provides the candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote learning for all students in a setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate. This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and the field-based institution.
Prerequisite: Completion of all courses in the MSED Adolescence program, and all NYS teacher certification workshops.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 6
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ADO 526 - Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is one of two culminating courses of the MSED Adolescence 7-12 program. It provides the teacher candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote learning for all students in a diverse setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate. This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and the field-based institution.
Prerequisite: Completion of all coursework in the MSED Adolescence Grades 7-12 program, and of all NYS teacher certification workshops.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 6
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ADO 530 - Discipline Specific Methods: Mathematics Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in Mathematics in grades 7-12; focus on state and national learning standards as well as INTASC standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; fostering growth of diverse students and students with special educational needs; using technology to support learning; and investigations arising from field-based practicum.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 533.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 533 - Field Experience III: Mathematics Practicum Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in mathematics classrooms for approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing mathematics skills and dispositions for all learners.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 530.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 540 - Discipline Specific Methods: Science Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in Science in grades 7-12; focus on state and national learning standards as well as INTASC standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; fostering growth of diverse students and students with special educational needs; using technology to support learning; and investigations arising from field based practicum.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 543.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 543 - Field Experience III: Science Practicum Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in science classrooms for approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing science skills and dispositions for all learners.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 540.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 550 - Discipline Specific Methods: Social Studies Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in Social Studies in grades 7-12; focus on state and national learning standards as well as INTASC standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; fostering growth of diverse students and students with special educational needs; using technology to support learning; and investigations arising from field-based practicum.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 553.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 553 - Field Experience III: Social Studies Practicum Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in social studies classrooms for approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing social studies skills and dispositions for all learners.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in Ado 550.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 555 - Science & Mathematics Methods
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in the sciences and mathematics in secondary schools. Focus will include NY State Mathematics Common Core Standards and state and national standards across the science disciplines, instructional decision-making, learning theories, curricular content, teaching and learning in diverse environments, and investigations arising from field experiences.
Prerequisite: EDU 507 and SPE 504
Credit: 3
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ADO 556 - TESOL Methods
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Students will become familiar with theories, methods, and practices concerning the teaching of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Specific issues explored include: functions of language across cultural and social classes; acquisition of languages; nature of proficiency; goals for learning academic English; and specific classroom pedagogies and practices.
Prerequisite: EDU 507 and SPE 504
Credit: 3
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ADO 593 - Field Experience B: Planning and Teaching Practicum
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is the second field placement course in the MST Adolescence Grades 7-12 program; it is designed to help students become collaborative, reflective educators who plan, implement, and assess lessons and units of study that use a variety of integrated teaching strategies to promote the learning of all students. Research-based, culturally relevant, anti-bias, technology-supported teaching, fair and equitable assessment, and responsible management strategies will be implemented in a field placement. Candidates will be placed in middle or high school classrooms to work cooperatively with professionals in the field.
Prerequisite: EDU 501
Co-requisite: ADO 594
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 2
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ADO 594 - Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course is intended to provide adolescence education candidates with the ability to utilize the interrelationship of disciplined knowledge to further student understanding about how the world functions. Math, science, social studies, English, and foreign language education candidates will examine the common foundations, conceptual overlaps, and areas not addressed by conventional school subjects, but inherent within the broad spectrum of academia. Through a concept-driven approach, groups of interdisciplinary candidates will develop student learning activities and unit plans, which may be implemented in classroom settings. The intent is to develop reflective educators who can collaborate to use a variety of integrated teaching strategies that are inquiry-based and will address the needs and development levels of all learners.
Prerequisite: Edu 501 and concurrent registration in Ado 593.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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ADO 595 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12 A
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is one of two culminating courses of the MST Adolescence 7-12 Initial Certification program. It provides the candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote learning for all students in a setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate. This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and the field-based institution.
Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Offered: Irregular
Credit: 6
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ADO 596 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12 B
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is one of two culminating courses of the MST Adolescence 7-12 Initial Certification program. It provides the candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote learning for all students in a diverse setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate. This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and the field-based institution.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Offered: Irregular
Credit: 6
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Anthropology |
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ANT 599 - Independent Study
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A course of individualized study or research, not available as a regular course offering, arranged by a student and approved by the instructor, advisor, and department chairperson.
NOTE: May be repeated for credit, however, the maximum total credit allowed is six hours. Credit:˜1 to 4.
Prerequisite: Completion of twenty-four anthropology hours including all “Basic Requirements” listed for an anthropology major and graduate standing.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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Art Education |
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AED 530 - Methods in Art Education K-12
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Candidates will be introduced to the theory and practices of Art Education in the United States. Foundations for the teaching of studio art, art history, art appreciation, art criticism, reading and literacy in the art class, as well as the appreciation of diverse cultures through the study of art heritage will be studied. The application of art content to the childhood and adolescent levels will be the focus. The application of art processes to the psychological developmental level of all learners will be studied and the role of Art Education in the public schools will be analyzed. All of this will be studied in conjunction with a concurrent childhood practicum and student teaching experience, where candidates can observe, analyze, and text hypotheses while learning to adjust their expectations.
Prerequisite: Acceptance in the MAT Art Education Program and concurrent registration in Aed 540.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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AED 540 - Childhood Art Practicum and Student Teaching
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course involves a Practicum and Student Teaching in a childhood art classroom two days per week, under supervision, to be taken concurrently with Aed 530, Art Education Methods K-12. This course provides an opportunity for the candidate to integrate knowledge of the developmental stages of childhood art, art education theory, and pedagogy in a childhood setting.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAT-Art Education Program; concurrent registration in Aed 530.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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AED 550 - Adolescence Art Practicum and Student Teaching
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course involves a practicum and student teaching in an adolescence art classroom; it is a semester-long opportunity for candidates to apply knowledge of art education theory and pedagogy in an adolescence setting.
Prerequisite: Completion of AED 530, 540 and concurrent registration in AED 560.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 9
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AED 560 - Art Education Action Research
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Candidates will engage in action research in an adolescence art classroom. Previously, in AED 530 (Art Education Methods), candidates identified potential questions to be researched. Upon receiving their student teaching placement, candidates must present to their cooperating teacher viable action research ideas that can be conducted in an adolescent classroom. The final topic will be researched and implemented during the same semester that adolescent art student teaching occurs. The research will generate data to be included in a final thesis.
Prerequisite: Aed 530, Aed 540, and concurrent registration in Aed 550.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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Art: Art History, Theory and Museum Studies |
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ART 553 - Twentieth Century Art
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course surveys the key artists and artistic movements in Europe and the United States from 1880 to 1945. It emphasizes the development of avant-garde movements in major artistic centers, competing meanings of modernism, the history of the institutions, ideas, and events that contributed to the formation of modern art, and the critical approaches that shaped the construction of the modern art canon. Graduate students who took ART 353 as an undergraduate are not eligible to take ART 553.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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ART 558 - Native North American Indian Art and Architecture
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course is a survey of North American Indian art and architecture, ranging from the pre-contact period to the present day. Students will evaluate works of art and architecture, and also the art historical and anthropological methodologies, theories, and practices that structure our encounters with Native American art and culture.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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ART 571 - Research Problems in Art History
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Independent research in writing on selected problems in art history and the history of studio media.
NOTE: May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Offered: Irregular
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ART 572 - Theory and Practice
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course involves an intellectual exploration of the creative process and the way in which media and work strategies influence creativity. It will allow graduate students in art to take a close look at questions related to the creation of art works in their chosen field. Furthermore it will encourage them to write and speak clearly about the creative process.
NOTE: This course may be repeated for credit.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 580 - Research in Museum Studies
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Fundamentals of practical museum operation. Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree or completion of 15 hours in one of the following major areas: Anthropology, Geology, History, Art, or Art History.
Credit: 3
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Art: Graphic Design Courses |
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ART 507 - Graduate Digital Media - Static
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Studio course dealing with the study and practice of conceptual and technical approaches to graphic design at the graduate level as a visual communication modality. Course involves studio experience in the areas of planning and designing the integration of text and illustration to produce graphic communication products. Presentation of original work is required.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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ART 508 - Graduate Graphic Design—Print Media
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Studio course dealing with the study and practice of conceptual and technical approaches to graphic design work at the graduate level for print reproduction. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of type, spot color, line art and continuous tone images in the preparation of digital design layouts, and comprehensive prepress mechanicals. Presentation of original work is required.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 509 - Graduate Multimedia
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study and studio experience at the graduate level in planning and producing computer assisted visually driven multimedia messages. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital media in the creation of original multimedia projects.
NOTE: Course may be repeated for total of 6 credits.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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ART 512 - Graduate Illustration - Traditional
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Traditional drawing and painting media is used in the creation of original illustrative solutions to self-directed problems. With advisement and input from the instructor, students will develop a proposal for a body of work that reflects their own personal interests and professional goals. Chosen subject matter, format and appropriate techniques will be developed in-depth throughout the semester. The goal of this self-directed and focused approach is to create portfolio-quality final illustrations at the graduate level.
NOTE: Repeatable for a total of 6 credits.
Credit: 3
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ART 513 - Graduate Digital Illustration
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Studio course dealing with the study and practice at the graduate level of digital illustration. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital technologies and microcomputer applications in the creation of illustrative imagery. Presentation of original work is required.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 514 - Graduate Graphic Design—Individual Problems
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course provides an opportunity for independent research and development in digital imagery techniques and production concepts on the graduate level. Students work to improve their abilities in the following areas: interactive web design, interactive multimedia, 3-d modeling/animation, videography or print publication design. This course will further develop the student’s understanding of commercial applied design processes revolving around microcomputer operations. Students are encouraged to identify production areas of interest for in-depth investigation. Emphasis is placed on the student’s ability to produce imagery from idea generation through final mechanical.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 517 - Graduate Web Design
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study and studio experience at the graduate level in planning, producing and publishing web driven media. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of the web to create engaging user experiences. Presentation of original work is required.
NOTE: Credit: 3 to 6 Repeatable up to 6 hours. Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 548 - Graduate Creative Code for the Visual Artist
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Study and studio experience at the graduate level in planning and producing visually driven interactive events. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of code to create engaging visual experiences.
Prerequisite: Completion of undergraduate degree in computer art/graphic design or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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ART 551 - Graduate Motion Graphics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Provides study and studio experience at the graduate level in planning and producing motion graphics. Focus is on developing narrative, plot and theme in developing visually driven stories for digital presentation.
NOTE: Course is repeatable for total of 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Credit: 3
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ART 565 - Graduate History of Graphic Design
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course will allow the student to study and research the history of graphic design and communication, from the perspective that cultural and societal needs and advancements have affected its development. The emphasis will be to develop an awareness and understanding of the historical role that graphic design and communication arts have played in the development of cultures and societies. The student will explore the potential effects that graphic design and communication may have on contemporary and current society. Independent research is required.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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Art: Independent Study |
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ART 599 - Independent Study
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course is designed to help graduate art students to make their own decisions and independently explore ideas and concepts. The students will be encouraged to gain insights about their own creative identity and make a critical analysis of their work in order to develop a personal style of expression.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 9
Prerequisite: nine hours of graduate art in the student’s chosen studio area and permission of the graduate advisor.
Offered: Irregular
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Art: Studio Courses |
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ART 500 - Graduate Studio
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is a graduate level course in two and three dimensional studio work. A learning agreement between instructor and student will be established specifying the goals and outcomes expected from the student at the end of the course.
NOTE: This course may be repeated for up to 9 credit hours.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor permission.
Credit: 3
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ART 510 - Graduate Drawing
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Students will explore technical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical aspects of drawing media.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 515 - Graduate Painting
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A studio in which students will explore technical, aesthetic and historical aspects of the painter’s craft. Students will work with various painting media and image creation strategies in order to create well thought out, personal imagery.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 523 - Graduate Digital Media
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Studio course dealing with the study and practice of conceptual approaches to digital media at the graduate level. Emphasis is placed on the creative use of digital technologies and microcomputer applications in the creation of digital media projects. With advisement and input from the instructor, students develop a proposal for a body of work that explores vector and bitmapped, 2-D imagery. The goal of this self-directed and focused approach is to create portfolio-quality, original digital media work at the graduate level.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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ART 525 - Graduate Printmaking
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Studio involving various print media in the development and creation of graphic imagery. There will be exploration of the concepts underlying printmaking both in the past and as they are expressed by contemporary print-makers.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 530 - Graduate Ceramics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course will consist of self-directed work as a means to personal expression in clay. Students will explore technical, aesthetic and historical aspects of ceramic media including experimental work with clay bodies, clay forming and image creation strategies.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 533 - Graduate Topcis in Studio Art
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This is a topics-based studio course designed to explore at the graduate level the materials, methods and concepts employed in a specialized or experimental art form. Students explore artistic expression through a specific topic within such areas as ceramics, drawing, digital media, graphic design, multimedia, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and design. Students may take the course for additional credit in a second topic.
NOTE: Repeatable for a total of 9 credits.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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ART 540 - Graduate Photography
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Exploration of photography as a means to personal expression and communication. Students will explore technical, aesthetic and historical aspects of photographic media including black and white, color, mixed, and electronic media.
NOTE: All courses may be repeated for credit (up to 12 hours). Most studio classes involve self-directed work and individual research with individual faculty members assigned to the area of study.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 545 - Graduate Sculpture
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This graduate level course involves self directed work and research in consultation with the sculpture faculty. A learning agreement between instructor and student will be established specifying goals and outcomes expected by the student at the end of the course.
NOTE: This course may be repeated for up to 9 credit hours.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Credit: 3
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Astronomy |
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AST 599 - Independent Study
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Topics related to a student’s interests but not otherwise available at Oswego.
NOTE: This course may be taken for credit more than once for a maximum of six hours.
Prerequisite: admission to graduate standing and a minimum of nine credit hours of undergraduate study in astronomy or the equivalent.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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Behavioral Forensics |
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BFR 500 - Cognition and Forensics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An examination of the behavioral science research as it relates to the following areas of criminal investigation and prosecution: 1) collecting, analyzing, and interpreting forensic evidence; 2) eyewitness identification; and 3) determining truthfulness during suspect interrogations.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Behavioral Forensics Graduate Certificate Program or any CPS Graduate Degree Program, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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BFR 505 - Competency, Insanity, and Mental Illness
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Adjudicative competence can be affected by cognitive development as well as mental impairment. Competency standards and assessment techniques are examined in this course. The differences between “insanity” (a legal term) and mental illness are explored and evaluated. Mental illnesses and psychological disorders most relevant to legal systems are presented.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Behavioral Forensics Graduate Certificate Program or any CPS Graduate Degree Program, or instructor permission.
Credit: 3
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BFR 510 - Prevention and Corrections
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Students will evaluate whether correctional facilities (i.e., jails and prisons) are meeting social objectives. What can be done to reduce the incarceration rate? Prevention methods (primary, secondary, and tertiary)are examined, focusing on effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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Biology |
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BIO 525 - Evolution
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A graduate Seminar Course in the principles, mechanisms and processes of evolution via natural selection.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate genetics and ecology or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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BIO 592 - Problems in Biology
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Selected topics in the Biological Sciences with emphasis on recent investigations and experimental techniques aimed at acquainting the student with methods of research, the formulation of problems, experimental design, and the analysis of data.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and graduate standing.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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BIO 599 - Independent Study
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Investigations by students into specific areas of the Biological Sciences.
NOTE: Credit:˜1 to 3.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission and graduate standing.
Offered: Irregular
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Biomedical/Health Informatics |
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BHI 501 - Introduction to Health Information Systems
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The course is an introduction to technologies and practices in medical, health, and biological information systems. Topics include biomedical terminologies, controlled vocabularies, health data concepts, relational, and distributed databases, electronic health records, privacy, computer and network security, web services, human-computer interaction, systems integration and interoperability, ethical issues, legal and regulatory requirements and compliance, health information systems management, and emerging trends. Students engage in projects which apply computing and information technologies to one or more areas of these information systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 502 - Health Informatics Methods
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course provides an in-depth study of biomedical informatics methodological approaches and their applications, bearing in mind their present day and future impact on health information systems. Main topics include electronic health records, terminologies, biostatistics, mathematical and computational modeling, quantitative and qualitative methods, evaluation methods in biomedical informatics, including usability studies, and information sciences, are covered, with special emphasis on applications to health information systems. For each topic, the course goes over historical developments, the state of the art and potential future directions. Furthermore, students are exposed to the present situations in the world for each topic.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 503 - eHealth Systems
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Students are introduced to Internet technologies fostering the emergence of a global connected world. Two topics, namely Web systems and social technologies are covered. The course provides an overview of Web design concepts and skills, including usability and accessibility in a health context, and scripting languages. Emerging client-side technology is explored as well as Web services. Social media and collective intelligence technologies are also applied to enhance health and wellness in communities and create patient-centered or home-based information systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 504 - Systems Design, Integration, Safety & Security
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course studies systems analysis, design, and integration methods for healthcare and health services environments with the goal of ensuring that the systems engineered are both safe and secure. The course relies on advanced software tools to support the system creation process and emphasizes systems integration for health environments as well as safety-critical systems. Topics include requirements engineering, systems engineering, systems analysis, systems architectural design, interoperability, legal and regulatory constraints, systems safety, safety critical systems, information assurance, computer security, clinical information systems components and major vendors, project management, documentation, human factors, and cost/benefit analysis.
Prerequisite: Graduate stadnding or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 505 - Digital Health
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Health informatics is more and more ubiquitous, distributed, and pervasive. This course studies how to conceive and use ubiquitous and distributed systems and information for health and wellness and how to integrate them with clinical and other health services. Topics include networks, wireless technologies, mobile health, advanced networking technologies, sensor-based systems, sensor data analysis and mining, disaster informatics, digital libraries, telemedicine, and telehealth.
Prerequisite: BHI 503 or department permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 506 - Decision Support and Intelligent Systems
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Intelligent systems have made a significant impact on medicine and biology through their ability to expand human information processing abilities to infinity. This course gives students methods and skills to use and integrate computational intelligence systems in clinical and health settings for decision support in diagnosis, treatment planning, long-term follow-up, monitoring, quality control and insurance, preventative care, and education. Topics include evidence-based medicine, electronic clinical guidelines, Kowledge-based systems, decision-support systems, clinical knowledge management systems, knowledge representation, medical reasoning process, ontologies, reasoning under uncertainty, decision theory, machine learning, and nature-inspired computing.
Prerequisite: BHI 502 and BHI 503, or department permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 507 - Quality Assurance Through Informatics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course studies the motivations, evolution, state-of-the-art, current limitations, and future research to improve health quality and outcomes. Methods and techniques to define, measure, improve, and document health quality are presented, including meaningful use reporting skills. Several high-stake types of systems are analyzed. Students are led through case studies to critically appraise actual health informatics initiatives at all levels from the computer system level to the patient outcome level and from the local scope to the national and global scopes, with an emphasis on patient and population health outcomes.
Prerequisite: BHI 503 and BHI 504, or department permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 508 - Database Applications
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The course stresses database applications development through fourth-generation programming techniques. Content of the course stresses basic knowledge of normalization of data, data modeling, database methods, database design, and the use of databases in business. Students will learn the rudiments of construction of database schemata.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 509 - Data Analytics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Data analytics and decision analytics are examined in this course. This course discusses the manager’s strategies and tools for problem solving and decision making in domains in which data, including text, web, and social networks information, and computer models can be used as descriptive and predictive tools to gain the insight needed to guide decision making.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 510 - Geospatial, Temporal & Text Analytics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The objective of this course is to develop an understanding and practice of geospatial, temporal, and textual data and their analysis for decision analytics and data science in healthcare, health research, and public health. The course provides methods of description, estimation, testing, prediction, and clustering developed for geospatial, temporal, and textual models. Concepts, methods, and applications are emphasized, rather than theory. Topics include spatial statistical inferences, variograms, spatial autoregressive models, time series representation, time series prediction, survival analysis, temporal clustering, spatial clustering, machine learning methods, text summarization, text classification, and text clustering.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 550 - Seminar in BHI
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course studies one advanced graduate-level topic in biomedical and health informatics.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 3. Repeatable for a total of 30 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
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BHI 552 - Biomedical and Health Terminology
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An introduction to anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, population health, and more broadly biomedical and medical concepts, terminology, and problems.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 553 - Terminologies and Coding
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The objective of this course is to develop an understanding and practice of standardized terminologies in healthcare, health research, and public health. The course provides both theory and practice in classification systems, terminologies, standards, coding, and ontologies as well as their effect on health information systems and health information sciences. Topics include classification models, varied terminologies such as SNOMED, ICD, DRG, MeSH, standards such as HL7, medical ontologies, and bioinformatics ontologies.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 554 - Information Assurance
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The need for information security policies, standards, and procedures will be studied. This course focuses on the formulation of an effective and implementable security policy. It also acquaints students with many issues involved with privacy and security policies as outlined by various national and international governmental and industrial bodies. Topics include: Trust models, Security policy design and incident response, Security policy monitoring and auditing, Cyber-security, Tools and techniques to defend against, react to, and recover from a cyber-attack, Economics of cybercrime, Security and privacy policies, Compliance, and Legal issues.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 557 - Bioinformatics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A projects-based introduction to biological databases, computational tools and techniques (including programming) applied to biological data, scripting languages and libraries.
Prerequisite: BHI 502 and BHI 503; or department permission
Credit: 3
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BHI 600 - Independent Study or Research in BHI
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course studies one advanced graduate-level topic in biomedical and health informatics.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 12 Repeatable up to 30 hours
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission
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BHI 698 - Graduate Internship in BHI
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Completion of project as delineated in a contract among student, graduate faculty adviser, and community sponsor.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 12. Repeatable up to 30 hours
Prerequisite: BHI 504 and adviser permission
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BHI 699 - Project in BHI
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Completion of project as delineated in a contract among student and graduate faculty adviser.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 12. Repeatable up to 30 hours
Prerequisite: BHI 504 and adviser permission
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BHI 700 - Thesis in BHI
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Completion of a research project led by a BHI graduate faculty member.
NOTE: Credit: 1 to 12. Repeatable up to 30 hours
Prerequisite: BHI 504 and adviser permission
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BRC 520 - Technology and Culture
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An introduction to theoretical frameworks for understanding how technology shapes and is mutually shaped by ways of thinking about the self and the world. The course also looks at how artists, feminists and non-Western thinkers have provided alternative models for thinking about technology and culture.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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BRC 521 - Social Networks and the Web
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course takes a critical look at the phenomenon of online networks, how they come into being, and what impact they have on social behavior. The course includes a review of social network theories and an exploration of issues of control, participation, and production as they relate to networks.
Prerequisite: BRC 520 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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BRC 522 - Videogame Theory and Analysis
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An interdisciplinary look at videogames, exploring the social, cultural, technological and economic dimensions of the medium. The course will provide students (through play and analysis) with a framework for studying videogames as cultural texts that can serve as entertainment, art, and learning tools.
Prerequisite: BRC 520 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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CHE 501 - Special Topics in Advanced Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Selected areas of advanced chemistry will be discussed.
NOTE: This course may be taken for credit more than once with permission of the instructor and the Chemistry chairperson.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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CHE 503 - NMR Laboratory
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The course covers the fundamental principles of NMR spectroscopy. Lectures about the theory of NMR and spectrometer operation are complimented by computer simulations. There are numerous hands-on laboratory sessions where experiments are performed and interpreted.
NOTE: Admission to chemistry graduate program is required.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 510 - The Teaching of Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Examines theories and provides practice to develop teaching skills in the teaching of chemistry laboratories, recitations or lectures using methods ranging from the conceptual structural approach to open-ended project oriented courses or laboratories.
NOTE: Strongly recommended for all graduate students in chemistry. (The number of hours of the above activities per week will be arranged by the instructor.) Credit:˜1 to 3.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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CHE 526 - Analytical Spectroscopy
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A variety of spectroscopic techniques including atomic and molecular spectroscopy at the advanced level are covered in this course. For each technique, fundamental theory, instrumentation, and applications in both qualitative and quantitative analyses are discussed.
NOTE: Undergraduate student prerequisite CHE425 or by permission of instructor and completion of Combined Enrollment Form.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 528 - Bioanalytical Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course covers analytical methods and techniques used for the separation, detection, identification and quantitation of biological samples in different settings including cells, tissues, organs, cell extracts, organelles and organisms.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 529 - Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A course presenting in detail and depth an area of analytical chemistry of current interest.
Credit: 3
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CHE 536 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Intensive study of organic chemistry with emphasis on the scope and limitations of reactions, mechanisms and recent developments.
Prerequisite: Che 332.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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CHE 537 - Advanced Organic Chemistry II
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course continues the intensive study of organic chemistry involving recent developments of synthetic and theoretical importance. Prerequisite: CHE 332
Credit: 3
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CHE 540 - Advanced Organic Spectroscopy
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
The determination of the structures of organic compounds utilizing infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance (including extensive covering of C-13 NMR), ultraviolet and mass spectrometry.
Prerequisite: CHE 332
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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CHE 544 - Thermodynamics and Chemical Statistics
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A presentation of the principles of thermo-dynamics and statistical mechanics with applications to chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHE 341 and MAT 240.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 545 - Computational Methods in Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An introduction to the numerical and statistical methods used to solve complex chemical problems in kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, and spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: CHE 342 and CSC 212
Credit: 3
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CHE 548 - Chemical Applications of Group Theory
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An introduction to the use of the concept of symmetry and the basic principles of group theory to help solve problems in quantum chemistry, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy, and optical activity of complex ions and molecules.
Credit: 3
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CHE 552 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A study of the more recent advances in the interpretation of bonding and reactivity in inorganic complexes.
Credit: 3
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CHE 555 - Medicinal Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Designed for students who are interested in learning about drug discovery, drug design, and the molecular mechanisms by which drugs act. Topics include drug targets, pharmacokinetics, drug discovery, design, and development, and the chemistry of selected clinically important drugs.
Prerequisite: Che 332 or instructor’s approval.
Offered: Irregular
Credit: 3
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CHE 556 - Nanochemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
An introductory course for nanochemistry, which is an interdisciplinary subject, involving methods borrowed from physics, chemistry and biology, and have applications in chemistry, medicine, and engineering. Topics include the synthesis, characterization, and the application of nanomaterials.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 558 - Crystallography
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
A course in the methods of crystal structure determination, including hands-on experiences. The course will include theory and practical experiences.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Irregular.
Credit: 3
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CHE 559 - Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Special topics selected from modern aspects of inorganic chemistry.
NOTE: Variable credit per semester 1 to 3; repeatable for total of 15 credits provided the topics covered are different.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and CHE 552; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
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CHE 562 - Biochemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Prerequisite: Che 561.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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CHE 563 - Biochemical Aspects
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
This course introduces students to the pathogenesis and the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus at the cellular and biochemical levels. Furthermore, the course reviews the current treatments of diabetes and discusses the biochemical basis of complications resulting from diabetes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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CHE 571 - Proteomics with Lab
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Offered: Irregular
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CHE 573 - Environmental Chemistry
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and CHE 322, 332, and 341.
Offered: Fall
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