2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
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GEOG (Geography)
  

  • GEOG 530 - Geography of Europe

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the physical, historical, and cultural features that have shaped the current landscapes of Europe.


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  • GEOG 540 - Health Geography

    Credits: 3
    The course will explore the history of health geography, its role in public health and other health applications, the use of maps, geospatial methods and GIS within health programs and initiatives, all from the geographic perspective and how place impacts the overall health of communities.

    Cross-Listed: PUBH 540 .


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  • GEOG 547 - Geography of the Future (COM)

    Credits: 3
    A futuristic analysis of Earth’s natural environmental elements, natural resources, population and settlement, and cultural institutions at the global, national, and state levels.


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  • GEOG 554 - Sustainable Communities

    Credits: 3
    This course investigates the intersection of sustainability and communities. This primary focus on this course is the interconnections between social, economic, and environmental systems and their reflexive interactions with community form and function. The goal is to examine policies and programs that can be used to achieve sustainable communities.


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  • GEOG 559 - Political Geography

    Credits: 3
    This course addresses geographic factors which influence current international relations and the policies of nations and political units with consideration given to aspects of geopolitics, racial/ethnic groupings, religions, languages, boundaries, and territorial changes.


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  • GEOG 560 - Geopolitics

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to geopolitics that addresses the fundamental links between power and space at the global, national, and local scales.  Focuses on classical geopolitics, critical geopolitics, political-economic approaches to geopolitics, world orders and hegemonic cycles, historical development of the international state system, and geography of imperialism.


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  • GEOG 561 - Urban Geography

    Credits: 3
    Geography of cities: types, functions, and distribution of world cities. Special emphasis on planning of cities in the U.S.


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  • GEOG 571 - Introduction to GIS Programming

    Credits: 3
    This course aims to help students develop programming skills for GIS. Specifically, this course covers the following topics: fundamentals of programming, object-oriented programming (OOP), software development life cycle, GIS data processing, and popular GIS libraries.

    Prerequisites: GEOG 372 and INFO 101.


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  • GEOG 573 - GIS Data Creation/Integration

    Credits: 3
    This course introduces advanced tools and techniques of data creation, data integration, mapping, and spatial analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).  It provides basic approaches for solving problems of data integration including format identification, conversion, and spatial registration.  Building on the skills and techniques learned in the introductory GIS course or equivalent, it gives a conceptual base to many methods and techniques associated with vector and raster-based spatial analysis including imagery.  It provides an examination of the functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Desktop GIS software (including extensions).

    Corequisites: GEOG 573L .


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  • GEOG 573L - GIS: Data Creation and Integration Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to apply advanced tools and techniques of data creation, data integration, mapping, and spatial analysis in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It provides basic approaches for solving problems of data integration including format identification, conversion, and spatial registration. Building on the skills and techniques learned in the introductory GIS course or equivalent, it gives a conceptual base to many methods and techniques associated with vector and raster-based spatial analysis including imagery. It provides an examination of the functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Desktop GIS software (including extensions).

    Corequisites: GEOG 573 .


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  • GEOG 574 - GIS: Vector & Raster Modeling

    Credits: 3
    This course introduces basic concepts of vector and raster modeling in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with special emphasis on construction and use of raster digital elevation models (DEMs).  Provides in-depth experience with a range of geoprocessing techniques for handling and analyzing GIS data.  Topics include vector processing in a model framework, weighted suitability modeling, path findings, modeling viewsheds, constructing surfaces from point samples, and spatial hydrologic modeling.  Builds on the skills and techniques learned in the introductory GIS course or equivalent.

    Corequisites: GEOG 574 .


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  • GEOG 574L - GIS: Vector and Raster Modeling Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to apply basic concepts of vector and raster modeling in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with special emphasis is on construction and use of raster digital elevation models (DEMs). Provides in-depth experience with a range of geoprocessing techniques for handling and analyzing GIS data. Topics include vector processing in a model framework, weighted suitability modeling, path finding, modeling viewsheds, constructing surfaces from point samples, and spatial hydrologic modeling.

    Corequisites: GEOG 574 .


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  • GEOG 575 - GIS Applications

    Credits: 3
    This course explores the latest software and its applications in Geographic Information Sciences.

    Corequisites: GEOG 575 .


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  • GEOG 575L - GIS Applications Lab

    Credits: 0
    Hands-on experience to explore the latest software and its applications in Geographic Information Sciences.

    Corequisites: GEOG 575 .


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  • GEOG 576 - Web GIS

    Credits: 3
    This course covers the basic theories, principles, and protocols of Web GIS.  Students will learn how to acquire, manage, and publish GIS data in a web-based environment.

    Prerequisites: GEOG 372.
    Corequisites: GEOG 576L .


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  • GEOG 577 - Spatial Databases

    Credits: 3
    Spatial databases play a significant role in GIS. This course covers the basic theories, principles, and protocols of spatial databases. Learn how to design a spatial database and manage GIS data in the database. 

    Corequisites: GEOG 577L .


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  • GEOG 583 - Aerial Remote Sensing

    Credits: 3
    Principles and techniques of extracting descriptive and numerical information about features on the Earth’s surface from aerial imagery acquired in analog and digital forms from various aerial platforms, including small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Applications emphasize feature extraction, planimetric mapping, and interpretation of physical and cultural landscapes.

    Corequisites: GEOG 583L .


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  • GEOG 583L - Aerial Remote Sensing Lab

    Credits: 0
    The lab is a hands-on experience using various software and the application of methods and principles of aerial remote sensing.

    Corequisites: GEOG 583 .


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  • GEOG 584 - Remote Sensing (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Applications of remote sensing. Development of remote sensing; instrumentation; and techniques and methodology that will aid in the determination of need and proper utilization of our physical and cultural resources.

    Corequisites: GEOG 584L .


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  • GEOG 584L - Remote Sensing Lab (COM)

    Credits: 0
    This is a co-requisite for GEOG 584. Hands-on experience using various software and the application of methods and principles of remote sensing.

    Corequisites: GEOG 584 .


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  • GEOG 585 - Quantitative Remote Sensing

    Credits: 3
    This course will concentrate on the digital processing and visualization of various types on remotely sensed imagery. Image sources, characteristics, formats and analysis techniques will be explored as well as the integration of remotely sensed imagery with GIS and GPS datasets.


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  • GEOG 590 - Seminar (COM)

    Credits: 1-4
    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollments in generally limited to fewer than 20 students.


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  • GEOG 591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-4
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • GEOG 710 - Evolution of Geographic Thought

    Credits: 3
    The history and development of geography and its theories, schools of thought, and current ideas.


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  • GEOG 714 - Research and Writing

    Credits: 3
    Development of geographic research and writing skills including a survey of data sources and literature, and preparation of reports, papers, articles, and the master’s thesis.


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  • GEOG 741 - Quantitative Remote Sensory for Terrestrial Monitoring

    Credits: 3
    The course will describe the science, algorithms, and computational approaches to generate and assess derived satellite products for long term Earth system monitoring. Emphasis will be on the principles of optical remote sensing and state-of- the-art quantitative algorithms for estimating biophysical and geophysical land surface variables from remotely sensed observations.

    Cross-Listed: GSE 741 .


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  • GEOG 743 - Geospatial Analysis

    Credits: 3
    This course covers concepts and methods of spatial data analysis, focusing on the analysis of broad-scale geographic datasets characterizing physical, biological, and socioeconomic landscape features. Students learn to develop scientific hypotheses about spatial relationships, and to test these hypotheses using appropriate spatial datasets and analytical techniques. Topics include exploratory data analysis, methods for quantifying spatial pattern, development of explanatory models to test spatial hypotheses, and development of predictive models for spatial interpolation.

    Prerequisites: One graduate level course in statistics (e.g. STAT 541 or equivalent).
    Cross-Listed: GSE 743 .


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  • GEOG 760 - Advanced Methods in Geospatial Modeling: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced methods in geospatial modeling. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester.  Cross-listed:  GSE 760.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic.


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  • GEOG 765 - Advanced Studies in Land Utilization

    Credits: 1-4
    The physical and cultural factors affecting the nature and pattern of land utilization. Local and/or regional utilization, planning, and problems will be studied in detail in relation to the topic. Course may be repeated under different topic.


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  • GEOG 766 - Advanced Remote Sensing Application

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced applications in remote sensing. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester. 

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic.
    Cross-Listed: GSE 766 .


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  • GEOG 767 - Fire and Ecosystems

    Credits: 3
    This course is a broad treatment of how fire and ecosystems combine to form the landscapes that we see. Course material examines the contributions of climate, topography, weather, and fuels to the fire environment and how these factors influence wildland fire behavior. We will explore the interactions between ecological processes and fire regimes in ecosystem dynamics and the ways in which human land use and land management affect the outcomes.

    Cross-Listed: GSE 767 /NRM 767 .


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  • GEOG 768 - Global Climate Change

    Credits: 3
    The course will provide a multidisciplinary examination of the drivers of the Earth’s climate, how they interact, and how they change over time. We will critically examine the roles of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic land cover/use in affecting these changes as well as the types, strengths and limitations of global climate models. Class will combine lectures on various aspects of the Earth’s climate system with class discussion of a variety of scientific papers exploring the current controversies and ideas central to climate research. Students will be challenged to develop their own projects/papers on course-related topics and use the most recent scientific research to decide for themselves about the importance of global climate change.

    Cross-Listed: GSE /NRM 768 .


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  • GEOG 786 - Geographic Information Systems

    Credits: 3
    Practical application of GIS to problems and land-use planning, management of natural resources, transportation, as well as demographic data. Hands-on experience in the making of maps with computers, digitization, the storing and retrieving of geographic data, and the design of simple GIS.


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  • GEOG 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Projects (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Independent research problems/projects that lead to research or design paper, but not to a thesis. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the candidate. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical.


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  • GEOG 790 - Seminar (COM)

    Credits: 1-4
    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.


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  • GEOG 791 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-4
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • GEOG 792 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.


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  • GEOG 794 - Internship (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses.


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  • GEOG 798 - Thesis (COM)

    Credits: 1-7
    A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.


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GER (German)
  

  • GER 544 - German Culture and Language in Translation (COM)

    Credits: 3
    This course offers students a balanced approach to translating written German by equally emphasizing the basic rules of the language, reading skills, history, and culture. Students learn how cultural and historical contexts can make translation both easier and more challenging. Interdisciplinary comparisons and intercultural competence are of special concern. Topics and types of texts will differ according to student interest. This course is taught in English.


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  • GER 591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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GERO (Gerontology)
  

  • GERO 515 - Intergenerational Issues

    Credits: 3
    Exploration of intergenerational issues (impacting both younger and older generations).  Examination of intergenerational practice in the United States and internationally, including naturally occurring intergenerational activities and intentional programming, as a means of addressing intergenerational issues.


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  • GERO 586 - Service Learning

    Credits: 1-3
    Service learning in Gerontology, including service planning, interaction with community, and reflection.


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  • GERO 591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • GERO 592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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GLST (Global Studies)
  

  • GLST 581 - Travel Studies

    Credits: 1-6
    This course is taken as part of an approved study abroad program under faculty supervision.  The number of credit hours depends upon the length of the study abroad program, number of course contact hours, and course content. 


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GSE (Geospatial Science and Engineering)
  

  • GSE 740 - Introduction to Geospatial Science and Engineering

    Credits: 3
    The interdisciplinary course provides an overview of the science and technology of Earth observation, including the fundamentals of remote sensing, geographic information systems, computational and analytical approaches, and professional practices, including research information resources, graphical and oral presentation, proposal writing, publishing, and research ethics.

    Prerequisites: Admission to the GSE PhD program.


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  • GSE 741 - Quantitative Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Monitoring

    Credits: 3
    The course will describe the science, algorithms, and computational approaches to generate and assess derived satellite products for long term Earth system monitoring. Emphasis will be on the principles of optical remote sensing and state-of-the-art quantitative algorithms for estimating biophysical and geophysical land surface variables from remotely sensed observations.

    Cross-Listed: GEOG 741 .


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  • GSE 743 - Geospatial Analysis

    Credits: 3
    This course covers concepts and methods of spatial data analysis, focusing on the analysis of broad-scale geographic datasets characterizing physical, biological, and socioeconomic landscape features.  Students learn to develop scientific hypotheses about spatial datasets and analytical techniques.  Topics include exploratory data analysis, methods for quantifying spatial pattern, development of explanatory models to test spatial hypotheses, and development of predictive models for spatial interpolation.

    Prerequisites: One graduate level course in statistics (e.g. STAT 541 or equivalent).
    Cross-Listed: GEOG 743 .


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  • GSE 760 - Advanced Methods in Geospatial Modeling: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced methods in geospatial modeling. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester. Recent topics have included: Image Geometry and Photogrammetry; Change Analysis; Land Cover Mapping. 

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program.  Specific prerequisites dependent on topic.
    Cross-Listed: GEOG 760 .


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  • GSE 766 - Advanced Remote Sensing Applications: Topical

    Credits: 3
    Selected topics in advanced applications in remote sensing. May be repeated for credit. Specific topics covered will change each semester. Recent topics have included:  Water Resources; Conservation; Weather & Climate.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in a degree program. Specific pre-requisites dependent on topic.
    Cross-Listed: GEOG 766 .


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  • GSE 767 - Fire and Ecosystems

    Credits: 3
    This course is a broad treatment of how fire and ecosystems combine to form the landscapes that we see. Course material examines the contributions of climate, topography, weather, and fuels to the fire environment and how these factors influence wildland fire behavior. We will explore the interactions between ecological processes and fire regimes in ecosystem dynamics and the ways in which human land use and land management affect the outcomes.

    Cross-Listed: GEOG 767 /NRM 767 .


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  • GSE 768 - Global Climate Change

    Credits: 3
    The course will provide a multidisciplinary examination of the drivers of the Earth’s climate, how they interact, and how they change over time. We will critically examine the roles of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic land cover/use in affecting these changes as well as the types, strengths and limitations of global climate models. Class will combine lectures on various aspects of the Earth’s climate system with class discussion of a variety of scientific papers exploring the current controversies and ideas central to climate research. Students will be challenged to develop their own projects/papers on course-related topics and use the most recent scientific research to decide for themselves about the importance of global climate change.

    Cross-Listed: GEOG /NRM 768 .


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  • GSE 790 - Seminar (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    A highly focused and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as Internet and are at the upper division or graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to fewer than 20 students.


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  • GSE 791 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student- teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • GSE 792 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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  • GSE 898 - Dissertation PhD (COM)

    Credits: 1-12
    A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on- one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.


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GSR (Graduate School & Research)
  

  • GSR 592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually limited with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.


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  • GSR 600 - Graduate School Tracking

    Credits: 0
    Course used to track students who are enrolled at a different university for a given semester. The course keeps students active so they can qualify for financial aid at SDSU. Restrictions:  Advisor or Department Head Approval.


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  • GSR 601 - Research Regulations Compliance

    Credits: 1
    The course consists of lecture/seminars on compliance with governmental regulations in research at SDSU. The course includes completion of educational modules and associated paperwork required for the performance of research at South Dakota State University. The course also serves as the foundation for SDSU’s education program for compliance with current and pending regulatory guidelines. Topics to be covered include: Animal Care and Use, Human Subjects Research, Recombinant DNA, Radiation Safety, Laboratory/Biological Safety, Integrity in Research, Conflict of Interest in Research, Financial Accountability, and Intellectual Property Issues.


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  • GSR 602 - Program Continuation (COM)

    Credits: 1
    This course is suitable for graduate students to maintain enrollment in their programs of study.


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  • GSR 691 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • GSR 701 - Graduate School and Beyond (COM)

    Credits: 1
    Focus on skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in a graduate program and post-graduate career including work/life balance, gender issues, and alternative career options.


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HDFS (Human Development Family Study)
  

  • HDFS 501 - Foundations and Principles of Community Service

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the field of family studies and related professions that involve working with families and communities.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 510 - Parenting

    Credits: 3
    The study of theories, models, research and skills regarding parenting effectiveness and parent-child relations in the context of Western, Native American, and other cultures living in the U.S.  Included are comparisons of the relative strengths and weaknesses of various parenting approaches, historical perspective on parenthood and children, and the developmental perspectives of children and parenting.  Best practices for individual and community parent education programs will be addressed.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 525 - Family Resiliency

    Credits: 3
    Literature on stress experienced by individuals and families with an emphasis on a systemic analysis of the conceptual/clinical literature of individual and family resilience will be examined.  Individual and family characteristics of resilient families and prevention and solution-based principles will be explored in order to understand and promote family resilience in a developmental and ecological context.  Students in counseling and human development as well as education, nursing, and other behavioral, social, and health sciences may benefit from this course.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 551 - Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

    Credits: 3
    This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of socioemotional development and mental health during infancy and early childhood. Course content will examine history, theory, research, concepts, and pertinent developmental and mental health issues in infant and early childhood.


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  • HDFS 586 - Service Learning

    Credits: 1-3
    Service learning in Human Development and Family Studies, including service planning, interaction with community, and reflection.


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  • HDFS 591 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • HDFS 592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 602 - Research and Evaluation in Counseling and Human Development

    Credits: 3
    The course explores various research designs and methodologies applicable to the field of counseling. The course will emphasize qualitative and quantitative research, critical evaluation of research reports, the use of internet databases for writing a research paper, a thorough understanding of APA format.


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  • HDFS 605 - Program Administration and Management

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the development, administration, and management of youth, family, and community service organizations.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 610 - Family Resource Management

    Credits: 3
    Survey course of personal finance and family resource management literature to provide an overview of how individual and family members develop and exercise their capacity to obtain and manage resources to meet life needs. Resources include the self, other people, time, money, energy, material assets, space, and environment.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 614 - Adult Development

    Credits: 3
    Study of research, theoretical adult development; physical, intellectual and personality development of the adult integrates issues of individual, family, gender, and career development and provides opportunity for application in working with adults.


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  • HDFS 620 - Family Dynamics

    Credits: 3
    An examination of theories of family function and dysfunction, techniques of assessment, and models of family intervention.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 630 - Lifespan Development

    Credits: 3
    An examination of human development from both lifespan and bio-ecological perspectives focusing on major theories of development and current research on micro-macro relationship.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 635 - Crises Across the Lifespan

    Credits: 3
    Exploration of resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan including the bio psychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises; and the current literature on how families cope with a variety of life transitions and crises.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 640 - Interpersonal Relationships

    Credits: 3
    An in-depth examination of interpersonal relationships, including theoretical perspectives, research methods, relationship forms, relationship processes, and how context affects relationships.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 701 - Current Issues in Developmental Sciences

    Credits: 3
    Current issues in the field of Developmental Sciences. Introduction to current theoretical works and issues on human development, including socio-emotional, cognitive and biological areas.  Focus on implications for research and applications.


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  • HDFS 702 - Advanced Human Sexuality

    Credits: 3
    Clinical, scientific, and philosophical studies of human sexuality. Emphasis on contemporary research and insights into human sexual experience, behavior, and social /cultural values and beliefs about sexuality throughout the lifespan.  Topics will include sexual and psychosexual development, sexual health and disease, sexual variations, and sexual dysfunction and therapy.  


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  • HDFS 710 - Program Design, Evaluation, and Implementation

    Credits: 3
    An overview of the program development process and outcome evaluation of community, children, and family programs. Modes of outcome scholarship and their implications for community-based programs are discussed. Students will develop knowledge through participating in a community-based project involving the practical application of program design and evaluation methods.

    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • HDFS 730 - Grant Writing

    Credits: 3
    An overview of the complete grant writing process and potential outcomes. Students will develop knowledge through the actual grant writing, budgeting, and reviewing grant proposals.


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  • HDFS 742 - Family Theory and Research

    Credits: 3
    Current theoretical approaches to family interactions; impact of various forces (social, personal, intrapersonal) upon dynamic aspects of family relationships; patterns and sequences of coalitions and alliances; factors which result in stress and breakdown or enhanced and rewarding relationships. Emphasis upon normal families but families but family problems are also studied.


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  • HDFS 744 - Diverse Families

    Credits: 3
    Assess and explore key theories and concepts in diversity, specifically examining the role of social context in shaping perspectives, experiences, and opportunities of families. Study the impact of factors such as race, culture, gender, economic status, religion, sexual orientation, and ability on family processes, socialization, residential patterns, and educational opportunities.


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  • HDFS 745 - Work and Family

    Credits: 3
    The Work and Family course utilizes a bioecological perspective to explore the challenges individuals, families, employers, and communities of managing work and family in today’s world. Topics include the history of the work-family relationship, gender roles and the work-family relationship, demographic and cultural changes within the workforce, leisure and the work-family relationship, and organizational work-family policies.


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  • HDFS 753 - Family Public Policy

    Credits: 3
    The impact of the professional in shaping family policy and effecting positive family policy formation; study of family policy priority issues and alternative strategies.


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  • HDFS 791 - Independent Study (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes Directed Study, Problems, Readings, Directed Readings, Special Problems, and Special Projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.


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  • HDFS 792 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-3
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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  • HDFS 798 - Thesis (COM)

    Credits: 1-7
    A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.


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HIST (History)
  

  • HIST 509 - Environmental History of the U.S. (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Examines the relationship between the natural environment and the historical movements of humans by tracing U.S. environmental changes, beginning with the activities of the Native American peoples through the Euro-American presence to the Cold War era.


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  • HIST 519 - World Environmental History (COM)

    Credits: 3
    Examines the history of interactions between human cultures and the natural world, from early humans to the present day.


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  • HIST 545 - Nazi and Soviet Europe

    Credits: 3
    This course presents an analysis of Nazi and Soviet history in early twentieth-century Europe. The class will examine not only the political origins of these regimes, but also the economic, social, intellectual and cultural developments.


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  • HIST 592 - Topics (COM)

    Credits: 1-4
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is no wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.


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HLTH (Health)
  

  • HLTH 502 - Rural Healthcare Matters

    Credits: 3
    This course explores the complexity and uniqueness of healthcare needs, trends, and issues faced in rural settings.  Through investigation of evidence and literature, students will have the opportunity to explore the challenges in rural healthcare and examine strategies for improving rural healthcare delivery.  Students will reflect on collaborative opportunities to address rural healthcare problems. 

    Cross-Listed: HSC 502 .


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  • HLTH 505 - Health Coaching Concepts and Skills

    Credits: 3
    This course will prepare students in the foundational knowledge for health and wellness coaching. The class includes health and wellness coaching structure, processes, and session management.


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  • HLTH 520 - K-12 Methods of Health Instruction (COM)

    Credits: 2
    Curriculum content at elementary and secondary levels. Methods of presentation including direct, correlated, and integrated health instruction. Organization of health and safety education.

    Cross-Listed: HSC 520 .


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  • HLTH 551 - Public Health Law

    Credits: 3
    Will investigate issues across a range of specific contexts in public health such as communicable disease control, public health class action litigation and medical care e.g., the right to have and refuse medical care, confidentiality and privacy). Issues include how health policies are developed; the impact current and potential policies have and will have on public health; the courts role and interpretations of public health law; and the interaction of national, state, local, and interest group politics in the formation of policies. The course will focus on the states’ roles and the constitutions of the states as well as the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

    Cross-Listed: BLAW 551 .


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