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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Chemistry |
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CHEM 621 - Organic Synthesis & Mechanisms
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Discussion of the mechanisms of fundamental reactions used in organic synthesis. Critical analysis of the tactics and strategy of the use of these reactions for the construction of organic compounds.
011878:1
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CHEM 622 - Physical Organic Chemistry
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Modern theories of organic reaction mechanisms, particularly the use of physical-chemical principles to predict the effect of changing reaction variables, especially reactant structures, on reactivity. The structure, stability, and reactivity of carbanions and carbocations, as well as SN1 and SN2 reactions, are discussed. Molecular orbital theory and symmetry as applied to organic reactions is also a focus.
011880:1
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CHEM 631 - Chemical Toxicology
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Designing safer chemicals requires a comprehensive and systematic approach based on the contribution of multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary investigators. This course focuses on understanding the structure-hazard relationship, and on minimizing the intrinsic toxicity of new drug candidates before synthesis even begins.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate student in Chemistry
035570:1
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CHEM 641 - Chemistry and Biochemistry Education Research on Learning, Learning Environments, and Teaching
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is a survey of research in chemistry and biochemistry education on learning, learning environments, and instructional approaches. Students will learn from major research studies in each of the three areas, and will focus on implications for the practice of teaching chemistry and biochemistry in undergraduate courses, and also high school courses where appropriate. Topics on learning include cognitive models of reasoning in problem solving, visuo-spatial abilities and visualization in chemistry and biochemistry, conceptual change theories underlying learning progressions, and metacognition. Topics on learning environments include social discourse models applied to laboratory learning environments and online course/web-based environments. Topics on instructional approaches include studies on student impacts of popular and widespread pedagogical approaches, such as clickers, peer-tutoring, problem-based learning, and Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). The overarching theoretical paradigm on learning, learning environments, and teaching that will be analyzed critically through all topics studied is constructivism. The course provides a basic introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods as used in papers that are studied for each topic. Each student will conduct a mini-experiment, and will collect and analyze pilot data either in an undergraduate or high school chemistry or biology class, and then compare to the results or implications of one of the research papers studied in the course.
038640:1
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CHEM 651 - Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A survey of spectral methods for organic structure determination. This course will introduce the major spectroscopic techniques with an emphasis on the application to structural analysis. The basic theory and methodology of each type of spectroscopy will be presented. Topics covered include IR, UV-vis, NMR, and mass spectrometry.
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CHEM 658 - Medicinal Chemistry
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This graduate and upper-level professional course presents the principles of medicinal chemistry. it is an introduction to drug development, organized along the following main lines: drug discovery process, drug structure and ADME properties, lead discovery and optimization, structure-activity relationship, computer-aided drug design, combinatorial chemistry, drugs from natural sources, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, drug and analog synthesis and overview of major drug targets, such as biological membranes, receptors, enzymes, nucleic acids among others. Intellectual property protection, preclinical and clinical trials and approval process are also discussed.
Enrollment Requirements:
CHEM 254 or equivalent
011882:1
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CHEM 661 - Analytical Instrumentation
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Chem 661is the graduate version of our undergraduate Analytical Instrumentation course, Chem 361. This course provides a survey of the different types of instrumentation that is in the chemist’s tool box. The advantages and disadvantages will be stressed in effort to develop the insight necessary to choose the right tool for the problem at hand. We will use several of these tools in the laboratory portion of the course.
037004:1
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CHEM 662L - Applied Chemometrics
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Applied Chemometrics will cover the fundamentals of many commonly used chemometric methods such as principal components analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) regression. Emphasis will be on applying these techniques in the chemical process and laboratory environment for instrument calibration, sample classification, Multivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC), experimental design, and hypothesis testing. The class begins with a brief review of linear algebra and basic statistics and moves quickly into multivariate methods. Advanced methods and variable selection will be covered. The course includes broad coverage of common applications and discussion of common mistakes in chemometrics and how to avoid them.
038637:2
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CHEM 666 - Electrochemistry
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides an advanced study in the field of electrochemistry. Electro-chemistry will include an overview of the theories of ionics, electrodiscs, and charge transfer. These theories will then be applied to the understanding of a variety of electroanalytical techniques and electrochemical applications such as contemporary batteries and fuel cells. Electroanalytical techniques to be discussed include static and dynamic methods for application of controlled voltage (potentiometric) and controlled current (coulometric) as well as ion detection, electro-separation, and conductometric methods. Specific topics emphasized will include electrochemical instrumentation, reference electrodes, cyclic voltammetry, microelectrochemistry, and contemporary ion selective electrode analysis.
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CHEM 671 - Introduction to Green Chemistry
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The goal of this course is to provide a global perspective on Green Chemistry. The first of three sections will identify an environmental problem such as global warming, ozone depletion, or water pollution. The second section will look at real-world implications of Green Chemistry-for example, from a manufacturing, toxicological, or economic perspective. The third section will present an array of representative topics: renewable energy, atmospheric chemistry, chemical reactions in water and soil, or benign chemical syntheses, for example. Combined, the three sections provide an understanding of chemistry designed to benefit society and provide pathways to minimize environmental impact.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate students in CHEM only
011891:1
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CHEM 680L - Physical Biochemistry
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course serves as an introduction to analytical methods and instrumentation available to the interdisciplinary scientist. While no course can be comprehensive in this field, this course will examine a broad base of analytical methods through introductory theory and will highlight applications and recent developments in these methods through current primary literature. BIOL 680L and CHEM 680L are the same course.
001010:2
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CHEM 681 - Medical Biochemistry
4 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Chem 681 is an overview of the biochemical reactions of the human body in health and disease. A previous knowledge of fundamental biochemistry is necessary for understanding the course material. The connections of basic biochemical concepts to physiological and pathophysiological processes will be discussed during this lecture. Topics include among others, Protein Folding & Misfolding, Organ Specialization of Human Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, Free Radicals and Ageing, Nutrition, Molecular Biology of Diseases, Hormones, Biochemistry of Blood, the Extracellular Matrix, Muscle and the Cytoskeleton, and the Sensory Systems.
Enrollment Requirements:
graduate student
037005:1
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CHEM 687 - Topics in Chemistry
1 - 10 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Graduate-level readings in various areas of chemistry under the supervision of a faculty member.
031906:1
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CHEM 689 - Topics in Organic Chemistry
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Discussions of selected topics of current interest in organic chemistry. Open to graduates and advanced undergraduates.
001011:1
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CHEM 691 - Seminar I
1 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Students take CHEM 691 or 692 during every semester they are enrolled in the program.
011894:1
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CHEM 692 - Seminar II
1 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Students take CHEM 691 or 692 during every semester they are enrolled in the program.
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CHEM 696 - Independent Study
1 - 8 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Study of a particular area of chemistry under the supervision of a faculty member.
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CHEM 697 - Special Topics
1 - 8 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A field of current interest in chemistry is examined in detail.
011892:1
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CHEM 699 - Master’s Thesis
1 - 10 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Open to degree candidates.
011899:1
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CHEM 899 - Dissertation Research
1 - 10 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Research, conducted under faculty supervision, which leads to the presentation of a doctoral dissertation.
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Classics |
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CLSICS 610L - Greek and Roman Historians
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Beginning with the “Father of History” Herodotus and ending with Ammianus Marcellinus, this course will consider all of the major Greek and Roman writers of historical accounts. Topics will include: variations of genre and the role of audience; the author’s motivation, narrative style, and use of sources; the sociological impact of histories; and the differing traditions of Greek and Roman historiography. Requirements include extensive consideration of both the ancient texts and modern scholarship on each author and on the historiographical process. CLSICS 610L and HIST 610L are the same course.
039657:1
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CLSICS 616L - Thucydides: War and Human Nature in Ancient Greece
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course focuses on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. Students will study his innovative approach to historical analysis, the political and military events he describes, and the intellectual context. The course will also consider Thucydides’ place in later historiography and political thought.
040957:1
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CLSICS 688 - The Golden Age of Rome
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The end of the Republic and birth of the Empire were unquestionably the most decisive turning points in Roman politics, with far-reaching ramifications for art, literature, religion, philosophy, and social relations. To understand this period students will examine political speeches, historians, biographers, poetry, and works of art and architecture.
038549:1
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CLSICS 696 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Independent Study in Classics.
039274:1
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CLSICS 697 - Special Topics
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
012257:1
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Computer Science |
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CS 612 - Algorithms in Bioinformatics
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The course will introduce students to bioinformatics - the area concerning the development and application of computational methods to address key problems in biology. It will introduce the students to a variety of methods and skills required to conduct research in this popular field. The emphasis of the course is algorithmic methods in structural bioinformatics with a focus on various computational methods to simulate, analyze, and model protein structure, dynamic, and fuction.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 210 AND MATH 260
037580:1
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CS 613 - Applied Cryptography
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course aims to introduce fundamental and practical knowledge of cryptography and its applications. This course covers diverse topics on cryptography and network security techniques including conventional encryption, asymmetric and symmetric cryptology, digital signatures, certificates, key exchange, key management, authentication, network access control, cloud computing security, electronic mail security, advanced crypto primitives, bitcoin, blockchain, and differential privacy. This course focuses on both theoretical aspects and practical applications of cryptanalysis and network security techniques.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 310
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CS 614 - Blockchain Technology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Blockchain enables a digital decentralized society where people can contribute, collaborate, and transact without having to second-guess trust and transparency. It is the technology behind the success of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many exciting applications and platforms that emerge everyday, with impact in many sectors, including finance, education, health care, environment, transportation, technology, to name a few. This course covers a basic set of essential concepts, algorithms, and tools suitable for aspiring students who want to be technologically ready for a blockchain venture. Topics touch various issues in decentralized computing and networking. Students will learn programming skills sufficiently to develop a blockchain project from scratch.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 310 or permission of instructor
041657:1
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CS 615 - User Interface Design
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
An introduction to user interface design, which encompasses design of the user interface and the functional design of the whole system. Students read and critique papers and articles, evaluate and critique existing user interfaces, and design interfaces of their own. Working in small groups, students use either interface prototyping tools or conventional rapid prototyping systems to construct an experimental interface.
Enrollment Requirements:
: CS 310 and CS 220 or permission of instructor
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CS 620 - Theory of Computation
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Functions computable by programs. Recursive functions and Turing machines; simulation and diagonalization. Universality and unsolvable problems. Kleene’s hierarchy and the recursion theorem. Gregorczyk’s hierarchy and Ackermann’s function. Abstract complexity. Formal languages and classes of automata. Inherently difficult combinatorial problems.
Enrollment Requirements:
: CS 220
013111:1
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CS 622 - Theory of Formal Languages
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course treats languages from an abstract point of view as defined by formal grammars and by families of abstract machines. The Chomsky hierarchy and associated automata are covered. Emphasis is placed on context-free languages. Careful mathematical definition and proof are stressed throughout. This course does not involve programming. This course is of special interest to students interested in linguistics and in the theory of programming language compilers.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 220 or permission of instructor
013114:1
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CS 624 - Analysis of Algorithms
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Basic techniques for designing algorithms: divide and conquer, the greedy method, dynamic programming, etc. Applications to searching and sorting algorithms. Complexity of parsing. The fast Fourier transform and its applications (evaluation of polynomials and arithmetical problems). Lower bound theory. NP-hard and NP-complete problems. Probabilistic estimates of algorithms.
Enrollment Requirements:
: CS 220 or permission of instructor
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CS 630 - Database Management Systems
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Databases and database management systems. The entity/relationship model. The relational model. Relational algebra. The query language SQL. The object-relational model and SQL3. Embedded SQL in programs and dynamic SQL. Database administration: creating views and integrity constraints, handling data security. Functional dependencies. Normalization.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 240 and CS310
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CS 634 - Architecture of Database Systems
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Indexing and query optimization in database systems. Writing programs to update a database. ACID properties. Concurrency theory: serializability, 2-phase locking, deadlock detection. Transactional Recovery: REDO and UNDO logging, different checkpoint approaches, media recovery. Examples of recovery utility use in INGRES, ORACLE and DB2. Transactional performance: the TPC-A benchmark, analysis of bottlenecks, and cost-performance considerations. Distributed database systems. Two-phase commit. Database parallelism.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 430 or 630
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CS 636 - Database Application Development
3 Credit(s) | |
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A study of database applications, that is, software systems that solve a particular real-world problem and hold their data in a relational database. The systems under study also have a realistic user interface. Students work in small groups on a real-world project specified and implemented during the term. Topics include system specification from user needs, analysis of data flow and work flow, object design, database design, client-server techniques, and rapid prototyping systems.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 630
013127:1
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CS 637 - Database-Backed Websites
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The design and implementation of database-backed websites. Static sites, dynamic sites, and sites that act as interfaces to relational database systems, providing for web-based collaboration through scalable online communities. Students install and maintain their own web servers, extend existing tool sets, and build their own sites from scratch in a series of intensive programming projects.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 430 or CS 630
013128:1
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CS 638 - Applied Machine Learning
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course presents the practical side of machine learning for applications, such as pattern recognition from images or building predictive classifiers. Topics will include linear models for regression, decision trees, rule based classification, support vector machines, Bayesian networks, and clustering. The emphasis of the course will be on the hands-on application of machine learning to a variety of problems. This course does not assume any prior exposure to machine learning theory or practice.
039369:1
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CS 642 - Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course aims to introduce the concept of IoT and its impact on our daily lives, to understand the architecture and components of IoT, and to address the challenges and solutions of deploying IoT in reality. Students will learn how to make design trade-offs between communication and computation costs and between hardware and software. In addition, cybersecurity is a critical design issue of the IoT system. From this course, students will become aware of the cybersecurity issues raised by IoT and gain the knowledge of the related security techniques. Students will also gain hands-on experiences on building IoT devices and implementing security techniques through team projects.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 310
040475:1
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CS 646 - Computer Communications Networks
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Need for computer networks. Architectures of networks. Architectures of systems. ISO Reference Model. Standardization efforts. Specification of protocols. Example of protocols and networks.
013136:1
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CS 648 - Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Wireless communications, wireless networking, mobility management technologies, and protocols for wireless LANs and WANs are surveyed. Selected mobile computing models and mobile applications development environments are evaluated. A wireless networks laboratory provides a realistic mobile/wireless computing environment. Students are expected to form groups to complete a semester project involving an investigation and the development of a prototype.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: CS 446 or CS 646
032251:1
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CS 651 - Compiler
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Compiler organization and construction. Programming projects involve scanning input, analyzing program structure, error checking, code translation and interpreting, code generation and optimization. These projects result in a compiler for a reasonably large subset of ALGOL, Pascal, or similar procedural language.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 310 and CS 420 or CS 622
000909:1
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CS 670 - Artificial Intelligence
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A broad technical introduction to the techniques that enable computers to behave intelligently: problem solving and game playing, knowledge representation and reasoning, planning and decision making, learning, perception and interpretation. The application of these techniques to real-world systems, with some programming in LISP.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: CS 220 and CS 310
013144:1
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CS 671 - Machine Learning
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Machine Learning is a foundational discipline for data mining and artificial intelligence which explores the limits and capacities of automated learning of abstract concepts. The course will focus on the probably approximately correct (PAC) learning model and will cover topics like the Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension, the weak and strong learning paradigms, inherent unpredictability, reducibility in PAC learning, and learning finite automata.
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CS 675 - Computer Vision
3 Credit(s) | |
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This course provides both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with fundamental and advanced Computer Vision algorithms. Topics range from basic image processing techniques such as image convolution and region and edge detection to more complex vision algorithms for contour detection, depth perception, dynamic vision, and object recognition. Students will implement vision algorithms in the JAVA programming language. The performance of these programs is evaluated, and the advantages and disadvantages of individual approaches are discussed. The final project is the development by students of their own computer vision program solving a given problem.
Enrollment Requirements:
: CS 310 and CS 220 or permission of instructor
032231:1
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CS 680 - Object-Oriented Design and Programming
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Object-oriented techniques for the design and development of software. Students will develop a series of moderate sized programs in C++ and Java and then design and implement a more substantial project in small teams.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 310 or permission of instructor
000908:1
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CS 681 - Object-Oriented Software Development
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
In this course students work in small teams to create a useful, complete, medium sized software system for real customers. There is a strong emphasis on process: the systematic use of an object-oriented development methodology based on UML models and incremental development is employed throughout each project.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 680 and one of the following with a grade of B or better: CS 636 or CS 637 or CS 651. Co-req = CS 682
000907:1
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CS 682 - Software Development Laboratory I
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This is a laboratory course in which students, working in small groups, specify, design, implement, and document a large software project.
Enrollment Requirements:
Co-req = CS 681
000906:1
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CS 683 - Software Development Laboratory II
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A continuation of CS 682. This course is offered every spring semester and must be taken during the semester following CS 681 and CS 682.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 680 and 682 Co-req = CS 681
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CS 696 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A student must find a faculty sponsor for his or her independent study and arrange study under that person, normally about a computer science topic not covered by the department’s courses.
032232:1
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CS 697 - Special Topics
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Topics of current interest in the field, according to student and faculty areas of specialization. Course content varies according to the topic and will be announced prior to registration.
013150:1
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CS 698 - Practicum in CS
1 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is intended to enhance student industrial work by combining it with closely related academic studies - of the domain of application of computer skills and of related computer concepts, skills and methodologies. It will enhance academic studies by providing a focus and a context for learning of new concepts and skills. It will help to prepare the student for the transition from an academic program to eventual employment in the computer industry. This course is not open to graduate students in the Ph.D track.
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CS 699 - Research for MS Thesis
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
A one-semester supervised practicum course to help students complete the required thesis, which must be a substantial piece of research on some aspect of computer science. The master’s thesis may take the form of a theoretical paper or a report on a piece of software.
Enrollment Requirements:
a minimum of 15 Graduate credits
013164:1
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CS 720 - Logical Foundations of Computer Science
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The course treats the logical foundations of computer science in a mathematically rigorous way but with emphasis on the applications of logic in computer science. Topics include the syntax and semantics of predicate logic, formal systems for predicate logic, many-sorted logic, and logic programming. Additional topics may include equational logic, algebraic specification, term rewriting, program verification, nonstandard logic, and databases. Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical material and the ability to apply it.
Enrollment Requirements:
MATH 470 or equivalent and permission of instructor
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CS 724 - Topics in Algorithm Theory and Design
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
An examination of current topics in algorithm analysis and design: complexity classes, abstract complexity theory, generating functions. Topics may include genetic algorithms, string matching algorithms, and circuit complexity.
Enrollment Requirements:
CS 624 or equivalent
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CS 899 - PhD Dissertation Research
1 - 9 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Research, conducted under faculty supervision, which leads to the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. This course carries variable credit and can be taken more than once.
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Conflict Resolution |
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CONRES 603 - Advanced Negotiation and Mediation
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course builds on the introductory courses and examines the resolution of conflict in different contexts.
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CONRES 621 - Negotiation (M)
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Negotiation is the bedrock skill in this field. The course addresses the development of negotiation techniques and fosters student knowledge of the substantial body of negotiation theory that is now available.
013403:1
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CONRES 623 - Introductory Theory
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course examines the theories and assumptions underpinning the practice of negotiation and mediation. It identifies the major schools of thought that influence models in practice and shape research agendas. It examines theories critically, with three aims-uncovering implicit assumptions of practice, testing those assumptions against empirical evidence or other theories, and gleaning insights to assist practitioners.
013406:1
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CONRES 624 - Cross-Cultural Conflict
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course emphasizes the special characteristics of conflict based in religious, ethnic, national, or racial identity-conflicts that the field calls “intractable.” The primary focus of the course is on intervention techniques that have been used and that have been proposed for use in these settings.
013407:1
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CONRES 625 - Conflict Resolution Systems for Organizations
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course examines different systems for managing conflict. The system may exist in a large corporation, or between two or among many nations, between labor and management, or within a family. The system may be explicit and clear, informal and invisible, or both. The system may be effective or not. The course explores different kinds of conflict management systems and criteria for measuring their effectiveness; and discusses the analysis and design of dispute managing systems.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate degree student
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CONRES 626 - Advanced Intervention
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course applies the principles of mediation and other forms of intervention to a particular context. Each year, the specific course context changes. Possibilities include intervention in environmental disputes, family disputes, organizational disputes, or international disputes.
Enrollment Requirements:
DISRES 621 or permission of instructor
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CONRES 627 - Inter-Group Dialogue & Facilitation
6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course will critically examine the role of dialogue as a conflict intervention practice, with an emphasis on inter-group dialogue. At a theoretical and conceptual level, the course will focus on exploring the goals of dialogue processes and their potential for enabling understanding between individuals from multiple identity groups. The course will place a particular emphasis on comparing different approaches to or models of dialogue, and on considering the many factors that must be considered when designing and planning a dialogue process. At a practical level, this course will focus on preparing students to facilitate, and provide opportunities for facilitation, cross-cultural dialogue. Through a partnership with Soliya (www.soliya.net), students in this class will participate in Soliya’s Facilitation Training & Practicum (FTP). Participating in the FTP will be required of all students and will occur concurrently with the course, allowing for in-class reflection of FTP experiences and integration of the hands-on component of the FTP with the theoretical content of the course. The FTP will include 2 components: first, students will complete a 20-hour, intensive facilitation training (4 hours/week for 5 weeks). Once the training is complete, students will also have the opportunity to co-facilitate, with supervision from Soliya staff, 8 weeks of Soliya’s “Connect Program” (2 hours/week), the organization’s flagship virtual exchange initiative. Both the training and practicum will take place online using Soliya’s virtual dialogue platform. Soliya runs multiple training and dialogue groups, meaning that it is possible to work with the organization to find a time slot for both the training and practicum that best meets your scheduling needs. Students in the course will not necessarily be in the same training group and for the most part should not expect to facilitate together. There will be a fee associated with this course to cover the costs of the Soliya FTP (the first semester this course is being offered, costs are covered except for $100; in subsequent semesters the cost of the Soliya FTP is anticipated to be approximately $225). The dialogue and facilitation model utilized in this course is meant to provide students with the skills and knowledge to lead dialogues around contentious and personally difficult issues. As part of the course, we will spend time thinking about how to draw upon these skills to develop dialogue initiatives on the UMASS Boston campus and/or in students’ own communities.
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CONRES 635 - Research Methods in Dispute Resolution
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course meets with three primary objectives. First, it provides students with a basic “literacy” in research methods, enabling them to be critical consumers of literature reporting research findings. Students will learn the fundamentals of sound research design, inference from data to conclusions, and the assumptions underlying various methods. Second, it introduces students to the role and use of research methods in conflict intervention work. And third, it provides students preparing to undertake the Master’s Project an introduction to the types of research methodology that they are most likely to use in their MPs.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate students in DISRES only
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CONRES 636 - Conflict in Workgroups
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides the participant with an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the dynamics of work groups, with an emphasis on processes of conflict within them, and to develop skills to deal constructively with intra- and inter- group conflict. Class sessions will deal with conceptual issues in a combination of lecture and seminar-discussion format, drawing from various literatures on groups. Students will also participate in weekly meetings with a small workgroup, consisting of a sub-set of the class, which will offer an opportunity to study group processes in vivo with the aid of a facilitator.
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CONRES 638L - Global Governance
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
“Global governance” refers both to something empirical – “what (limited) world government we have” – and to an approach to the study of global problems, one that highlights the economic and cultural contexts of political globalization and foregrounds the questions of whether and how current processes can be made more effective. Students will become familiar with the variety of theoretical approaches to global governance and knowledgeable about its context, including the globalization of industrial capitalism in which global governance emerged, and about its empirics, what it is today. Students’ final papers and in-class presentations will investigate the prospects for reform of global governance in an issue area of their choice. CONRES 638L and PUBADM 638L are the same course.
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CONRES 640L - International Organizations and the Environment
3 Credit(s) | |
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This course examines the role and performance of international organizations with environmental portfolios. The focus will be on the United Nations Environment Programme, and the secretariats of environmental conventions in the areas of biological diversity and conservation, climate change, and chemicals. The goal is to develop an understanding of the history and operations of international environmental organizations in order to measure and explain performance and propose analytically grounded policy interventions. CONRES 640L and PAF G 640L are the same course.
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CONRES 688L - Global Warming and International Business Management
3 Credit(s) | |
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Global warming may be the most important challenge that the human race has faced to date; a broader public is finally coming to grips with the ramifications of the potentially disastrous changes wrought by such contributing factors as fossil fuel consumption, deforestation, rapid population growth, and pollution. The economic consequences of these changes, however, have not been well explored. Twenty-first century managers in nearly all fields will need to develop a profound understanding of the results of environmental policies, energy use, and lifestyle choices on this universal issue; those who work in environment-related fields will need in particular to come to grips with these concerns and our local, national, and international responses to them. CONRES 688L and MBAMGT 688L are the same course.
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CONRES 690 - Court Internship
6 Credit(s) | |
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Students mediate cases, under close faculty supervision, in one of the small claims courts in Greater Boston. Each day of mediation is followed by a debriefing session with the supervisor. A mediation seminar is part of the internship. The seminar enables students to compare mediating experiences, focus on particular problem areas encountered by mediators, and re-examine theoretical concepts.
Enrollment Requirements:
DISRES 621 or permission of Program Director Graduate students in Dispute Resolution only.
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CONRES 692 - Internship
3 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course will require a student to find and participate in a field placement. The placement can be one of those listed on the Program website, or one created by the student The placement should provide the student with the opportunity to do one or more of the following: - improve skills relevant to making a career/getting a job in the field of conflict resolution. - enhance the student’s network of people in the field of conflict resolution. - expose the student to the work or professionals In the field of conflict resolution. The placement should require a minimum of thirty-five hours p/semester. Student will be required to submit a field placement application to be approved by the faculty supervisor. The student will also meet with the Conflict Resolution faculty supervisor several times during the semester to discuss progress and Issues. That faculty supervisor may require written submissions. Each placement will have a field supervisor and that supervisor will submit to the Faculty supervisor an evaluation of the student’s field work. The faculty supervisor will submit a final grade. {Note: If the student is participating In one of the Program-managed Internships that carry their own credits, or if the student finds it impossible lo Integrate any placement Into his/her academic/family/work schedule, then the internship requirement can be waived.)
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CONRES 693 - Final Project and Workshop
3 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Students design projects that integrate the knowledge and skills acquired during their training. Projects take a wide variety of forms, including 1) empirical research; 2) apprenticeships with professionals or agencies; 3) evaluations and/or analyses of existing practices; 4) the creation of new dispute resolution programs or curricula, tailored to specific, identified, unmet needs; and 5) other projects proposed by students which meet the project criteria. Each project culminates in a work product, such as a research paper or written account of the applied project that demonstrates substantial progress beyond previous learning. The accompanying seminar brings together all students working on master’s projects to share their field experience, learn new methods needed for their projects (e.g., research skills, intervention techniques), discuss literature covered in previous courses, and plan for their future learning as dispute resolvers.
Enrollment Requirements:
DISRES 635 or Permission of Program Director Graduate students in DISRES only
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CONRES 694 - Integrative Seminar
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Students in the Dispute Resolution Masters program have 2 options for completing their capstone requirement: doing a written Masters Project or taking this seminar. The goal of the Seminar is to help students see their dispute resolution study as a whole, to demonstrate their ability to integrate and synthesize their knowledge of conflict resolution theory and skills gained over the course of the Masters program. Through class discussion, students will identify cross-cutting issues or themes relating to conflict resolution theory or practice; they will select three topics and produce a substantial paper (10, 15 or 20 pages, respectively) about each of them, drawing on what they have read/written/thought about/experiences over the course of their studies.
Enrollment Requirements:
CONRES 621 and CONRES 623
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CONRES 696 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides students the opportunity for students to pursue in-depth study of a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member. A student must find a faculty sponsor, and together with that faculty member develop a study plan detailing topics to be covered, readings and activities to be completed, and products to be produced. A copy of the study plan should be signed by both the student and the faculty sponsor and filed with the department office.
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CONRES 697 - Special Topics in Dispute Resolution
1 - 6 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Special topics courses are advanced courses that offer intensive study of a selected topic in dispute resolution. With faculty approval, students select a topic from a broad range of options. The course can be used to deepen knowledge of the specialization area, or to broaden a student’s range of dispute resolution experience.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate degree student
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CONRES 699 - Master’s Thesis in Conflict Resolution
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Under the guidance of an individual faculty advisor, students complete a major research project that makes a substantive contribution to critical understanding of an issue in conflict resolution. The final product is a substantial paper, indicating mastery of pertinent, concepts and critical analysis that is defended before a committee of 3 faculty members. Students are required to comply with the “Standards for the Preparation of Theses and Dissertations” promulgated by the Office of Graduate Studies.
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COUNSL 601 - Research and Evaluation in Psychology
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course examines several research models and strategies with respect to their various rationales and methodologies. Relevant statistical topics are introduced conceptually, especially as they are applied in research about specific academic settings.
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COUNSL 605 - Principles of Vocational, Educational, and Psychological Assessment
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The course provides a survey of standardized tests used in assessing aptitudes, interests, and personality traits. The course covers technical and methodological principles and social, ethical, and legal implications of psychological testing and assessment.
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COUNSL 606 - Ethical Standards and Professional Issues in Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The purpose of this course is to create awareness among counselors-in-training of their contribution in the therapeutic process and helping relationship. Topics include foundations for an ethical perspective; models for ethical decision making; ethical codes of professional organizations; client rights and counselor responsibilities; ethical concerns in multicultural counseling and with special client populations; ethical issues in specific modalities (i.e., group, marriage, and family counseling).
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate degree student
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COUNSL 608 - Psychopathology and Diagnosis
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides students with information relevant to the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of mental illness. Psychopharmacological interventions are addressed. The epistemological assumptions that ground traditional theories of psychopathology and diagnostic systems such as the DSM are discussed, and avoiding bias in psychiatric diagnosis is a major focus of the course. The following DSM categories are covered: mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders including schizophrenias, disorders usually first evident in childhood, and personality disorders.
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COUNSL 613 - Vocational Development and Career Information
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The vocational development component of the course concentrates on the theories of Roe, Holland, Ginzberg, Super, and Tiedeman. The career information component, a major emphasis, directs the student to locate and use sources of educational-vocational information. These sources will include but not be limited to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the Guide to Occupational Exploration, information on local labor markets and on military careers, occupation-education information, college and vocational school guides and catalogues.
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COUNSL 614 - Counseling Theory and Practice I
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The purpose of this course is to provide grounding in the commonalities of counseling techniques and practice in the use of various techniques. The course covers the essentials of interviewing, note taking, and report writing, as well as the role of diagnosis. Tapes and role playing are required.
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COUNSL 615 - Counseling Theory and Practice II
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is an extension of Counseling Theory and Practice I. Major theoretical approaches (dynamic, humanistic, behavioral) are considered. The course also involves the exploration of some non-traditional approaches and the use of tape recordings, films, written records of interviews, and role playing.
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COUNSL 616 - Group Counseling and Group Dynamics
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides an introduction to group dynamics that uses the group process of the class to provide experience of group membership and data for interpretation. Participation as a group member is required. Readings and lectures build a cognitive base for evaluating experiential learning.
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COUNSL 617 - Child and Adolescent Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course focuses on facilitating the unique development and emotional growth of children through the counseling process. The course is designed to enhance students’ theoretical and practical understanding of the major schools of child psychotherapy. Emphasis is given to a multidimensional view of intervention, with attention to developmental, cognitive, behavioral, educational, multicultural, and environmental issues. Through lectures, videotapes, and structured exercises, students learn a distinct group of interventions, including play and communication skills, as integral components of the therapeutic process.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 614
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COUNSL 620 - Life Span Human Development
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides students with a comprehensive view of lifespan development from childhood through adulthood from several perspectives: 1) the interaction of age with such factors as gender, cultural background, disabilities, and other significant issues encountered at particular stages of life; 2) how individuals at specific stages of cognitive development process information and experience; and 3) a structural approach to ego development.
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COUNSL 622 - Theories of Family Therapy
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is focused on general concepts of systems theory and on theoretical frameworks that inform family therapy. Family therapy theories and interventions and the feasibility of family therapy will be discussed within a historical context. Students will be given the opportunity to integrate family therapy theories with their experiences and perceptions of their families-of-origin. The influence of culture, race, social class, and gender on families and family therapy theories will be highlighted. Experiential exercises and videotapes of therapy sessions will be used to demonstrate the impact of family therapy theories on client-family interactions and family therapy sessions.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 614 or 621
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COUNSL 626 - Collaborative Consultation with Larger Systems
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
How do individuals and families interface with larger systems, and how do therapists intervene collaboratively? How do larger systems structure the lives of individuals and families? Relationally-trained practitioners are attempting to answer these questions through collaborative and interdisciplinary, team-focused projects in mental health, education, the law, and business, among other fields. Similarly, scholars and researchers are developing specific culturally responsive models: outreach family therapy, collaborative health care, multi-systemic school interventions, social-justice-oriented and spiritual approaches, organizational coaching, and consulting, among others. This course explores these developments and aims at developing a clinical and consulting knowledge that contributes to families, organizations, and communities within a collaborative and social-justice-oriented vision.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 622 or Permission of Instructor
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COUNSL 628 - Contemporary Family Therapies
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is an advanced seminar that reviews current trends in family therapy and examines postmodern psychotherapies as they are applied in clinical, school, and larger systems contexts. Theoretical concepts and clinical applications will be drawn from feminist, constructionist, and poststructuralist theories. Special attention will be given to the relationship between larger social contexts and contemporary family configurations. Topics for discussion will include: gay and lesbian families, family violence, and postmodern ideas in work with children, outreach family therapy, and factors affecting the therapist’s role.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 625 or Permission of Instructor
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COUNSL 630 - Orientation to Professional School Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The basic philosophy, scope, and techniques of guidance counseling in schools are reviewed and analyzed. Discussion covers practical issues relevant to school counseling: the school as an institution; relations among counselor, administrators, teachers, and parents; developmental education; sex education; counseling standards and legislation; roles of the school counselor; professional development.
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COUNSL 631 - Principles and Practices of School Adjustment Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course is focused on the principles and practices of school adjustment counseling, addressing the history and philosophy of school adjustment counseling, professional identity and roles of the school adjustment counselor, professional ethics, organizational structures of school, knowledge of the juvenile justice systems, crisis intervention services, prevention, federal and state laws and regulations, medical conditions and learning disabilities, consultation in the schools, substance abuse counseling, and an understanding of how diversity influences the practice of school adjustment. Particular attention will be paid to interpreting concepts and knowledge for the practice of school adjustment counseling in an urban setting.
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COUNSL 632 - Collaborative Consultation in Schools
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides a theoretical foundation and practical skills in consultation designed to prepare students to apply their professional preparation in education and psychology to solve problems in school settings. Consultation is viewed as a process of collaboration, intervention, and evaluation. An eco-behavioral model of consultation is emphasized. Case studies are used to develop analytical and problem-solving skills. Issues involved in serving diverse student populations are examined. The course is intended to foster an identity as a caring, dedicated, principled, and respectful consultant committed to social justice.
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COUNSL 633 - Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in School Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The purpose of this course is to create awareness among school counselors-in-training of their contribution in the counseling process and helping relationships. Topics include foundations for an ethical perspective and legal issues; models for ethical decision-making; ethical codes of professional organizations, including American counseling Association and American School counselor Association; client/student rights and counselor responsibilities; ethical concerns in multicultural counseling and with special client/student populations; professional and ethical issues in specific modalities (e.g., group counseling, consultation).
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COUNSL 635 - Behavioral Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course provides a rigorous examination of social learning theory as a basis for practice of therapeutic behavioral counseling. Through lectures, readings, demonstrations, and discussions, students become familiar with fundamental techniques of behavioral counseling, including operant, classical, modeling, and cognitive methods.
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COUNSL 650 - Group Counseling for Children and Adolescents
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course studies group counseling and group process with children, adolescents, and their families. Participants acquire knowledge and skills through critical and reflective readings, lecture, discussion, role-plays, interviews, and films. Emphasis is given to theoretical and experiential perspectives, as well as multicultural counseling in competence, to enhance participants’ growth and training as thoughtful and responsive practitioners in diverse urban settings. Discussions address such themes as group dynamics, group composition and management, stages of group empowerment, and leadership styles.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 614
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COUNSL 653 - Sociocultural Considerations in Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course addresses the role of culture in counseling and psychology by looking both at history and at current issues. Discussions use an interdisciplinary framework to approach the question of counseling in a multicultural society. The course seeks to contribute to both the personal and the professional development of its participants.
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COUNSL 660 - College Readiness Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The purpose of this course is to prepare school counselors at all levels of practice to engage in equity-based college readiness counseling. Topics include aspirations and academic planning in elementary and middle school-aged children, the college exploration and selection process, college admissions processes and assessment, financial planning, and resources counselors, students, and parents can use in the process.
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COUNSL 661 - Career Development Facilitation and Training
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The Career Development Facilitator (CDF) Training course provides students with knowledge and skills needed to effectively interact with clients and consumers of career development services across a variety of settings such as schools, colleges, college access agencies, and government agencies. This course is designed to meet the requirements of the CDF certificate by developing knowledge and competence in the following subject areas related to career development: helping skills, diverse populations, ethical and legal issues, consultation, career development models, assessment, labor market information and resources, technology, employability skills, training clients and peers, program management and implementation, and promotion and public relations.
Enrollment Requirements:
COUNSL 614
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COUNSL 665 - Trauma and Crisis Counseling
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course addresses the psychology of trauma in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, caused by child abuse and neglect, disasters, and complex environmental cultural and socio-political factors. Students learn different approaches to counseling clients who have experienced trauma as well as those in the middle of a crisis.
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COUNSL 666 - Sex and Sexuality in Counseling Practice
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
Counselors are often unprepared for the kinds of issues that children and adults bring to therapy that focus on sex, sexual identify, and sexual experiences. This course explores various approaches to understanding sex and sexuality in the counseling hour. Students will discuss and analyze historical approaches to issues of sexual function, dysfunction, intimacy, and sexual identity in individuals and couples and families (and to some extent societies). We focus on healthy sexuality but also integrate theory and practice around victimization and sec offending. Students will examine their own sexual histories and understand their own values, biases and assumptions regarding sexuality and sexual functioning, and the potential impact of these issues on their ability to become effective, compassionate therapists.
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COUNSL 667 - Counseling Families and Couples: Theories and Practice
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
The course reviews the application of systems thinking, the relevance of context and process, communication, change, and circular causality, to advance an understanding of couples, families, and organizations as living systems. This course addresses the purposive family therapy models, transgenerational, interactional, Milan systemic, brief strategic, and solution-focused models. It also explores original family and couples therapy applications: ecomaps, genograms, circular questions, to acquire a grounded understanding of systems thinking. The course also introduces students to work with individuals around family issues and work with couples.
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COUNSL 670 - Substance Abuse in Counseling Practice
3 Credit(s) | |
Description:
This course surveys the broader problems caused by substance abuse in modern society, both presenting and analyzing data. Part of the course is devoted to a study of the physiological consequences of substance abuse. Consideration is also given to the family of the substance abuser, to various treatment modalities, and to the relationship between the criminal justice system and substance abuse rehabilitation.
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