2024-2025 Graduate Catalog Notices and Updates

Below you will find a summary of what has changed from the previous edition of the Graduate Catalog.

Please note that minor changes to academic programs (i.e. additions to the list of courses accepted in a program requirement) are not listed in this section, but these changes can be found on the program pages.

Courses that have been inactivated have also been removed from the Course Descriptions section and the academic program pages. Previous editions of the catalog can be used to find information on these courses and they will still count toward academic program requirements they were previously listed in.

Notices

• Accounting MS was re-titiled to Accounting with Data Analytics (MS)  
• The Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters has been closed
• History (MA)  - Archives Track  was discontinued
• Educational Administration CAGS was re-titled to  Educational Leadership for Social Justice (CAGS)   
• Educational Administration MEd was re-titled to Educational Leadership for Social Justice (MEd)   

Program Additions

• English Language Development (Certficate)  

Program Changes

Apply to students with program catalog terms of Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 only

• Accounting with Data Analytics (MS)  (Program Requirements)
• American Studies (MA)  (Program Requirements)
• Applied Economics (MA)  (Admission Requirements)
• Applied Sociology (MA)  (Program Requirements)
• Biology (MS)  (Admission Requirements)
• Biology (PhD) - Environmental Biology Track  (Program Requirements, Admission Requirements)
• Biology (PhD) - Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Biology Track  (Admission Requirements)
• Biotechnology (Certificate)  (Admission Requirements)
• Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences (MS)  (Admission Requirements)
• Business Analytics (MS)  (Program Requirements)
• Business Analytics (MS) - Supply Chain Analytics Track  (Program Requirements)
• Computational Sciences (PhD)  (Program Requirements)
• Counseling (MEd)   (Program Requirements)
• Environmental Sciences (PhD)  (Statute of Limitations)
• Global Governance and Human Security (PhD)  
• Nursing (MS)  (Program Modality)
• Nursing (PhD)  (Program Requirements)
• Nursing Practice (DNP) - BS to DNP  (Program Requirements)
• Nursing Practice (DNP) - MS to DNP  (Program Requirements)
• Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies (EdD)  (Program Requirements)
• Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies (PhD)  (Program Requirements)
• Urban Planning and Community Development (MS)  (Program Requirements)
• Vision Studies (MEd) - Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment Track  (Program Requirements)

Course Additions

• BIOL 659 - Rigor and Reproducibility in Biological Research  
• BUSADM 724 - Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in Finance    
• MBA AF 641 - Financial Technology  
• NURSNG 714 - DNP Seminar I:  Translating Evidence to Improve Practice  
• PSYCLN 895 - Summer Advanced Community Practicum  
• PUBPOL 610 - Policy and Program Evaluation  
• PUBPOL 620 - Analytic Methods for Public Policy  
• PUBPOL 651 - Social Enterprise and Innovation   
• PUBPOL 671 - Policy Simulation and Decision Modeling   
• PUBPOL 673 - Urban Analytics and Data Science   
• PUBPOL 699 - Internship  
• VISN 615 - Early Childhood and Visual Impairment  

Renumbered Courses

Course Changes

• APLING 616 - Curriculum Development in Bilingual Education  (Description)
• BUSADM 721 - Quantitative Financial Analysis  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title, Description, Pre/Co Requisites) 
• BIOL 646 - Disease Ecology  (Description) 
• CSP 780 - Supervision and Consultation in Psychology   (Long Course Title and Short Course Title)
• EDC G 630 - Inclusion PreK-12:Diversity and Equity in Inclusive Settings   (Enrollment Consent)
• EDLDRS 892 - Dissertation Seminar II   (Number of Credits)
• EDLDRS 893 - EDLDRS 893 - Dissertation Seminar III  (Long Course Title, Number of Credits)
• ENGL 607 - The History of the Book  (Reactivation)
• ENGL 641 - Studies in Romanticism  (Reactivation)
• ENGL 659 - Women’s Literature  (Reactivation)
• ENGL 667 - Writing Center Pedagogy, Theory, and Research   (Long Course Title, Short Course Title, Course Description, and Enrollment Consent)     
• ENVSCI 654 - Professional Science Communication   (Reactivation) 
• GERON GR 724 - Diversity in Aging Societies   (Long Course Title and Course Description) 
• GGHS 714 - Doctoral Colloquium in Global Governance and Human Security   (Number of Credits) 
• GREEK 603 - Aeschylus  (Reactivation)
• GREEK 605 - Euripides  (Reactivation)
• HIST 690 - Final Project Prep: Prerequisite for HIST 693 and HIST 699  (Long Course Title) 
• INSDSG 624 - Uncovering and Cultivating Instructional Technologies for K-12 Schools    (Long Course Title, Short Course Title, and Description) 
• INSDSG 646 - Universal Course Design: A Pathway to Mindful and Creative Adult Learning for All   (Short Course Title)
• LATIN 609 - Lucretius  (Reactivation)
• MBA AF 601 - Economics for Managers  (Pre/Co Requisites) 
• MBA AF 611 - Financial Accounting and Reporting   (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description)
• MBA AF 612 - Managerial Accounting and Analytics   (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description) 
• MBA AF 613 - Federal Taxation and Regulation   (Long Course Title, Short Course Title, and Description) 
• MBA AF 614 - Auditing, Assurance, and Analytics  (Long Course Title and Course Description)
• MBA AF 615 - Contemporary Topics in Financial Reporting and Analytics  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description
• MBA AF 616 - Financial Statement Analysis  (Long Course Title) 
• MBA AF 633 - Advanced Tax Compliance and Planning  (Reactivation, Long Course Title, Short Course Title, and Description)
• MBA AF 690 - Industry Research Practicum  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description)
• MBA AF 691 - Accounting Theory & Analysis  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description)
• MSIS 619 - Systems Analysis and Design  (Course Description) 
• MSIS 642 - Multivariate Statistics and Regression Analysis  (Course Description)  
• MSIS 656 - Information Storage Management  (Course Description) 
• MSIS 670 - Enterprise Business Intelligence  (Course Description)  
• MSIS 672 - Introduction to Machine Learning  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description)
• MSIS 680 - Advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence  (Long Course Title, Short Course Title and Course Description)
• MSIS 685 - Introduction to Big Data Analytics  (Course Description)
• PPOL-G 795 - PPOL-G 795 - Independent Study  (Number of Credits)
• SOCIOL 630 - Applied Social Psychology  (Reactivation)
• SOCIOL 647 - Sociology of Race and Racism  (Reactivation)
• SOCIOL 692 - Communities and Crime  (Reactivation) 
• VISN 621 - Orientation and Mobility Assessment and Instructional Strategies: Children  (Number of Credits) 
• VISN 622 - Orientation and Mobility Assessment- Adult  (Number of Credits) 
• VISN 628 - Orientation and Mobility Praxis Lab   (Number of Credits)