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2003-2005 EIU Graduate Catalog 
    
2003-2005 EIU Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Biological Sciences

  
  • BIO 5402 - Advanced Plant Physiology I, Plant Growth and Development.


    (2-3-3) The growth and development of seed plants from germination through maturation with emphasis on water relations, nitrogen metabolism, and environmental influences.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BIO 3510 and CHM 2430; biochemistry recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • BIO 5404 - Advanced Plant Physiology II, Metabolism.


    (2-3-3) The principles of photosynthesis, respiration, and organic translocation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BIO 3510 and CHM 2430; biochemistry recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • BIO 5406 - Endocrinology.


    (3-3-4) A study of endocrine glands and mechanisms of hormone action.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BIO 3520 and CHM 2430.

    Credits: 4
  
  • BIO 5452 - Ethnobotany.


    (3-0-3) The basic principles of the relationships of plants and man.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Six semester hours of botany.

    Credits: 3
  
  • BIO 5900 - Research in Biological Sciences.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) (Credit/No Credit) Intended for thesis option students conducting original research in consultation with a thesis advisor. May be repeated for a maximum of eight semester hours. NOTE: A maximum of nine semester hours in combination of 5900, 5950, and 5990 may be applied to the graduate degree. Students not writing a thesis are ineligible to register for this course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of the thesis proposal form and permission of the Coordinator, Biological Sciences Graduate Program Committee.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • BIO 5950 - Thesis.


    (Arr.-Arr.-3 or 6) (Credit/No Credit) May be repeated for credit up to six semester hours. NOTE: For thesis option students, a maximum of nine semester hours in a combination of 5900, 5950, and 5990 may be applied to the graduate degree.

    Credits: 3 or 6
  
  • BIO 5980 - Graduate Internship in Biological Sciences.


    (Arr.-Arr.-6) (Credit/No Credit) A graduate-level employment experience in the biological sciences with an agency, firm or facility approved by a faculty advisor and the coordinator of the Biological Sciences Graduate Program Committee. A written report on the internship experience is required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    At least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in the Biological Sciences Graduate Program. NOTE: May not be repeated for credit. For internship option students, a maximum of nine semester hours in a combination of 5980 and 5990 may be applied to the gr

    Credits: 6
  
  • BIO 5990 - Independent Study.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) (Credit/No Credit) Advanced studies in a selected field of the biological sciences other than the thesis or internship. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours of credit. NOTE: Students who do not write a thesis must apply a maximum of three semester hours of credit toward the graduate degree.

    Credits: 1 to 6

Business Administration

  
  • MBA 5005 - Quantitative Analysis.


    (3-0-3) Designed to provide students with skills in quantitative techniques necessary for advanced work in functional areas of business administration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    MAT 1270 or satisfactory placement score.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5010 - Essentials of Accounting.


    (3-0-3) An introduction to financial and managerial accounting within the framework of an information systems approach. Not open to students working toward or having a B.S. in Business degree or a B.S. Education degree with a major in Business Education.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5500 - Quantitative Modeling.


    (3-0-3) A study of practical statistics and operations research topics using spreadsheet models. Statistical concepts include confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-square tests, t-tests, ANOVA’s, and correlation analysis. Operations research topics will integrate finance, marketing and operation management models using spreadsheets.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the MBA degree program, and all Phase I courses.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5510 - Business Research Methods.


    (3-0-3) A comprehensive study of the theory and practice of research methodology in business disciplines. The basic tools of business research, including the various research techniques and methodologies, are utilized. A completed individual research project is required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 2810 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5520 - Strategic Human Resource Management.


    (3-0-3) A comprehensive study of personnel programs and their management in formal organizations; research into the operation of personnel management.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 3010 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5530 - Communication Analysis.


    (3-0-3) The course emphasizes the importance of effective principles of communication at the organizational level. The communication audit process will be used as a research tool to investigate practices in organizations in order to make recommendations for improving the organization’s communication processes and systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5540 - International Business.


    (3-0-3) Intensive study of contemporary problems, issues, trends, and development in international business.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of Phase I courses and admission to the MBA program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5550 - Marketing Management.


    (3-0-3) Analysis of the strategic marketing problems confronting managers in the evaluation of marketing opportunities, selection of target markets, development of marketing strategies, planning of marketing tactics, and implementation and control of the marketing effort.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 3470 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5605 - Managerial Accounting Control.


    (3-0-3) An overview of management accounting with an emphasis on planning and control. Topical coverage includes product costing, cost allocation, cost behavior, budgeting, and relevant costs. Students use technical problem solving skills to investigate current managerial issues. Investigation of these real-world issues expose students to the multi-faceted objectives of managers and the resulting implications for information gathering and decision making.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 2102 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5640 - Financial Management.


    (3-0-3) An investigation of the firm’s acquisition and financing activities, to include working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure strategies, and valuation theory. The practical application of financial policy is stressed for decision-making purposes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 3710, BUS 2810, and admission to the MBA program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5660 - Operations Management.


    (3-0-3) An integrative course that is concerned with the production and distribution of goods and services. Topics that are covered in depth are operations strategy, service and product design, quality, lean manufacturing management, supply chain management and integrative technologies in operations. Cases are used to analyze situations, and to understand the impact of operations on other functional areas.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 3950 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5670 - Management Information Systems.


    (3-0-3) An examination of managerial problems related to computer-based information systems. The students will examine system and control theories and related issues of analysis, design, development, and implementation of management information systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5680 - Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics.


    (3-0-3) Organizational and business application of theory and research in individual differences, interpersonal relations, and small group dynamics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    BUS 3010 and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5880 - Seminar in Business Administration.


    (3-0-3) Intensive study of contemporary problems, issues, trends and developments in accounting, marketing, finance, organizational theory, communication, or information systems. May be taken twice for credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of corresponding Phase I course on topic being offered and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5890 - Administrative Policy.


    (3-0-3) The focus of this course is on strategic management and top management functions and responsibilities. Emphasis is on integration of business functions. This course is designed to develop student’s capacity to think strategically about a company, its present business position, its long-term direction, its resources and competitive capabilities. It develops students’ managerial judgment, builds their skills in assessing business risk, and improves their ability to create results oriented action plans.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Completion of 21 hours of Phase II (Graduate) course work and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 3
  
  • MBA 5950 - Thesis.


    (Arr.-Arr.-3 to 6) (Credit/No Credit) The development of the method of attack and the execution of a formal research study. NOTE: A maximum of nine semester hours may be earned in a combination of 5950 and 5990.

    Credits: 3 to 6
  
  • MBA 5980 - Internship in Business Administration.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 12) (Credit/No Credit) An approved employment experience in an appropriate organization. NOTE: A maximum of three semester hours may be applied to the MBA degree program.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Approval of the appropriate chairperson(s) and admission to the MBA degree program.

    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • MBA 5990 - Independent Study.


    (Arr.-Arr.1 to 6) Intensive investigation of a topic in cooperation with an approved instructor. Enrollment is by application. NOTE: A maximum of nine semester hours may be earned in a combination of 5950 and 5990.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate standing, consent of approved instructor and approval of a completed application by the department chair prior to registration.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • MBA 5997 - Study Abroad.


    (3-0-3) This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Eastern Illinois University’s Master of Business Administration Program. Note: A maximum nine semester hours may be earned in a combination of MBA 5950, 5990, and 5997.

    Credits: 3

Career and Organizational Studies

  
  • COS 4800 - Strategies and Processes of Teaching and Training.


    (3-0-3) Application of strategies of teaching and training, presentation skills, lesson planning, and instructional technologies such as experiential learning, problem solving, simulation, computerized instruction, and lecturettes for vocational teachers and human resources development trainers.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4810 - Principles of Career Development.


    (3-0-3) The nature, purpose, and philosophy of career education as it relates to the career development of individuals. Includes an overview of various levels of career development and the contributions various programs make to a total program of career development. Contemporary problems and issues in career development.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4820 - Sociotechnical Design.


    (3-0-3) A study, from the worker’s perspective, of how technology affects social processes in occupational environments; human resource development; sociotechnical and open system theories; diagnosing occupational systems; change strategies; and the worker’s adaptation of occupational settings to changing environmental demands.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Three semester hours in psychology, sociology or management, or permission of the program director.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4830 - Occupational Perspectives: Past, Present and Future.


    (3-0-3) This course involves the study of the nature of organizations from varying perspectives including historical, philosophical, technological, psychological and sociological with prospects and directions for the future.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Six semester hours of education, sociology and/or history, or permission of the program director.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4840 - Training Program Development.


    (3-0-3) In-depth study of the establishment and operation of training programs of human resource development in the public or private sectors with emphasis on needs assessment, program design, proposal preparation, staffing, fiscal budgeting and monitoring, fiscal justification, program evaluation, impact assessment, and applied legalities.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    COS 4800 plus six semester hours in other COS course work.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4850 - Special Topics in Career and Organizational Studies.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 3) A study of special topics regarding: instructional systems design and development; emerging audio/visual technology such as interactive laser video, “distance” learning; advancing and ragogical foundations of experiential learning, critical thinking and small group learning; human resource development; and other specialized topics as they emerge.

    Prerequisites & Notes



    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • COS 4860 - Facilitating Learning and Project Groups.


    (3-0-3) People at all organizational levels accomplish their work alongside and through others. A fundamental workplace competency is the capacity to facilitate learning and project groups. Participants will practice facilitation principles and strategies, including how to deal with common facilitation problems.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4870 - Developing Critical Thinking in the Workplace.


    (3-0-3) People in the workplace are increasingly expected to think critically about their work rather than simply follow a supervisor’s instructions. Participants will explore and apply principles of critical thinking to the workplace, classroom, and training room.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4880 - Productive Work Teams.


    (3-0-3) The multiple roles and responsibilities needed to function effectively in productive work teams are stressed by being a member of class teams and studying teams. This highly experiential, research-based, and applications-oriented course emphasizes assessment of self, team effectiveness, and organizational readiness for teams.

    Credits: 3
  
  • COS 4890 - Accelerated Learning and Training.


    (3-0-3) This researched-based, applications-oriented, highly experiential course connects research to practice by using accelerated learning (AL) principles to accelerate learning and training. Proven AL methods are practiced in the class. Brainbased research, learning theory, and AL best practices are used as the basis for designing and facilitating learning.

    Credits: 3

Career and Technical Education

  
  • CTE 4913 - Organization and Administration of Cooperative Occupational Education.


    (3-0-3) Introduction to cooperative education programs, program needs, resources, constraints, public relations, and policy development are analyzed.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CTE 4923 - Coordination Techniques for Cooperative Occupational Education.


    (3-0-3) Methods and techniques for preparation of teacher coordinators. Student selection, training agreements, training plans, legal requirements, related class management, individualized instruction, and program evaluation are emphasized.

    Credits: 3

Chemistry

  
  • CHM 4750 - Environmental Chemistry.


    (3-0-3) The chemistry of environmental processes and chemical contaminants in the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere; the impact of energy generation on the global environment; the toxicology of specific chemical compounds.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2730, CHM 3910 or permission of the instructor. CHM 3450 recommended.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4760 - Advanced Metabolism.


    (3-0-3) A continuation of CHM 3450 emphasizing mechanisms and control of enzyme action, energetic metabolic pathways, biosyntheses of nucleotides, carbohydrates, and lipids.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3450.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4765 - Biochemistry Laboratory.


    (0-6-2) Introduction to experimentation with biochemical systems, processes, and compounds including protein purification, enzyme kinetics, and recombinant DNA techniques.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2730 and 3450.

    Credits: 2
  
  • CHM 4770 - Molecular Spectroscopy.


    (1-6-3) Use of pulsed nmr, Fourier transform infrared, Raman, vibronic absorption, and time resolved laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy to determine molecular structure, force fields, and the dynamics of molecular motion and energy transfer processes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3915 and 3920 or 5300 or concurrent enrollment in CHM 5300.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4790 - Medicinal Chemistry.


    (3-0-3) Basic principles of pharmacology, drug-receptor interaction, physiochemical properties as related to biological activity; synthesis of medicinally important molecules including strategic considerations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2840 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4800 - Selected Topics in Chemistry.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 3) A course in a selected area of chemistry. May be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3910 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • CHM 4860 - Biochemistry III.


    (3-0-3) Topics may include protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms, transcription, DNA replication, regulation of DNA expression, and cellular signaling pathways.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 4760 or CHM 3450 with consent of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4900 - Inorganic Chemistry II.


    (3-0-3) A study of the structures and reactions of inorganic compounds with particular emphasis on chemical bonding and coordination theory.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2310, 3910 and 3920.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 4905 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory.


    (0-6-2) A laboratory course emphasizing modern techniques in inorganic research including those for synthesis and characterization of important classes of inorganic compounds, kinetics studies, and photochemistry. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHM 4900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 4900

    Credits: 2
  
  • CHM 5000 - Graduate Seminar I.


    (Arr.-Arr.-0) Open only to students in M.S. in Chemistry program.

    Credits: 0
  
  • CHM 5001 - Graduate Seminar II.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1) A thorough literature search of a recent development in chemistry and the presentation of a talk based on this search.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 5000 (three semesters).

    Credits: 1
  
  • CHM 5002 - Introduction to Graduate Chemical Research.


    (1-0-1) This course will provide instruction in the areas of laboratory safety, chemical literature, and ethics in science.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the graduate program in chemistry.

    Credits: 1
  
  • CHM 5040 - Chemical Analysis for Natural Science Teachers.


    (2-1-3) Designed for science teachers to provide practical experience in the design and implementation of laboratory experiments in chemical analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Two semesters of college chemistry or permission of instructor. May be used for credit toward the M.S. in Natural Sciences degree only.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5050 - Organic Chemistry for Natural Science Teachers.


    (2-1-3) Designed to provide teachers with an understanding of the basic concepts of organic chemistry, especially as they apply to pre-college teaching. Everyday applications will be included.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Two semesters of college chemistry or permission of the instructor. May be used for credit toward the M.S. in Natural Sciences degree only.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5070 - Advanced General Chemistry for Natural Science Teachers.


    (2-1-3) A non-calculus based course focussing on topics such as chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Two semesters of college chemistry or permission of the instructor. May be used for credit toward the M.S. in Natural Sciences degree only.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5080 - Special Topics in Chemistry for Natural Science Teachers.


    (Arr.-Arr.- 1 to 3) A course in a selected area of chemistry for science teachers. May be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. May be used for credit toward M.S. in Natural Sciences degree only.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • CHM 5100 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry.


    (3-0-3) A course covering advanced topics in chemical equilibrium and chemical instrumentation. Instrumental topics will include spectroscopic, chromatographic and electrochemical methods of analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3780 and CHM 3920 or equivalent.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5120 - Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry I.


    (3-0-3) Modern theories of chemical bonding, magnetic properties and organometallic chemistry of the transition metals.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3920.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5200 - Chemical Thermodynamics.


    (3-0-3) A study of the laws governing the passage of energy from one chemical system to another and the transformation of energy from one form to another.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3920.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5250 - Special Topics.


    (3-0-3) A course in a selected area of physical, analytical, inorganic or biochemistry. May be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3920 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5300 - Molecular Spectroscopy.


    (3-0-3) A study of the quantum principles, theory and applications of microwave, IR, UV, and NMR spectroscopy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 3920; CHM 4770 is desirable.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5350 - Organometallic Chemistry.


    (3-0-3) The chemistry of compounds containing metal-carbon bonds with emphasis on fundamental organometallic reactions of s and p-complexes, homogeneous catalysis, polymerization, and activation of small molecules.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2840, CHM 3910, CHM 4900 or their equivalents; or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5400 - Physical Organic Chemistry.


    (3-0-3) A course covering certain aspects of physical chemistry as related to organic molecules and their reactions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2840 and 3920.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5410 - Organic Mechanisms and Synthesis.


    (3-0-3) A study of the mechanisms of reactions and methods of synthesis in organic chemistry.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 2840.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5460 - Advanced Biochemistry.


    (3-0-3) Selected areas of biochemistry which may include mechanisms of biological processes, enzyme action, genetic and hormonal control, and metabolic cycles. Recent biochemical research will be emphasized through discussion of articles from primary journals.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CHM 4760 or 4860 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5890 - Graduate Research.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) As arranged.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    May be taken only after specific arrangements are made with the student’s research advisor and the department chair.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • CHM 5950 - Thesis.


    (Arr.-Arr.-3) As arranged. (Credit/No Credit)

    Credits: 3
  
  • CHM 5990 - Independent Study.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) Selected problems based upon the student’s background and interests.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Permission of instructor and department chair.

    Credits: 1 to 6

Communication Disorders and Sciences

  
  • CDS 4760 - Voice Production and Disorders.


    (3-0-3) Study of the normal voice function and the etiology and remediation of functional and organic voice disorders: pitch, intensity, quality, resonance, dysphonia, laryngectomy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the major or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 4800 - Communication Modalities.


    (3-1-3) Course will provide information on expressive, nonverbal communication systems (sign language, and alternative and augmentative communication). These areas represent communication modes relevant to the practice of speech-language pathology. The lab will provide performance based application activities.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CDS 2200, 3100, 3200, 3700 or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 4820 - Language and Literacy


    (2-0-2) Course will address the oral-to-written language connection and the role of the speech pathologist in facilitating development of literacy skills. Assessment and intervention techniques will be included.


    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the major, CDS 2200, 3200; or permission of the chair.


    Credits: 2
  
  • CDS 4850 - Independent Study.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) (May be repeated to maximum of six semester hours.) Independent directed study in speech, language, or hearing processes or disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status and admission to the CDS graduate program.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • CDS 4900 - Clinical Practice.


    (Arr.-Arr.- 1 to 2) (Credit/No Credit) Supervised work with persons with a communication disorder.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the major, CDS 2100, 2200, 3100, 3200, 3700, 3900; a major GPA of 2.75 and a cumulative GPA of 2.50; or permission of the department chairperson. With permission of the department chairperson, students may repeat this course for credit. This

    Credits: 1 to 2
  
  • CDS 4920 - Language and Literacy


    (2-0-2) Course will address the oral-to-written language connection and the role of the speech pathologist in facilitating development of literacy skills. Assessment and intervention techniques will be included.


    Prerequisites & Notes
    Admission to the major, CDS 2200, 3200, or permission of the chair.


    Credits: 2
  
  • CDS 5000 - Research Methods in Communication Disorders and Sciences.


    (3-0-3) Introduction to descriptive and experimental research design in the field of communication disorders and sciences. Students will use research methods knowledge to find and critically evaluate therapy efficacy and treatment outcome research literature. Students will design and implement a clinical research project.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5100 - Motor Speech Disorders.


    (3-0-3) Advanced study of the neuromotor system responsible for speech. Content will include etiology and therapy for dysarthria, childhood and adult apraxia, cerebral palsy and other neuromotor and neuromuscular disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CDS 4500 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5150 - Stuttering.


    (3-0-3) Prominent etiological theories along with the development of stuttering are surveyed. Diagnostic and preventative procedures, along with the integration of prominent theories in the treatment of stuttering, are studied and evaluated.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree seeking status or permission of the department chairperson.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5200 - Developmental Syndrome Disorders.


    (2-0-2) Developmental syndrome disorders will be defined and discussed in regard to genetic markers and resulting characteristics. Emphasis will be on speech-language-hearing impact. Disorder discussion will include diagnostic assessment, behavioral symptoms, and treatment programming alternatives presented through case examples and video segments.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 2
  
  • CDS 5250 - Advanced Study in Language Disorders.


    (3-0-3) Course will include critical evaluation of assessment and treatment options for language-based learning problems and childhood/ adolescent language disorders, as well as examination of research models and data to guide choice of treatment variables and approaches.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5300 - Acquired Language Disorders.


    (3-0-3) A comprehensive study of acquired language disorders including aphasia and right hemisphere dysfunction following damage or deterioration in the cortical and subcortical zone(s) of language. Emphasis on assessment and treatment of acquired conditions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5350 - Cognitive-Communication Disorders


    (2-0-2) A comprehensive study of acquired, cognitive-based language disorders including traumatic brain injury, related cognitive-communication sequelae, and dementia. Emphasis on assessment and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 2
  
  • CDS 5400 - Special Topics.


    (2-0-2) Intensive study of contemporary problems, issues, trends, and developments in the field of communication disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree-seeking status or permission of the department chairperson. May be repeated for a maximum of eight semester hours of credit.

    Credits: 2
  
  • CDS 5500 - Dysphagia Management in Children and Adults.


    (3-0-3) The study of mechanical/neurologic feeding and swallowing disorders in children and adults and discussion of assessment and direct/indirect treatment techniques for oropharyngeal swallowing impairment.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CDS 2500 or permission of the instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5600 - Professional Regulations and Issues in Speech-Language Pathology.


    (3-1-3) Discussion of certification, licensure, rules and regulations, best practice patterns, current trends, and ethical issues in the practice of speech-language pathology in educational and medical settings. Lab will include observation experiences, guest speakers, and discussion.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree seeking status or permission of the department chair.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5800 - Grand Rounds in Communication Disorders.


    (3-0-3) Case presentations for assessment, intervention, and discussion of general issues in specific communication disorder areas. Low incidence cases will be highlighted (e.g., cognitive, stuttering, acquired language, swallowing, as well as cases using augmentative techniques) to provide students with performance-based skill acquisition in a variety of communication disorder areas.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate status and completion of graduate disorders courses (CDS 5100, 5150, 5200, 5250, 5300, 5350, 5500) or permission of the chair.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CDS 5850 - Independent Study.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) Independent directed study in speech, language, or hearing processes or disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Permission of the instructor and the department chair. NOTE: A maximum of nine semester hours may be earned in combination of 5850 and 5890.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • CDS 5890 - Thesis.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 6) As arranged. (Credit/No Credit) NOTE: A maximum of nine semester hours may be earned in a combination of 5850 and 5890.

    Credits: 1 to 6
  
  • CDS 5900 - Advanced Clinical Practice.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1 to 3) Supervised work with a variety of speech-language-hearing disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree-seeking status or permission of the department chairperson. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester hours.

    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • CDS 5910 - Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1) Supervised diagnostic evaluations with a variety of speech-language-hearing disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree-seeking status or permission of the department chairperson. The course may be repeated for a maximum of 2 semester hours of credit.

    Credits: 1
  
  • CDS 5920 - Audiology Clinical Practice.


    (Arr.-Arr.-1) Supervised diagnostic evaluations and/or rehabilitation with a variety of auditory disorders.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Graduate degree-seeking status or permission of the department chairperson.

    Credits: 1
  
  • CDS 5970 - Educational Internship.


    (Arr.-Arr.- 12) (Credit/No Credit) Clinical experience in a school setting approved by the department. To be taken credit/no credit for a maximum of three semester hours applicable to the degree.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Acceptance by the educational internship site; completion of all CDS graduate course work except CDS 5890 and CDS 5980 and a grade of B or better in at least six semester hours of CDS 5900, 5910, 5920, or permission of the department chairperson.

    Credits: 12
  
  • CDS 5980 - Medical Internship.


    (Arr.-Arr.- 12) (Credit/No Credit) Internship experience in a medical setting approved by the department. To be taken credit/no credit for a maximum of three semester hours applicable to the degree.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Acceptance by the medical and internship site; completion of all CDS graduate course work except CDS 5970 and CDS 5890 and a grade of B or better in at least six semester hours of CDS 5900, 5910, 5920 or permission of the department chairperson.

    Credits: 12

Communication Studies

  
  • CMN 4750 - Advanced Theory of Mass Communication.


    (3-0-3) Survey of legal procedures of broadcast law, a survey of audience analysis, the structure of mass communication audiences, propaganda, communication networks, social and self-regulation of the media, and current research.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CMN 2520 or graduate standing.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4760 - Theories of Human Communication.


    (3-0-3) An examination of contemporary theories and models.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4765 - Communication in Families.


    (3-0-3) An examination of communicative structure, function, and process among family members. The family system as a whole and major sub-systems (parent-child, siblings, spouses) are explored. Emphasis is on the role of communication in the construction, maintenance, and change of family relationships throughout the family lifecycle.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4770 - Television Criticism.


    (3-0-3) Students use a rhetorical base to analyze and evaluate television’s critics and programs. Lectures, discussions, selected viewings, papers, and examinations.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Senior Standing.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4800 - Contemporary American Public Address.


    (3-0-3) Study of competing points of view on a series of critical issues of the Twentieth Century.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4820 - Political Communication.


    (3-0-3) This course examines the interactive role between public communications and politics. Students will study how communication is involved in the various aspects of campaigning for and fulfilling the duties of public office.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4850 - Topics in Computer Mediated Communication.


    (3-0-3) A detailed examination of specific theories and practices related to communication technology. Specific topics will vary according to student demand, availability, and interest of faculty. May be repeated with a change in course content.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    CMN 2030, 3750 and 3752 or permission of instructor.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4919 - Public Relations Techniques.


    (3-0-3) Effective techniques of a public relations program including basic concepts and principles of the public relations profession, the roles and functions, planning, managing, and executing campaigns. Cross-listed with JOU. 4919.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    JOU 3302.

    Credits: 3
  
  • CMN 4919 - Public Relations Techniques.


    (3-0-3) Effective techniques of a public relations program including basic concepts and principles of the public relations profession, the roles and functions, planning, managing, and executing campaigns.

    Credits: 3
 

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