Mar 29, 2024  
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Computing

  
  
  • CSCI 5100 - Computer Architecture: Advanced Concepts

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 4717 or CSCI 5717  or consent of the instructor. A detailed view of recent advances in computer architecture. Topics include shortcomings of the classic Von Neumann model; language-directed architectures; object-oriented architectures; data-flow architectures; RISC architectures; parallel processing; basic classification schemes (Flynn’s taxonomy, etc); pipeline, vector, and array processing supercomputers; special-purpose architectures; associative memory and associative processors; microprogramming concepts; fault-tolerant computers; interrupts and I/O processing; computer systems performance measurement and evaluation. Laboratory use of the computer in designing, coding, debugging, and executing programs is an integral part of the course. (irregular)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5127 - Database Advanced Topics

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 2210 and 2230, or 2910. Does not apply toward credit for computer science M.S. degree. A study of the use and underlying principles of database management systems, and approaches for database design with an emphasis on the relational approach. Students will learn how to use good design techniques and implement methods for both small and large databases. Laboratory use of database software for designing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining database systems will be an integral part of this course. (most semesters)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5150 - Topics in Distributed Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI-4727 or CSCI 5727  or consent of the instructor. Also recommend: programming experience in C/C++, and a prior course in networking and data communications. Issues in the design and implementation of distributed systems. Topics include the importance of distributed systems; salient features of distributed systems architectures; characteristics of distributed computations; mechanisms for activating computations, message-passing, synchronization, and scheduling in distributed systems; distributed file systems; distributed shared memory; cooperation and consensus; fault tolerance; and replicated data management. (fall, alternate years)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5200 - Software Systems Engineering

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to the computer science master’s degree program. Permission of the instructor must be obtained for non-computer science graduate students. This course exposes students to the development of software systems at the very highest level. It introduces the system aspect of development and the related trade-offs required when software and hardware are developed together. An overview of software development life cycles is presented. The course exposes students to requirements analysis techniques to develop a system from those requirements. (fall)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5210 - Specification of Software Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI-1900 and CSCI 2210 or CSCI 2910, or consent of instructor. Specification occurs at many levels in software engineering. High-level specifications often attempt to capture user requirements, while detailed functional specifications often describe implementation decisions. This course covers several different models of and languages for specification of software systems. The role of documents and standards is also covered. (irregular)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • CSCI 5227 - Database Administration

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 2020 and CSCI 2210 or 2910 with a grade of C- or better. A continuation of the study of the use and underlying principles of database design. Students learn more of the internal working of database management systems, as well as exploring approaches other than relational. Laboratory use of database software for designing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining database systems is an integral part of this course. spring, even years


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5250 - Database Design

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: An undergraduate database management course, or consent of the instructor. Database design serves as a unifying mechanism for the seemingly diverse fields of data semantics, database management software, and physical design. Different methods for expressing designs at appropriate levels of abstraction are covered. Evaluation criteria for design assessment are introduced and design methods are evaluated according to these criteria. This course attempts to integrate theoretical and practical aspects of database design. (spring, alternate years)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  • CSCI 5417 - Introduction to System Administration

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 2150 and 2235. A survey of concerns related to management and design of local area networks. Topics include the practice of system administration; overview of network operating systems; best practices for system administration; fundamentals of Unix and Windows system administration; routing; network design; and remote network access. The course provides hands-on experience with setting up and administering Unix and Windows network operating systems. (most semesters)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • CSCI 5520 - Research Methods in Computer Science

    (1 credit)
    Prerequisites: Admission to the computer science master’s program. An introduction to academic research, as conducted in the computer sciences. Topics include forces shaping computing research, types of research, quality in research, avenues for disseminating research, resources for locating published research, and expectations for theses and project reports. Students will be required to complete an application for one of the capstone sequences: i.e., one of software development projects to be offered in the next term; or a proposal for a thesis topic set by the department’s faculty. (fall)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5527 - Computer Authoring

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor. A survey of methods in computer-based authoring systems. This course will cover the design, implementation, and evaluation of computer-based training modules using one or more authoring systems. Emphasis will be on the use of hypermedia and multimedia tools, analysis of instructional goals and their evaluation, and using the World Wide Web for delivery of instruction. Laboratory experiences and group projects will be integral parts of this course.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5550 - Directed Research 1

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 5520  and consent of advisory committee chair. In this course, the student, in consultation with the student’s advisory committee chair, will conduct research on the problem suitable as a topic for a master’s thesis. Successful completion of this course should prepare the student to begin writing a master’s thesis. The student is required to give an oral presentation of results obtained in this course to the graduate faculty. Course content and deliverables are defined by a written agreement signed by the student and the student’s advisory committee chair. This agreement will be kept on file by the department with the student’s graduate records. (every semester)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5610 - Formal Languages and Computational Complexity

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: MATH-2710, CSCI-2210 or consent of the instructor. Problem-solving is a fundamental aspect of computer science. This course teaches students how to reduce a computational problem to its simplest form and analyze the problem to determine its inherent computational complexity. Topics include formal languages and automata theory, Turing machines, computational complexity, and the theory of NP-completeness. (irregular)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5620 - Analysis of Algorithms

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Differential and integral calculus, discrete structures, data structures. This course covers basic techniques for analyzing algorithmic complexity. It describes the design and analysis of selected algorithms for solving important problems that arise often in applications of computer science, including sorting, selection, graph theory problems (e.g., shortest path, graph traversals), string matching, dynamic programming problems, NP-complete problems. (fall, alternate years)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5717 - Computer Architecture

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI-2210, CSCI-2160, or consent of the instructor. Does not apply toward credit for computer science M. S. degree. Computer systems are viewed as consisting of a series of layers or levels, one on top of the other. Topics of computer architecture are presented, including microprogramming, stack computers, parallel computers, pipeline processing, multiprocessors, virtual storage, cache storage, addressing schemes, I/O and interrupt structure. (spring)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • CSCI 5727 - Operating Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 2210, CSCI 2160, and CSCI 2200. Does not apply toward credit for computer science M. S. degree. The study of computer operating systems, the primary resource managers of computer hardware. The main features provided by operating systems, including process management, storage management, processor management, and auxiliary storage management are studied in detail. Related topics of networking and security are introduced. Case studies of representative commercial operating systems highlight the main features common to all operating systems. Laboratory use of the computer is an integral part of the course. (spring)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  • CSCI 5857 - User Interface Programming

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 2210 and 2910, or permission of instructor. This course addresses concepts and programming techniques used to create applications with modern user interfaces. It focuses on current technology as it applies to a modern operating system and software development tools. The course emphasizes the user interface rather than underlying applications. Experience in human computer interaction is necessary for graduate students. (irregular)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • CSCI 5910 - Software Development Project I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 5520  and instructor’s permission. Students who are conditionally admitted to the graduate program must remove all conditions before enrolling in this course. The software capstone course sequence (CSCI-5910, CSCI 5920 , CSCI 5930 ) provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to apply the knowledge and skills gained in other courses to synthesize a solution to a significant, realistic and ultimately practical problem. Students are expected to complete all three courses consecutively (spring, fall, spring). The planning phase of the project will be conducted in this course. A planning document describing the various subtasks that will be carried out, their deadlines, configuration management, testing and evaluation procedures will be produced. (spring)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • CSCI 5930 - Software Development Project III

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: CSCI 5920  and instructor’s permission. This phase of the project and teaches students to be critical of their own work and to be realistic about their plans. This course’s main purpose is to determine to what degree the original plans were realized and to discover the shortcomings of the production process and the end product. It also includes an analysis of possible improvements and some attempts to revise the product accordingly. The end result of this work is a document of the character of a master’s thesis that describes an analysis of various project aspects rather than just system design. Each student shall take a final oral examination, in the spirit of a master’s thesis defense, in which the student will be expected to articulate to a faculty jury what they have learned as part of the design studio project process. (spring)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • CSCI 5989 - Internship/Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Planned and supervised work experiences in business, industry, and governmental agencies. Students spend the semester working with a cooperating employer on specific assignments. Students must clear arrangements through ETSU’s Office of Career and Internship Services prior to registering for this course. Students may receive compensation for this course as employees. This course does not count for credit toward a student’s degree. (every semester)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5990 - Readings and Research

    (1-3 credits)
    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s advisory committee in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • CSCI 5999 - Internship/Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Planned and supervised work experiences in business, industry, and governmental agencies. Students spend the semester working with a cooperating employer on specific assignments. Students must clear arrangements through ETSU’s Office of Career and Internship Services prior to registering for this course. Students may receive compensation for this course as employees. This course does not count for credit toward a student’s degree. (every semester)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes



Counseling

  
  
  
  
  
  
  • COUN 5207 - Girls’ and Women’s Wellness for Helping Professionals

    (3 credit hours)
    Explores biological, psychological, and social issues that disproportionately impact girls’ and women’s wellness; effective prevention/ interventions that are tailored to the unique needs of girls and women; and advocacy processes needed to address the institutional and social barriers that may impact girls’ and women’s access, equity, and success. This course is available to human services professionals, health care workers, counselors, social workers, teachers, gender studies majors, and other undergraduate and graduate programs.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • COUN 5255 - Clinical Issues in Mental Health Counseling

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: COUN 5420 COUN 5550   COUN 5555  This course explores issues and practices that affect clinical mental health counselors and clients in community settings. A special focus is placed on working with common clinical disorders that are addressed in clinical mental health settings. Emphasis on various treatment approaches for clients experiencing these issues grounded in up-to-date research as well as knowledge and skills of program evaluation focused on assessing and improving service delivery will be featured in this course.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  
  
  • COUN 5430 - Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Counseling

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to acquaint students with legal, professional, and ethical issues that affect the practice of counseling and therapy. These issues include (1) the influence of personal characteristics and values on the counseling process; (2) confidentiality, privileged communication and the rights of clients, (3) malpractice, and (4) counselor training, competence and licensure. (fall, summer)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • COUN 5440 - Treating Trauma and Abuse in the Family

    (3 credits)
    This course examines current research and theory regarding sexual and physical abuse of children and intimate partner violence, including causes, dynamics, and consequences. Emphasis is given to treatment approaches that are caring and socially responsible in working with individuals, couples and families from diverse populations involved in abusive situations. Critical and reflective practices regarding case conceptualization will be required.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • COUN 5555 - Counseling Process and Skills: Individual, Couples, and Families

    (3 credits)
    This course examines the philosophic bases of counseling and the therapeutic relationship focusing on the foundational aspects necessary for working with individual, couples, groups, and families within a counseling process from initial meeting to termination. Attention is given to counselor presence, professionalism and awareness, the understanding and use of self in counseling, client relationships and working within the change process.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • COUN 5722 - Student Development and the College Environment

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to familiarize students with major theories of student development and apply key theoretical concepts that address students’ cognitive, intellectual, identity, personality, ethical, moral, career and social development during the college years. Issues that reflect the diversity, complexity, and change in higher education today are also examined. Emphasis is placed on examining student needs, satisfaction and cultures; the impact of campus environments on student development; and the analysis of programs/services outcomes. (fall only, every two years)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • COUN 5723 - Evaluation and Administration of College Counseling and Student Affairs

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to familiarize students with major theories of student affairs assessment, evaluation, and administration in the higher education setting. Issues that reflect the diversity, complexity, and change in higher education today are examined. A focus on crisis preparedness is included. Students are provided with the opportunity to design and implement needs and outcomes assessments that reflect specific theoretical perspectives. Higher education leadership models and the opportunity to implement ideas for leadership in a higher education setting are included.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • COUN 5825 - Developmental Psychopathology for Counselors

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. This course addresses the dangers of psychological labeling and pathologizing clients while also teaching professional processes for diagnosis, using the DSM-IV-TR (2000), case conceptualization, and therapeutic treatment planning. Common diagnoses applied to children, adolescents, and adults are considered from both individual and systemic perspectives. (summer)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • COUN 5830 - Individual Mental Testing (Also Psychology 5830)

    (4 credits)
    This course will instruct students in the administration and interpretation of the WAIS-III, WISC-III, and McCarthy Scales, and familiarize students with other individual mental tests, including the Kaufman ABC and the Stanford-Binet IV. Attention is also given to procedures for writing psychological evaluations and reporting test results to examinees. Issues related to assessment, such as the nature of intelligence and the heritability of intelligence, are examined. Students are required to administer and interpret various individual mental tests.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  
  • COUN 5990 - Readings and Research

    (1-3 credits)
    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s advisory committee in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  • COUN 6585 - Trauma and Recovery

    (3 credits)
    This course will address various counseling approaches to working with clients who have been exposed to traumatic events. The traumatic events may include, but not be limited to, events such as automobile accidents, surgeries, bullying behavior, natural disasters, violent crimes, terrorism, or domestic violence. Students will learn how to assess and intervene for trauma at an individual, group, and community level. (cohort only)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  • COUN 6593 - Advanced Internship and Supervision

    (3-6 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to the Ed. S. in School Counseling Program and COUN 5880  or equivalent. This advanced internship and supervision course is designed to provide a student with the opportunity to have a closely directed experience in supervising interns in the master’s program in Counseling. The class is a seminar that addresses the theory and practice of supervision as well as providing a vehicle for working with clients and presenting supervisory experiences for discussion. (cohort only)


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  • HDAL 5137 - Youth Violence – Intervention to Prevention

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to inform and train individuals in a variety of fields that deal with children and youth. The course is a combination of defining the concept of violence in society, evaluating current research in the field, and looking at practical strategies for developing protective factors for youth. Students will view various media representations of violence patterns and solutions, review current literature, and listen to some brief lecture material. The majority of time will be spent on student interaction with each other and the instructor.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  • HDAL 5467 - Leadership Studies

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of 60 credit hours. The study of leadership from a historical and contemporary perspective. Students identify, apply, and reflect on aspects of leadership development, including concepts of personal change toward effective leadership in a changing environment. Topics cover personal assessment and development, values and ethics, power and influence, followership, group dynamics, controversy with civility, and citizenship. Students observe a decisionmaking group outside of class over the course of the semester.


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes


  
  
  
  
  • HDAL 5990 - Readings and Research

    (1-3 credits)
    Students who are not enrolled in other coursework but require the use of university facilities and/or faculty guidance for studies, research, or preparation of a prospectus MUST enroll for Readings and Research. Variable credits (1-3) of Readings and Research may also be used, as approved by student’s advisory committee in conjunction with other coursework, to document such activities as development of research and scholarly skills that would not be appropriately covered by other types of independent study. Readings and Research credits do not count toward degree requirements. Grading of Readings and Research will be either satisfactory completion (S), satisfactory progress (SP), or unsatisfactory (U).


    View the Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

    View the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes



Criminal Justice and Criminology

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11Forward 10 -> 20