Jun 16, 2024  
2010-2011 Graduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

History

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • HIST 5387 - History of the Holocaust

    (3 credits)
    A study of the background and origins of the Holocaust, including the legacy of anti-Semitism in Christian Europe and the emergence of racial anti-Semitism, the impact of World War I, Hitler’s ideology, and the racial ideas of the Nazi state. Emphasis will also be put on the decision for and implementation of the Final Solution, with emphasis on the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, as well as how the initially limited Nazi killings expanded into the Holocaust as we know it. Finally, the meaning and possible uniqueness of the Holocaust will be explored.


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  • HIST 5827 - America in the 1960s

    (3 credits)
    The domestic history of the United States during the 1960s, with emphasis on the era’s social and cultural forces: Civil Rights (Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Power Movement), Social Policy (John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society), the impact of Vietnam and 1968 on the home front (Antiwar Protests, the Counterculture, Student Rights), Modern Feminism, environmentalism, and the popular music and literature of the decade.


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  • HIST 5837 - Women Since 1945

    (3 credits)
    An examination of the social, political, economic, commercial, legal, sexual, and racial issues faced by American women since the end of World War II. Topics will include the domestic containment of the 1950s, Betty Friedan’s 1963 groundbreaking study, The Feminine Mystique, birth control, Roe V. Wade, the origins of the protest movements, women’s liberation, defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment, and the rise of radical and conservative.


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  • HIST 5989 - Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Students must clear arrangements for this course through the Cooperative Education Office prior to registration. Businesses, industries, and government agencies provide opportunities for planned and supervised work assignments. Students may alternate between periods (usually two semesters) of full-time study and employment with a cooperative education employer. Credit received carries full academic value, and students receive compensation as full-time employees.


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  • HIST 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).


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  • HIST 5999 - Cooperative Education

    (1-3 credits)
    Students must clear arrangements for this course through the Cooperative Education Office prior to registration. Businesses, industries, and government agencies provide opportunities for planned and supervised work assignments. Students may alternate between periods (usually two semesters) of full-time study and employment with a cooperative education employer. Credit received carries full academic value, and students receive compensation as full-time employees.


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Interdisciplinary Gerontology

  
  

Journalism

  
  
  

Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Sciences

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • PEXS 5460 - Inclusion in Physical Education, Sport and Leisure Activity

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: PEXS 4250 or permission of instructor. This course will provide instruction in the approaches, methods, and materials needed for the mainstreaming/inclusion of children, adolescents, and adults with and without disabilities in physical education, sport and leisure activity settings. Research, legislation, and litigation, related to the inclusion of persons with disabilities will be emphasized.


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  • PEXS 5520 - Instrumentation in Exercise and Sport Science

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to provide the student with an in-depth knowledge of the selection and operation of laboratory equipment used to measure performance, physiological and anthropometrical adaptations of the human body to exercise and sport training. Furthermore, students will analyze and report data collected from the various measurement techniques covered in this course. Identification and explanation of grant funding opportunities for procurement of equipment will be presented.


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  • PEXS 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). (as needed)


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  • PEXS 6270 - Sport Biomechanics

    (3 credits)
    This course develops a foundation in the theoretical and practical skills involved in biomechanics including basic mechanical principles and application to sport and other human movement activities; analyzing movement by qualitative and quantitative measurement of video sequences; identification of key faults; devising strategies for improving technique; application of mechanical principles to the different sexes; and analyzing force plate data using computer software and explaining the significance of the results obtained.


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  • PEXS 6520 - Instrumentation in Exercise and Sport Science

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to provide the student with an in-depth knowledge of the selection and operation of laboratory equipment used to measure performance, physiological and anthropometrical adaptations of the human body to exercise and sport training. Furthermore, students will analyze and report data collected from the various measurement techniques covered in this course. Identification and explanation of grant funding opportunities for procurement of equipment will be presented.


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  • PEXS 7000 - Research Design and Statistics for Sport Science

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: PEXS 5670  or equivalent. An in-depth study of the principles and methods of experimental design and data analysis as related to sport. The class includes discussions of experimental design dealing with hypothesis-generating research as well as true experimental designs. Comprehensive and detailed discussion of data analysis will include information related to validity, reliability, assessing variable relationships, and methods of determining statistical differences applicable to sport settings. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the importance of statistical analysis of athlete-monitoring programs and hypothesis-generating designs, including multiple single-subject designs and statistical process control analysis. (spring, even years)


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  • PEXS 7010 - Advanced Sport Nutrition and Ergogenic Aids

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: PEXS 5657  or equivalent. Advanced study of the nutritional needs for various types of athletes (based on sport, sex and age) and in-depth discussions of ergogenic aids: environmental, mechanical, psychological, nutritional, and pharmacological. Particular emphasis is placed on non-banned safe and potentially effective aids that can enhance recovery and restoration including nutrient timing, vitamins, minerals, massage, ice therapy, and vibration.


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  • PEXS 7400 - Internship in Sport Physiology and Performance

    (3-9 credits)
    Prerequisites: PEXS 6520  and PEXS 7000 . Hands on coaching experiences with established professionals crafted to fit the goals of the student. This course will provide the student with an opportunity to integrate and apply skills learned in research and in the classroom by working directly (coaching) with specific intercollegiate teams or working in specific laboratory settings involving athletes. Repeatable for up to 9 credits. (360 total contact hours) (spring, odd years; summer, even years)


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  • PEXS 7420 - Research in Sport Physiology II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: PEXS 7020 . This course builds on the laboratory rotation course (PEXS 7020) in which students actively participate in research of graduate faculty involving sport science projects. This course will advance the students’ skills and knowledge of specific sport science monitoring and research from data collection to publication with their chosen faculty advisor. Participants will attend and give research talks at weekly journal club meetings on topics from the current literature using the skills and knowledge acquired during the laboratory rotations. (fall, odd years)


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Language

  
  
  
  
  

Management

  
  
  
  
  • MGMT 5112 - Supply Chain Management

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. A comprehensive course dealing with an approach to analyzing and managing logistics networks that improve a company’s competitive position in the global marketplace. Issues dealing with resource flows throughout the supply chain will be discussed through lectures, case analysis, and simulations. Supply Chain Management is meant to provide the student with a sound, basic knowledge and understanding of the systems and techniques for planning and managing supply chains in the manufacturing and service sectors. Further, it will provide the student with an understanding of the need to make strategically sound decisions concerning these supply chains.


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