Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
AEDECON 6400
Regional and International Development
This course is a master-level course that introduces students to key topics of regional and international development. The course starts with the examination of the profound disparity of development among countries and regions introducing. Then, we delve into the historical, political, cultural, and geographical drivers of the widespread growth inequality. The latter College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics segment of the course focuses on critical challenges impeding economic growth and evaluates the policies aimed at tackling these obstacles.
Prereq: 6010, or 4001(500), or ECON 4001; or by permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 833.
AFAMAST 7087
Black Women in the United States
A study of historical and related scholarship on the history and experience of black women in the United States. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in History.
AFAMAST 7303
Comparative History of the African Diaspora and Post-Emancipation, Colonial & Post-Colonial Reality
Examination of social, political, and cultural developments and realities in the Black world, from the period of the emancipation to the beginning of the 21st century.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. Cross-listed in History.
ANTHROP 5505
Wicked Science
This course aims to train students to become wicked scientists who are able to tackle the grand challenges of today and tomorrow - what are otherwise known as wicked problems.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for EEOB 5505 or FABEng 5505. Cross-listed in EEOB and FABEng.
ANTHROP 5510
Interdisciplinary Team Science
This course aims to teach students the necessary skills to lead or participate in scientific or interdisciplinary teams.
Prereq: Sr standing, and permission of instructor; or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for EEOB 5510, ENR 5510, or VetPrev 5510. Cross-listed in EEOB, ENR, and VetPrev.
ANTHROP 7001
Society and Environment
This course provides an overview of major theoretical paradigms that have shaped anthropological research on humans and their environment. The goal is to train students to think theoretically as anthropologists by critically examining primary and secondary sources for a selection of theoretical paradigms on social-ecological systems.
ANTHROP 7002
Anthropological Approaches to Health
An overview of major theories, paradigms and approaches that have shaped anthropological research on the physical biological, social and cultural factors that shape human health in the past and present.
ANTHROP 7004
Social-Ecological Systems
This course provides an overview of frameworks, theories and methods used in the interdisciplinary study of social-ecological systems, including complex adaptive systems, resilience, institutional analysis, cultural evolution, ecosystem services, and coupled human and natural systems. Students will also learn how to effectively collaborate in interdisciplinary studies of social-ecological systems.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 7004. Cross-listed in Anthrop.
ANTHROP 8892.12
Seminars in Physical Anthropology: Quantitative Methods II: Advanced
Quantitative Methods II: Advanced.
Repeatable to a maximum of 27 cr hrs or 14 completions.
CRPLAN 5001
Introduction to GIS for Planning
Introduction to the basic principles of geographic information systems and their use in spatial analysis
and information management.
Prereq: Sr or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 607. Cross-listed in CivilEn 5001.
CRPLAN 6350
The Socially Just City
Poverty reduction, access to public services and improving quality of life are goals to achieving the
socially just city.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3500
CSE 5523
Machine Learning and Statistical Pattern Recognition
Introduction to basic concepts of machine learning and statistical pattern recognition; techniques for classification, clustering and data representation and their theoretical analysis.
Prereq: 3521, 5521, or 5243; and 5522, Stat 3460, or 3470; and Math 2568, 2174, 4568, or 5520H; or Grad standing.
CSE 5544
Introduction to Data Visualization
Principles and methods for visualizing data from measurements and calculations in physical and life sciences, and transactional and social disciplines; information visualization; scientific visualization.
Prereq: 5361, Stat 3301, 3541, or 5541. Not open to students with credit for 694L.
CSE 6520
Foundations of Applied AI for Non-Majors
Introduction to computer programming, to problem solving techniques using computer programs, and to the mathematical foundations of Artificial Intelligence. Specifically geared towards graduate students from non-Computer Science backgrounds with examples drawn from Artificial Intelligence.
ECON 4553
Economics of Population
Using economic principles to analyze population growth, fertility, mortality, mating, dating, marriage, teen pregnancy, divorce, and migration.
Prereq: 2001.01, 2001.02 (200), or 2001.03H (200H), or 2002.01, 2002.02 (201), or 2002.03H (201H). Not open to students with credit for 553.
ECON 5850
Labor Economics
Advanced study of the labor market including labor demand and supply, wage determination, and unemployment.
Prereq: 4400 (444), 5410 (641), or Stat 2450 (245); and 4001.01 (501.01), 4001.02 (501.02), or 4001.03, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 685.
ECON 6731
Survey of Econometric Methods I
Survey of methods as applied in econometric analysis, with applications to programming in R. Topics include data management and visualization, linear regression, causal inference, fixed/random effects, nonparametric analysis, and nonlinear models.
Prereq: 4400 or 5410 or Stat 2450, and Math 2568 or equiv.; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 8731, 8732, or 8733.
ECON 6732
Survey of Econometric Methods II
Survey of econometric methods in time series and panel data with an emphasis on empirical examples in micro and macro economics; topics include GMM, time series models, VAR, cointegration, fixed and random effects and duration models.
Prereq: 6731 (702), or equiv with permission of instructor and economics director of grad studies. Not open to students with credit for 8731 (740), or 8732 (741), or 8733 (742), or 703.
ECON 8731
Econometrics I
Probability; random variables; sampling distributions; limit theorems; point and interval estimation; statistical hypothesis testing; multiple regression analysis in the linear model including finite-sample and asymptotic statistical properties.
Prereq: 6700, 6701, or Stat 5201; or equiv with permission of economics director of grad studies.
ECON 8732
Econometrics II
Generalized least squares; specification tests; generalized method of moments; endogenous regressors and simultaneous equation systems; panel data; nonlinear estimation; discrete and limited dependent variable models; and basic time-series analysis.
Prereq: 8731, or equiv with permission of Economics Director of Graduate Studies.
ECON 8733
Econometrics III
Continuation of Economics 8731 and 8732 with an emphasis on applications of econometric theory and methods, including the use of advanced econometric software to various fields of economics.
Prereq: Econ 8731 and 8732, or equiv with permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 640, 740, 741, and 742.
ECON 8851
Labor Economics I
Theoretical and empirical methods used to understand life-cycles and interpersonal variations in earnings. Topics include: human capital, job-market signaling, matching, schooling, and mobility.
Prereq: 8712 (804, 805), and 8731 (741), or equiv with permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 883.
ECON 8852
Labor Economics II
Theories and empirical analysis of the demand for labor and changes in the wage structure over time; the determinants of youth outcomes and behaviors including the effect of family and peer groups.
Prereq: 8712 (804, 805) , and 8731 (741), or equiv with permission of instructor; 8851 (883) recommended. Not open to students with credit for 884.
ECON 8853
Labor Economics III
An examination of models and methods used to study household labor supply behavior. Topics include: retirement, the determinants of child outcomes, and demographic behavior. 8852 (884) is recommended.
Prereq: 8851 (883). Not open to students with credit for 981.
EEOB 5505
Wicked Science
This course aims to train students to become wicked scientists who are able to tackle the grand challenges of today and tomorrow - what are otherwise known as wicked problems.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 5505 of FABEng 5505. Cross-listed in Anthrop and FABEng.
EEOB 5510
Interdisciplinary Team Science
This course aims to teach students the necessary skills to lead or participate in scientific or interdisciplinary teams.
Prereq: Sr standing, and permission of instructor; or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 5510, VetPrev 5510, or ENR 5510. Cross-listed in Anthrop, VetPrev, and ENR.
ENR 5510
Interdisciplinary Team Science
The goal of this course is to teach students the skills to effectively collaborate in interdisciplinary teams. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 5510, EEOB 5510, or VetPrev 5510. Cross-listed in Anthrop, EEOB, and VetPrev.
ENR 7004
Social-Ecological Systems
This course provides an overview of frameworks, theories and methods used in the interdisciplinary study of social-ecological systems, including complex adaptive systems, resilience, institutional analysis, cultural evolution, ecosystem services, and coupled human and natural systems. Students will also learn how to effectively collaborate in interdisciplinary studies of social-ecological systems. Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for Anthrop 7004. Cross-listed in Anthrop.
ENR 7380
Climate and Society
Examines links between climatic changes and human societies and examines social influences on our current state of knowledge, impacts, and potential responses. Au Sem.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 738.
ESPHE 7240
Life History & Interviewing Methods
Explores Life History interview methods in education; provides students opportunity to conduct life history interviews. Cross-listed in ESQual.
ESQREM 8725
Quantitative Methods Capstone Seminar
This seminar is the capstone experience of the GIS in Quantitative Research Methods. Much of the work will be student-identified and student-led. The course will consist of work in: identification of new or emerging topics or software in quantitative methods; readings and discussion on advanced topics; student-led demonstrations or presentations; and GISQRM paper updates and progress reports.
Students entering this course must have completed or nearly completed their GISQRM coursework.
Cross-listed in HDFS and VetPrev.
ESQREM 8895
Seminars: Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement
Seminar in topics of special interest.
ESQUAL 7240
Life History & Interviewing Methods
Explores Life History and other interview methods in education; provides students opportunity to conduct life history interviews.
Cross-listed in ESPHE.
ESQUAL 8290
Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis
Qualitative research practicum. Students learn to use qualitative methods (including interviewing, observation, participant observation, and document-based research), analysis, and writing by designing and conducting a small-scale study.
Prereq: 8280 or EduPL 8280.
ESQUAL 8895
Seminars: Qualitative Research in Education
Seminar in topics of special interest. Students with permission of advisers may register for more than one section of 8895, or for the same section two or more times.
Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs.
GEOG 5103
Intermediate Spatial Data Analysis
An intermediate class in spatial data analysis for geography. This course focuses on multivariate model building and evaluation, with a special emphasis on multiple regression models commonly used by geographers: spatial regression, conditional autoregressive, and geographically weighted regression.
Prereq: 4103 or introductory statistics course from Geography or other department. Not open to students with credit for 5100.
GEOG 5210
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
Basic principles of geographic and land information systems and their use in spatial analysis and information management.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 5220, CRPlan 5001, or CivilEn 5001.
GEOG 7102
Fieldwork in Human Geography
Methods for generating and interpreting field data; contested history and ethical challenges of fieldwork in human geography.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 800.01 or 870.01.
GEOG 8102
Advanced Spatial Data Analysis
Application of quantitative methods to geographic problems; spatial statistics, area sampling, maps of residuals, regionalization methods, and simulation maps.
Prereq: 5100. Not open to students with credit for 883.02.
GEOG 8104
Special Topics in Quantitative Geography
Applications of advanced mathematical and statistical models to problems in geographical analysis.
Prereq: 8102 or 883.01 or 883.02. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs
GEOG 8200
Frontiers in Geographic Information Science
Readings and research in geographic information science.
Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
GEOG 8400
Issues in Critical Human Geography
Course engages a variety of theoretical and epistemological issues in critical human geography and contributions that geographers have made to our understandings of health. Specific topics vary. We will critically evaluate the field and our current approaches to health. We will ask ourselves: What might health geography exclude even as it seeks to be comprehensive and inclusive? Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HDFS 7350
Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on adolescent development and emerging adulthood are covered. Focus will be on the reasons for this emerging life stage, recent research, contextual factors, and historical context/cohort differences.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
HDFS 8404
Adolescence: Risk in Context
Examines the ways that social relationships and contexts (family, peers, community, etc) shape development, specifically risk and problem behavior during the adolescent period. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 840.04.
HDFS 8725
Quantitative Methods Capstone Course
This seminar is the capstone experience of the GIS in Quantitative Research Methods. Much of the work will be student-identified and student-led. The course will consist of work in: identification of new or emerging topics or software in quantitative methods: readings and discussion on advanced topics: student-led demonstrations or presentations; and GISQRM paper updates and progress reports. Students entering this course must have completed or nearly completed their GISQRM coursework. See the GISQRM website for details.
Cross-listed in ESQREM and VetPrev.
HDFS 8820
Theoretical Perspectives on the Family
Provides an overview of theoretical perspectives used to study families and family change topics in HDFS from the perspective of psychology, sociology, economics, demography, anthropology, and others.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
HDFS 8862
Seminar in Human Development and Family Science
Seminar in Human Development and Family Science, topics to be announced.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7014
Studies in American Urban History
Graduate Reading Seminar in American Urban History. Chronology and Themes will vary.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7087
Black Women in the United States
A study of historical and related scholarship on the history and experience of black women in the United States.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 7303
Comparative History of the African Diaspora and Post-Emancipation, Colonial, & Post-Colonial Reality
Examination of social, political, and cultural developments and realities in the Black world, from the period of the emancipation to the beginning of the 21st century.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HTHRHSC 7574
Mixed Methods Approaches for Policy-Related Research
Research has powerful potential to inform public policy at the local, state, and federal level, but it is important that researchers design their projects with this end in sight. Policy researchers have access to a variety of methodological tools and can integrate qualitative and quantitative data in pragmatic ways to answer important research questions.
The primary purpose of this course is thus to provide students the conceptual and methodological foundation necessary to Identify when a mixed methods inquiry is appropriate for your research endeavor, and design a strong mixed methods study in which ‘quantitative’ and ‘qualitative’ data are integrated intentionally toward broader insights with implications for public policy.
Crosslisted with PUBAFRS.
LING 5801
Computational Linguistics I
Symbolic and probabilistic computation applied to the structure of words and sentences, models of syntax, parsing algorithms.
Prereq: 2001, 3802, 3802H, 4200, 4400, or 5050, or any 5000-level Ling course, or any CSE course, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
POLITSC 7140
Race and Ethnicity
An examination of the role of race and ethnicity in American politics, including public opinion, political incorporation, electoral behavior, and minority representation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 707.01 or 707.02.
POLITSC 7175
Intersectionality and Identity Politics in the United States
This course is designed to examine the continued significance of race and ethnicity in American society with a focus on racial attitudes, identity, public opinion, and inter-group dynamics.
POLITSC 7281
Political Economy of Income Inequality, Volatility, and Mobility
Examines patterns, political and institutional foundations, and consequences of incomes equality, volatility, and mobility, plus dynamic aspects of income distributions.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 781
POLITSC 7410
Radical Cosmopolitanism
The notion of cosmopolitanism has enjoyed renewed interest among political and critical theorists. This course engages critically with Immanuel Kant's classic account and examines its roots and anthropological commitments seriously and puts it in dialogue with colonial and post-colonial intellectuals, including W. E. B. Du Bois who thought systematically about justice beyond the nation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 7499 (Au 2015).
POLITSC 7555
Causal Mechanisms
A survey of causal mechanisms in political science, including models of processes, equilibration, optimization, learning, integration, aggregation, evolution, complexity, and universal, contextual, and synthetic models.
POLITSC 7702
Survey and Questionnaire Design
Theories of the survey research response process and their implications for question wording and question order effects.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 761
POLITSC 7910
Identity Politics
Explores origins, reproduction, and effects of social identity from perspectives of self, group, society, and state. Includes examination of nation, ethnicity, gender, and race in identity politics.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 737.
PSYCH 6870
Basic Principles of Social Psychology
An overview of theory and research in experimental social psychology, emphasizing the basic motivational and information processing principles underlying the discipline.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 870.
PSYCH 7708
Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
Introductory graduate course in the psychology of judgment and decision making, including applications to health, law, economics, environmental issues, and social, cognitive, and clinical psychology.
Prereq or concur: Grad level course in statistical methods. Not open to students with credit for 708.
PSYCH 7816
Action and Decision Making
Considers theories of decision making in static and dynamic environments, and theories of action control in dynamic systems (e.g., those involved in driving, sports and music performance). Includes experience with simple dynamic simulations.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for both 815 and 816.
PSYCH 7871
Social Cognition
Introduces research in social cognition: the study of the cognitive underpinnings of social behavior and the ways individuals think about our social world.
Prereq: 6870 (870), or Grad standing in Psych, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 871.01.
PSYCH 7872
Social Motivation
Survey of Social Psychology.
Prereq: 6870 (870), or Grad standing in Psych, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 871.02.
PSYCH 7873
Attitudes and Persuasion
Coverage of key psychological theories and research on attitudes and persuasion - how opinions, beliefs, and evaluations are formed and modified, and how they influence thinking and behavior.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 630.
PUBAFRS 6000
Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
Regardless of where one sits in the policy system, there are opportunities to create change— intentionally and unintentionally. This course aims to familiarize students with the public policy process, equipping students with analytical frameworks and practical tools to improve their engagement with the process through their work as elected public officials, public agency managers, nonprofit executives, policy analysts, street-level service providers, and/or participatory citizens.
PUBAFRS 6030
Public Sector Economics
This intermediate-level class focuses on microeconomic topics that are relevant to public policy analysis. Microeconomics is the study of how individuals and firms make decisions and how these decisions lead to markets. We will examine how markets allocate scarce resources and how government policy affects efficiency and equity. We will study some basic ways in which aggregate measures of the economy and economic policy are related.
PUBAFRS 7574
Mixed Methods Approaches for Policy-Related Research
Research has powerful potential to inform public policy at the local, state, and federal level, but it is important that researchers design their projects with this end in sight. Policy researchers have access to a variety of methodological tools and can integrate qualitative and quantitative data in pragmatic ways to answer important research questions.
The primary purpose of this course is thus to provide students the conceptual and methodological foundation necessary to Identify when a mixed methods inquiry is appropriate for your research endeavor, and design a strong mixed methods study in which ‘quantitative’ and ‘qualitative’ data are integrated intentionally toward broader insights with implications for public policy.
Crosslisted with HTHRHSC.
PUBAFRS 8030
Seminar in Public Policy
Provides an overview of the scholarly study of public policy. Surveys interdisciplinary research on the diagnosis and analysis of public problems as well as the process of making and implementing public policy.
Prereq: John Glenn College Doctoral students or permission of instructor.
PUBAFRS 8050
Seminar in Public Sector Economics
An overview of the public economics subfield. Applies the policy-analytic tools of micro-economics to examine the desirability and possible impacts of government intervention in markets. It also focuses on the use of modern applied econometric techniques to estimate policy impacts.
Prereq: 6030, or Econ 4001, or permission of instructor.
PUBHBIO 7225
Survey Sampling Methods
This course concentrates on the statistical aspects of conducting and analyzing sample surveys with brief discussion on questionnaire design and sampling frame construction. The course will cover materials on various sampling designs including simple random, stratified, systematic and cluster sampling design, ratio and regression estimates, non-sampling errors, models, and complex surveys. Application to real data from public health and social research will be used to illustrate the material.
Prereq: STAT 5301 (529) or PubHBio 6211 (703), or equiv. Not open to students with credit for STAT 6510 (651). Cross-listed in STAT 6510.
PUBHEHS 6325
Climate Change and Human Health
Global climate change may have considerable direct and indirect impacts on human health. This course will be based on scientific facts, focusing on both natural phenomena and anthropogenic activities, with emphasis on associations between disease initiation and progression in humans.
Prereq: Grad or professional student standing, or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 6330
Environmental Epigenetics
The course will provide a solid foundation in epigenetics and introduce the underlying mechanisms of epigenetic control of gene expression, major laboratory methods, and research applications in molecular biology, epidemiology, and the environmental sciences.
Prereq: Credit for college level Biology (or related discipline) course, or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 6390
Major Human Diseases in Global Public Health
Public health is focused on preventing illnesses and injuries or intervening to decrease the impact to populations of people. Emphasize on basic physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical evaluation of major human diseases that have significant global public health impact epidemiologically, politically, and economically with a focus on disease causes and prevention.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 7390.
PUBHEPI 6410
Principles of Epidemiology
Introduction to the nature and scope of epidemiology; survey of basic epidemiological methods and their application to selected acute and chronic health problems. For non-majors.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 6430.
PUBHEPI 6411
Biological Basis of Public Health
Molecular and epidemiologic evidence of biological mechanisms in major diseases of concern for public health.
Prereq: Grad standing in Public Health, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 704.
PUBHEPI 6440
Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
Epidemiology of reproductive and perinatal health and methodologic challenges unique to this area.
Prereq: 6410, or PubHlth 6001, or permission of instructor.
PUBHEPI 6441
Epidemiology of Women's Health
Overview of issues related to women's health from epidemiological and behavioral perspectives.
Prereq: 6410, 6430, or PubHlth 6001, or permission of instructor.
PUBHEPI 6442
Social Epidemiology
Social and structural contributors to the distribution of health and disease in populations with emphasis on measurement and methodological challenges.
Prereq: 4410, 6410, 6430, or PubHlth 6001; and Grad standing; or permission of instructor.
PUBHHMP 7686
Qualitative Methods for Health Research
This course introduces students to the methods and uses of qualitative research applicable both to public health and to the full range of health sciences.
Prereq: 7605; or permission of instructor.
PUBHLTH 6000
Introduction to Global Health
This survey course is designed to enable students to deepen their knowledge and interest in the field of global health. The course provides an overview of current and emerging global health issues and their determinants; highlights links between global health and socioeconomic development; raises awareness of health issues that transcend national borders and culture and that require multi-national and multisectoral action; describes interventions and programs being implemented by major governmental and non-governmental organizations to address key problems across the world; discusses different guiding philosophies behind specific health interventions; and identifies factors that may influence the success or failure of an intervention. The course does not specifically address global health career paths.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing is required.
PUBHLTH 7000
Public Health in Developing Countries
This course is open to all graduate and professional students, serves as a required course for public health students enrolled in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Global Health (GISGH), and an elective course for non-public health students in the GISGH. The course is designed to apply core public health principles to global health problems, some using a case-study approach. For each topic, we will conduct an in-depth examination of public health issues and challenges in a region of the developing and emerging world with research papers from high impact, peer reviewed journals to be discussed.
RURLSOC 5540
Population, Place and Environment
Focuses on demographic issues in rural settings and related environmental issues, with an emphasis on population change and migration in the context of conflicts, disaster, and resource based development.
Prereq: 6-9 cr hrs taken in RurlSoc, Sociol, or related social science, or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 744.
RURLSOC 6500
Rural Poverty
Evaluation of the factors which create and maintain poverty and inequality, with focus on the rural U.S., developing nations, and the comparative analysis of spatial inequalities.
* Sp Sem (odd years). Prereq: 15 cr hrs in RurlSoc or related social sciences, or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 666.
RURLSOC 7560
Environmental Sociology
Sociological approaches to the study of environmental policy. Analysis of major issues relating to the use and abuse of natural resources and pollution.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 766.
RURLSOC 7600
Concepts and Theories in Rural Sociology
Examines the sociological significance of "rurality" and the conceptual perspectives applied to major substantive areas in rural sociology, such as community, environment, and agriculture.
* Au Sem (odd years). Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 742.
SOCIOL 5650
Presenting and Communicating Quantitative Data
Course will broaden knowledge of social science data sources, sharpen analytic skills, utilize software to graphically present research findings, and develop skills in writing about quantitative research for professional and lay audiences.
Prereq: 3487 and 3549, and Jr standing; or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 7735
Sociology of Gender
An examination of current theory and research on the sociology of gender through extensive readings.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 735.
SOCIOL 7753
Introduction to Demographic Analysis
An exposition of census data and vital statistics, demographic rates, life tables, cohort analysis, and similar elementary techniques and data sources in demography.
Prereq: Graduate standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit.
SOCIOL 7754
Introduction to Demography
An exposition of census data and vital statistics, demographic rates, life tables, cohort analysis, and similar elementary techniques and data sources in demography.
Prereq: One course in Stat. Not open to students with credit for 754.
SOCIOL 7755
Fertility
A critical and methodological analysis of fertility, with special emphasis on the social context of reproductive behavior in American society.
SOCIOL 7756
Sociology of Immigration
Theories and models of population mobility; determinants and consequences of migration and immigration processes; policy implications of cross-national and rural-urban migration.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 756.
SOCIOL 7758
Health Disparities in the United States
Social and demographic forces that affect well being, health, and survival.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit.
SOCIOL 7760
Sociology of Conflict and Violence
Comparative analysis of the sources and impact of conflict and violence.
Prereq: 10 cr hrs in Sociol, or Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 760.
SOCIOL 7761
Social Stratification
A survey of major theories, issues, and empirical literature on societal stratification and inequality with particular focus on the United States.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 761.
SOCIOL 7780
Racial and Ethnic Differences
An analysis of the origin, persistence, adaptation and change of systems and racial and ethnic differentiation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 780.
SOCIOL 7790
Social Organization of the Community
An examination of the nature, structures, processes, and trends of social organization of modern communities.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 790.
SOCIOL 7884.08
Seminar: The Family
Topics in family studies selected to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 7884.14
Seminar: Gender
Topics in the sociology of gender selected to give the advanced student opportunities to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 884.14. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 7884.15
Seminar: Unclassified
Unclassified seminar.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 884.15. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 8632
Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Provides an introduction to event history analysis and other types of longitudinal data analysis.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 852.
SOCIOL 8802
Seminar for Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Demography
Core required course for students enrolled in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Demography (GISD). Presents an introduction to demography (the study of populations) and population health.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit. Repeatable up to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. Cross-listed in PubHlth.
SOCWORK 7570
Policy Analysis and Social Legislation Process
Covers the legislative process of social welfare policy making and provides analytical skills of policy analysis to help legislators with policy choices at both state and federal government levels.
Prereq: 6201 (720 and 721), 6301 (733), 6401 (770 and 771), and 6501 (744, 745, or 746); or 7400 and 7500. Not open to students with credit for 752.
SOCWORK 8202
Theories of Change for Social Problem Interventions
Develops students' knowledge of theory and research concerning processes of change with individuals and larger systems, occurring with or outside of planned interventions. Not open to MSW students, but could be open to thesis master's students in other disciplines with permission of instructor.
Prereq: Doct standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 900.02 or 900.03.
SOCWORK 8406
Mixed Methods Research in Social and Health Sciences
Course provides an overview of mixed methods approaches, with an emphasis on application to social and health sciences research. Discusses the history and philosophy underlying mixed methods research with a focus on the epistemological underpinnings of mixed methods designs and their components. Research traditions incorporated under the umbrellas of quantitative/qualitative methods are considered.
Prereq: 8401 and 8402, and Doct standing in SocWork; or Grad standing, and permission of instructor.
STAT 5730
Introduction to R for Data Science
Introduces underlying concepts of the R programming language and R package ecosystem for manipulation, visualization, and modeling of data, and for communicating the results of and enabling replication of their analyses.
Prereq: 1350, 1350.01, 1350.02, 1450, 1450.01, 1450.02, 1550, 2450, 2450.01, 2450.02, 2480, 2480.01, 2480.02, 3201, 3202, 3450, 3450.01, 3450.02, 3460, 3470, 3470.01, 3470.02, 4202, 5301, or 5302, or equiv., or permission of instructor.
STAT 6500
Statistical Machine Learning
Statistical models and algorithms for supervised and unsupervised learning; linear and logistic regression; classification and LDA; cross-validation and bootstrap; variable selection; ridge and LASSO penalization; smoothing splines and GAMs; SVM and kernels; CART and random forests; bagging; boosting; feed-forward and convolutional neural networks; k-means clustering and Gaussian mixtures; PCA.
Prereq: 6450, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7620.
STAT 6510
Survey Sampling Methods
Sampling from finite populations, simple random, stratified, systematic and cluster sampling design, ratio and regression estimates, non-sampling errors, models.
Prereq: 5301 (529) or PubHBio 6212 (703), or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 651 or PubHBio 7225 (651). Cross-listed in PubHBio 7225.
WGSST 8800.01
Topics in Feminist Studies
Feminist studies on a variety of topics at the graduate level.
Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs.