College of Arts and Sciences

Courses

Graduate
Computer Science (CSCI)
  • CSCI-B 565 Advanced Web Page Development (3 cr.) Algorithimic and practical aspects of discovering patterns and relationships in large databases. The course also provides hands-on experience in data analysis, clustering and prediction. Topics include: data preprocessing and exploration, data warehousing, association rule minig, classification and regression, clustering, anomaly detection, human factors and social issues in data mining.
  • CSCI-A 605 Advanced Web Page Development (3 cr.) P: CSCI-A348. CSCI-A 340 recommended. This class takes a deeper look at webpage development, focusing on the user experience in order to create responsive, fluid websites that adapt to different device sizes and behaviors. The course will include more details on HTML5 forms, CSS3, and jQuery. In addition, students will explore using JavaScript to create drawings and animations applied to HTML5.
  • CSCI-B 649 Topics in Systems (3 cr.) Content depends on topic.
  • CSCI-P 532 Object-oriented software development (3 cr.) P: CSCI-C 307 or other advanced programming courses. This course will help turn motivated students into superior contributors to any small- to mid-sized commercial or open-source software project. It takes a hands-on, learn-by-doing approach. Students are introduced to design patterns, tools, and teamwork strategies from teh first assignment to the last project. 
  • CSCI-C 504 Data analysis using R (3 cr.) This course will teach programming in R and methods of using R for data analysis. The course covers fundamentals of R programming, importing and managing data, data manipulation, descriptive statistics, data visualization, clustering, simulation and regression and classification. The format of the class will be lectures by instructor, projects to be submitted, presentation of projects, and class discussions. Some basic knowledge of programming and statistics is a prerequisite for this course.
  • CSCI-Y 790 Graduate Independent Study (1-6. cr.) Independent study under the direction of a faculty member, culminating in a written report. 
  • CSCI-B 551 Elements of Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.) P: CSCI-C 307 or other advanced programming courses. Introduction to major issues and approaches in artificial intelligence. Principles of reactive, goal-based, and utility-based agents. Problem-solving and search. Knowledge representation and design of representational vocabularies. Inference and theorem proving, reasoning under uncertainity, planning. Overview of machine learning. 
English (ENG)
  • ENG-G 500 Introduction to the English Language (4 cr.) An introduction to the English language: its nature, structure, and development. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-G 552 Linguistics and the Teaching of English (4 cr.) Topics in applied English linguistics, intended for English teachers at all levels. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 553 Studies in Literature (1-3 cr.) Especially for secondary school teachers of English. Critical evaluation of poems, short stories, a major novel, and some major plays. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 612 Chaucer (4 cr.) Critical analysis of the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and selected shorter poems. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 620 Studies in English Literature 1500-1660 (4 cr.) Intensive study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 623 English Drama from the 1590s to 1800, Exclusive of Shakespeare (4 cr.) P: familiarity with six plays of Shakespeare. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 625 Shakespeare (4 cr.) Critical analysis of selected texts. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 631 English Literature: 1660-1790 (4 cr.) Extensive reading in poetry and nonfictional prose. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 639 English Fiction to 1800 (4 cr.) (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 642 Studies in Romantic Literature (4 cr.) Study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 645 English Fiction 1800-1900 (4 cr.) (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 647 Studies in Victorian Literature (4 cr.) Study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 649 British Literature since 1900 (4 cr.) Extensive reading in all genres. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 653 American Literature, 1800-1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of all genres from Washington Irving through Frank Norris. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 655 American Literature since 1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of all genres from Theodore Dreiser to the present. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 660 Studies in British and American Literature, 1900 to the Present (4 cr.) Intensive study of one writer, a group of writers, or a theme or form significant to the period. May be repeated once for credit. (Fall or Spring)
  • ENG-L 666 Survey of Children's Literature (4 cr.) A survey of literature written for children and adolescents from the medieval period to the present. (Fall, Spring, Summer I)
  • ENG-L 670 Continental Nineteenth Century Drama (4 cr.) Focuses on such major European dramatists of the 19th and 20th Centuries as Ibsen, Strindberg, Checkhov, Ionesco, and Beckett. (Occasionally)
  • ENG-L 672 Modern American Drama (4 cr.) (Occasionally)
  • ENG-W 611 Writing Fiction I (4 cr.) (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit.
  • ENG-W 613 Writing Poetry I (4 cr.) Writing poetry. (Fall or Spring) May be repeated once for credit.
Informatics (INFO)
  • INFO-B 533 Systems and Protocol Security and Information Assurance (3 cr.) This course looks at systems and protocols, how to design threat models for them and how to use a large number of currrent security technologies and concepts to block specific vulnerabilities. Students will use a large number of systems and programming security tools in the laboratories. 
  • INFO-B 505 Informatics Project Management (3 cr.) This is a professional introduction to informatics project management and organizational implementation of integrated information solutions. The target audience is informatics project team members likely to pursue informatics project manager roles as well as all members not likely to do so. Through reading, lecture, discussion, practice, and targeted projects, students gain historical perspectives, current awareness, and proficiency with informatics project management terminology, techniques and technologies.
Liberal Studies (LIBS)
  • LIBS-D 501 Humanities Seminar (3 cr.) An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the humanities. Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated twice for credit.
  • LIBS-D 502 Social Science Seminar (3 cr.) An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the social sciences. Topics Vary from semester to semester. May be repeated twice for credit.
  • LIBS-D 503 Science Seminar (3 cr.) An interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the sciences. Topics Vary from semester to semester. May be repeated twice for credit.
  • LIBS-D 510 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (3 cr.) A comprehensive introduction to graduate liberal studies. Explores the cultures of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Investigates interdisciplinary methodologies. Offers strategies for graduate-level reading, research, and writing for other publics.
  • LIBS-D 511 M.L.S. Humanities Elective (3 cr.) P: LIBS-D 510 An M.L.S. graduate elective course in the humanities. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
  • LIBS-D 512 M.L.S. Social Science Elective (3 cr.) P: LIBS-D 510. An M.L.S. graduate elective course in the social sciences. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
  • LIBS-D 513 M.L.S. Science Elective (3 cr.) P: LIBS-D 510 An M.L.S. graduate elective course in the sciences. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
  • LIBS-D 514 Graduate Liberal Overseas Study (3-6 cr.) P: LIBS-D 510. In some cases there may be a language prerequisite. This course will enable M.L.S. students to participate in overseas studies.
  • LIBS-D 594 Liberal Studies Directed Readings (1-3 cr.) P: LIBS-D 501, LIBS-D 502, LIBS-D 503, and prior consent of instructor. Independent study involoving systematic schedule of readings sponsored and supervised by a faculty member. May be repeated up to a maximum 6 credit hours.
  • LIBS-D 596 Liberal Studies Independent Research (1-3 cr.) P: LIBS-D 501, LIBS-D 502, LIBS-D 503, and prior consentof instructor. An independent research project formulated and conducted in consultation with a faculty member and culminating in a final analytical paper. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  • LIBS-D 600 Public Intellectual Practicum. (3 cr.) P: Completion of all M.L.S. course work. A capstone seminar for the M.L.S. public intellectual option. Students will study the history of public intellectuals, explore the cariety of ways in which public intellectuals carry out their work, and create a portfolio of their own public intellectual work.
  • LIBS-D 601 M.L.S. Project Proposal Seminar (3 cr.) P: Approval of director. A capstone seminar for the independent research/creative activity option in which students choose a topic or creative activitiy for their project, complete the initial research to determine its feasibility, write a formal proposal with an extenstive bibliographay identifying sources and/or resourses necessary to complete the project, and defend it before a faculty committee.
  • LIBS-D 602 Graduate Project (3-6 cr.) P: LIBS-D 601. Independent project work conducted in consultation with a faculty director.
Psychology (PSY)
  • PSY-I 501 Multicultural Counseling (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course explores the role of increasing diversity in the U.S. population and how it will impact the delivery of mental health services. The focus of the course is on different ethnic and minority groups, their customs and values, and the impact that these cultural factors have on the utilization of psychological services. (Fall)
  • PSY-P 535 Introduction to Addictions Counseling (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Treatments for drug and alcohol addiction, assessment of drug and alcohol conditions and related disorders, and tracking patients to monitor treatment effectiveness. (Fall)
  • PSY-P 538 Professional issues in Addictions Counseing (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. This course will survey the process for obtaining an Indiana State License in addictions counseling as well as the state and national certification options. It will include the following areas as related to state certification: 12 core functions, documentation standards, counseling theories related to addictions, use of DSM IV TR, legal and ethical requirements, case studies, basic pharmacology, case presentation methods, confidentiality, and role boundaries. (Spring)
  • PSY-P 556 Group and Family Counseling (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Theories and research on group counseling, development, dynamics, and process.  Issues pertaining to group leadership, ethics, and work with special populations will be addressed.  (Spring)
  • PSY-P 562 Advanced Skills in Counseling (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Examines a variety of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques and practice, builds skills in integrated approaches to the treatment of dual disorders, case conceptualization, treatment planning and basic listening and counseling skills.  
  • PSY-P 624 Principles of Psychopathology (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Description of the phenomena of psychopathology and the principles associated with their classification. (Fall)
  • PSY-P 641 Assessment (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Examination of the administration, scoring, and interpretation of selected techniques used in clinical assessment, with special emphasis on addictions assessment. (Fall)
  • PSY-P 657 Topical Seminar (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. (Occasionally)
  • PSY-P 662 Advanced Life-Span Development (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Study of human development across the lifespan, including biological, social, and cultural influences on psychological growth and change. (Spring)
  • PSY-P 667 Neuropsychopharmacology (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Analysis of neural mechanisms of drug effects on animal and human behavior, based on behavioral and biological experiments. (Fall and Spring)
  • PSY-P 694 Internship in Counseling Psychology (3 cr.) Opportunities for application of theory and practice of counseling psychology in an appropriate organization under the supervision and direction of the internship agency. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

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