Arts and Sciences Graduate Course List
The historical process of political and social modernization in China, Japan, and Korea. Emphasis is on the evolution of traditional societies in the classical and medieval periods, and their trans-formation in the modern era.
The religious and philosophical traditions of China, Japan, and Korea, especially as they affect the lives of contemporary East Asians. Emphasis is on the development of Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist and other schools of thought, and the story of how they shaped and were in turn shaped by the cultures of the region.
Intended to lay a firm foundation for further learning in the target language, or to solidify language competency previously acquired. Students who come to the program with some Asian language competence will be accommodated in a class at the appropriate level wherever possible.
Intended to build on the language competence developed in the first semester.
Free of the demands of a seminar class, students concentrate on improving basic skills in their target language in two weekly evening sessions over eight weeks.
Comparative analysis of the modern international politics of Japan, Korea, 'Greater' China, Southeast and South Asia. Emphasis is on regional and international political developments, examining national policies and strategies used to compete and cooperate while assuring security.
Intended to lay a firm foundation for further learning in the target language, or to solidify language competency previously acquired. Students who come to the program with some language competence will be accommodated in a class at the appropriate level.
Intended to build on the language competence developed in the first semester.
Free of the demands of a seminar class, students concentrate on improving basic skills in their target language in two weekly evening sessions over eight weeks.
Survey of influential traditional and modern literary works from China, Japan and Korea. Emphasis is on utilizing the lens of literature to examine the society it reproduces and on gaining an understanding of the role literary arts play in the cultural life of each country.
Comparative study of the social and cultural aspects of contemporary China, Japan and Korea. Emphasis is on the impact industrialization, modernization and democratization has had on cultural, social, and business practices.
Comparative study of the economic systems of East Asia with a focus on Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Emphasis is on East Asian economic developments in the 20th century.
Students may elect to undertake an internship in an approved Pacific Rim-related company or nonprofit organization. This practicum will enable participants to gain in-depth experience and expertise in a particular profession through application of their knowledge of the Asia Pacific region and related language and research skills. The internship requires 20-25 hours of internship work for each credit granted and the completion of a short paper on the significance and value of the internship in relation to the student's educational goals.
Selected upper division students have an opportunity to work on a research project under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Credits can be combined with 599 with up to 4 credits counted towards Biology upper division course requirements. Offered every Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: Upper division standing, an overall grade point average of
3.2, plus a minimum 3.4 GPA in Biology and supporting science courses
(Chemistry, Math and Physics), consent of instructor and department
chair.
Thesis writing for research completed in BIOL 598. Offered every Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: BIOL - 598 (or corequisite), consent of instructor and department chair.
Basic principles of Mendelian and molecular genetics covering both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Three hours lecture and one hour recitation each week. Offered every Fall and Spring.
Principles of animal physiology and adaptive mechanisms. Three hours lecture each week. Offered intermittently. Corequisite: BIOL - 651.
Project-oriented course with an emphasis on adaptive mechanisms and environmental toxicology. One laboratory session each week. Offered intermittently. Corequisite: BIOL - 650.
Theory of light and electron microscope operation and preparation of biological specimens for microscopy. Offered every Fall.
A study of plant growth and development, metabolism, nutrition, and response to the environment. Four hours lecture each week. Offered every Fall.
A study of the microscopic anatomy of cells, tissues, and organs of the human body. Three hours lecture each week. Offered every Spring. Corequisite: BIOL - 663.
One laboratory session each week. Corequisite: BIOL - 662.
A study of basic neural function, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, disorders of the nervous system, and contemporary issues in neurobiology. Four hours lecture each week. Offered intermittently.
A study of conservation biology, examining ecological methods for monitoring and maintaining biodiversity on the planet. Three hours lecture. Offered every Spring.
A study of the natural history of marine organisms, exclusive of protozoa and insects, with emphasis on local intertidal invertebrates and fishes. Two hours lecture each week. (May be scheduled on Saturdays.) Offered every Spring. Corequisite: BIOL - 691.
Corequisite: BIOL - 690. Two laboratory sessions or field trips each week. (May be scheduled on Saturdays. Some weekend trips are required.)
Offered every semester.
Topics not covered by other graduate level Chemistry curriculum offerings. Three hours lecture. Offered intermittently.
Study of selected topics, under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Written permission of instructor and dean required. Offered every semester.
Study and hands-on instruction in current analytical, biochemical, and synthetic methods. Students will also engage in professional chemical literature searching, research documentation, and presentation. Offered every semester.
Composition of Master's thesis based on original research work completed under the supervision of a student's faculty research advisor. Written permission of instructor and dean required. Offered every semester.
A study of software development. Software engineering principles and structured methods are discussed as a prelude to the focus on object-oriented approaches. All phases of the software lifecycle are covered, including analysis, design, implementation and testing, and maintenance. Other topics include user interface design and development, software reuse and the design of reusable software components, software patterns, and web-based client-server programming. Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: Experience with an object-oriented programming language.
Survey of contemporary computer organizations covering early systems, instruction set design, processor implementation (pipelining, multiple issue, and speculative execution), memory hierarchy design (on-chip and off-chip caches, translation-lookaside buffers, and virtual memory), input/output (devices, busses, and processor interfaces), performance evaluation, and current research topics. Project required. Four hours lecture.
Overview of local and wide-area computer networks and contemporary lower-layer network protocols. Topics to be chosen from: switched networks, broadcast networks, multiplexing, layered protocol models, physical aspects of data transmission, data-link protocols, network modeling, performance issues, and current research in network design. Term paper or project required.
Network application programming. Upper-layer protocols and their interfaces. Topics to be chosen from: TCP/IP, sockets, remote procedure calls, network management, client/server programming, internet protocols (FTP, SMTP, HTTP, and SNMP), higher-level interoperability (CORBA), performance issues, and security. Project required. Four hours lecture.
Introduction to shared- and distributed-memory architectures. Mechanisms for parallelism: locks, barriers, semaphores, monitors, message-passing, RPC, and active messages. Programming shared- and distributed-memory systems. Introduction to parallel algorithms and parallel performance prediction and measurement. Programming languages and libraries that support parallel and distributed computing. Four hours lecture.
This course focuses on advanced hardware and software topics in systems programming, such as device-driver design, interprocess communication, and kernel-module programming in the Linux environment. Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: requires knowledge of C/C++ and acquaintance with UNIX/Linux operating systems.
Study of the design and implementation of modern operating systems. Topics chosen from: operating system structure, scheduling, protection, virtual memory, communication mechanisms, concurrency, threads, multiprocessor support, distributed systems, performance evaluation, and current operating systems research. Project required. Four hours lecture.
Bioinformatics, one of the fastest growing application areas in science, is the realm where computer science meets molecular biology. This course will build on students' expertise in either computer science or natural sciences and prepare them to enter bioinformatics in either research or industry. Students will be brought up to speed in the content area which is unfamiliar to them. Students will be introduced to genomics, proteomics and software tools of the trade such as Pymol and Blast. They will learn bioinformatics algorithms such as dynamic programming, hidden markov models and monte carlo. Prerequisites: proficiency in one of the following fields: computer science, biology, chemistry, or physics.
Bioinformatics, one of the fastest growing application areas of computer science and biology, is research oriented. Computer scientists provide their expertise in computation, algorithms and software design to biologists and chemists. Together they solve problems in biotechnology and create tools for scientific investigation. This course provides students with real-world experience in the design and development of a significant bioinformatics project. Our projects will be either research that may lead to publication, or creation of software tools for use by the scientific community, in partnership with industry. Prerequisites: proficiency in one of the following fields: computer science, biology, chemistry, or physics.
Study of the design and implementation of software development languages. Topics chosen from: syntax, semantics, translation, run-time systems, advanced programming techniques, and debugging. Language families to be chosen include: functional, logic, visual, formal specification, design, pattern, database, and concurrent. Project required. Four hours lecture.
Use of artificial intelligence techniques to solve large scale problems. Search strategies, knowledge representation, and other topics chosen from: simulated annealing, constraint satisfaction, logical and probabilistic reasoning, machine learning, expert systems, natural language processing, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and fuzzy logic. Both theoretical foundations and practical applications will be covered. Coursework includes written assignments and programming projects. Four hours lecture.
Algorithm analysis and asymptotic running time estimates. Expected running times and amortized analysis. Design techniques, including divide and conquer, greedy, and dynamic programming. Algorithms for searching and sorting, graphs, and advanced topics. Four hours lecture.
Topics to be chosen from: models of computation and formal languages, computability and complexity, P and NP completeness and P = NP, advanced computing models. Four hours lecture.
Survey of Internet systems research including the anatomy of the web, search engine architecture and algorithms, information retrieval, crawling, text analysis, personalization and context, collaborative environments, and the semantic web.
Internet application development, including server-side technologies such as scripting languages, template frameworks, web page mining, and distributed computing issues such as peer-to-peer, multi-cast, and distributed agents.
Learn the basics of computer security and the details of important network security protocols such as SSL/TLS. Topics include: symmetric key cryptography, public key cryptography, secure hash, wireless security, spam filtering, biometrics.
Design principles and techniques used to facilitate the interaction between people and computers. Topics covered include user-interface design and evaluation, web site design, prototyping, usability engineering, presenting complex information, hypertext, multimedia, scientific visualization, input devices, ubiquitous computing, and cognitive models.
Study of the design and implementation of wireless sensing systems. Topics include communication, coordination, self organization, and energy efficiency. Necessary background material in networking and distributed systems will be covered.
Topics not covered by other CS curricular offerings. Students may register for this class in more than one semester. Consent of instructor required. Offered intermittently.
A study of the effects of computing and the Internet on modern society. Topics include digital librairies, e-commerce, copyright law and open source movements, on-line communities, education and technology, and privacy and security.
Participation in a cooperative work program with one of the USF affiliated organizations. Typically, students will work in groups and be supervised jointly by both an affiliate manager and a USF professor.
At the discretion of the instructor, the project will be either a sponsored project for a commercial concern or other institution or a research project. In either case, the project will result in the specification, design, and development of a significant software system with full documentation, an oral presentation to the university community, and a written report. Four hours lecture. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Regular Status.
Participation in a supervised work program where students apply USF coursework knowledge in a practical setting. Work is supervised by a USF faculty member and a corporate sponsor. Prerequisite: Practicum Option status.
Written permission of the instructor, graduate program coordinator and dean is required.
Prerequisite: Thesis approval form required.
Advanced microeconomic theory is presented to analyze behavior of consumers and firms under national and international market conditions. Offered every Fall.
Advanced theory in macroeconomics in the context of an open economy. Offered every Spring. Prerequisite: ECON 615 Mathematics for Economists OR permission of instructor.
Applications of linear algebra and calculus to equilibrium, dynamic, and optimization models of economic theory. Offered every Fall.
Applications of differential equations, phase diagrams analysis, stability analysis, optimal control theory, calculus of variations, differential games, and dynamic programming in economics. Offered every other Spring.
Covers the essential econometric techniques for economic and business forecasting and decision analysis: regression theory and applications, time series analysis, and forecasting. Offered every Spring. Prerequisite: ECON 615 Mathematics for Economists or with permission of instructor.
This course is intended to be taken by Master's students in International and Development Economics in the Spring semester to prepare students for Summer field research. The course covers a variety of topics including sampling methods, field interview techniques, planning an empirical research strategy, ethical issues, importance of the protection of human subjects, and advice for maintaining proper health and safety during field research. Prerequisite: ECON 620 Graduate Econometrics.
This course, intended for graduate students, will help students learn how to find and manipulate statistical and economic data found on the Internet. The course is an especially important tool for graduate students who are about to enter the job market in areas such as macroeconomics and finance. This course will teach students how to find and utilize data such as that measuring GDP, inflation, and unemployment statistics.
A topics-oriented course exploring econometric issues and techniques specific to financial economics. Previous topics include facts of the Cap-M model and for random walks in financial markets. Offered every Fall. Prerequisite: ECON 620 Graduate Econometrics.
An applied econometrics course where students with a foundation in regression analysis learn to apply more advanced econometric techniques in their analysis of data. Topics covered include selection bias, simultaneity issues, panel data and time series regression. Prerequisite: ECON 620 Graduate Econometrics.
Advanced Applied Econometrics covers recent developments in econometrics in the areas of instrumental variable and panel data estimation, discontinuity design, non-parametric estimation, and time series analysis with an emphasis on applications in international and development economics.
Monetary policy, financial markets and institutions, competition, market efficiency, innovation and institutional changes, properties of various financial instruments, impact on savings, investment, and capital formation. Offered every Fall. Prequisite or Corequisite: ECON 601 Microeconomics: Theory/Application.
This course emphasizes the institutional structure of banking, government regulation of banking, and government control of the money supply and economic activity. We focus on the needs and processes underlying money and financial markets to understand how and why financial markets and institutions are in a constant state of evolution and the consequences for effective government policies. Offered every Spring. Pre- or Corequisite: ECON 602 Macroeconomics: Theory/Application.
Options, futures and other derivative contracts are widely used to manage risk by businesses and financial institutions. This course provides students with a solid understanding of 1) the economic functions of futures, forwards and options, 2) the operation of the futures and options markets, 3) the pricing of futures, options and other derivatives, and 4) basic strategies in trading options. Offered every Spring. Prerequisite: ECON 615 Mathematics for Economists.
This course introduces modern laboratory experimental methods to students with well-developed interests in economics and with an intermediate-level knowledge of microeconomics and statistics. The course will examine experimental techniques in detail and will survey recent applications in fields such as markets, development, choice under certainty and games. Students will use the lessons to conduct original research and set up their own experiment. Prerequisite: ECON 311 Intermediate Microeconomics OR permission of the instructor.
Law and Economics offers master's students an understanding of how economic theory provides a framework to analyze legal systems. It will also teach students the fundamental importance of the law in fostering economic growth and development. The economic foundations of both domestic and international institutions will be studied extensively.
A comprehensive survey course in the theory of international trade and an economic analysis of international trade policies. Offered every Fall.
The world monetary system: foreign exchange markets, risk reduction instruments and international capital markets in the context of open economy macroeconomics. Evaluation of policies, practices, and institutions in the field of international investments and international finance. Offered every Spring. Pre- or Corequisite: ECON 602 Macroeconomics: Theory/Application.
Development economics: theoretical and empirical investigations of economic development issues, policies, and strategies. Offered every Fall.
Advanced economic development theory and investment theory in an applied context, with particular emphasis on current issues and problems. Offered every Spring.
Quantitative economic techniques and computer software are used to develop simulation models, input-output models, and general equilibrium models for economic forecasting, business decision analysis and country-level economic policy appraisal and planning. Offered every Fall. Prerequisites: ECON 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics or ECON 602 Macroeconomics: Theory/Application.
This class will analyze the economics of foreign investment in emerging economies such as the newly industrializing economies of Asia and Latin America. Emphasis will be placed on understanding transnational capital flows, foreign direct investment, privatization of industry, the role of exchange rate and currency risk, and models of foreign portfolio investment.
Signs of environmental stress and of the depletion and extinction of natural resources abound in developing nations around the world. This course is for graduate students, especially students in the International and Development Economics Master's program, and will examine the issues surrounding changes in the environment of developing nations during the process of industrialization, trade-offs between economic growth and resource depletion, and issues surrounding sustainable development.
In most developing countries today planned development is being abandoned in favor of market-guided strategies. This course provides a political economy analysis of the relationship between government and the economy in developing nations. It examines the various paradigms and debates in the field of international political economy, and with case studies illustrates how domestic and transnational political economic structures have shaped development patterns in diverse third world settings.
Modern empirical approaches to development policy analysis, including intra-household resource allocation and gender issues; microeconomic determinants of fertility and population growth; labor markets in developing economies; schooling and education; and health and nutrition. Pre-requisites: Economics 672 and/or 673, 620. Economics 627 concurrent recommended.
This course focuses on current international economic policy issues, including the on-going global financial crisis, the challenges and opportunities of globalization for developing as well as developed countries, the stress in the current international monetary and trade systems resulting from the rapid development of India and China and the external adjustment problems of the United States, and the evolving role of the IMF.
A capstone course which emphasizes economic methodology and economic research. All students will carry out and present a research. Offered every Fall. Prerequisite: ECON 620 Graduate Econometrics.
Covers a variety of areas, the focus depending on the expertise of the instructor. May be repeated for credit each semester that a different topic is covered. Offered intermittently.
Project report based on an internship program with a department of a business, industry, or government. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
The written permission of the instructor and the dean is required. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
Directed research leading to the presentation of a master's thesis. Must be arranged with a faculty member.
Students develop a thorough knowledge of fundamental financial accounting principles and relationships. The emphasis is on the three basic financial statements, the components of each, alternative accounting methods, and the relationship between the three statements. The goal is to understand the strengths and weaknesses of accounting procedures for measuring the true economic state of a company.
We're often asked if we sell stock and the answer is, 'No.' But we need to understand the process, the mechanics of trading, different ways of investing as well as understanding capital markets, capitalization structures, the exchanges, the difference between buyside, sellside, bankers and brokers.
Every day is different. An entire day can be spent making and returning calls after an announcement. Another day can be spent meeting with different department heads and conducting research. Learn the nuts and bolts of IR in this course.
There are many ways to communicate with investors' phone, email, electronic, print. You will learn how to use different media to get your point across. You will also learn communications techniques when dealing with different events such as earnings, MandA, executive issues, crises, and other issues.
Corporate Governance is a hot topic. This course introduces you to working with legal departments in order to stay out of trouble. You will review cases where ethics and morality come into play. You will also learn how to work with the Board of Directors to ensure your company is transparent and compliant.
Analysts and investors are deluged with information. How do you write something they want to read, that has all the facts, and is compliant? You will learn how here.
Think of your stock as a product. Someone has to market it, and that person is you. We will look at understanding your constituents, buyside, sellside, individual investors, and global institutions. Learn the essentials of marketing, including targeting and peer analysis, in the context of Investor Relations.
10-Ks, 10-Qs, Reg FD' so many acronyms. This course will demystify SEC documents and regulations, and ensure you know which to file to stay out of trouble. You will also have an overview of the court cases that have impacted IR, reporting requirements for the public markets, and your obligations as an IRO.
In this capstone course, you will take all the knowledge and apply it to a final project. The final project will be a formal IR plan for your company.
This course allows students to receive credit for hands on experience working in an Investor Relations department of a company. The internship course is best if taken in the student's last semester as a compliment to the ECON 708 IR Capstone course.
This course examines how limited information, limited attention and limited rationality impact financial markets. After a review of 'heuristics and bias' literature, we discuss trading strategies in markets whose structure give rise to momentum, bubbles and segmented markets with limited arbitrage.
This course provides the foundation for quantitative risk models. The course emphasizes important probability distributions for returns, statistical measures of risk and return, the estimation and use of factor models for analyzing risk. The course introduces the concept of Value at Risk (VaR) models as a unified approach to evaluating risk across a variety of financial assets.
This course examines the different types of risk that arise across a variety of different assets due to the characteristics of the assets and the structure of the markets they trade in. Advanced Value at Risk models that capture the non-linear nature of certain derivatives and market structures are developed. Scenario analysis is examined as a way to evaluate "one-off" risks as well as a way to stress test VaR models and their assumptions in extreme scenarios.
This course develops models for market risk in fixed income assets including mortgage-backed securities. The role of advanced derivatives, such as special purpose vehicles and collateralized debt obligations, in hedging these risks is explored.
This course investigates the role of credit risk in fixed income portfolios. Models of default and recovery rates, counterparty risk in derivative contracts, and products such as credit default swaps are developed to assess and manage credit risk.
This course emphasizes the development and implementation of risk management systems to measure and mitigate corporate financial risk exposures. The focus is the correlations across market, credit and operational risks and the allocation of risk capital across the firm. The importance of regulatory requirements (Basel II and III) in this process is emphasized.
Develops advanced applications of the risk models developed in earlier courses. Applications include developing stress tests for VaR that meet Basel II and III standard scenarios, KMV models for credit risk modeling, risk management for CD's and case studies in model risk.
This course serves as an introduction to and covers broad aspects of environmental science and environmental studies. For all cases, the resulting environmental impacts are studied in detail. Specifically, this course examines the risks associated with growth in a developing world; environmental impact of population growth on natural resources; mineral and resource extraction; water resource uses; and renewable and non-renewable sources for power generation. Emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to environmental science using laboratory exercises, environmental surveys, and class discussions to reinforce scientific principles. Cross-listed With: ENVA 110.
A survey of the ethical issues facing the global/environmental community. Review of the foundations of ethical and environmental thought, and application of these perspectives to a wide range of topics. Topics include environmental justice, corporate responsibility, the shaping of a global community, valuing non-human species and biodiversity.
A critical analysis of values and traditions of environmental thought. The philosophy of environmental policy issues and ethical systems related to environmental thought.
When is a discharge limit better than a concentration limit? Why use a risk-based standard rather than a technology standard? How do ideas of pollution prevention and market incentives get incorporated into policy? Why are some policies more expensive or more strongly enforced than others? We will explore these and other questions by examining the technical, political, economic, legal, and social bases for designing and implementing environmental policies. This course will provide students with a solid understanding of the broad features of existing US and California environmental policies' their achievements and shortcomings' and challenge students to think about the kinds of future policies needed to address environmental concerns.
A brief introduction to the institutions and forces which combine to make and implement environmental policy in the United States. An important underlying theme of the course is the role that democracy has, for better or worse, on policy making.
This course surveys environmental management policies that use the incentive structure of our market economy. We start with a survey of traditional direct environmental policies and then juxtapose them with incentive or market-based policies, such as taxes, subsidies and tradable emissions permits. Prerequisite: ENVM 614 or permission of instructor.
Examines basic principles of environmental science and evaluates large-scale human impacts to the global ecosystem.
A survey of the requirements of state and federal laws dealing with impacts on the natural environment and human health. Legal theory and case applications are reviewed.
Survey of the principles of economics as they apply to environmental management. The principles of cost-benefit analysis are applied to evaluating the impacts of sustained growth and development.
An introduction to basic ecological concepts through their application to environmental management problems. The course will evaluate a series of case studies and scientific literature covering ecosystem management, watersheds, habitat restoration, endangered species, and other topics.
An overview of concepts and practices in restoration ecology. Emphasis will be on the application of ecological principles to restoration design, implementation, and monitoring. Prerequisite: ENVM 611.
This laboratory course is a companion to ENVM 621 and will emphasize field and laboratory analyses of restoration projects, involving one lab meeting per week. Prerequisite: ENVM 620.
This course provides an overview of the principles and practices of environmental planning at the federal, state and local level. Course work focuses on planning theory, case studies, and applicable analytical methods.
An introduction to wetland ecosystems, including hydrology, soils, vegetation, and animals. The course will include a survey of wetland types from vernal pools to tidal salt marshes and a review of wetland policy and management.
This laboratory course is a companion to ENVS 626 and will emphasize field and laboratory analyses of wetland ecosystems. Students will learn sampling techniques and data analysis for wetland hydrology, soils and plants.
An overview of the ecology and management of riparian ecosystems. The course will cover the basic ecological processes that drive the formation and restoration of riparian areas; ecological services provided by riparian areas; and relevant regulatory requirements and issues.
Hydrogeology introduces students to ground water flow and related environmental applications. There is an emphasis on gaining intuitive insight through quantitative understanding and practiced examples. Some particular topics include Darcy's Law, field assessment techniques, and ground water resource management.
This course covers broad aspects of water quality in fresh water environments. The principle goal of this course is to provide students with the necessary understanding of water resources, uses, impacts on quality, and regulations so that they may manage water use policies by considering planned uses and interpretation of water quality data.
This course aims to introduce students to air quality management and some of the challenges involved. The course looks at the framework for air quality management, including current challenges, regulations, and meteorological and topographic impacts. It then examines various air pollution control strategies for managing air pollution.
The environmental permitting process requires the understanding of how the laws and regulations evolved. This course will examine the permitting process with the different environmental media. The interaction between industry, the public, and government agencies will be addresses as well. By taking this course, the student will obtain a firm understanding of how our current regulations were developed, and how permitting and enforcement provide for the adherence to these regulations.
Through reading, lecture, discussion, and individual projects, this course evaluates the types of models used for environmental planning and policy-making and introduces general principles for using and critiquing models. Students will develop modeling skills for uncertainty analyses, including sensitivity analysis.
Provides an overview of the mechanisms for incorporating resource assessment data into resource management decisions within the regulatory framework.
This course serves as an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It is designed to provide students with basic concepts, principles and applications of GIS and their use in the decision-making process pertaining to natural resource management. Students will perform practical exercises using ESRI's ArcGIS software, the industry standard in GIS applications.
This course will provide the student with an understanding of the complex array of interacting, overlapping and sometimes conflicting laws, regulations, safety programs and compliance issues as they are translated into practical application within the work environment. Emphasis is placed on identifying regulatory programs, their major elements for implementation, as well as the compliance issues typically encountered.
This course investigates the impacts pollutants have on the structure and function of ecosystems and human health. The conceptual framework of environmental toxicology will be used as a basis for probing various aspects of environmental health. Some of the fundamentals to be covered include environmental chemodynamics, abiotic- and bio-transformations, and distribution (toxicokinetics), and intoxication mechanisms and the expression of toxic action (toxicodynamics).
The focus of the course is on the study of chemical, bacteriological and viral agents found in the environment that affect human populations. Students will gain applied knowledge of the basis of environmental health and epidemiology in a unified way.
Provides an overview of the mechanisms for incorporating resource assessment data into resource management decisions within the regulatory framework.
Examines the use of risk analysis to make decisions in the face of uncertain adverse events. Beginning with a brief overview of social theories of risk, the course will cover project-based risk management, environmental risk considerations in policy making, and risk communication.
Examines the use of risk analysis to make decisions in the face of uncertain adverse events. Beginning with a brief overview of social theories of risk, the course will cover project-based risk management, environmental risk considerations in policy making, and risk communication.
Covers the principles and methods used in evaluating human health risks from environmental hazards, including quantitative and qualitative aspects of hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.
Covers the relevant statistical and quantitative methods for calculating risks associated with engineered and other human activities and natural adverse events.
This course examines present and potential future energy trends. Energy usage and its impact on the environment are emphasized, as well as economic, technical, and political issues.
Practical aspects of hazardous material and waste management in industry and other components of society, and resource recovery of hazardous waste streams.
Engineering principles are used to examine and understand pollutant transport in surface water and the atmosphere.
Engineering principles and techniques from ENVM 654 are expanded and used to examine and understand pollutant transport in groundwater. Prerequisite: ENVM 654.
Physical, chemical, and biological control technologies of solid and hazardous waste generation, transport and siting.
This course is an introduction to both financial and managerial accounting concepts as currently practiced in American business. The emphasis is on how environmental issues are reflected in the annual report and in internal decision-making.
Overview of atmospheric and oceanic processes that regulate climate, including methods used to reconstruct past climates, and consideration of earth's dynamic environmental history relative to past and potential climate change impacts on the biosphere. Prerequisite: ENVM 611.
Recognizing that human activity is altering the earth's climate, this course focuses on climate change mitigation options for changing human activities and reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses to avert negative climate change impacts. Working seminar-style, we will examine efforts to develop and implement climate policies at multiple levels: international agreements (e.g., United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, current COP agreements, alternative agreements), regional policies (e.g., European Union), and US national and state policies (especially California). We will also discuss non-governmental and private sectors efforts on climate change mitigation. To understand the structure and effectiveness of different agreements, we will examine major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and ways of reducing them, ranging from automobile fuel economy standards to carbon caps and trading mechanisms. Course readings, the latest climate news, and current research will inform our discussion.
A variety of specialty courses are provided to meet students' professional needs and address current environmental issues.
Development of research problem and literature searches of research area.
Planning and methodologies of research design. Prerequisite: ENVM 688.
Students complete a focused research project under the supervision of a faculty member. A completed report must be filed.
This course is the capstone portion of the curriculum and is designed to give the student an opportunity to develop an in-depth study of a specific area within the broader discipline of Environmental Management. The project includes a detailed synthesis of the literature on a question of interest, as well as a professional presentation on this topic.
Completion and presentation of thesis research. Prerequisite: ENVM 688.
Focus on academic writing and speaking skills needed by graduate students. Open to IME students ONLY. Cross-listed With: ESL 007, ESL 030/601.
This foundational seminar provides an interdisciplinary survey of major approaches, theories, issues, debates, and methodological tools in the field of International Studies.
This seminar examines the majors events, actors, and global processes of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries with emphasis on political and diplomatic history.
A seminar that examines the major issues and controversies in international human rights, including their history and development, cultural and ideological distinctions; their role in international law, international relations theory, and foreign policy; their relevance to governmental and non-governmental institutions; and their relationship to the causes and consequences of terrorism.
This seminar explores the phenomenon of globalization, its impact on economic development and environmental resources, and transnational resistance movements.
This seminar explores the political, economic, social and environmental factors associated with transnational conflicts and assesses different approaches to conflict resolution.
Each student completes a course in a specified world region of interest: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East.
Students receive guidance and supervision in completing their own research projects. In the final semester of the program, students present their research to faculty members.
A six-week intensive that explores how writers across the genres of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry transform personal experiences and perspectives into a work of art by finding the right form for the idea. Exploring work in all three genres, the course analyzes how form serves meaning in literary works and in students' own writing. Required first course for all students. Offered in the summer preceding the first school year.
The first of four workshops in long fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students share their writing and critique the writing of other students working in their genre. Offered in the Fall.
The second of four workshops in long fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students share their writing and critique the writing of other students working in their genre. Offered in the Spring.
The third of four workshops in long fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students share their writing and critique the writing of other students working in their genre. Offered in the Fall.
The fourth of four workshops in long fiction, short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Students share their writing and critique the writing of other students working in their genre. Offered in the Spring.
Examines the creative use of diction, syntax, punctuation, and cadence by writers in all genres. Students study the impact of language and grammar as functions of literary style and agents of literary meaning, and apply new linguistic strategies to their own writing.
Beginning with novels in the mid-nineteenth century and advancing to the mid-twentieth century, this course addresses major literary movements, such as psychological realism, modernism, and postmodernism, and considers literature in English and in translation. Novels are analyzed in relation to historical context and aesthetic tradition. Offered in the Fall.
This course covers a range of research techniques useful for writers of long and short form nonfiction, from finding the necessary background information and interviewing experts to lending authority to a first-person account of events and issues in literary nonfiction. The course covers the use of print and electronic media and databases and basic reporting techniques. Some fiction reading may be included, and the course may be open to fiction writers. Offered in the Fall.
Students explore topics in contemporary American poetry, ranging from the language poets of the early 1980s to the Dark Room Collective of today. The course follows shifting ideologies and social contexts and examines the way literary schools and counter-influences create a new American poetry for the contemporary. Students read both the poetry and poetics of selected authors and write creative responses.
The metaphor of architecture is employed to examine how works of fiction are "built." Emphasizing works of long fiction, the course considers the intricate relationship of plot, structure, and patterns of imagery. Readings stress a variety of approaches by authors from different eras and locales, representing a range of fictional traditions. Offered in the Spring.
This course concentrates on the masters of the short story from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Addressing major literary movements, such psychological realism, modernism, and postmodernism, the course considers literature in English and in translation. Stories are analyzed in relation to historical context and aesthetic tradition. Offered in the Fall.
This course on experimental and radical approaches to fictional prose emphasizes writers who work against the conventions of realism and how they make meaning out of their departures. Readings drawn from around the world make use of such strategies as discontinuous narratives, metafictional techniques, and non-narrative forms and serve as models to encourage students to take risks in their own writing. Offered in the Spring.
This course examines major developments in modern world poetry by looking at a range of literary traditions and historical contexts of non-English-speaking poets. Though most work is read in translation, reference to original languages is encouraged. Students work on translating from chosen languages, and the class examines both the problems and the excitement of reading beyond one's borders.
This course examines how a writer¹s plans for prose narratives develop from idea to sketch to final draft. Close examinations of literary works in fiction and nonfiction are augmented by the writer¹s letters, essays, notebooks, preliminary drafts, and other aesthetic statements. Students investigate how sensibility is expressed by craft, with an emphasis on the process of composition and revision.
With an emphasis on contemporary novels, this course engages students in close readings of long fiction, examining ways in which different authors use formal elements, including characterization, structure, point of view, chapter structure, and figurative language. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own novels-in-progress. Offered in the Fall.
With an emphasis on contemporary short stories, this course engages students in close readings of short fiction, examining ways in which different authors can serve as models for crafting the formal elements of fiction, including structure, characterization, point of view, imagery, and style. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own stories. Offered in the Fall.
An in-depth study of poetic elements, with an eye to the history and evolution of poetic forms. Students look at the organizing principles of syllable, stanza, and line; of stress, meter, rhyme, and a variety of countings, as well as contemporary explorations of fragmentation, interruption, chance, and silence. Readings are drawn from the ancients as well as from postmodern contemporaries to demonstrate a range of structural elements, radical and classic.
A study of the methods, theory, and practice of teaching creative writing. Students read extensively about pedagogy, develop model lessons, and put them into practice. Topics include the philosophy of teaching, course design, principles for teaching craft, and effective ways to respond to student writing.
Students work with an individual thesis instructors to formulate, plan, and compose the thesis. Offered in the Summer.
To deepen a student's understanding of style and its relation to content, this course examines fiction at the level of language, emphasizing short stories as a convenient means to analyze a broader range of styles. Elements of style studied include sentence structure, tone, rhythm, voice, and imagery. There may also be a focus on different schools of style, such as stream of consciousness, minimalism, magical realism, or surrealism. Offered in the Spring.
This course focuses on modern literary works that cross or combine genres and therefore stand outside the conventions of any single genre. By studying such works, students learn to draw from a variety of models and modes in order to increase their stylistic and structural range. Readings are drawn from genre theory and works such as "short short," the "lyric essay," the "illustrated novel," the "prose poem," and the "novel in verse."
This course focuses on the history and development of the essay as a creative form. Included are a variety of modes: personal essays, portraits, lyric meditations, cultural investigations, and persuasive manifestos. Students learn to apply the structure and techniques of description, exposition, reflection, narration, and argument to their own short essays. Readings range from classical to contemporary and may include book-length collections. Offered in the Fall.
This course focuses on a range of strategies for building longer nonfiction narratives: scene and dramatic structure, reflection and analysis, chronology and character, and the role of the narrator. Readings emphasize contemporary works, including memoir, narrative journalism, and other book-length forms. Offered in the Spring.
The articulation of ideas of aesthetic judgment in poetry has a long history from Aristotle and Longinus to Stephen Burt and Marjorie Perloff. Students will read essays and poems that give shape to aesthetic judgments and will be encouraged to respond in their own writing to the history of poetic ideas.
This course offers a close study of how writers construct complex points of view and how these points of view shape characters and the reader's deepening understanding of them. Technical considerations may include the choice of person, single or multiple narrators, voice, degree of access to characters, and the question of reliability. Readings will be in both short and long fiction. Offered in the Spring.
This course examines the relationship between form and content in works of fiction of varying lengths, with a primary focus on two "in between" forms, the story cycle and the novella. Other works, such as a novel with multiple plot lines or a series of stories by a single writer written over time about the same characters, may be studied as well. The reading list includes both classics and contemporary works from the U.S. and around the world. Offered in the Fall.
Students work with individual thesis instructors to complete the thesis. Offered in the Summer and Fall.
These courses emphasize particular aspects of literary craft. Topics vary from year to year.
Written permission of the instructor, department chair, and dean is required. Offered intermittently.
Students work with individual thesis instructors to complete the thesis. Offered in the Summer and Fall.
This seminar surveys the behavioral and institutional dynamics of American politics and public policy with an emphasis on the historical development of the American state, American political culture, and the role of civic engagement and political participation in politics and government.
This core course introduces writing styles and develops skills required for political professionals. The course includes components on press releases, speeches, talking points, policy memos, policy briefs, position papers, opinion editorials and grant applications. This is a writing intensive course.
This core course explores the use of quantitative information and research in politics and public policy. Topics include general principles of quantitative methodology, causal reasoning, probability, statistical association, and hypothesis testing. Students will be exposed to appropriate statistical and database software and the types of data suitable for political analysis and on practical usage of these methods, including polling, voter targeting, and demographic segmentation.
This course provides an introduction to the range of ideas about the common good and democracy in the United States. Understanding the varied traditions within American political life illuminates why particular questions and issues consistently prove to be sites of conflict. The course also explores how these different traditions have been institutionalized in government practices, public attitudes and political participation.
Explores choices made by campaigns in staffing and managing a campaign and devising and executing a strategic campaign plan. Course topics include fundraising, field organizing, voter targeting, volunteer recruitment, polling and focus group methodologies, media messaging, and get-out-the-vote strategies.
Nonprofits and Public Policy explores the role of nonprofit organizations in the formation and implementation of public policy in the United States. Topics include an introductory review of public policy process, lobbying and advocacy, building organizational capacity to participate in public policy, government regulation of nonprofit organizations, developing advocacy campaigns, public policy analysis, ballot initiatives, ethics in public interest lobbying, grantmaking for public policy and challenges to nonprofit advocacy.
This class develops skills for planning and executing successful strategic communications campaigns. Students will learn the fundamentals of developing and executing communicative strategies aimed at influencing—even shaping—the public sphere. Utilizing skill-based seminars, the course will delve into durable, constructive engagement strategies related to conflict negotiation and facilitation, crisis management (aversion and response), and media relations. Develops skills in various forms of communications.
This course is designed to give students a practical understanding of how the media and political worlds interact on a day-to-day basis. Through projects based on real-world scenarios and discussion, students will develop a sense of what is required of a media strategist as well as research-driven concepts in political psychology that determine the success or failure of media strategies.
San Francisco’s political history is characterized and shaped by economic boom and decline. This course will examine the politics of economic development in San Francisco, with a particular focus on housing and the social consequences of economic growth in order to explore the broader dynamics of political conflict in the city, including the history of political organizing around neighborhood and district issues, and the difficult choices faced by those in public agencies or elected office.
Explores the principles of, and skills required in, effective governmental relations and advocacy. Particular focus on lobbying, coalition building, messaging, American federalism and the practice of intergovernmental governmental between branches and layers of governmental institutions.
This course combines theories of political mobilizing with applications from grassroots organizing. Examines mobilization in the context of electoral and extra-institutional campaigns, and combines conceptual and theoretical notions of effective mobilization with practical skills in power mapping, organization-building, and leadership development.
This course is designed to help students learn the skills of collaboration, project planning and issue advocacy campaign execution. In this project-based course students work as a team to create an online presence for a selected policy issue and design a coordinated message strategy to create public awareness and advance the public policy agenda.
An introduction to policymaking in American cities, focusing on the central public policy challenges facing urban areas in the United States from a global perspective. Explores relationships between private economy and public policies in American cities; causes of urban decline and uneven development; and urban redevelopment and human capital policies. Includes development politics, land use, housing, transportation, and the political and institutional settings for policy making. Introduces concepts, theories, and techniques of policy, planning, and administration.
This class will focus on the fundamental determinants of American elections and the margins upon which political professionals focus to influence election outcomes. Topics include public opinion, campaign messaging, and media effects. The course is taught by a number of high profile professionals with substantial media, political, and scholarly experience at the highest levels of politics.
This participatory seminar course provides a theoretical grounding for public affairs professionals. The course is designed to integrate internship experiences with study, thought, discussion and reflection on personal, public, and professional ethics, leadership, and deliberative democracy. The seminar will include presentations by guest speakers drawn from the political and academic communities.
Masters degree candidates will propose, design, and implement a substantial and professional-caliber project designed to integrate concepts, skills, and methods learned in their coursework into a written paper. Topics should be designed in conjunction with the internship experience and provide evidence to that the degree candidate has mastered the skills and knowledge learned in the coursework and can apply them to the analysis of a practical political situation.
The written permission of the instructor and dean is required. Offered every semester.
Evaluation of the impact of late capitalism on the production, promotion, regulation, distribution, and consumption of sport goods, services, and experiences. Focus on the new economy of themed entertainment, the changing geography of human capital, the landscape of postindustrial urban spaces, consolidation in the international marketplace, the mass customization of information, the value of branded spectacle, the impact of networked local/global technologies, and the formation of lifestyle identities. The role of ethics in culture and the marketplace.
Development of critical thinking skills necessary for success in the professional workplace. Specific examples in the sport industry and a survey of the sport marketplace will be examined. Among the skills to be analyzed and developed: effective communication; decision making; work environment analysis; political awareness; goal setting and risk taking. Exploratory research regarding opportunities in the sport industry. Case studies from professional and collegiate sports, fitness and sport marketing industries will also be included. The role of ethics in leadership.
Foundations of the legal system and legal research. State, federal, and organizational regulation specific to sport. Focus on contract law, tort liability and negligence, constitutional law and discrimination, antitrust law, agency law, labor law, and collective bargaining. Skills focus on contract development, dispute resolution, management of risk. The role of ethics in law.
Analysis of supply and demand, market equilibrium, price and quantity as they pertain to sport. Market structure of sport leagues and study of competitive balance, revenue sharing, and salary caps. Techniques of economic impact and feasibility studies, valuation of sport assets, and financial analysis. Reasons for and methods of government sport venue financing. The role of ethics in sport economics and finance.
Principles and techniques of business research including development of research objectives, theories, hypotheses, review of existing research, methodologies, and data analysis. The course will also cover survey design, descriptive techniques, primary and secondary data collection, statistical analysis, hpothesis testing, report writiing, and the role of ethics in business research.
Strategic management and human resources. Understanding the value chain, competitive forces that affect a firm, factors that affect each force, strategic choices including low-cost leader and differentiated products, methods to achieve each strategic choice. Also, understanding groups and teams, negotiation, resource allocation, governance, recruitment of employees, training and development, employee motivation and compensation. The role of ethics in management and human resources.
Financial statement analysis and business plan development. Principles of budgeting including types, designs, for-profit, and non-profit. Applied budgeting for events, facilities, professional, university, and recreation. Cost-profit-volume analysis and breakeven analysis. Pro and collegiate sports accounting techniques including transfer pricing and depreciation. The role of ethics in accounting.
Professional experience through practicum or internship in sport industry. Positions in professional sports, intercollegiate sports, health and fitness clubs, arenas and stadia, sport marketing and management firms, and other sport entities. Directed and evaluated by a faculty member with supervision of an on-site professional. Students complete an analysis paper, and oral summary presentation.
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of business development and the sales process in the sport industry. Beginning with a fundamental overview of business development and sales theory and strategy, the course then provides sport specific insight into negotiation in the sport sponsorship process as well as ticket sales department structure, techniques, and strategies.
Foundations of consumer behavior and sport marketing planning. Design and implementation of marketing plans. The integration of product, pricing, promotion, distribution, sales, sponsorship, advertising, and brand in the marketing of sport goods and services. Analysis of leagues, teams, events, properties, corporations, and manufacturers. The role of ethics in marketing.
Students propose, develop, and write a Master's Project demonstrating research skills and understanding of sport management. The goal of the master's project, whether a research paper or professional document (e.g., business or financial plan, market research report) is to apply the cumulative curricular experiences to the professional objectives of the student.
Application of research procedures for student project. Analysis of data for description and determination of causality using statistical techniques software. Market research and validation procedures. Interpretation of results.
Three elective courses such as the following: fitness management, facilities management, public relations in sport, sales management and techniques, entrepreneurship, event management, applied market research or consulting project, sponsorship creation, management and valuation, college athletic administration, brand management.
A study of the nature of the theological task, its branches, and its methods; examination of faith, revelation, tradition, hermeneutics, and religious language. Offered intermittently.
A critical mastering of the scientific pursuit of exegesis and its application to Old and New Testament texts. Offered intermittently.
Traces the development of Christological doctrine from the apostolic age to the present; emphasis on the Patristic Period and on modern theology. Offered intermittently.
A survey of the history of the Church, with focus on men and women, movements and moments of major significance. Offered intermittently.
A graduate level study of sacraments as worship, faith celebrations of the Christian community, ritual actions. Historical and contemporary treatment of baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, reconciliation, marriage. Offered intermittently.
Catholic-Christian approaches to contemporary moral problems such as life-respect, religious dissent, and conscience formation. Offered intermittently.
A study of Christian spiritual classics of a mystical nature. The investigation will lead the student to appreciate those manifestations of spiritual experience which the mystics have in common and those that differentiate them. Offered intermittently.
A study of contemporary faith, art, and culture as it interacts with world traditions and each student's unique religious position. Offered intermittently.
Coverage of topics of special and/or current interest. Offered intermittently.
Written permission of the instructor and dean is required. Offered every semester.
A personal systematic synthesis of all the courses taken by the student and a practical application of this synthesis to the student's particular area of emphasis.
