Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas
Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas
Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas
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<strong>Course</strong> <strong>Descriptions</strong><br />
SP, SU) Design considerations and performance analysis<br />
<strong>of</strong> computer and communication systems modeling. (Same<br />
as CSEG 5063) Prerequisite: CSEG 2723.<br />
ELEG600V Master’s Thesis (1-6) (FA, SP, SU)<br />
Prerequisite: graduate standing.<br />
ELEG6213 Semiconductor Surfaces (FA, SP, SU)<br />
Semiconductor surfaces: Structure and reactivity <strong>of</strong> the surface,<br />
surface space-charge region, surface states, scattering.<br />
Experimental methods, the MOS capacitance vs. voltage<br />
technique, current-voltage measurements, photo-electric<br />
emission. Prerequisite: ELEG 5233.<br />
ELEG6233 Solid State Electronics II (FA, SP, SU)<br />
Indepth theoretical treatment <strong>of</strong> semiconductor material and<br />
devices. Topics to be covered include carrier statistics, transport<br />
behavior, bulk material properties, junction characteristics<br />
and metal-semiconductor contacts. Prerequisite: ELEG<br />
5233.<br />
ELEG6273 Advanced Electronic Packaging (FA,<br />
SP, SU) An advanced treatment <strong>of</strong> electronic packaging<br />
concentrating on multichip modules. Topics covered include<br />
electrical design, thermal design, mechanical design, package<br />
modeling and simulation, computer-aided engineering<br />
and design, processing limitations on MCM performance, reliability,<br />
testing, and economic considerations. (Same as<br />
MEEG 6273) Prerequisite: ELEG 5273.<br />
ELEG6801 Graduate Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Papers<br />
presented by candidates for the Doctor <strong>of</strong> Philosophy degree<br />
in electrical engineering on current research or design problems<br />
in the field <strong>of</strong> electrical engineering.<br />
ELEG700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-18) (FA, SP,<br />
SU)<br />
(ENDY) ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS<br />
274<br />
ENDY4043 Water Resource Issues (SP) Human<br />
impact on the quantity and quality <strong>of</strong> water resources including<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> agriculture, industrial, and municipal uses, and<br />
a comparitive policies and water resource development, past<br />
and present.<br />
ENDY5023 Digital Remote Sensing (SP)<br />
Theoretical and applied aspects <strong>of</strong> the manipulation and<br />
interpretation <strong>of</strong> environmental phenomena recorded by digital<br />
remote sensing instruments. Emphasis is on techniques <strong>of</strong><br />
digital image enhancement and transformation, image<br />
geocoding & supervised & unsupervised classification <strong>of</strong> multispectral<br />
image data from Earth-orbiting platforms.<br />
Prerequisite: GEOL 4413 or equivalent.<br />
ENDY5033 Advanced Geographic Information<br />
Systems (SP) Advanced vector operations and analysis.<br />
Topics will include topological analysis, network analysis,<br />
geocoding, conflation, implications <strong>of</strong> source and product<br />
map scale, map generalization, error mapping, and cartographic<br />
production. Prerequisite: (ANTH 4563 or GEOL 4563)<br />
or equivalent.<br />
ENDY5043 GIS Analysis and Modeling (SP, Odd<br />
years) Advanced raster topics are examined with a theoretical<br />
and methodoligcal review <strong>of</strong> Tomlin’s cartograhic modeling<br />
principles. Topics vary and include fourier methods, image<br />
processing, kriging, spatial statistics, principal components,<br />
fuzzy and regression modeling, and multi-criteria decision<br />
models. Several raster GIS programs are examined with links<br />
to statistical analysis s<strong>of</strong>tware. Prerequisite: (ANTH 4553 or<br />
GEOG 4553) or equivalent.<br />
ENDY5053 Quaternary Environments (FA) An<br />
interdisciplinary study <strong>of</strong> the Quaternary Period including dating<br />
methods, deposits soils, climates, tectonics and human<br />
adaptations.<br />
ENDY5063 Paleoclimatology (SP) The earth’s climate<br />
history over the last 2 million years and the influence<br />
various factors have had on it; compilation and paleoclimatic<br />
histories and methods <strong>of</strong> dating climatic effects. Prerequisite:<br />
GEOG 4363 or equivalent.<br />
ENDY5113 Global Change (FA) Examines central<br />
issues <strong>of</strong> global change including natural and human induced<br />
climate change, air pollution, deforestation, desertification,<br />
wetland loss urbanization, and the biodiversity crisis. The<br />
U.S. Global Change Research Program is also examined.<br />
Prerequisite: graduate standing.<br />
ENDY5153 Environmental Site Assessment (IR)<br />
Principles, problems, and methods related to conducting an<br />
environmental site assessment. An applied course covering<br />
field site assessment, regulatory documentation, and report<br />
preparation. Prerequisite: GEOL 4033.<br />
ENDY5533 Marine Geology (SP) Geological principles<br />
as applied to the study <strong>of</strong> the world’s ocean basins.<br />
<strong>Course</strong> includes basic theories <strong>of</strong> ocean basin evolution, continental<br />
margin evolution, coastal geologic processes, and<br />
methods <strong>of</strong> study <strong>of</strong> deep sea records <strong>of</strong> global change and<br />
paleoceanography. Prerequisite: graduate standing.<br />
ENDY6013 Environmental Dynamics (IR) Required<br />
course for ENDY doctoral candidates. Overview <strong>of</strong> Earth<br />
Systems: Lithosphere; Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere,<br />
Cryosphere, and human interaction across Earth systems.<br />
Emphasis on understanding <strong>of</strong> processes within Earth systems<br />
and interactions across Earth Systems as they pertain<br />
to global self-regulation, secular variation, climate stability,<br />
development and sustainability <strong>of</strong> human societies.<br />
Prerequisite: graduate standing.<br />
ENDY6023 Seminar in Environmental Dynamics<br />
(IR) Seminar examining specific contemporary topic <strong>of</strong> topics<br />
in Environmental Dynamics. Topics will change with each<br />
<strong>of</strong>fering. May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate<br />
standing.<br />
ENDY689V Special Problems in Environmental<br />
Dynamics (1-6) (FA, SP, SU) Independent study <strong>of</strong> a<br />
topic related to environmental dynamics under the guidance<br />
<strong>of</strong> tan ENDY faculty member. May be repeated for 6 hours.<br />
ENDY6991 Environmental Dynamics Colloquium<br />
(FA, SP) Weekly meetings for discussion <strong>of</strong> current<br />
research in environmental dynamics. Graduate students must<br />
register for colloquium each semester. Colloquium credit<br />
does not count towards minimum hours required for the doctorate.<br />
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for 6<br />
hours.<br />
ENDY700V Doctoral Dissertation (1-18) (FA, SP,<br />
SU) May be repeated for 18 hours. Prerequisite: graduate<br />
standing.<br />
(ENGL) ENGLISH<br />
ENGL0003 Basic Writing (FA, SP) A required course<br />
for first-time entering freshmen whose placement-test scores<br />
indicate that they are not prepared for ENGL 1013. Upon the<br />
recommendation <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> English, students may<br />
possibly be exempted from this course and transferred to<br />
ENGL 1013 as the result <strong>of</strong> further testing during the first<br />
week <strong>of</strong> classes. Credit earned in this course may not be<br />
applied to the total required for a degree.<br />
ENGL1013 Composition I (FA, SP, SU) Required <strong>of</strong><br />
all freshmen unless exempted by the Department <strong>of</strong> English.<br />
Prerequisite is an acceptable score on the English section <strong>of</strong><br />
the ACT or on another approved test or ENGL 0003.<br />
Prerequisite: ENGL 0003 or an acceptable score on the<br />
English section <strong>of</strong> the ACT or another approved test. UNI-<br />
VERSITY CORE COURSE<br />
ENGL1013H Honors Composition I (FA) A course<br />
for freshmen with high placement scores. UNIVERSITY<br />
CORE COURSE<br />
ENGL1023 Composition II (FA, SP, SU)<br />
Continuation <strong>of</strong> ENGL 1013. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE<br />
ENGL1023H Honors Composition II (SP)<br />
Continuation <strong>of</strong> ENGL 1013H. UNIVERSITY CORE COURSE<br />
ENGL1153 Vocabulary Building (IR) Designed to<br />
increase the student’s vocabulary and thereby improve reading<br />
comprehension, writing, and knowledge <strong>of</strong> the operations<br />
<strong>of</strong> language. Also includes study <strong>of</strong> how words have been<br />
added to the English Language in the past, study <strong>of</strong> patterns<br />
<strong>of</strong> word formation, and study <strong>of</strong> lexicography. Some attention<br />
given to pronunciation and spelling. Not a remedial course.<br />
ENGL1213 Introduction to Literature (FA)<br />
Approaches to reading and writing about fiction, drama, and<br />
poetry at the college level.<br />
ENGL2003 Advanced Composition (FA, SP, SU)<br />
Review course in English composition. Required <strong>of</strong> all candidates<br />
for bachelor’s degree unless exempted by examination<br />
or by credit in ENGL 2013 or by a grade <strong>of</strong> at least a “B” in<br />
ENGL 1013 and a grade <strong>of</strong> “A” in ENGL 1023 at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Fayetteville. Not to be taken before<br />
the second semester <strong>of</strong> the sophomore year; must be taken<br />
prior to the last semester before graduation. Cannot be<br />
counted toward a major in English. Prerequisite: ENGL 1013<br />
and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2013 Essay Writing (SP, SU) Prerequisite:<br />
ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2023 Creative Writing I (FA, SP) Beginning<br />
level workshop course in which students write original poems<br />
and stories. Reading and detailed discussion <strong>of</strong> poems and<br />
stories in anthologies is required. Designed to teach the student<br />
the fundamental techniques <strong>of</strong> fiction and poetry.<br />
Prerequisite: ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2133 History <strong>of</strong> Literature in English I (FA,<br />
SP, SU) A critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong> the development<br />
<strong>of</strong> literature in English from its beginnings to the Restoration<br />
period. Prerequisite: ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2143 History <strong>of</strong> Literature in English II (FA,<br />
SP, SU) A critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong> the development<br />
<strong>of</strong> literature in English in both Great Britain and the United<br />
States, from the Restoration to the rise <strong>of</strong> Romanticism.<br />
Prerequisite: ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2153 History <strong>of</strong> Literature in English III (FA,<br />
SP, SU) A critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong> the development<br />
<strong>of</strong> literature in English, in both Great Britain and the United<br />
States, from Romanticism to Modernism. Prerequisite: ENGL<br />
1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2163 History <strong>of</strong> Literature in English IV (FA,<br />
SP, SU) A critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong> literature in<br />
English from Modernism to the present, including literature<br />
from English-speaking countries other than Great Britain and<br />
the United States. Prerequisite: ENGL 1013 and ENGL 1023.<br />
ENGL2303 Survey <strong>of</strong> English Literature from the<br />
Beginning through the 17th C entury (FA, SP) A<br />
critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong> literature<br />
in the British Isles from its beginnings to the end <strong>of</strong> the seventeenth<br />
century.<br />
ENGL2313 Survey <strong>of</strong> English Literature from<br />
1700 to 1900 (FA, SP) A critical and historical survey <strong>of</strong><br />
the development <strong>of</strong> literature in the British Isles from 1700 to<br />
1900.<br />
ENGL2323 Survey <strong>of</strong> Modern British, Irish, and<br />
Postcolonial Literature (FA, SP) A survey <strong>of</strong> modern<br />
literature in English written in Great Britain, Ireland, Africa,<br />
Asia and the Caribbean.<br />
ENGL2343 Survey <strong>of</strong> American Literature from<br />
the Colonial Period through Nat uralism (FA, SP)<br />
A survey <strong>of</strong> major American writers from the colonial period<br />
to 1900.<br />
ENGL2353 Survey <strong>of</strong> Modern American<br />
Literature (FA, SP) A survey <strong>of</strong> American writers after<br />
1900.<br />
ENGL3013 Creative Writing II (FA, SP) Laboratory<br />
course for students who wish to attempt original work in the<br />
various literary forms. Prerequisite: ENGL 2023 or equivalent.<br />
ENGL3053 Technical and Report Writing (FA, SP)<br />
Intensive practice in such types <strong>of</strong> writing as processes,<br />
descriptions <strong>of</strong> mechanism, abstracts, and laboratory and<br />
research reports. The criteria for effective written exposition<br />
in the scientific areas, including agriculture and engineering.<br />
ENGL3113 Folklore (IR) Popular literature (ballads,<br />
folktales, etc.). Prerequisite: junior standing.<br />
ENGL3123 Folk and Popular Music Traditions<br />
(IR) Introduction to folk and popular music studies.<br />
Emphasis on American traditions. Prerequisite: ENGL 3113.<br />
ENGL3173 Introduction to Linguistics (IR)<br />
Introduction to language study with stress upon modern linguistic<br />
theory and analysis. Data drawn from various languages<br />
reveal linguistic universals as well as phonological,<br />
syntactic, and semantic systems <strong>of</strong> individual languages.<br />
Related topics: language history, dialectology, language and<br />
its relation to culture and society, the history <strong>of</strong> linguistic<br />
scholarship. (Same as ANTH 3173, COMM 3173)<br />
Prerequisite: junior standing.<br />
ENGL3183 Modern English Syntax and Style<br />
(SP) Structure <strong>of</strong> modern English (from 1500 to the present),<br />
with emphasis upon the contemporary period; different<br />
grammatical systems (such as traditional, structural, and<br />
generative-transformational) and the analysis <strong>of</strong> style; some<br />
emphasis upon dialects, place names, and specific lexical<br />
and structural differences between standard and non-standard<br />
English.<br />
ENGL3193 History <strong>of</strong> the English Language (FA)<br />
Introduction to the English language and its vocabulary from<br />
Anglo-Saxon times to the present.<br />
ENGL3203 Poetry (FA, SP) A critical introduction to the<br />
genre.<br />
ENGL3213 Fiction (FA, SP) A critical introduction to<br />
the genre.<br />
ENGL3223 Drama (SP) A critical introduction to the<br />
genre.<br />
ENGL3283 Topics in Popular Culture and Popular<br />
Genres (IR) Survey <strong>of</strong> a broad topical area in popular culture<br />
and popular genres, such as science fiction or detective<br />
fiction. Content varies. May be repeated. May be repeated for<br />
9 hours.<br />
ENGL3333 British Short Story (IR) (Formerly ENGL<br />
4903) Survey <strong>of</strong> the British short story in the nineteenth and<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Fayetteville