Graduate Catalog - University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma
Graduate Catalog, 2012 - 2013
Graduate Course Descriptions
CMSC 5373 - Web Server Programming
This course examines theory and practice of server-side programming
for World Wide Web, including study on presentation logic, business
logic, session control, and database management. The course also
includes extensive practice in a specific server-side programming
language. Prerequisite(s): CMSC 3103.
CMSC 5900 - Practicum In Computing Science
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
CMSC 5910 - Seminar / Special Topics
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
CMSC 5920 - Workshop in Computer Sci
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. Normally involves lecture, films, guest
speaker, etc. A grade of “P” or “F” is given.
CMSC 5930 - Individual Study
Credit will vary from 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. rerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
CMSC 5940 - Field Study
Credit will vary from 1 to 9 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study.
CMSC 5960 - Institute In Computing Science
Credit will vary from 1 to 8 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. rerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
CMSC 5970 - Study Tour
Credit will vary. Subject matter will vary within the department’s field
of study.
CMSC 5980 - Graduate Project
A contemporary problem provided by business and industry and selected
with consideration of the interests and abilities of the individual
student. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
CMSC 5990 - Thesis
Credit will vary from 1 to 6 hours. Subject matter will vary within the
department’s field of study. rerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
CREATIVE STUDIES (CSDY)
Department of English
CSDY 5113 - Pub Pro: Editing & Marketing
Publication Procedures: Editing and Marketing presents techniques
for revising and editing creative work for publication and strategies
for marketing this work. Over the course of the semester, students
edit and revise their own work and report on the literary magazine,
online literary, and book publishing markets. This course also covers
the fundamentals of professional development, allowing students to
prepare the necessary materials for both job searches and searches
for agents and publishers.
CSDY 5123 - Short Story Writing I
The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Short Story
Writing I will help students learn to write, edit, and submit their short
stories to literary journals, magazines, and contests. By reading
published stories, books and articles on the craft of writing short fiction,
and by critiquing their colleagues’ writing, students will explore
the basic components of the short story: character, conflict, theme,
opening, progression, climax, closure and style, while producing no
fewer then forty pages of original prose. Prerequisite(s): Graduate
standing.
CSDY 5133 - Short Story Writing II
The second course in an integrated three-course sequence, Short
Story Writing II provides practical workshop instruction for students
who are continuing to train themselves as writers of the short story.
Students will continue to improve their understanding of the basic
components of the short story by studying examples of published
stories, by critiquing their colleagues’ work, and by producing no fewer
then sixty pages of original prose, in the form of at least three finished
short stories in publishable form, which must be submitted to local or
national publications. Students may not take Short Story Writing II until
they have completed Short Story Writing I and earned a grade of B
or higher in that class, unless they have received written permission
from the office of the Director of Creative Writing. Prerequisite(s):
CSDY 5123 with minimum grade of “B” and graduate standing.
CSDY 5143 - Short Story Writing III
The third course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Short
Story Writing III provides practical workshop instruction for students
who are in the process of completing a collection of short stories.
Students will have at least 100 pages written prior to beginning the
class and will write an additional 60 pages over the course of the
term. Students will be stepping into their literary identities as writers
of short stories that they will submit simultaneously to at least five
markets or contests per story. (The necessary expense of postage and
photocopying must be considered when taking this class.) Students
will also present ten- minute oral reports accompanied by written
evaluations of self-help books dealing with writing and publishing
the short story, and they will read at least two complete collections
of stories authored by other members of the class and will write a
detailed critique of each of these collections. Finally, each student
will discover at least one short story writer of international reputation
and report on this writer to the class. Students not familiar with
the Russian, French, or German traditions of the short story will be
encouraged to select a writer from one of these traditions as the
subject for their reports. Students may not take Short Story Writing
III until they have completed Short Story Writing I and Short Story
Writing II and earned a grade of B or higher in both classes, unless
they have received written permission from the office,
CSDY 5253 - Advanced Genre Studies-Creative Writing
A conference course for the creative studies students and other special
students who have chosen creative writing as their focus in a degree
pattern. The student will continue work throughout the semester on
a single fiction or nonfiction project begun in CSDY 3593. Another
100 polished pages output required.
CSDY 5273 - Writing The Novel
This is a continuation of CSDY 3593 and 4253, aiding the student
in the final structuring and composition of his writing project. A third
100 pages of polished copy is required and student work is analyzed
against exemplary materials for publication submissions.
CSDY 5313 - Writing Mystery/Adventure
The student will read popular and classic Mystery/Adventure stories
and write creative papers in both genres. The student will research
and compare historical and contemporary works, and prepare a
scholarly paper analyzing additional works of a contemporary author.
Prerequisite(s): CSDY 3573.
CSDY 5323 - Novel Writing I
The first course in an integrated, three-course sequence, Novel Writing
I will help students to begin writing complete novels. Through reading
published novels, books on writing fiction, and their colleagues’ drafts,
students will explore the basic components of the novel— including
plot, setting, character, pacing, and dialogue—as they begin to generate
their own texts. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
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