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432 Course Descriptions/English673. Topics in Transnational Literature and Culture. (3-0). Credit 3. Topics in theory and interpretationof transnational literature and culture; may focus on definitions of the transnational; on the relationshipsbetween the transnational and the global; on methods for study; on new configurations of literatureand culture. May be taken three times for credit as content varies.680. Theories of Gender. (3-0). Credit 3. Theories of gender, sexualities, feminism, embodiment, anddifference with particular focus on their relationship to literary and cultural studies; emphasis on contemporarytheoretical positions, discourses, and debates. Cross-listed with WGST 680.681. Seminar in English. (1-0). Credit 1. Presentations by faculty, students and visiting scholars based oncurrent research. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in English.683. Topics in Theory. (3-0). Credit 3. Critical theory for English Studies; may focus on history, themes,methods, issues, new developments, interdisciplinary contexts. May be taken three times for credit ascontent varies.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 6 each semester. Readings to supplement the student’s knowledge ofEnglish or American literature or of the English language in areas not studied in other courses; researchpapers. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of department head.688. Introduction to Comparative Literature. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to the discipline of ComparativeLiterature by examples of specific area studies or by an overview of the field; introduction to thepedagogical practices of teaching Comparative Literature and Culture.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of English. May be repeated forcredit.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Research for thesis or dissertation.695. Publication and Professionalization. (3-0). Credit 3. For advanced PhD students in English. Discussionof publication and professionalization; standards and practices of publication in academic journals;academic job market; writing, revision, and submission of scholarly articles. To be taken as S/Uonly. Prerequisite: Must have completed coursework in English.697. Pedagogy. (3-0). Credit 3. Theories of teaching literature, composition, or rhetoric; pedagogical approachesand methods; supervised teaching; evaluation of current research and its relation to pedagogicalpractice; designed to assist students in their first teaching experience. Prerequisite: Approval ofinstructor.Department of Entomologyinsects.tamu.eduHead: D. Ragsdale; Graduate Advisor: P. D. TeelThe Department of Entomology offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees inentomology. Within these programs, subject matter areas include arthropod ecology, biological control,integrated pest management, molecular biology, physiology, genetics and toxicology, plant resistance,systematics, and urban, medical/veterinary, and forensic entomology. Students come into the field ofentomology with diverse interests, science backgrounds and career goals. Students are able to tailortheir education and research interests for the respective degree program with the help of their majoradvisor and advisory committees. Graduates from these programs have become prominent leaders inentomological research, application, education, and regulatory affairs of private sector and governmentarenas, as well as international agencies and foreign countries.The department occupies five floors of the Minnie Belle Heep Building and nearby buildings thathouse the Entomology Research Laboratory, the Biological Control Laboratory and Urban, Veterinaryand Medical Entomology. Texas A&M is only one of a select group of U.S. locations for a federallyapproved quarantine laboratory. In addition, the department houses the Center for Urban and StructuralEntomology. The department also maintains three multi-room greenhouses. The Texas A&MUniversity Insect Collection is housed in the Minnie Belle Heep Building. It is the largest and mostactively growing arthropod collection in the Southwest, containing more than two million specimensrepresenting more than 43,000 identified species. Graduate students often work with faculty locatedat 8 research and extension centers across Texas, each addressing entomological issues unique to theirparticular geographic region.Comprehensive courses in the biological sciences, general chemistry and organic chemistry are requiredof all students. Specific course requirements in entomology are dependent upon previous trainingand professional experience. Prospective students are directed to insects.tamu.edu for additionalinformation.