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ECE - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Graduate Courses) |
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ECE 6363 - Advanced Pattern Recognition 3 Semester Credit Hours
Adaptive approaches to the design of discriminant functions for pattern classification and recognition. Statistical, syntactic, neural networks, and fuzzy-set based optimization constraints for discriminants.
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ECE 6365 - Topics in Advanced Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours
Applications of detection and estimation theory in the design of optimum communication systems. All courses used to satisfy the degree program requirements must be taken for a grade. The pass/fail option is not allowed.
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ECE 7000 - Research V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
All courses used to satisfy the degree program requirements must be taken for a grade. The pass/fail option is not allowed.
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ECE 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
All courses used to satisfy the degree program requirements must be taken for a grade. The pass/fail option is not allowed.
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ECO - Economics (Undergraduate Courses) |
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ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ECON 2302] Emphasis on theories of the firm, value and price determination, and functional distribution, with the application of these theories to the problems of particular firms, industries, and markets. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
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ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: [ECON 2301] An introduction to modern economic society and theories of production and exchange. Emphasis upon monetary and fiscal policy and macroeconomics. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
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ECO 2305 - Principles of Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
An abridged course for students not majoring in economics. Covers the most significant portions of ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 , with emphasis upon monetary and fiscal policy. Credit will not be given for both ECO 2305 and ECO 2302 . Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
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ECO 3305 - Game Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
TCCNS: (CL) Analysis of strategic interaction. Strategies of rational choice will be derived and analyzed in economics and other environments. (CL)
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ECO 3311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2302 . Analysis of the determinants of aggregate demand and supply with special emphasis on macroeconomic problems such as unemployment and inflation and on techniques used to forecast macroeconomic variables.
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ECO 3312 - Intermediate Economic Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 . Intermediate price theory and introduction to welfare theory. Includes theory of demand, theory of the firm, and welfare theory. (CL)
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ECO 3320 - Managerial Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 . The application of economic theory to problems of business enterprise.
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ECO 3323 - Principles of Money, Banking, and Credit 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 . A basic course which deals with the commercial banking system, the Federal Reserve System, and other matters associated with money, prices, and credit control.
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ECO 3324 - Taxation and Public Expenditure 3 Semester Credit Hours
Explores the justification for and effects of the entrance of government into the U.S. marketplace.
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ECO 3325 - Special Topics in Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 or consent of instructor. Analysis of selected economic issues, theories, and policies in microeconomics or macroeconomics. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
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ECO 3326 - Industrial Organization and Competitive Strategy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 . Analyzes strategic behavior firms in imperfectly competitive markets. Includes price discrimination, price fixing, price wars, oligopoly, entry deterrence, mergers, and vertical restraint.
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ECO 3327 - Antitrust Law and Economic Regulation 3 Semester Credit Hours
Competition strategy and legal limits on what firms can and cannot do when competing. In-depth review of antitrust laws and full-blown economic regulation.
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ECO 3333 - International Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 or consent of instructor. Principles of international trade, balance of payments, trade policies, and agreements. (CL)
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ECO 3336 - Environmental Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 or consent of instructor. Applies economic models to current local and global environmental issues with an emphasis on evaluating policies.
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ECO 3350 - Behavioral and Experimental Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 . Shows developments in the testing of economic theory through experiments with a strong emphasis on behavioral models/phenomena in explaining economic decision-making.
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ECO 3356 - Energy Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 or consent of instructor. Application of economic models to current local and global energy markets with an emphasis on evaluating policies.
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ECO 4300 - Economic Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3311 and ECO 3312 and consent of instructor and the director of undergraduate studies or the department chairperson. Directed undergraduate student research in selected areas under the supervision of selected departmental faculty.
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ECO 4305 - Introduction to Econometrics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 , ECO 2302 , ECO 3311 , and MATH 2345 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Application of linear regression analysis including simple statistics, probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. (CL)
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ECO 4306 - Economic and Business Forecasting 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 2345 or instructor consent. Introduction to forecasting methods based on ARMA, VAR, VEC, GARCH models, applications to time series data in macroeconomics, business, and finance.
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ECO 4314 - Development of Economic Doctrines 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 2301 and ECO 2302 . The basis, nature, and effects of economic doctrines from ancient times through the 19th century. (CL)
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ECO 4322 - The Economics of Labor Markets 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3312 or ECO 3320 . Labor as a factor of production, labor market participation and hours worked, compensating wage differentials, human capital investment, income inequality, migration, and discrimination.
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ECO 4323 - Monetary Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3311 . Analysis of money supply, money demand, interest rates, income and price level determination, and transmission mechanisms. Emphases include monetary policies in an open economy context.
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ECO 4331 - Economics of Multinational Enterprise 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 or consent of instructor. Examination of the economics of international enterprise and associations with the major dimensions of the international economy and international political economy.
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ECO 4332 - International Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3323 or ECO 3333 or consent of instructor. Analysis of international monetary system theory, policy, and institutions. Includes attention to foreign exchange markets and roles of international banking and international managerial finance. (CL)
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ECO - Economics (Graduate Courses) |
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ECO 5310 - Price and Income Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Designed for graduate students who need intensive study of intermediate economic price and income theory.
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ECO 5311 - Macroeconomic Theory and Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3311 or consent of instructor. Market clearing and non-market clearing business cycle models and their policy implications. Emphases include inflation, real growth, unemployment, and balance of payments and their interactions.
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ECO 5312 - Microeconomic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Theory of household and firm choice, duality, commodity, and factor market structures, general equilibrium and welfare economics. Emphasis on theory and policy applications.
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ECO 5313 - Mathematical Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. The application of mathematical techniques to economic model-building.
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ECO 5314 - Econometrics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Topics chosen from the following: problems in single and multiple regressions, qualitative choice models, specification tests, estimation of rational expectations models, and fixed-effects models.
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ECO 5315 - Mathematical Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5313 or consent of instructor. Advanced topics in the application of mathematics to economic model-building including dynamic models and programming techniques.
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ECO 5316 - Time Series Econometrics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5314 or ISQS 5349 or AAEC 5307 or instructor consent. Contemporary issues in time series econometrics. Topics include dynamic models, ARMA models, stationarity, causality and exogeneity, unit root tests, integration and error correction.
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ECO 5317 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5312 or consent of instructor. Covers theory and policy in natural resource and environmental economics. Optimal rules for renewable and nonrenewable patterns of use, public policy. Intensive study of one sector (energy, water, forestry).
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ECO 5318 - History of Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines various historical episodes and their influence on the development of economic theories.
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ECO 5319 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5317 or consent of instructor. Students will use economic models to consider current environmental issues from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective.
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ECO 5321 - Labor Markets Theory and Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 5312 and ECO 5314 . Theory and econometric techniques to analyze the operation of the labor market, including labor supply and demand, unemployment, job search, human capital, and migration.
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ECO 5322 - The Economics of Wages and Income 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5321 . Examines the factors that determine wage differentials among workers, including job turnover, wage dynamics, compensating wage differentials, discrimination, contract theory, unions, and collective bargaining.
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ECO 5323 - Monetary Theory I 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3323 or ECO 5310 . Introduction to monetary theories and their policy implications. Partial and general equilibrium models of price levels, inflation rates, income flows, and interest rates are developed in an open economy context.
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ECO 5324 - Seminar in Public Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Analysis of economic effects of taxation, governmental expenditures, debt management, and budgetary planning and administration.
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ECO 5325 - Seminar in Economic Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Analysis of major economic issues, theories, or policies. May be repeated for credit.
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ECO 5328 - Monetary Theory II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5323 or consent of instructor. Recent developments and controversies in monetary theory and policy. Emphasis on leading edge issues and literature and on development of research skills in monetary economics.
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ECO 5329 - Current Problems in Public Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Research in and analysis of public goods, public choice, public budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.
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ECO 5332 - Advanced International Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing and consent of instructor. Advanced study of theory, problems, and policies associated with the international monetary system. (FIN 5332 )
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ECO 5333 - Advanced International Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 3333 or consent of instructor. Advanced study of theory, problems, and policies in international economics.
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ECO 5337 - Health Care Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
The application of economic principles to the analysis of problems and the formulation of policies in the healthcare sector of the economy.
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ECO 5346 - Game Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduction to game theory with an emphasis on economic applications.
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ECO 5347 - Industrial Organization Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 5312 and ECO 5346 or consent of instructor. Course focuses on theories of the “new industrial organization” applied to imperfect competition, from monopoly to the strategic analysis of oligopolistic markets.
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ECO 5348 - Seminar in Empirical Industrial Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5347 or consent of instructor. Focuses on recent developments in empirical industrial organization, public utility, and regulation literature.
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ECO 5350 - Behavioral and Experimental Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5312 or instructor consent. Shows developments in the testing of economic theory through experiments with a strong emphasis on behavioral models/phenomena in explaining economic decision-making.
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ECO 5356 - Advanced Topics in Energy Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5317 or instructor consent. Students will use economic models to analyze current local and global energy markets from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
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ECO 5357 - Forecasting and Applied Macroeconomics
Prerequisites: ECO 5311 , ECE 5381 . Introduction to forecasting and applied empirical methods in macroeconomics. Focuses on forecasting models and evaluations, VAR/SVAR applications, and estimation of DSGE models.
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ECO 5375 - Topics in Labor Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECO 5311 and ECO 5381 or instructor consent. Topics in labor economics from macroeconomic perspective: business cycle fluctuations, effects of minimum wage, taxes, and EITC on labor supply, changes in income inequality, discrimination.
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ECO 5381 - Empirical Studies in Macroeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5311 or consent of instructor. Contemporary theoretical and empirical macroeconomic issues. Use of empirical studies to evaluate competing hypotheses. Student conducted empirical studies.
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ECO 5382 - Advanced Microeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ECO 5312 or consent of instructor. Topics include investment and capital theory, uncertainty, general equilibrium, and welfare.
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ECO 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
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ECO 7000 - Research V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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ECO 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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ECTE - Curriculum Studies Teacher Education (Graduate Course) |
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ECTE 5310 - Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces ideas in critical theory that concern education and pedagogy, identifying barriers to the development of a more just and egalitarian society.
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ECTE 5315 - Connecting Instructional Theory into Practice
Provides graduate students with working knowledge of various instructional theories necessary for examining instructional theories with the intention to inform one’s personal instructional style.
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ECTE 5318 - Authentic Curriculum Assessment 3 Semester Credit Hours
Designed to provide theoretical and experiential knowledge regarding basic principles of educational assessment, primarily the acquisition of alternative assessment skills through authentic approaches.
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ECTE 5335 - Emerging Pedagogies and Designs 3 Semester Credit Hours
Focuses on curriculum design and pedagogical strategies and examines the ways we think, interact, teach, and learn with digital technology in schooling spaces.
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ECTE 5381 - Practical Applications of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment through Action Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
Designed to allow students to investigate a specific issue in their classroom/workplace, design a project using the Action Research model, collect and analyze data.
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ECTE 6301 - Curriculum Theory: Foundations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Designed to help conceptualize the curriculum field, understand philosophical approaches and identify important curriculum issues and tasks involved with curriculum development and theory.
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ECTE 6305 - Critical Contemporary Issues in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
Learn, think, and discuss critical contemporary issues in teaching and learning through interactive debates, discussions, and dialogue.
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ECTE 6310 - Theoretical Frameworks for Curriculum Inquiry 3 Semester Credit Hours
Addresses epistemological and ontological knowledge that a research should be able to conceptualize when approaching, analyzing, and interpreting their research phenomena.
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ECTE 6312 - Curriculum Theory: Contemporary Perspectives 3 Semester Credit Hours
Curriculum theory. Contemporary perspectives.
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ECTE 6316 - Research Design in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
Craft research questions using both qualitative and quantitative methods and examine the affordances, limitations, and assumptions within each paradigm.
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ECTE 6322 - Writing for Publication and Dissemination of Research in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
Research, connect with educational networks, and build community partnerships while learning to present research to professional audiences and disseminate research through professional journals.
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EDBL - Bilingual Education (Undergraduate Courses) |
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EDBL 3135 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in the EC-6 Classroom I 1 Semester Credit Hours
Application of knowledge and skills concerning culture, linguistics, and instructional practices for teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students.
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EDBL 3205 - Bilingual Programs and Language Issues at the Middle Level 2 Semester Credit Hours
Overview of bilingual programs, issues, and second language research related to middle level students. Field experience required.
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EDBL 3235 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in the EC-6 Classroom II 2 Semester Credit Hours
Application of knowledge and skills concerning culture, linguistics, and instructional practices for teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students in classroom settings during student teaching.
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EDBL 3300 - Introduction to Teaching in a Bilingual/ESL Classroom 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces bilingual/ESL teacher education candidates to the fundamentals of teaching, including instructional principles and lesson planning.
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EDBL 3310 - Spanish for Bilingual Teachers 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to bilingual program or instructor consent. Proficiency and instructional skills for bilingual classrooms. Emphasis on academic language.
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EDBL 3320 - Content Area Instruction in Spanish for Dual Language Classrooms 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: C or better in EDBL 3310 . Teacher-training course taught entirely in Spanish. Instructional language for bilingual education across content areas in dual language classrooms.
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EDBL 3332 - Foundations of Bilingual Studies 3 Semester Credit Hours
Overview of history, philosophy, assessment processes, research, and legal aspects related to bilingual education.
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EDBL 3334 - Dual Language and Cognitive Development in Bilingual Programs 3 Semester Credit Hours
Skills, attitudes, psycholinguistic knowledge related to first and second language acquisition. Field experience required.
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EDBL 3335 - Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in EC-6 Mainstream Classrooms 3 Semester Credit Hours
Skills, attitudes, cultural, and psycholinguistic knowledge relevant for second language acquisition and development in relation to teaching practices for linguistically and culturally diverse students. (CL)
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EDBL 3336 - Instruction and Management in Bilingual and Multilingual Settings 3 Semester Credit Hours
Developing instruction and management skills in bilingual and multilingual classrooms.
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EDBL 3337 - Content Area Development for English as a Second Language Populations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Adapting the school curriculum for English as a second language (ESL) students with emphasis on developing appropriate teaching materials for content areas.
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EDBL 3338 - Methods for Teaching English Language Learners 3 Semester Credit Hours
Rationale, theories, and goals of a comprehensive curriculum program for English language learners.
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EDBL 4321 - Teaching Literacy/Biliteracy in Elementary Dual Language Programs 3 Semester Credit Hours
Emphasizes the current perspective of the biliteracy process, English literacy, native-language literacy, biliteracy, and the impact of educational policies and programs for English language learners.
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EDBL - Bilingual Education (Graduate Courses) |
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EDBL 5306 - Seminar in Bilingual/ESL Education in K-12 Contexts 3 Semester Credit Hours
Recent research trends and issues in bilingual education or English-as-a-Second Language in K-12 contexts.
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EDBL 5310 - Advanced Spanish for Bilingual Teachers 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in bilingual education or instructor consent. Advanced proficiency and instructional skills for bilingual classrooms. Emphasizes academic language.
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EDBL 5320 - Advanced Content Area Instruction in Spanish for Dual-Language Classrooms 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: C or better in EDBL 5310 . Teacher-training course. Advanced instructional language for bilingual education across content areas in dual-language classrooms.
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EDBL 5332 - Foundations of Bilingual Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
Overview of curriculum, assessment process, teaching strategies, research, and legislation related to bilingual education.
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EDBL 5333 - Teaching the Multicultural-Multilingual Student 3 Semester Credit Hours
Strategies and techniques for teaching and working with the multicultural-multilingual student.
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EDBL 5334 - First and Second Language Acquisition 3 Semester Credit Hours
First and second language acquisition and development as related to bilingual education and the teaching of English as a second language.
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EDBL 5336 - Instructional and Management Issues in Bilingual Education/ESL 3 Semester Credit Hours
A survey of issues relating to classroom instruction and management for language minority students.
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EDBL 5337 - Teaching Strategies for ESL and Content-Area Teachers of Limited English Proficient Students 3 Semester Credit Hours
Provides an instructional framework for material development and teaching approaches to limited English proficient students.
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EDBL 5338 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language to PreK-12 Students 3 Semester Credit Hours
Study of rationale, theories, and goals of a comprehensive ESL curriculum program in compliance with public school needs and standards of the State of Texas.
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EDBL 5340 - Academic Writing Development for K-12 Second language Learning Contexts 3 Semester Credit Hours
Theory, research, and development of written school-based genres of bilingual students for K-12 curriculum and assessment design considerations.
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EDBL 5393 - Internship in Bilingual Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
Experience in various roles in bilingual education.
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EDBL 7000 - Research V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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EDBL 8000 - Doctor’s Dissertation V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
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EDCI - Educational Curriculum and Instruction (Undergraduate Courses) |
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EDCI 2301 - The Education Effect: Why American K-12 Education Really Matters 3 Semester Credit Hours
Considers costs and benefits of American education and exposes students to issues in education at a deeper level by tutoring in public schools. Fulfills core Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement.
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EDCI 3325 - Honors Seminar: Trends and Issues in Educational Policy and Practice 3 Semester Credit Hours
A seminar course that involves the analysis and synthesis of current trends in educational policy and practices.
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EDCI - Educational Curriculum and Instruction (Graduate Courses) |
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EDCI 5306 - Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction 3 Semester Credit Hours
Recent research, trends, and issues in curriculum and instruction. May be repeated for credit.
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