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2016-2017 Graduate Catalog (as of 08-31-16) 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog (as of 08-31-16) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Computer and Information Science

  
  • CSIS 601 Data Modeling and Database Design (3)

    Topics include conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling, data analysis, relational database design and normalization, query languages, query processing, administration, and CASE tools. A database design project is part of the requirement and includes hands-on data modeling, design, development, and implementation.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 601
  
  • CSIS 602 Foundations of Software Engineering (3)

    A survey course in software engineering processes and methodologies. This course includes software life cycles, planning and managing projects, capturing and managing requirements, analysis and design, implementation, software testing and quality assurance and risk analysis in software development. Emphasized are team-based development, quality standards, object-oriented design and CASE (computer-aided software engineering) tools.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 602
  
  • CSIS 603 Object-Oriented Design Patterns (3)

    A course in software design using design patterns as a tool for communicating software design solutions and as an aid in software refactoring. Creational, structural and behavioral patterns are emphasized. Also covered are finding and documenting software development patterns. The Unified Modeling Language is used as the design tool for software patterns and programming projects are in an object-oriented programming language.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 603
  
  • CSIS 604 Distributed Computer Systems Architecture (3)

    This course covers basic techniques for the design and construction of distributed systems. Its aim is to give the skills needed to build simple systems and to identify key issues for the analysis of distribution problems.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 604
  
  • CSIS 612 Advanced Computer Architecture (3)

    This course covers various topics relevant to clustering, including the following: interconnection networks, protocols, high performance I/O, load balancing, availability, programming models and environments, parallel algorithms, and applications. The course will be lab-intensive and will include the implementation of parallel algorithms on a Beowulf Cluster.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 604  or permission of department.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 612
  
  • CSIS 614 Advanced Operating Systems (3)

    This course covers a broad range of advanced operating systems concepts including protection, security, memory management, kernels, file systems, synchronization, naming, networks and distributed systems as well as recent trends in operating systems design. Specific aspects of operating systems that support distributed computing will be emphasized.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 604  or permission of department.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 614
  
  • CSIS 616 Automata Theory (3)

    The theory of finite state machines and regular expressions are applied to the design of switching circuits, components of compilers such as lexical analysis, pattern-matching, text editors, unifications as needed in Prolog or for automated deduction, and almost any program which processes under commands. Undecidable problems and intractable problems are explored.
    Prerequisite(s): Knowledge of discrete mathematics.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 616
  
  • CSIS 618 Programming Languages (3)

    The course surveys the principles of programming language design and the issues related to their implementation. Topics will include a comparison of the major programming paradigms: imperative, functional, logic and object oriented. Also covered are data types, methods of specifying the semantics of language constructs, and concurrency.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 618
  
  • CSIS 631 Principles of Computer Security (3)

    A survey of the principles and practices related to computer security. The course concentrates on the problems of security associated with computer systems and emphasizes the application of cryptography to address those problems.
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 631
  
  • CSIS 632 Data Communications and Networking (3)

    An introduction to data communications and computer networking. Topics include LAN topologies, transmission media, error detection, packet switching networks, Internetworking of heterogeneous network technologies, Internet protocol suites (with emphasis on TCP/IP), the client/server paradigm, the BSD socket interface, network security and network applications.
    Course Frequency: Every Other Fall
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 632
  
  • CSIS 633 Semantic Web Principles and Practice (3)

    This course covers the emerging technology supporting the Semantic Web with machine-processable content. Students will engineer and implement ontologies, associated metadata and logical inference systems. Covered are specialized languages such as Extensible Markup Language (XML), Resource Description Framework (RDF), and Ontology Web Language (OWL) and associated query languages.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 633
  
  • CSIS 634 Project Change and Management (3)

    Managing projects within an organizational context, including the processes related to initiating, planning, executing, controlling, reporting and closing a project form the major portion of this course. Project integration, scope, time, cost, quality control, risk management and managing the changes in organization resulting from introducing or revising information systems are also included.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 634
  
  • CSIS 636 Information Technology, Policy, Strategy, and Governance (3)

    This course will consider the development and implementation of policies and plans to achieve organizational goals, the defining of systems that support the operational, administrative and strategic needs of the organization, as well as the study of approaches to managing the information systems function in organizations.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 636
  
  • CSIS 638 Advanced Topics in Database Systems (3)

    Topics such as algorithms for query processing and optimization, physical database design, transaction processing, concurrency control, database backup and recovery techniques, database security, distributed databases, multimedia databases, object and object-relational databases, data warehousing, and data mining.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 601  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 638
  
  • CSIS 641 Advanced Cybersecurity (3)

    This course will cover the techniques used to secure cybersystems. Topics covered will include security policies, computer security management and risk assessment, secured network protocols, software security issues, ethical and legal aspects of cybersecurity, and disaster recovery. Special emphasis will be given to designing, deploying, and managing complete secured cybersystems.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 631  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 641
  
  • CSIS 654 Software Requirements Analysis and Specifications (3)

    An introduction to the software requirements engineering process. Topics to include feasibility studies, risk, requirement elicitation, modeling, analysis, specification and validation.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 602 .
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 654
  
  • CSIS 656 Software Systems Design and Implementation (3)

    An introduction to the issues, techniques, strategies, representations and patterns used in designing and implementing software. Possible design topics include: specification of internal interfaces, architectural design, data design, user-interface design, design tools and evaluation of design. Possible implementation topics include: language-oriented issues, construction technologies, tools and formal constructions methods.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 602  and CSIS 603 .
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 656
  
  • CSIS 657 Embedded Systems Design (3)

    This course is an introduction to specifying, designing, implementing, and testing (real-time) embedded systems. Topics include the embedded system lifecycle, choosing a processor, hardware/ software partitioning, design techniques, cross-platform development, debugging, testing, and integration. Implementation languages may include Java, C/C++ or assembly.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 602  and CSIS 604  
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 657
  
  • CSIS 658 Software Testing and Maintenance (3)

    An introduction to the concepts and methods associated with software testing and maintenance. Testing topics to include: testing as part of the requirements for engineering and software design, test plan writing and static and dynamic testing. Maintenance topics to include: an overview of corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive maintenance activities as well as organizational managerial issues.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 602 .
    Course Frequency: Every Other Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 658
  
  • CSIS 659 Service-Oriented Computing (3)

    Service-Oriented Computing is a term that describes software systems that combine Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) layers. This course explores both SOA and BPM, demonstrating how business and IT concerns can be aligned. Students will gain experience with service-oriented development, process modeling and execution, and securing services.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 601  
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 659
  
  • CSIS 672 Human-Computer Interaction (3)

    Introduction to human-computer interaction and user-interface development. Topics include human factors of interactive software, interactive styles, design principles and considerations, development methods and tools, interface quality and evaluation methods. This course stresses the importance of good interfaces and the relationship of user interface design to human-computer interaction. It is intended for students whose future work may involve software development.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 672
  
  • CSIS 674 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3)

    An introduction to the fundamental principles of computer graphics. Using standard graphics libraries, students will learn these principles by writing a series of programming projects.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 674
  
  • CSIS 690 Special Topics in Computing (3)

    A course in the special study of an advanced or new topic in computer science, information science or software engineering. This course may be repeated for additional credit, as the topics change.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 690
  
  • CSIS 691 Independent Study (3)

    This course consists of individual study of an agreed-upon topic under the direction of a faculty member and following a course of reading and other requirements proposed by the student and established by negotiation with the director. This course is intended to provide graduate students with an opportunity to study in an area of computer science, software engineering or information systems that is not generally offered. This course may be repeated once.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 6 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 691
  
  • CSIS 698 Project Thesis (3)

    Project Thesis is a three credit hour course for the completion of a formal master’s project thesis under faculty direction. A Project Thesis is characterized by a research project that applies or extends course topics through systems development.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 601 , CSIS 602 , CSIS 603 , CSIS 604 , and approval by the program director.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 698
  
  • CSIS 699 Research Thesis (6)

    Research Thesis is a six-credit-hour course for the completion of a formal master’s research thesis under faculty direction. A Research Thesis is a traditional research project characterized by a comprehensive paper on a research topic.
    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 601 , CSIS 602 , CSIS 603 , CSIS 604 , and approval by the program director.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: CSCI 699
  
  • CSIS 900 Continuous Research Enrollment (1-9)

    Students who are nearing the end of their coursework for their degree and who have begun work on their master’s thesis topic may need to utilize the Continuous Research Enrollment course to maintain a suitable level of enrollment for their programs. Linked directly to students’ research on a thesis topic and must be considered as a progress report toward that end when graded by the thesis advisor. The course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Form submission and program approval.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated when taken within the program’s time limit requirements.
    Restriction: Continuous Research Enrollment hours cannot be used as part of a program of study towards a degree. Continuous Research Enrollment hours may not be taken in lieu of thesis hours, but may be taken in combination with thesis hours, if no additional hours are available or necessary.

Elementary and Early Childhood Education

  
  • EDEE 510 Educational Theory, Behavior, and Development of the Young Child: Field Experience I (3)

    An introduction to early childhood education including 1) historical and philosophical antecedents, 2) developmentally appropriate practice, 3) field-based experiences and 4) characteristics of young children and related program implications. The course includes a 36-hour practicum in a variety of settings to ensure multicultural exposure.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Note: Practicum required.
  
  • EDEE 515 Middle School Organization and Curriculum (3)

    An overview of the middle school concept, including 1) historical and philosophical antecedents, 2) conflicting perceptions of middle school, 3) definitions of middle school and middle-level concept, 4) characteristics of the emerging adolescent and related program implications, 5) change factors involved in conversion to the middle school concept, 6) evaluation methods for determining effectiveness and student progress and 7) speculation on the future of the middle school movement.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  
  • EDEE 604 Teacher as Researcher in Early Childhood Education (3)

    In this course, students learn about the nature and design of action research. The course will provide students the opportunity to extend and further develop their knowledge and understanding of theories and content appropriate to early childhood education by engaging in reflective inquiry in preparation for formal thesis research.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 606 Teaching Diverse Learners (3)

    The emphasis of the course is on inclusion strategies for special needs students in regular classrooms. Appropriate referral and instructional strategies will be analyzed and explored.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  
  • EDEE 610 Integrating Assessment and Instruction (3)

    The course provides the participant opportunities to examine instructional models and assessment strategies in education (a) through research, application and demonstration, and (b) within the context of the way related concepts, models and strategies vary to guide educational decision making in a range of developmental areas from early childhood, to elementary, to middle school. The course covers important concepts and theories in learning, instructional design, and assessment.
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 614  
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 613 Curriculum and Development for Early Childhood Education (3)

    An analysis of early childhood curricular theory, instructional programs, related research and societal needs. Particular emphasis is given to the physical, emotional, social and cognitive characteristics of children at different developmental levels, and techniques and materials suitable for teaching at this level. The course includes the study of innovative and experimental programs.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Note: Required for early childhood certification.
  
  • EDEE 614 Field Experience II in Elementary Education (3)

    This course provides elementary education candidates multiple opportunities to observe and teach lessons in public elementary classrooms and to connect observational data with theory and practice related to classroom assessment during the elementary years. Additionally, it provides candidates the opportunity for service learning in the schools.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 645 ;
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 610 .
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 615 Assessment in Student Learning (3)

    This course is designed to provide theoretical and experiential knowledge regarding basic principles of educational assessment and evaluation. The course will focus on the acquisition of traditional and performance-based knowledge and assessment skills, and the examination of contemporary evaluative issues confronted by educators pre-K through grade 3.
    Prerequisite(s): EDFS 654  and EDFS 687  or equivalents, EDEE 510  and EDEE 617 .
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 616 Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education (3)

    The process of development of content areas and their implementation in educational programs for young children. Emphasis is on current methods, techniques and materials suitable for teaching at this level. The course includes the study of innovative and experimental programs.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Note: Required for early childhood certification.
  
  • EDEE 617 Advanced Instructional Strategies for Emergent Literacies PK-3 (3)

    This course leads to an advanced understanding of theories and the development of a broadened definition of literacy and the instructional strategies for reading using print and non-print texts for the development of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension in grades PreK-3.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 640  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 620 Home, School, and Community Relationships (3)

    A study of the relationships that exist in the educational triad of home, school and community. Strategies for increasing communication and collaboration between parents and schools are addressed and the skills needed to be an advocate for young children are explored. Topics include current family demographics, the abused child, the parent community, rights and responsibilities, resources and leadership training.
    Course Frequency: Fall
    Note: Practicum required for M.A.T. students.
  
  • EDEE 621 Current Trends and Issues in Early Education (3)

    An extensive study of the development and changes taking place in the field of early childhood education. Analysis and evaluation are utilized in determining possible future trends and in assessing strengths and weaknesses of existing programs.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 625 Interdisciplinary Themes: Design and Implementation (3)

    The course provides knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of interdisciplinary themes (units). The focus is on the planning and evaluation of grade-level units that incorporate multiple subject areas. Topics include rationale and framework, integration of content, teaching strategies and evaluation.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 631 Advanced Teaching Writing/Design with Children’s Literature and Multimodal Texts, PK-3 (3)

    The course examines texts as mentors for teaching diverse early childhood learners writing and designing. This course researches and explores children’s print, visual, and digital texts, and differentiated contexts that support early childhood writing instruction. A variety of popular and academic writing genres and tools will be critically examined.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 640  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 633 Advanced Teaching Writing/Design with Children’s Literature and Multimodal Texts, 2-6 (3)

    The course examines texts as mentors for teaching diverse early childhood learners writing and designing. This course researches and explores children’s print, visual, and digital texts, and differentiated contexts that support early childhood writing instruction. A variety of popular and academic writing genres and tools will be examined.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 640  
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 634 Trends and Issues in Elementary Education (3)

    A course focusing on current trends and issues in elementary and middle-level education as they relate to children and teaching in grades one through eight.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 636 Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education: Field Experience II (3)

    Instruction, observation, and field experience related to planning and implementing lessons for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and primary grade students. Students learn to plan and implement lessons with differentiated curriculum, instruction, and assessment and the use of developmentally appropriate methods and materials. Candidates plan for and teach individual students, small groups of students, and provide flexible grouping for whole class instruction. A minimum of 20 hours of field experience is required.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Note: Required for early childhood certification.
  
  • EDEE 637 Internship in Early Childhood Education (3)

    A supervised internship in an early childhood classroom or administrative setting of at least 12 weeks of full-time participation. Designed for advanced students.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 638 Mathematics and Science in Early Childhood Education (3)

    A study of the development of mathematics and science concepts and processes in children. The relationship is explored between curriculum content, instructional strategies and materials and ways in which young learners construct knowledge. Physical health and safety education are included.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 640 Advanced Foundations of Language and Literacies Development (3)

    The course explores theories of language and literacies development. This course outlines the development of oral and written language (speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, and designing) in first and second languages. Candidates will also develop an advanced understanding of factors such as family, community, culture, and dialect upon language and literacies development.
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 645  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 641 Science for the Elementary School Teacher (3)

    An in-depth examination and analysis of the relationship between the science curriculum, science instruction and the ways in which elementary students discover and invent knowledge in the science content areas.
    Course Frequency: Spring
    Note: Practicum required.
  
  • EDEE 642 Social Studies and Humanities for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers (3)

    An in-depth examination of the relationship between the social studies curriculum, social studies instruction and the ways in which elementary students construct social knowledge and values.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 645 Field Experience I in Elementary Education (3)

    This course provides elementary education candidates multiple opportunities to observe in public elementary classrooms and to connect observational data with theory and practice related to language and literacy development during the elementary years. Additionally, participants analyze an academic Long Range Planning document in relation to observed classroom activities.
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 640 .
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 650 Analysis of Current Research in Child Development (3)

    A framework for the study of the child’s cumulative and integrative growth experience provided by psychological patterning from early childhood to adolescence. Key theories of personality and developmental principles are evaluated in the light of selected research studies and field experience.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 653 Theories and Strategies for Developing Literacies (3)

    This course examines 21st-century definitions and conceptualizations of “reading” and “text” through theories, methods, strategies and materials in teaching communication skills to elementary and middle-school students. Aspects of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing will be explored. Topics include literacy processes, supporting classroom diversity and meeting students’ instructional literacy levels.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 655 Creativity and the Fine Arts (3)

    An in-depth study emphasizing teaching content knowledge within the discipline of fine arts for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 663 Children’s Literature (3)

    Study of the historical development of children’s books and the significant literature available for children today. Criteria for evaluating juvenile literature and ways of stimulating children’s interest in books are presented. Discussion includes the uses of fantasy, fairy tales and myth, the abridgment of classics, the introduction of poetry and the special needs of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students are introduced to a wide range of reading material which may be relevant to curriculum content or which offer children a reading-for-pleasure experience.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 664 Health and Physical Education for the Elementary Teacher (3)

    Development of physical, health, and safety education as an integral part of the life of the elementary age child and the curriculum of the school. The relationship between organization, development and instruction in health and physical education activities and safety practices are explored.
    Prerequisite(s): EDFS 654 .
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 665 Elementary School Arithmetic: Content and Instruction (3)

    Skill development and mastery of terminology, symbolism, and content contained within the scope and sequence of the elementary school curriculum. Approaches to assist the teacher in the analysis, preparation and delivery of instruction are identified.
    Course Frequency: Spring
  
  • EDEE 667 Curriculum Theory and Application (3)

    This course will expand the candidate’s understanding of theories, issues, and practices of curriculum development. The course will examine the history of curriculum development in the United States and will identify educational, political, and social forces that have shaped curriculum. Students will identify reoccurring themes, major leaders in curriculum, and will gain an understanding of how curriculum is developed from the classroom to the national level. By examining their own understanding of curriculum, they will begin to conceptualize potential capstone projects.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 669 Behavior of the Young Child (3)

    Basic presentation of skills required to assess the needs, motivations and capacities of young children. Methods of observing, recording, and documenting behavior (individual and group), and the interpretation of the underlying dynamics are studied. Children’s art, language and dramatic play are examined as materials for understanding the meaning of behavior. Students examine widely used test materials in order to determine under what circumstances and by whom the test should be given, and the results are evaluated and used.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 650 , EDFS 654 , or permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 681 Field Experience in Reading (3)

    A supervised clinical and/or laboratory school practicum experience in the diagnosis and correction of a reading disability case. An opportunity to develop and implement a corrective reading program for a disabled reader is provided.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 682 Advanced Curriculum, Instruction, and Literacies Assessment (Prek-3) Field Experience III (3)

    Candidates will establish a positive learning environment, teach multiple subjects, and learn to administer and analyze literacy assessments in order to adapt instruction of diverse learners. Candidates will also learn to reflect on ans self-assess their performance in the classroom. A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 510  and EDEE 636  or their equivalents.
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 620 
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 685 Independent Study in Education (1-3)

    Graduate students may undertake a study of a special topic in education chosen by the student and individually supervised. Each project must be done in consultation with a member of the graduate faculty qualified to guide and evaluate the student’s work. Time deadlines must be set before initiation of the project.
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor required.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 3 credit hours.
  
  • EDEE 690 Creating Effective Learning Communities (3)

    This course focuses on how teachers create collaborative and inclusive communities of learners. Supportive, preventive and corrective teaching practices and management strategies are emphasized. Teacher candidates will research, analyze and evaluate current management practices.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 610  and EDEE 614  
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 695  
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 695 Advanced Curriculum, Instruction and Literacies Assessment (2-6): Field Experience III (3)

    Candidates will establish a positive learning environment, teach multiple subjects, and learn to administer and analyze literacy assessment in order to adapt instruction of diverse learners. Candidates will also learn to reflect and self-assess their performance in the classroom. A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required.
    Prerequisite(s): EDEE 610  and EDEE 614  
    Co-requisite(s): EDEE 690 .
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • EDEE 698 Clinical Practice in Early Childhood Education (9)

    A course in which students are placed in a local elementary school in a pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade to observe, teach, and participate during the entire school day for a minimum of 60 days (12 weeks). Weekly on-campus seminars are also required. Students must apply for admission to student teaching one year prior to enrollment.
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the teacher education program and completion of all education courses.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  
  • EDEE 699 Clinical Practice in Elementary Education (9)

    A course in which students are placed in a local elementary school to observe, teach and participate during the entire school day for a minimum of 60 days (12 weeks). Weekly on campus seminars are also required. Students must apply for admission to student teaching one year prior to enrollment.
    Prerequisite(s): admission to the teacher education program and completion of all education courses.
    Course Frequency: Fall and Spring
  
  • EDEE 700 Thesis (3)

    A research project completed under the guidance of a graduate faculty member and submitted and defended before a graduate committee.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 701 Thesis (3)

    Continuation of EDEE 700 .
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 702 Research and Development Project (3-6)

    An in-depth study of an individually chosen topic that is planned and completed under the guidance of the student’s advisor and submitted for review by the graduate faculty.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
  
  • EDEE 900 Continuous Research Enrollment (1-9)

    Students who are nearing the end of their coursework for their degree and who have begun work on their master’s thesis topic may need to utilize the Continuous Research Enrollment course to maintain a suitable level of enrollment for their programs. Linked directly to students’ research on a thesis topic and must be considered as a progress report toward that end when graded by the thesis advisor. The course will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
    Prerequisite(s): Form submission and program approval.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: May be repeated when taken within the program’s time limit requirements.
    Restriction: Continuous Research Enrollment hours cannot be used as part of a program of study towards a degree. Continuous Research Enrollment hours may not be taken in lieu of thesis hours, but may be taken in combination with thesis hours, if no additional hours are available or necessary.

English

  
  • ENGL 501 Chaucer (3)

    A study of Chaucer’s language, art, and cultural milieu through the reading of Troilus and Criseyde, the Canterbury Tales and many of the shorter works.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 501
  
  • ENGL 502 Shakespeare (3)

    A comprehensive study of Shakespeare’s art, including an intensive reading of several plays and appropriate attention to the primary critical approaches.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 502
  
  • ENGL 503 English Drama to 1642 (3)

    A study of English drama from its origins in the Middle Ages, through the predecessors and contemporaries of Shakespeare, and on to the closing of the theatres in 1642.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 503
  
  • ENGL 504 Poetry and Prose of English Renaissance (3)

    Non-dramatic poetry and prose of the 16th and early 17th centuries, with emphasis on the major authors (Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson, Donne and Herbert) and on the major literary types.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 504
  
  • ENGL 505 Milton (3)

    A study of the major poetry, selected prose, and selected minor poems with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 505
  
  • ENGL 506 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama (3)

    A study of such important dramatists of the period as Otway, Etherege, Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar, Goldsmith, Sheridan and others
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 506
  
  • ENGL 507 Survey of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)

    A study of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Blake and other important poets and prose writers of the period.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 507
  
  • ENGL 509 Romantic Literature (3)

    A study of the chief features of the Romantic writings of the early 19th century, with special emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 509
  
  • ENGL 510 Victorian Literature (3)

    A study of English literature from 1832 to 1900 of major writers such as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Swinburne and Rossetti.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 510
  
  • ENGL 511 Introduction to Graduate English Studies (3)

    A practical introduction to research and writing. The course will cover theoretical approached to literary and cultural interpretation; the discovery, analysis, evaluation, and integration of primary and secondary resources; and strategies for generating and revising sophisticated arguments. It also seeks to broaden awareness of career paths and professional development opportunities.
    Course Frequency: Fall
  
  • ENGL 512 Southern Literature (3)

    A study of a wide range of literature written in or about the American South.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 512
  
  • ENGL 517 Special Topics in Literature (3)

    A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in literature outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Repeatable: For up to 12 credit hours.
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 517
  
  • ENGL 520 A Survey of World Literature I (3)

    Masterpieces of world literature in translation from the beginnings to around 1650 with special attention to the philosophical content and the development of literary forms.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 520
  
  • ENGL 521 A Survey of World Literature II (3)

    Masterpieces of world literature in translation from around 1650 to the present time with special attention to the philosophical content and the development of literary forms.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 521
  
  • ENGL 522 Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature (3)

    A detailed study of major American writers from the earliest settlers through the end of the 18th century.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 522
  
  • ENGL 523 Nineteenth-Century American Literature I - Romanticism (3)

    A study of major figures of the American Romantic period (approximately 1830-1860).
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 523
  
  • ENGL 524 Nineteenth-Century American Literature II - Realism (3)

    A study of major figures of the American Realistic period (approximately 1860-1900).
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 524
  
  • ENGL 525 Eighteenth-Century British Novel (3)

    A study of the origins of the British novel, including such figures as Fielding, Richardson, and Defoe.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 525
  
  • ENGL 526 Victorian Novel (3)

    A study of major British novelists of the late 19th century, including Dickens, Eliot and Hardy.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 526
  
  • ENGL 527 British Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)

    A study of the novels and short stories of major 20th-century British writers up to 1945, including such figures as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Woolf and Joyce.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 527
  
  • ENGL 528 American Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)

    A study of the novels and short stories of major writers of the first half of the twentieth century, including such figures as Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Faulkner and Hemingway.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 528
  
  • ENGL 529 American Fiction Since 1945 (3)

    A study of significant American novels and short fiction published since World War II.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 529
  
  • ENGL 531 British Poetry 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of the poetry of major 20th-century British authors, such as Hardy, Yeats, Thomas and Auden.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 531
  
  • ENGL 532 American Poetry 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of major poets after 1900.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 532
  
  • ENGL 533 British Drama 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of the work of major 20th-century British dramatists, such as Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard and Beckett.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 533
  
  • ENGL 534 American Drama 1900 to Present (3)

    A study of significant American plays written after 1900.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 534
  
  • ENGL 535 African American Literature (3)

    A survey of African American literature from the early days of slavery to the struggle for emancipation, to the 20th-century Harlem Renaissance and civil rights movement.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 535
  
  • ENGL 537 Contemporary British Literature (3)

    A study of post-World War II British writers.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 537
  
  • ENGL 550 Special Topics in Composition Or Language (3)

    A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in composition or language that is outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject for each course will be announced.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 550
  
  • ENGL 552 Adolescent Literature (3)

    A study of literature for the adolescent, including methods of introducing the major literary genres to the secondary school student.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 552
  
  • ENGL 553 Modern English Grammar (3)

    An intensive study of the syntax of Present Day English. The course also includes a review of traditional grammar, focusing primarily on the parts of speech. Special attention is given to linguistic theory, particularly regarding the acquisition of language.
    Course Frequency: Occasional
    Citadel Course Number: ENGL 553
 

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