(4 credits) Genres of fiction, poetry, and drama studied with an emphasis on the craft of the practitioner. Literary texts are used to demonstrate the formal range of the genres studied. Craft exercises are used to explicate the operations and assumptions underlying literary techniques. Core course required for M.A. candidates in the creative writing concentration. Offered spring semester.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Literary discourse; topics center on the structure and form of literary expressiveness; option and choice; linguistic form as the expression of meaning. Counts as an introductory linguistics course in the TESOL endorsement program.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Topics include historical linguistics, history of the English language, grammar, sociolinguistics, or analysis of an uncommonly taught language such as Sanskrit or Armenian. May be repeated with change of topic. Courses count as TESOL endorsement electives. Note: when the topic is Modern English Grammar, ENG 514 counts as an introductory linguistics course in the TESOL endorsement program.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Experiments in the deliberate creation of authorial voice and persona through the manipulation of linguistic tools such as diction, syntax, and punctuation.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Topics include Arthurian tradition, women and writing in the Middle Ages, Chaucer, Malory, or courses in medieval genres or themes. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Sixteenth- and 17th-century authors, genres, themes, or movements including humanism, the Reformation, metaphysical and cavalier poetry, scientific empiricism, and neo-classicism. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Authors, genres, themes, or movements in 18th-century poetry and fiction. Topics include the Enlightenment, satire, rise of the novel, and neo-classical and pre-Romantic poetry. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Authors, genres, themes, or movements in 19th-century poetry, fiction, and drama. Possible topics include Romantic-era women writers, the literature of British imperialism, and the fiction of Jane Austen. May be taken up to three times with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Modern and contemporary authors, genres, themes, or movements. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Authors, genres, themes, or movements of significance in American literature. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Authors, themes, or movements of significance in African-American literature. Topics include slave narratives, Harlem renaissance, literature of the 1950s, and African-American women authors. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Authors, genres, themes, or movements representing the ethnic diversity of modern American literature. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Literary themes, genres, or works significant in British, American, European, or world literature. Topics in the past have included European Romanticism, the Faust theme, and Literature and Science. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Studies in gender theory and gender issues in literature. Topics may include contemporary feminist themes; the intersection of gender, race, and class; the relationship of gender to voice; technique and genre; and how questions of language are linked to these issues. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Intensive study of a single major author. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Grad course eligibility for undergraduates: credits earned greater than or equal
to 144 and gpa 2.75 OR level is graduate. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor, based on manuscript submission. Intensive five-day summer workshop with visiting writers (fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction); “craft” analyses of creative writing. Students complete a manuscript at the end of the semester as well as an essay about technical or craft elements. In addition to tuition, students are charged a Workshop and Materials Fee. Additional information is available at the Imagination Conference web site at www.csuohio.edu/imagination. May be repeated with change of topic.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: Admission to creative writing concentration or permission of instructor. Graduate-level workshop in the writing of fiction. Required to be taken twice by students planning to complete MA thesis in fiction.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing concentration or permission of the instructor. Graduate-level workshop in the writing of creative nonfiction. Required to be taken twice by students planning to complete an MA thesis in nonfiction.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing concentration or permission of the instructor. Graduate-level workshop in dramatic writing. Required to be taken twice by students planning to complete an MA thesis in playwriting.
(4 credits) Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing concentration or permission of instructor. Graduate-level workshop in the writing of poetry. Required to be taken twice by students planning to complete an MA thesis in poetry.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): check for undergrad in grad course; no cer or pb. Prerequisite: Prior written approval from Graduate Committee. Study of a topic not offered as a regular course, under the supervision of a graduate faculty member. The total of ENG 596 coursework may not exceed 8 credits.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing concentration or permission of instructor. Graduate-level work in the writing of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama. May be repeated with change of topic.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Graduate-level work in fiction writing. MA students may enter with permission of instructor
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Graduate-level work in poetry writing. MA students may enter with permission of instructor.
(3 credits) Graduate-level work in genre-specific special topics writing. MA students may enter with permission of instructor. Topics may include recognizable sub-forms such as young adult fiction, detective fiction, memoir, research-based non-fiction, biography, experimental playwriting, dramatic docudrama, site-specific playwriting, puppetry playwriting or poetic forms. May be repeated with change of topic.
(3 credits) Genres of fiction, non-fiction, playwriting and poetry studied with an emphasis on the craft of the practitioner. Literary texts are used to demonstrate the formal range of the genres studied. Craft exercises are used to explicate the operations and assumptions underlying literary techniques. Core course for NEOMFA students. MA students may enter with permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of topic.
(3 credits) Studies in literary themes, genres, or works significant in British, American, European or world literature. May be repeated with change of topic.
(3 credits) Prerequisites: Approval of MFA Advisor, Course Instructor. Eight to ten-hour weekly practicum in literary magazine production and/or editing, arts administration, arts programming/outreach, arts instruction, dramaturgy or theatrical production. Course aims to bring students to an understanding of professional demands and expectations. Instructor will monitor student progress through bi-weekly contact with site manager. Students will be responsible for attending four class sessions throughout the semester and for generating a substantial academic paper.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Study of an important topic in literary or cultural history, criticism, or rhetoric, with special emphasis on methods of analysis and research. May be repeated with change of topic.
(12 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Writing of a Master’s Project under the direction of a faculty member. Required for all M.A. degree candidates.
(5 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. The opening 6-day residency incudes an orientation to the EMBA program’s curriculum and academic/administrative policies and introduces key management decision making concepts, skills, and techniques; presents models and frameworks for ethical analysis in decision making’ and assesses technical skills in areas where students are weak and introduces them to concepts in management, accounting, finance, business communications, and team dynamics. Restricted to EMBA students.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Introduces principles of microeconomics. The course takes a managerial perspective as it applies various economic concepts to real-world problems encountered in the management of the firm. Restricted to EMBA students.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Discusses and investigates the ethical environment of business and the impact of business decisions and activities on society and its various stakeholders. Ethical issues, introduced during the Opening Residency (EBA 600), will be explored in more depth in EBA 605. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Introduces financial and management accounting theories and practices including coverage of accounting measurement of income and financial position, the analysis of business events, and their effects on the financial position and income of a business. Emphasis on the basics of managerial accounting, using managerial accounting for planning, controlling, and decision making purposes; and the behavioral implications of using managerial accounting methods in decision making. Restricted to EMBA students.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Discusses issues involving leadership and its role in bringing about organizational change; tools to be effective leaders in dynamic organizational settings; building understanding about how organizational change is achieved; anchoring organizational changes into the organization’s culture, and enhancing personal capabilities and abilities to navigate change in managerial careers. Restricted to EMBA students.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Reviews significant issues pertaining to strategic human resources management and labor relations. Topics include employment relationship, strategic planning and staffing, reward systems, employee development, and conflict resolution and negotiation. Parallels and contrasts between union and non-union firms are key to this course. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Advanced theories, concepts, and techniques for formulating strategic marketing plans and making marketing decisions for business and non-business organizations in U.S. and global environments. Topics include environmental analysis, market opportunity analysis, segmentation and positioning, marketing-mix decisions, and formulating strategic plans. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Introduces basic and advanced concepts of corporate financial management to EMBA students with significant educational background and employment history. Topics include ratio analysis, risk concepts, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, and long range financial planning. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Provides and overall view of the issues central to an enterprise’s information system (IS) including but not limited to decision support, enterprise resource planning systems, business process re-engineering and systems design, change management and knowledge management as well as managing out sourcing and off shore IS projects. It does not require any technical experitse and will not teach any specific computer programming. On the completion of this course students will not only become familar with the key forces shaping the firm’s IS environment but also issues pertaining to the management of the firm’s IS portfolio, strategic uses of IS, as well as how to realize the value of their IS within the organization. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Provides a comprehensive survey of supply chain concepts, strategies, and models in a format that is suitable to executives. Topics include such fundamentals as supply management, push-pull supply chain systems, centralized versus decentralized control, e-business issues, third party logistics companis, distribution systems, purchasing, and the decision support tools for supply chain. Restricted to EMBA students.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Explores the impact of global environmental forces on management strategies for entering and operating in international markets. Surveys theories and concepts in international marketing, finance, operations, and strategic planning. Considers managerial implications of global trends in politics, trade, culture, and regulatory practices, and the role of international institutions. Restricted to EMBA students.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Extends the material form EBA 613 International Business Strategy by providing an international business experience beyond classroom instruction and learning. EBA 614 widens the global perspective of participants; provides “on location” experience, and interaction with foreign business, government and nonprofit sector excutives; and affords opportunities to analyze corporate strategies in selected industrial sectors and foreign markets. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Explores the integrative and cross-functional nature of corporate strategy and decision making. Applies principles, concepts, and theories from business and marketing strategy, corporate finance, human resource management, managerial accounting, and operations management to management decision and the formulation of strategic business plans. Restricted to EMBA students.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restricted to EMBA students. Application and integration of business strategy, decision making, and solutions. Applies principles, concepts, and theories from business and marketing strategy, corporate finance, human resources management, managerial accounting, and operations management to a field experience in business, analyzing and solving practical, real-world business problems. Restricted to EMBA students.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): EDB 502 and EDB 505, Co-requisite: EST 583 Co-requisite:EST 583 Practicum. Project-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. Through a dynamic process of investigation and collaboration and using the same processes and technologies that real scientists, applies mathematicians and engineers use, candidates work in teams to formulate questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products and share ideas while learning fundamental science and mathematical concepts and principles that can be applied to their daily lives. Applying project-based instruction in 7-12 classrooms helps students regardless of culture, race, or gender engage in meaningful learning. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing and teaching problem-based lessons. Physical materials and strategies for teaching mathematics at the intermediate and secondary level are considered, as are student characteristics, teaching and learning styles, issues of equity and diversity, and constructivist theories of learning.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): EDB 502 and EDB 505, Co-requisite: EST 585 Co-requisite: EST 585 (Practicum). Project-based instruction engages learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. Through a dynamic process of investigation and collaboration and using the same processes and technologies that real scientists, applies mathematicians and engineers use, candidates work in teams to formulate questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products and share ideas while learning fundamental science and mathematical concepts and principles that can be applied to their daily lives. Applying project-based instruction in 7-12 classrooms helps students regardless of culture, race, or gender engage in meaningful learning. This course also provides opportunities for candidates to gain experience in assessing, preparing and teaching problem-based lessons. Physical materials and strategies for teaching Science at the intermediate and secondary level are considered, as are student characteristics, teaching and learning styles, issues of equity and diversity, and constructivist theories of learning.
(1 credits) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Students will learn skills for effective public speaking and technical presentations on technical subjects, attend presentations by experts from industry and academia on subjects of interest in engineering, and research and document an engineering topic approved by the instructor for the purpose of public presentation. Registration for this course may be repeated but these credit hours do not fulfill degree requirements. Graded on an S/U basis.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor.
Advanced selected topics in Engineering Science. Offered on sufficient demand. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Upon prior approval by the Graduate Affairs Commitee, this course could be counted towards the fulfillment of doctoral core courses.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): closed to non degree grads, all undergrads and grads who are
not in the college of engineering Methods of optimization for engineering systems; classical optimization, Taylor’s theorem, Lagrange Multipliers, and Kuhn-Tucker theorem; direct methods, Newton and quasi-Newton methods, penalty and Barrier methods, linear and nonlinear programming.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): closed to non degree grads, all undergrads and grads who are
not in the college of engineering Prerequisite: Engineering Statistics. Optimization in engineering economics; application of renewal theory; inventory and Markov decision models; Bayesian decision analysis.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): closed to non degree grads, all undergrads and grads who are
not in the college of engineering Engineering applications and solution techniques for partial differential equations; variational derivation of differential equations and boundary conditions; Hamilton’s principle and Lagrange’s equation; numerical methods and computer solutions for differential equations.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Doctoral Program in the College of Engineering or permission of the instructor. This course will enhance the ability of students to write technical papers and proposals, and to give effective oral presentations.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in engineering or permission of instructor.
Advanced selected topics in Engineering Science. Offered on sufficient demand.
May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Upon prior approval by the Graduate Affairs Commitee, this course could be counted towards the fulfillment of doctoral core courses.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in chemical, civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering, or permission of instructor Prerequisite: Graduate standing in chemical, civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering, or permission of instructor. Application of engineering principles to chemical, manufacturing, and other industries. Life cycle analyses used to identify sustainable technologies and development alternatives.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Working knowledge of partial differential equations and applied numerical anayslis and graduate standing in civil, environmental, mechanical or chemical engineering or permission of instructor. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of partial differential equations and applied numerical analysis, and graduate standing in civil, environmental, mechanical, or chemical engineering, or permission of instructor. Modeling fate and transport of pollutants in the subsurface environment. Multicomponent, multiphase transport in porous media. Analysis of fate determining mechanisms.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Engineering classification of soils, clay mineralogy, properties of different types of soils, such as strength, permeability, volume-density characteristics; soil contaminant interaction, methods of soil stabilization, methods of soil decontamination, process selection, and site remediation. Soil decontamination design project.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Analysis of the physical properties and the resultant groundwater flow in porous media. Application of the principles of the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum to groundwater flow systems. Includes well hydraulics, well design, aquifer analysis, infiltration, flow in the unsaturated zone, and introduction to groundwater contamination.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): CVE 564 Numerical and statistical methods employed in computer models that simulate the movement of groundwater through the hydrologic cycle. Emphasizes the utilization of computer programs to evaluate the groundwater flow system.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Civil, Chemical, Envionmental, or Mechanical Engineering; or the instructor’s permission Prerequisite: graduate standing in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering; or the instructor’s permission. Fundamental concepts from inorganic, organic, physical and equilibrium chemistry applied to atmospheric, subsurface and aquatic environments.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Application of the principles of biochemistry and microbiology, including microbial metabolic cycles, enzyme systems, inhibitors, and electron transport mechanisms important to the water and wastewater treatment processes.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): CVE 570 Study of sources of industrial wastewater and their treatability by physical, chemical, and biological processes; problems and solutions involved in combining municiple and industrial waste treatment and treatment of wastewater from selected industries.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Generation, storage, collection, transfer, treatment, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Addresses engineering and management issues, including waste minimization and recycling.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering The application of engineering principles to the analysis and control of problems in occupational and environmental health. Emphasis on problems in small water and wastewater treatment systems, industrial hygiene, air pollution, noise, hazardous materials control, public health, and physical and chemical hazards in the workplace, including ventilation design, noise control, radiation controls and ergonomics.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Design of water treatment and distribution systems; engineering principles in design, selection of alternative process schemes, and cost estimates.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Design of wastewater treatment and collection systems; engineering principles in design, selection of alternative process schemes, advanced treatment processes, and cost estimates.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): CVE 570 Types of air pollutants; their sources, characteristics, environmental effects, control, and environemental fate. Dispersion modeling. Design of air pollution control systems for mobile and stationary sources of pollutants.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in chemical, civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in chemical, civil, environmental, or mechanical engineering or permission of instructor. Traditional and developmental methods for removal or destruction of hazardous wastes at contaminated sites. Soil/groundwater remediation.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Topics of current interest to the environmental engineering profession. Offered on sufficient demand.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): Restriction for undergraduates in graduate courses and enrolled in the college
of Engineering Provides students with experience and instruction on presentation methods and oral communication of scientific information on interdisciplinary environmental issues. The course includes guest speakers from various environmental fields, and focuses on career opportunities as well as the skills and tools needed to succeed as an environmental professional. Students present their research plans during this course.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students, Nondegree graduates ineligible to enroll in 600/700/800 level graduate courses. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Civil Engineering, completion of at least one full-time academic year in MSCE or Doctor of Engineering program, and permission of advisor. This internship provides students with practical experience in civil/environmental engineering. Students are required to submit a final project report and make a presentation at the end of the course. May be taken up to two times for credit.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EVE 534, EVE 570, or permission of instructor Study of environmental engineering unit operations based on physical, chemical, and physicochemical principles.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): closed to non degree grads, all undergrads and grads who are
not in the college of engineering Prerequisite: EVE 534, EVE 570, or permission of instructor. Study of environmental engineering unit operations based on physical, chemical, and physicochemical principles.