WSU Graduate Course Descriptions

The list below shows the names and abbreviations for the different areas of graduate study. Each area is linked to information about that course. Simply click on your choice of study to find out more about it. Please note that the courses are alphabetized by the course's name, not by the abbreviation.

Click on any link below to jump directly to the list of courses starting with that letter and then click on any of the course links to jump directly to those course descriptions.

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[ N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z ]

A

Accountancy/ACC
Anatomy/ANT
Anthropology/ATH
Applied Behavioral Science/ABS
Applied Music/MUA
Art and Art History/ART
Art Education/AED

B

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/BMB
Biological Sciences/BIO
Biomedical Engineering/BME
Biomedical Sciences/BMS

C

Chemistry/CHM
Classics/CLS
Communication/COM
Community Health/CMH
Computer Engineering/CEG
Computer Science/CS
Counseling/CNL

E

Economic Education, Center for/ECO
Economics/EC
Education/ED
Educational Leadership/EDL
Educational Technology/EDT
Education - Early Childhood Education/EDE
Education - Special Education/EDS
Electrical Engineering/EE
Engineering/EGR
Engineering Physics/EP
English/ENG
Environmental Science/ES

F

Finance/FIN
French/FR

G

Geography/GEO
Geological Sciences/GL
German/GER

H

Health/HLT
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation/HPR
History/HST
Human Factors Engineering/HFE
Humanities/HUM

L

Latin/LAT
Law/LAW

M

Management/MGT
Management Information Systems/MIS
Management Science/MS
Marketing/MKT
Master of Business Administration/MBA
Mathematics/MTH
Mechanical and Materials Engineering/ME
Microbiology and Immunology/M&I
Music/MUS
Music: Applied Music / MUA
Music Ensembles/MUE

N

Nursing/NUR

P

Pharmacology/PHA
Pharmacology and Toxicology/PTX
Philosophy/PHL
Physics/PHY
Physiology and Biophysics/P&B
Political Science/PLS
Professional Psychology/PSI
Psychology/PSY

R

Rehabilitation/RHB
Rehabilitation Medicine and Restorative Care/RM
Religion/REL
Russian/RUS

S

Social Work/SW
Sociology/SOC
Spanish/SPN
Statistics/STT

T

Theatre/TH

U

Urban Affairs/URS

V

Vocational Education/VOE

Course Numbering System

500-599	Courses that carry graduate credit only in a major field different from that of the department offering the course. Most such courses will be alternate designations of courses normally numbered 300-499.
600-699	Courses that carry graduate credit in any major field and have alternate designations in which the first digit is a 3 or 4 when taken for undergraduate credit.
700-799	Courses intended for graduate credit only.

Policy on Dual-Listed Courses

Students who wish to take "dual listed" (e.g., PHY 420/620) courses for graduate credit (PHY 620-level) are required to perform alternate work that reflects both quantitative and qualitative advances over the undergraduate requirements (PHY 420-level), such as additional scholarly readings, more rigorous research, and/or more comprehensive examinations. The alternate work required for graduate credit will be stated in the syllabi for all "dual listed" courses.

1. When additional readings are assigned, they should involve students with scholarly literature related to the subject of the course.

2. When graduate research is assigned, it should adhere to rigorous methodological strategies, emphasize primary source material where appropriate, and conform to accepted standards of scholarly style, organization, and content.

3. Graduate examinations may require additional or different questions and should require abstract thinking and theoretical assimilation of the course material.

The course descriptions listed in this catalog represent the range of graduate courses offered at Wright State by the Colleges of Business and Administration, Education and Human Services, Engineering and Computer Science, Liberal Arts, and Science and Mathematics; the School of Professional Psychology; the Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health; and other graduate programs. For medical school courses see the School of Medicine Catalog, available in the medical school Office of Student Affairs/Admissions, 210 Medical Sciences. For undergraduate course descriptions see the Undergraduate Catalog, available in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, E148 Student Union.

Not all courses described here are offered every quarter or every year. For a more detailed listing of prerequisites, enrollment restrictions, and specific courses offered in a particular quarter, consult the Wright State class schedule published each fall, winter, spring, and summer quarter.