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    Jun 08, 2023  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Note - listings are by subject area prefix, not department code.

 

LIN - Linguistics

  
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    LIN 6726 Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers a variety of topics about individual differences in SLA including, but not limited to, motivation, anxiety, tolerance of ambiguity, and language aptitude.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 6748 Contrastive Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3

    Comparison and contrast of the structures of American English with corresponding structures in selected foreign languages. EA and IA added for contrast with CA.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 6908 Independent Study


    Credit Hours: 1-19

    Independent study in which the student must have a contract with an instructor.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 1-19
  
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    LIN 6910 Directed Research


    Credit Hours: 1-19

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 1-19
  
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    LIN 6932 Selected Topics


    Credit Hours: 1-4

    Content will depend upon instructor’s interests and students’ needs. Such topics and neurolinguistics, bilingualism, and discourse analysis may be taught.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 1-4
  
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    LIN 7635 Professional Development


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course provides professional development opportunities in applied linguistics. Students will be mentored by a faculty member in an area of professional development determined by the student and faculty member.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7637 Research and Writing in Applied Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3

    This advanced graduate-level course examines research methods and conventions of research-based writing in Applied Linguistics. Students develop an understanding of academic writing process and practice scholarly writing in a supportive environment.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7638 Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3

    A comprehensive overview of four common approaches to conducting qualitative research in applied linguistics. Course focuses on both theoretical foundations and methodology.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7639 Quantitative Methods in Applied Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course is intended to help you develop as applied linguistics scholars with regards to quantitative analyses using SPSS.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7885 Discourse Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3

    A comprehensive overview of four major approaches to conducting discourse analysis applied linguistics. Course focuses on both theoretical foundations and methodology.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7911 Directed Research - Linguistics and Applied Language Studies


    Credit Hours: 1-19

    This course is for directed research at the doctoral level.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 1-19
  
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    LIN 7931 Advanced Seminar in Applied Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3

    This is an applied linguistics seminar course. By the end of the semester, you will have at your disposal the foundation of applied linguistics theory as well as in-depth knowledge of several applied linguistics topics.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIN 7980 Dissertation - Linguistics and Applied Language Studies


    Credit Hours: 2-19

    Students will enroll in dissertation credits when working on the dissertation.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 2-19

LIS - Library and Information Studies

  
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    LIS 5020 Foundations of Library and Information Science


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to the study of library and information science, history; organization; specialized literature; outstanding leaders; current trends, issues, and problems; the place of the information agency in society with its contributions to that society.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5120 Cultural Heritage Institutions and Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Course will examine definitions of culture, study cultural heritage organizations, explore global cultural policy, and develop a philosophy of librarianship that places the library in its various communities as a cultural heritage institution.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5268 Microcomputer Applications Library and Information Centers


    Credit Hours: 3

    Microcomputer hardware and software for libraries and their application in library/information settings. Projects using major applications for budgets, databases, and telecommunications are undertaken.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5315 Instructional Graphics


    Credit Hours: 3

    Theoretical aspects, planning and production of instructional graphic material. The theory of graphic communications. Interpreting needs for instructional materials appropriate for given behavioral objectives.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5318 Visual Analytics


    Credit Hours: 3

    The course introduces different visual analytic styles via data types, principles of visual design, analytics methodologies and evaluation. Students in this class will learn basic graphic design principles and evaluation principles.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5333 TV in Schools and Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Small format video tape recordings and the utilization of open and closed broadcasts in schools and libraries.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5418 Health Informatics for Medical Librarians


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of medical informatics highlighting the underlying theories, and methods related to health information technology in support of decision-making, problem-solving, and other health information problems.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 5020  or LIS 6620 
    Corequisite(s): LIS 6475 
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5526 Teaching Information Literacy


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces the theoretical and practical aspects of information literacy and teaches how to develop the skills necessary to incorporate the topic into the curriculum of all types of library and information settings.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5566 Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults


    Credit Hours: 3

    Students will select and evaluate multicultural and special population materials for effective use in youth services and programs in public and school libraries.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5631 Health Information Sources


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to printed and electronic sources of health information. Course material is intended for those interested in medical, public, or academic libraries where clients need health-related information.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5802 Information Analytics


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course teaches the basics of data science, visualization, and the use of R, a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

    Prerequisite(s): STA 2023 or STA 2122 or QMB 2100
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 5937 Selected Topics in Library Studies


    Credit Hours: 1-4

    Covers a variety of topics in such areas as collection development, reference services, technical services, and administration.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 1-4
  
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    LIS 6008C Advanced Information Retrieval


    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of online searching and characteristics of machine-readable bibliographic data bases. Includes two credit hours of laboratory providing hands-on research experience.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 5020  or LIS 6260 , and LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6026 Introduction to Archives and Records Management


    Credit Hours: 3

    This introductory course teaches students the basic theories and methodologies of archives and records management. It serves as a foundation for other more advanced archival management courses, such as Web Archiving and Digital Curation.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6107 Advanced Professional & Technical Communication for Analysts


    Credit Hours: 3

    Advanced Professional and Technical Communication for Analysts teaches students to enhance critical thinking, to write and brief effectively, and to present complex information to inform decision making.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6110 History of Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Development of libraries as found from the earliest records to the great libraries of modern times, and the library as a social institution.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6111 History of Children’s Literature


    Credit Hours: 3

    Historical bibliographical survey of imaginative and information literature for children.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6260 Foundations of Information Science and Technology


    Credit Hours: 3

    Overview of the interdisciplinary field of information science. The fundamental concepts of information retrieval systems and subsystems, related information technologies, and other core functions in the organization, access, and use of information.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6266 Search Engine Society and Digital Natives


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course introduces the nature of search engines, their role in our information society, and their impacts on society as well as the ways that people communicate, think, and socialize in their daily life.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6271 Research Methods in Library and Information Science


    Credit Hours: 3

    Overview of present status of research in library and information science; introduction to research methods and their application to librarianship; designed to prepare students to evaluate and plan research studies relating to library and information science.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 5020 , LIS 6603 , and LIS 6711  or LIS 6735 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6303 Preparing Instructional Media


    Credit Hours: 3

    Fundamentals of preparing and using audiovisuals as they relate to the communication process.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6316 Visualization of Knowledge


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers the perceptual basis of information visualization, major visualization methods, information retrieval system utilizing information visualization, and future trends and issues of information visualization in digital libraries.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6260 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6402 Advanced Library Administration


    Credit Hours: 3

    Applications of staff management principles to library situations. Includes staff roles in current and future operations, application of library performance measures to determine staff effectiveness; preparation of staff manuals; problems of special classes of library workers, such as volunteers and students.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6404 Project Management for Information Professionals


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course examines the project management function as it is applied in information-related professions, including the fundamentals of project management throughout the system development life cycle.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6409 Introduction to Library Administration


    Credit Hours: 3

    Behavioral approach to libraries as organizations; administrative principles, theories, and problems of all types of libraries; methods of administration; use of case studies, role plays, and in-basket exercises.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6432 Seminar in Academic Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Identification of problems and critical examination of methods in administrative areas of technical, student and teaching staff services, fiscal and legal responsibilities, staff organization and supervision in academic libraries.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6409 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6445 Seminar in Public Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Critical examination of public and institutional library administration, services, resources, and facilities at the municipal, county, and regional levels. Role of state and federal governments in library development.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6409 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6455 Organization and Administration of the School Media Center


    Credit Hours: 3

    Media quarters, facilities, collections, equipment, and services. Principles of organization and administration of media programs in elementary and secondary schools. Field trips to area media centers required.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6409 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6463 Library Networks and Systems


    Credit Hours: 3

    Development of library networks at the local, state, regional, and national levels with consideration of organization, administration, services, funding, and legislation.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6472 Seminar in Special Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Identification of problems and critical examination of methods in administrative areas of technical and special service clientele; fiscal and legal responsibilities, staff organization, and services in special libraries.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6409 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6473 Law Librarianship


    Credit Hours: 3

    All aspects of law librarianship, including administration, acquisition, organization, and use of information resources for persons in the law fields. Field trip may be required.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6260 , LIS 6409 , LIS 6603 , LIS 6735 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6475 Health Sciences Librarianship


    Credit Hours: 3

    All aspects of health science librarianship, including administration, acquisition, organization, and use of information resources for persons in the health fields such as physicians, medical students, nursing students, allied health personnel and students, and researchers.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6260 , LIS 6409 , LIS 6603 , LIS 6735 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6511 Collection Development and Maintenance


    Credit Hours: 3

    Developmental approach to building library collections of both print and non-print materials. Emphasis upon evaluation, selection, and acquisition of library materials as they uphold the objectives of the institutions for which they are selected and acquired.

    Co-Prerequisite(s): LIS 6271 

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6514 Digital Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Survey of the field of digital libraries with an emphasis on the interplay of people, organizations, and technology. Experience in either planning or developing a digital library site.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6260 LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6515 Web Archiving


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces the background knowledge about the Web and web archiving related technical standards, and cover the whole process of web archiving, including selection, acquisition, organization and description, storage, access and preservation.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6523 Adult Services in Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Traditional and innovative services for adults in public and other types of libraries, including those for special groups, such as the aging, handicapped and institutionalized.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6528 Storytelling


    Credit Hours: 3

    Building storytelling programs for school and public libraries or other educational institutions. Analysis of historical aspects, materials suitable for use and audience reaction.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6564 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6542 The Curriculum and Instructional Technology


    Credit Hours: 3

    Effective utilization of instructional materials as they relate to specific areas of curriculum in elementary and high school programs.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6564 Materials for Children


    Credit Hours: 3

    Examination of materials for all institutions in which children are served: school media centers, public libraries, kindergartens, etc. Stress on selection aids, reviewing techniques, utilizations.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6565 Books and Related Materials for Young Adults


    Credit Hours: 3

    Young adult materials for use in secondary school libraries, young adult sections of public libraries, and other institutions serving youth. Equal emphasis upon (1) selection principles and bibliographical sources, as well as upon (2) utilization in terms of service to the young adult.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6603 Basic Information Sources and Services


    Credit Hours: 3

    An examination of the basic sources of information in the general library; of bibliographical control of all communication media, with emphasis on those tools of most value to general reference services.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6610 Information Sources and Services in the Humanities


    Credit Hours: 3

    Consideration of the bibliographical and reference materials in the humanities with training and practice in their use for solving problems in the reference service.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6620 Information Sources and Services in the Social Sciences


    Credit Hours: 3

    Consideration of the bibliographical and reference materials in the social sciences with training and practice in their use for solving problems in reference service.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6624 Information Sources and Services in Business and Law


    Credit Hours: 3

    Consideration of representative reference sources in business and law with training and practice in their use for solving information problems in academic, public, and special libraries.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6630 Information Sources and Services in Science and Technology


    Credit Hours: 3

    Study of representative reference sources in pure and applied sciences with equal attention given to typical problems encountered in scientific and technological reference service.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6603 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6661 Government Documents


    Credit Hours: 3

    The nature of state, federal, United Nations, and international documents, their reference and research value; the techniques of acquisition, organization, and reference use.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6670 Advanced Cyber Intelligence


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course builds on the foundations of LIS 6703 Core Concepts in Intelligence  and focuses on applying intelligence analytic methods to plan, collect, process, analyze, produce and disseminate cyber intelligence products.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6709 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6674 Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course focuses on the collection, analysis, exploitation and dissemination of publicly available information to address specific intelligence or information requirements.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6700 Information Strategy and Decision-Making


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course builds on the idea that understanding strategy is a foundation for making information meaningful. Student will learn strategic concepts, tools, and tradecraft and how to apply them to improve decision making.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6702 Advanced Intelligence Analytic Methods


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course is designed to help the student select and apply complex, structured techniques and methods used to support intelligence analysis.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6703 Core Concepts in Intelligence


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduces intelligence theory, explores the organization and functions of the U.S. Intelligence Community, its interaction with national security policymakers, key issues about its workings, and the challenges it faces in defining its future role.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6709 Cyber Intelligence


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course reviews the main actors, targets, threats, and other troublesome activities in cyberspace. It builds a foundation for understanding how cyber intelligence and counterintelligence can support enterprise and national cybersecurity.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6711 Organization of Knowledge I


    Credit Hours: 3

    Principles of the organization of knowledge emphasizing descriptive cataloging, including the MARC format, the use of LSCSH and the Library of Congress classification, and searching the OCLC Online Union Catalog.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6712 Organization of Knowledge II


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to the practice in using selected schedules of Library of Congress Classification System and the Library of Congress Subject Heading List; changing policies and procedures in cataloging and an introduction to the use of the MARC format for inputting cataloging data into machine readable files.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6724 Cataloging and Classification


    Credit Hours: 3

    Introduction to principles and practices of cataloging and classification according to current national standards, covering descriptive cataloging, subject analysis, and classification.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711  with a minimum grade of B- or LIS 6735  with a minimum grade of B-
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6726C Metadata


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course introduces concepts, principles, practices, and current issues of metadata, with the emphasis on the metadata implementations in the library, archive, and museum communities.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711  with a minimum grade of B- or LIS 6735  with a minimum grade of B-
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6735 Technical Services in Small Libraries


    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers aspects of technical services including acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation systems as they relate to school media centers, small public libraries, and information centers. Automation is emphasized in all aspects of the course.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6773 Digital Curation


    Credit Hours: 3

    Covers the management of current and archival electronic records, including the creation and implementation of electronic record-keeping systems, the appraisal, processing and preservation of electronic records.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 6711 , LIS 5937 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6906 Independent Study


    Credit Hours: 1-4

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 1-4
  
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    LIS 6933 Veterans’ Cybersecurity and Intelligence Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1

    This seminar provides a face-to-face learning experience reviewing professional issues and topics of current interest pertaining to cybersecurity and/or intelligence. Seminar topics and focus may vary from semester to semester.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 1
  
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    LIS 6946 Supervised Field Work


    Credit Hours: 3

    Supervised experience in an approved cooperating library. Includes practice work, seminar sessions and individual conferences, a progress report, and a final report on the field experience.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIS 6949 Practicum in Archives and Special Collections


    Credit Hours: 2-6

    Students gain hands-on practice in processing, cataloging and digitizing archives, rare books and other kinds of special collections. Students will be supervised by an archivist/ special collections librarian and a faculty member. Permission required.

    Prerequisite(s): LIS 5937 , LIS 6711 , LIS 6724 
    Corequisite(s): LIS 6603 , LIS 6409 , LIS 6271 , LIS 6511 
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | School of Information
Credit Hours: 2-6

LIT - Literature

  
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    LIT 6096 Studies in Contemporary Literature


    Credit Hours: 3

    Drama, poetry, fiction, and literary criticism; authors to be studied include Ionesco, Thomas, Miller, T. Williams, Beckett, Camus, Burgess, Morrison, and Walker.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | English
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIT 6105 Studies in Continental Literature


    Credit Hours: 3

    General areas include the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Novel in Europe, the Romantic Movement on the Continent, and Classical Comedy.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | English
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIT 6236 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures


    Credit Hours: 3

    Study of literature from colonies of Europe. Major concerns include identity, struggles against colonialism and neo-colonialism, modernization, education, the changing status of women, and issues of language and literary genre.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | English
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    LIT 6934 Selected Topics in English Studies


    Credit Hours: 1-6

    Current topics offered on a rotating basis include The Nature of Tragedy; The Nature of Comedy and Satire; and the Nature of Myth, Allegory, and Symbolism; the Epic; Utopian Literature. Other topics will be added in accordance with student demand and instructor interest.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | English
Credit Hours: 1-6

LNW - Latin Literature (Writings)

  
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    LNW 5900 Directed Reading


    Credit Hours: 1-4

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 1-4
  
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    LNW 5934 Selected Topics


    Credit Hours: 4

    Study of an author, movement, or theme.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | World Languages
Credit Hours: 4

MAA - Mathematics - Analysis

  
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    MAA 5306 Introduction to Real Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3

    A course in Real Analysis. Topics include differentiation, Riemann-Stieltjes integrals, uniform convergence, Fourier series, and special functions.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 4211
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 5307 Real Analysis I


    Credit Hours: 3

    A graduate course in real analysis. Topics include Lebesgue measure and integration, Lebesgue differentiation, convergence theorems, absolute continuity, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and the basics of Lp spaces.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 5306 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 5405 Applied Complex Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3

    Complex numbers, analytic and harmonic functions. Series. Contour integrals, residue theory. Conformal mappings. (A survey course emphasizing techniques and applications.)

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 6406 Complex Analysis I


    Credit Hours: 3

    Linear transformations, analytic functions, conformal mapping, Cauchy’s theorem and applications, power series, partial fractions and factorization, elementary Riemann surfaces, Riemann mapping theorem.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 5405 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 6407 Complex Analysis II


    Credit Hours: 3

    Topics in: conformal mappings, normal families, Picard’s theorem, univalent functions, extremal properties, elliptic functions, approximation theory, Riemann surfaces.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 6406 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 6506 Functional Analysis I


    Credit Hours: 3

    Normed linear spaces and topological vector spaces; open mapping, closed graph, and Hahn-Banach Theorem, UB principle, compact operators, dual spaces.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 5307 , MAS 5145 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 6507 Functional Analysis II


    Credit Hours: 3

    Hilbert spaces, spectral theory, and other topics.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 6506 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAA 6616 Real Analysis II


    Credit Hours: 3

    A continuation of the study of real analysis. Topics include Banach spaces, measure and integration, Riesz Representation Theorem, and the Radon-Nikodym Theorem.

    Prerequisite(s): MAA 5307 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3

MAD - Mathematics - Discrete

  
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    MAD 5101 LISP: Programming with Algebraic Applications


    Credit Hours: 3

    Programming in LISP, functional languages, foundations of Lambda Calculus and algebraic applications (theorem proving and game playing).

    Prerequisite(s): MHF 5306  or MAD 6510  or MAS 5311 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAD 5305 Graph Theory


    Credit Hours: 3

    Brief introduction to classical graph theory (4-color theorem, etc.), directed graphs, connected digraphs, condensations, incidence matrices, Polya’s Theorem, networks.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 3105
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAD 6206 Combinatorics I


    Credit Hours: 3

    Elementary counting principles, distributions, sets, multisets, partitions of sets and integers, generating functions and recurrences, graphical methods, probabilistic methods.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 3105, MAS 4301
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAD 6207 Combinatorics II


    Credit Hours: 3

    Combinatorics of finite sets: posets, hypergraphs and external problems, matriods, block designs, Mobius inversion for partially ordered sets, Polya’s enumeration theory.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 5311 , MAD 6206 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAD 6510 Analysis of Algorithms


    Credit Hours: 4

    Mathematical theory of algorithms for information processing, including time and space requirements of algorithms, construction of optimal algorithms.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 4301
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 4
  
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    MAD 6616 Algebraic Automata Theory


    Credit Hours: 3

    Deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, Mealy and Moore machines, push-down automata, Turing machines, regular languages, context free languages, halting problem, and universal Turing machines.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 4301
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAD 6617 Algebraic Coding Theory


    Credit Hours: 3

    Linear block codes over an arbitrary finite field: Hamming, Golay, BCH, quadratic residue, Reed-Muller, and MDS codes, the MacWilliams identity, bounds on minimum distance, and relationship to design theory.

    Prerequisite(s): MAS 5311 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3

MAE - Mathematics Education

  
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    MAE 5177 Teaching College Mathematics


    Credit Hours: 3

    In this course, students will acquire pedagogical skills necessary to become effective teachers of undergraduate math. It will also introduce students how to implement research-supported teaching practices and student-centered pedagogies in a classroom.

    Prerequisite(s): MGF 3301 with a minimum grade of C
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Arts and Sciences | Mathematics and Statistics
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAE 6115 Current Trends in Elementary Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 3

    Philosophy, content, and process of mathematics instruction in elementary school programs.

    Prerequisite(s): MAE 4310
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Education |
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAE 6117 Teaching Elementary Math


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course provides for the development of knowledge and skills necessary to prepare students as teachers of mathematics in elementary classes as recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in its guidelines for teachers.

    USF | College of Education |
Credit Hours: 3
  
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    MAE 6126 Current Trends in Middle Grades Mathematics


    Credit Hours: 3

    This course examines current trends and issues in middle grades mathematics. It familiarizes teachers with new developments in this field with a focus on curriculum issues and issues arising from state, national, and international assessments.

    Prerequisite(s): MAE 6356 
    Corequisite(s): None.
    Co-Prerequisite(s): None.

    USF | College of Education |
Credit Hours: 3
 

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