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COM 57400 - Organizational Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of the theoretical and empirical literature dealing with human communication behavior as it occurs within the context of complex organizations. Among topics covered are superior-subordinate communication, communication networks, message distortion, feedback processes, internal corporate mass media, managerial-communication climate, semantic and stylistic dimensions of messages, and communication in decision making. Typically offered Summer Fall.
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COM 57600 - Health Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of health communication theory and research. Examines issues such as patient-provider and everyday communication, broader community-societal discourse, and organizational and mass health communication. Prepares participants for subsequent more specialized seminars and enriched study in allied specialties. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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COM 58200 - Descriptive/Experimental Research In Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the fundamental tools of quantitative research in communication, including data analysis, statistical design and methods, basic measurement concepts, and designs for descriptive and experimental research. Individual and/or group research projects are planned, conducted, and reported. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 58300 - Research And Assessment In Organizational Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of applied research methodologies in organizational communication. The course focuses on the design of field investigations and the use of self-report measures, network analysis, and interviewing in organizational communication research. These general methodologies are applied to specific research approaches. Typically offered Spring.
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COM 58400 - Historical/Critical Research In Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to modes of qualitative research in communication, including theoretical assumptions, bibliographical methods, varying approaches to historical and critical inquiry, and the standards and techniques of scholarly writing. Emphasis is placed on historical research during fall semesters and on critical research during spring semesters. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 58500 - Qualitative Methods In Communication Research
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to qualitative research methods in communication studies. Provides students with an overview of several techniques for, and issues in, gathering, analyzing, writing-up, and using qualitative data. Department permission required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 59000 - Directed Study Of Special Problems
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directed study of special problems. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60000 - Foundations Of Human Communication Inquiry I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduces doctoral students to major and emerging approaches to understanding human communication and provides them with the theoretical background and analytic skills needed to navigate the tensions among these approaches. Reviews the intellectual history of communication inquiry, overviews traditional and innovative questions about human communication, examines the ways in which these questions can be addressed from different perspectives, addresses some of the varied forms that knowledge about human communication can take, and explores how different research traditions go about making and warranting knowledge claims. Typically offered Fall.
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COM 60100 - Foundations Of Human Communication Inquiry II
Credit Hours: 3.00. Following COM 60000 , this course continues to introduce doctoral students to major and emerging approaches to understanding human communication and provides theoretical background and analytic skills needed to navigate the tensions among these approaches. Reviews the intellectual history of communication inquiry, overviews traditional and innovative questions about human communication, examines the ways in which these questions can be addressed from different perspectives, addresses some of the varied forms that knowledge about human communication can take, and explores how different research traditions go about making and warranting knowledge claims. Prerequisite: COM 60000 . Typically offered Spring.
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COM 60111 - Seminar In Strategic Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course will survey the theories and processes of strategic communication and its practice by business, government, politicians, and non-profits - in domestic and international arenas. The course will emphasize the application of theory to provide an in-depth understanding of planning, executing, and evaluating strategic communication plans. Prerequisite: Graduate student in communication. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60211 - Seminar In Global Strategic Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides students with a global perspective in strategic communication and provides knowledge and understanding of how to address communication issues with international audiences. This class emphasizes such questions as how strategic communication plans can be successfully implemented in other countries and how plans can be measured and evaluated. Prerequisites: Graduate student in communication and COM 60111 . Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60311 - Seminar In Crisis Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course will focus on how to communicate in a time of crisis in order to manage the situation and disseminate key messages to various stakeholders. Prerequisite: Graduate student in Communication and COM 60111 . Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60411 - Seminar In Communication Research Methods
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course serves as the methodological foundation of strategic communication. Students in this class will survey core research methods (qualitative and quantitative) in professional and applied settings. This class is fully online. Students will interact with faculty and other students throughout the week. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60511 - Strategic Communication And Professional Writing
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course covers topics related to professional writing and strategic communication. Topics include grammar basics, audience considerations, credibility and ethics, and documentation style. In addition, writing will be discussed in a variety of contexts such as media, public relations, advertising, and business communication. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60611 - Seminar In Financial And Investor Relations
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide students with a theoretical and practical overview of theory and practice in financial and investor relations. Student will learn about how the potential investors in public companies are and how to reach them. An emphasis will be placed on communicating with investors to facilitate informed investor decision-making. Prerequisite: COM 60111 . Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60711 - Strategic Communication And Fundraising Management
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course serves as an introduction to the concepts, elements, and best practices of fundraising. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60811 - Leadership And Global Strategic Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Over the last decade, the field of strategic communication has grown rapidly. The work of strategic communication professionals requires coordinated responses between distinct organizational units that are often separated by time and space. These conditions necessitate effective leadership. Further complicating leadership in these contexts is the fact that the work of strategic communication has increasingly become global in nature. This course provides students with theoretical background in leadership and global strategic communication, as well as the opportunity to apply what they learn to strategic communication cases and to their own professional experiences. It also encourages them to think proactively about leadership challenges in these contexts and to articulate theoretically-informed analyses and evaluations of leadership in action. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 60911 - Strategic Public Relations
Credit Hours: 3.00. Strategic communication is composed, in part, of integrated marketing communication (IMC), advertising, and public relations. This course highlights public relations scholarship, which is one of the strengths of the Brian Lamb School of Communication. As such, it builds on the general strategic communication course by providing an in-depth understanding of public relations. Specifically, the class will cover public relations theories, ethics, concepts, principles, and applications. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 61000 - Seminar: Special Topics In Rhetorical Studies
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study, varying from semester to semester, of the role of rhetoric in selected movements, crises, historical periods, programs, campaigns, or institutions. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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COM 61011 - Strategic Communication And Ethics
Credit Hours: 3.00. This graduate course introduces the application of ethical principles and decision making. In this course, students will study both philosophical and practical ethical questions related to strategic communication. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 61200 - Seminar: Special Topics In Interpersonal Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester, from the theoretical and research literature of interpersonal communication. Topics may include communication models, information theory, systems theory, general semantics, sociolinguistics, etc., as they relate to the study of interpersonal communication. Prerequisite: COM 51200 . Typically offered Summer Spring.
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COM 62100 - Seminar: Special Topics In Rhetorical Theory
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester, from the literature of rhetorical theory. Prerequisite: COM 52100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 62111 - Seminar In Strategic Communication And Social Media
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide an overview of social media and its relationship to strategic communication. Students will learn about the available forms of social media (e.g., Blogs, Social Networks, and Wikis) as well as their uses, strengths and weaknesses for building and managing relationship with stakeholders. Students will also gain exposure to methods for analyzing social media metrics as a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of social media strategies as tools for developing corporate, nonprofit, and governmental images and brands. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 62411 - Focus Groups And Interviewing For Strategic Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides students with an overview of qualitative research in public relations with a particular emphasis on focus group and interview methodologies. The course will consider practical applications of these protocols in strategic communication contexts. Prerequisite: COM 60411 . Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 62511 - Survey Design, Analysis, And Reporting For Strategic Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides students with an overview of quantitative research in public relations with a particular emphasis on survey design analysis. The course will cover the design and delivery of questionnaires, the use and interpretation of descriptive and inferential statistical methods, and reporting of quantitative results. The course will consider practical applications of these methods in professional strategic communication contexts. Prerequisite: COM 60411 . Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 63200 - Seminar: Special Topics In Mass Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester, from the literature of mass communication. Topics may include institutional analysis, mass communication law, information diffusion, uses of mass communication, or other issues. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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COM 67400 - Seminar: Special Topics In Organizational Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester, from the theoretical and research literature of organizational (including business and industrial) communication; analysis of recurring communication problems in complex organizations; critique of research findings and methodologies. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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COM 67600 - Seminar: Special Topics In Health Communication
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of selected topics, varying from semester to semester, from the theoretical and research literature on health communication. Prerequisite: COM 57600 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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COM 68200 - Seminar: Special Topics In Quantitative Research
Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study, varying from semester to semester, of different aspects and applications of quantitative research in communication. Prerequisite: COM 58200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 69500 - Curricular Practical Training
Credit Hours: 1.00 or 2.00. Internship providing practical field experience under professional supervision in selected situations related to the student’s area of specialization. Good standing in the graduate program of the Department of Communication and an approved plan of study including the internship. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 69800 - Research MA Or MS Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MA Or MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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COM 69900 - Research PhD Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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Comparative Literature |
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CMPL 23000 - Crossing Borders: Introduction To Comparative Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. (LC 23000 ) Foundations for comparison of works in different languages, thematic (philosophical, sociological, psychological), and structural (genre, composition, use of linguistic devises); parallel interrelation of theme and structure in works of different literatures. The importance of literary norms and systems of genres. Examination of crosscurrents in different literatures during successive periods of development. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CMPL 26600 - World Literature: From The Beginnings To 1700 A D
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 26600 ) World literature in translation. A comparative and chronological survey of the masterpieces of Eastern and Western literature. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CMPL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A D To The Present
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 26700 ) World literature in translation. A comparative and chronological survey of the masterpieces of Eastern and Western literature. Typically offered Spring Summer Fall.
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CMPL 59000 - Directed Reading In Comparative Literature
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directs the reading of students with special interests. Guides students in profitable reading in subjects of their own choice. Individual conferences. No class meetings. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CMPL 63000 - Comparative Literature: Function And Methods
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 66000 and LC 63000 ) An introduction to methods, problems, and the bibliographical tools pertaining to comparative study. Typically offered Fall.
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CMPL 65000 - Seminar In Comparative Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 66500 and LC 63900 ) Exploration of a significant topic in comparative literature, e. g., the arts of translation, thematology, genre studies, literary movements, literary relations among countries. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CMPL 69900 - Research PhD Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00-18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 15000 - Clinical Pathology I-DL
Credit Hours: 1.50. This course is the first of three courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of clinical pathology to the veterinary technician student. This course will place an emphasis on the terminology used in clinical pathology, as well as red blood cell production, function, and morphology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 15100 - Clinical Pathology II-DL
Credit Hours: 1.50. This course is the second of three courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of clinical pathology to the veterinary technician student. This course will place an emphasis on white blood cell production, function, as well as white blood cell morphology characteristics and identification. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 15200 - Clinical Pathology III-DL
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is the third of three courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of clinical pathology to the veterinary technician student. This course will place an emphasis on the basic concepts of clinical chemistry, urinalysis evaluation, as well as the fundamentals of cytological sample handling and evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 22500 - Parasitology for Veterinary Technicians I - DL
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is the first of two courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of parasitology for the veterinary technician student. This course will place an emphasis on the basic information needed to accurately identify parasites commonly encountered in veterinary medicine. Emphasis will be placed on life cycles and the zoonotic aspects of the parasites. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 22600 - Parasitology for Veterinary Technicians II - DL
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is the second of two courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of parasitology for the veterinary technician student. This course will place an emphasis on the basic information needed to accurately identify parasites commonly encountered in veterinary medicine. Emphasis will also be placed on life cycles and the zoonotic aspects. Students are expected to be able to make accurate identifications and to communicate effectively. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 22700 - Microbiology for Veterinary Technicians-DL
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course is designed to enable the veterinary technician to satisfactorily collect and process specimens, and characterize and identify microorganisms that may be encountered in veterinary practice situations. This course will introduce microorganisms commonly encountered in veterinary medicine. Different laboratory techniques will be illustrated. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 24000 - Public and Occupational Health for Vet Techs I -DL
Credit Hours: 1.00. This is the first of two courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of workplace safety related to the veterinary technician. This course will place an emphasis on the basic information needed to recognize hazards commonly encountered and the steps that should be taken to reduce the risk of exposure to hazards. Other practical aspects of public health will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 24100 - Public and Occupational Health for Vet Techs II-DL
Credit Hours: 1.00. This is the second of two courses that provide basic instruction in the concepts of workplace safety related to the veterinary technician. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 25500 - Clinical Pathology For Veterinary Technicians
Credit Hours: 4.00. Basic instruction in clinical pathology, including theory and techniques of hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, cytology, and specimen handling. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 35100 - Microbiology For Veterinary Technicians
Credit Hours: 2.00. Biology and laboratory identification of bacteria and fungi that cause infectious diseases in animals. Emphasis will be placed on the collection of specimens for culture, the isolation and identification of pathogenic organisms, and antibiotic susceptibility testing. Procedures and commercial systems available to veterinary practices will be utilized. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 35200 - Parasitology For Veterinary Technicians
Credit Hours: 2.00. Biology and life cycles of selected protozoan, helminth, and arthropod parasites of veterinary importance. Emphasis will be placed on laboratory procedures for the identification of common parasites of domestic and laboratory animals. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 48000 - Seminar In Animal Welfare And Human-Animal Interaction
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will be required for students involved in the interdisciplinary “Animal Welfare and Societal Concerns” program of study. Seminar in Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interaction is for discussion of current topics in animal welfare and other areas involving the interaction of humans and animals. Outside speakers will present their perspectives in various areas. Journal articles will also be presented and discussed. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 56400 - Ecological Health And Wildlife Diseases
Credit Hours: 2.00. Provides an overview of issues involved with understanding ecological underpinnings of disease and of wildlife diseases common in North America. Presents basic concepts and approaches for identifying, studying, and managing diseases of wild populations and the role of veterinarians in conservation biology, wildlife zoonosis prevention and management, and prevention of transmission between wildlife reservoirs and domestic animals. Permission of instructor is required. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 57500 - Introduction To Animal Experimentation
Credit Hours: 2.00. A didactic course focusing on basic principles of animal research, including basic tenets of anesthesia, analgesia, euthanasia, surgery, and handling of various species of laboratory animals; introduction to experimental design and hypothesis testing, overview of regulatory aspects of animal experimentation, including provisions of the Animal Welfare Act, the NIH Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and other applicable regulations governing the use of animals, discussion of organizations that support animal experimentation and those opposed to animal research. . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 57600 - Biology And Management Of Laboratory Animals
Credit Hours: 2.00. A didactic course focusing on basic principles of the biology of laboratory animals and how they are managed in a vivarium. Covers regulatory aspects, anatomy, biological techniques, research uses, and management of mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, other rodentia, rabbits, dogs, cats, ferrets, and various species of primates, reptiles, and avians, in experimental and educational applications. Offered in alternate years. . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 57700 - Diseases Of Laboratory Animals
Credit Hours: 3.00. A didactic course focusing on basic understanding of the diseases of laboratory animal medicine and concentrating on effects of disease on research productivity, prevention programs, and pathogenesis. Etiology, pathogenesis, gross and microscopic pathology, diagnosis, control, and research complications of diseases of rats and mice, primates, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and ferrets; and health assessment programs. Offered in alternate years. . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 57800 - Animal Models Of Human Disease
Credit Hours: 2.00. A mixed didactic and discussion course focusing on animal models used in biomedical research. Didactic instruction on principles of model development and use will be coupled with student presentations of models currently used in various research disciplines or disease states. Advantages and limitations of research with various spontaneous and experimentally induced models of human disease, including genetically engineered models. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 57900 - Seminar In Comparative Medicine
Credit Hours: 2.00. A discussion course focusing on current issues of laboratory animal medicine. Review of current activities, health surveillance reports, etc. Selected cases are presented in detail, including clinical presentation, interpretation of diagnostic tests, and gross and microscopic pathology. In addition, this seminar includes discussions on animal resource management; surgery; animal experimentation; current journal reports; zoonoses; and clinical animal disease diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and control, and other species and topics not formally covered in other core courses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 58000 - Special Topics
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Directed readings, discussions, and other intensive studies in specialized topics of the disciplines of the department. The topic of study will be selected and announced prior to the semester offered and will be indicated in the student’s record. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 59000 - Special Topics In Animal Welfare And Human-Animal Interaction
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Individual study and directed readings in specialized areas of interest of animal welfare or human-animal interaction either for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 60000 - Special Problems In Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 4.00. Selected problems in veterinary pathology. The topic will be indicated in the student’s record. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 60100 - Advanced Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Comparative hematology, clinical chemistry, diagnostic cytology, and surgical microscopic pathology in the diagnosis of diseases of animals, including laboratory application. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 60200 - Advanced Veterinary Anatomic Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Comparative gross and microscopic pathology in the diagnosis of diseases of animals. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 60300 - Graduate Teaching Practicum
Credit Hours: 1.00. Graduate students assist in running the laboratory sessions in a sophomore DVM course. They also grade exams and may give one lecture in or make a scholarly contribution to the course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 60400 - Neoplastic Diseases Of Animals
Credit Hours: 3.00. Histogenesis and structure of neoplasms of animals; consideration of clinical and pathological entities within groups of neoplasms. Prerequisite: CPB 55600. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 60500 - Pathology Of Avian Diseases
Credit Hours: 2.00. Avian diseases presented from a gross and histopathological viewpoint. Pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of avian diseases discussed. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 60700 - Pathology Of Laboratory Animal Diseases
Credit Hours: 4.00. Emphasis will be placed upon the etiology and pathology of the diseases of small laboratory animals including rodents, rabbits, primates, and fish. The prevention and control of the diseases produced by viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal pathogens also will be included. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 61000 - Ultrastructural Pathology
Credit Hours: 2.00. The ultrastructural alterations that occur in organelles of damaged cells are described. The basic morphologic alterations in pathology (degeneration, necrosis, inflammation, growth disturbances, and neoplasia) are outlined. The ultrastructural alterations of representative diseases of animals that involve each of the body systems are discussed. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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CPB 61200 - Advanced Morphologic Techniques
Credit Hours: 2.00. Provides advanced study of specialized morphologic techniques used in research and for the diagnosis of diseases. The technical basis of such methods as immuno-chemistry, in situ hybridization, laser capture microdissection, and confocal microscopy will be presented, as well as some of their applications. The goal of this course is to provide a fairly detailed understanding of these techniques. A course in basic biology or immunology. Students should have a basic understanding of these disciplines prior to taking this course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 61400 - Topics In Advanced General Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.50 or 1.00. Discussion of current topics in the following areas of general pathology: cellular injury, fluid and hemodynamic alterations, inflammation, immunopathology, neoplasia, genetic and developmental disorders, pathogenesis of infectious diseases, and nutritional disorders. Class meets one hour in alternate weeks. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 61800 - Ethical Issues In Biomedical Research
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Examination of moral reasoning as it applies to epidemiologic inquiry and the methods of biomedical research. Topics include obligations to human and animal research subjects, ethical considerations in research design, data interpretation and fraud, funding of research, and public policy. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 61900 - Design, Conduct, And Analysis Of Clinical Trials
Credit Hours: 2.00. Reviews the various types of clinical trials that are used in medical research (e.g., therapeutic and preventive). The stages and activities in a “typical” trial are defined along with factors that influence study design. Key elements of data collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation and reporting of results are discussed and illustrated using published reports of clinical trials. Differences in the design and conduct of trials in human and veterinary medicine are considered, including the ethical concerns and costs. Prerequisite: Graduate level course work in Biostatistics. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 62000 - Advanced Immunology
Credit Hours: 2.00. Teaches advanced concepts in basic immunology and applications to disease prevention and therapy. Emphasis is on recent developments and experimental approaches in this rapidly evolving discipline. Topics include antigen presentation, T-cell development, signal transduction in B and T lymphocytes, immunoglobulin structure, type I hypersensitivity (asthma), neuroendocrine regulation of the immune response, immune response in viral infections (influenza and HIV), and tumor immunology. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 62200 - Microbial Pathogenesis
Credit Hours: 2.00. Provides advanced study of the concepts of microbial pathogenesis and host-microbe interaction. The virulence factors and molecular mechanisms of infection used by bacteria, viruses, and protozoa to cause disease will be examined. Specific diseases will be studied as examples of how microbes affect animals as well as humans. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 62400 - Advanced Laboratory Animal Medicine
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Experiential training and practice in laboratory animal medicine. Prerequisite: DVM degree. Restriction: Only CPB graduate students in Laboratory Animal Medicine may enroll in this course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 62500 - Clinical Biostatistics
Credit Hours: 2.00. Intended for veterinary medical and biological science graduate students, this course is designed to familiarize them with the appropriate usage (and reporting) of different statistical tests in biomedical research. Students are taught the basic theories underlying the different tests, the data assumptions underlying the application of those tests, and review/critique published scientific articles that employed these tests. Students have the opportunity to describe the appropriate statistical methods to be used in their proposed research and/or report the usage or appropriate statistical tests on their own data. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 62600 - Design And Analysis Of Epidemiologic Studies
Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on epidemiologic study design and applications of statistical software to the analysis of data derived from health research. Includes an overview of epidemiologic study designs, frequency and association measures, generalized linear models and survival analysis. Hands-on computer laboratories are provided using data derived from field studies. Prerequisites: One graduate level course in biostatistics. Typically offered Fall alternate years.
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CPB 63000 - Advanced Veterinary Avian Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Comparative gross and microscopic pathology in diagnosis of avian diseases. Prerequisites: At least one Statistics course must be taken before or during the non-thesis MS/Residency Graduate Program. See list of courses. STAT courses: CPB 61900; CPB 62500; STAT 50300; STAT 51200; STAT 51400: STAT 52400. A DVM Degree is required to enroll in the non-thesis MS/Residency Grad Program. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 63100 - Avian Immunology
Credit Hours: 2.00. The avian immune system is significantly different than the mammalian immune system. This course compares and contrasts mammalian and avian immune systems. Prerequisites: At least one graduate or undergraduate course in biology or poultry science. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 63200 - Avian Medicine
Credit Hours: 2.00. This disease-based course is designed to introduce students to poultry medicine. It covers all the major diseases and conditions that affect poultry. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
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CPB 63300 - Preventive Avian Medicine Practice
Credit Hours: 1.00. The course introduces students to issues/practice in commercial poultry production. Brief discussions will relate how these practices influence poultry health. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
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CPB 68000 - Special Topics
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Directed readings, discussions, and other intensive studies in specialized topics of the disciplines of the department. The topic of study will be selected and announced prior to the semester offered and will be indicated in the student’s record. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 69100 - Seminar In Veterinary Pathology
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 2.00. Discussions of selected current disease problems with emphasis on gross and microscopic tissue changes and pathogenesis. Required of all graduate students in veterinary pathology each semester in residence. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 69400 - Special Topics In Immunology
Credit Hours: 1.00. Understanding of principles of immunology is required. Journal club style class geared to provide graduate students with in-depth knowledge in current immunology. Faculty will participate in class to facilitate the students’ understanding and discussion. Students present one-two times depending on the number of participating students. They select a research paper, recently published in the area of immunology, assigned for the semester and have it approved by the course organizer. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 69500 - Seminar In Epidemiology
Credit Hours: 1.00. Discussion of recent research in epidemiology, emphasizing study design, analysis, and public health significance. Discussion topics will be selected from the following areas: clinical epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, and environmental epidemiology. Required of graduate students with a principal field of study in epidemiology. Prerequisite: Course work in Statistics and Epidemiology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 69700 - Research Seminar
Credit Hours: 0.00 or 1.00. Discussion of current concepts and research results in epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, virology, host-parasite relationships, and other aspects of veterinary pathobiology. Each graduate student is expected to register each semester for VPB 69700 and to make one oral presentation per year. A grade of pass/not-pass and one credit will be awarded for the semester the presentation is given. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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CPB 69800 - Research MS Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 69900 - Research PhD Thesis
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 81600 - Applied Small Animal Toxicology
Credit Hours: 1.00. A study in the understanding of clinical signs, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of important toxicants in veterinary medicine. Emphasis is on toxicants that most commonly affect dogs, cats, pet birds, and pocket pets. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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CPB 81800 - Applied Large Animal Toxicology
Credit Hours: 1.00. A study in the understanding of the clinical signs, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of important toxicants in veterinary medicine. Emphasis is on toxicants that most commonly affect horses and production medicine operations or individual/small herd swine or ruminant populations. Typically offered Fall Summer.
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CPB 84000 - Use And Care Of Laboratory Animals
Credit Hours: 1.00. Topics will include the history of animal use in research; ethical thought related to animal use in research; alternatives; government regulatory requirements; statistical considerations in designing animal studies; animal models; use of the National Agricultural Library Animal Welfare Information Center; biology, husbandry, techniques, and diseases of common laboratory animal species; hygiene and occupational health; biohazard control; perioperative care and aseptic surgical techniques; anesthesia; analgesia; and euthanasia. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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CPB 85100 - General Pathology
Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the basic cellular reactions that develop in response to injurious agents. Focuses on the gross and microscopic alterations in tissues, events leading to the development of those alterations, and the consequences of those changes on the health of animals. Includes degenerative, necrotic, inflammatory, and neoplastic changes in various animal species. Typically offered Fall Summer.
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CPB 85201 - Veterinary Parasitology I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Covers the important helminth diseases of animals. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, control, and zoonotic implications. Typically offered Fall Summer.
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CPB 85202 - Veterinary Parasitology II
Credit Hours: 2.00. Covers the important protozoal and arthropod diseases of animals. Emphasis is placed on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, control, and zoonotic implications. Typically offered Spring, Summer.
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CPB 85203 - Veterinary Parasitology
Credit Hours: 3.50. This course will provide an introduction to parasites of animal health importance. Specifically, this course covers the important helminth, protozoal and arthropod diseases of animals with emphasis placed on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, control and zoonotic implications. This course will also cover the principles and practice of laboratory tests for detection of parasitic infections and identification of important parasites. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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CPB 85300 - Principles Of Veterinary Immunology
Credit Hours: 2.00. An overview of the fundamental concepts of immunology, with an emphasis on the immune system of domestic animals and comparative immunology. Focuses on the interactions between the host and microbial pathogens and on mechanisms that underlie hypersensitivity reactions, autoimmune diseases, and immune deficiencies. Discusses the principles of vaccination and serologic tests. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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CPB 85400 - Principles Of Epidemiology
Credit Hours: 1.00. An introduction to the principles of epidemiology as it relates to evaluating and describing the health of human and animal populations. An emphasis is placed on the appropriate use by veterinarians of information derived from epidemiologic studies in making clinical decisions regarding the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of disease in individual patients. A goal is to demonstrate why epidemiology is considered by some as “a basic science for clinicians.”. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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CPB 85500 - Veterinary Hematology And Cytology
Credit Hours: 2.00. Provides an overview of veterinary hematology and cytology. Normal morphology and function of the cells of the hematopoietic system are reviewed. Laboratory analyses of the different cell types are discussed. The responses of the hematopoietic cells that can be seen during different disease processes are presented. Fundamentals of veterinary diagnostic cytology are introduced. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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CPB 85602 - Veterinary Bacteriology And Mycology
Credit Hours: 4.00. The lecture portion provides an introduction to bacterial and fungal agents of animal diseases. The taxonomy, morphology, and physiology of the organisms are discussed. Pathogenic features of the infectious agents and host responses to infection will be emphasized. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and control of the various diseases will be presented. The laboratory portion of the course covers laboratory safety, sterilization and disinfection in addition to microbiological techniques, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and interpretation, and identification of cultured bacteria and dermatophytes. Typically offered Fall Summer.
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CPB 85700 - Veterinary Systemic Pathobiology
Credit Hours: 5.00. Provides coverage of system specific pathologic terminology and characteristic pathologic responses of the various body systems to injury. This is followed by presentation of representative examples of diseases of various etiologies, including, but not limited to, infectious and noninfectious diseases. Typically offered Spring, Summer.
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CPB 86000 - Veterinary Virology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of medical virology and discussions of important viral diseases of animals. Typically offered Fall Summer.
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