May 05, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Economics

  
  • ECO 6381 - Economic Analysis I


    Credits: 3

    Analysis of basic models of the firm under purely competitive markets and monopolistic competition and simple consumer behavior models. The exposition employs basic mathematical tools such as calculus.
  
  • ECO 6382 - Economic Analysis II


    Credits: 3

    Analysis of basic national income models and various modifications of these models.
  
  • ECO 6383 - New Approaches to Managerial Economics


    Credits: 3

    Presents recent developments in information theory, multiproduct analysis, and principal-agent theory in order to show how these developments can be usefully applied in management decision-making.
  
  • ECO 6384 - Microeconomic Theory I


    Credits: 3

    Basic theories of the firm under competitive and monopolistic conditions, and basic theory of consumer behavior.
  
  • ECO 6385 - Microeconomic Theory II


    Credits: 3

    Extensions of topics covered in ECO 6384 , including monopolistic competition, intertemporal optimization, behavior under uncertainty, and welfare economics. Prerequisite: ECO 6384 .
  
  • ECO 6391 - Financial Econometrics: Theory and Applications


    Credits: 3

    A study of selected topics in financial econometrics, including capital asset pricing models, arbitrage pricing theory, analysis of volatility in financial markets, value at risk, options and their valuation, event studies, cointegration of integrated markets, put-call parity, the term structure of interest rates, and credit default analysis. Prerequisites: C- or better in ECO 5350 , ECO 4378 or FINA 4326, and ECO 4368 or FINA 4325, and one of the following: STAT 2301, STAT 2331, or STAT 4340.
  
  • ECO 6394 - Macroeconomic Theory I


    Credits: 3

    Basic theories concerning the determination of national income, employment, consumption, investment, and the general price level.
  
  • ECO 6395 - Macroeconomic Theory II


    Credits: 3

    The course provides theoretical and empirical underpinnings for macroeconomic models of the economy, with an emphasis on economic policy. Prerequisite: ECO 6394 .
  
  • ECO 6398 - Research and/or Thesis


    Credits: 3

    By arrangement with the director of graduate studies. Eligible students undertake a research paper under the supervision of the faculty sponsor and give an oral presentation of the paper. Note: Can be taken only once.
  
  • ECO 7004 - Workshop for Preprospectus


    Credits: 0

    Analyzes research strategies of seminar speakers, faculty members, and students. Each student must present a paper directly related to his or her own prospectus.
  
  • ECO 7301 - Readings in Economics


    Credits: 3

    Selected topics to complement the material in the Ph.D. program.
  
  • ECO 7302 - Topics in Economic Theory


    Credits: 3

    Selected topics to complement the material in the micro and macro sequence.
  
  • ECO 7305 - Mathematical Economics


    Credits: 3

    Applications of mathematical tools to various economic problems.
  
  • ECO 7306 - Advanced Economic Theory


    Credits: 3

    A variety of advanced topics in theory not covered in the core theory sequence.
  
  • ECO 7321 - Labor Economics


    Credits: 3

    Theories and empirical testing of hypotheses concerning the behavior of labor markets.
  
  • ECO 7322 - Development of Human Capital


    Credits: 3

    Theories concerned with the investment in human capital and its impact on economic growth.
  
  • ECO 7332 - International Economics I


    Credits: 3

    Examines dynamic models of trade, aggregate economic outcomes in the presence of trade frictions, the effects of unbalanced trade and the current account as well as sectoral linkages and global supply chains.
  
  • ECO 7333 - International Economics II


    Credits: 3

    Covers international trade policy. Emphasis is placed on optimal policy, the purpose and role of trade agreements, the political economy of trade policy and the distributional impacts that trade has on labor markets. Both theoretical and empirical methods are emphasized.
  
  • ECO 7334 - Development Economics


    Credits: 3

    Application of economic theory to developing economies, including population and household economies, agriculture, industry, international trade and factor movements, and investment project evaluation.
  
  • ECO 7336 - Economics Growth and Comparative Development


    Credits: 3

    Examines how the geography, culture, and institutions of a country contribute to economic growth and development. Focuses on key models, main theories, and empirical facts.
  
  • ECO 7337 - Geography, Long-Run Growth and Political Economy


    Credits: 3

    Examines the ways a country’s culture, political economy, trade, and spatial distribution of economic activity affect growth. Students learn theoretical, empirical, and quantitative research skills.
  
  • ECO 7341 - Market Structure


    Credits: 3

    The study of the relationships between various market structures and their impacts on economic performance.
  
  • ECO 7342 - Imperfect Markets


    Credits: 3

    The study of models of imperfect markets, antitrust laws and other trade regulations, and their effects on economic performance.
  
  • ECO 7361 - Monetary Economics


    Credits: 3

    Various theories on the role of money in economic systems, and the impact of the money market on economic aggregates and the price level.
  
  • ECO 7362 - Monetary Theory and Policy


    Credits: 3

    Monetary institutions and the impact of monetary policies on the different segments of the economy.
  
  • ECO 7376 - Macroeconometrics


    Credits: 3

    Advanced topics in time series econometrics and finance.
  
  • ECO 7377 - Microeconometrics


    Credits: 3

    Advanced topics in cross-section and panel data econometrics.
  
  • ECO 7378 - Topics in Econometrics


    Credits: 3

    Further current topics in theoretical and applied econometrics and finance. Topics will vary and reflect current student and faculty demand and instructors’ interests.
  
  • ECO 7381 - Methods of Experimental Economics


    Credits: 3

    Provides students the foundation for understanding and using experimental methods in economic research. Offers training in fundamental methods and applies those methods to several fields of economic research. Focuses on how to clearly specify and set up research questions as well as how to bring appropriate methods to bear in answering those questions.
  
  • ECO 8000 - Research


    Credits: 0

    By arrangement with the director of graduate studies. Prerequisite: Department consent required.
  
  • ECO 8049 - Graduate Full-Time Status


    Credits: 0

    Full-time status for Ph.D. students.
  
  • ECO 8100 - Research


    Credits: 1

    By arrangement with the director of graduate studies. Prerequisite: Department consent required.
  
  • ECO 8101 - Internship for Ph.D. Students


    Credits: 1

    Students analyze economic problems appropriate to the interning firm or organization. Can be taken only twice. Prerequisites: 3.000 GPA in economics courses, 3rd-year or above Ph.D. student (earned 48 credit hours in the program), and approval of faculty sponsor and director of graduate studies.
  
  • ECO 8105 - Research


    Credits: 1

    By arrangement with the director of graduate studies. Prerequisite: Department consent required.
  
  • ECO 8398 - Dissertation Research


    Credits: 3

    Ph.D. candidates.

Education

  
  • EDU 5100 - Special Topics


    Credits: 1

    Students work on a personalized system of instruction. Most of the work in this course is done as an independent study.
  
  • EDU 5121 - Field Experience I: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    This course gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings and allows them to observe a functioning classroom. Includes classroom setup, environment, organization, structure, and discipline.
  
  • EDU 5122 - Field Experience II: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    With a focus on special populations, this course places students in elementary school settings where they observe the teaching techniques used to help children with exceptional needs.
  
  • EDU 5123 - Field Experience III: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    This course gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings and to plan and teach lessons. Students shadow a teacher in preparation for student teaching.
  
  • EDU 5124 - Field Experience I: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    This course gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings and allows them to observe a functioning classroom. Includes classroom setup, environment, organization, structure, and discipline.
  
  • EDU 5125 - Field Experience II: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    Places students in elementary school settings where they observe the teaching techniques used to help children with exceptional or special needs.
  
  • EDU 5126 - Field Experience III: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    This course gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings and to plan and teach lessons. Students shadow a teacher in preparation for student teaching.
  
  • EDU 5157 - Practicum for Teaching Early Reading and Writing


    Credits: 1

    Provides experience applying evidence-based principles of literacy development and learning in young children, early childhood through second grade. Requires tutoring experiences in a local school. Corequisite: EDU 5257 .
  
  • EDU 5200 - Special Topics


    Credits: 2

    Students work on a personalized system of instruction. Most of the work in this course is done as an independent study.
  
  • EDU 5257 - Methods for Teaching Early Reading and Writing


    Credits: 2

    Examines evidence-based principles of literacy development and learning in young children, early childhood through second grade. Focuses on designing, adapting, and evaluating beginning literacy instruction for children. Corequisite: EDU 5157 .
  
  • EDU 5300 - Special Topics


    Credits: 3

    Students work on a personalized system of instruction. Most of the work in this course is done as an independent study.
  
  • EDU 5318 - Formative/Summative Assessment


    Credits: 3

    Explanation and practice of formal and informal assessment strategies, the ways assessment outcomes should inform instruction, and the methods for sharing assessment outcomes with families. All assignments relate to putting assessment skills into practice in the classroom.
  
  • EDU 5327 - Integrating Teaching and Learning


    Credits: 3

    Reviews the nature and design of educational activities: theory, research, practice of unit planning, and lesson planning for active learning that meets the needs of individual students.
  
  • EDU 5330 - Integrated Stem Studies


    Credits: 3

    Provides elementary- and middle-grades teachers with strategies to integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in their classrooms.
  
  • EDU 5331 - Content Area Studies For Elementary School


    Credits: 3

    Explores science, social studies, art, music, drama, and physical education content for students EC-grade six. Also, effective teaching strategies for each content area.
  
  • EDU 5348 - Introduction to Diverse Learners


    Credits: 3

    A study of diversity, multicultural concepts, and inclusion. Also, explores issues, policies, and professional practice relevant to teaching.
  
  • EDU 5349 - Learning Environment and Professionalism: EC-12


    Credits: 3

    This course focuses on major issues facing teachers in establishing and maintaining a positive and productive learning environment, as well as the professional roles and responsibilities of teachers.
  
  • EDU 5355 - Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School


    Credits: 3

    Evaluates learning materials and teaching methods focusing on knowledge and skills required for students EC-grade six.
  
  • EDU 5357 - Emergent Literacy


    Credits: 3

    This course examines principles of literacy learning in young children and predictable stages of oral language, writing, and reading development. All literacy classes require field experiences in local schools.
  
  • EDU 5358 - Conventional Literacy


    Credits: 3

    Introduces theories, practices, and materials for teaching reading and/or writing in primary grades. All literacy classes require field experiences in local schools.
  
  • EDU 5363 - Elementary Student Teaching


    Credits: 3

    Requires a 15-week assignment in an elementary school that has a diverse student population. Includes a seminar on campus every 2 weeks.
  
  • EDU 5364 - Elementary Student Teaching


    Credits: 3

    This course requirement is a 15-week assignment in an elementary school that has a diverse student population. The course includes a seminar on campus every 2 weeks. Students are assigned an SMU supervisor who observes in the classroom at least four times a term. A portfolio is required.
  
  • EDU 5367 - Creating Successful Classrooms


    Credits: 3

    Students will examine current research that promotes student-centered teaching and constructivist practices. Various teaching and learning strategies of teaching in effective classrooms will be the focus of the course.
  
  • EDU 5371 - Content Area Methods


    Credits: 3

    Students refine content knowledge, methods, and strategies specific to their content area and level of certification.
  
  • EDU 5373 - Secondary Student Teaching


    Credits: 3

    Requires a 15-week assignment in a middle school and/or high school that has a diverse student population. Includes a seminar on campus every 2 weeks. Students are assigned an SMU supervisor who observes in the classroom at least four times a term. A portfolio is required.
  
  • EDU 5374 - Secondary Student Teaching


    Credits: 3

    Requires a 15-week assignment in a middle school and/or high school that has a diverse student population. Includes a seminar on campus every 2 weeks. Students are assigned an SMU supervisor who observes in the classroom at least four times a term. A portfolio is required.
  
  • EDU 5375 - Internship I: High School and Middle School


    Credits: 3

    This course requirement is a full-year assignment as the teacher of record in a public or accredited private school. Supervision by SMU faculty is required.
  
  • EDU 5376 - Internship II: High School and Middle School


    Credits: 3

    This course requirement is a full-year assignment as the teacher of record in a public or accredited private school. Supervision by SMU faculty is required.
  
  • EDU 5385 - Internship I: EC-6


    Credits: 3

    This course requirement is a full-year assignment as the teacher of record in a public or accredited private school. Supervision by SMU faculty is required.
  
  • EDU 5386 - Internship II: EC-6


    Credits: 3

    This course requirement is a full-year assignment as the teacher of record in a public or accredited private school. Supervision by SMU faculty is required.
  
  • EDU 6100 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1

    Students work independently on a personalized system of instruction.
  
  • EDU 6101 - Clinical Therapy Practicum I


    Credits: 1

    Provides the opportunity for clinical teaching and therapy practices. Clinical teaching reports and therapy demonstrations are required. Each student is assigned an adviser to answer questions and provide support and guidance.
  
  • EDU 6102 - Clinical Therapy Practicum II


    Credits: 1

    Provides the opportunity for clinical teaching and therapy practices. Clinical teaching reports and therapy demonstrations are required. Each student is assigned an adviser to answer questions and provide support and guidance.
  
  • EDU 6103 - Clinical Therapy Practicum III


    Credits: 1

    Provides the opportunity for clinical teaching and therapy practices. Clinical teaching reports and therapy demonstrations are required. Each student is assigned an adviser to answer questions and provide support and guidance.
  
  • EDU 6104 - Clinical Therapy Practicum IV


    Credits: 1

    Provides the opportunity for clinical teaching and therapy practices. Clinical teaching reports and therapy demonstrations are required. Each student is assigned an adviser to answer questions and provide support and guidance. (Learning therapy only)
  
  • EDU 6105 - Current Issues in Dyslexia: Dyslexia Identification Process, Kindergarten and Beyond


    Credits: 1

    This course presents an in-depth outline of steps for early identification of dyslexic students. This identification involves more than administering a battery of tests. A team approach, involving individuals with information regarding the students, is integral to the identification process. Central to the team are knowledgeable classroom teachers. The course also discusses early identification as a key to successful remediation, including current research that shows this can be accomplished for children as young as 5 years of age, before they experience real failure.
  
  • EDU 6109 - Work Smart


    Credits: 1

    This course explores WorkSmart, a strategy for increasing dyslexic students’ self-esteem and advocacy competencies. Is it based on the premise that the biggest problem most people with dyslexia face is not the learning difference itself but the way they cope with it.
  
  • EDU 6110 - Automaticity and Rate


    Credits: 1

    This course outlines explicit suggestions for helping students develop proficient decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) skills to a level of automaticity that does not require conscious thought or effort. It also offers pointers on how students can be taught to understand how different kinds of texts are organized, as well as a repertoire of strategies for understanding these texts.
  
  • EDU 6115 - Early Language Development: Phonological Awareness


    Credits: 1

    This course explores current research that confirms that children who have a greater degree of phonological awareness when they enter school are better equipped to learn to read. A more advanced form of phonological awareness is called phoneme awareness, which is the understanding that speech can be broken down into even smaller units called phonemes. Since few preschoolers spontaneously attain phonemic awareness, this course teaches appropriate activities to help build these skills by engaging preschoolers in activities that draw their attention to the existence of phonemes in spoken words.
  
  • EDU 6116 - Procedures and Measures for Assessing Students for Dyslexia


    Credits: 1

    This course serves as a guide for developing a referral, assessment, and placement process for identifying the student with dyslexia. Time will be devoted to analyzing all existing information on the student, including formal test results, in order to make an educational identification of dyslexia. In addition, the course focuses on accommodations, modifications, and teaching strategies that may be used for the dyslexic student in the regular classroom.
  
  • EDU 6118 - Characteristics of Dyslexia


    Credits: 1

    Students will engage in an in-depth study of dyslexia in this course. Students will examine current research related to dyslexia and topics pertaining to reading intervention and accommodations.
  
  • EDU 6120 - Special Topics


    Credits: 1

    Students work on a personalized system of instruction.
  
  • EDU 6121 - Field Experience I: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    Gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings, and allows them to observe a functioning classroom. Includes classroom setup, environment, organization, structure, and discipline.
  
  • EDU 6122 - Field Experience II: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    Students are placed in elementary school settings where they observe the teaching techniques used to help children with exceptional needs.
  
  • EDU 6123 - Field Experience III: Elementary


    Credits: 1

    Students plan and teach lessons in a school setting while shadowing a teacher in preparation for student teaching.
  
  • EDU 6124 - Field Experience I: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    Gives students opportunities to work in appropriate school settings and allows them to observe a functioning classroom. Includes classroom setup, environment, organization, structure, and discipline.
  
  • EDU 6125 - Field Experience II: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    Students are placed in secondary school settings where they observe the teaching techniques used to help children with exceptional or special needs.
  
  • EDU 6126 - Field Experience III: Secondary


    Credits: 1

    Students plan and teach lessons in a school setting while shadowing a teacher in preparation for student teaching.
  
  • EDU 6129 - Practicum for Teaching Early Reading and Writing


    Credits: 1

    Provides experience applying evidence-based principles of literacy development and learning in young children, early childhood through second grade. Requires students to engage in tutoring experiences in a local school. Corequisite: EDU 6229 .
  
  • EDU 6134 - Survey of Learning Strategies


    Credits: 1

    This course emphasizes learning styles and processes, as well as organized patterns and cognitive development of the dyslexic student. Survey study skills and learning strategies used in the classroom or in clinical practice are discussed.
  
  • EDU 6142 - Late Literacy Development Practicum


    Credits: 1

    This course gives students opportunities for applying content from EDU 6363  and using materials and strategies discussed in EDU 6363  in their own school settings. Prerequisite: 2.000 GPA or better in EDU 6141. Corequisite: EDU 6363 .
  
  • EDU 6145 - Instructional Interventions for Math Practicum


    Credits: 1

    Students apply in a classroom setting the content modeled during EDU 6358 . Corequisite: EDU 6358 .
  
  • EDU 6146 - Applied Research in Special Education Practicum


    Credits: 1

    Students apply in a classroom setting the content modeled during EDU 6361 . Corequisite: EDU 6361 .
  
  • EDU 6150 - Graduate Research


    Credits: 1

    Includes supervised completion of an independent research project designed in EDU 6304 .
  
  • EDU 6160 - Graduate Research


    Credits: 1

    Includes supervised completion of an independent research project designed in EDU 6304 .
  
  • EDU 6164 - Early Literacy Acquisition I Practicum


    Credits: 1

    Provides students with supervised opportunities to apply content and skills from their early literacy courses to classroom and tutoring situations. Corequisite: EDU 6364 .
  
  • EDU 6167 - Early Literacy Acquisition II Practicum


    Credits: 1

    Provides students with supervised opportunities to apply content and skills from their early literacy courses to classroom and tutoring situations. Corequisite: EDU 6367 .
  
  • EDU 6200 - Independent Study


    Credits: 2

    Students work independently on a personalized system of instruction.
  
  • EDU 6225 - Planning and Managing Change


    Credits: 2

    Topics include the development of planning, management, and communication skills needed by school leaders who help shape the changes in professional practice in order to improve student achievement.
  
  • EDU 6229 - Methods for Teaching Early Reading and Writing


    Credits: 2

    Examines evidence-based principles of literacy development and learning in young children, early childhood through second grade. Focuses on designing, adapting, and evaluating beginning literacy instruction for children. Corequisite: EDU 6129 .
  
  • EDU 6231 - Introductory Course C: Early Language Development


    Credits: 2

    Refines techniques and procedures previously introduced, and discusses systems of record keeping and progress reporting.
  
  • EDU 6233 - Advanced Cognitive and Linguistic Structures of Written Language Part III


    Credits: 2

    Students acquire additional sophisticated therapy techniques, including transition and closure, and review record keeping and student progress measurement. Includes discussion of professional dyslexia-related organizations.
  
  • EDU 6234 - CAS Instructor Level 3


    Credits: 2

    Instructional assistant in the course entitled Early Language Development.
  
  • EDU 6235 - CAS Instructor Level 6


    Credits: 2

    Internship in the course entitled Seminar/Practicum Curriculum Issues.
  
  • EDU 6280 - Advanced Linguistic Structures of English Part 2


    Credits: 2

    This course provides teachers with evidence-based practices for teaching children who have dyslexia and related written-language disorders. Building on terminology and concepts in teaching-level and therapist-level courses, this second therapy-level course presents the most advanced linguistic structures of written English related to reading and spelling. Prerequisite: 2.000 GPA or better in EDU 6346. Reserved for the M.Ed. with a concentration in reading and writing. For Dallas cohort only.
 

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