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Graduate Catalog | 2021-2022 
    
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Course Descriptions


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Urban Design

  
  • MUDD 6102 - Urban Design Studio II


    This intermediate design studio focuses on the sustainable development of neighborhoods, districts, sites and urban open spaces, exploring design process issues as well as the continued acquisition and practice of a variety of technical and graphic skills.

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Prerequisite(s): MUDD 6101 
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 6204 - Geographic Information System


    An applied research course focused on the broader technical issues of what a contemporary geographic information system (GIS) is and how the system can help us model and better understand the dynamic complexities of a city.  Students are introduced to a mix of geographic information system theory and applications to urban design and planning problems.  Topics include: geographic projection and coordinate systems, data management, models of spatial data, spatial analysis techniques, and GIS implementation issues.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2019
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 6205 - Modern City: Theories and Forms


    An historical survey of urban design from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century, focusing on various ideas of urbanism and their impact on the contemporary practice of urban design and development.  It investigates the cities and large-scale urban projects resulting from revolutionary ideas of urban design and important theories of urbanism.  The course is organized with topical discussions on the emergence of modern city planning, monumental city, garden city, suburbanization, new urbanism, ecological urbanism, and global city among other paradigms of modern city.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ARCH 4205, ARCH 5204 , and ARCH 6050 
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 6606 - GIS and Urban Mapping


    This applied research course is focused on the broader technical issues of what a contemporary geographic information system (GIS) is and how the system can help us model and better understand the dynamic complexities of a city.  Introduces students to a mix of geographic information system theory and applications to urban design and planning problems. Topics include: geographic projection and coordinate systems, data management, models of spatial data, spatial analysis techniques, and GIS implementation issues.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2020, Fall 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 7102 - Urban Design Studio III


    This final studio is the capstone of the Urban Design Program.  It focuses on site-specific projects in countries outside the U.S. and emphasizes methods of research and design, as well as technological and systemic issues of sustainability in dense and vertical urban environments.  It pursues a directed research and design agenda that varies according to faculty interest, expertise, and/or project requirements.

    Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
    Prerequisite(s): MUDD 6102 
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Second Summer 2019, Summer 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 7103 - Vertical Urbanism / Global Urban Design Studio, Part II


    Part two of an advanced, two-part design studio focuses on sitespecific projects in countries outside the USA and emphasizes methods of research and design as well as technological and systemic issues of sustainability in dense and vertical urban environments. Part II is held in Charlotte and completes the design projects commenced abroad. Pursues a directed research and design agenda that varies according to faculty interest, expertise and/or project requirements. May build upon the resources of the City.Building.Lab (CBL) at the School of Architecture.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): MUDD 6102  and MUDD 7102 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Second Summer 2019, Summer 2020
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 7120 - Graduate Summer International Study


    The premise of this course is to allow graduate students to engage a summer experience abroad to support their growing knowledge of architecture and architectural discourse. This experience is intended to inform and motivate possible interests that the students might pursue in further study.

    Credit Hours: (3 to 6)
    Restriction(s): Approval of the M.U.D Program Director.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • MUDD 7134 - Independent Capstone Research Project


    This is an alternative capstone course to MUDD 7102 /MUDD 7103  for students in exceptional circumstances only. This advanced project offers support and structure for students undertaking their capstone experience as individualized research and/or design work within the parameters of the M.U.D program but outside the normative full-time sequence of studios or as part of a dual degree option with an individually tailored course plan. An individually defined urban research and/or design project will be taken under the direction of a M.U.D faculty member and other advisors as appropriate.

    Credit Hours: (6)
    Prerequisite(s): MUDD 6102 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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Women’s and Gender Studies

  
  • WGST 5050 - Topics in Women’s Studies


    Special topics in Women’s Studies.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Varies with change of topic.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021


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  • WGST 5131 - Culture, Pregnancy, and Birth


    Explores how culture shapes the experience and practice of pregnancy and birth. Some of the topics explored include the birthing experience, midwifery, infertility, new reproductive technologies, and surrogate motherhood.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ANTH 5131 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • WGST 5151 - Women, Biology, and Health


    An understanding of the structure and functions of women’s bodies and examines the social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors associated with women’s health.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • WGST 5152 - Ecological Feminism


    Examines the cultural conditions that make possible the marginalization of both women and nature, the connections between feminism and environmentalism, and the relation between the norms and practices that inform developmental and environmental policies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • WGST 5160 - Race, Sexuality, and the Body


    Examines how biological, historical, and cultural interpretations of race and gender influenced and characterized definitions of sexuality and body image among persons of color.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • WGST 5170 - Queer Theory


    Introduction to key issues in queer theory, a field of studies that questions and redefines the identity politics of early lesbian and gay studies by investigating the socially constructed nature of identity and sexuality and critiquing normalizing ways of knowing and being.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2020


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  • WGST 6050 - Topics in Women’s Studies


    Special topics in Women’s Studies.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Varies with change of topic.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021


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  • WGST 6601 - Theoretical Approaches to Sexuality


    An interdisciplinary examination of the history of sexuality and contemporary theories of sexuality and the body.  Topics include:  historical aspects of sexuality, representations of sexuality, politics of sexuality, critiques of psychoanalytic approaches to sexuality, feminist engagement with biological constructions of sexuality, and queer theory.  

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018, Fall 2019


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  • WGST 6602 - Theoretical Approaches to Gender


    An interdisciplinary examination of the core theories about the role of gender in identity formation and social organization. Topics include: the feminist critique of biological essentialism; gender as a continuum; the social construction of gender; gender performativity; historical changes in gender; masculinity studies; the intersection of race, class and gender; and the economics of gender.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ANTH 6612 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2021


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  • WGST 6603 - Language, Gender and Power


    An examination of the ways language constructs sexual difference and power relations among groups. Topics include: the role of language in structuring individual identity and human relations; how that process informs the nature of social institutions; and the control language exercises over human society, from the private to the public domain.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • WGST 6627 - Feminist Theory and its Applications


    An examination of selected works in feminist thought across the disciplines.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021


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  • WGST 6800 - Directed Reading/Research


    Independent investigation of a problem or a topic in Gender, Sexuality or Women’s Studies, culminating in a research paper or a final report. Student must provide a written plan of work before registering for the course.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Prior written permission of instructor and Women’s and Gender Studies Director.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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