Open to graduate students only. Individual work on an assignment approved by the chairperson of the department. May be repeated twice for a maximum of nine credits.

Residency credit for preparing and taking the qualifying examination. Students may register for one semester of this course in anticipation of completing the qualifying examination during the semester. The course is not repeatable and is not required.

This course is designed for first year residents entering the Advanced Specialty Program in Endodontics. It will consist of a series of presentations on clinical endodontic topics in order to familiarize the students with clinical endodontic procedures prior to the "Endodontic Classic Topic Literature Seminars" on these specific clinical topics.

This course is designed to teach the entering first year endodontic postgraduate residents to perform technical procedures required for clinical endodontic patient care. Demonstrations and laboratory exercises will be utilized. Each resident will be expected to attain a high degree of competency on the laboratory projects prior to entering the clinical portion of the postgraduate program. This course should be completed within the first five (5) weeks of the program.

This course is a sixteen (16) week seminar in which major textbooks in the specialty of endodontics will be reviewed by the residents and discussions will be facilitated by division faculty members. This course will be given every year to first year residents to ensure they are reviewing the most current textbooks available.

This 12-month course will assist the student in the preparation and initial steps towards the completion of a graduate research project by the end of second year of the graduate program. Students receive structured research training within the Core Curriculum (CDS 660) during the fall semester of the first year. END 716 is designed to apply research methodology taught in CDS 660 within an open-structured course to guide the student in the initiation and progress of their chosen research topic which will be completed during the following course END 717.

This 12-month course teaches the fundamentals of critically reviewing scientific literature pertaining to endodontics and/or associated disciplines. This course will provide a review of current and historical journal literature that pertains to the scientific basis for endodontic procedures, materials and techniques currently being used in the clinical practice of endodontics. Students will discuss and critically evaluate the content of the reviewed literature. Updating the literature review course is extremely important if one is to keep up with the latest changes in endodontics.

This 12-month clinical course provides the students initial supervised training in clinical endodontic procedures. The course will provide the student with experience in the management and treatment of non-surgical endodontic treatment needs, which will be similar to that experienced in a typical endodontic specialty practice. This course is for 1st year endodontic residents.

This course introduces students to literary works of various styles that deal with current subjects and creative applications. Topics vary by semester and are chosen to give a broad-based understanding of literary works, genres, creative techniques, or cultural trends (e.g., Literature and Other Art Forms; Film, Art, & Social Protest; Creative Writing, Mixed Media, & Social Media). See departmental listings for different offerings per semester. Provides ENG Major or Minor Elective credit.

A course introducing students to films of various genres and styles, from both historical and contemporary filmmakers, investigating a particular issue or theme. Topics vary by semester and are chosen by faculty to give a broad-based understanding of important cinematic works, trends, and the creative processes behind this important, collaborative artform. As with all Arts and Creativity classes, this class will require students to produce an artistic artifact. Intended as a general humanities course for non-majors. Lecture and section.