Introduction of boundary element methods for use in solving common engineering equations, such as the Laplace equation, the Poisson equation, the wave equation, and the diffusion equation. Both the theoretical and numerical aspects of the boundary element technique are presented. Application areas include heat conduction, potential flow problems, acoustic wave propagation, general diffusion, and stress analysis.

An advanced course exploring one or two literary genres or formal categories. It focuses on analyzing the parameters and practices of a broad generic category (e.g. the short story; lyric poetry; epic and mock-epic; autobiography; the bildungsroman; protest literature) or a genre specific to a particular period (e.g. mid-century American crime novels; Elizabethan songs and sonnets; Victorian drama). May be repeated up to 9 hours under different subtitles. Open to students from any major. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

A course examining contemporary American fiction primarily since the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the diverse categories by which its critics and readers have sought to identify it: minimalism, hyperrealism, postmodernism, cyberpunk, the magical real. The class investigates contemporary authors in order to generate the key terms and problems for approaching work in diverse current genres, from science fiction and graphic novels to historical novels and self-consciously literary fiction. Open to students from any major. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

An advanced course focusing on any aspect of gender in literary studies, such as gender and genre, gender issues in a particular literary period, masculinity, minority women writers, or feminist literary theory. See departmental listings for different offerings per semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours under different subtitles. Prerequisite ENG 330 Text and Context or consent of the instructor. Fulfills ENG Major 400-level course requirement. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.

A course for experienced writers who have some knowledge of contemporary American literature. Equal emphasis on students' original work and outside reading. Each student will produce a chapbook of poems or stories and write a short introduction to it. May be repeated with the same subtitle to a maximum of fifteen credits.

This seminar prepares graduate students to teach literature classes at the University of Kentucky and elsewhere. It offers instruction and guidance in curriculum design, syllabus creation, reading and work exercises, and more. Students develop a portfolio of course materials and refine skills for teaching literature and film at the introductory as well as advanced levels of an undergraduate curriculum. This course is not a requirement for completing the Ph.D.

Identification, life histories and control of insects attacking field crops, especially those of importance in Kentucky. The damage that these insects cause, the reasons for their abundance, and alternatives in control practices will also be emphasized. Lecture, two hours per week; laboratory, two hours per week.

A study of insect taxonomy including the collection, preparation, and identification of adult insect specimens.

A study of schooling and education using basic analytic paradigms of sociology. Emphasis on schools as formal organizations and education in a changing, technologically oriented and stratified society.

An analysis of the cultural role and function of educational institutions and processes. Topics considered include schooling as cultural transmission, the community context of education, cross-national studies of schools, and implications of anthropological approaches for teacher training.