A study of higher education and society using sociological views and policy perspectives. Topics include inequality and diversity in higher education; universities and colleges as social organizations and cultural institutions; the academic profession, academic departments and disciplines; the social and academic lives of students; as well as the impact of higher education and its relations to labor markets.

This course addresses issues of equity and efficiency by analyzing 1) how students, faculty and institutions are influenced by markets and incentives, 2) the economic impact of higher education on students and society, and 3) the financial management of institutions.

This course covers equine behavior with a focus on learning and abnormal (stereotypic) behaviors. Learning theory will be applied to handling and training of horses in the barn and round pen.

Emphasis is on conducting statistical analyses and reporting results. Topics include selection of statistical approach, techniques for conducting analyses, interpretation of output, and writing the results section of a manuscript based on that output.

A study of the institutional structure and theory of the money and capital markets, including the types of financial claims traded in such markets, the major buyers and sellers, the regulatory environment, capital market theory, and the forces of supply and demand affecting the level and structure of interest rates.

A continuation of FIN 700. Topics covered include state-preference theory, arbitrage pricing theory, agency theory, and the pricing of contingent claims.

This course deals with the sensory evaluation methods used for food products based on flavor, odor, color, and texture. This includes techniques for measuring sensory attributes, instrumental analysis of foods, statistical analyses of data, and how sensory evaluation programs are utilized in the food industry.

This course is an introduction to qualitative methods in geographical research. Students will begin by learning the basic principles of research design, as well as ethical and procedural considerations of any research project using qualitative methods.

This course examines how politics, the environment, and socio-economic relations have shaped Mexico's contemporary social and cultural geography. The course examines how historical and contemporary processes such as agrarianism, urbanization (Mexico City), the Mexican Revolution, migration, and development have shaped the politics of identity, community, and geography, with particular attention to questions of gender, indigenous peoples, and popular culture.

A seminar in the social construction of geospatial technologies and the implications of their use. Topics may include crowd-sourcing, privacy and surveillance, open source software, code/space, censorship and control, copyright and locative media usage. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under different subtitles.