Study and application of established theories and techniques in couple therapy and in sex therapy. Emphasis on developing and demonstrating knowledge, skills, issues, and treatment procedures in couple and family therapy.

Advanced study of quantitative research methods, including but not limited to complex study designs, model building and structural equation modeling, reliability and validity of measures, statistical power and effect size, mediator and moderator variables, and identifying appropriate statistical techniques for specific types of problems.

Emphasizing both theory and practice, this course is an in-depth study of long-term corporate investment and financing decisions. Topics include valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, leasing, dividend policy, capital structure, and mergers and acquisitions.

Primary emphasis on the implementation of financial theory for the management of the assets of a business firm. Topics include capital budgeting, working capital planning, financing the firm, cost of capital and the financial structure of the firm, and mergers and acquisitions.

This is a 4-credit, advanced biology and/or wildlife course about amphibians and reptiles for both undergraduate and graduate students. Lectures and labs follow two concurrent themes: 1) a survey of amphibians and reptiles, with special emphasis on Kentucky species, and 2) a general analysis of amphibian and reptile biology, ecology, conservation and management.

This course provides students with hands-on experience in a diverse array of conceptual research techniques used by ecologists and evolutionary biologists. The focus will be on optimization methods used for predicting animal and plant behaviors and life histories, and on methods for assessing population trends and dynamics. Mathematical techniques used will include graphical analyses, matrix algebra, calculus, and computer simulations.

Discussion of microorganisms, toxins and chemical involved in foodborne illnesses as well as procedures for controlling and investigating foodborne disease outbreaks.

This course (1) critically evaluates different qualitative epistemologies including biography, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography and the case study; (2) assesses the value of alternative qualitative methodologies for gaining deeper understanding of the experience of elders; (3) explores practical issues in employing such methodologies; and (4) provides opportunities for participants to engage in different styles of qualitative research.

This seminar will establish a common foundation of knowledge through examinations of traditional "life courses" influencing individuals as they age through time, including household and family, education and work, and housing. This foundation will be built upon using critical examinations of such themes as gender roles, spatial experience, cognitive change and memory, and structural effects on life trajectories. Emphasis will be placed on surveys of existing literature and on integrating various life course elements within social and behavioral theory.

Theories and practices of administration in health care institutions with special emphases on organizational behavior and analyses of various administrative processes and techniques.