Students confer individually with the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Strategic issues associated with multi-industry, multi-national, multi-business and start-up management; strategy implementation and institutionalization; planning systems.

A broad range of literature on organization strategy and structure is examined. Conceptual frameworks and research relating to the Business Policy decision processes are reviewed and critiqued.

The focus of this course is on the theoretical concepts and methodology of social network analysis, both from a research and applied perspective. The course involves in-depth training on the hands-on analysis of social network data using specialized social network analysis software.

Designed for advanced students who undertake research problems to be conducted in regular consultation with the instructor. May be repeated to a total of six credit hours.

Each semester five distinguished scientists visit the UK campus to deliver a series of three formal lectures each and participate in numerous informal contacts with graduate students. The emphasis is on the presentation of the most current advances (often unpublished) in selected topics in molecular and cellular genetics. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course will develop the student's ability to critically read and evaluate the primary literature in selected areas of molecular biology; various experimental systems and techniques are discussed. While there is some lecture, the time will be predominately spent in class discussions of the primary literature.

This course will deal with controversial and evolving areas of immunology. Lectures in a given topic will be accompanied by student discussion of contemporary literture.

A variety of topics relating to modern molecular and cell biology.

Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.