Each semester some contemporary topic in the field of physical education will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Each semester some contemporary topic in the field of recreation will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

This course is an examination of current research in linguistic semantics. The course covers a range of central topics, including the syntax/semantics interface and the nature of semantic compositionality; the semantic analysis of specific linguistic phenomena, such as plural number, generics, valence-changing operations, reflexives and reciprocals, modality, counterfactual conditionals; referential vs cognitive approaches to semantics; and modern approaches to the relation between semantics and pragmatics.

This course explores the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues confronting communication and information professionals and the transformative impact of these issues on information policy development. The rapidly evolving communication and information infrastructure and the global shift to an information society will provide the context for the course.

A seminar which examines current philosophical and managerial issues in library and information science. Focus is on the analysis, origins, evaluation and current status of these issues.

Advanced study of book evaluation, literary criticism, children's book ppublishing, awards, and current trends in the field. Individual projects require extensive critical reading.

This course is an introductory graduate-level survey of theory and research on human communication mediated by communication and information technologies. This course is designed to cover the areas not typically addressed in traditional courses of mass or interpersonal communication, including theory and research on the use of computers and electronic communication over a variety of communication and information systems.

The content and structure of bibliographic and other information resources in science and technology. A consideration of formal and informal communication in science and technology with emphasis on sources and services in agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, natural resources, zoology, and other closely related subjects.

A survey of manual and computer-based technical processing systems in libraries. Consideration given to circulation, acquisitions, cataloging and serial control systems. Trends and developments in technical processing, files and records management, and technical processing procedures and activities are examined.

In-depth coverage of the theories and practice of bibliographic description and subject analysis. Covers the organization of both print and electronic information and authority control. Emphasis is on problems in practice, special case studies, current issues and future trends of description, subject analysis and online authority control.