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3.00 Credits
Experience all phases of doing scientific research: select a topic to be investigated, read the relevant literature, develop a research plan, perform the experiments and/or computations, interpret the data, interact with other researchers, and write and present a final report. Prerequisite: PHY 291 and either 292 or 286, senior standing, and submission and approval of a written research proposal.
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3.00 Credits
Examines contemporary disability issues and policies and the lived experiences of persons with disabilities in international and local contexts, with emphasis on understanding disability within particular communities-both locally and in other countries- and on learning multiple research methods. Cross-listed with ENG/SPA/DST/SOC/ COM 494. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Reflects on the entire baccalaureate experience through the systematic exploration of historical and/or contemporary issues. Establishes a series of topics and a focus for every unit. The four units address: 1) foundations in aesthetic theoretical positions, 2) models from the past and present 3) extensions into other contemporary cultures, and 4) projections into a global future. Integrates the theory and practice experience to broaden understanding of issues theatre artists encounter as they interact with, reflect on, and interpret the circumstances of their society.
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3.00 Credits
(3 total: 490.A (1) with corequisite 477 (2) Directed Study with faculty member in 490.A) Advances in botanical research and how botany impacts issues of importance to society. Building on Miami Plan and major course work, students evaluate selected issues and scientific advances. Written and oral exercises to enhance critical thinking and communication skills and explore the breadth of career options in botany.
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2.00 Credits
(3 total: 490.B (1) with corequisite 400 (2) Independent Research) Students interested in graduate or professional school typically enroll for directed study/research credit to complete research projects with faculty mentors. Students interested in botany-related career choices immediately upon graduation may elect internship experience. BOT 490.B, a seminar course that meets weekly, along with enrollment in appropriate corequisite for two semester hours complete the three-hour Capstone requirement.
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2.00 Credits
Departmental Honors) Gifted students can pursue a departmental honors project with a faculty mentor. BOT 490C, a seminar course that meets weekly, along with enrollment in departmental honors course for two semester hours complete the three-hour Capstone requirement.
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3.00 Credits
(490D (1) with corequisite 477 (2) Directed Study with faculty member in 490C) Many botany undergraduates ultimately teach. Combines a weekly seminar class with a practicum in which students serve as teaching assistants in regularly scheduled Foundation course laboratories with the supervision of a graduate teaching assistant and faculty member. The goal is to combine training in pedagogy with practical experience, improving the student's knowledge, critical thinking, and teaching skills in the botanical laboratory classroom. One formal class meeting per week plus three contact hours per week of practicum and additional course preparation meetings.
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3.00 Credits
Applies and integrates the fundamental principles of undergraduate physics with a series of special topics. Individual student's research, give oral presentations, and lead discussions on an aspect of the semester's theme. Papers that incorporate a basic knowledge of physics with other subjects for Miami's liberal education curriculum provide the medium for student's expression of their critical analysis and evaluation of an important issue. Prerequisite: any physics 300-level course or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Requires the selection and development of a geographic research problem/topic and the submission of a final research paper. Student expected to build upon research, writing, and oral presentation skills developed as an undergraduate, provide peers with constructive criticism, and share on a continuing basis both research experience and development of the topic. Each student must select and work with at least one faculty adviser, not necessarily from the geography department, with appropriate expertise. Required for geography majors. Prerequisite: senior standing. Offered Fall semester only.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised development of individual professional artist's portfolio and participation in a group or solo gallery exhibition. Periodic scheduled meetings with peers and faculty mentors in the individual studio areas. With permission of instructor, students who have completed a focus sequence in one of the vertical studio offerings may be permitted to enroll in this studio Capstone. Prerequisite: senior standing in one of these studio concentrations: ceramics, metals, photography, painting, printmaking, or sculpture; must be taken concurrently with a 400-level studio.
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