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MA 583 Introduction to Parallel Computing
Introduction to basic parallel architectures, algorithms and programming paradigms; message passing collectives and communicators; parallel matrix products, domain decomposition with direct and iterative methods for linear systems; analysis of efficiency, complexity and errors; applications such as 2D heat and mass transfer.
Typically offered in Spring only
English (MA): Rhetoric and Composition
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1 May include聽special topics courses in areas such as computers and composition, emerging genres, writing across the curriculum, and writing program administration (usually offered as ENG聽583 Studies In Rhetoric and Writing . 2 ENG聽525 Variety In Language 聽is recommended if you are planning a teaching career.聽 Note: If you choose a linguistics course to fulfill your research methods requirement (e.g., ENG聽527 Discourse Analysis ), you may take an additional rhetoric or composition elective in this slot instead. 3 The聽capstone project聽should be on a topic that draws from scholarship in the area of rhetoric and composition or that is of clear relevance in the field. It should be conceived to address a specific audience and designed for a specific situation; thus, it could be composed as an article targeting a specific journal or conference; a curriculum plan or teaching materials for a particular instructional agenda; an online resource fulfilling a well defined need; etc. The master's project should be developed in consultation with faculty in rhetoric and composition and must be approved by the advisor for the concentration. 4 "Open Elective Courses" may be from rhetoric and composition, linguistics, literature, digital humanities or other areas within the English Department, or, when appropriate to meet particular goals, from the Department of Communication, Foreign Languages, History, Psychology, the College of Education, or other fields.
English (MA)
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Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Arts in English" without focus area track specifications.