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BMED 2100 - Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Presents structure-property relationships of implant materials including metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites, with an emphasis on mechanical and surface properties in the broader context of implant design. Biological performance of biomaterials, case studies of traditional implants—as well as emerging, tissue-engineered materials— are emphasized.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BMED 4540 - Biomechanics
Application of mechanics to the study of normal, diseased, and traumatized musculo-skeletal system. Areas covered include determination of joint and muscle forces, mechanical properties of biological tissues, and structural analysis of bone-implant systems. Case studies are discussed to illustrate the role of biomechanics and biomaterials in the design of implants.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2050, BMED 2200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BMED 6290 - Biomechanics of Hard Tissues
Structure-property relationships for mineralized connective tissues of the human body. Discussion centers on various types of bone (e.g., lamellar, woven) with an emphasis on models for biomechanical behavior. Topics include elastic models for bone (isotropic and anisotropic), theories of yielding and fatigue, strength properties, composite and hierarchical models, and models of bone remodeling/modeling.
When Offered: Fall term, even numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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BMED 6280 - Biomechanics of Soft Tissues
Application of continuum mechanics in modeling the biomechanical behavior of nonmineralized tissues such as tendons, ligaments, skin, cartilage, blood vessels, etc. Topics include structure of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and other tissue components, nonlinear elastic models (including Fung’s pseudoelasticity approach and strain energy functions), linear viscoelasticity, Fung’s quasilinear viscoelasticity, hereditary integral formulation of constitutive equations, and introduction to mixture theory.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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BMED 4600 - Biomedical Engineering Design
A guided approach to development of design skills. Students work individually and in teams to tackle a biomedical design problem using methods drawn as necessary from engineering and from the physical and mathematical sciences. Discussion sessions involve students in presentations of work. This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: senior standing.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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BMED 4010 - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Theory and practice of biomedical measurements. An introduction to instruments and procedures for measurement of pressure, flow, bioelectrical potentials, biomechanical and biomaterial properties, using invasive and noninvasive techniques. Transducers studied include strain gauge, differential transformer, spectrometer, blood gas electrodes, bipotential electrodes, microscope with camera, mechanical testing machine, piezoelectric transducer (or sensor). Also studied are instruments for determination of material properties.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: BMED 2200, BMED 4500 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 2980 - Biomedical Research
Independent research in health sciences, supervised by a faculty member, for the purpose of developing research skills. Open to students in the accelerated physician-scientist curriculum only.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BMED 4410 - BioMEMs
This course discusses state-of-the-art techniques in patterning biomolecules, biosensors, machining three-dimensional microstructures and building microfluidic devices (Lab-on-a-Chip). Seminal and current literature will be used to discuss topics in BioMEMs ranging from device fabrication to applications in cell biology and medicine. Students cannot get credit for both BMED 4410 and BMED 6410.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Jr/Sr. Standing
When Offered: Spring annually
Credit Hours: 3
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BMED 6410 - BioMEMs
This course discusses state-of-the-art techniques in patterning biomolecules, biosensors, machining three-dimensional microstructures and building microfluidic devices (Lab-on-a-Chip). Seminal and current literature will be used to discuss topics in BioMEMs ranging from device fabrication to applications in cell biology and medicine. Students cannot get credit for both BMED 4410 and BMED 6410.
When Offered: Spring annually
Credit Hours: 3
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NSST 6240 - Biomolecular Science
Course will describe the interactions at the molecular, cellular, and organ level of one or more biological processes, i.e., the immune response, antibody production, and cellular immunity.
When Offered: Summer term.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 4310 - Bioorganic Mechanisms
The study of mechanisms of organic reactions in biochemical processes on a molecular level. Enzyme active sites, mechanisms of enzymatic transformations, catalysis, cofactors, enzyme kinetics, environmental toxicology. Strong emphasis on the design and mechanism of action of pharmaceutical agents. Meets with CHEM-6310; both courses cannot be taken for credit.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CHEM 2220 or CHEM 2260 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 6310 - Bioorganic Mechanisms
The study of mechanisms of organic reactions in biochemical processes on a molecular level. Enzyme active sites, mechanisms of enzymatic transformations, catalysis, cofactors, enzyme kinetics, environmental toxicology. Strong emphasis on the design and mechanism of action of pharmaceutical agents. Meets with CHEM 4310; both courses cannot be taken for credit.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHME 4170 - Bioprocessing Laboratory Course
A one-term laboratory course covering the fundamentals of biotechnology and bioprocessing including molecular biology, fermentation, and protein purification.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Senior standing in Chemical & Biological Engineering. CHME 4430 strongly recommended.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENVE 6300 - Bioremediation of Hazardous and Toxic Compounds
Lecture course stresses multidisciplinary approaches to the use of microbial system for biotransformation and biodegradation of toxic and hazardous material. Topics include biodegradability, enzymatic transformations, microbial ecology, and properties of organic and inorganic compounds, in situ and ex situ engineering techniques. Real world design examples and projects are introduced. Permission of instructor is required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENVE 4350 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term.
Credit Hours: 3
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BIOL 4400 - Bioterrorism, Biowarfare and Biodefense: A Clear and Present Danger
Never in the history of civilization is the use of biological weapons against humanity more likely by individuals or groups. Course material will focus on what constitutes biological weaponry. Topics include a history of biological warfare and the basic biological principles involved in the manipulation of biological agents: pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria and viruses), their toxins and their comparative lethality. Modes of environmental dissemination of agents and countermeasures that constitute biological defense will be presented. Course will include class discussion and Internet homework.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 1010 or equivalent
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LITR 2460 - Black Film
A survey of black films of the 20th century and an analysis of the plot, theme, cultural construction, characterization, moral-,philosophical implications, black images, and historical context to black life and national conditions.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4460 - Body: Self, Symbol, and Politics
Using cross-cultural comparisons, this course highlights the distinctive ways we conceptualize the body and explore how these assumptions influence health care in Western societies. The body is examined from three perspectives: as experienced; as a natural symbol for thinking about the relationships between nature and society; and as an artifact of social and political control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: a 1000-level social science course.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 4800 - Boundary Layers and Heat Transfer
The Navier-Stokes equations and the boundary layer approximation. Exact solutions and integral methods of incompressible boundary layers. Transition; turbulence. Convective heat transfer in laminar and turbulent flow.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4070 or MANE 4010.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECSE 6660 - Broadband & Optical Networking
Review of fundamental concepts and protocols of broadband and optical networking. Convergence of telephony, Internet and cable networks lead to new architectural and protocol concepts. Concepts and architectures covered in this course include: high-speed switching and router-design, traffic engineering, fiber optical communications, optical networking concepts, protection/restoration/survivability, optical link layers, quality of service, and broadband last-mile technologies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4670.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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PHIL 4570 - Buddhism
A study of the conditions of human suffering and human perfection according to Buddhism. The course ranges from the original teaching of Buddha to the development of Buddhism throughout Asia, including China, Tibet, and Japan. Buddhist, Chinese, and Western views of the nature of causation, freedom, existence, and human nature are compared.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or senior standing.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 4
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ARCH 4550 - Building Economics
An introduction to the economics of building: where the money comes from and where it is spent, factors influencing design and building costs, and approaches to managing costs from initial project definition through construction and use. Techniques for project budgeting, cost estimating, and life cycle cost analysis are included.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARCH 4740 - Building Systems and Environment
Design analysis and performance characteristics of building environmental systems, emphasizing heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting systems. In addition, building electrical systems, acoustics, water, waste, and drainage systems are covered in terms of fundamental theory, designs, and calculations. Case studies, field trips, and system design project work are required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 2360.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6300 - Business Economics
This course is an introduction to the economic environment in which a manager operates. Elements of this environment include the concepts of marginality and the trade-offs among conflicting goals. Microeconomic dimensions include cost and production theory, demand theory, and market theory. The macroeconomic elements of importance include the relations among gross output, income, and employment, and the effect of governmental economic policy on the operations of the firm. Students enrolled in the full-time MBA program cannot use this course on the Plan of Study. This course is intended for students enrolled in the part-time MBA, M.S. in MGT or those seeking degrees in other schools at Rensselaer.
When Offered: Summer term.
Credit Hours: 3
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LANG 4400 - Business French I
This course surveys the technical and cultural aspects of the French business world within its geographical, social, and political context. It provides the student with insights into the social and political make-up of French society as they affect the economy of France and her trading partners. It introduces the vocabulary and the essential tools needed by business professionals and requires an extensive practice in business writing and communication. Audio-visual materials supplement the text by helping the student to discover the French business world and its language and by bridging the gap between French and American business cultures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 2120 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 4410 - Business French II
This course is a continuation of Business French I using the same format. It constitutes the second part of a two course series.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 4400.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6060 - Business Implications of Emerging Technologies I
This course investigates the business dimensions of major technological advances, highlighting how industry structures and organization, the dynamics of competition, patterns of innovation, operational decisions, and financial investment are all influenced by various types of technical breakthrough. Students also get to explore the interplay between emerging technology development and commercialization. The challenges associated with intellectual property protection and utilization, as well as the socio-economic and ethical dimensions of new technology adoption, are explored. Each year, a different set of key technologies will be examined and analyzed.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6070 - Business Implications of Emerging Technologies II
The second of our Business Implications of Emerging Technology courses further investigates the business dimensions of major technological advances, highlighting how industry structures and organization, the dynamics of competition, patterns of innovation, operational decisions, and financial investment are all influenced by various types of technical breakthrough. Students also get to explore the interplay between emerging technology development and commercialization. The challenges associated with intellectual property protection and utilization, as well as the socio-economic and ethical dimensions of new technology adoption, are explored.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6060
Credit Hours: 3
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ENGR 4100 - Business Issues for Engineers and Scientists
Investigates business-related considerations in successfully commercializing new technology in a new venture or within an existing enterprise: market and customer analysis, beating the competition, planning and managing for profitability, high-tech marketing and sales, and business partnerships and acquisitions. Not a general management course; focuses explicitly on what is relevant for engineers and scientists working in a commercial environment. For junior/senior undergraduate or graduate students.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4 credits undergraduate; 3 credits graduate
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ENGR 6100 - Business Issues for Engineers and Scientists
Investigates business-related considerations in successfully commercializing new technology in a new venture or within an existing enterprise: market and customer analysis, beating the competition, planning and managing for profitability, high-tech marketing and sales, and business partnerships and acquisitions. Not a general management course; focuses explicitly on what is relevant for engineers and scientists working in a commercial environment. For junior/senior undergraduate or graduate students.
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ITEC 4300 - Business Issues for Engineers and Scientists
Investigates business-related considerations in successfully commercializing new technology in a new venture or within an existing enterprise: market and customer analysis, beating the competition, planning and managing for profitability, high-tech marketing and sales, and business partnerships and acquisitions. Not a general management course; focuses explicitly on what is relevant for engineers and scientists working in a commercial environment. For junior/senior undergraduate or graduate students.
When Offered: Fall and spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ENGR 4100/ENGR 6100 and ITEC 6300. Students can only obtain credit for one of these courses.
Credit Hours: 4 credit hours undergraduate; 3 credit hours graduate
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ITEC 6300 - Business Issues for Engineers and Scientists
Investigates business-related considerations in successfully commercializing new technology in a new venture or within an existing enterprise: market and customer analysis, beating the competition, planning and managing for profitability, high-tech marketing and sales, and business partnerships and acquisitions. Not a general management course; focuses explicitly on what is relevant for engineers and scientists working in a commercial environment. For junior/senior undergraduate or graduate students.
When Offered: Fall and spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ENGR 4100/ENGR 6100 and ITEC 4300. Students can only obtain credit for one of these courses.
Credit Hours: 4 credit hours undergraduate; 3 credit hours graduate
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MGMT 4550 - Business Models for Digital Enterprises
This course is designed as a survey introduction of the range of topics in an e-business. It will consider both entrepreneurial and ongoing organizations. It considers examples of both entrepreneurial approaches and innovation within established companies in areas such as business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C). Topics include: supply chain management, customer resource planning, organizational design and virtual firms, security and privacy, finance and valuation, and implementation of e-business technologies and strategies in existing firms. The course will evolve due to the varied interests of participants and changes in the e-business marketplace.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 1100, MGMT 2300, MGMT 2320, MGMT 4140 or equivalent information technology course, or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 1500 - Calculus for Architecture, Management, and H&SS
Basic concepts in differential and integral calculus for functions of one variable. Topics will include functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, integration, exponential and logarithmic functions, and techniques of integration. Application areas will include topics in Management, Architecture, and Social Sciences with special emphasis on the role of calculus in introductory probability.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: major in Management, Architecture or H&SS.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 1010 - Calculus I
Functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, implicit differentiation, related rates, maxima and minima, elementary transcendental functions, introduction to definite integral with applications to area and volumes of revolution.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 1020 - Calculus II
Techniques and applications of integration, polar coordinates, parametric equations, infinite sequences and series, vector functions and curves in space, functions of several variables, and partial derivatives.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1010.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4060 - Cancer Cell Research
Each student is assigned a specific research problem within the general area of cancer cell interactions with the normal tissue microenvironment. Students will use a wide range of techniques, including cell culture, immunofluorescence microscopy, and Western blotting. This laboratory course can serve as a culminating experience for seniors who have previously been involved in independent research involving in vitro cancer cells. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 4260 or BIOL 4740 and permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered each term.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 4990 - Capstone Experience in Philosophy
Students conduct original scholarly projects: original research, theoretical or analytical reviews of the literature, or computer simulations. Working either alone or in groups, students prepare written reports relating to this project, under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of a supervising faculty member.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3 to 6
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ARCH 4690 - Case Studies: Investigations into Architectural Knowledge
“The best instructor of all…is a building which is being pulled down.” (John Willis Clark, “On the Construction of the Vaults of the Middle Ages,” 1842). Buildings embody cultural knowledge. Their forms and spaces are invested with traces of habitation and beliefs through the employment of materials that are wrought by craft and technology. It is the intention of this course to teach how to investigate buildings in order to reveal the technological and cultural knowledge that is embedded within them. In this course, a select number of significant buildings are “disassembled” through intense questioning, and their artifactual significance is probed through careful analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ARCH-4140, ARCH-4330 and ARCH-4560; A pre-or corequisite to ARCH-4300.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 6410 - Celestial Mechanics
Introduction to celestial mechanics, orbits, and perturbations, exterior ballistics, powered flight trajectories, space flight trajectories.
When Offered: Offered on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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BIOL 4740 - Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory
Students will learn a variety of modern cell and developmental biology techniques such as cell culture, genetic analysis, immunocytochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, and live cell imaging. Using these techniques, students will investigate the function of genetically manipulated proteins in cells and developing embryos. In the last third of the semester, students will develop independent experimental research plans to address questions of interest to the student. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 2120, BIOL 2500
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BMED 6550 - Cell Biomechanics
The mechanics of single cells and cells in a continuum are discussed in the context of the modulation of cell function by mechanical stresses. Topics include: mechanical forces in the natural environment of various mammalian cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, osteoblasts, and epithelial cells), mathematical formulations of force distribution and force transmission, cell motility, models of cell membrane skeleton, cell deformability and elasticity, mechanical properties of cell membranes, and role of mechanical forces in cell structure/function.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BMED 4540 or ENGR 2530 with permission from the instructor.
When Offered: Spring alternate years.
Credit Hours: 3
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BIOL 4750 - Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions
Comprehensive examination of cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM), as well as analysis of the structure and function of the ECM in a variety of tissues. Topics to be covered include: ECM proteins, cell-matrix interactions, ECM signaling, mechanics of the ECM, ECM pathology and recent advances in ECM research.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: There are no formal prerequisites, but students should have a rudimentary knowledge of cell biology and protein structure (readings to provide this can be requested from the instructor). Limited to students with junior or senior standing. Graduate students must enroll in BIOL 6750 or BMED 6420; both courses may not be taken for credit.
When Offered: Spring Term (of even numbered years).
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with BMED 4420/6420.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 6750 - Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions
Comprehensive examination of cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM), as well as anaylsis of the structure and function of the ECM in a variety of tissues. Topics to be covered include: ECM proteins, cell-matris interactions, ECM signaling, mechanics of the ECM, ECM pathology and recent advances in ECM research.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: There are no formal prerequisites, but students should have a rudimentary knowledge of cell biology and protein structure (readings to provide this can be requested from the instructor). Limited to students with junior or senior standing. Graduate students must enroll in BIOL 6750 or BMED 6420; both courses may not be taken for credit.
When Offered: Spring term (of even numbered years).
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with BMED 4420/6420.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 2410 - Century of the Gene
This course details the scientific and social history of genetics, from Darwin and Mendel to the Human Genome Project. Special focus areas include: plant and animal breeding in the early twentieth century; eugenics movements in the U.S. and elsewhere; bacterial and fruit fly genetics; the development of molecular biology; the invention of recombinant-DNA technologies; the emergence of the biotechnology industry; the sociobiology controversies; genetics and evolutionary theory; and the Human Genome Project and contemporary genomics.
When Offered: Fall and spring annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 6570 - Chemical and Phase Equilibria
Classical solution thermodynamics, equations of state, and topics in chemical reaction and phase equilibria. Emphasis is on the rigorous formulation of equilibrium problems, and on the measurement, reduction, correlation, and interpretation of experimental data.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 6710 - Chemical Biology
This course introduces the fundamentals of protein structure and function with an emphasis on chemical concepts and small molecule-protein interactions. This course focuses on the basic biochemical concepts required for advanced studies in biochemistry and biotechnology and is intended for first year graduate students.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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CHME 4150 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
A two-term laboratory course on experimental analysis of the operations and processes of chemical engineering. Emphasis is placed on planning of experiments, data evaluation, and report writing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHME 4010, CHME 4020, and CHME 2020.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHME 4160 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
A two-term laboratory course on experimental analysis of the operations and processes of chemical engineering. Emphasis is placed on planning of experiments, data evaluation, and report writing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHME 4150, CHME 4040, and CHME 4500.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHME 4040 - Chemical Engineering Separations
The application of the fundamentals of chemistry, thermodynamics, mathematics, and transport phenomena to the design and evaluation of stage-wise and continuous contacting apparatus and systems for separating and purifying chemical materials. Steady-state and transient processes are studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHME 4010 and CHME 4020. Corequisite or prerequisite: CHME 2020.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 4520 - Chemical Information
An introduction to the discipline of chemical information science, including a survey of the printed and electronic sources for chemical information.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM 2220 or CHEM 2260 and CHEM 2030 or permission of the instructor. Students cannot get credit for both this course and CHEM 6800.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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CHEM 6800 - Chemical Information Sources
An introduction to chemical information science for chemistry graduate students, providing a survey of printed and electronic sources and their effective use. Students will do literature searches and prepare a bibliography on potential or actual research topics. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CHEM 4520.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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CHEM 6480 - Chemical Kinetics
Kinetics of thermochemical and photochemical reactions. Mathematical and mechanistic descriptions of the phenomenological approach to rate process; theoretical treatments of kinetically simple reactions; principles of light absorption and photochemistry; organic photochemistry.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission
When Offered: of instructor. Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHME 4050 - Chemical Process Design
The design of equipment, processes, and systems of interest in chemical engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. The concepts of product design, design for the environment, and the ethical and safety issues of design are introduced. Emphasis is placed on problem formulation and the conceptual, analytical, and decision aspects of open-ended design situations. The work integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses. This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHME 4040 and CHME 4500.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 4030 - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control
Introduction to modeling and control of dynamic chemical processes. Topics include the development of first-principles models, linearization and state space form, input/output (transfer function) form, design and tuning of PID controllers, model-based control, frequency response for robustness analysis, case studies in multivariable control, numerical analysis and simulation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2400.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 4500 - Chemical Reactor Design
Principles of kinetics, reactor design, and analysis for both homogeneous and heterogeneous (catalytic) systems. Topics include design for multiple reaction networks (optimum selectivity), analysis of simple reactor combinations, and design of isothermal, adiabatic, and optimum temperature profile reactor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHME-2010, CHME-4010, and CHME-4020.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 6490 - Chemical Thermodynamics
The principles of thermodynamics, with their applications to homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 1100 - Chemistry I
Principles of chemistry, with particular focus on atomic and molecular structure and bonding, periodicity, basic thermodynamic principles, introduction to acid-base chemistry and elementary chemical equilibrium, and introduction to organic chemistry. Students cannot get credit for both this course and CHEM-1110.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CHEM 1100.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 1110 - Chemistry I with Advanced Lab
Covers the same lecture material as CHEM-1100, but laboratory experiments will be more technique-oriented to provide better preparation for students who plan to take future laboratory courses in chemistry. Students cannot get credit for both this course and CHEM-1100.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 1200 - Chemistry II
Continued examination of the principles of chemistry in more depth, considering thermodynamics, advanced concepts in chemical equilibrium and acid-base chemistry, kinetics of chemical reactions and electrochemistry.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CHEM-1100 or CHEM-1110.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 2360 - Chemistry Laboratory: Selected Experiments
A selection of experiments taken primarily from other chemistry laboratory courses. Intended to permit an individualized laboratory course to be set up to enable transfer students to make up deficiencies in their laboratory background, to allow students from other departments to obtain experience in areas of interest to them, and to provide a course that students from other schools can use to fulfill laboratory requirements of their home institution on a transfer basis. Selection of experiments and credits determined by individual consultation with the academic adviser and instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: arranged
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CHEM 4810 - Chemistry of the Environment
Chemical processes important in the environment from naturally occurring and man-induced systems. Thermodynamic and chemical considerations of fuels; the thermodynamics of the atmosphere; atmospheric photochemistry; chemistry of natural water systems; chemistry of pesticides, fertilizers, and other important environmental contaminants; aspects of the carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycles.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM 1200 and one prior or concurrent course in organic chemistry or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ERTH 4810. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ERTH 4810.
Credit Hours: 4
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ERTH 4810 - Chemistry of the Environment
Chemical processes important in the environment from naturally occurring and man-induced systems. Thermodynamic and chemical considerations of fuels; the thermodynamics of the atmosphere; atmospheric photochemistry; chemistry of natural water systems; chemistry of pesticides, fertilizers, and other important environmental contaminants; aspects of the carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycles.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM1200 and one prior or concurrent course in organic chemistry or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as CHEM 4810. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CHEM 4810.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 6900 - Chemistry Seminar
Credit Hours: 1
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CHEM 6910 - Chemistry Teaching Seminar
Discussions and seminars on how to deal with the various aspects of teaching and related problems encountered by teaching assistants in chemistry. Seminar topics will include: cognitive theories of learning; several models of teaching; educational psychology; attitude and motivational factors; communication and presentation skills; leadership; time management; how to write an exam; grading problems; ethics; group problem solving skills; and cultural diversity. Seminars will be led by a senior, experienced teaching assistant along with participating faculty.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Graded: Graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.
Credit Hours: 1
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STSH 4520 - China: Past and Present
An introduction to Chinese social organization and politics through readings in primary and secondary sources, class discussion, and student research projects. The class examines the paths of development open to China, and the problems the Chinese people face in choosing among them, along with the historical background of values, symbols, anger, and pride against which these issues are debated.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: a course in STS or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1410 - Chinese I
This course assumes no previous knowledge of the subject. The course is designed to provide students with fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese. Oral and aural skills will be emphasized. Background on Chinese culture will be introduced as an element of the course.
When Offered: Fall annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1420 - Chinese II
This is a continuation of Chinese I, a course for the standard modern Chinese language (Mandarin). Students learn more Chinese characters and words, reach a total of near 500 characters and 650 words, and use more complicated grammatical structures, including some complement phrases and topic-comment sentences. In sum, students will learn more in all four aspects–listening, speaking, reading, and writing—presented in Chinese I.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1410.
When Offered: Spring annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2420 - Chinese III
This is a continuation of Chinese II, a course for the standard modern Chinese language (Mandarin). Students learn more Chinese characters and words, reach a total of about 650 characters, 1000 words, and use more complicated grammatical structures, e.g., reduplication of adjectives and verbs, resultative and potential complements. In sum, students learn more in all four aspects–listening, speaking, reading and writing—presented in Chinese II.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1420.
When Offered: Fall annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2430 - Chinese IV
This is a continuation of Chinese III, a course for standard modern Chinese language (Mandarin). Students learn additional Chinese characters and words, reach a total of about 800 characters, 1350 words, and complicated grammatical structures, e.g., expression of approximation, comparison of structural and aspect particles, etc. In sum, students learn more in all four aspects—listening, speaking, reading and writing—presented in Chinese III.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 2420 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 4400 - Chromatographic Separation Processes
Theory and practice of chromatographic separation processes. Dynamics of zone migration, diffusion, and kinetics. Multicomponent adsorption, nonequilibrium adsorption, zone spreading, and control of separation. Modern analytical and preparative bioseparation techniques of liquid chromatography.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in chemical engineering or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ARCH 4040 - Cities/Lands
This lecture-seminar is an examination of the parallel historical formation and operation of human settlements together with the territories associated with them, and the interrelations among them in Western Europe, North America, China, the Middle East, and North Africa. The purpose is to better understand the role spatial organization plays in the construction of social practices, human subjectivities, and technologies of power. While the differing paradigmatic notions of architectural and landscape practices will be explored in each cultural situation, the emphasis will be on the formative processes operating at all scales and among scales, and the more general design practices that have emerged, and could emerge, from these understandings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ARCH 2110, ARCH 2120, ARCH 2130, ARCH 2140, ARCH 2230, and ARCH 4140.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 4920 - Civil Engineering Capstone Design
Open-ended design project in which students work in teams. Oral presentations and written reports cover alternates considered, design assumptions, cost, safety, and feasibility. This is a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: senior status and CIVL 4070 and CIVL 4080, or CIVL 4010 and CIVL 4150, or CIVL 2030 and CIVL 4660 or CIVL 4640 or ENVE 2110 and either ENVE 4200, ENVE 4350, ENVE 4310 or ENVE 4340.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6900 - Civil Engineering Graduate Seminar
Civil engineering graduate students present seminars about their research to an audience composed of students and faculty and participate in discussions about the research of others. The course consists of one-hour weekly meetings. The faculty member in charge of the course helps the students develop their presentation skills. This course is required to be taken once by master’s students and twice by Ph.D. students.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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CIVL 4120 - Civil Engineering Instrumentation and Sensors
Various experimental techniques for the collection and analysis of laboratory and field data. Theory and application of electrical resistance strain gages and other data gathering equipment are introduced. Students are also introduced to the concepts involved with the interfacing of personal computers to machines for data acquisition and control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2530 and ENGR 2600.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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COGS 6200 - Cognition
This course covers reasoning, decision making, and behavioral game theory, which are major domains in human higher order cognition. For each topic, we start from normative theories, go through formal and mathematical models, and introduce empirical studies. The course emphasizes integrations of competing approaches within a domain, integration between reasoning and decision making, and integration between individual decision making and game-theoretic interactions. Each year, the course has a theme. The theme for this year is quantum cognition, which applies quantum theory in cognitive modeling. This course is designed as self-contained, and no pre-requirements. A middle term presentation and a final term paper are required for each student. Graduate students only.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4600 - Cognition and the Brain
Perception and thought are considered in terms of processes represented in the brain. The localization and lateralization of function are examined, drawing upon research on the behavioral effects of brain damage as well as brain-imaging studies and other approaches. Examples of topics include object recognition, memory, language, emotion, spatial ability, and motor processes.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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COGS 6100 - Cognitive Engineering
Integrated cognitive systems comprise human cognitive, perception, and motor subsystems in coordinated action with interactive devices. Examples may be as simple as a human using a VCR or as complex as the behavior exhibited by Air Force pilots. This course will introduce students to the cognitive theory behind integrated cognitive systems, the techniques for collecting and analyzing data such as eye movements and action protocols, as well as the software tools available for the representation of interactive behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to doctoral program.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4510 - Cognitive Modeling
Cognitive modeling investigates human cognition by developing computational systems that simulate cognitive processes. Cognitive modeling grew out of Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Cognitive models are used in a number of basic and applied domains including Human-Computer Interaction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer-Generated Forces, and Synthetic Characters. In this course, students will develop models in ACT-R (a unified theory of cognition) that simulate recent findings in cognitive psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSYC 1200 and CSCI 2300. Recommended: CSCI 4150 and/or PSYC 4370 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4370 - Cognitive Psychology
The focus of this course is on the flow of information from sensory input to retrieval from long-term memory. Within this framework, topics such as mnemonics, pattern recognition, attention, computer simulation, reasoning, and the relationship between culture and thought are discussed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 6910 - Colloquium Series
Seminars by distinguished guest speakers. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms.
Credit Hours: 0
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ENVE 6910 - Colloquium Series
Seminars by distinguished guest speakers and graduate students on current problems in environmental and energy engineering. A broad range of subjects is covered. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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COMM 2620 - Color Theory
Color — the most relative of all visual attributes-is explored in this studio course through a series of exercises and graphic design problems. Investigations will include: recollection (i.e. visual memory), reading and contexture, relativity and subjectivity, color and light, color and communication, and “cultural” color. An emphasis on the work and theories of Joseph Albers will be examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 2610.
When Offered: Fall term odd years.
Credit Hours: 4
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DSES 6760 - Combinatorial Optimization and Integer Programming
Review of exact and heuristic methods for solving discrete problems, including the traveling salesman problem, the knapsack problem, packing and covering problems. Algorithm complexity and NP-completeness, cutting plane methods and polyhedral theory, branch and bound, simulated annealing, tabu search, Lagrangian duality.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: DSES 4770 (MATH 4700).
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MATP 6620. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MATP 6620.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATP 6620 - Combinatorial Optimization and Integer Programming
Exact and heuristic methods for solving discrete problems, including the traveling salesman problem, the knapsack problem, packing and covering problems. Algorithm complexity and NP-completeness, cutting plane methods and polyhedral theory, branch and bound, simulated annealing, tabu search, Lagrangian duality.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATP 4700 or DSES 4770.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as DSES 6760. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and DSES 6760.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 6830 - Combustion
Review of fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid mechanics, and modern diagnostics. Discussion of flame propagation, thermal and chain explosions, stirred reactors, detonations, droplet combustion, and turbulent jet flames.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6830. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6830.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 6830 - Combustion
Review of fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid mechanics, and modern diagnostics. Discussion of flame propagation, thermal and chain explosions, stirred reactors, detonations, droplet combustion, and turbulent jet flames. Introduction to computational tools for complex equilibrium and kinetic calculations. Application to problems such as pollutant formation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as CHME 6830. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CHME 6830.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 4750 - Combustion Systems
Introduction to elementary theory of combustion and applications to energy sources, fires, and explosions. Discussion of internal and external combustion piston and turbine engines, solid-and liquid-propellant rockets, fire and explosion hazards of gaseous fuels, propellant and explosive performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4010 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECSE 4060 - Communication Circuits
Analysis and design of communications circuits, including coupling networks, oscillators, mixers, Class B and C r-f amplifiers; Class B and D broadband amplifiers; AM and FM modulators and demodulators; AGC and AFC and FSK circuits; pulse modulation techniques; phase-locked loops.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2050; ECSE 4520 desirable.
When Offered: Spring term.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 6750 - Communication Design for the World Wide Web
This course introduces hypermedia interface design and communication issues involved in designing interactive programs for the World Wide Web. Students will design and develop an interactive Web site or experience and explore related rhetorical, social, cultural, and legal issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: 1) completion of Web development or hypermedia development course and 2) knowledge of basics of Web or hypermedia development, or 3) permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 4710 - Communication Design for the WWW
In this course, students will examine the design and use of web sites from initial gathering of user requirement, through design, development, and evaluation of a site’s graphic and textual content and the assessment of customer satisfaction with the site.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 4420.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with COMM 6750. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 4300 - Communication Internship
This course is designed for communication majors who wish to incorporate field experience in their educational programs. Students work with local business, industrial, civic, or educational organizations in positions where they can observe communication processes and apply written, interpersonal, and public communication skills to the solution of real problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: undergraduate major in communication at junior or senior level.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with COMM 4310 and COMM 6300.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 6300 - Communication Internship
This course is designed for communication majors who wish to incorporate field experience in their educational programs. Students work with local business, industrial, civic or educational organizations in positions where they can observe communication processes and apply written, interpersonal, and public communication skills to the solution of real problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: graduate status.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with COMM 4300 and COMM 4310.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 6530 - Communication Research I
This course is designed to give training in field and experimental research methods, especially in scientific and technological communication. The student designs and conducts preliminary research projects as time permits.
When Offered: A fall-spring sequence annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 6540 - Communication Research II
This course is designed to give training in field and experimental research methods, especially in scientific and technological communication. The student designs and conducts preliminary research projects as time permits.
When Offered: A fall-spring sequence annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 2940 - Communication Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 4940 - Communication Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 1 to 6
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COMM 6940 - Communication Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 1 to 6
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ECSE 4520 - Communication Systems
An introduction to signals and noise in electrical communication systems. Spectral analysis and filtering, including random signals. Modulation theory and techniques. Transmitter and receiver structures. System performance in the presence of noise.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 2410. Corequisite: ECSE 4500.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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COMM 6510 - Communication Theory
Introduces students to a range of theories from across the humanities and social sciences: theories of meaning, discourse, persuasion, interpersonal communication, and mass communication. Also introduces students to how theories are constructed and how knowledge is generated in communication studies.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6820 - Communications in Organizations
Covers the skills and techniques in effective communications in organizations, including defining the problem and purpose of the communications, the audience, and the intended result. Introductory communications theory is covered; the focus is primarily on written communications, but limited coverage is given to oral techniques, visual representations, and the like. Students prepare and are critiqued on various forms of communications in organizations.
Credit Hours: 3
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