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Rensselaer Catalog 2009-2010 [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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STSH 2510 - Foundations of American History
An examination of the formative period of the nation’s development, to 1877. Coverage includes the alteration of an Anglo-European culture to an American one; the causes for the colonial break with Britain; the problems of independence; the appearance and impact of American nationalism; Westward expansion and industrialization; and the causes and effects of the sectional clash.
When Offered: Offered annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 4700 - Foundations of Applied Mathematics
Mathematical formulation of models for various processes. Derivation of relevant differential equations from conservation laws and constitutive relations. Use of dimensional analysis, scaling, and elementary perturbation methods. Description of basic wave motion. Examples from areas including biology, elasticity, fluid dynamics, particle mechanics, chemistry, geophysics, and finance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2400 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 4420 - Foundations of HCI Usability
In this course, students will consider methods of gathering users’ requirements for product functions and information, ways to test products and information for usability and suitability, and procedures for incorporating the results learned through testing. Students will design and conduct usability tests on products, documents, and interfaces of interest.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one H&SS course.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with COMM 6420; an additional assignment is required for COMM 6420. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 6420 - Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction Usability
In this course, we will consider methods for gathering users’ requirements for product functions and information, ways to test products and information for usability and suitability, and procedures for incorporating the results learned through testing. We will design and conduct usability tests on products, documents, and interfaces of interest.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with COMM 4420. Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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PHIL 6360 - Foundations of Science
This seminar explores the issues of confirmation, semantics, and interpretations of scientific theories. Positivism, realism, and the logic of scientific discovery are discussed with special attention given to foundational problems in physics and psychology.
When Offered: Offered upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 6460 - Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue of Materials
Fracture mechanics: linear elastic fracture, elastic crack boundary value problems, path independent integrals, stress concentration and crack nucleation, statistical approach to brittle fracture, toughening mechanisms, elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, elements of dynamic fracture. Fatigue of materials: response of materials under cyclic stress, micromechanical aspects of fatigue, phenomenological approach to fatigue life prediction, fracture mechanics approaches, fatigue crack initiation and propagation, variable amplitude and overstress effects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2530, MANE 4670 or approval of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term biannually .
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6150 - Fracture of Solids
Review of elasticity and plasticity theory. Calculation of theoretical cohesive strength of crystalline solids; influence of stress concentrations on fracture strength. Fractography. Theory and applications of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Fracture testing. Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Dislocation theories of cleavage fracture. Phenomenology and theories of stress corrosion cracking, creep rupture, fatigue.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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LANG 1110 - French I
This introductory course deals with the basic elements of the French language and, in so doing, places equal stress on speaking, listening, and writing abilities, using daily-life vocabulary. Intensive oral drills designed to teach good speaking habits make class attendance compulsory. This course is enhanced by the use of audio-visual materials whose purpose is to expose the student to contemporary broadly based French culture which constitutes the foundation for an end of the semester paper (in English).
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1120 - French II
This course, a continuation of French I, is a practical approach to everyday situations through the development of listening, speaking, and writing abilities. Intensive oral drills of a more complex nature designed to achieve fluency, make class attendance compulsory. The reading of short anecdotes on French life provides exposure to written French. This course is enhanced by the use of audio-visual materials designed to expose the student to contemporary French culture which constitutes the basis for an end of the semester paper (in English).
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1110 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2110 - French III
This course takes a two-pronged approach to conversational fluency, writing competency, and reading skills by offering a review and an expansion of grammar through grammatical exercises and by providing audio-visual materials and texts that focus on various aspects of French culture while raising cross-cultural awareness. The learning and practice of an extensive vocabulary give the student the wherewithal to write an end of the semester essay in French on an aspect of French culture.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1120 or permission of the instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2120 - French IV
This course is a continuation of French III. While similar in form and content, the audio-visual materials and texts offered stress the accomplishments of the Francophonie in the arts and sciences.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 2110 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 4210 - French Readings in the Arts and Sciences
This course introduces the student to the written French in the Arts and Sciences. The student is taught the grammar and the translation techniques needed to translate texts from French into English. The texts chosen cover a wide range of literature, from the literary to the more popular genres of mass communications. The course is intended for those who will take the foreign language proficiency examination and is useful for those who plan to work for a multinational company. A grade of A or B satisfies the language requirement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: prior knowledge of French required. Open only to graduate and senior students. No core program credit.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4700 - Freshwater Ecology
Freshwater ecology is the quantitative examination of major biological fresh water communities. Course discussions will delineate the physical and chemical regimes under which aquatic organisms exist. Basic limnological processes are studied to define aquatic systems of differing physical characteristics. Nutrient chemistry analyses of waters of varying acidity, alkalinity, and chemical loadings are related to their trophic status. Lecture and Laboratory are taught at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute at Lake George with field activities at various locations in the Adironacks.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 1010 or equivalent and permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4100 - From Neuron to Behavior
A detailed survey of important topics in the neurosciences. Some of the topics to be covered in this class are: basic mechanisms of neural signaling (neurophysiology, synaptic transmission, and molecular signaling); understanding of sensation/movement and in particular how it relates to neuroanatomy; neurodevelopment and how the mature brain can change (plasticity), and; complex brainfunctions and neurological disease. Taught together with BIOL 6100. Although there is extra work associated with the 6100 course, both courses may not be taken for credit.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: BIOL 1010, BIOL 2120 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 6100 - From Neuron to Behavior
A detailed survey of important topics in the neurosciences. Some of the topics to be covered in this class are: basic mechanisms of neural signaling (neurophysiology, synaptic transmission, and molecular signaling; understanding of sensation/movement and in particular how it relates to neuroanatomy; neurodevelopment and how the mature brain can change (plasticity), and; complex brain functions and neurological disease. Students prepare analyses and make a presentation of a paper in the original literature. Since there is overlap associated with the 4100 course, both courses may not be taken for credit.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOL 1010, BIOL 2120 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 6240 - Functional Analysis and Analysis for Nonlinear Operators
A continuation of material presented in MATH 6220. Covers such topics as inverse and implicit function theorems, fixed point theorems, Riesz bases, distributions and Sobolev spaces, variational methods, degree theory, and applications to differential equations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 6220 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2220 - Fundamentals of 2-D Design
An introductory course which will present basic concepts about composition, line, pictorial space, light, and color in the visual arts in order to help students develop the means for expressing visual ideas effectively. Weekly homework design projects, using both traditional and electronic media, will be complemented by in-class slide lectures, video tapes, and critiques.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2300 - Fundamentals of Accounting for Decision Making
An introduction to financial accounting and managerial accounting. The financial accounting includes preparation of the three primary financial statements: the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow statement. The introduction to managerial accounting includes profit-volume relationships, cost systems, evaluation and control, and budgeting.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2060 - Fundamentals of Animation
Fundamentals of Animation is an introduction to animation as an art form. Most of this course will be traditional based assignments designed to encourage spontaneous creativity, explore animation concepts, and learn animation terminology. Assignments will build a solid foundation for entrance into Animation 1. This course will also be a historical and theoretical investigation with screenings and readings followed with discussion.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ARTS 1010 or ARTS 1020.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 6660 - Fundamentals of Finite Elements
Graduate-level course on the fundamental concepts and technologies underlying finite element methods for the numerical solution of continuum problems. The course emphasizes the construction of integral weak forms for elliptic partial differential equations and the construction of the elemental level matrices using multi-dimensional shape functions, element level mappings, and numerical integration. The basic convergence properties of the finite element method will be given. This course serves as preparation for students working on finite element methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: differential equations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6660. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6660.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 6660 - Fundamentals of Finite Elements
Graduate-level course on the fundamental concepts and technologies underlying finite element methods for the numerical solution of continuum problems. The course emphasizes the construction of integral weak forms for elliptic partial differential equations and the construction of the elemental level matrices using multi-dimensional shape functions, element level mappings, and numerical integration. The basic convergence properties of the finite element method will be given. This course serves as preparation for students working on finite element methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2400 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as CIVL 6660. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL 6660.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 2060 - Fundamentals of Flight
An introduction to the elements of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, aerodynamics, aircraft and rocket propulsion, launch systems, spaceflight dynamics, and reentry mechanics. Application of this material to airplane performance calculations and to airplane and spacecraft design.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 4430 - Fundamentals of Gas-Liquid, Two-Phase Flow
Theory of systems involving two-phase flow of liquids and gases or vapors: flow regimes including bubbly, slug, annular, and droplet, and combinations, homogeneous, separated, or dispersed flows are introduced. Single-phase flows modeling concepts and modeling methods based on the drift-flux model, and the two-fluid model are utilized in the analysis of gas-liquid flow behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 and either MATH 4600 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MATH 4120 - Fundamentals of Geometry
Topics may be chosen from differential geometry of curves and surfaces, involutes and evolutes, order of contact, developable surfaces, Euler’s and Meusnier’s Theorem, mean and Gaussian curvatures, geodesics and parallel transport, The Theorem Egregium of Gauss, Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, computer-aided geometric design, computational geometry, tessellations, tiling and patterns, projective and non-Euclidean geometries, postulates and axiomatic systems, advanced Euclidean geometry, and the history of geometry.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2010 and MATH 4600 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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USAR 1010 - Fundamentals of Military Science
The course introduces students to fundamental components of service as an officer in the United States Army. These initial lessons are the building blocks of progressive lessons in values, fitness, leadership, and officership. Additionally, the course addresses “life skills” including fitness, communications theory and practice (written and oral), and interpersonal relationships. Upon completion, students should be prepared to receive more complex leadership instruction. Actual schedule will be posted in syllabus.
Credit Hours: 1
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: Leadership Laboratories are held every other week for two hours, and attendance is voluntary
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USAR 0010 - Fundamentals of Military Science Lab I
This Course is an overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem-solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills. Students explore dimensions of leadership values, attributes, skills, and actions in the context of practical, hands-on, and interactive exercises. Contents of the course are linked to USAR 1010.
Credit Hours: 0
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USAR 0020 - Fundamentals of Military Science Lab II
This Course is an overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem-solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills. Students continue to explore dimensions of leadership values, attributes, skills, and actions in the context of practical, hands-on, and interactive exercises. Contents of the course are linked to USAR 1020.
Credit Hours: 0
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USAR 1020 - Fundamentals of Militry Science II
The course builds upon the fundamentals introduced in USAR 1010 by focusing on leadership theory and decision making. “Life skills” lessons in the semester include: problem solving, critical thinking, leadership theory, followership, group interaction, goal setting, and feedback mechanisms. Upon completion, students should be prepared to advance to more complex leadership instruction concerning the dynamics of organization. Actual schedule will be posted in syllabus.
Credit Hours: 1
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: Leadership Laboratories are held every other week for two hours, and attendance is voluntary
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MANE 2400 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear reactor systems and types; basic reactor physics, criticality calculations; fuel cycles; reactivity changes; reactor kinetics. Instrumentation and control; radiation protection. Reactor materials; shielding; energy removal. Reactor safety; economics. Waste management. Reactor design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 2830 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHYS 2620 - Fundamentals of Optics
A survey of optics and optical phenomena and their applications. A modern laboratory is part of the course. Topics include geometrical optics and instruments, wave and Fourier optics, and polarization of light. Applications of modern optics to communications and manufacturing are stressed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 1200 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 4
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ECSE 6710 - Fuzzy Sets and Expert Systems
Introduction to fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logics: basic concepts, fuzzy logics operations. Semantic manipulation applied to case studies in approximate reasoning, linguistic modeling, decision theory, and cluster analysis. Expert systems architecture and applications. Symbolic manipulation knowledge representation, control structure, and explanation capabilities. Analysis of expert systems such as MYCIN, PROSPECTOR, OPS5, DELTA.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: expertise in a high-level programming language, some knowledge of probability.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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COGS 4520 - Game Development
This class is a practical primer for anyone interested in a career in the rapidly evolving industry of video gaming. It is an intense, team-based, project-based course in which we will closely follow the actual game development cycle, with each team producing a complete PC game.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COGS 2520 or CSCI 2300.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CSCI 4520 - Game Development
This class is a practical primer for anyone interested in a career in the rapidly evolving industry of video gaming. It is an intense, team-based, project-based course in which students will closely follow the actual game development cycle, with each team producing a complete PC game. Students cannot get credit for both this course and COGS 4520.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: COGS 2520 or CSCI 2300.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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COGS 4320 - Game Mechanics
This is an iterative game prototyping class. The focus is on designing and tuning games from a rules-based perspective. Topics include cooperation and competition, risk and reward, probability, and game balance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COGS 2520.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 6580 - Gas Dynamics
Properties of gases at high temperatures; thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Macroscopic description of high-speed flows of chemically reacting and ionized gases. Shock tube theory and applications. Reentry aerophysics. The interaction of high-speed plasma flows with electromagnetic fields.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSS 4560 - Gender, Science, and Technology
“Sex” is the biological distinction between being male and female. “Gender” is the social construction of masculinity and femininity. The purpose of this course is to explore if, and if so, how, science and technology reciprocally contribute to and are shaped by gender ideals and images. We use gender as a tool for critical thinking about such topics as studies of sex differences, women in science and engineering, the environment, and war and peace.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH 1110/STSS 1110 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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ENGR 2710 - General Manufacturing Processes
A classroom study of the basic theory and methods of traditional and nontraditional machining, metal joining, material working, and foundry processes, and the variety of functions performed by the primary machine tools employed by the modern manufacturing community. A basic first course or terminal course for all students who are interested in manufacturing processes.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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PSYC 1200 - General Psychology
An introduction to psychology. Topics covered vary with instructor but may include physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, child and adult development, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, social behavior. Introduction to basic methods of psychological research is a course requirement that can be met in several ways (described during the first class meeting). There is a significant experiential component that varies with the instructor but will include interactive computer stimulations, class demonstrations, group projects.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MANE 6750 - Generalized Finite Element Methods
Fundamentals of modern numerical techniques (e.g., partition of unity methods) which overcome longstanding difficulties associated with traditional FEM (e.g., mesh generation and resolution of singularities). Topics include scattered data interpolation, weighted residual methods, integral equation methods for exterior problems (applications to MEMS modeling), multiscale solution techniques using wavelets.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4240 or CIVL 4240 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CSCI 6090 - Generic Software Design
Study of the generic programming approach to design and systematic classification of software components. Techniques for achieving correctness, efficiency, and generality of algorithms, data structures, and memory management. Methods of structuring a library of generic software components for maximum usability are practiced in a significant design and implementation project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CSCI 2300 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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BCBP 4310 - Genetic Engineering
Case studies on the effect of genetic engineering on medicine, agriculture, biology, forensics, and various other areas of technology. Each week a set of assigned readings will be discussed. Some of the topics to be covered are vaccines, biomolecular computing and electronics, paleontology, ecology, bioremediation, and polymers. (Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and BCBP 6310.)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites or corequisites: BCBP 4760 and BIOL 4620, or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term, odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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BCBP 6310 - Genetic Engineering
Case studies on the effect of genetic engineering on medicine, agriculture, biology, forensics, and various other areas of technology. Each week a set of assigned readings will be discussed. Some of the topics to be covered are vaccines, biomolecular computing and electronics, paleontology, ecology, bioremediation, and polymers. (Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and BCBP 4310.)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites or corequisites: BCBP 4760 and BIOL 4620, or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term, odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 2500 - Genetics and Evolution
Mechanisms of inheritance in eukaryotes and prokaryotes; genetic mapping, gene expression, cloning and sequencing; quantitative and population genetics, and synthetic theory of evolution.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 2120.
When Offered: Fall Term Annually
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 4140 - Geoenvironmental Engineering
The application of geotechnical engineering to the environmental area. Deals with waste disposal, waste containment systems, waste stabilization, and landfills. Emphasis on design of such facilities. Includes related topics necessary for design, e.g., geosynthetics, groundwater, contaminant transport, and slurry walls. Some field trips are possible. (Students cannot receive credit for both this course and CIVL 6550.)
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ERTH 4750 - Geographic Information Systems in the Sciences
Introduction to analysis and interpretation of spatial data and their presentation on maps (using MapInfo software). Concepts of map projections, reference frames, multivariate analysis, correlation analysis, regression, interpolation, extrapolation, and kriging will be covered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: knowledge of Windows OS.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ERTH 1100 - Geology I: Earth’s Interior
Age and origin of the Earth, internal constituents and energy sources; how plates move, oceans develop, and mountains rise. The course aims to give a quantitative picture of the Earth’s major processes and the ways in which they interact.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ERTH 1200 - Geology II: Earth’s Surface
The geological environment of humankind: the atmosphere, oceans, groundwater, rivers, glaciers, deserts, and coasts. The course explores the processes by which these and other features develop and change, the opportunities or hazards they present, and the ways in which humans can modify their development.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4320 - Geomicrobiology
Geomicrobiology is the study of microbial activities on rocks and minerals, and in soils, sediments and water. Course material will focus on what constitutes geomicrobiology, including microbial relationships in the oxidation and reduction of key elements and to fossil fuels. Discussions will focus on the earth as a microbial habitat, the origin of life and the lithosphere/hydrosphere as microbial habitats. Students cannot receive credit for both BIOL 4320 and BIOL 6320.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 2310 or BIOL 6310 or ERTH 1010, or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term alternate years.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 6320 - Geomicrobiology
Geomicrobiology is the study of microbial activities on rocks and minerals, and in soils, sediments and water. Course material will focus on what constitutes geomicrobiology, including microbial relationships in the oxidation and reduction of key elements and to fossil fuels. Discussions will focus on the earth as a microbial habitat, the origin of life and the lithosphere/hydrosphere as microbial habitats. Students cannot get credit for both BIOL 4320 and BIOL 6320.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOL 2310 or BIOL 6310 or ERTH 1010, or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term, alternate years.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1310 - German I
Introductory course in the basic elements of German language and aspects of contemporary culture. Equal stress on speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Cultural materials used as a basis for reading comprehension and elementary conversation.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1320 - German II
Continuation of German I, supplemented by authentic readings in literature and culture. Presupposes a basic knowledge of German grammar and vocabulary such as acquired in German I.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2310 - German III
Discussion of readings in contemporary German culture and literature. Further development of the skills acquired in German I and II. The entire course is conducted in German.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1320 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4030 - Glass Science
Glasses are used in optical communications (optical fibers), electronics (insulator) and nuclear waste processing in addition to conventional use as windows, light bulbs, and containers. Subjects covered include: Formation and structure of inorganic glasses. The relationship between properties and cooling rate. Viscosity and structural relaxation. Phase separation and crystallization. Ionic diffusion and electrical properties. Mechanical strength and fatigue. Glass surface and chemical durability. Optical properties.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7750 - Global Business and Social Responsibility
The course examines different responses of American, European, and Asian firms to a global economy, within an historic and evolving context. Models of economic, social, political, technological, and national development will be introduced. Various conflicting demands of national governments, interest groups, corporations, unions, NGOs and consumers are often expressed in terms of ethical and social responsibility. Cases will be analyzed in terms of models of global business practices and conflicting claims will be critically evaluated.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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DSES 6470 - Global Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
The course helps develop an understanding of and the method for managing technology as a strategic resource of the firm. In doing so, an understanding of the process, roles, and rewards of technological innovation are developed. Integrating the strategic relationship of technology with strategic planning, marketing, finance, engineering, and manufacturing are covered. Governmental, societal, and international issues are briefly covered. The course uses a variety of cases, readings, reports, and lectures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: On sufficient demand
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MGMT 6610. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MGMT 6610.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6610 - Global Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
The course helps develop an understanding of and the method for managing technology as a strategic resource of the firm. In doing so, an understanding of the process, roles, and rewards of technological innovation are developed. Integrating the strategic relationship of technology with strategic planning, marketing, finance, engineering, and manufacturing are covered. Governmental, societal, and international issues are briefly covered. The course uses a variety of cases, readings, reports, and lectures.
When Offered: Fall term.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as DSES 6470; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and DSES 6470.
Credit Hours: 3
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ARCH 2610 - Graduate Architecture Design 1
Design studio introducing students to the processes of critical inquiry specifically as it relates to architecture investigations. These processes are seen as interrelated and always informed by the societal, technological, and historical contexts within which architects work. Parallel instruction in drawing, computing, and construction technology are integrated within the work of this studio. Technology: The technology aspects focus on discovering the basic systems used to create space, such as structural systems, enclosure types, and systems for movement. Emphasis is placed upon constructability and sustainability. These discoveries are through hands-on applications and field visits. Computing: Explorations with the computer focus on both the development of a fundamental knowledge of 3-D modeling and 2-D image manipulation software and a nontraditional application of this knowledge to design representations. The computer media (3-D modeling “space,” computer printouts, video projections) are conceived of as yet another “physical” material for experimentation, and are integrated in this way with the studio design projects. Drawing: The drawing segment consists of freehand drawing exercises that relate to studio projects and help students develop basic drawing skills and a familiarity with 2-D design concepts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 2600.
When Offered: Spring and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 6
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ARCH 2620 - Graduate Architecture Design 2
A continuation of the pursuit of architecture as critical inquiry within a broad societal context. Instruction integrates considerations of drawing, computers, and construction with design projects. Technology: The technology aspects focus on the microclimate and environment context, including shade and shadow analysis, developing skyline plots, and sharing system design and analysis, as well as outdoor environments with emphasis on structure, material, and passive solar systems. Computing: explorations with the computer continue to focus on developing knowledge of 3-D modeling and 2-D image manipulation software and its application to design representations. Computer media are integrated with studio design projects. Drawing: freehand drawing exercises related to studio projects further develop basic drawing skills and familiarly with 2-D design concepts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 2610.
When Offered: Fall and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 6
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ARCH 2630 - Graduate Architecture Design 3
Graduate Design Studio 3 develops practices that focus on the relationship between specific architectural design situations and issues of representation; conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking; ethical dilemmas; and the role that technical issues play in space-making.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 2620.
When Offered: Spring and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 6
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ARCH 4360 - Graduate Architecture Design 4
(Urban Design Studio) An upper level design studio emphasizing the interacting combinations of dynamic influences arising from both global and local scales in the design of portions of the urban landscape, usually including some substantial housing component as well as facilities for the public realm.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 2630.
When Offered: Fall and summer terms.
Credit Hours: 6
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ARCH 2600 - Graduate Design Studio
Design studio introducing students to general design through a series of short projects. The projects stress critical and creative thinking and invention, interdisciplinary collaboration, observation and perception, communication and visualization. Students will begin open-ended investigations using sketching, photography, model making, and computing.
When Offered: Summer and fall terms annually.
Credit Hours: 6
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MTLE 6900 - Graduate Seminar
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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ARCH 6210 - Graduate Studio 1
Individual and group projects conducted within the framework of a preselected problem area (or number of problem areas). Individual students pursue specialized elements or aspects of the problem area with emphasis on revealing a deeper knowledge of the parts. Group activity centers on discussions of individual contributions and emphasizes the role of these contributions as they build a greater understanding of the total problem area. For students in the M.Arch. second professional degree program and M.S. in Building Sciences program only.
Credit Hours: 2 to 7
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ARCH 6220 - Graduate Studio 2
Individual and group projects conducted within the framework of a preselected problem area (or number of problem areas). Individual students pursue specialized elements or aspects of the problem area with emphasis on revealing a deeper knowledge of the parts. Group activity centers on discussions of individual contributions and emphasizes the role of these contributions as they build a greater understanding of the total problem area. For students in the M.Arch. second professional degree program and M.S. in Building Sciences program only.
Credit Hours: 2 to 7
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ARCH 6900 - Graduate Thesis Seminar
Readings and discussion of topical materials that are selected to place graduate projects and theses in a comprehensive context.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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ARCH 6830 - Graduate Thesis Seminar: Acoustics
The Graduate Thesis Seminar: Acoustics is designed to provide support to graduate students who are engaged in independent thesis research projects. It is a required course for all graduate students in the Architectural Acoustics programs. This seminar provides a formal opportunity for students and faculty from a range of concentrations to meet together and discuss thesis work in progress.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 6810.
When Offered: Spring term anually.
Credit Hours: 1
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CSCI 4260 - Graph Theory
Fundamental concepts and methods of graph theory and its applications of computing and the social and natural sciences. Topics include graphs as models, representation of graphs, trees, distances, matchings, connectivity, flows in networks, graph colorings, Hamiltonian cycles, traveling salesman problem, planarity. All concepts, methods, and applications are presented through a sequence of exercises and problems, many of which are done with the help of novel software systems for combinatorial computing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2800 and CSCI 1100.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MATH 4150. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MATH 4150.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 4150 - Graph Theory
Fundamental concepts and methods of graph theory and its applications in various areas of computing and the social and natural sciences. Topics include graphs as models, representation of graphs, trees, distances, matchings, connectivity, flows in networks, graph colorings, Hamiltonian cycles, traveling salesman problem, planarity. All concepts, methods, and applications are presented through a sequence of exercises and problems, many of which are done with the help of novel software systems for combinatorial computing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2800 and CSCI 1100. Spring term even-numbered years.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Crosslisted as CSCI 4260. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CSCI 4260.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 4730 - Graphic Design for Corporate Identity
This course examines historical and modern visual communication symbols in relationship to a company’s overall industry and marketplace identity. The course focuses on design processes relative to the dissemination of consistent visual information. Projects will include an identity program for a fictitious company. The course study is structured as a design studio and is aimed at exploring unique methodologies of ever-changing media marketing tools.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 2610 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CSCI 6320 - Graphical User Interfaces
Building graphical user interfaces, or GUIs, are the norm in modern computing. Once a user interface concept is designed and tested, it must be implemented by programming teams on specific hardware platforms. How the interface is specified is a real challenge. Likewise, a number of standards and tools exist that establish the “look and feel” of the interface. Introduces the history of GUIs; shows how they can be specified; presents the concept of event-driven programming upon which they are based, and discusses their current status, and compares today’s standards such as Macintosh, Motif, and MS Windows. It also predicts the future based on current computer capabilities and interface trends.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: user interface design experience.
Credit Hours: 3
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ASTR 4240 - Gravitation and Cosmology
Introduction to the physics of gravitation and spacetime. Special relativity, tensor calculus, and relativistic electrodynamics. General relativity with selected applications of Einstein’s field equations (gravitational time dilation; gravitational lensing; frame dragging; gravitational radiation). The physics of nonrotating and rotating black holes. Relativistic models for the large-scale structure of the Universe. Observational constraints on the cosmological parameters. Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the Cosmic Background Radiation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2330 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ERTH 4710 - Groundwater Hydrology
Study of hydrologic, geologic, and other factors controlling groundwater flow, occurrence, development, chemistry, and contamination. Groundwater flow theory and aquifer test methods are introduced. Interactions between surface and subsurface hydrologic systems are covered. Some field trips are possible. (Students cannot receive credit for both this course and ERTH 6710.)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1020 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ENVE 6200 - Hazardous Waste Management I
This course concentrates on management issues and study of the fate and transport of hazardous materials in the environment. Management topics are broken down into three broad categories: regulatory issues, those necessary for daily operation of an industrial facility (industrial hygiene, storage, and transportation issues), and preliminary environmental site assessments. Fate and transport issues will be dealt with quantitatively.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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ENVE 6210 - Hazardous Waste Management II
A continuation of ENVE 6200. The principal topic discussed is the selection of remediation alternatives and waste minimization.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENVE 6200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 6480 - Health Physics and Medical Aspects of Radiation
Use of radioisotopes and radiation in nuclear medicine, radiation chemistry, basis of dosimetry, ionizing and nonionizing energy transfer processes in living tissue and cells. Radiation effects on the structure of nucleic acids, proteins, and cell membranes with emphasis on mechanisms by which cell viability is lost. Background in radiation chemistry is developed in particular for engineering majors. Applications are given in nuclear medicine, cancer therapy, and radiation in the environment.
When Offered: Fall term alternate years.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 4710 - Heat Transfer
Comprehensive treatment of conduction, convection (including boiling and condensation), and radiation heat transfer. Thermal system design and performance (including heat exchangers). Emphasis is on physical and mathematical modeling of engineering systems for application of modern analytical and computational solution methods.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MANE 4010 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 4760 - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Principles for the control of air properties to meet comfort and industrial requirements, load determination, psychrometry, cycles, transmission, distribution, and automatic control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: MANE 4010.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 4640 - Hedge Funds and Financial Markets
The topics covered include an overview of the hedge fund industry; legal and regulatory issues; in depth analysis of a number of hedge fund trading and investment strategies including equity long/short, fixed income arbitrage, credit and high yield fixed income arbitrage, commodity and currency trend-following strategies, and private equity “crossover” hedge funds. The course will also cover the role of hedge funds in an overall investment portfolio and in asset allocation framework.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2300; MGMT 2320; MGMT 4320/4330.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with MGMT 7640; Students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7640 - Hedge Funds and Financial Markets
The topics covered include an overview of the hedge fund industry; legal and regulatory issues; in depth analysis of a number of hedge fund trading and investment strategies including equity long/short, fixed income arbitrage, credit and high yield fixed income arbitrage, commodity and currency trend-following strategies, and private equity “crossover” hedge funds. The course will also cover the role of hedge funds in an overall investment portfolio and in asset allocation framework.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020; MGMT 7740.
When Offered: Fall and spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with MGMT 4640; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6010 - Heroes, Leaders, and Innovators
This course provides an introduction to the “heart and soul” of managerial leadership, teamwork, and innovation by focusing on the behavior and characteristics of those exceptional individuals whose impact extends far beyond their own persona—inside and outside of business. Leaders/innovators are those whose vision, creativity, and charisma allow them to transform their organizations and to change the lives of large numbers of peqple. Using a combination of case studies and simulations, the course offers a weeklong immersion experience into the mindset, actions, and concerns of true business innovators.
Credit Hours: 0
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MTLE 4260 - High Temperature Alloys
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4670 - Highway Engineering
Principles of geometric design of highways, intersections, interchanges, and terminals. Practical issues of vertical and horizontal curvature, highway evaluation, driver and vehicle dynamics, and traffic safety are also addressed. Computer-aided design and modeling.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSH 4510 - History of American Technology
Discusses the growth of American technology and its place within the framework of American history as well as the interrelationship of American and foreign technological developments. This course stresses the cultural contexts of technological change. Topics covered include the Erie Canal, the American system of manufacturing, railroads, emergence of engineering professions, corporate R&D, household technology, the technology of modern warfare, and the electronics revolution.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in American history or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2510 - History of Jazz
Using rare film and video footage as well as records, CDs, texts, and live musicians, this course traces the development of jazz over its century of existence. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 2520 - History of the United States Since 1877
A survey of American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. The course examines such major themes as industrialization, the rise of the city, and the impact of new technologies; it surveys the progressive movement, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, and the United States in World War I; and it concludes by treating the economic depression of the 1930s, the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. in World War II, and political and social developments from Kennedy to Carter.
When Offered: Offered annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2500 - History of Western Music
The objective of this course is for students to be able to recognize and appreciate the stylistic elements of the major periods and composers from the earliest known music to the present. The influences on music by broad cultural and historical forces will also be explored. Beginning with the Greeks, the course will progress chronologically from the polyphonic religious music of the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern periods.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2550 - History through Sound: Modern Music and Beyond
This course is about 20th century music and sound art, stressing the styles and genres that descend from the traditions of European-American art music. The course covers the advent of and reactions to Modernism in music and the growth of experimentalism to 1950; then post-World-War-Two practices and theories including indeterminacy, improvisation, electronic music, and recent computer based practices.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHYS 1150 - Honors Physics I
Introductory physics for students seeking a more intensive experience. Newton’s laws are introduced using differential calculus, with solutions based on integral calculus. Material on fluids, thermodynamics, and special relativity is included. Laboratory exercises are carried out emphasizing measurement uncertainty and clear, concise reporting. Recommended for students intending to major in physics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: MATH 1010.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHYS 1250 - Honors Physics II
Introductory physics for students seeking a more intensive experience. Electricity and magnetism is discussed making use of multivariable differentiation and integration. AC and DC circuits. Electromagnetic waves, optics, and selected topics in modern physics. Laboratory exercises are carried out emphasizing measurement uncertainty and clear, concise reporting. Recommended for students intending to major in physics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 1100 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Corequisite: MATH 1020.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2460 - Human Evolution
The systematic study of human origins has excited scientific and popular imaginations since Darwin. We consider two overlapping frameworks, sociobiology and paleoanthropology, for explaining the evolution of behavior. Topics include “selfish gene” theories of biological altruism, adaptation, and organism-environment interaction. We also develop critical perspectives on the exchange of ideas between science and society in determining the nature of human nature. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2220 - Human Factors in Design
This course provides a broad introduction to the theories and principles of human performance, man-machine interfaces, and systems designs. It also emphasizes the applications of these theories and principles to the design of controls, work space, data entry devices, training systems, and the human-computer interface.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 4840 - Human Factors in Lighting
An introduction to lighting and human factors, including classical literature and contemporary studies and development of skills needed to conduct and evaluate human factors research.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4160 - Human Factors Seminar
A comprehensive, project-oriented survey of special topics in human factors. Applied, experimental, and/or field research will be required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 2220 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4290 - Human Physiological Systems
Study of basic physiological principles in human and higher mammalian organisms. Emphasis on interaction and control of physiological systems. Introduction to neural, motor, sensory, circulatory, renal, respiratory, reproductive, and hormonal systems.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4270 - Human Physiology
Fundamental physiological processes and their mechanism of action in human and higher mammalian organisms. Emphasis on the control and interaction of physiological systems. Introduction to the muscle, nervous, circulatory, renal, respiratory, digestive, reproductive and hormonal systems. Limited to biology, biochemistry and biophysics, bioinformatics and molecular biology majors, and biology accelerated medical students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOL 2120 or BIOL 4620, CHEM 2250, PHYS 1100. Not recommended for Freshmen and Sophomores.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4860 - Human Resources in High Performance Organizations
This course provides an overview of human resources principles and practices in business organizations. Students are given tools for understanding how people are managed on a day-to-day basis. Topics include: the recruiting and hiring process; self-, peer-, and managerial evaluations; training and development; and legal issues related to the work setting and the job-search process. Students come away with an understanding of the difficulties and challenges associated with workforce management. This course utilizes a combination of lecture, discussion and experiential exercises.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4340 - Human Sexuality
This course provides biological, cultural, historical, and psychological perspectives of sexuality. Basic information on human development and reproductive physiology is provided. In addition, current topics such as marriage, alternate lifestyles, contraception, and pornography are discussed. Small group focus discussions, media-based discussions, and interactive guest speakers are used to link course material to responsible sexuality and understanding of diversity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 4
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LITR 4210 - Humor, Comedy, and Satire
Readings of literature from various periods in these three modes, including works by classical, renaissance, and contemporary writers. May include film, videos, and audio recordings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one literature course.
When Offered: Spring term alternate years.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 6740 - Hypermedia Design and Development
This seminar course will investigate issues in hypermedia design and development. Class discussions will include topics such as designing the structure of a hypermedia program and designing the user interface. Students will have an opportunity to put theory into practice by designing and developing an interactive program.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: COMM 4750, COMM 6400, COMM 6560, or permission of the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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