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Rensselaer Catalog 2013-2014 [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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MGMT 6770 - Complex Organizations and Organization Theory
A macro approach to understanding organizations. Topics include organizational design, contingencies of design, organizational processes, such as culture, environmental interfaces and influences, information processing approaches to design, decision making, and organizational change and development.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6800 - Ethical, Political, and Legal Context of Business
Issues and forces of the environment of business including social and cultural, public policy and legal, technological, economic, physical, and international. Changing environment and pressures upon business. Managerial ideology and practices. Values and ethics. Technology: history of innovation, productivity, assessment, societal effects. Business and government relationships; legal framework of business. Corporate governance and management. Relations with the various constituencies of the business firm.
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MGMT 6810 - Management of Technical Projects
The purpose of this course is to enable the technically oriented manager to select projects of value to the organization, develop a project plan including staffing, perform a risk analysis on the project, and successfully execute the project. Students, working alone or in teams, practice the project management process by planning a current project in the area of new product development, process reengineering, information systems, or any other project with business implementation.
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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MGMT 6840 - Practicum in Management
This practicum provides students with the opportunities to put their knowledge to work in a field project in their area of concentration, including entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, information systems, production and operations management, environmental management policy. Projects are conducted in collaboration with companies in the Rensselaer Incubator Center, the Technology Park, and the Capital Region. Project teams make presentations before a panel.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: All first year MBA courses and faculty adviser approval.
Credit Hours: 3 to 6
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MGMT 6850 - Organizational Behavior Theory and Research Seminar
This course is designed to introduce students to theories and principles in organizational behavior research. Students will investigate important theoretical perspectives, concepts, and research methods in behavioral research, with an emphasis on developing an understanding of how research in the field is conducted and how further contributions to this field might be made. Through in-depth discussions of selected research articles, students will gain some proficiency in framing meaningful research questions and deriving testable hypotheses.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Good standing as a Ph.D. student.
When Offered: Fall or spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6870 - Empirical Issues in Management Research
The course focuses on the empirical issues of academic research in different business disciplines. It broadly encompasses a number of key research topics emphasizing the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical frontiers. The course will concentrate on the use of statistical approaches relevant for engaging in empirical research. Overall, the course attempts to develop skills such as synthesizing research, developing research designs, building theories, and using appropriate empirical methodology and techniques.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6880 - Management Research Workshop
The course focuses primarily on empirical issues in academic research. Students will learn to use theoretical and empirical skills acquired in previous courses and seminars in developing research in general, and academic papers in particular, in their respective fields.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6870.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6900 - Doctoral Research Methods I
The objectives of this beginning doctoral course are to introduce students to social science theory development, expose students to a broad array of research techniques, and help students design research programs and write about them. The underpinnings of scientific theory are reviewed alolng with a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Drawing on their own interests, students write one research proposal and two research papers illustrating the application of two different research methodologies.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6910 - Doctoral Research Methods II
This course develops empirical tools and their applications to key areas of business analysis, including finance, human resource analysis, marketing, organizational behavior, and production appropriate theories. Empirical techniques emphasized include advanced regression and structural equations methods. Specialized statistical tools will be used.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6900.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6920 - Strategic Management Theory Seminar
This is a reading course designed to introduce first-year Ph.D. students in management to the theory families and empirical research in the field of Strategic Management. Strategic Management theories draw from parent disciplines of economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, and political science. This puts the field at the nexus of all management studies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing, Doctoral Research Methods sequence, or permission of doctoral program director.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6940 - Independent Study
Credit Hours: 1 to 6
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MGMT 6960 - Topics in Management
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6970 - Professional Project
Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master’s program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Office of Graduate Education and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.
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MGMT 7030 - Strategy, Technology, & Competition I
This course covers the fundamentals of business and corporate strategy, integrating these concepts into an environment of technological change, competition, and entrepreneurship. The course includes the following areas of emphasis: concepts of strategy, industry environment, resources and capabilities of the firm, organization and systems of the firm, the dynamics of competitive advantage, strategic alternative analysis, and strategies in different contexts. The course uses business cases and a project to enrich the theoretical concepts.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7050 - Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing I
This course immerses students in the practices and activities that lead to the creation of innovative new products and services. Through a team-based learning experience, students generate an idea for a new product or service and follow the development process from conception through planning for commercialization. Through lectures, cases, and practical exercises, students learn how to overcome hurdles inherent in new product and service development. Students apply this knowledge in all phases of product development, including concept testing, product design, production planning, and market strategy. The project undertaken in this course provides student teams with an opportunity to create a new venture that may then be carried forward utilizing Rensselaer’s technological resources such as the Incubator Program and Rensselaer’s Technology Park.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7060 - Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing II
This course immerses students in the practices and activities that lead to the creation of innovative new products and services. Through a team-based learning experience, students generate an idea for a new product or service and follow the development process from conception through planning for commercialization. Through lectures, cases, and practical exercises, students learn how to overcome hurdles inherent in new product and service development. Students apply this knowledge in all phases of product development, including concept testing, product design, production planning, and market strategy. The project undertaken in this course provides student teams with an opportunity to create a new venture that may then be carried forward utilizing Rensselaer’s technological resources such as the Incubator Program and Rensselaer’s Technology Park.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7070 - Managing on the Edge: Corporate Innovation for the Coming Years
This course investigates the challenges of managing and leading organizations in situations characterized by their non-linear, unpredictable nature. Students will be challenged to develop innovative responses and solutions, drawing upon the full array of knowledge, skills, and insights they have gained from their two years of MBA study. Along with learning to deal with risk and uncertainty, the soon-to-be MBA graduates will be prepared for addressing the increasing degrees of fluidity and turbulence found in today’s business, economic, and competitive environments.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7120 - International Marketing
Theoretical and practical overview of International Marketing; discussion and analysis of International Marketing issues, problems, and solutions using text, case studies, and examples. This course is designed for professionals involved in corporate strategic planning, export sales, marketing, and international management.
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MGMT 7210 - Acquisition and Venture Analysis
Recent years have seen an accelerated commitment to growth and asset reallocation through acquisitions and corporate restructurings. Indeed the accounting profession is taking a fresh look at how these deals are accounted for in the firms’ financial statements. The rate of deals is exponential and covers the full spectrum from established industries to high technology, computer, biotechnology, and Internet firms. Topics covered in this course are reasons for acquisitions, valuing, and structuring a transaction. Determining the currency to be used, achieving strategic and organizational alignment, takeover defenses, and post-deal integration. Students study a recent transaction of their own choosing and prepare an oral and written report focusing on those aspects that made the deal successful.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6020 or permission of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7230 - Professional Development Workshop I
This course is the first in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and leadership development. This first part will concentrate on building writing and presentation skills, and practicing those skills in the conceptual environment of Leadership, Followership, and Membership.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA Cohort.
When Offered: Fall term of the first year of the MBA cohort, every other week, for six weeks.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7240 - Professional Development Workshop II
This course is the second in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings, in the context of Leadership, Followership, and Membership. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and critical leadership development. This second workshop will concentrate on building leadership skills through exercises, corporate site visits, and audiences with distinguished speakers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA Cohort.
When Offered: Spring term of the first year of the MBA cohort, every other week, for six weeks.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7250 - Professional Development Workshop III
This course is the last in a three part series of Professional Development Workshops that teach practical skills in laboratory settings, in the context of Leadership, Followership, and Membership. Over the first three semesters, the MBA cohort student will be exposed to professional skills training, distinguished speakers, and critical leadership development. This third workshop will concentrate on building leadership skills through exercises, personal and professional awareness, and group interactions and exercises.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MBA cohort.
When Offered: Fall term of the second year of the MBA cohort for five days prior to semester start.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 7500 - Managing Supply Networks
An overview of the key concepts related to the flow of information, goods, and services, from product or service design, through production to end-use customer. Focuses on the planning, data, analysis, evaluation, and decision-making processes used to manage supply networks in order to gain competitive advantage and improve customer satisfaction. Compares and contrasts supply strategies and methods based on batch-and-queue and Lean principles and practices. Emphasis is on business-to-business relationships, the application of practices that eliminate waste, and inter-organizational capability building.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6040 and MGMT 6100. Recommend MGMT 6450.
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 7650 - Advanced Hedge Funds and Financial Markets
This course is designed to advance the skills and knowledge gained in the Hedge Funds and Financial Markets by applying these to in-depth exploration of specific hedge fund trading and investment strategies, including trend following quantitative models; long/short equity analysis and market neutral quantitative strategies; fixed income and credit derivatives hedge funds. For each broad topic, advanced financial and market techniques, including relevant quantitative and computer models are used to gain a thorough understanding of the techniques, assumption, models, and risks of each strategy.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 7640.
When Offered: Fall and spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with MGMT 4650.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7700 - International Negotiations
Examines international negotiation techniques, practice, and styles. Students are given an in-depth profile questionnaire to assess individual strengths and weaknesses in international negotiations. Profiles of international negotiations are examined. Negotiations and group presentations are video taped and analyzed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6390.
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MGMT 7710 - Cultural Environment of International Business
The emerging role of the international manager, cultural impact of international management, managing culture shock, organizational responsibilities, and cultural differences. Foreign deployment, cultural specifics for managerial effectiveness, cultural themes and patterns, American macro- and micro-cultures, working with the global market environment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6390.
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MGMT 7730 - Economics and Institutions
Main course objective is to introduce students to basic economics principles and establish economics as a managerial decision-making framework. The course will draw on economic analysis of such concepts as cost, demand, profit, competition, pricing strategy, and market protection and tie them to operational business decisions.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 7740 - Accounting for Reporting and Control
This course introduces theories and practices of financial as well as managerial accounting. The financial accounting sessions provide an overview of external financial statements. The managerial accounting sessions focus on how accounting information is used in the internal managerial decision making process within a firm as well as cover cost accounting, budgeting, and performance evaluation tools.
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 corporate, 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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MGMT 7760 - Risk Management
Overview of risk management and the concept and measurement of risk; types of risks (market, credit, liquidity, operational, business, strategic). Concepts, tools, and instruments available for risk management. Specific issues related with managing specific risk types — market, credit, interest-rates, liquidity, risk and operational risk. Securitization, asset-liability management. Concepts underlying insurance and role of insurance for risk management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 6020 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 9990 - Dissertation
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
Credit Hours: Variable
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MTLE 1200 - Introduction to Materials Engineering
A one credit course comprising class lectures, laboratory visits and group projects. The course will provide an overview of the field of materials science and engineering, highlighting how understanding the structures, properties and processing of materials provides scientific and engineering advances that sustain the progress of technology.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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MTLE 2020 - Introduction to Ceramic Materials
Structure and properties of crystalline ceramic materials. Atomic bonding, crystal structure, structural imperfections, nonstoichiometry, surfaces, and interfaces. Reactions in ceramic systems in terms of phase equilibria, nucleation and crystal growth, diffusion, grain growth, and sintering. Ceramic microstructures and various properties.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 2100 - Structure of Engineering Materials
The first course in Materials Science and Engineering. Structures of metals, ceramics, and polymers and experimental techniques for their determination are discussed. Laboratory experience is included.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 2940 - Readings in Materials
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 2980 - Senior Project
Credit Hours: 3
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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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MTLE 4050 - Introduction to Polymers
A first course on polymer physics and structure-property relationships. Topics include molecular structure; morphology of amorphous and crystalline polymers; physical properties of polymers in relation to structure, including rubber elasticity, viscoelasticity, and glass transition; mechanical testing. This is a companion course to CHEM 4620. Course is open to advanced juniors, seniors, and graduate students in science or engineering and others by permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4100 - Thermodynamics of Materials
Rigorous development of classical thermodynamics as applied to prediction of materials properties. Nonideal gases, solutions, phase equilibria, chemical equilibria, defects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250, CHEM 1100, ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4150 - Kinetics in Materials Systems
Kinetic processes in materials. Overview of kinetics in relation to equilibrium thermodynamics, atomistics and mathematics of diffusion, phase transformations, and microstructural evolution. All materials classes, including metals and alloys, ionic and intermetallic compounds, glasses, semiconductors, and polymers, will be considered in terms of similarities and differences. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MTLE 4100, CHEM 1100, ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4160 - Semiconducting Materials
Review of electronic properties of materials. Growth and structure of semiconductors. Diffusion, ion implantation, oxidation, microlithography, plasma etching, thin film deposition, metallization, with emphasis on Si technology. Introduction to compound semiconductors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4200 or equivalent.
When Offered: Offered upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4200 - Properties of Engineering Materials I
Electronic and optical properties of metals, dielectrics, semiconductors, and organic molecular solids. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Lattice vibrations, magnetism, energy bands in solids. Free and nearly free electron models. Effect of electronic structure on interatomic bonding. Semiconductors and their devices.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 1600, MTLE 2100, PHYS 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4250 - Properties of Engineering Materials II
This is a required departmental course, but is also appropriate for biomedical engineers and other engineering disciplines as an elective. This course teaches the mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers from both the macroscopic and atomistic or micromechanical viewpoints. An introduction to three-dimensional stresses and strains. Elastic behavior, plastic behavior, strengthening mechanisms, fracture, creep, and fatigue are all addressed. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 1600, MTLE 2100.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4260 - High Temperature Alloys
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4310 - Corrosion
Mechanisms, characteristics, and types of corrosion. Methods for testing, combating, and evaluating corrosion resistance. Suitability of metals, ceramics, and organic materials in corrosive environments. Oxidation and other high-temperature gas-metal reactions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: MTLE 4910.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4400 - Materials Synthesis and Processing I
Emphasis is on materials synthesis, with four instructional modules drawn from aspects of melt and extractive metallurgy and from the synthesis of polymers, ceramics and glasses, electronic materials, composite materials and nanophase materials.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MTLE 4200, MTLE 4150, MTLE 4250.
When Offered: Fall term annually. Includes laboratory experience.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4410 - Welding Processes and Metallurgy
Fundamental principles, primary variables, and metallurgical changes associated with both fusion and nonfusion welding processes. Energy sources, rates and modes of energy transfer to the work, and distribution of energy in the work as these affect plastic softening or melting, plastic flow or solidification, post-solidification transformations, heat-affected zone microstructures, residual stresses and distortion, defect formation, and resultant properties; attention to the effects of weldment material, joint design, process, and procedural variables. Physical metallurgy is emphasized throughout. Practical examples highlight theory. Hands-on laboratory exercises complement lectures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4420 - Joining of Advanced Materials
Individual joining processes including mechanical fastening, adhesive bonding, welding, brazing, soldering, thermal spraying, and variants or hybrids of these. Advantages and disadvantages, mechanisms for attaining joint strength, various specific methods and procedures, joint design and analysis, expected properties, practical issues in production, safety, and economics, and special problems with each process. Joining of similar and dissimilar combinations of metals and alloys, intermetallics, ceramics, glasses, polymers, and composites, with special attention to attaining optimum properties. Team term project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4450 - Materials Synthesis and Processing II
Emphasis is on materials processing, with four instruction modules drawn from aspects of casting and molding, deformation processing, powder processing, joining and additive processes, cutting and removal processes, and annealing/heat treatment processes. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4400.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 4470 - Processing of Biomaterials
Processing of biomaterials gives an overview of the most advanced techniques to process biomaterials into structures that satisfy next generation applications. All materials classes will be covered including polymers, ceramics, metals, composites, and cells and tissues. In each case, the material-specific processing and the properties and potential applications will be covered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with MTLE 6470.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4910 - Materials Selection
This class covers basic materials selection concepts and the underlying structure-property-process-performance interaction. Engineering materials, structures and properties, principles and process of materials selection, generation of materials performances indices, assessment and optimization of performance, processing routes and manufacturing issues, role of reverse engineering and failure analysis in design are covered. Materials selection against yielding, fracture, flexure, buckling, fatigue, creep, corrosion, and wear are addressed. Decomposition of engineering problems into functional, geometric, and materials constraints are emphasized. Materials selection based on simple and complex or conflicting constraints will be developed. Students will perform written assignments and oral presentations to develop communication skills. Enrollment for MS&E majors is restricted to juniors, seniors, or graduates.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CHEM 1100 and ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4920 - Design and Applications of Materials
A capstone experience to afford seniors in MS&E the unique and invaluable opportunity to participate as a vital member of a truly multidisciplinary design team (comprised of engineering students from other disciplines, as well as MBAs) and function just as they will as professionals in practice, in preparation for practice. This course acquaints students with all the phases of the design process from recognizing the need through a detailed conceptual design. Students work in teams on a semester-long project with the assistance of faculty consultants. The design projects require students to draw upon their engineering background, experience, and other pertinent resources. Oral and written presentations are required. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of MTLE 4910.
When Offered: Spring and fall terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 4960 - Topics in Materials Engineering
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6010 - Defects in Solids
Point defects, nonstoichiometry, diffusion and defects, electronic defects, elastic properties of dislocations, dislocation-point defect interactions, dislocation arrays, grain boundaries, stacking faults, phase stability, twin boundaries, epitaxial interfaces.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 2100 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6030 - Advanced Thermodynamics
Review of classical thermodynamics. Development of basic concepts of statistical thermodynamics. Application of both classical and statistical techniques to the determination of phase and chemical equilibrium in real systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4100 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6040 - Principles of Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction
Symmetry operations, point groups and space groups, x-ray and electron diffraction techniques, reciprocal lattice, Ewald sphere, mathematics of diffraction, crystal chemistry, crystal structure-property relationships.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6060 - Advanced Kinetics of Materials Reactions
Diffusion and phase transformations: solutions to the diffusion equation, moving boundaries, concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient, interdiffusion, nucleation, crystal growth from the vapor and solution, solidification. Precipitation: general, cellular, and G-P zones. Allotropic and martensitic transformations. Grain growth. Sintering.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 4100 or MTLE 6030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6080 - Electron Microscopy of Materials
Introduction to electron optics, electron diffraction contrast mechanisms, specimen preparation, and microanalysis. Theory and operating fundamentals of the SEM, TEM, STEM, and the electron microprobe. Analysis of images from crystalline materials using kinematical and dynamical theories of electron diffraction. Includes laboratory component.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MTLE 2100 or MTLE 6040.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6110 - Diffusion in Solids
The diffusion process in metals and alloys. Solution to Fick’s law. Self-diffusion. Effect of temperature upon diffusion. Grain boundary and surface diffusion. Solution and diffusion of gases in metals. Diffusion in carburizing, the austenite transformation, powder metallurgy, and the scaling of metals and alloys.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6120 - Advanced Electronic Properties of Materials
Review of essential quantum mechanics, including exact models and approximate methods. Application to behavior of electrons in solids. Electronic energy bands in metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Charge carrier statistics and transport. Maxwell’s equations. Dielectric, optical, and magnetic properties. Applications to semiconductor, optoelectronic, and magnetic devices.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
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: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6220 - Advanced Semiconducting Materials and Processing
Discussion of selected advanced and emerging topics in microelectronics materials and fabrication. These may include metallization, thin film deposition, interconnection technology, microlithography, plasma etching and processing.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6250 - Advanced Mechanical Properties of Materials
The phenomenological, mechanistic, and micro-structural aspects of the mechanical properties of materials are developed, with particular emphasis on the similarities and differences among various material systems including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Phenomenological aspects of the three-dimensional characteristics of stress and strain, various yield criteria, elastic behavior, viscoelastic behavior, plastic behavior, statistical aspects of brittle fracture and fracture mechanics are presented. Mechanistic and micro-structural topics include edge and screw dislocation behavior, slip systems, critical resolved shear stress, dislocation multiplication and interactions, barriers to motion, polymer chain conformation and entropy.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6300 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory
Theory and practice of IC fabrication in a research laboratory environment. Test chips are fabricated and the resulting devices and circuits evaluated. Processes and fabrication equipment studied and used include oxidation/diffusion, CVD reactors, photolithography, plasma etching, vacuum evaporator, ion implantation, etc. Instruments used in process monitoring and final testing include thin film profilometer, ellipsometer, resistivity probe, scanning electron microscope, capacitance-voltage system, etc. The fundamentals of hazardous material handling and clean room procedures are studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4250 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as ECSE 6300. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE 6300.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6400 - Vacuum Techniques
Principles and practice of producing, measuring, and using pressures from atmospheric down to 10-15 atmospheres. Gas kinetics and flow of gases at low pressures. Basic vacuum system calculations. System design and leak detection. Physical and chemisorption of gases. Generation of clean surfaces and study of reactions on them.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6420 - Surface Phenomena
The thermodynamics and reactivity of surfaces. Classical thermodynamics of surfaces. Atomistic models of the crystal surfaces. Electron diffraction from surface layers. Surface diffusion. Physical and chemisorption of gases, chemical reactions at surfaces. Nucleation of surface and bulk phases.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6430 - Materials Characterization
Principles and applications of current techniques for the chemical, structural, and morphological characterization of engineering materials, with an emphasis on materials used in the microelectronics industry. Techniques studied include various electron and ion spectroscopies, electron microscopies, and diffraction techniques.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6450 - Melting and Solidification
Thermodynamics, kinetics, and morphologies of solid-liquid interfaces. Heat flow phenomena in casting and crystal growth. Structure of molten systems. Physical chemistry of vacuum processing. Mechanics of solidification of metals under equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions. Nucleation and growth phenomena. Solute redistribution during freezing. Metal transport during freezing. Grain size control. Application of theory to production of engineering alloys.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6460 - Advanced Structure and Bonding in Materials
Phenomenological and quantitative descriptions of crystal symmetry and structure. Theories of primary and secondary bonding in crystals. Theory and application of diffraction techniques for structure determination. Models of cohesive forces in solids. Emphasis is placed on the intimate connection between crystal structure, bonding, electronic structure, and properties of solids.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MTLE 6470 - Processing of Biomaterials
Processing of biomaterials gives an overview of the most advanced techniques to process biomaterials into structures that satisfy next generation applications. All materials classes will be covered including polymers, ceramics, metals, composites and cells and tissues. In each case, the material-specific processing and the properties and potential applications will be covered
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGR 1600.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: This course is cross listed with MTLE 4470.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6480 - Nanostructured Materials
The course introduces students to the building blocks of nanostructured materials, material behavior when they are assembled, and the technological implications of these materials, with emphasis on new developments in this field and future perspectives. Lectures by the instructor and other faculty experts on various aspects of nanomaterials are followed by student lectures in areas of their own particular interest. These lectures then become the basis for students to create online video (YouTube) presentations for broader dissemination. As most experienced science/engineering professionals know, teaching a subject to one’s technical peers is an unparalleled learning experience. It can be even more challenging and rewarding to do so successfully to others who are not as technically aware, such as some managers, potential investors, government officials, etc. These two elements, therefore, not only enhance the student’s learning of the chosen subject matter within the area of nanostructured materials, but also help develop essential presentation skills for their future careers.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6500 - Modeling of Materials
This course introduces basic concepts used in the modeling of material properties. The course will include classical molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, quantum mechanics based tight binding, continuum level analysis, and multiscale methods as applied to modeling of soft and hard matter. The methods are introduced in a computer laboratory environment. Open to graduates and qualified undergraduates.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6610 - Deformation Processing
Mechanical metallurgy and mechanics of the classical metal-working operations. Analytical techniques. Friction and lubrication. Workability. Effects on as-worked properties. Technological discussions of forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing, and other unit operations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 1600 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6750 - Special Topics in Ceramics
A course in physical ceramics, the content of which will be modified in accordance with current interests and technology.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6840 - Polymer Engineering
Survey and engineering analysis of industrial processes and commercial polymers. Topics include introductory fluid mechanics, non-Newtonian fluids, molecular theory of viscoelasticity, analysis of extrusion, and other selected processes.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6900 - Graduate Seminar
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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MTLE 6930 - Literature Study
A special course assignment open to graduate students working toward a master’s degree. Applicable where a student cannot reasonably arrange to submit a thesis. A written report on the study must be submitted and defended before a committee of the faculty.
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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MTLE 6940 - Materials Engineering Project
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6960 - Topics in Materials Engineering
Credit Hours: 3
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MTLE 6970 - Professional Project
Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master’s program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Office of Graduate Education and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.
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MTLE 6980 - Master’s Project
Active participation in a master’s-level project under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s project report. Grades of IP are assigned until the master’s project has been approved by the faculty adviser. If recommended by the adviser, the master’s project may be accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in the Library. Grades will then be listed as S.
Credit Hours: 1 to 9
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MTLE 6990 - Master’s Thesis
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student’s research progress for the given semester. Once the thesis has been presented, approved by the adviser, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.
Credit Hours: 1 to 9
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MTLE 9990 - Dissertation
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student’s research progress for the given semester. Once the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.
Credit Hours: Variable
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PHIL 1110 - Introduction to Philosophy
An introduction to the major areas of philosophy (ethics, theory of knowledge, philosophy of religion, etc.) and to some of the main problems treated within these fields. Selections from contemporary as well as classical authors are studied and discussed. Students are encouraged to develop a disciplined approach to intellectual problems. Emphasis varies with the instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 1120 - Minds and Machines
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Students will debate and write papers on the nature of mind, free will, personal identity, consciousness, artificial intelligence, and animal cognition. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and IHSS 1964 Minds and Machines.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2100 - Critical Thinking
This course provides tools for the identification, analysis, and evaluation of the various patterns of reasoning as they occur in the real world. Patterns of reasoning include deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, scientific reasoning, statistical reasoning, and causal reasoning. The course also covers some basic psychology and sociology of reasoning and belief, and concludes with a critical discussion of science and the scientific method.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PSYC 2100. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PSYC 2100.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2120 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
This course is an introduction to the new and quickly growing field of Cognitive Science which studies the various aspects of cognition, including reasoning, learning, memory, and perception and action. Cognitive Science is a highly interdisciplinary field of study at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology, and the course hosts a number of guest lectures given by experts in these respective fields. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PSYC 2120. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PSYC 2120.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2130 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
How does science stimulate philosophical thinking and how has philosophy influenced science? This broad range of interaction is studied with special attention given to the concepts of theory, observation, and scientific method. Special attention is given to issues basic to psychology, in particular, reductionism, behaviorism, functionalism, and cognitivism. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as STSH 2130. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 2130.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2140 - Introduction to Logic
Introduction to first-order logic as a tool to be used in engineering, computer science, philosophy, etc., and as procedural knowledge helpful in puzzle-solving environments (e.g., standardized tests). A hands-on laboratory component is included.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2300 - Asian Philosophies
Asia has a long and rich history of philosophical thought. Much of this philosophy has been associated with great religious traditions, such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. This course will examine a number of philosophical positions and schools of thought associated with these traditions. Comparisons will be drawn between different Asian traditions, and betweem Asian and Western traditions.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2500 - Bioethics
This course involves a philosophical analysis of some of the basic moral issues raised by recent and anticipated developments in the areas of biology and medicine. The general question “What are moral problems, and how does one resolve them?” is examined in the context of concrete cases involving issues such as abortion, euthanasia, organ transplants, experimentation on human patients, cloning, genetic engineering, behavior control and modification. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as STSH 4250. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4250.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2600 - Moral Development
An analysis of psychological research on how our commonsense moral beliefs develop from early childhood through old age and their application to daily problems. A major focus is on the conflict between themes of justice or individual rights and caring compassion and its relation to gender differences (the Kohlberg/Gilligan debate). This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PSYC 2600. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PSYC 2600.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2830 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
Central to philosophy is a careful examination of our reasons for holding our beliefs. Given the complexity/ineffability of religious experience, philosophy of religion’s examination of reasons is especially difficult. This course will analyze and evaluate Western monotheism both generally and as it relates to the traditional questions of faith and reason, the problem of evil, fate, and free will and the existence of miracles. Time permitting, non-Western as well as Western religions will be considered.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 2940 - Philosophy Studies
Independent study of a particular topic.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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PHIL 2960 - Topics in Philosophy
Experimental courses on subjects to be announced in advance.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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PHIL 4140 - Intermediate Logic
This course is a continuation of PHIL 2140, covering basic metatheory of logic (including formal syntax and semantics, model theory, and soundness and completeness of proof systems), applications of logic (including automated theorem proving, deductive problem solving, and the axiomatization of various branches of mathematics), and alternative systems of logic (including sequent systems, diagrammatic logic, and modal logic).
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHIL 2140.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 4220 - Social and Political Philosophy
An exploration of such concepts as freedom, rights, and consent and their interrelationship; and a consideration of their bearing on questions of justice, law, and human welfare.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHIL 4240 - Ethics
A critical examination of traditional and contemporary works in ethical theory by considering what these theories have to say about how we should live, what rights and obligations we have, what things are intrinsically valuable. Typically this includes such topics as ethical and cultural relativism, egoism, freedom, and responsibility. Often the focus will be on contemporary issues such as war, abortion, equality, or punishment. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall or spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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