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Rensselaer Catalog 2013-2014 [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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CHME 6850 - An Introduction to Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer II
This course is intended to give students a state-of-the-art understanding in multicomponent flow phenomena. Applications in the chemical process, petroleum recovery, and fossil/nuclear power industries will be given. Specific areas of coverage include two-phase: fluid mechanics, pressure drop, modeling and analysis, stability analysis, critical flow and dynamic waves, flow regime analysis, and phase separation and distribution phenomena.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CHME 6840 or MANE 6840.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6850. Students cannot obtain credit for this course and MANE 6850.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHME 6940 - Readings in Chemical Engineering
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CHME 6960 - Topics in Chemical Engineering
State-of the-art formal courses in specialized areas suitable for master’s and doctoral programs. Usually two topics offered per term. Typical topics include colloidal dynamics, dispersion and mixing, fluidation, heterogeneous catalysis, polymer reaction engineering, stochastic processes, and statistical mechanics.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CHME 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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CHME 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 presentend, 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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CHME 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: 1 to 16
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CISH 4010 - Discrete Mathematics and Computer Theory*
This course covers foundations of discrete mathematics and fundamentals of computer theory. Topics include propositional logic, truth tables, quantifiers, sets, set operations, sequences, complexity of algorithms, divisibility, matrix manipulations, proofs, induction, recursion, counting and the pigeonhole principle, permutations, combinations, repeated trials, expectation, relations (properties, representation, equivalence, Warshall’s algorithm), Boolean algebra, functions, logic gates, minimizing, Finite State Machines, Turning machines, Regular expressions, context free grammars, language recognizers, derivation trees, pushdown automata.
When Offered: H and G, fall term annually; H, spring and summer term.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 4020 - Object Structures*
A study of object oriented software component design. This course introduces the object oriented paradigm and its use in organizing software structures including arrays, stack, queues, lists, trees, graphs, and recursion. Programming assignments require the use of an object oriented language.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CISH 4010 or equivalent and knowledge of an imperative programming language (C, PASCAL, etc.).
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 4030 - Structured Computer Architecture
Introduction to computer architecture; the structure and function of a computer system consisting of processors, memory, I/O modules, and its internal interconnections. Primary focus on the attributes of a system visible to an assembly level programmer. Topics include: digital logic, VLSI components, instruction sets, addressing schemes, memory hierarchy, cache and virtual memories, integer and floating point arithmetic, control structures, buses, RISC vs. CISC, multiprocessor and vector processing (pipelining) organizations. Examples are drawn from contemporary (e.g., Intel Pentium, PowerPC) microcomputers.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 4210 - Operating Systems
Discussion of various aspects of computer operating systems design and implementation. Topics include: I/O programming, concurrent processes and synchronization problems, process management and scheduling of processes, virtual memory management, device management, file systems, deadlock problems, system calls, and interprocess communication. Programming projects are required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CISH 4020 and CISH 4030.
When Offered: H, fall, spring annually; G, on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 4380 - Database Systems
Discussion of the state of practice in modern database systems with an emphasis on relational systems. Topics include database design, database system architecture, SQL, normalization techniques, storage structures, query processing, concurrency control, recovery, security, and new direction such as object oriented and distributed database systems. Students gain hands-on experience with commercial database systems and interface building tools. Programming projects are required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CISH 4020 or equivalent.
When Offered: H, spring, summer annually; G, on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 4940 - Readings in Computer and Information Sciences
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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CISH 4960 - Topics in Computer and Information Sciences
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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CISH 6010 - Object Oriented Programming and Design
An introduction to the theory and practice of object oriented programming and design. Encapsulation, inheritance, genericity, dynamic binding, and polymorphism. Students use these concepts to design and implement a modest-sized system. One object oriented language (chosen by the instructor) is studied in detail and required for the project. Other languages are covered briefly.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CSCI 4210.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6050 - Software Engineering Management
Introduction to the current issues in software engineering management. Topics include the origin of the software crisis, current state-of-the-practice, modeling the software engineering process, the relationship of methods and tools to process, software validation, risk mitigation, and software engineering economics.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6110 - Object Oriented Database Systems
Presents concepts and architectures of object oriented database systems. Provides the object oriented view of data models, query languages, versioning evolution, authorization, transaction control, storage management, indexing techniques, distributed data, and parallelism. Current object oriented database systems are reviewed and compared. A programming project or research paper may be required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CSCI 4380 and the object oriented portion of either CISH 4020 or CISH 6010.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6120 - Distributed Database Systems
Examines client/server DBMS and considers how a client-server architecture can be used to implement the requirements of a DDBMS. Topics include DDBMS taxonomies, case studies, design considerations, transaction management, and global query optimization. Concludes with an examination of multidatabase systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CSCI 4380.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6150 - Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics
Survey of machine implementation of processes as foundation to thinking and perceiving. Modeling and representation of knowledge. AI systems and languages, reasoning and problem solving. Current literature is discussed. Applications are chosen from computer game playing programs, English dialogue, theorem proving, computer vision, robot implementation, and automatic programming. Limitations and performances of techniques. Certain topics are programmed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CISH 4030.
When Offered: H, spring, even years; G, on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6210 - Computer Network Analysis and Design
Theoretical and empirical analysis of algorithms; tools for on–line monitoring of the algorithm’s performance. Advanced algorithms for polynomial problems; randomized heuristic and approximate algorithms. Problems include computation in discrete mathematics, number theory, linear algebra, graph theory, numerical and symbolic computing. It is suggested that students take CSCI 6050 before taking this course.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6220 - LANs, MANs, and Internetworking
Explores the current capabilities and trends in LANs and MANs with additional focus on issues of Internetworking network systems or subsets. Topics include topologies and transmission media, Local and Metropolitan Area Network (LAN and MAN) architectures and performance. LAN standards IEEE 802.x, and ANSI Standard FDDI. Circuit switched local area networks, e.g., ATM, Fibre Channel. Internetworking alternatives, bridges, network switches, routers and gateways. General LAN management tools.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4670 or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6230 - Network Management
Introduction to methods, techniques, and tools for the management of telecommunication systems and networks. Major topics covered in the course are: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2, SNMPv3), Remote Monitoring (RMON1, RMON2), Standard Management Information (MIBs), and Telecommunications Management (TMN, CMIS/CMIP); configuration and name management; fault and performance management; security; accounting management; and Web-based network management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4670 or equivalent basic concept computer and communication networks course.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6510 - Web Application Design and Development
Students will learn approaches to the design, development, and maintenance of Web sites. Students will study software and information architectures for the Web, design techniques for distributed Web-based applications, and methods and tools for the creation and maintenance of Web sites. Study will encompass the major components of a Web site, including browsers and client applications, Internet protocols that link the client to the server, and server applications. Issues of performance, security, and usability will be examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CISH 4020 or CSCI 2300, prior experience with HTML and Java, ECSE 4670 and CSCI 4380 recommended.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6900 - Computer Science Seminar
For students near the end of their program, a two semester course that meets once per month from September through March and one Saturday in April when students give their presentations. Registration is accepted during fall registration only. Students are required to attend all eight meetings in order to fulfill the Seminar requirement.
Credit Hours: 1
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CISH 6902 - Computer Science Seminar
For students following the Applied path, who were admitted after summer 2004. Registrations is allowed only after acceptance of an approved project plan by a faculty adviser. Students are required to attend guest speaker sessions and give a formal presentation of their own research results.
Credit Hours: 3
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CISH 6940 - Readings in Computer and Information Sciences
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CISH 6960H09 - Research Methods
Course will review the major considerations and tasks involved in conducting scientific research, particularly in the area of computer science. It introduces the essential aspects of designing, supporting, and conducting a research project. Those who successfully complete the course will be able to: produce a well-developed research proposal; select an appropriate methodology with which to conduct the research and defend the methodology of their selection; understand the various tasks required to carry out the research; find the resources needed to guide them through the research process and the documentation of its findings.
When Offered: H, spring annually; G, on sufficient demand.
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CISH 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.
Credit Hours: 3 to 4
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CISH 6980 - Master’s Project
Details may be obtained from the Department of Engineering and Science.
Credit Hours: 3 to 6
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CISH 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 presentend, 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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CISH or CSCI 6960 - Topics in Computer and Information Sciences
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CIVL 1100 - Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Deals with the practice of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Not a highly analytical course, as the course is primarily intended for first year students. Some topics: history of Civil Eng.; present practice; typical employers; typical projects; design philosophy; professional topics including organizations, registrations, ethics. Discuss case histories, bring in outside speakers. Students attend CE Capstone presentations.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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CIVL 1200 - Engineering Graphics for Civil Engineers
An introduction to the elements of computer aided design for Civil and Environmental Engineers using AutoCAD Civil 3D. Students will be introduced to basic AutoCAD drafting techniques as well as learn the key features of Civil 3D that aid site development design and analysis. Topics covered will include general AutoCAD techniques, existing conditions development and analysis using field collected survey data and GIS information, pipe network design, grading design, and roadway corridor layout.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite for ENGR 2050 Intro to Engineering Design.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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CIVL 2030 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Introduction to basic concepts in transportation engineering including planning, design, and operations. Introduces the challenges and issues in modeling transportation problems. Studies of various concepts related to the design of highway facilities, level of service, and demand for transportation services. Concepts related to signal optimization. Policy implications. Basics of transportation planning.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2400.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 2040 - Professional Practice
Contract essentials; types of contracts for construction and for engineering services. Bidding procedure, surety bonds, insurance, litigation. Standard contract documents, the compilation of specifications. Engineering ethical principles and codes.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 2630 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
The application of the basic laws and phenomena of science to particulate matter, specifically soils. Basic physical and mechanical structural characteristics of soil. Equilibrium and movement of water. Flow through porous media. Effective stress. Stress-strain-time relations. Basic laboratory work as related to practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2530.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 6 contact hours
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CIVL 2670 - Introduction to Structural Engineering
Introduction to the elastic behavior of structural components. Analysis of statically determinate systems. Deflection calculations by virtual work and elastic load methods. Analysis of simple statically indeterminate structures. Influence lines. Interaction of structural components. Typical structural engineering loads.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2530 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 2940 - Readings in Civil Engineering
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CIVL 4010 - Foundation Engineering
Subsurface investigation. The application of the principles of soil mechanics to the design of footings, retaining walls, pile foundations, bulkheads, cofferdams, bridge piers and abutments, and underpinnings.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2530 and CIVL 2630 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4020 - Bedford Seminar
The seminar will be interdisciplinary with students from both architecture and civil engineering departments. The content of the lectures bears direct relation to practical experience and is considered to be supplementary to the other courses in the respective engineering and architecture schools. Specific types of structures will be examined with the help of suitable existing project examples clarifying and critically analyzing the basic engineering principles behind them. Students will be exposed to the collaborative methods inherent within the architect/engineer relationship.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Corequisite: CIVL 4450 Conceptual Structural Systems.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4070 - Steel Design
Analysis and design of metal structures. Structural materials and loads. Design of beams, columns, bolted and welded connections. Composite construction.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2670.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4080 - Concrete Design
Analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures using ultimate strength methods. Design of beams, columns, slabs, and footings. Development and anchorage of reinforcing bars.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2670.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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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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CIVL 4150 - Experimental Soil Mechanics
Second course in geotechnical engineering, emphasizing experimental aspects of soil behavior. Laboratory experiments to measure the following soil properties: consolidation, compressibility, shear strength, permeability, various moduli, and bearing capacity. Theory, practical applications of theory, and laboratory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2630 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4240 - Introduction to Finite Elements
An introductory course in use of the Finite Element Method (FEM) to solve one-and two-dimensional problems in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and elasticity. The methods are developed using weighted residuals. Algorithms for the construction and solution of the governing equations are also covered. Students will be exposed to the use of commercial finite element software.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2250 or ENGR 2530 or ECSE 4160 and senior standing.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: (Cross listed as MANE 4240. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 4240.)
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4270 - Construction Management
Application of engineering principles to planning construction operations. Network scheduling (CPM, PERT), resource allocation. Cost engineering and control.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: senior standing.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4440 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Computer analysis of structures. Advanced topics in the behavior of structural components. Buckling of columns and frames. Beam-columns. Inelastic behavior and limit analysis of structures. Students cannot receive credit for both this and CIVL 6440.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2670.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4450 - Conceptual Structural Systems
This course covers concepts of structural systems. The course is aimed at understanding behavior of different structural systems and how they respond to various loading conditions. The concept of load transfer, shaping, and form finding is of particular interest. This concept is reinforced through analytical, digital, and physical modeling intended to foster intuitive thinking. The course includes the following: approximate analyses of statically indeterminate beams, rigid frames, and vierendeel frames; cable suspended structures, arch supported structures; masonry structures, space frame, and folded plate structures; spherical, cylindrical, and hyperbolic shells; net and tent structures; air-supported and air-inflated structures, and hybrid structural systems. The course includes guest lectures, project, computer simulation, and testing physical models.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2670. Corequisite: CIVL 4020.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4570 - Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering Systems
This course is an applications-oriented course covering basic analytical tools for modeling and optimization of large-scale civil engineering systems. Application domains in civil engineering that will be discussed include: scheduling in large systems, pipeline systems, transportation and logistics planning, as well as other civil engineering systems. An overview of different optimization techniques, with a particular focus on network flow problems and introductory stochastic analysis will be provided. Software to solve these problems will be used throughout the class.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 2030, ENGR 2600, and ENGR 4760.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4620 - Mass Transit Systems
The basic concepts of planning, design, and operation of urban mass transit systems. Topics include travel demand, network configurations, communication and control systems, power systems, vehicle technology, guideway and vehicle support and guidance technology, routing and scheduling, operating practice, marketing and financing of transit service, interface design, and implementation. These topics are discussed with relation to bus transit systems, guided transit systems, and several new systems. Several case studies examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4640 - Transportation System Planning
Introduction to the analysis and planning of transportation systems. Study of the basic interaction between transportation supply and demand. Role of transportation systems analysis in the social, environmental, and policy making. Trip generation. Trip distribution. Mode split. Traffic Assignment. Computer applications. (Meets with CIVL 6250 Transportation System Planning.) Students cannot obtain credit for this course and CIVL 6250.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4660 - Traffic Engineering
Basic characteristics of traffic flow, including driver, vehicle, volume, speed, delay, capacity, and accidents; traffic regulation and control, signs, markings, signals, and signal systems; basic traffic flow theory; study methods and analysis procedures to solve traffic engineering and control problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
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: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4920 - Civil Engineering Capstone Design
Open-ended design project in which students work in teams. Oral presentations and written reports cover alternates considered, design assumptions, cost, safety, and feasibility. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Senior status and CIVL 4070 and CIVL 4080, or CIVL 4010 and CIVL 4150, or CIVL 2030 and CIVL 4660 or CIVL 4640 or ENVE 2110, and either ENVE 4200, ENVE 4350, ENVE 4310 or ENVE 4340.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 4940 - Readings in Civil Engineering
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CIVL 4960 - Topics in Civil Engineering
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6170 - Mechanics of Solids
Introduction to Cartesian tensors, infinitesimal strain kinematics, equations of motion. Models of material behavior: isothermal linear isotropic and anisotropic elasticity, thermoelasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and rate-independent plasticity. General principles in elasticity: minimum potential and complementary energy, reciprocal theorem. Formulation of linear elastic boundary value problems, methods of solutions for 2-D and 3-D elasticity problems. Correspondence principle of linear viscoelasticity, applications to simple structural components. Use of symbolic computations in the solution of BVP.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 6170. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6170.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6180 - Mechanics of Composite Materials
Micromechanics of elastic heterogeneous solids. Plasticity of composite materials. Thermoelastic and thermoplastic behavior. Mechanics of distributed damage. Mechanical behavior.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: One graduate course in mechanics of solids.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 6180. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6180.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6190 - Advanced Transportation Models
This graduate level course will introduce two types of advanced models related to travel demand forecasting: the land use models and the activity-based models. This project-based course will allow students to obtain sound knowledge of advanced modeling techniques, and to have some preliminary experience with building, estimating and applying advanced transportation models.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6200 - Plates and Shells
Preliminaries on linear, three-dimensional elasticity theory. Reduction of the elasticity theory to theories of plates and shells. Anisotropy. Nonlinear theories. Applications.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 6200. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6200.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6210 - Structural Stability
Concepts of stability pertaining to structural and mechanical systems. Static and dynamic theories of stability. Configurations include bars, plates, shells, and structural complexes.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 6210. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6210.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6220 - Critical Issues in Transportation
To provide the students with a broad understanding of cutting edge methodologies in transportation modeling and economics not thoroughly covered in other courses, and emerging issues pertaining to transportation research and practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6230 - Transportation Economics
Review of economic concepts and their application to transportation. Economic basis of transportation demand. Estimation of aggregate and disaggregate demand functions. Value of time. Supply functions. Cost functions, production functions. Transportation externalities. Valuation techniques. Cost/benefit analysis and multi-criteria approaches.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 2030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6240 - Intelligent Transportation Systems
The course discusses Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies and its application areas. ITS technologies. ITS Architecture. ITS applications. A number of outside speakers will complement the lectures. The students are expected to give at least two technical presentations and write a final paper on an ITS topic of their choosing.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6250 - Transportation Systems Planning
The analysis and planning of transportation systems. Study of the basic interaction between transportation supply and demand. Role of transportation systems analysis in social, environmental, and policy making. Trip generation. Trip distribution. Mode split. Traffic Assignment. Computer applications. Students cannot obtain credit for this course and CIVL 4640.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6260 - Transportation Network Analysis
Fundamentals of transportation network analysis, including graph representations of transportation networks, shortest path search algorithms, static traffic assignment and user equilibrium, and dynamic traffic assignment. Focus on how basic mathematical analysis tools such as linear and nonlinear programming can be used to analyze transportation network problems. The objective of this course is to introduce students to transportation network analysis fundamentals so that they are equipped with basic skills to analyze related problems in this area.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 2030; MATH 2400.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6270 - Traffic Control and Simulation
Topics on traffic control systems such as signals and ramp metering; sensor-aided and data-oriented traffic modeling; fundamentals and applications of microscopic traffic simulation. State of the art signal design and traffic simulation tools will be used throughout the class.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2030, CIVL 4660 or their equivalents.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6280 - Dynamic Traffic Models
The fundamentals of dynamic equilibrium with applications to planning and real-time operations in transportation systems. A network optimization approach to dynamic models including time dependent shortest path algorithms, analytical and simulation models for dynamic traffic assignment. Applications of these approaches to network wide real-time control. Emphasis on implementation of algorithms using programming languages.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6260.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6290 - Freight Transportation Systems
Background and socio-economic aspects of freight transportation. Freight policy and planning objectives. Distribution system and participating agents. Behavior of freight agents. Short-medium term operational improvements: Land use and traffic related. Short-medium term operational improvements: System level strategies. System perspective of freight activity. Strategic freight transportation planning and freight demand modeling.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: CIVL 6250.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6300 - Transportation Statistical Modeling
This graduate level course will introduce a number of econometric models to analyze transportation data, ranging from count of crash occurrence to household trip frequency. Students will learn to specify, estimate, and interpret models to study various transportation issues.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6310 - Advanced Concrete Structures
Advanced analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. Design of deep beams, slender columns, two-way floor systems. Deflection computations. Design for torsion. Prestressed concrete fundamentals.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 4080 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6320 - Advanced Steel Design
Advanced analysis and design of complex metal structures. Flexible, semi-rigid, and rigid connections. Plate girders, torsional design. Effects of semi-rigid connections on structural stability.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 4070 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6340 - Bedford Design Studio
Open-ended design project in which students work in teams of four (two engineers and two architects) to replicate the Architecture/Structural Engineering integrated design of buildings. Oral presentations and written reports and studio critics cover alternatives considered, design assumptions, and cost estimates. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 4020 Bedford Seminar, CIVL 6310 Advanced Concrete, CIVL 6320 Advanced Steel.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6390 - Wind Engineering
This course will develop understanding and integrate skills across the fields of fluid mechanics, meteorology, climatology, bluff-body aerodynamics, structural dynamics, code provisions for design, wind tunnel testing, and damage documentation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENVE 4310.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6440 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Computer analysis of structures. Advanced topics in the behavior of structural components. Buckling of columns and frames. Beam-columns. Inelastic behavior and limit analysis of structures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prequisite: CIVL 2670.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6450 - Structural Dynamics
Analysis of elastic and inelastic single and multiple degree-of-freedom structural systems under time-dependent loads including harmonic, impulse, earthquake, and other general dynamic loads. Development of equations of motion. Analytical and numerical evaluation of free and forced vibration response. Identification of dynamic system properties. Modal analysis. Vibration isolation and force transmissibility. Dynamic measurement sensors. Shock loading spectrum. Frequency-domain analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2670.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6460 - Advanced Structural Dynamics
Stochastic response of lumped parameter and continuous systems to random excitation, wave propagation, power spectral densities, covariance and cross covariance functions, transfer functions, application of procedure to wind and earthquake engineering. Review of current literature.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6450.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6480 - Designing with Geosynthetics
Civil Engineering applications of geosynthetics including geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geopipe, and geocomposites. Designing by function, including separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage, liquid barrier, and combined functions. Applications in the areas of landfills, groundwater drains, geotextile reinforced walls and slopes, roadways, and other civil engineered type structures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2630 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6490 - Earthquake Engineering
Seismology concepts including plate tectonics, fault mechanisms, quantification of earthquake size, and wave propagation. Dynamic sensors for earthquake ground motion measurement. Estimation of ground motion parameters using attenuation relationships. Linear and nonlinear dynamic analyses for evaluation of the seismic response of structures. Code-based approach to the seismic analysis and design of structural systems. Seismic design considerations for various construction materials. Base isolation and energy dissipation systems for seismic protection of structures.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6450.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6510 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
An intensive study of the fundamentals of soil mechanics at the graduate level. Transmission of stresses between particles. Soils in which the pore water is either stationary or flowing under steady conditions. Soils in which pore pressures are influenced by applied loads, and hence the pore water is flowing under transient conditions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 4150.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6520 - Advanced Foundations and Earth Structures
The applications of the principles of soil mechanics to the design of foundations, at the graduate level. Subsurface investigation. Design of footings, retaining walls, pile foundations, flexible retaining structures, anchor tie-backs, bridge piers, abutments, embankments, and natural slopes. Slope stability analysis and landslide prevention. Earthquake effects. Case studies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 4010, CIVL 4150.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6530 - Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater
Introduction to groundwater hydrology, well hydraulics, permeability, seepage, flow nets, filter criteria, dewatering, slope stabilization, practical applications.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 2630 or equivalent.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6540 - Dynamics of Soil and Soil-Foundation Systems
Basics of dynamic response of soil and soil-foundation systems, including applications to earthquake engineering and machine foundations. Systems studies include shallow and deep foundations, buried structures, earth structures, slopes, and earthquake site response.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6450.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6550 - Advanced Geoenvironmental Engineering
An intensive study of 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. This course meets concurrently with CIVL 4140. CIVL 6550 students are required to do a term paper and/or project, read additional professional papers and publications, and do additional laboratory experiments. (Students cannot receive credit for both this course and CIVL 4140.)
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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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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CIVL 6670 - Nonlinear Finite Element Methods
The formulations and solution strategies for finite element analysis of nonlinear problems are developed. Topics include the sources of nonlinear behavior (geometric, constitutive, boundary condition), derivation of the governing discrete equations for nonlinear systems such as large displacement, nonlinear elasticity, rate independent and dependent plasticity and other nonlinear constitutive laws, solution strategies for nonlinear problems (e.g., incrementation, iteration), and computational procedures for large systems of nonlinear algebraic equations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6660 or MANE 6660.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as MANE 6670. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6670.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6680 - Finite Element Programming
Examines the implementation of finite element methods. Consideration is first given to the techniques used in classic finite element programs. Attention then focuses on development of a general geometry-based code which effectively supports higher order adaptive technique. Technical areas covered include: effective construction of element matrices for p-version finite elements, ordering of unknowns, automatic mesh generation, adaptive mesh improvement, program and database structures. Implementation of automated adaptive techniques on parallel computers is also covered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CIVL 6660, MANE 6660, CSCI 6860, or MATH 6860.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6680. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6680.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6690 - Advanced Finite Element Formulations
This course focuses on generalized weighted residual methods and multifield variational principles for constructing approximate solutions to sets of governing differential equations and associated boundary conditions. Topics include hybrid and mixed methods, boundary element formulations, p-version finite elements, global/local procedures, and penalty methods. Problem areas include solid mechanics (nearly incompressible solids, plates, and shells), fluid mechanics including compressible flows, and heat transfer.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6660 or MANE 6660.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6690. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6690.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6700 - Finite Element Methods in Structural Dynamics
Solutions to the free vibration and transient dynamic responses of two-and three-dimensional structures by the finite element method are considered. The governing finite element matrix equations are derived and numerical aspects of solving these time-dependent equations considered. Topics include the formulation of the eigenvalue problem, algorithms for eigenvalue extraction, time integration methods including stability and accuracy analysis, and finite elements in time. Modal analysis and direct time integration techniques are compared for a variety of two-and three-dimensional problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6660 or MANE 6660.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6700. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE 6700.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6780 - Numerical Modeling of Failure Processes in Materials
State-of-the-art in computational modeling of failure processes in materials. Topics include numerical modeling of discrete defects, distributed damage, and multiscale computational techniques including multiple scale perturbation techniques, boundary layer techniques, and various global-local approaches.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CIVL 6660 or MANE 6660.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MANE 6780. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6780.
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 6900 - Civil Engineering Graduate Seminar
Civil engineering graduate students present seminars about their research to an audience composed of students and faculty and participate in discussions about the research of others. The course consists of one-hour weekly meetings. The faculty member in charge of the course helps the students develop their presentation skills. This course is required to be taken once by M.S. and Ph.D. students who are doing a thesis or project. For ME students not doing a thesis or project this course is not required.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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CIVL 6910 - Colloquium Series
Seminars by distinguished guest speakers. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 0
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CIVL 6940 - Readings in Civil Engineering
Credit Hours: 1 to 3
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CIVL 6960 - Topics in Civil Engineering
Credit Hours: 3
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CIVL 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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CIVL 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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CIVL 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 presentend, 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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CIVL 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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COGS 2120 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
This course is an introduction to the new and quickly growing field of cognitive science. Cognitive Science is a highly interdisciplinary field of study of mind at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, computer science, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed with PHIL 2120 and PSYC 2120. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 2120 and PSYC 2120.
Credit Hours: 4
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COGS 2520 - Introduction to Game Design
This course looks at the mathematics of game theory from a psychological perspective and serves as a primer in video game design. The psychology of players and designers are discussed, as well as the cognitive processes that people use when solving game-related puzzles. Additional topics include logic, human frailty, role playing, artificial intelligence, kinesics, theater, and human-computer interaction.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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