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Rensselaer Catalog 2008-2009 [Archived Catalog]
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LITR 2110 - Introduction to Literature
A study of major literary works that introduces students to basic ideas and terminology in literary criticism. Students learn to read and interpret a selection of novels, plays, poetry, or other forms of writing to be determined each semester by the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
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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MGMT 1100 - Introduction to Management
This is a required first course for management majors and minors. In a case-based format, it emphasizes broad, basic principles of managerial functions and processes using an interdisciplinary approach to goal-oriented situations of private and public organizations. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: It is offered in the fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ENGR 4700 - Introduction to Manufacturing Planning
A survey of the basic concepts and analytical methodologies used to plan and control a manufacturing system. Topics include forecasting, production scheduling, facility layout, inventory control, and project planning. Admission by application. Restricted to juniors in engineering. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and DSES 2210.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 6140 - Introduction to Mass Spectrometry
Graduate course covering fundamental aspects and applications of Mass Spectrometry (MS). Quasi-equilibrium theory, isotope effects, and gas phase chemistry will serve to describe ion formation, excitation, and fragmentation. Methods of ionization (electron impact, electrospray, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization) and instrumentation (quadrupole, ion trap, time-of-flight, ion cyclotron resonance) will be introduced. Practical aspects regarding application of MS (sample preparation, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography) to biological mixtures and data analysis will also be discussed.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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PHYS 2100 - Introduction to Methods of Theoretical Physics
Linear differential equations for classical systems; complex analysis; Fourier Transforms for waves; wave equations and solutions; vector analysis for classical fields; Lorentz transformation and four vectors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS 1100/1200 and MATH 1010/1020.
When Offered: Consult department about when offered.
Credit Hours: 4
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ECSE 4170 - Introduction to Microwave Engineering
Techniques used in the analysis and design of microwave systems. Topics include wave propagation in free space and in guided structures; scattering parameters; signal flow graphs and applications to microwave networks; transmission lines and impedance matching; CAD of microwave circuits; system components; system design parameters and performance calculations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2050 and ECSE 2100.
When Offered: Offered on sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 3
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USNA 1010 - Introduction to Naval Science
The organization of the Department of Defense with emphasis on the Department of the Navy. This course provides a broad overview of all aspects of the operation and administration of today’s Navy and Marine Corps. Additionally, the course will introduce naval topics such as rank structure, naval etiquette, naval history, naval warfare platforms and missions as well as basic naval leadership principles. The course will also cover basic military conduct and NROTC rules and regulations. Finally, the course will look at the role of the U.S. military in today’s ever changing geopolitical climates and global conflicts.
Credit Hours: 3
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DSES 6870 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Neural networks are program and memory at once, useful where traditional techniques fail, i.e., for artificial speech and image recognition. Emphasis on existing and emerging engineering applications. Parallel distributed processing, Hebb’s rule, Hopfield net, back-propagation algorithm, perceptrons, unsupervised learning, Kohenen self-organizing map, genetic algorithms, neocognitron, adaline. Illustrated with computer programs and lectures.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 6240 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Neural networks are program and memory at once, useful where traditional techniques fail, i.e., for artificial speech and image recognition. Emphasis on existing and emerging engineering applications. Parallel distributed processing, Hebb’s rule, Hopfield net, back-propagation algorithm, perceptrons, unsupervised learning, Kohenen self-organizing map, genetic algorithms, neocognitron, adaline. Illustrated with computer programs and lectures.
When Offered: Fall term alternate years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as DSES 6870. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and DSES 6870.
Credit Hours: 3
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MATH 4020 - Introduction to Number Theory
Topics include the history of number representation systems, divisibility, greatest common divisor and prime factorization, linear Diophantine equations, congruences, and condition congruences. Additional topics may be chosen from cryptology, the perpetual calendar, hashing functions, computer operations and complexity, continued fractions, multiplicative functions, primitive roots, pseudo-random numbers, nonlinear Diophantine equations, Fermat’s last theorem, algebraic numbers, and approximation of numbers by rationals.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1020.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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CSCI 4820 - Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
Derivation, analysis, and use of computational procedures for solving differential equations. Topics covered include ordinary differential equations (both initial value and boundary value problems) and partial differential equations. Runge-Kutta and multistep methods for initial value problems. Finite difference methods for partial differential equations including techniques for heat conduction, wave propagation, and potential problems. Basic convergence and stability theory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 4800 or CSCI 4800. Students who have passed CSCI 1200 cannot register for this course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as MATH 4820.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 4820 - Introduction to Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
Derivation, analysis, and use of computational procedures for solving differential equations. Topics covered include ordinary differential equations (both initial value and boundary value problems) and partial differential equations. Runge-Kutta and multistep methods for initial value problems. Finite difference methods for partial differential equations including techniques for heat conduction, wave propagation, and potential problems. Basic convergence and stability theory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 4800 or CSCI 4800
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as CSCI 4820. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CSCI 4820.
Credit Hours: 4
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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 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 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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STSH 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.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as PHIL 2130. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 2130.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHEM 4620 - Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Measurement of molecular weight and distribution, other characterization methods, organic and kinetic aspects of polymerization, chemical properties and uses of polymers, solution properties.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: CHEM 4460.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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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.
Credit Hours: 3
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MATH 6951 - Introduction to Research in Mathematics
This seminar introduces first-year graduate students in mathematics to the faculty and their research. Each week a different faculty member from math will give introductory presentations of their current research areas in a setting that is conducive for significant student-faculty discussions of the material.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: graduate student in mathematics.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 1
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CSCI 4190 - Introduction to Robotic Algorithms
An introduction to algorithms for robotic systems with a focus on motion planning, processing sensor information, world modeling, and handling uncertainty. Discusses application of techniques to mobile robotics and robotic manipulations. Emphasizes practical algorithms and implementing them in the laboratory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CSCI 2300, MATH 1020, and MATH 2800.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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CHME 4600 - Introduction to Semiconductor Processing
The basic processes of fabrication of silicon-based semiconductor devices with emphasis on the chemical principles and systems involved. Topics include materials preparation, oxide growth, lithography, diffusion, ion implantation, epitaxial growth, chemical-vapor deposition, vacuum deposition, reactive ion etching, and packaging technologies. Fabrication of both bipolar and FET devices is discussed with emphasis on manufacturing process flow and control. Process design methodology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: senior standing in chemical engineering or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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PSYC 2800 - Introduction to Sports Psychology
An introduction to psychology as applied to sport; the topics covered include history of sport behavior, principles of learning and their application, anxiety and arousal, motivation, leadership, cohesion, audience effects, aggression, personality assessment, female athletes, youth in sport, coach behavior, and physical activity for all.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ECSE 6510 - Introduction to Stochastic Signals and Systems
Deterministic signal representations and analysis, introduction to random processes and spectral analysis, correlation function and power spectral density of stationary processes, noise mechanisms, the Gaussian and Poisson processes. Markov processes, the analysis of linear and nonlinear systems with random inputs, stochastic signal representations, orthogonal expansions, the Karhunen-Loeve series, channel characterization, introduction to signal detection, linear mean-square filtering, the orthogonality principle, optimum Wiener and Kalman filtering, modulation theory, and systems analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 2410 and ECSE 4500 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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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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PHYS 4750 - Introduction to Surface Physics
A survey of the phenomena occurring at surfaces. Surface structure and surface electronic properties. Surface processes including adsorption, surface diffusion, crystal growth. Interaction of charged particles with surfaces.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2510 or permission of instructor. Consult department about when offered.
When Offered: 4 credit hours
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4520 - Introduction to Technological Entrepreneurship
An introductory course for initiating a new business venture and developing it into a self-sustaining and profitable enterprise. Provides understanding of the process whereby a person decides to become an entrepreneur, screens opportunities, selects an appropriate product/market target, and obtains the necessary resources. Also, provides the theoretical and practical knowledge for the preparation of formal business plans for the development of new products, processes, and services and for the financing of new enterprises.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MATH 4040 - Introduction to Topology
Topics include general topological spaces, connectedness, compactness, continuity, and product spaces. Additional topics may be chosen from identification spaces, homotopy, the fundamental group, covering maps, lifts, classification of surfaces, Baire category, dimension, and the Jordan curve theorem.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 4090 or graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term even numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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CIVL 2030 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Introduction to the planning, design, and analysis of transportation problems. Studies of costs of providing transportation, level of service offered to travelers, and demand for transportation services. Evaluation of various service strategies and the policy implications of each alternative. Various modes of travel and their physical facilities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2400. Corequisite: ENGR 2600.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ITEC 1150 - Introduction to UML
Through this course students will become familiar with UML as a notation for documenting the design of a software information system. In particular, they will understand use case diagrams, activity diagrams, class diagrams, package diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams, deployment diagrams and component diagrams. They will gain experience in creating and manipulating UML diagrams using the Rational Software Modeler.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Prerequisite: CSCI 1100 Computer Science I or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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COMM 2610 - Introduction to Visual Communication
This course is an introduction to basic principles of visual communication and an exploration of the graphic design process. The study approach is through laboratory work utilizing software applications currently used in the field. Topics include type and image; logo design and application; foundation statement creation; and print production methods.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ASTR 2050 - Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy for students with a background of college mathematics and physics. Topics include: astrophysical concepts, solar system basics, stellar astronomy and the interstellar medium, the Milky Way system, galaxies, quasars, and cosmology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1020. Corequisite: PHYS 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 2160 - Introductory Biotechnology
The application of biological principles and materials in the production of commercially important products. Fermentation, biocatalysis, hybridoma technology, and plant cell culture are treated in the history and development of modern biotechnology, including social aspects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOL 1010 or BIOL 2120.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECON 1200 - Introductory Economics
Every society faces the question of choosing how to use its natural and human resources to produce goods and services and how to distribute these resources among its people. This course studies how these choices are made in markets. It also explains the determinants of total output, employment, and inflation. Attention may also be given to special topics such as the environment, trade, and population.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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BIOL 4420 - Introductory Immunology
An introduction to immune responses, antigen-antibody reactions, antibody structure and formation, blood groups, and antibody-mediated and cell-mediated hypersensitivity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: BIOL 2120 and BIOL 2310.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHYS 4100 - Introductory Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics beyond Schrodinger wave mechanics. The postulates of quantum mechanics. Second quantization, Dirac notation, Hilbert spaces, perturbation theory, and applications to simple systems.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4510 - Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
This course focuses on three key goals: providing increased insight into the cognitive foundations of entrepreneurship, offering practice in applying creative thinking to the task of formulating ideas for new products or services, and presenting basic information about the organizational process of commercializing such innovations. These goals will be achieved through a combination of assigned readings, in-class exercises, and individual and team projects. In addition, the course will include contributions from guest speakers who will share with the class their own experiences and expertise.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6640 - Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Creativity is the starting point for technological entrepreneurship. Through interaction with faculty and guest speakers, students increase their understanding of the creative process and some of the tools that can be implemented to stimulate and/or manage individual and collective creativity. In addition, through application of these techniques in course activities, students explore and attempt to enhance their own creativity.
When Offered: Spring term.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 4220 - Inventor’s Studio
Students work in teams to continue design and development work on approved projects that started in other courses such as Introduction to Engineering Design. New projects can also be proposed by students. Emphasis will be on completing the design, building an improved prototype, applying for patent protection, and licensing the design. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Oral and written presentations are required. This is designated as a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2050 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6320 - Investment Analysis I
Introduction to investment instruments and modern methods of pricing them. Basic components of viable investment programs are outlined. Topics include expected utility theory and risk aversion, modern portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets (CAPM, APT), index models, futures and options, theory of active portfolio management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6020. This course available to Hartford students only.
When Offered: Fall term.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6330 - Investment Analysis II
Advanced study in investment analysis, decision making, and practice. Emphasis on bond market analysis and bond portfolio management, including asset-backed securities, high-yield bonds, venture capital, and derivative securities. Topics include bond pricing, the term structure and risk structure of interest rates, duration concepts and immunization strategies, analysis of embedded options in fixed income securities. Application of strategies to real data set.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6320 or permission of instructor. This course available to Hartford students only.
When Offered: Spring term.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6410 - Investments
The objectives of this course are: 1)To introduce the student to the most important investment instruments currently traded in U.S. financial markets, including forward and futures contracts, options, futures options and swaps on a variety of underlying instruments including fixed income securities; 2)To discuss the major distributions of modern financial economics in pricing them; 3)To discuss their uses by the investment community in practical investment strategies.
When Offered: Spring term.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 4320 - Investments I
Introduction to financial markets, financial instruments, and basic investment principles. The course provides students with an understanding of how to value securities, how to assess risk and return tradeoffs, how to make investment decisions, and how to measure investment performance. Topics include market microstructure and impact of technology on securities markets, principles of investment banking, valuation of stocks and bonds and hybrid instruments, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, bond portfolio management, and derivative securities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2320.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4330 - Investments II
Advanced course in investment decision making. Analysis of investment strategies in national and international equity markets including emerging markets. Other topics include arbitrage pricing principles, portfolio insurance, study of the term structure of interest rates and interest rate forecasts, duration analysis, and bond portfolio management, including immunization and active strategies. Principles of option and futures pricing and strategies in options and futures markets.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320 and MGMT 4320.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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IHSS 1220 - IT and Society
Will IT increase prosperity? For whom? What role should governments play in IT development? Do corporations have new responsibilities in the Information Era? What about IT professionals? This course explores the issues, the arguments, and working solutions. The first section examines macro indicators and trends. The second section examines the microeconomics and politics of specific arenas—the software industry, the automated work place, telemedicine, television. The last section explores opportunities for improving society, using IT.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ITEC 1220. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ITEC 1220.
Credit Hours: 4
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ITEC 1220 - IT and Society
Will IT increase prosperity? For whom? What role should governments play in IT development? Do corporations have new responsibilities in the Information Era? What about IT professionals? This course explores the issues, the arguments and working solutions. The first section examines macro indicators and trends. The second section examines the microeconomics and politics of specific arenas—the software industry, the automated work place, telemedicine, television. The last section explores opportunities for improving society, using IT.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as IHSS 1220. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and IHSS 1220.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4150 - IT Project Management
This capstone concentration course provides the student with conceptual and applied material focusing on the effective implementation of information. A central theme underlying this course is that information system implementation is best thought of as a bridge between systems design and utilization and that it must be understood in the context of the development process as a whole. The course examines a wide array of interrelated issues not generally covered in a systems analysis and design course including: process development life cycle; project management and systems engineering; process reengineering and maturity; organizational learning and evaluation.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1610 - Italian I
In this course students will develop basic conversational and comprehension skills in Italian and gain familiarity with essential aspects of Italian culture. The course will include basic readings and an array of cultural materials to acquaint students with life in an Italian-speaking environment.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ITEC 4100 - ITEC Capstone Experience
Students work on collaborative projects to design innovative IT solutions which address a specific problem or area of need in the student’s field. Students work to identify a problem and research viable solutions. They go on to propose, design, and prototype their IT solution learning best practices for IT project management, communication, and user-center design, This course serves as the culminating experience for the undergraduate IT program. Restricted to ITEC majors. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ITEC 2210 and ITEC 4310. This is a communication-intensive class.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1210 - Japanese I
Introduction to basic aspects of Japanese grammar, conversation, reading, and writing. Practice with everyday situations with focus on various features of Japanese life and culture.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 1220 - Japanese II
Continuation of Japanese I. Grammar, conversation, reading and writing will be emphasized. The course will focus on various features of Japanese life and culture. The class will consist of short lectures with various communication drills, written and spoken. Approximately 30 Kanji characters will be introduced.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 1210 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2210 - Japanese III
Continuation of Japanese II. The course reinforces fundamental skills introduced in Japanese I and II and further develops functional ability to communicate in Japanese beyond the elementary level. The class consists of short lectures with various communication activities, written and spoken. Aspects of contemporary Japanese culture will also be discussed. Approximately 45 new Kanji characters will be introduced.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: LANG 1210 and LANG 1220 or consent of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2220 - Japanese IV
Continuation of Japanese III. This course will extend the knowledge and the skills acquired in Japanese I through III to the intermediate level. The course will further develop fluency in conversational skill while reading and writing skills of more complex texts are emphasized. Approximately 120 new Kanji characters will be introduced.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: LANG 1210, LANG 1220, and LANG 2210 or consent of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ARTS 2330 - Jazz Ensemble
Readings, rehearsals, and performances of jazz compositions ranging from the traditional jazz canon to pieces from contemporary composers/arrangers. Preparation and attendance at rehearsals and all performances expected.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: demonstration of adequate skill through audition.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 1
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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: Prerequisites: ENGR 1600 and ENGR 2010.
When Offered: Fall term.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 6110 - Kinematic Synthesis
Analytical and geometrical theories of function, path, and motion generation of four bar linkages. Consists of 3, 4, and 5 accuracy points. Review of recent developments and use of computer graphic methods.
When Offered: Spring term annually .
Credit Hours: 3
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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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DSES 6180 - Knowledge Discovery with Data Mining
Data mining is the computationally intelligent extraction of information from large databases. It is the process of automated presentation of patterns, rules, and functions from large data bases to make crucial business decisions. This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to data mining and knowledge discovery involving statistics, rule and tree induction, neural networks, genetic algorithms, visualization and fuzzy logic. The course is project driven and puts a special emphasis on the use of computational intelligence for scientific data mining related to drug design and bioinformatics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2600 or equivalent introductory course in statistics.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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PHIL 4440 - Knowledge, Belief, and Cognition
An exploration of what it means to know something, of the difference between knowing and believing, and of the relation between a knowledge claim and the evidence on which the claim is based. Students attempt to find philosophical counters to skepticism in respect to memory, knowledge, truth, knowledge of the physical world, of the self, and of other minds.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.
When Offered: Spring term, alternate years.
Credit Hours: 4
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ENVE 6130 - Land Applications of Wastewater
Treatment efficiency and design parameters for different methods of treatment of wastewaters by land application. Methods considered include irrigation, rapid infiltration, overland flow, septic-tank leach field systems, and deep well injection. Soil geology and groundwater flow maintenance, monitoring of systems, and public health considerations. Evaluation of sludge disposal.
When Offered: Offered on availability of faculty.
Credit Hours: 3
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ARCH 4080 - Landscape Patterns: From Region to Site
This course introduces the essential components of landscape planning from a design perspective. It will introduce methods for visualizing and interpreting landscape patterns, including the suitability analysis approach espoused by Ian McHarg and colleagues, the language of American landscape ecology, and Kevin Lynch’s place legibility concept. Synthesis of this regional information will then be used to develop a focused understanding of sustainable design implications at the site level.
When Offered: Sping term annually
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 2940 - Language Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 4940 - Language Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 4
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LANG 6940 - Language Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
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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DSES 6830 - Large-Scale Systems: Case Studies and Analyses
A case-study approach introducing the systems method to analyze large-scale systems. Qualitative and quantitative study of the problems, from problem examination to problem definition, to problem solution, and to implementation. Case studies in manufacturing, transportation, community development, water resources, and criminal justice. Emphasis is on analysis of real-world problems using techniques of systems engineering and operations research and considering diverse factors such as economic, technical, sociological, and environmental issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4500. Corequisite: DSES 4770 (MATP 4700) or equivalent or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ECSE 6830. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE 6830.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECSE 6830 - Large-Scale Systems: Case Studies and Analyses
A case-study approach introducing the systems method to analyze large-scale systems. Qualitative and quantitative study of the problems, from problem examination, to problem definition, to problem solution, and to implementation. Case studies in manufacturing, transportation, community development, water resources, and criminal justice. Emphasis is on analysis of real-world problems, using techniques of systems engineering and operations research, and considering diverse factors such as economic, technical, sociological, and environmental issues.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECSE 4500. Corequisite: MATP 4700 or DSES 4770 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as DSES 6830. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and DSES 6830.
Credit Hours: 3
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ECSE 4630 - Lasers and Optical Systems
Optical physics and applications of lasers. Design of optical systems. Topics include: wave optics and beam propagation, Gaussian beams, resonators, optical properties of atoms and laser gain media, laser amplifiers, pulsed laser systems, applications of lasers, nonlinear optics. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 recommended.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-isted as PHYS 4630. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and PHYS 4630.
Credit Hours: 4
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PHYS 4630 - Lasers and Optical Systems
Optical physics and applications of lasers. Design of optical systems. Topics include: wave optics and beam propagation, Gaussian beams, resonators, optical properties of atoms and laser gain media, laser amplifiers, pulsed laser systems, applications of lasers, nonlinear optics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 2620 recommended.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ECSE 4630. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ECSE 4630.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week.
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STSS 2350 - Law, Values, and Public Policy: Perspectives on Science and Technology
This course examines the interconnections between values and law, seeking to understand how these affect and are affected by science and technology by examining such topics as computers and privacy, medical malpractice, abortion, and other legal conflicts surrounding new reproductive technologies, problems of expert witnesses, sexual harassment, patent infringement, auto safety litigation, and siting of hazardous facilities, among others.
When Offered: Annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4450 - Learning
The first half of this course is devoted to presentation of traditional theories of learning. Classical and operant conditioning and single-subject methodology are studied in depth. During the second half of the course, students apply their knowledge of operant conditioning principles in the context of a group-based field study.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6750 - Legal Aspects of E-Business and Information Technology
Legal, regulatory and public policy issues related to e-commerce/e-business, the Internet, and information technology are explored through an analytic, critical thinking approach. Topics include: e-contracts, digital signatures, B2B and B2C agreements; ownership, protection, and exploitation of intellectual capital including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets; regulatory issues; ISP and Web site liability including defamation; copyright infringement, securities regulation, and criminal acts; policy issues including privacy, security and encryption, and obscene materials. Global e-commerce will be explored.
When Offered: Fall term.
Credit Hours: 3
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LGHT 6770 - Light and Health
This course will explore the effects of light and lighting on people’s physical and psychological health and well-being. Lectures will focus on the physiology of the visual and circadian systems, the relationship between lighting and visual performance and circadian photobiology, including the relationship between lighting and Alzheimer’s disease, sleep disorder, alertness, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and breast cancer. The course will conclude with a research project studying the interaction of light and human health in the built environment. Students will learn to apply their newly acquired knowledge of the health effects of light to lighting design and application.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LGHT 4840.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 4230 - Lighting Design
A design studio that explores the roles of light in architecture and its application by design. Students conceive, evaluate, and synthesize solutions that contribute to successful lighting and architectural design.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 6780 - Lighting Leadership Seminar
A series of topics and case studies to prepare students for leadership roles in the lighting industry. Topics relate to product innovation and factors influencing changes of policy and processes in the lighting industry and involve lecture and discussion sessions and reading assignments. Case studies examine selected topics in greater depth, using actual situations to illustrate interactions of technology and business forces.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 6750 - Lighting Research Design
An introduction to the philosophy of research and different approaches to it. Emphasis is placed on planning, executing, analyzing, and describing experiments. Each student is required to keep a laboratory notebook and to perform statistical tests in concert with assigned research projects.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 4770 - Lighting Technologies and Applications
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the components of advanced lighting systems and enables them to critically explore applications of those components. Through lectures, readings, assignments, and application projects, students acquire working knowledge of the relevant products and techniques for lighting application and develop solutions to lighting problems. Students will undertake practical applications of advanced lighting technologies and develop skills in the application of photometric data, use of manual and computer-based lighting calculations, and the development of lighting specifications.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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LGHT 6760 - Lighting Workshop
The Lighting Workshop is a research and design studio integrating scholarship, technology, design, policy, and communication in an intensive, project specific context. The course includes a number of topics, selected each year by faculty. These topics are selected to emphasize scholarship; require a variety of written and verbal presentation techniques; increase synthesizing skills in design, applications, and visualization software; and require teamwork and individual efforts. The Lighting Workshop emphasizes studio and seminar work supplemented with lecture, class discussions, and individual and group research, design, writing, and reading assignments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: LGHT 4230.
When Offered: Spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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ENVE 6150 - Limnology
Classification and identification of microscopic and macroscopic aquatic plant and animal life. Chemical analysis sufficient to relate the organisms to their environment. Measurement of the physical characteristics of a lake. Field and laboratory studies on different aquatic systems. Classes conducted at Darrin Fresh Water Institute on Lake George.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Offered on availability of faculty.
Credit Hours: 3
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MATH 4100 - Linear Algebra
The theory underlying vector spaces, algebra of subspaces, bases; linear transformations, dual spaces; eigenvectors, eigenvalues, minimal polynomials, canonical forms of linear transformations; inner products, adjoints, orthogonal projections and complements.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 2010.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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DSES 6770 - Linear Programming
A unified development of linear systems and linear programming, polyhedral theory, the simplex method, interior point methods, decomposition methods for large scale linear programming problems, the ellipsoid method, column generation algorithms for stochastic programming and other problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: DSES 4770 (MATP 4700).
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: (Cross listed as MATP 6640. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MATP 6640.)
Credit Hours: 4
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MATP 6640 - Linear Programming
A unified development of linear systems and linear programming, polyhedral theory, the simplex method, interior point methods, decomposition methods for large-scale linear programming problems, the ellipsoid method, column generation algorithms for stochastic programming, and other problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATP 4700 or DSES 4770.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross-listed as DSES 6770. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and DSES 6770.
Credit Hours: 4
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COMM 6350 - Literacy Seminar
In this seminar, we examine new communication technologies that depend upon reading and writing in counterpoint to four concepts in literacy studies: literacy as practice, literacy as control, literacy as mediation, and vernacular literacy. Our goal is to understand the scope and limits of these concepts for new technologically mediated environments — to see, in what sense, literate technologies challenge, extend or modulate the ways we use texts.
When Offered: Fall term alternate years.
Credit Hours: 3
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BIOL 4050 - Literature Search Strategies in Biology
Course covers basic library offerings such as ConnectNY, My RensSearch and Interlibrary Loan and complex ones such as Sci-Finder Scholar, Web of Science and Medline. Different types of information retrieval including ebooks, journal articles, protocols, patents, and grants are included. Students visit archives, and guest librarians are invited to lecture on their areas of expertise.
When Offered: Fall term annually
Credit Hours: 1
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LITR 2940 - Literature Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 4
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LITR 6940 - Literature Studies
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students.
Credit Hours: 3
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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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ECSE 6670 - Local Computer Networks and Multiaccess Communication
Review of OSI and IEEE 802 layered network architectures. Related queuing theory including basic Markov chain theory; M/M/1 and M/G/1 queues; and reservation, polling, and token passing systems. Protocols for multiple access channels such as satellite and packet radio networks including ALOHA and carrier sensing protocols. Local area network protocols: CSMA/CD, token passing rings and buses, implicit token protocols, and protocols for fiber optic LANs. Emphasis throughout on access protocols and their analysis.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECSE 4500, ECSE 4670.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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COGS 6240 - Logic and Artificial Intelligence
This course is about the connection between logic and artificial intelligence (AI). It may be partitioned into three general sections: 1) the straightforward application of firstorder logic (FOL) in AI; 2) the broadening of FOL to enable a robot to reason in a commonsense way (nonmonotonic reasoning, induction, etc.) and to formalize a robot agent’s belief and knowledge system (modal logics, etc.); and 3) using a logical approach to the Frame Problem and to building a planner.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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CSCI 4100 - Machine and Computational Learning
Introduction to the theory, algorithms, and applications of automated learning (supervised, reinforcement, and unsupervised), how much information and computation are needed to learn a task, and how to accomplish it. Emphasis will be given to unifying approaches coming from statistics, function approximation, optimization and pattern recognition. Topics include: Decision Trees, Neural Networks, RBF’s, Bayesian Learning, PAC Learning, Support Vector Machines, Gaussian processes, Hidden Markov Models.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: familiarity with probability, linear algebra, and calculus.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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CSCI 6100 - Machine and Computational Learning
Introduction to the theory, algorithms, and applications of automated learning (supervised, reinforcement, and unsupervised), how much information and computation are needed to learn a task, and how to accomplish it. Emphasis will be given to unifying approaches coming from statistics, function approximation, optimization, and pattern recognition. Topics include: Decision Trees, Neural Networks, RBF’s, Bayesian Learning, PAC Learning, Support Vector Machines, Gaussian processes, Hidden Markov Models.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: familiarity with probability, linear algebra, and calculus.
When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 3
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MANE 4170 - Machine Dynamics
The principles of dynamics as applied to the analysis of the accelerations and dynamic forces in machines and machine components such as linkages, cams, and gears. The effect these dynamic forces have on the dynamic balance and operation of the machines and the attending stresses in the individual components of the machines.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2090 and MATH 2400.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6290 - Macroeconomics and International Environments of Business
This course identifies major forces acting on the enterprise from the macroeconomic and international environment. Key factors include national income and output, interest rates, economic growth and business cycles, international trade and balance of payment, exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policy. Factors are analyzed in terms of their impact on the economic and technological decisions of the enterprise.
Credit Hours: 3
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CHEM 4410 - Macroscopic Physical Chemistry
A course dealing with physicochemical properties of substances on a macroscopic scale. Chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, electric and magnetic phenomena, transport properties and surface and colloid chemistry
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6530 - Making Business Happen
Analyze the process of identifying prospective markets and customers, developing channels, defining the value proposition, selling products and services, and managing a sales force. Learn about tools ranging from customized consultative sales to commodity brokering, customer relationship management systems to trade press articles. Develop the skills to effectively listen, recognize opportunity, verbally persuade, handle objections, and prospect. Develop an understanding of customer needs, approach strategies, and effective presentations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 1240 - Management Leadership I
The overall content focuses on skills, body of knowledge, and theories of leadership development. It involves discussion and practice to give students well-rounded skills necessary for personal and professional success. The course emphasizes the following themes: communication, ethics, values and self-awareness, leadership and followership.
When Offered: Fall and spring sequences annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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MGMT 1250 - Management Leadership II
The overall content focuses on skills, body of knowledge, and theories of leadership development. It involves discussion and practice to give students well-rounded skills necessary for personal and professional success. The course emphasizes the following themes: communication, ethics, values and self-awareness, leadership and followership.
When Offered: Fall and spring sequences annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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MGMT 6470 - Management of Quality, Processes, and Reliability
This course provides in-depth coverage of the quality management field by covering many of the qualitative, management aspects of quality, as well as some of the traditional quantitative measurement and control techniques. The emphasis is on the application of the quality principles to develop an understanding of concepts in quality and apply these concepts in problem solving situations. Six-Sigma methodology is highlighted. Some coverage of international considerations, via ISO-9000, and reliability topics is given. The aim will be to show students how companies have found solutions to problems and improved their processes, products, and services using quality management concepts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: DSES 6110 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall term.
Credit Hours: 3
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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.
Credit Hours: 3
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