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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(BCMB) Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology (188)

  
  • BCMB 409 - Perspectives in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology. Emphasis on current developments and their applications, societal and economic impacts, and moral and ethical implications. An oral presentation and a referenced library-research essay are required. A capstone course. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401 or 402.
    Recommended Background: 9 additional hours of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology or related courses.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • BCMB 415 - Foundations in Neurobiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic nerve cell physiology, nervous system organization, sensory and motor systems, neural basis of behavior, and nervous system development and plasticity.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 140 and Physics 222.
  
  • BCMB 416 - Neurobiology Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments designed to illustrate concepts of modern neurobiology using electrophysiological, historical, and behavioral neurobiological techniques.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 415.
  
  • BCMB 419 - Cellular and Comparative Biochemistry Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments with enzymes, nucleic acids, and membranes and organelles. Chromatography, kinetics, hybridization, sequencing, and immunochemical methods.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
  
  • BCMB 420 - Advanced Topics in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics of current research interest in the areas of biochemistry, enzymology, structural biology, molecular biology and genetics, cellular and developmental biology, neurobiology, endocrinology, bioenergetics, computational biology, plant biology, etc. Emphasis on original literature and the experimental basis of current knowledge. Historical background, societal impact, ethical and moral implications, and future development of technologies.

    Recommended Background: Senior standing in BCMB concentration.
  
  • BCMB 421 - Cell and Tissue Structure and Function

    4 Credit Hours
    Study of animal cells and tissues at light and electron microscope levels.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 140.
  
  • BCMB 440 - General Physiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of cellular and organ-system animal physiology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 140 and Chemistry 360.
    Recommended Background: Physics 221 and 222.
  
  • BCMB 452 - Independent Research in Biochemistry

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Special experimental problems under direction of a staff member.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 401 and 419.
  
  • BCMB 457 - Honors Thesis

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Written preparation and oral presentation of faculty-supervised student research conducted in 452 or equivalent.

    Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1-3 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may not be applied toward the biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 452.
    Registration Restriction(s): Biological sciences major/honors biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration.
  
  • BCMB 459 - Biophysical Crystallography

    3 Credit Hours
    Theories and practices of X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction and neutron scattering to elucidate the structure of nucleic acids, proteins, nucleosomes, ribosomes and viruses. Application of 3-D structures in designing drugs against AIDS, cancer, cardiac disease and neurodegenerative disorders.

    Recommended Background: 401, or two 300-level chemistry courses or Physics 240 or consent of instructor.
  
  • BCMB 460 - Cancer Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental mechanisms of cancer formation and therapy, including cell cycle, cancer epidemiology cancer pathology, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, DNA repair, and metastasis.

    Recommended Background: Biology 240 or consent of instructor.
  
  • BCMB 471 - Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Physicochemical principles with applications to biological systems. Thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, solution chemistry, transport, electrochemistry, kinetics, enzyme catalyzed reactions.

    (Same as Chemistry 471.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 350 and 360 and 369; Biology 130 or 102.
    Recommended Background: Calculus.
  
  • BCMB 480 - Physiology of Exercise

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Exercise Science 480.)
  
  • BCMB 481 - Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Physicochemical principles with applications to biological systems. Elementary quantum chemistry, interactions of light with biological molecules, optical and magnetic spectroscopy, light scattering, case studies of selected macromolecules.

    (Same as Chemistry 481.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 350, 360, 369 and Biology 130 or 102.
    Recommended Background: Calculus.
  
  • BCMB 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum 2 hours may be applied toward the biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BCMB 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum 3 hours may be applied toward the biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(BIOL) Biology (190)

  
  • BIOL 101 - Humankind in the Biotic World

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of biology from the perspective of the impacts of plants, animals, and microbes on human life, and the impact of humans on the biosphere. Intended for students not majoring in the biological or pre-health sciences. Surveys life from the cell to topics in human health. Topics include ― macromolecules and cells, energy flow in biological systems, genetics and information flow from generation to generation, reproduction, biotechnology and genetic engineering, sex and sexuality, human physiology, cancer, drugs (use and misuse). Laboratories involve a mix of skills-oriented exercises and assignments focused on topics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab.
    Comment(s): Although not required, it is strongly recommended that 101 and 102 be taken in sequence.
  
  • BIOL 102 - Humankind in the Biotic World

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of biology from the perspective of the impacts of plants, animals, and microbes on human life, and the impact of humans on the biosphere. Intended for students not majoring in the biological or pre-health sciences. Focuses on the diversity of the Earth’s biota and the interdependence among components. Topics include ― surveys of biodiversity from bacteria to higher plants and animals, genetics and evolutionary processes, population biology, ecology, ecosystems, environmental issues including world population, and global climate change. Laboratories involve a mix of skills-oriented exercises and assignments focused on topics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab.
    Comment(s): Although not required, it is strongly recommended that 101 and 102 be taken in sequence.
  
  • BIOL 111 - General Botany

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of plant biology covering cell biology, respiration, photosynthesis, genetics (including mitosis, meiosis, Mendelian inheritance, recombinant DNA technology) and classification and diversity of the prokaryotes, fungi, protista, and plant kingdoms.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab.
    Comment(s): Although not required, it is recommended 111-112 be taken in sequence.
  
  • BIOL 112 - General Botany

    4 Credit Hours
    Topics include development of the plant body, anatomy, hormonal and environmental growth regulation, plant nutrition, regulation of water and nutrients, origin of life and mechanisms of evolution, speciation, and population genetics, ecology including dynamics of communities and ecosystems, the interaction of plants and people including origin of agriculture, the Green Revolution, and plants as medicines, a survey of current environmental issues related to plant biology and tree identification.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture, 1 hour lab and field trips.
    Comment(s): Although not required, it is recommended 111-112 be taken in sequence.
  
  • BIOL 130 - Biodiversity

    4 Credit Hours
    Unifying concepts and principles of biology, illustrated with diversity of life. Properties of life, molecular basis, origin of life, cells, genetics, introduction to kingdoms, origins of multicellularity, multicellular plants and animals, ideas about evolution, man’s place in nature. Emphasis on common themes in living systems (e.g., metabolism, protein and nucleotide sequence similarities, morphology), phylogeny construction, fossils, and the major plant and animal groups. Writing and analysis of lab activities required. Intended for science majors.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students receiving credit for both 101 and 102 may not receive credit for 130.
  
  • BIOL 140 - Organization and Function of the Cell

    4 Credit Hours
    Topics include basic organic chemistry and biomolecules, cell structure (membranes, cell walls, and internal organelles); energetics (respiration and photosynthesis); cell division mitosis; and molecular biology. Labs will stress basic laboratory skills and procedures such as measuring pipetting and mixing solutions, as well as introduce modern methods for analysis of cell components such as electrophoresis and centrifugation.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 and Chemistry 120.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Chemistry 130.
  
  • BIOL 157 - Honors Experimental Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Integrated lecture/laboratory practicum designed as an inquiry-based course with hands-on experimentation to explore the nature of scientific research and unifying concepts and principles of biology. Properties of life and common themes in living systems using plant and animal subjects for experimentation.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS) (OC)
    Credit Restriction: Students receiving credit for both 101 and 102 may not receive credit for 157.
  
  • BIOL 240 - General Genetics

    4 Credit Hours
    Classical and modern principles of heredity. Topics include meiosis and transmission genetics; molecular genetics and gene expression; population and evolutionary genetics. Laboratories will alternate with problem-solving sessions and will include both computer based simulations and hands-on experience with model genetic systems. Emphasis on development of analytical skills.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140 or 112.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 130.
  
  • BIOL 250 - General Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Relations between organisms and their environment, including human environmental problems. Topics include populations, communities, and ecosystems.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 hour discussion, field problems, or computer simulations.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140 or 112.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 130.
    Comment(s): A working knowledge of college algebra is required.
  
  • BIOL 307 - Honors: Colloquy in Biological Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentations by professional biologists emphasizing rewards of careers in different areas of biology. Nationally recognized speakers invited each term.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Recommended Background: 8 hours of 200-level or above biology courses.
    Registration Restriction(s): Biological sciences major/honors biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration or honors ecology and evolutionary biology concentration or honors microbiology concentration or honors plant biology concentration; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • BIOL 308 - Honors: Colloquy in Biological Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentations by professional biologists emphasizing rewards of careers in different areas of biology. Nationally recognized speakers invited each term.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Recommended Background: 8 hours of 200-level or above biology courses.
    Registration Restriction(s): Biological sciences major/honors biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration or honors ecology and evolutionary biology concentration or honors microbiology concentration or honors plant biology concentration; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • BIOL 397 - Honors: Seminar on Research Skills

    3 Credit Hours
    Required of (but not limited to) Threshold Biology Scholars. Technical and cognitive skills necessary for participation in biological research. Lecture/presentations and small team demonstrations and discussion.

    Recommended Background: 8 hours of 200-level or above biology courses.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BIOL 398 - Honors: Practicum in Biological Research

    3-5 Credit Hours
    Required of (but not limited to) Threshold Biology Scholars. Rotation through 3-5 modules of required and elective experience in participating laboratories.

    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 3-5 hours.
    Recommended Background: 8 hours of 200-level or above biology courses.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BIOL 401 - Senior Thesis

    3-12 Credit Hours
    Required research experience of Threshold Biology Scholars. Students design research projects, complete research data acquisition, organize thesis documents, and prepare presentations.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.

(BME) Biomedical Engineering (192)

  
  • BME 271 - Biomedical Engineering Principles

    1 Credit Hours
    Application of engineering principles and methods to problem solving in the life sciences and medicine.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152.
  
  • BME 300 - Engineering Physiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of human physiology with discussions of selected topics in pathophysiology. Emphasis on topics from a quantitative rather than a descriptive point of view. Discussion of clinical correlations of physiological processes.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BME 345 - Biomedical Engineering Instrumentation and Measurement

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of measurement systems. Standards, dynamic characteristics of instruments, and statistical data treatment. Transducers, signal conditioning, strain, pressure, and temperature and flow measurements.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Aerospace Engineering 341 and Electrical and Computer Engineering 300.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 363.
  
  • BME 363 - System Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Free and forced vibrations of damped and undamped lumped parameter systems. Transient and frequency response of lumped parameter systems. Introduction to feedback control systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 231 and Mathematics 231.
  
  • BME 409 - Cell and Tissue Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Mammalian cell culture. Effects of mechanical forces on cells. Tissue engineering of cardiovascular and orthopedic devices.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 230 or Biology 140.
  
  • BME 410 - Professional Topics

    2 Credit Hours
    Topics relating to professional responsibility, communications, and organization. Requires a formal oral presentation by each student on an engineering topic chosen by the student and approved by the instructor.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 455.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • BME 430 - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Experience with the unique problems associated with making measurements and interpreting data in living systems. Experiments may include mechanical testing of biological materials, imaging, and physiological measurements (EKG, EMG, ECG, etc.).

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 345 and Electrical and Computer Engineering 315.
  
  • BME 455 - Biomedical Engineering Design I

    2 Credit Hours
    Design of biomedical systems. Economics, optimization, reliability, patents and product liability. Participation in team design efforts. Requires oral and written design reports.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 430.
  
  • BME 469 - Biomedical Engineering Design II

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of complete biomedical device. Documentation includes complete specification, design calculations, preparation of working drawings, and cost analysis. Requires written and oral reports.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 455.
  
  • BME 473 - Applied Biomechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Applications of biomechanics to the industrial and orthopedic area. Design of orthopedic implant devices; biomechanics of injury and protection.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 321.
  
  • BME 474 - Biomaterials

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Materials Science and Engineering 474.)
  
  • BME 475 - Design of Artificial Internal Organs

    3 Credit Hours
    Design, development, and evaluation of artificial internal organs; analysis of transport processes in therapeutic devices for design optimization; current research and development needs. Ethical considerations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Aerospace Engineering 341 and Mathematics 231.
  
  • BME 485 - Advanced Biomaterials: Biological Application of Nanomaterials

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Materials Science and Engineering 485.)
  
  • BME 486 - Cell and Tissue-Biomaterials Interaction

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Materials Science and Engineering 486.)
  
  • BME 494 - Special Project in Biomedical Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Problems related to recent developments and practice.

    Repeatability: May be repeated once.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BME 495 - Special Project in Biomedical Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Problems related to recent developments and practice.

    Repeatability: May be repeated once.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(BSE) Biosystems Engineering (196)

  
  • BSE 104 - Design Apprenticeship

    1 Credit Hours
    Exposure to design in biosystems engineering through apprenticeship with senior design teams in Biosystems Engineering 402. Apprentices will assist with design, construction, testing, analysis, and presentation of project. Will also include background in engineering design, engineering project management, and engineering design tools.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 151.
  
  • BSE 201 - Career Opportunities

    1 Credit Hours
    Activities and opportunities in the fields of specialization; required training for each area; projected career activities.

  
  • BSE 221 - Mass and Energy in Biosystems

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to thermodynamic concepts for biological systems (energy, mass and energy balances, processes and cycles); psychrometrics and psychrometric processes; biological systems and the biosphere (bioenergetics, hydrologic cycle, global energy cycle).

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 120.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152.
  
  • BSE 231 - Biochemistry for Engineers

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of biochemistry presented from an engineering point of view and applied to solve engineering-related problems. Topics to be covered include fundamental organic chemistry of amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids and other important biochemicals; the role and control of pH in biological solutions; fundamental biochemistry of proteins and enzymes; introduction to bioenergetics and metabolic pathways, and the replication, transcription, and translation of DNA.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 120 and Mathematics 141.
  
  • BSE 321 - Biothermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of thermodynamics to biological systems; heat transfer with emphasis upon conduction and convection applications; introduction to diffusion mass transfer.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 221.
  
  • BSE 401 - Biosystems Engineering Design I

    2 Credit Hours
    First course of a capstone design sequence. Review of fundamental engineering principles and design proposal generation. Design proposals will include preliminary engineering analyses, extensive documentation, and multiple individual and group presentations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 431 and 451.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 404.
  
  • BSE 402 - Biosystems Engineering Design II

    6 Credit Hours
    Culmination of capstone design sequence. Intensive design experience on project chosen and approved in 401. Analysis, construction, testing, evaluation, and reporting required. Periodic oral and written reports and submission of design to external engineering design competition or display required.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2-hour lecture, 2-hour recitation, 4-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401 and 444.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 404.
  
  • BSE 404 - Engineering Project Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals and theory of engineering design and engineering project management, use of computerized project management tools, ethical responsibilities and contemporary issues in biosystems engineering, incorporation of economic considerations in engineering design, individual professional and portfolio development.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 401.
  
  • BSE 411 - Mechanical Systems Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of power delivery systems and simple mechanisms; selection and design of mechanical, hydraulic, and tractive power transmission systems. Emphasis on off-road vehicles and bioprocessing systems.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 231 and Mechanical Engineering 321.
  
  • BSE 416 - Environmental Hydrology

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to hydrology and associated environmental implications including: the hydrologic cycle, evapotranspiration, runoff, erosion, unit hydrograph operations, routing, open channel flow, groundwater, infiltration, and urban stormwater.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Aerospace Engineering 341.
  
  • BSE 431 - Bioprocess Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of interdisciplinary bioprocess engineering; basics of biology in an engineering perspective; enzymatic reaction kinetics; metabolism and bioenergetics; cell growth kinetics and product formation; engineering principles applied to bioprocess engineering including mass balance, energy balance, and reaction kinetics; reactor design and systems; introduction to bioseparations; practical aspects of bioprocess engineers and process development.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 321.
  
  • BSE 444 - Practicum

    3 Credit Hours
    Applications of engineering theory and design in selecting, sizing, and fabricating engineering materials, and in developing processes and systems typically used in biosystems engineering.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 401 and 404.
  
  • BSE 451 - Electronic Systems

    4 Credit Hours
    Basic electronics with biological applications. Analog and digital electronics; sensing and controlling physical and environmental parameters; sensor selection and interfacing; signal conditioning; process control. Includes laboratory experiments and design projects.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab. Design content ― 1 hour.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Electrical and Computer Engineering 301.
  
  • BSE 470 - Special Problems in Biosystems Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Selection, analysis solution, and report of problem.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BSE 480 - Selected Topics in Biosystems Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Current trends and problems in biosystems engineering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.

(BSET) Biosystems Engineering Technology (194)

  
  • BSET 202 - Materials and Fabrication

    3 Credit Hours
    Properties of materials including wood, metals, concrete, plastics and lubricants; drafting and plan reading; fabrication techniques and processes involving hand tools, power equipment, and arc and gas welding.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
  
  • BSET 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in agriculture and in environmental science. Topics covered will include GIS software and concepts, GPS receivers, data acquisition, and spatial analysis of data to solve problems. Case studies in agricultural demographics, precision agriculture, pasture management, water quality, watershed management, and waste pollution will be used to provide hands-on experience with these emerging technologies.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources 290.
  
  • BSET 412 - Surveying

    3 Credit Hours
    Measurement of landforms using radar, remote imagery, satellite real-time kinematics, and laser-based surveying instruments. Survey methods and mapping using GIS. Precision landform measurement of distances, angles, and areas; differential and profile leveling; topographic surveying and mapping; area computation.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and one 3-hour lab.
    Recommended Background: College mathematics and computer literacy.
  
  • BSET 414 - CAD Applications to Biosystems Engineering Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) applications in agriculture and environmental science. Essentials of CAD software to create drawings of components, systems, flow charts, and process diagrams. Applications in mechanical, structural, and biosystems. 2-D applications with limited exposure to 3-D applications. Computer intensive course. Hands-on experience.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Two 2-hour labs.
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 414 and 514.
    Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
  
  • BSET 432 - Agricultural Machinery and Tractors

    3 Credit Hours
    Functions, selection, matching, and management of agricultural machinery systems. Tractor power ratings, engine and transmission systems, hydraulic systems, hitching, and ballasting. Field and material capacity, field efficiency, cost analysis, and machinery replacement strategies. Functional analyses of tillage operations, planters and drills, no-tillage systems, hay harvest systems, forage and small grain harvesting, and cotton harvesting. Crop drying processes, off-road machinery safety considerations, and operator ergonomics.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 123 or 151.
  
  • BSET 434 - Production Monitoring and Automation

    3 Credit Hours
    Precision technologies for monitoring and control of agricultural systems. Applications include yield monitoring; variable rate control and sensing systems for planters, sprayers, soil applied nutrients, water management, crop health, and pest pressure; electronic information transfer; and GPS-based vehicle guidance.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 326.
  
  • BSET 452 - Small Internal Combustion Engines

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory, concepts and mechanics of small internal combustion engines; theoretical cycles; selection, operation, adjustment, troubleshooting and repair of single-cylinder engines.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 113 or 123.
  
  • BSET 462 - Agricultural Chemical Application Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Equipment for application of liquid, solid, and gaseous agricultural chemicals; system components; operational characteristics; calibration; selection and management; safety considerations; materials handling and disposal methods.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 123 or 151.
  
  • BSET 474 - Environmental Instrumentation and Monitoring

    3 Credit Hours
    Equipment and techniques commonly used to measure all aspects of hydrologic cycle ― precipitation, runoff, streamflow, and subsurface water movement. Sampling of all flows for contaminants. Design of monitoring systems. Analysis of data.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 474 and 574.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Environmental and Soil Sciences 324.

(BUAD) Business Administration (205)

  
  • BUAD 100 - Approaches to the College of Business Administration

    1 Credit Hours
    Integration into the College of Business Administration with emphasis on academic advising, major exploration, career planning, university resources and services, and reinforcement of academic survival skills such as time management and study skills.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Business Administration 100 and First Year Studies 101.
  
  • BUAD 102 - Service Learning Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Provides framework for participation in service to community.

    Comment(s): Participation in the College of Business Administration’s Venture Living Learning Community is required.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BUAD 201 - Business Functions

    4 Credit Hours
    Understanding how business works through application and integration of fundamental business functions. Includes aspects of marketing, finance, logistics, operations, organizational behavior, and information management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Accounting 200 and Economics 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Statistics 201 or Statistics 207.
  
  • BUAD 207 - Honors: Business Functions

    4 Credit Hours
    Understanding how business works through application and integration of fundamental business functions. Includes aspects of marketing, finance, logistics, operations, organizational behavior, and information management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Accounting 207 and Economics 207.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Statistics 207.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 217 - Leadership Seminar: Approaches

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to approaches and frameworks of leadership within the business context.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 317 - Leadership Seminar: Thesis Preparation

    2 Credit Hours
    Approaches to contemporary business research design: literature review, research methodologies, measurement, data analysis, and interpretation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 217.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 320 - Business Career Planning and Placement

    1 Credit Hours
    Exploration of career opportunities in business. Process of making the career decision, preparing for and conducting a job campaign, and using the placement office.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • BUAD 331 - CBM I: Supply Chain Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Coordinating the end-to-end relationships between supply chain members from inputs to delivery of product/services. Understanding impact of demand and supply information flows across the supply chain. Emphasis on integrating activities through improved processes and relationships to achieve and maintain competitive advantage.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 332.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 332 - CBM I: Demand Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Analysis of current and future markets opportunities. Translation of identified opportunities into strategies to select, acquire, and retain customers that are consistent with overall organizational objectives. Includes design, execution, and evaluation of strategies from the perspective of an organization within a channel of distribution context.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 331.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 337 - Honors: CBM I: Supply Chain Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Coordinating the end-to-end relationships between supply chain members from inputs to delivery of product/services. Understanding impact of demand and supply information flows across the supply chain. Emphasis on integrating activities through improved processes and relationships to achieve and maintain competitive advantage.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 338.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 338 - Honors: CMB I: Demand Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Analysis of current and future markets opportunities. Translation of identified opportunities into strategies to select, acquire, and retain customers that are consistent with overall organizational objectives. Includes design, execution, and evaluation of strategies from the perspective of an organization within a channel of distribution context.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 337.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 341 - CBM II: Lean Operations

    2 Credit Hours
    Design of the product delivery system in manufacturing and service operations. The dynamics of the supply chain. Managing flows in manufacturing and service processes. Specific techniques for designing process design, such as pull replenishment, cellular layout, standard work, and mixed model sequencing.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 342.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 342 - CBM II: Information Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on the concepts, structure, components (input, processes, output, feedback, and control) of information systems, and database design and management. Includes the role, function, and integration of information systems and technology into business activities.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 341.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 353 - CBM III: Integrated Process Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Behavioral processes in organizations with an emphasis on team dynamics and decision making within the contextual framework of integrated business process management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331 and 341.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 301.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 357 - Honors: CBM III: Integrated Process Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Behavioral processes in organizations with an emphasis on team dynamics and decision making within the contextual framework of integrated business process management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331 and 341.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 307.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 361 - The Firm in a Global Context

    3 Credit Hours
    Domestic and international factors that impact the decision-making process of the firm ― domestic and international macroeconomics, regulation, trade policy, technological change, institutional, and cultural systems. Emphasis on relationship between theoretical models and actual problems encountered in the conduct of business.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 400 - Special Topics

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Topics of current interest in international business. Topics announced prior to offering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic is different. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 361.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 401 - Peer Mentor Techniques

    1 Credit Hours
    Training of upper-class students as mentors and advisors for freshmen. Includes cognitive and developmental theories of the college-age student, teaching and learning styles, group communication and listening techniques, and mentoring and advising skills.

    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
  
  • BUAD 402 - Peer Mentor Practicum

    1 Credit Hours
    Peer mentoring of first year students.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BUAD 410 - Leadership Perspectives

    3 Credit Hours
    A holistic approach to the development of personal and professional leadership skills. Topics include: organizational culture within differing institutional frameworks, models of leadership, individual motivation, mentorship, effective and artful communication, opportunity identification.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • BUAD 417 - Leadership Seminar: Applications

    2 Credit Hours
    Approaches to leading and leadership development through interaction with current industry leaders from multiple business and community environments.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 317.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 427 - Leadership Seminar: Capstone

    2 Credit Hours
    Application of leadership concepts and methodologies in business and community environments.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 417.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.
  
  • BUAD 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BUAD 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BUAD 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BUAD 497 - Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Supervised thesis research.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 317.
    Comment(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program is required.

(BULW) Business Law (216)

  
  • BULW 301 - Legal Environment of Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of legal and ethical topics affecting business. Coverage includes legal and business ethics; dispute resolution mechanisms; and substantive and procedural law of regulation, torts, contracts, property, intellectual property, business associations, and employer/employee relations.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.

(CBE) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (223)

  
  • CBE 201 - Material and Energy Balances

    4 Credit Hours
    Steady-state and transient material and energy balances in chemical and biomolecular systems. Introduction to flowsheet software.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 and Chemistry 130.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 250 and Engineering Fundamentals 230.
  
  • CBE 235 - Fundamentals of Molecular Bioengineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Summary of principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics from an engineering and applied science perspective. Examples of biologically-based molecular technologies and analysis and manipulation of living systems for technological applications.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 140.
  
  • CBE 240 - Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

    4 Credit Hours
    Force, energy and mechanical energy balances; flow in tubes, piping systems, packed and fluidized beds; pumping and metering; steady and unsteady state heat conduction; heat transfer in tubes and heat exchangers; radiation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 231.
 

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