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(BUAD) Business Administration (205)

  
  • 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.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • BUAD 242 - Business Software Applications

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction on the use of widely used spreadsheet and database software. Includes, via hands-on activities, the use of the many features contained in these two software applications with emphasis on how and when to apply these features to address a variety of business problems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Accounting 200 and Economics 201 or 207.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Statistics 201 or 207.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 299 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Seminar covering special topics in business.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • 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.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • 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.

  
  • 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): C or better in all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201(or honors equivalents).
    (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): C or better in all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201(or honors equivalents).
    (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): Management 201 or 207.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 338.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • 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): Management 201 or 207.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 337.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • 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): C or better in all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201(or honors equivalents).
    (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): C or better in 242 and all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201(or honors equivalents).
    (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): 341 and 331 or 337.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 301 or 307.
    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): 337 and 341.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 361 and Finance 307.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • 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): C or better in all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201(or honors equivalents).
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • BUAD 399 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Seminar covering special topics in business.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • 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 differs. 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.

    Comment(s): Restricted to 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.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
    Comment(s): Restricted to 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.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • BUAD 427 - Leadership Seminar: Capstone

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

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

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Comment(s): Restricted to 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.
    Comment(s): Restricted to 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.
    Comment(s): Restricted to 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.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the College of Business Administration’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • BUAD 499 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Seminar covering special topics in business.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.

(BULW) Business Law (216)

  
  • BULW 301 - Legal Environment of Business

    2 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, business associations, and employer/employee relations.

    Registration Restriction(s): College of Business Administration or College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources majors and minimum of 45 completed credit hours.

(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): Mathematics 231.
  
  • 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): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158 and Chemistry 130 or 138.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Biology 160.
  
  • 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): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158 and Chemistry 130 or 138.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 241.
  
  • CBE 250 - Application of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics

    4 Credit Hours
    Basic concepts related to engineering applications of thermodynamics to the chemical and biomolecular industries; emphasis on flow processes, real gases and liquids, protein synthesis and hydration, estimation of physical properties, phase equilibria of industrial chemical and pharmaceutical processes, and chemical reaction equilibria including biomolecular applications.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158 and Chemistry 130 or 138.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 241.
  
  • CBE 301 - Application of Statistical and Numerical Techniques in Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Statistical methods for probabilities, expectations, sampling, and estimation; numerical methods for regression, integration, solution for systems of linear/nonlinear algebraic and differential equations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 230.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 231.
  
  • CBE 340 - Mass Transfer and Separation Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Stagewise operation. Application of analytical, graphical, and computer methods to design of stagewise separatory operations. Differential operations application of analytical and computer methods to the design of diffusive processes. Applications include gas absorption, stripping, binary distillation, and extraction.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201, 240, and 250.
    Registration Restriction(s): 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 350 - Chemical and Bioengineering Reactor Fundamentals

    3 Credit Hours
    Homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction kinetics; idealized homogeneous reactor models, both for closed and flow systems; analysis of batch reactor data; multiple reactions; non-isothermal reactions.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201, 240, and 250.
  
  • CBE 360 - Process Dynamics and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to process modeling and industrial control system design. Mathematical tools for characterizing dynamic behavior of processes. Theory and practice of operating and controlling such systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201, 240, and 250.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 231.
    Registration Restriction(s): 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 380 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentation and discussion of topics in the practice of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201, 240, and 250.
  
  • CBE 394 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Co-op

    1 Credit Hours
    Co-op experiences in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Technical report writing and presentations.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 401 - Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals

    1 Credit Hours
    Programmatic review of a broad series of topics covered in the chemical engineering curriculum. Emphasis is on problem-solving strategies and solution methodology.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350, 445, and 480.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 488 or 490.
  
  • CBE 407 - Honors Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentations and discussions on topics of importance to chemical and biomolecular engineers.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 415 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory

    4 Credit Hours
    Thermodynamics, fluid flow, and heat transfer experiments in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301, 340, 350, and 360.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemical engineering major; 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 425 - Chemical and Biomolecular Process Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and methods of cost estimating, debt and equity financing, discounted cash flow methods, and estimation of product manufacturing costs. Includes case studies and the use of computer methods for financial and sensitivity analysis.

  
  • CBE 445 - Separation Process Technology for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Process Industries

    3 Credit Hours
    Multicomponent distillation, theory and computer simulations; specialized technologies, including membrane separation, crystallization, adsorption, and chromatography.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340, 350, and 360.
  
  • CBE 447 - Honors: Transport Phenomena

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of momentum, heat and mass transfer processes, the analogies, differential and macroscopic balances, applications involving molecular diffusion, including simultaneous mass transfer and chemical reaction.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 455 - Elements of Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-disciplinary course combining synergistic approaches of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to design complex cellular metabolisms to solve challenging problems related to health, energy, and environment with integration of state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques.

    (Same as Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 555.)
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 455 and 555.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340, 350, and 360.
  
  • CBE 457 - Engineering Entrepreneurship

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Mechanical Engineering 457.)
  
  • CBE 467 - Honors: Engineering Internship in Process Control

    4 Credit Hours
    Selected students work in small groups on industrial problems in process dynamics and control. Directed by faculty and engineers from host company.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 475 - Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-disciplinary course combining basic concepts in microbiology, biochemistry, reaction kinetics, and biochemical and environmental engineering. Commercial processes, biodegradation/wastewater treatment, analysis of basic bioreactor systems, biosensors, and immobilization methods.

  
  • CBE 480 - Equipment Design and Economic Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Design, optimization, and costing of chemical and biochemical plant equipment. Introduction to economic evaluation methods, capital investment, discounted cash flows, and net present value.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340, 350, 360 and Chemistry 350.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 445.
  
  • CBE 481 - Green Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practical aspects of the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products for determining their feasibility and economic potential while minimizing the generation of pollution at the source and risk to human health and environment.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Nuclear Engineering 483.)
  
  • CBE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Nuclear Engineering 484.)
  
  • CBE 488 - Honors: Design Internship in Green Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected students work in small groups to address the prevention of industrial pollution through improved design of chemical and biochemical processes. Directed by faculty and engineers from a host company.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 445 and 480.
    Comment(s): May be substituted for 490 with departmental approval.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 490 - Process Design and Economic Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of process information into an integrated chemical or biochemical plant design. Process specifications, capital investment, operating costs, and economic feasibility. Computer simulation of final plant design.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 445 and 480.
  
  • CBE 494 - Special Problems in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Chemical and biomolecular engineering problems related to recent developments in industrial practice or engineering research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 498 - Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Research on problems related to recent developments in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(CCI) Communication and Information (248)

  
  • CCI 150 - Communication in an Information Age

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of human, mass, and mediated communication. Introduction to finding, organizing, and evaluating information.


(CE) Civil Engineering (254)

  
  • CE 205 - Professional Development I

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to civil engineering specialties, history, and achievements. Professional responsibility, communication, and organizations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 151 or 157.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • CE 210 - Geomatics

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the measurement, representation, analysis, management, retrieval, and display of spatial data concerning both the earth’s physical features and the built environment. Covers land and construction surveying, controls, error analysis, use of CADD, and an introduction to global positioning systems (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) used in civil engineering.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • CE 262 - Structural Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of structural mechanics including reactions, shear and moment diagrams, trusses, axially loaded members, centroids and area moments of inertia, normal and shear stresses in beams, influence lines, Mohr’s Circle, and torsion.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 202.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors.
  
  • CE 300 - CADD Applications in Civil Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Essentials of Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software to create construction drawings of roads, foundations, buildings, piping, and earthwork plans, as well as flow charts, and project scheduling diagrams. Applications in civil engineering and construction mostly 2-D applications with limited exposure to 3-D applications. Computer intensive course.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Two hours and 1 lab.
    Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil Engineering majors; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • CE 305 - Professional Development II

    2 Credit Hours
    Legal and ethical responsibilities, continuous improvement, career planning, business and public policy concepts, and leadership.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 205.
  
  • CE 309 - Applied Professional Responsibility

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the primary civil engineering professional society, and interaction with the local branch and state section of the ASCE. This class provides a framework for the participation in professional practice activities, service to the community, and educational outreach. These activities may be coordinated through the Student Chapter of ASCE, through the department, through the college, or through other approved groups. May include participation in the annual ASCE Regional Student Chapter Conference.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used as credit toward graduation.
    Registration Restriction(s): College of Engineering majors; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • CE 310 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to laboratory report writing, design of experimental/testing programs, and fundamental lab and field testing for civil and environmental engineers.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 205 and 262.
  
  • CE 321 - Materials of Construction

    3 Credit Hours
    A study of the physical and mechanical properties of materials used in construction including aggregates, cements, concretes, masonry, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and wood; the behavior of materials and structures under load; and material testing standards.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 331 - Geotechnical Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to soil properties and mechanics including phase relationship and soil classification, moisture compaction relationships, two dimensional seepage analysis, and effective stress in layered strata, consolidation theory, time rate and settlement, shear strength, stress increase with depth due to surface loads, bearing capacity of strip foundations, lateral earth pressures and analysis of homogeneous slopes with linear failure surface.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
    (DE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 355 - Transportation Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to traffic demand, transportation planning, traffic flow relationships, geometric design, transportation safety, traffic control devices, queuing analysis, and multimodal transportation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158.
    Recommended Background: 210.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • CE 371 - Structural Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Selection of rolled structural beams. Design of structural steel members for axial tension and compression loads, reinforced concrete beams. Use of standard specifications.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 381 - Environmental Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to drinking water treatment and distribution systems, wastewater treatment and collection systems, air pollution, solid/hazardous waste, and environmental regulations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391 and Chemistry 130.
  
  • CE 391 - Water Resources Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory coverage of water resources engineering including fluid properties; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; hydraulics (flow measurement, pressure pipe, and open channels); and hydrology (climate and the hydrologic cycle, water budgets, groundwater flow, and rainfall-runoff estimation).

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 231 and Engineering Fundamentals 152.
    (DE) Corequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 400 - Senior Design Project

    3 Credit Hours
    Open-ended, comprehensive project emphasizing team approach to design process. Includes problem formulation, site planning, project management, drawings and specifications, cost estimating, and various project components typical of those faced by practicing civil engineers. Must be taken during the term of graduation. Summer graduates must take the course during their last preceding term.

  
  • CE 401 - Review of Engineering Fundamentals

    2 Credit Hours
    Review of selected topics covered on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Emphasis is on those topics relating to civil and environmental engineering. Must be taken during either of the final two terms prior to graduation.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • CE 405 - Professional Practice

    1 Credit Hours
    Academic credit for engineering experience conducted through the College of Engineering’s Office of Professional Practice.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
  
  • CE 407 - Honors Undergraduate Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Research in problems related to recent developments in civil and environmental engineering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering major; 3.25 GPA.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CE 409 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Recent developments and current practice in civil and environmental engineering through field internship and/or self-study.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor and department head.
  
  • CE 430 - Geotechnical Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include site exploration and characterization, review of consolidation and shear strength, advanced concepts in consolidation and shear strength, bearing capacity of rectangular foundations and mats subjected to concentric and eccentric loading, stress influence factors and principle of super position, shallow foundation settlements in clays and sands, advanced concepts in lateral earth pressures and earth retaining structures, slope stability, shallow and deep foundation design, reinforced concrete design of shallow foundations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331.
  
  • CE 432 - Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Series of laboratories designed to teach practical and theoretical aspects of moisture-compaction relationship, permeability, consolidation, and shear strength. Virtual experiments prior to physical laboratory will also be incorporated for relevant material.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 430.
  
  • CE 437 - Honors Geotechnical Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 430 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331.
  
  • CE 440 - Civil Engineering Systems Design and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of data analysis and modeling of civil engineering systems to enhance resource allocation for specific application to problems of transportation, environmental, water resources, structural analysis materials. Emphasis on microcomputer applications.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 251.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CE 442 - Construction Methods and Equipment

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental operations in construction and equipment selection and productivity. Concrete and steel construction and construction contracts and economics.

    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • CE 447 - Honors Civil Engineering Systems Design and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 440 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 251.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CE 455 - Transportation Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrating transportation engineering principles into design of multimodal transportation systems, including overview of transportation design tools often utilized in the industry. Analysis of geometric design and operations management strategies to improve safety and performance; including design for non-motorized and public transport, intelligent transportation systems, signal systems, and simulation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 355.
  
  • CE 456 - Transportation Engineering Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Applying transportation principles to transportation operations and planning problems. Includes data collection techniques and analysis and application of transportation analysis software to model transportation systems.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 455.
  
  • CE 458 - Honors Transportation Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 455 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 355.
  
  • CE 461 - Structural Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of structural elements including loads, shears and moments, composite beams, column buckling, deflections of beams, frames, and trusses, vertical and lateral load-resisting systems, analysis of indeterminate structures by moment distribution, stiffness, and approximate methods.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 462 - Analysis of Framed Structures

    3 Credit Hours
    Vertical and lateral force resisting systems. Gravity loads due to dead, live, and snow loads. Lateral loads due to earthquake and wind. Use of computer in structural analysis. Building modeling and analysis.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 461.
  
  • CE 463 - Structural Behavior Measurement

    1 Credit Hours
    Investigation of structural behavior through laboratory experiments of structural elements, systems, and materials.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 467 - Honors Structural Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 461 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 472 - Steel Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of plate girders and composite beams. Consideration of members subjected to combined stresses. Design of a typical framed building including connections.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 371.
  
  • CE 474 - Reinforced Concrete Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of continuous beams, floor slabs, columns with combined axial loads and bending, and footings. Design for torsion.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 371.
  
  • CE 481 - Environmental Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and design of drinking water treatment and distribution systems, and wastewater treatment and collection systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 381.
  
  • CE 482 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Laboratory methods and interpretation of results for physical, chemical and biological analysis of water and wastewater.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 381.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Geology 485.)
  
  • CE 487 - Honors Environmental Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 481 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 381.
  
  • CE 494 - Water Resources Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in water resources engineering with an emphasis on system analysis and design. Topics include: water distribution and pump analysis, hydropower generation, computer modeling for rainfall-runoff analysis and reservoir/stream flow routing, probability and risk/uncertainty analysis for design, flood control, and stormwater controls and drainage design.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.
  
  • CE 496 - Water Resources Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Design and analysis of hydraulic and hydrologic experiments including laboratory exercises on basic fluid properties, hydrostatic pressure, flow behavior in porous media, pipe flow headlosses, open channel flow, fluid flow measurement in pressurized pipe and open channels, and pump analysis.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 494.
  
  • CE 497 - Honors Water Resources Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as CE 494 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.

(CEM) Comparative and Experimental Medicine

  
  • CEM 411 - Undergraduate Research Participation

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in active biomedical research projects under supervision of faculty. Students in pre-medicine, biology, and related majors may conduct research projects within designated areas.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent. Maximum 9 hours.
    Comment(s): Contact coordinator prior to registering for class.

(CFS) Child and Family Studies (245)

  
  • CFS 106 - Introduction to ECE

    3 Credit Hours
    History of early childhood education programs, practices, and policies. Overview of children’s development and behavior. Introduction of application of developmental theory to curriculum development and classroom methods. Summary of current early childhood education issues and research. Introduction of impact of family, schools, and community on children’s learning. Readings, observations, colloquy, and exposure to a broad spectrum of early childhood education professionals.

  
  • CFS 210 - Human Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Conception through adulthood in various social/ecological contexts. Interrelationships among various aspects of development ― physical, cognitive, emotional, social. Normative and non-normative development.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Registration Restriction(s): Non-child and family studies majors only.
  
  • CFS 211 - Development in Infancy and Childhood

    3 Credit Hours
    Development from conception through middle childhood in various ecological contexts. Interrelationships among cognitive, emotional, social, and biological aspects of ontogeny. Normative and non-normative development. Includes observation.

 

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