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

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Accounting (009)

  
  • ACCT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
  
  • ACCT 507 - Financial Reporting Research and Contemporary Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of contemporary financial reporting issues are covered with an emphasis on researching the authoritative accounting literature. Specific contemporary issues covered vary each semester.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 518 - Professional Standards

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic standards and contemporary issues relevant to assurance providers. Actual practice cases are used to illustrate application.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 519 - Seminar in Business Risk and Assurance Methodology

    3 Credit Hours
    Business risk and emerging methodology used by assurance providers.
    Comment(s): Admission to a graduate program or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 521 - Governmental, Not for Profit, and Management Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Accounting principles and reporting models for governmental and not for profit organizations. Uses of management accounting information in decision making and performance evaluation.
    Comment(s): Admission to a graduate program or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 530 - Tax Research, Accounting Practice, and Procedures

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods of researching tax issues within the federal tax system with emphasis on Internet-based research tools. Tax accounting periods and methods. Tax procedures for dealing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tax practice standards and ethical concerns.
    Comment(s): Admission to a graduate program or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 531 - Tax Strategy and Entity Taxation

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to tax research. Current issues in tax strategy and planning including investment models, implicit taxes, organizational form, and other selected topics. Income taxation of business entity operations including financial statement implications of income taxes.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 532 - Corporate Taxation and Reorganizations

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in corporate taxation including organization and capital structure, distributions, liquidations, acquisitions, and reorganizations. Course emphasizes group projects and presentations. Web-based research tools used extensively.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): or (DE) Corequisite(s): 531.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 533 - Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations

    3 Credit Hours
    Current issues in partnership and S corporation taxation including partnership formation, operations, allocations, and distributions; LLCs; S corporation election and operations; and comparisons of different flow-through entities. Course emphasizes group projects and presentations. Web-based research tools used extensively.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): or (DE) Corequisite(s): 531.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 539 - Multi-Jurisdictional Tax Planning and Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    International and state tax law as it pertains to business transactions. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying tax planning opportunities and designing tax strategies to meet planning objectives.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 531.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ACCT 592 - Graduate Internship in Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Full-time resident professional employment for one academic semester involving qualified job experience, written report of responsibilities, and evaluation of student performance.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of Master of Accountancy advisor required.
  
  • ACCT 593 - Individual Research in Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Directed research in topic of mutual interest.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Master of Accountancy admission or consent of Master of Accountancy advisor required.
  
  • ACCT 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
  
  • ACCT 611 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Registration Permission: Consent of PhD program advisor.
  
  • ACCT 612 - Doctoral Seminar in Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of issues reflected in accounting literature.
    Registration Permission: Consent of PhD program advisor.
  
  • ACCT 619 - Doctoral Research in Accounting

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of research methodology and application of various research methods in accounting literature.
    Registration Permission: Consent of PhD program advisor.
  
  • ACCT 621 - Accounting Colloquium

    1 Credit Hours
    Research and discussion of contemporary issues in practice of accountancy.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of PhD program advisor.
  
  • ACCT 622 - Accounting Colloquium

    1 Credit Hours
    Research and discussion of contemporary issues in practice of accountancy.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of PhD program advisor.
  
  • ACCT 693 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Directed research in topic of mutual interest.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Admission to the PhD/business administration major/accounting concentration required.

Advertising (012)

  
  • ADVT 490 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Detailed study of a specialized area of advertising. Topics vary by semester and include advanced media strategy, advanced creative strategy, direct marketing, and multicultural advertising.
  
  • ADVT 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Comment(s): Admission to a degree program in Communication and Information required.
  
  • ADVT 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when the student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
  
  • ADVT 510 - Advertising and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of advertising as institution in a free-enterprise democratic society and its relation to social, legal, cultural, and economic institutions.
  
  • ADVT 520 - Advertising and Communications Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of contemporary communications theories of attitude change, information-processing, and persuasion as applied to creative strategy decisions.
    Comment(s): Admission to the program or consent of the instructor required.
  
  • ADVT 530 - Advertising and Public Relations Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature, scope, and application of research function to advertising and public relations decisions.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 531 or equivalent.
  
  • ADVT 540 - Advertising Decision Making

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of decision making in budgeting, creative strategy, media strategy, research, evaluation, and agency-client relationships. Advertising response functions.
    Comment(s): Admission to the program or consent of instructor required.
  
  • ADVT 590 - Project

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone project under guidance of faculty. Application of principles from previous course work.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Admission to a degree program in Communication and Information required.
  
  • ADVT 597 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Must be a graduate student. Advanced undergraduate students who wish to be considered must seek permission of instructor.

Aerospace Engineering (018)

  
  • AE 422 - Aerodynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and design of aerodynamic bodies for desired characteristics. Potential flow theory, viscous effects, and compressibility effects. Subsonic, transonic, and supersonic airfoils.
    Recommended Background: 351 and 370.
  
  • AE 424 - Astronautics

    4 Credit Hours
    Solar system, orbital mechanics, propulsion, atmospheric entry including thermal protection materials, human factors in space flight, the space environment, and current topics.
    Recommended Background: 351 and Mechanical Engineering 331.
  
  • AE 425 - Propulsion

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles of propulsion devices, principally jet and rocket engines. Combustion and equilibrium, inlets, nozzles, compressors, pumps and turbines. Overall performance evaluations.
    Recommended Background: 351.
  
  • AE 426 - Introduction to Aerospace Design

    2 Credit Hours
    Design process, synthesis, design studies. Individual design reports required.
    Recommended Background: 351, 370, 363 and Mechanical Engineering 344.
  
  • AE 429 - Aerospace System Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Synthesis and design of a complete aerospace system. Participation in team design effort including formal presentations and design report.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 422, 425, and 426.
  
  • AE 449 - Aerospace Engineering Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Designing, conducting, and reporting results of experimental exercises. Test standards and specifications. Analysis of data and formation of conclusions.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 425.
    Recommended Background: 345 and 351.
  
  • AE 494 - Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Problems and topics related to developments and practice in aerospace engineering.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1 - 4 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AE 495 - Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Problems and topics related to developments and practice in aerospace engineering.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1 - 4 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AE 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
  
  • AE 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
  
  • AE 511 - Inviscid Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Kinematics and dynamics of inviscid fluids; potential flow about body, conformal mapping.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 422 or 541, and Mathematics 425.
  
  • AE 512 - Viscous Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Derivation of fundamental equations of compressible viscous flow; boundary conditions for viscous heat-conducting flow; exact solutions for Newtonian viscous flow (Navier-Stokes) equations for special cases; similarity solutions. Thermal boundary layers, stability of laminar flows, transition to turbulence, 2-D turbulent boundary layer equations. Incompressible-turbulent mean flow, and compressible boundary layer flow.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AE 513 - Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Experimental techniques with laboratory experiments; representative experiments: hot wire anemometry and turbulence measurements, flow visualization, wind tunnel tests, water table experiments, supersonic flow experiments, boundary layer measurements, laser-optical measurements.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 541.
  
  • AE 515 - Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of aerodynamics principles to air vehicles to provide estimates of performance, stability, and control characteristics for subsonic to hypersonic speeds. Relations among thrust, drag, lift and attitude, propulsion systems, vehicle performance characteristics, and trajectory optimization.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 422.
  
  • AE 516 - Air Vehicle Aerodynamics and Performance

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of aerodynamics principles to air vehicles to provide estimates of performance, stability, and control characteristics for subsonic to hypersonic speeds. Relations among thrust, drag, lift and attitude, propulsion systems, vehicle performance characteristics, and trajectory optimization.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 515.
  
  • AE 521 - Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids

    3 Credit Hours
    One-dimensional internal and external flow; waves; small perturbation theory; slender body theory; similarity rules; method of characteristics.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 422.
  
  • AE 522 - Aerodynamics of Compressible Fluids

    3 Credit Hours
    One-dimensional internal and external flow; waves; small perturbation theory; slender body theory; similarity rules; method of characteristics.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 521.
  
  • AE 525 - Hypersonic Flow

    3 Credit Hours
    Slender body flow; similitude; Newtonian theory; blunt body flow; viscous interactions; free molecule and rarefied gas flow.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 512
  
  • AE 527 - Aerospace Ground Test Facilities

    3 Credit Hours
    Atmospheric models and similarity considerations; aerodynamic test facilities: continuous and intermittent wind tunnels and ballistic ranges; propulsion test facilities or air breathing and rocket engines; space environment and space vehicle test facilities.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 521, 541, and Mechanical Engineering 522.
  
  • AE 531 - Magnetohydrodynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Electromagnetic field theory; chemical kinetics; thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of gas plasmas; governing equations and applications.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 422 and Mathematics 471.
  
  • AE 532 - Introduction to Turbulence

    3 Credit Hours
    Macroscopic effects, analogies, statistical treatment, correlation functions, energy spectra, diffusion; application of turbulent jets and pipe flow.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 512.
  
  • AE 533 - Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 533.)

  
  • AE 534 - Atmospheric Entry

    3 Credit Hours
    Reentry trajectories; lift and drag during reentry; vehicle motion and stability during reentry; aerodynamic heating and heat protection systems.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 512.
    Recommended Background: 522.
  
  • AE 535 - Mechanical Vibrations

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 534.)

  
  • AE 539 - Continuum Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 539.)

  
  • AE 541 - Fluid Mechanics I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 541.)

  
  • AE 542 - Fluid Mechanics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 542.)

  
  • AE 547 - Modern Linear Controls

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 547.)

  
  • AE 551 - Aerospace Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of mechanics applicable to aerospace vehicles, equations of motion, multibody problems and trajectory analysis.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 471.
  
  • AE 554 - Aerospace Vehicle Stability and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Static and dynamic longitudinal directional and lateral stability and control. Coupled modes. Motion with free and fixed flight control surfaces. Automatic control systems.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 551.
  
  • AE 555 - Human Vibrations Analysis and Protection

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Biomedical Engineering 555.)

  
  • AE 557 - Aerospace Vehicle Flutter and Vibration

    3 Credit Hours
    Aeroelastic phenomena. Structural and aerodynamic operators. Stability criteria for airfoils operating in oscillating stream. Two- and three-dimensional flutter of wings, control surfaces and empennages.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 551.
  
  • AE 559 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials I

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 559.)

  
  • AE 562 - Fundamentals of Aeroacoustics

    3 Credit Hours
    Generation, propagation and absorption of sound in static and moving media.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AE 571 - Finite Elements for Engineering Applications

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 551.)

  
  • AE 572 - Computational Fluid-Thermal Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 552.)

  
  • AE 573 - Computational Solid Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 553.)

  
  • AE 590 - Selected Engineering Problems

    2-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Enrollment limited to students in problems option.
    Registration Permission: Consent of advisor.
  
  • AE 595 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    All phases of aerospace engineering, reports on current research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and UTSI.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 20 hours.
  
  • AE 599 - Special Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • AE 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation

    3-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
  
  • AE 642 - Physical Gas Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    High speed, high temperature gas flow from molecular point of view. Kinetic theory, statistical mechanics, equilibrium flow, vibrational and chemical rate processes, non-equilibrium vibrational and chemical flow, non-equilibrium kinetic theory, flow with translational non-equilibrium.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 522 and Mechanical Engineering 522.
  
  • AE 645 - Theory of Turbulence

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 645.)

  
  • AE 647 - Nonlinear Control Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 647.)

  
  • AE 659 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials II

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 659.)

  
  • AE 661 - Advanced Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 651.)

  
  • AE 662 - Advanced Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Engineering Science 652.)

  
  • AE 681 - Advanced Viscous Flow Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Critical review of significance to governing equations. Nature of boundary layer approximation as singular perturbation problem. Uniqueness and existence of solutions. Applications of group theory. Special problem areas of interest to students.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 512, continuum mechanics, and Mathematics 562.
  
  • AE 690 - Advanced Topics in Aerospace Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Africana Studies (023)

  
  • AFST 421 - Comparative Studies in African and African-American Societies

    3 Credit Hours
    Comparative studies of African and African-American societies in such areas as education, religion, and social stratification. Includes the respective views African-Americans and Africans have of each other and concept of Pan-Africanism.
  
  • AFST 443 - Topics in Black Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See English 443.)

  
  • AFST 450 - Issues and Topics in African-American Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics vary but include a variety of problems, issues, and individuals from the field of African-American studies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • AFST 452 - Black African Politics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Political Science 452.)

  
  • AFST 456 - Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Sociology 452)

  
  • AFST 461 - Art of Southern and Eastern Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Art History 461.)

  
  • AFST 462 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Art History 462.)

  
  • AFST 463 - Arts of the African Diaspora

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Art History 463.)

  
  • AFST 470 - African-American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Art History 470.)

  
  • AFST 473 - Black Male in American Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines historical images, myths and stereotypes which have developed concerning African-American males in American society. Includes the impact of such critical factors as black feminism, violence, concepts of masculinity, the family, white males, white females, homosexuality, nationalism, and athletics on African-American males in America.
  
  • AFST 484 - African-American Women in American Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Focuses on historical and contemporary social, economic, and political factors in American society as they relate to the black woman.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Women’s Studies 484.)

  
  • AFST 510 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.

Agricultural and Extension Education (042)

  
  • AGEE 440 - Communication Techniques in Agriculture

    3 Credit Hours
    Elements of effective use of mass media in agricultural and extension education. Effective technical writing and presentation strategies for agricultural audiences.
  
  • AGEE 450 - Agricultural Leadership Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Identification of styles and roles of leadership; development of leadership techniques and skills required in working with organizations and youth groups; methods of resolving conflict, of communicating, of guiding and evaluating; and ethical considerations for leaders.
  
  • AGEE 500 - Thesis

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
  
  • AGEE 501 - Creative Component in Lieu of Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone experience completed under supervision of major professor and committee. Individual project: literature survey; development of teaching software; development of curriculum materials; development of white paper; or other suitable project.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): Students in the non-thesis option only.
    Registration Permission: Consent of major professor.
  
  • AGEE 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
  
  • AGEE 511 - Extension History, Philosophy and Objectives

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and philosophical foundation of adult education in American agriculture, key figures, issues, legislative movement, farmer organizations and programs. Cooperative Extension Service, origin, legislation and growth, and nature of present-day objectives and programs.
    Recommended Background: 211.
  
  • AGEE 521 - Extension Program Planning and Evaluation

    3 Credit Hours
    Theories and models of program development and evaluation and their use in extension education: planning and conducting needs assessments; planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating extension educational program content and learning activities; development and interaction of county, state and federal extension plans of work; and principles, techniques and instruments used to identify, gather and analyze information to evaluate extension programs.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 or consent of instructor.
    Recommended Background: 211.
  
  • AGEE 522 - Educational Technology in Agricultural and Extension Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced concepts and methods relevant to both formal and non-formal instructional methodologies. Processes by which professional change agents influence the introduction, adoption, and diffusion of technological change.
    Recommended Background: 435 and 436.
  
  • AGEE 524 - Research Methodology

    3 Credit Hours
    Social science research methods related to research in agricultural and extension education. Issues: research design, reliability and validity in measurement, sampling procedures, logic of analysis, scaling and measurement, and selection and interpretation of appropriate inferential tests of significance.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 or consent of instructor.
    Recommended Background: 436.
  
  • AGEE 525 - Curriculum Development in Agricultural and Extension Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Models, principles, and procedures for developing curricula in agriculture and extension education programs and scheduling learning activities used to implement these planned programs.
    Recommended Background: 435 and 436.
  
  • AGEE 526 - Agricultural Education for First-Year Teachers

    2 Credit Hours
    Developing competencies needed by first-year teachers for planning, organizing and conducting program of vocational agriculture in local community. Group meetings in selected centers and visits by instructor.
    Recommended Background: 435 and 436.
 

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