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ENVE 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.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 508 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Reports on current research in environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 10 hours.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Comment(s): Graduate standing required.
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ENVE 511 - Environmental Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
A fundamental and quantitative treatment of the chemical processes that govern the formation, fate, and treatment of pollutants in natural and engineered systems. Chemical thermodynamics of pollutants; atmospheric reaction pathways; phase equilibria; aqueous solution equilibria; reduction-oxidation chemistry.
Recommended Background: Chemistry 130.
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ENVE 512 - Environmental Transport and Kinetics 3 Credit Hours
Engineering principals that govern the transport, fate, and treatment of pollutants in natural and engineered systems. Material balances; convection and dispersion; diffusion and mass transfer; interfacial phenomena; chemical kinetics; reactor design and modeling.
Recommended Background: Chemistry 130, Civil Engineering 391, Mathematics 231 and 241.
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ENVE 513 - Environmental Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental aspects of microbiology governing environmental and engineered applications emphasizing bioenergetics, enzyme and microbial kinetics, metabolic diversity, microbial ecology and biochemical cycling.
Comment(s): Graduate standing in science or engineering or consent of instructor required.
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ENVE 515 - Open Channel Hydraulics 3 Credit Hours
Introduces basic physical principles that govern the water flows in open channels including steady and unsteady flow, flow behavior through hydraulic structures, and analytical and mathematical skills needed to describe and predict open-channel flow behavior using modern computational tools. These principles and skills are applied to the engineering solutions of open-channel systems problems.
Recommended Background: Fluid mechanics or hydraulics.
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ENVE 516 - Watershed Monitoring and Assessment 3 Credit Hours
Fundamentals of experimental design, monitoring design, instrumentation, sample collection, statistical analysis, data interpretation, and data representation for studies in watershed science and engineering. Class projects and case studies focused on obtaining, analyzing, and presenting quality data sets collected during field-based research.
Recommended Background: Hydrology.
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ENVE 520 - River Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Analysis of rivers, mechanics of water and sediment transport emphasizing alluvial systems, channel stabilization, control, and response. Course topics include: review of steady and unsteady flow in rivers; engineering analysis of fluvial systems associated with river equilibrium and stabilization processes; bed aggradation and degradation; local scour near civil infrastructure, and river engineering using hydraulic and geomorphological models.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 515.
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 391.
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ENVE 525 - Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield 3 Credit Hours
Theory of soil erosion and sediment yield processes from disturbed land; methods and computer models for estimating sediment yield. Erosion and sediment control theory and management practices. Local and state regulations.
Cross-listed: (Same as Biosystems Engineering 525.)
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 494 or Biosystems Engineering 416.
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ENVE 526 - Ecological Engineering for Stream Rehabilitation 3 Credit Hours
Course introduces the design concept and selected topics used in ecological engineering. Topics include environmental flows, fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and lotic habitat, indicators for biotic stress, and biomonitoring/bioassessment. Concepts are discussed within the context of an ecohydraulic, habitat-based approach for stream restoration/rehabilitation design.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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ENVE 527 - Stream Restoration Design 3 Credit Hours
Stream restoration approaches using natural channel design will be introduced applying principles in fluvial geomorphology, and coupled with an ecohydraulic modeling approach. This course is a project orientated course with design outcomes of bed and bank morphological equilibrium and biological integrity.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 526.
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ENVE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 529).
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ENVE 530 - Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Understanding modifications to the hydrological cycle due to urbanization and urban pollutants of concern. Topics include stormwater regulations and applications for design of stormwater control measures (SCMs) with an emphasis on advanced hydrologic/hydraulic watershed modeling.
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 391.
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ENVE 531 - Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
The hydrologic cycle and key physical processes defined; i.e., rainfall-runoff relationships, evapotranspiration, infiltration and groundwater. Concepts introduced include unit hydrograph, statistics, design storms, and flow routing fundamentals. Advanced tools for hydrological measurement, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation; and applications for water resources management are discussed.
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 391.
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ENVE 532 - Statistical Methods in Water Resources 3 Credit Hours
Advanced hydrologic analysis through the use of statistical methods. Course will focus on applying statistical techniques to support research, including parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing; logistic regression; multivariate analysis; validation statistics and uncertainty analysis, and time series analysis.
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 495; Statistics 251 and 537.
Comment(s): Students not meeting Recommended Background may seek consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 533 - Green Infrastructure Design 3 Credit Hours
Modification of hydrologic methods for urban systems, urban pollutants of concern, stormwater regulations, low impact development, green infrastructure, design of stormwater control measures, and discussions of stormwater control performance. Class projects will be design focused, offer real world challenges, and require the application of a diverse set of methods and tools.
Recommended Background: 531.
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ENVE 535 - Applied Ground Water Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
Applied hydrology of multi-layered aquifer systems. Modeling of complex ground water systems that will include: the development and implementation of conceptual, analytical and numerical models. Numerical approaches to the solution of PDEs that describe flow through porous media: boundary conditions, stability, existence and uniqueness.
Cross-listed: (Same as Geology 535.)
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Geology 485.
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ENVE 544 - Advanced GIS Applications for Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
Using GIS spatial analysis tools, advanced techniques for data accrual from spatial databases will be used for incorporation into hydrological engineering models. Skills introduced include: advanced hydrological modeling techniques, statistical analysis of hydrological data, and hydrological modeling.
Recommended Background: Hydrology and prior GIS training.
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ENVE 550 - Advanced Applications in Water and Waste Treatment 3 Credit Hours
Theory and design applications of physiochemical and biological processes for the treatment of drinking water, municipal and industrial wastewaters, and contaminated groundwater.
(DE) Corequisite(s): 512 and 513.
Recommended Background: Civil Engineering 381.
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ENVE 558 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 3 Credit Hours
Magnitude and characteristics of solid and hazardous waste problems; collection systems; design of treatment and disposal systems; landfills, incineration, stabilization, composting, and remediation technologies; remedial investigations and feasibility studies; industrial solid and hazardous waste treatment; current and future regulations.
Comment(s): Graduate standing in science or engineering or consent of instructor required.
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ENVE 561 - Climate and Environmental Informatics 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to applied time series, spatial statistics, and geographical data sciences for climate and the environmental applications with an emphasis on extreme events, regional analysis, uncertainty characterization and risk management. Case studies and class projects focused on integration of disparate data and analysis techniques to solve problems in climate change impacts.
Recommended Background: Statistics or geographical information systems (GIS).
Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
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ENVE 562 - Three Dimensional Climate Modeling 3 Credit Hours
Theory and applied algorithms for three-dimensional climate modeling including conservation laws, prognostic and diagnostic relationships and climate model formulations. Emphasis on numerical methods, coordinate systems, spatial and temporal discretizations, parameterization and model validation.
Recommended Background: Mathematics 231 and 241 and computer applications.
Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
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ENVE 574 - Air Pollution Engineering and Control 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to the fundamentals of air pollution, light scattering and visibility reduction, air quality laws and regulations, estimating concentrations from emission factors, theory and design of settling chambers, cyclone separators, wet collectors, fabric filters, electrostatic precipitator and control methods for gaseous air pollutants.
Comment(s): Graduate standing in science or engineering or consent of instructor required.
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ENVE 576 - Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 576.)
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ENVE 577 - Air Pollution Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Linkages between climate change and pollutant emissions, transport, transformation, and deposition. Both the impact of air quality on climate and the impact of climate on air quality will be examined using general circulation and meteorological models. Regional-scale effects of land utilization, incident radiation, climate perturbations and air quality parameters such as ozone, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases will be investigated.
Recommended Background: Mathematics 231 and 241.
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ENVE 586 - Sustainable Engineering, Design, and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 586.)
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ENVE 590 - Special Problems in Environmental Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Enrollment limited to environmental engineering students in non-thesis program.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Comment(s): Enrollment limited to students with graduate standing.
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ENVE 595 - Special Topics 1-4 Credit Hours
Problems and topics related to current developments in field.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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ENVE 615 - Sediment Transport 3 Credit Hours
Analysis of the interaction between fluids and solids. Mechanics of sediment transport, incipient motion, bed forms, bed load, suspended load, wash load and total load. Practical applications of sediment transport in open channels and reservoir sedimentation.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 515.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 620 - Advanced Hydrodynamic Modeling 3 Credit Hours
Applications of multidimensional computational fluid dynamic models in river engineering. Course covers mass and momentum governing equations, numerical methods defining explicit/implicit finite difference schemes and initial and boundary conditions, turbulence closure schemes, model stability; and finite volume method.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 515.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 650 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory 3 Credit Hours
Experimental measurements of water quality and advanced laboratory investigation of water/waste treatment and environmental restoration processes. Emphasis is placed on research methods, experimental design, and application of laboratory data to field scale solutions.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and one 4-hour lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 512 and 513.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 653 - Pollutant Fate Modeling and Risk Assessment 3 Credit Hours
Application of scientific principles concerning movement and fate of chemicals at interfaces of air, water, and earthen solids in environment. Methods of assessing risk posed by presence of those chemicals.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 655 - Environmental Systems Biology 3 Credit Hours
Inter-disciplinary study of complex interactions from the molecular level (i.e., molecules) up to and including the ecosystem level (e.g., nutrient cycling models). Hands-on analysis and system integration of ‘omics’ data will be emphasized. Discussion topics will include metabolic and kinetic interactions, signaling networks, control theory, and modeling approaches leading to predictions.
Recommended Background: Previous coursework in microbiology or environmental microbiology.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 671 - Advanced Concepts of Air Pollution Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Multidisciplinary approach to the principles and chemistry of incineration, adsorption theory and design of adsorbers in transient state, absorption theory and column design, applications and chemistry of non-thermal plasma, computational design and optimization of air pollution control facilities.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 574.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 672 - Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling 3 Credit Hours
Diffusion of air pollution in the atmosphere; application of USEPA computer models for atmospheric dispersion from industrial, area, mobile sources, and spills; evaluation of meteorological data and comparison of model predictions to ambient measurements; new source review and permitting requirements.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 574.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ENVE 691 - Special Topics in Environmental Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Selected advanced problems of current interest.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 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.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FINC 505 - Financial Management I 1.5 Credit Hours
Introduction to the fundamental principles and techniques of financial management. Emphasis on evaluation and risk analysis for domestic and international projects.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
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FINC 506 - Financial Management II 1.5 Credit Hours
Extension of the fundamental principles and techniques of financial management. Emphasis on corporate valuation, capital structure theory, payout policy, and risk management in a global environment.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 505.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration admission. Minimum student level – graduate.
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FINC 512 - Problems in Financial Management 3 Credit Hours
Readings and cases that apply finance theory to real-world investment, financing, and asset management problems.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 525 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 3 Credit Hours
Investment process, portfolio applications. Asset allocation decision in global setting; organization and functioning of financial markets, equity and bond valuation; asset valuation models; equity and bond portfolio management; options, forwards and futures contracts; evaluation of portfolio performance; review of alternative economies and emerging markets; and professional ethics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 532 - Commercial and Investment Banking 3 Credit Hours
Analysis of management policies of financial institutions and investment banking firms. Legal, economic and regulatory environment and implications for management. Financial institution structure and competition and changing trends in U.S. financial system. Analysis of raising new funds through underwriting new issues of corporate stocks, bonds and other instruments. Analysis of securities brokerage, market-making, merchant, banking, and mergers and acquisitions.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 571 - International Finance 3 Credit Hours
Issues in international finance, focusing on international financial markets, as well as multinational companies and how they operate in multiple levels of business activities within multiple countries.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 581 - Real Estate Investment and Finance 3 Credit Hours
Financial and market analysis used to make real estate investment decisions. Effects of variety of financing options on rate of return on income-producing properties. Effect of various financing options on consumer’s decisions to purchase. Relationship between primary and secondary mortgage markets and impact of those markets on cost and availability of funds for real estate lending. Effects of government intervention (taxation, subsidization, and regulation) in both real estate and mortgage markets.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 585 - Investment Fund Management 1-6 Credit Hours
Members of an investment team manage portfolios of financial assets on behalf of The University of Tennessee (known as the Haslam Torch Fund) or LaPorte Family Trust (known as the LaPorte Fund). Goals are to beat their stated benchmark, earn a positive total rate of return, and outperform the competing investment team. Professional ethics emphasized.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor only.
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FINC 593 - Independent Study 3 Credit Hours
Directed research and study.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 511, 512, 513, and 514, or consent of instructor.
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FINC 599 - Special Topics in Finance 1-3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FINC 641 - Seminar in Finance 1-3 Credit Hours
Capital markets, utility theory, asset pricing, theory of the firm, capital structure, dividend policy.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 651 - Seminar in Corporate Finance 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in micro-finance literature. Topics vary.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 641.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 652 - Seminar in Asset Pricing and Markets 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in finance. Topics vary.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 641.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 653 - Seminar in Financial Institutions 1-3 Credit Hours
Theoretical and empirical studies of financial institutions. Topics: modeling banking firm, efficiencies in banking, bank lending arrangements and asymmetric information, international competitiveness, and deposit insurance.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 641.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 654 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent developments in finance.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 641.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 693 - Independent Study 1-6 Credit Hours
Directed research on subject of mutual interest to student and staff member.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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Food Science and Technology (FDST) |
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FDST 410 - Food Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Reactions of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, enzymes, vitamins, and additives in foods.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or Chemistry 350.
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FDST 421 - Food Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
Physical, chemical, and environmental factors moderating growth and survival of food born microorganisms. Pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms affecting quality of foods and their control.
Cross-listed: (Same as Microbiology 421.)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Microbiology 210 or 310.
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FDST 429 - Food Microbiology Lab 2 Credit Hours
Methods for examination, enumeration, cultivation and identification of foodborne microorganisms.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 421.
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FDST 430 - Sensory Evaluation of Food 3 Credit Hours
Principles and methods of sensory evaluation of foods.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Basic statistics course.
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FDST 445 - Applied Food Science 3 Credit Hours
Interactions and functions of dairy, egg, cereal and other plant based ingredients during the production and storage of processed food products.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 100 or 241 or consent of instructor; and 410 and 421.
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FDST 461 - Fresh Meats 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles in the conversion of muscle to meat and the factors that contribute to the utilization and marketing of quality fresh meat products.
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FDST 462 - Manufactured Meat Technology 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles of manufacturing valued added meat products.
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FDST 490 - Food Product Development 3 Credit Hours
Food Science capstone course. Application of principles of food chemistry, food processing and engineering, food microbiology, food laws and regulations, sensory evaluation, and statistics in the development of a food product concept.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 3-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 241, 390, 410 or 418, and 421 or 428.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 430.
Registration Restriction(s): Only open to food science majors with science or technology concentrations. Minimum student level – senior.
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FDST 495 - Quality Assurance and Sanitation Practices 3 Credit Hours
Design and evaluation of an industrial food processing operation that produces safe and high quality food products. Introduction to hazard analysis and critical control point programs (HACCP).
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 410 or 418 and 421 or 428.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior or graduate standing.
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FDST 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 501 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Individual reports and discussion on topics from current literature.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
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FDST 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.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 503 - Problems in Lieu of Thesis 2-3 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 504 - Research Planning 1-3 Credit Hours
Preliminary research and investigation of thesis research topic.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
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FDST 514 - Food Colloids 3 Credit Hours
Presents fundamental colloidal theories in the context of food systems. Topics include interactions between colloidal particles, stability of colloidal dispersions, and interfacial phenomena.
Recommended Background: food chemistry, physical chemistry, college-level physics.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 516 - Food Analysis 4 Credit Hours
Principles, methods and techniques for qualitative and quantitative analyses of composition and physical, chemical, and biological properties of food and food ingredients.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and one 2-hour lab.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 415 and 516.
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FDST 521 - Advanced Food Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
Extrinsic and intrinsic factors associated with foods and food processing that relate to growth, survival, inhibition, detection, and recovery of foodborne pathogens and spoilage organisms; traditional and current approaches to microbiological food safety and quality.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 421 and 429.
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FDST 530 - Food Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Applied biochemistry to plant- and animal-based food. Biochemical reactions in edible tissues pre- and post-harvest.
Recommended Background: Food chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Seniors and graduate students.
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FDST 541 - Food Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Transport processes in food engineering; unit operations; thermal and non-thermal processing of foods; food separations; processing and physicochemical properties of foods; calculations, design practices, and equipment used in food processing operations.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 2-hour lab.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 441 and 541.
Recommended Background: Basic calculus and physics.
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FDST 545 - Food Rheology 3 Credit Hours
Principles of fundamental and empirical rheological tests are described. Rheological properties of food colloidal and polymeric systems and application of rheology to understand microstructure and functionality of food systems are discussed.
Recommended Background: Organic chemistry and food chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 590 - Special Topics in Food Technology and Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Critical reviews of current research and production concerns of food industry.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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FDST 592 - Internship in Food Science and Technology 1-3 Credit Hours
Practical experience in a selected setting under the supervision of a local professional and departmental representative.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor. Must be within the Department of Food Science and Technology.
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FDST 593 - Directed Studies 1-3 Credit Hours
Research on non-thesis topics chosen by student and major professor. Supervised experience in food industry or governmental laboratories.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 601 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Reports and directed discussion on research topics from current literature.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 603 - Research Planning 1-6 Credit Hours
Preliminary research and investigation of dissertation research topic, and preparation of a research proposal.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 616 - Physical Properties of Foods 3 Credit Hours
Discusses physical properties of foods and applications of fundamental principles to understand and create colloidal and polymeric structures relevant to food systems.
Recommended Background: Organic chemistry and food chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 617 - Food Proteins 3 Credit Hours
Physicochemical properties of proteins used as ingredients in foods. Common methods used for the manufacturing of protein ingredients. Future trends in food proteins and novel methods for quantification and characterization of food proteins.
Recommended Background: Organic chemistry and food chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 618 - Structure and Functionality of Polysaccharides 3 Credit Hours
Occurrence of polysaccharides and their role in nature, conformation and behavior in solutions, gelling mechanisms, and applications.
Recommended Background: Organic chemistry and food chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FDST 690 - Innovations in Food-related Technologies 1 Credit Hours
Will focus on procedures and regulations related to intellectual property.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy 3 Credit Hours
Policy formulation and criteria for policy determination. Forest and wildland law and regulation. Theory of conflict resolution. Formal and informal resolution.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior or graduate student.
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FORS 423 - Wildland Recreation Planning and Management 3 Credit Hours
Planning processes, master and site planning, site design projects. Management strategies, methods of visitor and recreation site management. Case studies. Weekend field trips may be required.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
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FORS 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FORS 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.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FORS 511 - Problem Analysis in Forest Resources 3 Credit Hours
Problem identification, analysis and solution in forest resources management. Identify, analyze and prepare written report. Topic and report must have approval of graduate committee.
Comment(s): Available only to forestry majors in the non-thesis option.
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FORS 512 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Current developments in forestry. All M.S. students must complete the course twice during their program.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
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FORS 514 - Tree Physiology 3 Credit Hours
Tree structure, growth and development, and function, and how these are related to the environment and to cultural practices. Influence of environmental variables on plant growth and distribution; effects of forest management practices on growth and function.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 514 and 414.
Recommended Background: Biology 111 and 112 or Biology 101 and 102.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FORS 515 - Forest Conservation Workshop 1-3 Credit Hours
Relation of forest biology, ecology and management to conservation issues; integration of current conservation issues into classroom work and student projects; environmental education strategies.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Comment(s): Not available to students in forestry or wildlife and fisheries science.
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FORS 520 - Advanced Forest Ecology 3 Credit Hours
Physiological ecology and adaptations of trees; relationships between overstory structure, microclimate, and understory response; regeneration ecology; competition and effects of natural and human disturbance regimes at multiple scales; forest succession and stand dynamics.
Comment(s): Requires graduate standing in forestry or biological science or consent of instructor.
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FORS 521 - Composite Materials from Renewable Resources 3 Credit Hours
Manufacturing processes, science and engineering of composite materials derived from renewable resources. Overview of renewable resources and utilization; structure and properties of natural fibers, thermosets, thermoplastics, and bioplastics; fundamentals of adhesion; engineered wood composites; natural fiber reinforced composites; and mechanical property and durability testing.
Recommended Background: Basic understanding of polymer chemistry, engineering, physics, a silvicultural methods course or consent of instructor.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FORS 530 - Advanced Forest Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
Analysis of forest management problems in public and private organizations. Classical forest regulation; linear and goal programming, as applied to resource management problems; advanced forest investment analysis; decision-making methods for primary forest management activities; and methodologies for incorporating non-timber values in forest management operations.
Recommended Background: Senior-level forest management course or consent of instructor.
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FORS 580 - Advanced Silviculture 3 Credit Hours
Silvical characteristics, silvicultural practices and systems applied to commercially important hardwoods and softwoods. In-depth analyses of silvicultural principles involved and tools used, prescribed fire, pesticides, in regeneration and management; computer modeling of stand dynamics, structure, growth/yield.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Silviculture course.
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FORS 590 - Advanced Topics in Forestry 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent advances and concepts; research techniques and analysis of current problems.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FORS 593 - Independent Study in Forestry 1-4 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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FORS 630 - Forest Growth and Development 3 Credit Hours
Forest stand dynamics, analysis of changes in species composition and forest stand structure (physical and temporal) during forest succession, response of stands to disturbances (anthropogenic and natural), modeling techniques to make predictions of future stand development.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Undergraduate course in silviculture.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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FWF 416 - Planning and Management of Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries Resources 3 Credit Hours
Integrated forest and wildland resource management through developing land management plans and analyzing case studies including conflict resolution.
Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior or graduate standing.
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