Jun 22, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Higher Education Administration (HEAM)

  
  • HEAM 521 - Multiculturalism in U.S. Higher Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Will gain awareness, knowledge and skill to identify and interrupt forms of oppression (racism, sexism, genderism, able-ism, classism, and homophobia) detrimental to inclusive learning communities (e.g., higher education) and working environments. During the semester, students will be encouraged to investigate power, privilege, and oppression using multiple intersecting identities as a lens for exploring and promoting social justice.
  
  • HEAM 542 - The College Student and the Court

    3 Credit Hours
    Legal precedent affecting student personnel services in public higher education. Student discipline, housing, dress, organizations, activities fees, tuition and related federal regulations.
  
  • HEAM 543 - American Higher Education in Transition

    3 Credit Hours
    History, philosophy, purposes, functions, organizations and programs in American higher education.
  
  • HEAM 570 - Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education: Theory and Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical, philosophical and organizational perspective. Functional areas comprising field and major issues.
  
  • HEAM 572 - Student Development Theory and Practice in Higher Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical framework of college student personnel services and practical application of theory in student services environment. Applicable administrative theory, human development theory and evaluation assessment techniques.
  
  • HEAM 580 - CSP Capstone Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar is designed to provide a transition between programmatic preparation and professional practice. The course is multi-themed, involves a service learning component, and seeks to ensure that students in the program leave with a clear sense of what it means to be a student affairs practitioner, what is needed to be effective in the field, and what they bring to that world of practice.
  
  • HEAM 599 - Internship in College Student Personnel

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HEAM 605 - Advanced Seminar in Administrative Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    A doctoral seminar designed for students pursuing careers in higher education leadership positions. Focus will be on current day “best practices” for leading and managing within the higher education environment. Topics include strategies for enhanced communication, personnel and conflict management, budgetary decision making, and discussion regarding the various styles of leadership. Students will be required to engage in extensive readings and complete various written projects that coincide with the topical content of the class. The course culminates with a capstone project that each student will research, prepare, and present during the final class period.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 619 - Administration and Governance of Higher Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Trends, structure and process of collegiate governance. Development of understanding of administrative theory and practice in higher education.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 620 - Uses of Large Data Sets in Educational Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces students to large national datasets and applications of these datasets in educational research. This class includes discussions on various national data, and statistical procedures and research designs appropriate for national data, as well as hands-on exercises on exploring feasible research topics using the datasets. Students are required to complete research projects using the national data sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in this class.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 625 - History and Philosophy of Higher Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Intended to serve as an introduction to the study of American Higher Education. Offers an overview of the historical development and philosophical evolution of American Higher Education and engages major principles and issues related to higher education mission, curriculum, governance, student life, and faculty role and responsibility. Also engaged in the course are contemporary critique and reform movements that are shaping the future of American Higher Education.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 629 - Seminar in Policy Issues in Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Educational Administration 629.)

  
  • HEAM 650 - Fiscal Policy Issues in Higher Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Revenue sources, appropriation process, budget procedures, cost analysis, and fiscal management in public and independent colleges and universities.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 658 - Conflict Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Social conflict and its management. Causes of interpersonal, inter-group, and organizational conflict, skills and strategies used to manage conflict, conflict management models associated with different sectors of human activity, and current organizational practices for managing destructive conflict.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HEAM 670 - Values and Ethics in Educational Leadership

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of moral and ethical dimensions of the work of educational leaders.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Educational Administration 670.)

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

History (HIST)

  
  • HIST 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.
  
  • HIST 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.
  
  • HIST 510 - Foundations of Graduate Study in History

    3 Credit Hours
    Assumptions and methods of historians. Required of all candidates for advanced degrees.
  
  • HIST 511 - Teaching World History

    3 Credit Hours
    Methodology, conceptualization, historiography, text book selection and syllabus construction to prepare students to teach courses in world history.
  
  • HIST 512 - The Profession of History

    3 Credit Hours
    Various aspects and practices of the profession of history. Topics may include grant preparation, the hiring process, ethics, etc.
  
  • HIST 517 - Classic and Contemporary Readings in African-American History

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces some of the most recent as well as standard scholarship in the field of African-American history from slavery to the present. Examines the relationship of African-American history to United States history and other “minority” histories.
  
  • HIST 521 - MA Readings

    3 Credit Hours
    Directed readings in preparation for MA examinations.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Open only to master’s candidates in history.
  
  • HIST 529 - Topics in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: European history, c. 200-600 CE. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 530 - Topics in Medieval History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading Seminar: European history, c. 600-1400 CE. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 531 - Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: 15th- and 16th-century movements and trends.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 532 - Topics in Modern Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: movements and trends, multinational in focus. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 533 - Topics in European National History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: intra-national topics; usually British, Russian, German, or French. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 541 - Topics in Early American History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 542 - Topics in 19th-Century United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 543 - Topics in 20th-Century United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 544 - US History, Colonial to Reconstruction

    3 Credit Hours
    Readings seminar. Covers major historiographic debates in American history, from the colonial period to Reconstruction. Required for all American history graduate students.
  
  • HIST 545 - US History, Reconstruction to Present

    3 Credit Hours
    Readings seminar. Covers major historiographic debates in American history, from Reconstruction to the recent past. Required for all American history graduate students.
  
  • HIST 551 - Topics in the History of Foreign Relations

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 552 - Topics in Military History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: military history, military operations, social impact of war, and naval strategy in foreign policy.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 555 - Topics in United States Social and Economic History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 557 - Topics in Cultural and Intellectual History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 561 - Topics in Latin American History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 562 - Topics in Asian History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar: Asian history; East Asia and Middle East. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 563 - Topics in African History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading Seminar: Africa. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 580 - Topics in History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 585 - Topics in World History

    3 Credit Hours
    Reading seminar in transnational themes involving analysis of two or more world cultures. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 591 - Foreign Study

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • HIST 592 - Off-Campus Study

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • HIST 593 - Independent Study

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • HIST 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.
  
  • HIST 621 - Directed Readings

    3 Credit Hours
    Directed readings to prepare candidate for doctoral comprehensive examination.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 629 - Seminar in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar on primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper in European history, c. 200-600 CE. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 630 - Seminar in Medieval History

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper on European history, c. 600-1400 CE. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 631 - Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in a scholarly paper in 15th- and 16th-century European history. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 632 - Seminar in Modern European History

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in modern European history. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 641 - Seminar in 17th- and 18th-Century America

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 642 - Seminar in 19th-Century United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in 19th-century U.S. history. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 643 - Seminar in 20th-Century United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in 20th-century U.S. history. Focus varies.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • HIST 651 - Seminar in Military and Foreign Relations History

    3 Credit Hours
    Research seminar in primary sources culminating in scholarly paper in military or foreign relations history. Focus varies. Not restricted by national grouping.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Human Resource Management (HRM)

  
  • HRM 521 - Foundations of Strategic HRM

    1 Credit Hours
    Examination of human resource management functions and processes within the context of organizational mission, strategy, and culture.
  
  • HRM 535 - Strategic Performance Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of effective approaches to the development and implementation of performance appraisal and performance management processes, and employee training and development programs, that satisfy the needs and goals of both the organization and the employee.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Management 520 and HRM 521.
  
  • HRM 540 - Strategic Talent Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of the processes and practices that facilitate effective human resource management planning, recruitment, and placement of employees in relation to the organization’s present and future needs.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): or Corequisites: Management 520 and HRM 521, Management 555.
  
  • HRM 545 - Strategic Rewards Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of the development and implementation of reward systems in order to achieve strategic organizational objectives. Reward systems include compensation, benefits, legal compliance, and cost containment policies as they apply in both the U.S. and international business environments.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Management 520 and HRM 521.
    Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
  
  • HRM 550 - Organizational Behavior and Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of individual group and organizational issues that affect and shape organizations. Topics include individual differences, motivation, communication, decision making, leadership, power, organizational structure and design, and change.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): or Corequisites: Management 520 and HRM 521 and Management 558.

Industrial Engineering (IE)

  
  • IE 401 - Facilities Planning and Material Handling

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts, theory and procedures for the study of facilities design and location; physical layout; material flow principles; and material handling. Product design, process planning and schedule design are integrated through the development of analytical procedures and use of layout planning software to enhance the decision-making process in the design, rationalization and improvement of factory and office layouts. The knowledge learned in this course is integrated with knowledge from selected related courses to develop a laboratory design project by students working in teams.
    Contact Hour Distribution: Two lecture and two lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 202.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 405.
  
  • IE 402 - Production System Planning and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and application of forecasting systems including regression and time series models. Independent demand inventory models, including development of safety stock. All modules of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) Systems. Master production scheduling, resource requirements planning, bill of material and inventory file structures, material requirements planning, capacity planning, shop floor and purchase order control. Overview of just-in-time inventory concepts and MRP’s role in manufacturing automation.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 202.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 300.
  
  • IE 405 - Engineering Economic Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Role of engineering economy in engineering practice; principles of economic equivalence; time value of money and discounted cash-flow techniques; analysis of single and multiple investments; comparison of alternatives; capital recovery and tax implications; inflation; public sector analysis; cost estimation; depreciation schedules; break-even point concepts; decision making under uncertainty; risk analysis; introduction to investing in the financial market; basic accounting principles and financial statements including balance sheets, income statements, cost of goods sold statements, and business ratios.
    Registration Restriction(s): Tickle College of Engineering or biosystems engineering majors.
  
  • IE 421 - Information Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Systems engineering approach to analysis and design of systems of information. Topics - system development life cycle, system analysis methodologies, data analysis techniques, system design, joint application design, and rapid application design. Lab introduces analysis and design software tools.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 402.
    Recommended Background: Completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics.
    Registration Restriction(s): Industrial engineering major; minimum student level ― senior or graduate standing.
  
  • IE 422 - Industrial Engineering Design II

    2 Credit Hours
    Current real-world problems will be drawn from local production and service organizations and presented by personnel from these organizations. Senior industrial engineering student teams will solve these real-world problems under the guidance of their instructor using industrial engineering methodology. These problems emphasize problem definitions, analysis, and presentation with considerations for engineering standards and realistic economic, environmental, ethical, safety, social, political, and other pertinent constraints.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 404; English 102 or 118.
  
  • IE 423 - Industrial Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Accident causation, losses, and investigative techniques. Role of human, task/machine, and environment in accident prevention. Safety standards, codes, and laws. Product liability, design, evaluation, and management of safety organizations and programs. Hazard recognition, analysis, control and risk assessment, systems safety and related techniques.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior or graduate standing.
  
  • IE 427 - Introduction to Lean Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces an engineering based framework to implement process and system improvements within both the manufacturing and service enterprises. The students will be introduced to the basic concepts of lean systems including facility design and six sigma. The focus of the course will be to enable students to design complex processes and systems based on the physical system and the associated information system. Activities will include case studies, industry based projects, and the preparation of engineering reports.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 406 or 408.
    Recommended Background: 350, 401 (or 407) and completion of an introductory course in probability and statistics
  
  • IE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Probabilistic failure models and parameter estimation (maximum likelihood, Bayes techniques). Model identification and comparison, accelerated life tests, failure prediction, system reliability, preventive maintenance, and warranties.
    Cross-listed: (Same as Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 483; Materials Science and Engineering 483; Mechanical Engineering 483; Nuclear Engineering 483.)

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 200 or Statistics 251.
  
  • IE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of maintenance and reliability engineering and maintenance management. Topics include information extraction from machinery measurements, rotating machinery diagnostics, nondestructive testing, life prediction, failure models, lubrication oil analysis, establishing a predictive maintenance program, and computerized maintenance management systems.
    Cross-listed: Same as Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 484; Materials Science and Engineering 484; Mechanical Engineering 484; Nuclear Engineering 484.)

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 200 or Statistics 251.
  
  • IE 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.
  
  • IE 501 - Design Project

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Enrollment limited to industrial engineering students in non-thesis option.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 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.
  
  • IE 515 - Advanced Production and Inventory Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in production planning and inventory systems. Material requirements planning: production planning and master scheduling; just-in-time concepts; distribution requirements planning; and other selected topics.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 402 or consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 516 - Statistical Methods in Industrial Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of classical statistical techniques to industrial engineering problems. Statistics and statistical thinking in managerial context of organizational improvement; descriptive statistics and distribution theory; relationship between statistical process control techniques and classical statistical tools; parameter estimation and hypothesis testing; goodness-of-fit testing; linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance; single and multiple factor experimental design.
    Recommended Background: Statistics 251 or equivalent.
  
  • IE 517 - Reliability of Lean Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Course is divided into two major components. First half of the course will focus on introducing the students to the concepts of reliability and maintainability and the impact of lean on the reliability of complex systems. The concepts of reliability engineering are utilized to address lean system failures, including equipment failures, human failures, material failures and scheduling failures. Will develop the ability to design systems that are both lean and reliable. The second half of the course will introduce students to specific case studies of systems failures and ask student to develop solutions by considering different dimensions including financial, technical feasibility, risk, safety, security and others. Multi criteria decision making methodologies will be presented to allow students to make decisions when different criteria lead to conflicting solutions.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
    Recommended Background: Background in lean and reliability.
  
  • IE 518 - Advanced Engineering Economic Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of engineering economic analysis in complex decision situations. Inflation and price changes; uncertainty evaluation using non-probabilistic techniques; capital financing and project allocation; evaluations involving equipment replacement, investor-owned utilities, and public works projects; probabilistic risk analysis including computer simulation and decision trees; multi-attribute decision analysis; and other advanced topics.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
    Recommended Background: Statistics 251.
  
  • IE 519 - Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of human factor and ergonomic concepts and principles to design and analysis of manned systems and products. Human as biomechanical system; human information processing; minimization of human error; anthropometry; anatomy and physiology; physical and mental workload; effects of environmental factors: temperature, lighting, weightlessness, and vibration on humans; manual materials handling and back injuries; design of workstations and office ergonomics; design of displays and controls; hand tool design; and cumulative trauma injuries.
    Recommended Background: Statistics 251.
  
  • IE 522 - Optimization Methods in Industrial Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Classical optimization applied to constrained and unconstrained, non-linear, multi-variable functions; search techniques; decision making under uncertainty; game theory; and dynamic programming.
    Recommended Background: Linear Algebra.
  
  • IE 526 - Advanced Applications of Systems Modeling and Simulation

    3 Credit Hours
    Modeling and simulation of business and industry systems to enhance management, strategic, and operational decision-making. Hands-on experiences of simulation software package (e.g., Arena) will be provided with case studies in manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, healthcare, etc.
    Recommended Background: 306.
  
  • IE 527 - Lean Production Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Strategies for planning, development and implementation of Lean. Emphasis on integration of people, technology, processes and information dimensions (including product development, production and extended supply chain) into unified frameworks. Applications will be implemented into industry with work to further develop lean principles.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 515 or consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 529 - Application of Linear Algebra in Engineering Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 529.)

  
  • IE 530 - Advanced Supply Chain Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of supply chain engineering with topics including: building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains, designing a supply chain network, planning demand and supply, planning and managing inventories, sourcing, transportation, pricing products, supplier selection, coordination and technology in the supply chain, and analytical tools used in supply chain decision makings.
  
  • IE 550 - Graduate Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Seminar provides an opportunity for Master’s and Doctoral students to acquaint themselves with research being conducted by both faculty and graduate students in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, as well as select campus-wide and off-campus researchers from both academia and industry. Research work and relevant results are presented in a professional environment that promotes continued interaction among interested parties. Presentations are not restricted to thesis and dissertation work.
    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Admission to graduate program required.
  
  • IE 552 - Advanced Linear Programming and Extensions

    3 Credit Hours
    Linear programming solution procedures, duality, sensitivity, and parametric analysis; and quadratic, separable, integer, and goal programming.
    Recommended Background: 301.
  
  • IE 557 - Technology Product Development and Entrepreneurship

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Mechanical Engineering 519)

  
  • IE 575 - Equipment and Systems Prognostics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Nuclear 575.)

  
  • IE 579 - Empirical Models for Monitoring and Diagnostics

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Nuclear 579.)

  
  • IE 585 - Process System Reliability and Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-listed: (See Nuclear Engineering 585.)

  
  • IE 591 - Special Topics in Industrial Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual or group research projects.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 592 - Special Topics in Industrial Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual or group research projects.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 593 - Special Topics in Industrial Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual or group research projects.
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • IE 594 - Off-Campus Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 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.
  
  • IE 602 - Nonlinear Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Kuhn-Tucker theory in nonlinear programming, solution procedures for constrained and unconstrained nonlinear programs, search techniques, quadratic programming, duality and sensitivity analysis.
    Recommended Background: Differential equation and proficiency in computer programming.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 603 - Advanced Design and Analysis of Experiments

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental theory, concepts and procedures required in the efficient design and analysis of industrial experiments. Specific topics discussed include: review of fundamental principles of the design of experiments and ANOVA methodology, introduction to linear statistical models, experimental design models, cross classification models, two-way classification models, mixed models, specialized designs allowing multiple restrictions on randomization with or without replication, orthogonal arrays, symmetric and mixed full and fractional factorial experiments, response surface methodology, and Taguchi methods.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 604 - Network Flow Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental theory, algorithms, and applications of deterministic network-flow models, and analytical procedures for a special class of stochastic networks (GERT networks). Linear programming and its relationship to network analysis. Algorithms for various kinds of shortest and k-shortest path models. Labeling procedures for maximal flows in capacitated networks. The Out-Of-Kilter algorithm for cost minimization flow models. Primal Simplex network optimization procedures for pure and generalized networks. Traveling-Salesman problem algorithms with extensions to multiple salesmen. CPM, PERT and network-flow models in project management. Introduction to multi-commodity networks. Extensive use of network optimization software.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 522.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 607 - Stochastic Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic models and algorithms in stochastic processes and their Engineering application: the renewal theory, discrete-time and continuous-time Markov Chains, Queuing theory, and Markovian Decision Processes.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
    Recommended Background: Probability.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 608 - Advanced Optimization via Simulation

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in optimization via simulation with applications to areas of business and industry with focus on healthcare systems and supply chain and logistics: agent-based modeling and simulation, system dynamics, and discrete event simulation.
    Recommended Background: Discrete-event Simulation.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 609 - Stochastic Programming

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include modeling of uncertainty, two-stage stochastic programs, the value of information, Benders decomposition, L-shaped method, stochastic integer programs and multistage stochastic programs.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming and Probability.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 610 - Heuristics in Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Heuristic methods and their applications to optimization problems, including neighborhood search and major meta-heuristics methods.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
  
  • IE 611 - Integer Programming

    3 Credit Hours
    Theoretical foundations of Integer Programming and its application to optimization problems, including branch-and-bound, cutting planes, polyhedral analysis, and complexity.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 516, 518, and 522.
    Recommended Background: Linear Programming.
    Registration Permission: Minimum student level – graduate.
 

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