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Entomology and Plant Pathology (EPP) |
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EPP 548 - Taxonomy of Adult Insects 3 Credit Hours
Classification, phylogeny, and distribution of insects and related arthropods. Lectures on theory and practice of insect systematics and major features of insect evolution. Laboratory practice on methods of collection, preservation, and study of insects, with emphasis on order and family identification of adults. Substantial insect collection, one or more field trips, and a taxonomically oriented project required.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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EPP 552 - Insect Morphology 3 Credit Hours
Identification of insect structures and relevance of structures to insect development, survival, physiology, and classification.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
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EPP 561 - Insect Physiology 3 Credit Hours
Molecular, cellular, and tissue mechanisms involved in relevant physiological processes in insects, and the evolutionary diversity of these processes among insect taxa. Students will be able to identify and understand emerging areas of research in insect physiology and molecular biology.
Recommended Background: Biochemistry, molecular biology, basic cell biology.
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EPP 570 - Entomology and Plant Pathology Colloquium 1 Credit Hours
Will focus on professional development and other essential topics for new Graduate Students, who are enrolled in a graduate academic program in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
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EPP 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 40 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy - Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology major. PhD students only.
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EPP 602 - Advanced Topics in Entomology 1-3 Credit Hours
Morphology, systematics, physiology, ecology and genetics of arthropods, apiculture, medical and veterinary entomology, insect biodiversity, and insect pathology.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 603 - Research Planning 1-15 Credit Hours
Preliminary research and investigation of dissertation research topic.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate. PhD students only.
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EPP 604 - Advanced Topics in Plant Pathology 1-3 Credit Hours
Biological control, disease diagnosis and management, epidemiology, fungal plant pathogens, integrated pest management, molecular plant-microbe interactions, plant pathogenesis, plant pathogenic bacteria, soil- and seed-borne pathogens, and virology.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 606 - Advanced Topics in Nematology 1-3 Credit Hours
Specialized instruction on systematics, physiology, ecology, genetics, genomics, and evolution of nematodes, plant, insect, mollusk, medical and veterinary nematology, nematode biodiversity, entomopathogenic nematodes, nematode-microbe interactions, plant-nematode interactions, and biological control.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 622 - Bioinformatics Applications 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental bioinformatics concepts, principles and techniques with a focus on the application of bioinformatics to problems in agriculture. Laboratory practical will be taught within a LINUX computational environment where students will gain basic skills in bash and python scripting and construction open source-software based workflows to analyze genomic data.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Life Sciences 520 or introductory genetics course.
Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 630 - Advanced Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management 3 Credit Hours
Use of principles and concepts of IPM to focus on real-life, practical applications of IPM programs. Builds on EPP 530/PLS 530: Integrated Pest Management [IPM]), where students are introduced to principles and concepts of pest and plant disease management and investigate its importance as an environmentally sound practice based on economic, ecological and sociological consequences. EPP 630 extends these concepts to focus on real-life, practical applications of IPM programs. Will have a seminar-type format with presentations, guest lecturers, and field trips to both regulatory centers and businesses that have implemented IPM programs.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 530 or Plant Sciences 530.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 640 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentation of research proposals and research (dissertation or thesis) seminars by students. Presentations on current topics by outside speakers
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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EPP 675 - Scientific Writing and Grantsmanship 3 Credit Hours
Preparation of scientific evidence for the thesis or dissertation in scientific journals, parts of the scientific paper, graphical and tabular presentation of data, sources of funding to support research, writing research grants, the editorial process, elements of style, and ethics.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Entrepreneurship (ENT) |
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ENT 510 - Leadership in Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
Organizations pursuing goals for the benefit of society face a unique set of challenges compared to those with primarily for-profit goals. Though charged with vitally important missions, nonprofits and social ventures (for-profit businesses with a social mission) are too often poorly led and managed. Develops business-minded thinking and useful leadership skills in the future leaders of organizations with societal and nonprofit missions.
Credit Restriction: students cannot receive credit for both Entrepreneurship 410 and Entrepreneurship 510.
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ENT 551 - New Venture Planning 3 Credit Hours
Integration of various functional disciplines and their application to general management of new ventures formed both within larger corporations and independently. Topics include a venture plan and case analysis.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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ENT 552 - Entrepreneurial Strategy Implementation 3 Credit Hours
Implementation strategies of entrepreneurial organizations. Guided by a statement of work, student teams interact with the entrepreneur weekly to analyze company data, conduct research, and test pilot programs so as to recommend best practices for strategy implementation.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 513.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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ENT 559 - New Venture Start-up 3 Credit Hours
Faculty mentorship is provided to a student entrepreneur during the early months of venture creation. Topics include staffing, IP, alpha and beta customers, sourcing, financing, distribution and capitalization.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 551 and 552.
Comment(s): Or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Business Administration – business administration major.
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ENT 560 - Monetization of Technology Enabled Social Media 3 Credit Hours
An applied learning experience for students to gain the necessary skills to create sustainable customer value for organizations from technology-enabled social media. Students will post and comment on a private blog about insights from extensive research of such business areas as search, blogging, games, crowd sourcing, online-2-offline commerce, business software, etc. The students then apply this knowledge to an entrepreneurial company.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518, or permission of instructor.
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Environmental and Soil Sciences (ESS) |
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ESS 434 - Environmental Soil Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Composition and chemical properties of soils and processes that govern fate and behavior of chemicals in soil environment. Topics include - clay mineralogy; soil organic matter; mineral weathering and stability; aqueous speciation; surface chemistry; ion exchange, adsorption, and molecular retention; oxidation-reduction; and soil acidity, alkalinity, and salinity.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or Chemistry 260.
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ESS 442 - Soil Genesis and Classification 3 Credit Hours
Soil genesis and formation; observing and describing morphology of agricultural and forest soils; chemical and physical properties, classification. Includes 3 weekend field trips.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
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ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Study of global energy budget, past climates, climate variability, climate distribution, and climate change. Emphasis on global warming and its potential impacts on ecosystems, societies, and global sustainability. Students are required to use quantitative, computer, and problem-solving skills to analyze and report climate data for environmental planning.
Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
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ESS 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science - environmental and soil sciences major. Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 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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ESS 503 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentations and discussions of current scientific material.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Biosystems Engineering major, Biosystems Engineering Technology major, or Environmental and Soil Science major – minimum student level, graduate.
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ESS 511 - Soil-Plant Nutrient Cycling in Managed Ecosystems 3 Credit Hours
Principles of nutrient cycling and soil exchange processes affecting nutrient availability to plants; management of soil nutrients to optimize crop growth; environmental implications of nutrient management; effects of both traditional and non-traditional nutrient amendments; and constraints to measuring plant-available nutrients in the soil.
Recommended Background: Soil fertility course.
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ESS 512 - Pedology 3 Credit Hours
Physical and chemical weathering processes, factors of soil formation, soil forming processes.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: Soil genesis and classification.
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ESS 513 - Advanced Soil Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Chemical properties and processes that operate in soil environment: thermodynamics of soil solutions and surface chemistry of soils, soluble complex formation, mineral solubility, electrochemical equilibria, geochemical modeling, ion exchange equilibria, surface functionality and reactivity, adsorption phenomena, and surface complexation modeling.
Recommended Background: Soil chemistry.
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ESS 514 - Methods of Soil Physical Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Principles of water, gas, heat, and solute movement in soil/water systems; application of appropriate models for the description of these processes; methods for characterizing hydraulic and chemical transport properties of soil; applications of the science of soil physics to solution of contemporary problems in water conservation, prevention of surface/ground water contamination, and management of plant water status.
Recommended Background: Soil physics.
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ESS 515 - Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Soils as interface between the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. Soil and environmental biogeochemical interfaces: cycles of critical elements, coupled biogeochemical cycles, feedbacks between biogeochemistry, climatology, ecology, and soil science.
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ESS 516 - Soil Biology and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Soil organisms and their activities in soils: soil ecology, biogeochemical cycling of important elements, organic matter dynamics, and applications of agricultural and environmental biology and biochemistry.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 3-hour lab.
Recommended Background: General soils.
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ESS 524 - Environmental Stormwater Management 3 Credit Hours
Investigation of sustainability issues regarding control of the hydrologic cycle, with special emphases on hydrologic estimation, hydraulic design, and best management practices for control of stormwater and associated erosion and water quality issues.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 424 and 524.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 544 - Environmental Soil Physics 3 Credit Hours
Basic understanding of soil physical properties and processes; influence of soil physical properties on water and chemical movement in soil; practical experience in the measurement and analysis of soil physical properties, water flow, and chemical movement in soil.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 444 and 544.
Recommended Background: General soils and physics.
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ESS 554 - Environmental Soil Biology 3 Credit Hours
Biology and biochemistry of the soil environment as they apply to environmental and agricultural processes and sustainability. Topics include the soil habitat, microbial ecology and diversity, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, biodegradation, and research methodology to investigate soil microorganisms.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 454 and 554.
Recommended Background: Introductory soils.
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ESS 593 - Special Problems in Environmental and Soil Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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ESS 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Doctor of Philosophy - plants, soils, and insects major. Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 601 - Special Topics in Soil Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Thermodynamics of soil solutions, clay structure and surface chemistry, soil mineralogy, plant mineral nutrition, soil microbiology, water movement and use by plants, soil structure, soil thermal properties, interaction in the soil-plant environment.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 603 - Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Presentations and discussion of current scientific material.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Biosystems Engineering major, Biosystems Engineering Technology major, or Environmental and Soil Science major – minimum student level, graduate.
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ESS 613 - Advanced Topics in Soil Chemistry and Fertility 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
Recommended Background: Soil chemistry.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 614 - Advanced Topics in Soil Biology and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 516.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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ESS 615 - Advanced Topics in Soil Physics, Genesis, and Morphology 3 Credit Hours
Topics of current significance; scientific literature.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Environmental Engineering (ENVE) |
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ENVE 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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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 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 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 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 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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Finance (FINC) |
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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 520 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Will focus on use of financial information rather than preparation of financial statements. Analysis is from the perspective of key users such as creditors, equity investors, financial analysts, and investment bankers.
(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 535 - Financial Markets and Institutions 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. Study the theories and mathematics of interest rate determination and characterize the financial services firms which participate in these markets.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 540 - Fixed Income Analysis and Markets 3 Credit Hours
Examines the markets for fixed-income securities and consists of a rigorous treatment of fixed-income securities, markets and portfolios. Topics include but are not limited to bond pricing, yield measures, duration, convexity, credit risk, bonds with embedded options, and construction of fixed-income portfolios.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Finance 525.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 545 - Financial Derivatives 3 Credit Hours
Different types of derivative financial assets are the focus of this course. Emphasis will be placed on real-world applications of theoretical and conceptual material discussed in this class.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Finance 525.
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 518.
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 593 - Independent Study 3 Credit Hours
Directed research and study.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): Business Administration 518.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
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FINC 595 - 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 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 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.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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FINC 651 - Seminar in Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in micro-finance literature. Topics vary.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
(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 3 Credit Hours
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in finance. Topics vary.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
(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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FDSC 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 260.
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FDSC 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 Biology 220 and 229.
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FDSC 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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FDSC 430 - Sensory Evaluation of Food 3 Credit Hours
Principles and procedures of sensory evaluation of food, methods of test analyses, physiological, psychological, and environmental factors affecting sensory perception.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
Recommended Background: A statistics course.
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FDSC 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: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 100, 241, or consent of instructor; and Food Chemistry (FDSC 410) and Food Microbiology (FDSC 421).
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FDSC 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 concentrations. Minimum student level – senior.
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